Seattle Schools Community Forum

The presentation for this Work Session finally came up and I took a gander at it. I would say this is possibly one of the most important Work Sessions of the school year and certainly will be a test for the new Board.   District Scoreboard I'll let you peruse this at your leisure but it's certainly a mixed bag.  You can say that compared to state numbers, the district is doing much better with green (for plus side improvement) everywhere on page 2. One down note is that for climate/satisfaction surveys of students, families and teachers, most of the numbers are down especially the family engagement survey.

Monday, May 11th Curriculum&Instruction Policy Committee meeting from 4:30-6:30 pm.  Agenda The agenda is a long list of items, some policy issues (like student fees, student rights and responsibilities handbook) and a couple of very serious items.  (To note, each BAR usually has a list of supporting documents at the end of the BAR.  In the past, each supporting document had a live link.  I now see - with help from the Board office - that instead of making each listed document a live link, those documents now follow the listing of the documents.  I do not know when this changed.) One is the movement of Special Education from the Revised Comprehensive Corrective Action Plan to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Office of Superintendent Public Instruction (OSPI). OSPI has listed the School Board as an approver on the draft MOU.  Fiscal impact to this action will be $3,000,000 in federal Individuals wit...

Updated from Sunday morning, 1/11, with two Tuesday, Jan. 13th events. Monday, Jan. 12th Financial Aid Event: College Goal Washington Financial Aid Event for Seniors at Franklin High School from 5-7 pm. Curriculum & Instruction Committee Meeting from 4:30-6:30 pm. Agenda A seemingly brief agenda for a two-hour meeting.  The total items seems to clock in at about an hour but two items, Special Education RC-CAP (Jessee/Clancy/Hanson) MTSS (Heath/Dysart) would seem to need a lot longer than 10 minutes each.