Interesting Items from the Friday Memo
The Friday Memo from the superintendent to the Board is often worth reading. There are some interesting items in it this week for sure.
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Seattle Schools This Week
Tuesday, Sept. 2nd Superintendent Nyland will have a press conference at JAMS followed by a ribbon-cutting for the renovated school at noon. He will also be at the ribbon-cutting for Fairmount Park Elementary at 2:45 pm. (I'm taking ideas for questions to ask Superintendent Nyland.) Wednesday, Sept. 3rd - First Day of School Superintendent Nyland will be visiting several schools that day including Rainier View Elementary from 9-10:30 am, then the World School from 11-11:30 am. He will join World School students for lunch. School Board meeting starting at 4:15 pm. Agenda I note that the family of the Garfield field trip victim is organizing a rally before the meeting and I expect a fair number of people to again press the Board to do more.
Seattle Schools Updates
Update: it seems that despite the fact the ConnectEdu has declared bankruptcy last week, they may trying to forge on. I will ask about the contract that SPS has with this organization and the SPS student data they have. End of update. The district recognized some Nutrition Services staff as part of School Lunch Super Hero Day. This week is School Nutrition Week so thank a kitchen staff member for watching out for students at your school. It is also PTA Teacher Appreciation week so please do thank your child's teacher for their hard work. May 6th is National Teacher Day. It is also Choose Privacy Week as observed by the American Library Association . It's a time for discussion about "privacy rights in the digital age." Something for everyone to think about considering the district has is using ConnectEdu and havd kids sign up WITHOUT previously explaining to parents what it is and what student information is being put into th...