Seattle Schools Updates
School Board Retreat tomorrow - agenda . It's open to the public and at the JSCEE from 10 am to 2 pm. What the heck? How many times will they discuss governance issues and communication issues? They have been over this territory so many times and yet every retreat agenda, there it is. And, that part is for two hours. I do note the addition of the issue of communications "how does the Board interact with the media and how is a spokesperson assigned." It appears there is a policy but they seem to feel the need to discuss it. Update: Here's the agenda for the Special Board meeting next Wednesday. As of now, I know of two topics; approval of negotiation of a contract with Dr. Nyland to be permanent superintendent and approval of a contract for new computers. This process for the purchase of new computers is way behind schedule and there are no vendors or prices yet available. The new computers will cost between $1.2-1.4M but ...