Seattle School Board Retreat
Charlie and I are at the retreat (he was here most of the day) and I can't resist some early alerts/news: - the Superintendent says that the number show that enrollment is at nearly 52,000 . To understand, this is NOT the case for most urban districts. - still no clear answer on the Equitable Access Framework. President Smith-Blum pushed back when it was deferred (again). She stated it does not have to be the same for every program but she believes parents needs to understand how programs work and what is the definition for equitable access. Oddly, Director DeBell pushed back, saying "they could get to this eventually." He called the programs she called out like language immersion "higher level" programs. (Of course, later he called out how his goal is to meet the LI goal of 12 schools. Why that is at the top of the list over a clear understanding of equitable access is unclear to me?) The facilitator got a big laugh when he asked, "Do you ha...