Seattle Education This Week
Monday (fun day), April 18th (fed tax day) My property tax postcard said that 47% of our taxes were local and I'd bet that is mostly SPS levies as well as the Families and Ed levy plus the pre-k levy. Good for Seattle voters but again, I wonder how long voters can keep this up at every single election. Tuesday, April 19th Audit&Finance Committee meeting , from 4:30-6:30 pm at JSCEE. Agenda Of interest to me is the Data Privacy Policy that will not be presented by Carmen Rahm, our Tech lead staffer but by Clover Codd, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. Given that, I assume it is about adult data privacy issues, not student ones. Staff is also giving more "informational" purchase updates to the Board for items that don't exceed the $250K vote to the Board. This is a good thing to see. From the minutes in a discussion about effects of catastrophic events on school buildings and the district's coverage: Washington School Risk Manag...