tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7676311633495398647..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Seattle Schools This WeekMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-92005258957172825992015-03-04T08:16:46.944-08:002015-03-04T08:16:46.944-08:00@looking ahead, or @plan ahead, whatever your moni...@looking ahead, or @plan ahead, whatever your moniker, this drumbeat of "get your kid out of HIMS, so there's more room for the rest of us," is pretty disturbing. The capacity issues need to be solved at the district level, not by small bands of parents trying to save their own. <br /><br />Yeah, it's frustrating that there doesn't seem to be a solid plan in sight. It's frustrating that kids get shuffled from school to school, multiple times. It's frustrating that parents really don't know what's going to happen from one year to the next. <br /><br />Are you willing to make the shift you are suggesting other parents make? Would you opt in to a school not in your neighborhood or pathway, with no transportation and no guarantee of continued placement? <br /><br />aghastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36060452608951587522015-03-03T16:48:30.901-08:002015-03-03T16:48:30.901-08:00I will make a point of reminding the Board of Code...I will make a point of reminding the Board of Code of Conduct item #13 in future correspondence.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52468713542399450662015-03-03T16:46:26.795-08:002015-03-03T16:46:26.795-08:00Notice that ALL of the introduction items are prop...Notice that ALL of the introduction items are property related.<br /><br />The biggest part of the Board's work is focused on managing the real estate.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48575927808169963202015-03-03T09:00:39.251-08:002015-03-03T09:00:39.251-08:00How long are guaranteed seats in APP middle school...How long are guaranteed seats in APP middle school going to continue? Other districts have most gifted learners clustered at regular middle schools, with a magnet school for self-contained and no transportation to the magnets and limited seats.<br />Frequentlty we hear how HCC is a blessing capacity-wise, but as currently structured it's an expensive and disruptive program. Parents have until after the start of school to decide to use free yelow bus service to to an HCC site; or they can go to their assigned school. <br />Planning is more complicated.<br /><br />CharlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-70353468026015093732015-03-03T08:28:45.606-08:002015-03-03T08:28:45.606-08:00I would rather go longer in June than start before...I would rather go longer in June than start before Labor Day. Weather is better plus it has always been that way and is easier to plan around.<br /><br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21491847662127234212015-03-02T21:05:55.867-08:002015-03-02T21:05:55.867-08:00SEA submitted a 2015/2016 calendar to the district...SEA submitted a 2015/2016 calendar to the district in early Nov. The contract says the district has until Jan. 31st to respond and it is March 2nd and.....crickets. I'm hearing rumors of a push to start the Wed. before Labor Day this year b/c Labor Day is so late. I'm fine either way, but we need to know ASAP. Summer camp registration has begun and many families are waiting on a calendar to purchase plane tickets for summer travel- why are they dragging their feet on this? <br />TSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62923110621731339362015-03-02T20:12:21.142-08:002015-03-02T20:12:21.142-08:00looking ahead,
Do you have children headed to HIM...looking ahead,<br /><br />Do you have children headed to HIMS or JAMS? Are you offering to provide transportation for kids living in Magnolia or Ballard to JAMS?<br /><br />Kids at BF Day and JSIS don't have to go to HIMS. If there are seats available at JAMS, they can also request them during open enrollment.Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6360040933420709942015-03-02T17:10:55.019-08:002015-03-02T17:10:55.019-08:00The district already says it will take kids midway...The district already says it will take kids midway through Washington and boot them to Meany when it opens. Would-will the district do the same at WiPac? Gotta believe yes.<br /><br />Seen ItAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48107655556624323692015-03-02T15:19:46.916-08:002015-03-02T15:19:46.916-08:00Are you sure that students will be allowed to stay...Are you sure that students will be allowed to stay at JAMS for all 3 years though?<br /><br />I had a friend whose child is currently in 6th grade who looked into this last year. They wanted to opt in to APP@JAMS to have 3 years in one place. Enrollment would not guarantee or put into writing that that would happen. <br /><br />That is, when it comes time to open APP@Wil-Pac (possibly at an interim site in 2016, right?), they may assign kids based on address, not on where they currently attend. So a JAMS kid could, in theory, get pulled to help start up Wil-Pac.<br /><br />Has anyone confirmed with the district that out of area kids could stay at JAMS all 3 years if they do get a spot there next year?<br /><br />-anonymous todayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56075117974700025992015-03-02T15:02:10.267-08:002015-03-02T15:02:10.267-08:00Last day of open enrollment: if your child is in ...Last day of open enrollment: if your child is in the Whitman middle school service area and is going into APP/HCC 6th grade - do consider filling out an option form to be routed to the JAMS HCC site instead of the Hamilton HCC site. Both programs are good, it is just that Hamilton is out of space, and so you may start there next year, but, you won't be finishing there. By starting at JAMS, you will be guaranteed a continuing placement, and, your student will not be 'geo split' out into a interim site and then a 3rd site by eighth grade.<br /><br />If your student is a roll with it type of child, then HIMS will be fine. <br /><br />But, I am thinking of the students in HIMS who have no choice, eg, the student in Spectrum from BF Day, or, the students from JSIS, who must go to HIMS. By having some would-be HIMS students instead head to JAMS right now, and hopefully more of then the next year too, HIMS can be 'saved' and stay not more than 1100 students, so an emergency mitigation won't have to happen, that will affect every kid in the building. <br /><br />The District is already having conversations about an annex of Hamilton in the south wing of Lincoln, depending on how bad the enrollment numbers are this September for Hamilton.<br /><br />It is what it is, this District seems not to make decisions to manage the student experience in the long run, they just manage year to year, and our students are the ones who pay a needless price by being destabilized. Middle school is tough enough without this kind of added uncertainty. <br /><br />--looking ahead<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com