Seattle Schools Community Forum

Tonight's Board meeting is the last for this particular make-up of the Board.  They certainly are leaving with major issues that will be decided tonight. Items of note for tonight's meeting:

Here's the agenda item from the upcoming Wednesday Board meeting.  I have not had the opportunity to compare the red-line with the green printed (clean) versions of the SAP.    (And actually, it would be interesting to compare the last red-line version with the current one and see what differences there are.) Here's the agenda for the entire meeting. I note one interesting thing on the agenda.  The Board is to vote on the SMART Goals that guide the Superintendent's work. There are two amendments to this BAR; one from Director McLaren and one from Director Peaslee and Director Patu.  It involves wording over who are the groups in "students of color."

New attachment to the BAR, Nyland's letter at end of attachments. I am ceding my speaker time to Sarah Sense Wilson, a leader in the Native American parent community tonight but in my prepared remarks I stated I was puzzled.  Because weeks ago, one director had said that they wouldn't be considering any kind of raise/extension until AFTER the State of the District and the release of the District Scorecard.  Neither thing has happened. SPS parents have to pay for basic supplies. The district can't afford ORCA cards for RBHS students who truly want to be at school on time. Maintenance can't even set the clocks in all the school to be on time. Is anyone really impressed with his offer?  I'm not.

Yup, Superintendent Nyland. Here's the BAR about this from the Board agenda.  This is an Intro item with a vote at the next Board meeting in two weeks. They propose a 5% raise (based on COLA and other management raises) which would raise his BASE pay to over $289K.  And they propose extending his contract to June 2018 (it is currently 2017.)