tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post5310346473538668638..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Final Investigation Report on Beacon Hill International School 2014 Test IssuesMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30514629512386893022017-06-18T16:38:24.001-07:002017-06-18T16:38:24.001-07:00Has anyone tried to investigate Sarah Lorimer as a...Has anyone tried to investigate Sarah Lorimer as a suspect? During her tenure at Concord, we noticed Sarah consistently giving her SPED students "accommodations" during state assessments way beyond their IEP. (Ex: "Are you sure that's the answer you want to bubble?")K.M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-907912068526723652015-08-09T19:05:46.408-07:002015-08-09T19:05:46.408-07:00I think both Tang and eng should not be retained b...I think both Tang and eng should not be retained by the District!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-37723588805077306822015-08-09T19:04:34.647-07:002015-08-09T19:04:34.647-07:00Can anyone let us know what has happened to Tang a...Can anyone let us know what has happened to Tang and Eng? Have any consequences been levied against them? Or?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-33578816450116992472015-07-26T11:05:39.360-07:002015-07-26T11:05:39.360-07:00And Charlie sums it up nicely. What's interes...And Charlie sums it up nicely. What's interesting is that the investigator notes that the assistant principal has gone to Issaquah district but doesn't say where the principal or teacher in question are. <br /><br />The principal at BIIS has changed; Susie Murphy is now principal (although the school website still reflects Tang as being at the school). The teacher, Judy Eng, is still at BIIS but Helen Finch is not. <br /><br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-79974471669315206602015-07-26T05:50:29.637-07:002015-07-26T05:50:29.637-07:00So, in the end, what do we have?
We have all of t...So, in the end, what do we have?<br /><br />We have all of the trappings of accountability, we have leadership that can claim to have made an effort towards accountability, but we don't have any actual accountability.<br /><br />What a familiar outcome.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52759032778949141782015-07-25T18:54:52.925-07:002015-07-25T18:54:52.925-07:00Melissa, DocumentCloud provides a nice user interf...Melissa, DocumentCloud provides a nice user interface. I haven't used it from the journalist's end, but it appears to be powerful and easy. https://www.documentcloud.org/home<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />~Interested readerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-77104142024103639802015-07-25T16:36:29.998-07:002015-07-25T16:36:29.998-07:00And WAAAAAY overpaid!
Get a 10th grader. Ours cou...And WAAAAAY overpaid!<br /><br />Get a 10th grader. Ours could produce higher quality at a fraction of the cost.Wandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84984761605765825622015-07-25T16:34:14.435-07:002015-07-25T16:34:14.435-07:00Having seen some of Sebree's work (and on the ...Having seen some of Sebree's work (and on the web), we find her downright inept. She must be somehow related to someone downtown.Wandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61510350980207711122015-07-25T09:20:35.095-07:002015-07-25T09:20:35.095-07:00Interested, find me one and I'll do it.Interested, find me one and I'll do it. Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-73605305648979735022015-07-25T07:48:36.428-07:002015-07-25T07:48:36.428-07:00Please find an alternative to Scribd, which requir...Please find an alternative to Scribd, which requires membership to download. Thank you.<br /><br />~an interested readerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52959926104861408222015-07-25T00:55:56.281-07:002015-07-25T00:55:56.281-07:00SPS has a career advancement growth and support pr...<i>SPS has a career advancement growth and support program where a student achievement award of up to $7,500 <b>can be earned annually by principals based on demonstrated growth in student achievement</b> as determined by the results of state assessments in reading and mathematics. </i><br /><br />So only the principal would get the $$Cash. Is this true?<br />So only 1 person would get cash at BHIS.<br /><br />Who came up with this bonus plan?<br />There were 31 teachers at BHIS. Wouldn't they have been responsible for student growth if it occurred?<br /><br />How big an improvement was needed to get a bonus?<br /><br />Is the bonus plan still happening?<br />For what schools is the performance bonus available?<br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com