tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post6517588132202927407..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-18271396968127883522013-11-10T11:12:04.388-08:002013-11-10T11:12:04.388-08:00Arson and Burglary Investigation at Asa Mercer Mid...<a href="http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2013/11/10/arson-burglary-investigation-at-asa-mercer-middle-school/" rel="nofollow">Arson and Burglary Investigation at Asa Mercer Middle School</a><br />Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66710519422846057892013-11-10T09:26:29.846-08:002013-11-10T09:26:29.846-08:00The Board action item is a mess. It is insane and...The Board action item is a mess. It is insane and pointless; a gigantic time suck that won't solve the fundemental problem: a lack of capacity (unless it drives families away from Seattle Public Schools). <br /><br />Directors are now touring buildings and talking to principals in order to 'engineer' a solution. Talk about micro-managing! Frightening to contemplate how badly this is devolving and how much damage Mr. Banda and the Board are about to do.<br /><br />-scared & scarredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42354393926990648512013-11-09T23:55:19.692-08:002013-11-09T23:55:19.692-08:00Apologies HIMSmom,
I've been away from electr...Apologies HIMSmom,<br /><br />I've been away from electronics and the interwebs for a stretch.<br /><br />The not classes part is very dependent on the MS and how they offer their advanced classes. Some offer integrated classes based on ability and some have stand-alone Spectrum classes.<br /><br />There might be an LA class available to Spectrum only, but if more kids want to have it in their schedule than space available you are not guaranteed a spot in that class even though you are Spectrum. That is the not guaranteed a spot in Spectrum classes bit. Hope that makes better sense.<br /><br />But yes, you are guaranteed a spot in Spectrum for MS if qualified. As it is your Attendance Area MS you can apply and switch from APP to Spectrum during Open Enrollment.<br /><br />-StepJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54682297109778903222013-11-09T11:28:35.921-08:002013-11-09T11:28:35.921-08:00CCA - Thanks for that reminder. (Handwarmers are a...CCA - Thanks for that reminder. (Handwarmers are available at Costco too!) Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4596447731062837512013-11-09T06:59:46.223-08:002013-11-09T06:59:46.223-08:00Homeless kids have an ask list: socks, undies, coa...Homeless kids have an ask list: socks, undies, coats, handwarmers (sold at REI, will last 8-10 hrs), sleeping bags, shoes. Please consider helping. www.youthcare.org<br /><br />CCAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-32479756431235924092013-11-08T21:45:07.443-08:002013-11-08T21:45:07.443-08:00Are they moved out and is the power off.Are they moved out and is the power off.cd parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50476142148604730552013-11-08T21:28:48.232-08:002013-11-08T21:28:48.232-08:00I spent two hours there today, knowing this was co...I spent two hours there today, knowing this was coming. I'm surprised they waited until dark. Hmmm.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63502787220372903962013-11-08T20:51:02.727-08:002013-11-08T20:51:02.727-08:00Just call the cops and move them out already. Eno...Just call the cops and move them out already. Enough is enough.cd parentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-69882978852084022592013-11-08T19:52:50.197-08:002013-11-08T19:52:50.197-08:00There's apparently a standoff going on at Mann...There's apparently a standoff going on at Mann now - based on twitter traffic - always an adventure - Kiro reporter tweets:<br />Henry Rosoff <br />@SEACityLight workers getting turned away by #HoraceMann occupiers @SeattlePD not here right now<br /><br />And this from supporter<br />@PurpleReels <br />If you're available NOW come down to Horace Mann #Africatown 24th & Cherry across the street from Garfield<br /><br />and this<br />Workers arrived at #AfricaTown to cut the power, and have left without doing so. Little victories.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Someonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34161402303219944972013-11-08T19:44:36.087-08:002013-11-08T19:44:36.087-08:00Whoops, accidentally hit enter too fast. He was fo...Whoops, accidentally hit enter too fast. He was found guilty on <b>36</b> counts. <br /><br />BAM! <br /><br />Potter will be sentenced next week. It will be good to get closure on that episode.<br /><br />EdVoterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84958578939030044642013-11-08T19:41:29.283-08:002013-11-08T19:41:29.283-08:00Hidden in The Seattle Times is news that the Potte...Hidden in The Seattle Times is news that the Potter associate from the Goodloe_Johnson administration scandal was found <a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/11/man-convicted-of-36-charges-stemming-from-seattle-schools-scandal/" rel="nofollow">guilty</a> today on multiple counts.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83914504168954088952013-11-08T18:50:07.162-08:002013-11-08T18:50:07.162-08:00Note that they did it on a Friday. A Friday before...Note that they did it on a Friday. A Friday before a 3-day weekend. A media-savvy move.<br /><br />-skeptical-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85616791968935424842013-11-08T18:43:50.513-08:002013-11-08T18:43:50.513-08:00KIRO just had story re: SPS issuing notice to vaca...KIRO just had story re: SPS issuing notice to vacate at Mann - police were apparently there, as well as power trucks to shutdown power, though no confirmation of that. Tweeter posted pic of letter from Supt. Banda<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/LovDancSubvrt/status/398923159027466240/photo/1" rel="nofollow">Notice to Vacate</a>Someonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-20499020720291828752013-11-08T18:34:13.151-08:002013-11-08T18:34:13.151-08:00All APP-eligible students are Spectrum-eligible as...All APP-eligible students are Spectrum-eligible as well.<br /><br />Any Spectrum-eligible student who chooses the Spectrum program at their attendance area middle school is assured of placement in that program at that school.<br /><br />How each school chooses to serve their Spectrum students is up to the school. There is no prescribed Spectrum delivery model.<br /><br />Math placement at all middle schools is done without regard to program.<br /><br />Middle school Spectrum consists, at most, of a self-contained class for the Language Arts/Social Studies block. That's it. Since Spectrum students do not come in convenient thirty-packs, all schools have had to find their own way to respond to the District mandate.<br /><br />For example, here is <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/enrollment%20planning/Section%2010%20Enrollment%20Report%202012.pdf" rel="nofollow">last year's data on Spectrum enrollment</a>.<br /><br />You'll see that there were seven Spectrum students in the seventh grade from the Mercer service area. This doesn't necessarily mean that these students are enrolled at Mercer, or that other Spectrum students are not, but Mercer has to find a way to offer Spectrum services to the students they have and a self-contained classroom is not going to be their answer.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57185331832223086482013-11-08T17:32:05.173-08:002013-11-08T17:32:05.173-08:00Seattle School Board votes to settle sexual-assaul...<a href="http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/11/seattle-school-board-votes-to-settle-sexual-assault-case-for-700000/" rel="nofollow">Seattle School Board votes to settle sexual-assault case for $700,000</a> -- I wondered what the closed meeting about legal action was for. <br /><br />reposting for someone who selected the Anonymous function but did not sign with a pseudonymChristinahttp://www.zombo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40801922202227072192013-11-08T17:09:34.583-08:002013-11-08T17:09:34.583-08:00Step J, I think someone should check with AL. I th...Step J, I think someone should check with AL. I thought you WERE guaranteed Spectrum in middle school.<br /><br />HIMS, in elementary you can test into Spectrum but are not guaranteed a seat (yes, that crazy). But again, I thought that had changed for middle school.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-42807630874037961842013-11-08T17:08:44.168-08:002013-11-08T17:08:44.168-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-28560330672330291492013-11-08T16:55:04.583-08:002013-11-08T16:55:04.583-08:00StepJ, what does that mean? How can you be in the ...StepJ, what does that mean? How can you be in the program but not in the Spectrum-specific classes?<br /><br />HIMSmomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71607270955505991542013-11-08T15:32:51.139-08:002013-11-08T15:32:51.139-08:00HIMSmom,
You are guaranteed a place in the Spectr...HIMSmom,<br /><br />You are guaranteed a place in the Spectrum program, but not in the Spectrum classes. If students at HIMS are placed in classes based on ability vs. classification that might be a good option for certainty.<br /><br />Just apply during Open Enrollment.<br /><br />-StepJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56383629928102101772013-11-08T14:35:34.920-08:002013-11-08T14:35:34.920-08:00Interesting information in the Deputy Superintende...Interesting information in the Deputy Superintendent's <a href="http://school-board.district.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/school%20board/Friday%20Memos/2013-14/Nov%201/20131101_FridayMemo_DeputySuptUpdate.pdf" rel="nofollow">Friday memo</a>. Some ACTUAL information on the goings-on at JSCEE<br /><br />mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-3177073148863310262013-11-08T14:26:46.090-08:002013-11-08T14:26:46.090-08:00What is the current situation regarding the Mann b...What is the current situation regarding the Mann building.lowell parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03091383733032128733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-65015860451946350412013-11-08T13:41:30.352-08:002013-11-08T13:41:30.352-08:00Is Spectrum access now guaranteed at middle school...Is Spectrum access now guaranteed at middle school level? I can't find anything on the district website that suggests it's only on a space available basis. Assuming my child tests into APP for 6th grade, can we elect to go to Hamilton Spectrum (it's our AA school), rather than wherever APP ends up (e.g., rolling up at Lincoln?) Will we be guaranteed a Spectrum spot?<br /><br />HIMSmomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-75425604198520413872013-11-08T13:10:35.638-08:002013-11-08T13:10:35.638-08:00Director Smith-Blum's community meeting locati...Director Smith-Blum's community meeting location will be at Douglass-Truth branch library at 23rd and Yesler she just informed me. Staff should be updating the site with the new information.<br /><br />Ann D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-64238717710358430142013-11-08T11:55:25.550-08:002013-11-08T11:55:25.550-08:00I hope the Times keeps reporting about special edu...I hope the Times keeps reporting about special education in Seattle Schools. They owe it to their readers who will otherwise forget that inequities and challenges exist in addition to those that are regularly reported on faced by students of color and students with languages other than English. So far, the Times has simply reported the news. <br /><br />curious-erAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-86846625553693384142013-11-08T11:50:39.495-08:002013-11-08T11:50:39.495-08:00@curious - the District (as in all the departments...@curious - the District (as in all the departments and operations) doesn't understand or value federal and state laws governing special ed and disabilities civil rights, beyond putting disabled bodies and classrooms together where there is space available and regardless of the teacher's capabilities. so that's why nothing works because for sped to work there have to be systems to make it work --legally-- all across the board. <br /><br />@Mary Griffin - the reason for the level 4 determination is not known so far, but it is far more likely going to be connected to ongoing problems that OSPI has been pointing out for a long time like the over-identification of students from racial and ethnic groups in sped<br /><br />curious-erAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com