tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post898965391495795207..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Waitlist Work Session/Native American Program Reduced at RESMSMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34335946694646138892018-08-27T21:26:48.701-07:002018-08-27T21:26:48.701-07:00Hi!
Does anybody think that Garfield waitlist wil...Hi!<br /><br />Does anybody think that Garfield waitlist will move at all on Friday? We are #1 and would love to attend like our oldest did and youngest will.<br /><br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-50151450271599020122018-07-09T11:25:04.407-07:002018-07-09T11:25:04.407-07:00I think Lafayette capacity is a couple of things. ...I think Lafayette capacity is a couple of things. One when Spectrum went away many students went to Fairmount Park.<br /><br />Also Lafayette boundaries are adjacent to Genessee Hill and Alki. I think the boundaries just changed or will change next year to alleviate overcapacity issues at Genessee Hill so I'm guessing Lafayette will fill back up.<br /><br />WSMomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62215572857549726012018-07-08T03:32:35.765-07:002018-07-08T03:32:35.765-07:00
hum i wish i knew more. but na kids should have a...<br />hum i wish i knew more. but na kids should have a program. na history should have a month and sps should stop pushing them around. geez. halfacer should deal/dealt with this. what is his job again? <br /><br />no caps Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-47990128732443524382018-07-07T15:20:25.002-07:002018-07-07T15:20:25.002-07:00I assume the Marni Campbell decision re: Native Am...I assume the Marni Campbell decision re: Native American afterschool programming was based on space constraints, but if so, I cry foul. The whole point of “equity” considerations is that you provide additional supports and/or accommodations to groups that struggle, in order to help them achieve at more equal rates. SPS’s Native American population is certainly a group that needs additional support in the name of equity. If Jon Halfaker is willing to suggest there is room available at other nearby schools, why can’t that be used by other groups/activities instead of displacing the NA programs? Stability and ease of access are important factors in achieving equity for underserved populations. Equity does not mean majority rules, although that’s what this sounds like. If there are competing space demands, the group most likely to be hurt by relocation is the group that should be allowed to stay.<br /><br />I hope that all JSCEE staff, Directors, and Board Members who are charged with ensuring equity—and who are so hung-ho about “equity” when it suits their personal agendas—will take a closer look at this through an equity lens. Maybe there’s something else going on, but on the surface it looks bad. <br /><br />All typesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-56105097477627964172018-07-06T12:26:24.712-07:002018-07-06T12:26:24.712-07:00I love how they advertise how many families receiv...I love how they advertise how many families received a "choice" assignment. What is not noted is that there is a minimum number of choice assignments to option schools that must be processed every year or those schools would be empty. <br /><br />Here is the list of option schools. <br /><br />Boren, Louisa<br />Cedar Park<br />Center School<br />Cleveland<br />Licton Springs<br />McDonald<br />Orca<br />Pathfinder<br />Queen Anne<br />Salmon Bay<br />South Shore<br />Stanford, John<br />Thornton Creek<br />TOPS<br />Wolf, Hazel<br /><br /><br />A substantial portion of that 2400 choice assignment is simply the minimum number of students who are required to be assigned to options schools and option programs. The refusal to assign students who want to attend schools with more than ample space for those students is effectively following the procedure of "don't want to, don't have to, can't make me."<br /><br />This report should absolutely break out how many of those 2400 are required to be filled an how many are impossible to fill, because those schools are severely overcrowded (aka Ballard, Roosevelt, etc). The number of seats that could be assigned, is the critical number for a work session like this one. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66456111344280226612018-07-06T12:17:59.243-07:002018-07-06T12:17:59.243-07:00Nova is really a casualty of the move to dissolve ...Nova is really a casualty of the move to dissolve the waitlist in the summer and the lack of understanding of how interconnected enrollment really is with how schools operate as a network. <br /><br />Historically, Nova would gain a significant number of students in September. When students would arrive at their assigned school in September and find that they had a schedule that was not working for them, many students would punt for either Nova or Running Start. <br /><br />When the waitlist dissolved in August, this meant the open enrollment was also closed. Families are no longer able to make any choices in September, essentially locking down the entire system. <br /><br />Nova was then changed to a "Service School" because services school do not have any restriction on movement. But ... another unintended consequence is that now Nova is not listed with the other high schools during regular enrollment. <br /><br />Dissolving the waitlist over the summer has had so many negative consequences to both schools and families. Nova is just the schools that has really suffered the most because of this change. <br /><br /><br /><br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43792476829999019322018-07-06T12:10:44.445-07:002018-07-06T12:10:44.445-07:00The waitlist process is a way for the district to ...The waitlist process is a way for the district to balance capacity across the district while giving some very limited flexibility to families. However the district simply behaves as if this is a huge burden and should be abandoned. <br /><br />Another big gap in the institutional memory is that many schools had their boundaries intentionally drawn way too small. This was done because those schools either had long waitlist or lot of split siblings. <br /><br />Franklin's boundaries are too small for the school. This was done on purpose and the districts refusal to move Franklin's waitlist for several years now is finally beginning to show the problems. The district has asserted that they have limited enrollment at Franklin in order to support Rainier Beach but there is no evidence that this plan has worked. <br /><br />IMHO, the biggest impact on RB enrollment is the substantial work done at RB to work with their constituents and improve the school. I have been greatly impressed by the efforts of students and staff to lobby for better treatment during BEX. The second big impact on RB enrollment has been that Bellevue and Mercer Island have closed their doors to out of district students and Highline has substantially restricted out of district enrollment. Historically, there have been substantial numbers of SE families who live in Seattle but attend public school in another district. <br /><br /><br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-38867268257768535892018-07-06T12:04:24.399-07:002018-07-06T12:04:24.399-07:00Whitman's enrollment problem is also another g...Whitman's enrollment problem is also another gap of institutional memory. <br /><br />The plan to place Licton Springs K8 at REMS was based on extra capacity at Whitman. Staff was instructed via an amendment to the Growth Boundaries plan to make the necessary adjustments to make that work. However, due to staff turnover and other issues, that never happened. <br /><br />Whitman simply does not have enough feeder schools for their program. Whereas adjactent Hamilton and REMS are going to struggle with significant over-crowding again. <br /><br /><br /><br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89900694406545944682018-07-06T12:00:18.187-07:002018-07-06T12:00:18.187-07:00Ah, the annual waitlist drama where the loss of in...Ah, the annual waitlist drama where the loss of institutional memory really shows. <br /><br />Washington was extremely over-capacity. However, the district has over-corrected that problem and it is very likely that Washington will struggle with enrollment for a long time. Here are the three corrections that were made to Washington's enrollment. <br /><br />* West Seattle HCC was redirected to soon to be very over-crowded Madison.<br />* Meany was opened and more than 50% of the attendance area and will likely be very full very soon. <br />* The plan to open Meany also included a plan to move one of the feeder schools out of Mercer in order to backfill Washington. That plan was cancelled and instead an addition for Mercer is being built. <br /><br />It should be noted that Mercer is a great example of how the NSAP was intended to work. Mercer is an incredibly strong school with stable leadership and has really built strong ties with all of their feeder schools. It is no surprise that an elementary would not want to be diverted out of Mercer and into Washington. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322661098626555834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-91723473645780363112018-07-06T10:55:26.975-07:002018-07-06T10:55:26.975-07:00Melissa, I was using the poster West's phrasin...Melissa, I was using the poster West's phrasing with the word "gutted" in quotes to indicate my disagreement with it - it's not the word I would use at all.<br /><br />I agree that schools enrolled at half-capacity over the long term is not a good thing, but this was the first year since Meany's re-opening that split half the student population away from Washington. That was exactly the point. (Unless the enrollment numbers are half of the halves, then that's a different story!)<br /><br />CDerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-55182380858167718422018-07-06T10:21:34.216-07:002018-07-06T10:21:34.216-07:00JS, no matter what you think Native Americans shou...JS, no matter what you think Native Americans should have done at Wilson Pacific, that is land sacred to the tribes of Seattle. One thing does not equate with the other.<br /><br />CDer, well, I don't know if "gut" is the right word but yes, the opening of Meany was to take the pressure off Washington. However, having three middle school buildings running at half-capacity is NOT good. And, I have to wonder where all those students went. If RESMS is full, then redraw the boundaries for Whitman. (I know this could be a boomareng effect but that's on the district.)<br /><br />Mom of 4, thanks for that info. I'd bet the Board doesn't know this. <br /><br />Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-58492295522815221382018-07-06T09:36:57.532-07:002018-07-06T09:36:57.532-07:00When we enrolled for high last year, NOVA was not ...When we enrolled for high last year, NOVA was not on the list of schools, because the district has changed it to be a "service school." So I suspect that their enrollment may have dropped because people simply are not aware that it is still an option, or how one chooses it (I have no idea how one signs up for a school that is not on the enrollment form).<br /><br />Nova's graduation rate is very low because a large number of students from other schools transfer there in 11th or 12th grade when it becomes evident that they don't have enough credits to graduate (basically they are sent there because NOVA is a better setting for getting them caught up - this is why it has been reclassified as a service school). Their 6-year graduation rate is similar to any of the other high-schools.<br /><br />Mom of 4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-49536372145177209692018-07-06T08:27:50.040-07:002018-07-06T08:27:50.040-07:00Ballard High is 371 kids overenrolled! Can they fi...Ballard High is 371 kids overenrolled! Can they fit that many kids with portables? 1706 capacity and 2077 enrolled. 68 on the waitlist! I do know some 10th graders & incoming 9th will be going to Lincoln though in 2019. But it looks like they may remain overenrolled even after Lincoln opening for awhile. <br />PLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16046952431179181922018-07-06T08:20:33.601-07:002018-07-06T08:20:33.601-07:00Nova has by far the lowest high school graduation ...Nova has by far the lowest high school graduation rate in the district at 61%.<br />JHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46318347145689998342018-07-06T08:17:35.798-07:002018-07-06T08:17:35.798-07:00Washington was "gutted" by the opening o...Washington was "gutted" by the opening of Meany this past year, which was the intention wasn't it? We are a Washington/Meany family and appreciate the current small enrollment at these schools, affording awaited breathing room and accommodating the future growth we can see coming down the pike. We've witnessed a sharp uptick in the number of strollers wheeling around the neighborhood and the parks are full of young families. It would be wretched planning if both schools immediately reached capacity after Meany's opening.<br /><br />CDerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-4081440566132299182018-07-06T07:53:24.391-07:002018-07-06T07:53:24.391-07:00Washington was gutted by the opening of HCC in Wes...Washington was gutted by the opening of HCC in West Seattle as predicted, leaving the smaller cohort of students more vulnerable to hostile actions by administration and others, and pressuring those remaining into private and alternatives. HCC was originally placed in Washington to prop up enrollment and test scores. When they are pushed out, well, you can guess what happens.<br /><br />WestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-41380742129805082602018-07-06T07:47:00.016-07:002018-07-06T07:47:00.016-07:00Lafayette was a popular school when it had a spect...Lafayette was a popular school when it had a spectrum program. Now that spectrum is gone, the school is just another run-down building that does not meet the needs of it's high performing students like it used to. Apparently MTSS just does not work as promised. I imagine many of the spectrum students have left for HCC or private schools leaving Lafayette with plenty of extra space.<br /><br />WestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-36573545473012143632018-07-05T21:00:51.311-07:002018-07-05T21:00:51.311-07:00Please stop with the "Robert Eagle Staff Scho...Please stop with the "Robert Eagle Staff School is located on culturally significant sacred land (Licton Springs)". Why didn't natives pour some of their casino money into cleaning up and maintaining Licton Springs or the old wilson school?<br /><br />We all know the answer!<br /><br />JSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com