Tuesday Open Thread
Election Day - get those ballots in. List of King County dropboxes. Seattle speed bumps are working. From Seattle Bike Blog, Total speeding on the streets near three elementary schools dropped between 79 – 88 percent after speed humps were installed, and high-end speeding was nearly eradicated according to SDOT . Teacher who is challenged to spend two days as a high school student learns her own lessons. Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting. High school students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90 percent of their classes. You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long. Seattle Schools' Fast Facts for 2014-2015 is out. total enrollment 51,988 students in 97 schools F/RL is at 37.8% ELL is at 25.9% Sped is at 13.7% Over 1200 preschoolers are in SPS interesting stats on minority groups - Black, Asian and Hispanic/Latino are within 4 points of each other at 16.4%, 15.9% and 12.5% respectively. Budget - $68...