What Would Work/Help?
The Southend and the struggle for better schools. This has been an issue since I started as a parent in the district. So I have some questions for anyone who works there, lives there, grew up there or has children in schools there. 1) When we say "southend" do we mean southeast, southwest and West Seattle? I perceive those 3 areas as fairly different (with SE and SW more alike than West Seattle). 2) Regardless of what hasn't happened in the past, if the Board and the Superintendent said they would grant 3 things they promise to do for at least a year that schools/parents want, what would they be? Would schools say the same things as parents? Or is there a big gap between what parents want and schools want 3) What was working in the past that got taken away? 4) Would stronger principals at all these schools make a difference? 5) What is the main thing(s) that parents could do? 6) What is the main thing(s) the communities around the schools could do? 7) What is the m...