Tuesday Open Thread
I put up another update on the Center School incident yesterday. It sounds like both staff and students did a great job in handling the situation. Fun fact: there are now only about 20+ schools where parents pay for kindergarten. The district has managed, through LAP dollars and other funding, to fill in that half-day that the state doesn't pay for. McCleary can't come fast enough. I also note that the district has financial documents, like Race to the Top, that reference "in-kind" staff time "donations." Keep this in mind around initiatives like RttT and preschool. 1B likes to say that SPS doesn't have to give space but I'm certain that any partnership will include a lot of staff time from several departments. In-kind donations of staff time, whether dollars exchange hands or not, are REAL money. A reader had mentioned this previously but here's a list from OSPI of school bus violations statewide by drivers in cars. Number of v...