Two Seattle Public Education Items of Note
First, after review by hired reviewers, the Washington State Charter Commission staff are recommending approval of two new charter schools in our state. These are the recommendations that the Commission members themselves will be considering at their next meeting on August 13th. The schools the applicants have put forth: Operator: Innovation Schools School Name: Willow Public School Grades Served: 6-8 School Location: Walla Walla Operator: Summit Public Schools Washington School Name: Summit Public School: Seattle #2 Grades Served: 6-12 School Location: South Seattle Both schools received "Meets" standard in four categories (out of four measures with "Exceeds" being the best, followed by "Meets," "Partially Meets," and "Does Not Meet.") I note that Summit has this named at their website at "Summit Public School:Sierra" and both appear on the application but under the Proposal Overview, it's "Summit...