Seattle Schools Community Forum

There's an article by Joel Connelly in the PI that there was some irony that one of the first acts of our new mayor, Ed Murray, was to go to see the Race exhibit at the Seattle Science Center.  (It has now ended.)   (Thanks to Johnny Calcagno for the heads up.) The irony is that just across the way at Seattle Center is Center School where Seattle Public Schools allowed one family to upend a vital conversation about race and privilege in one teacher's class. That teacher is Jon Greenberg. It is a great article and a great topic.  From the article:

I had heard about this but had no real info but our friends over at The Stranger have written this: (bold theirs) Rumor has it that the Seattle School District is punishing the high school teacher at the center of a controversy earlier this year—concerning his award-winning race and social justice class—by transferring him to another school. Greenberg heard from the district this weekend— after chaperoning prom on Saturday night —that he'll be sent to Hamilton Middle School next year.  Current teachers have sent around a public letter saying they " stand categorically opposed to the proposed transfer . Jon Greenberg is an outstanding, award-winning teacher and a seminal member of The Center School staff; his transfer would be a huge loss to the school." Asked to respond to the rumors, (district spokesperson, Teresa )Wippel says only that Superintendent José Banda is now "considering the appropriate action" after the same family filed a second ...