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Update: here's the Executive Committee meeting agenda .  There are no links to any documents but t he agenda packet is 90 (!) pages.   Kids, that may be a record.  Highlights include the City's preschool program.

The Latest: Based on information I got today at the BEX Oversight Committee meeting, I knew that it was likely that an attempt would be made to clear the Mann Building.  I observed the building for a period of time late this afternoon.  I saw several people stop and look at the still-locked gates including a construction truck and private electrician company truck.  I saw no one come in or out of the building. In the Open Thread it was reported at 6:43 that there was a Tweet that Banda had a Notice to Vacate the Property that said everyone had to be out by 6:00 pm today or they would be considered to have been "trespassed."  The Tweet was a rally to come to the building.  Someone Said reported police and power trucks there.  Then at 7:52 pm, Someone Said reported that KIRO-tv tweeted that the Seattle City Light workers were "turned away" by Horace Mann occupiers but no police were there.  Power had gone out at my home so my family and I left an...

Monday, November 4th Curriculum&Instruction Board committee meeting from 4-6 p.m.   Agenda .  Items of note: Policy 2200, Equitable Access to Programs and Services, Special Education Comprehensive Correction Action Plan, CTE, Student Assignment, Math Adoption Progress Report Tuesday, November 5th Election Day - get those ballots postmarked today! Road Map to College: application event for seniors.  From 2:45-6:00p.m. at Garfield High School. SEEAC (Special Education Advisory and Advocacy Council) meeting from 6:30-9:30 pm at JSCEE. Wednesday, November 6th School Board meeting starting at 4:15 pm at JSCEE.  Agenda Among the items on the agenda: - presentation about Alternative Learning Experience School Plans - approval of the Superintendent Evaluation Instrument and Board Self-Evaluation Instrument - Approval (?!) of Columbia Annex and Mann Portable Lease Agreements.  To be posted by today by 3 p.m.) - Intro of closure of Pinehurst P...