Seattle Schools Math Adoption Committee Work
I attended the Math Adoption Committee meeting a week ago. I stayed about 2 hours (out of a daylong meeting). I didn't have high hopes at the beginning as the meeting seemed disorganized and slow to start. The meeting was monitored by staffers Anna Box and Shauna Heath. They first went over the discussion from the Board-asked-for Work Session that had occurred the day before about the math adoption process. (More on that in a minute). The next meeting of the Math Adoption Committee is tentatively set for April 25th (I did not hear a reason they were skipping March). As soon as they announce their final selections, they want public comment. There will be viewing of materials at five schools (one in each region) and one library. These are Arbor Heights, South Shore K-8, Coe, Northgate and, for the Central region, Douglass-Truth Library. It was noted by staff that they have about $1.5M for this math adoption. One Committee member said...