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Wonderful celebration of cultures at Chief Sealth International High School - these photos make this event look like it was a fantastic one.  All photos by Leda Costa for the West Seattle Blog .

FYI: The City of Seattle is teaming up with Uber to offer discounted rides this Halloween . At a time when children are trick-or-treating and adults are celebrating during weekend festivities, it’s important to be alert and stay safe on Seattle streets. From Friday, October 28 to Monday, October 31, new and existing Uber users can safely catch a ride home in Seattle by entering promo code HALLOWPOOL for a free ride, up to a $10 value. I'm sure I've said this before but I do love Halloween.  No presents, no relatives, no cooking (unless you want to) and you get to dress up and eat candy.  Life is good. 

One statement that Superintendent Nyland likes to say is "We can do anything, we can't do everything."   This week Seattle Schools hosted  two community meetings (which, for some reason, they called "work sessions." Confusing.)  At the meeting I attended on Tuesday, the 25th, there were four community members including me. Here's what staff said in their announcement for the meetings(partial):

So many threads to get to including Director Burke's meeting on the reopening of Lincoln High (about 250 in attendance.)  And, he has the sole director community meeting tomorrow, Oct. 29th, at the Fremont Library from 11 am-1 pm. If Richard Sherman of the Seahawks played Quiddich who would be on his team (and guess who is a Seahawks fan ?)

The first story is from OSPI who released data on restraint and isolation for Special Education students in Washington State.  The story from KUOW:

During the discussion at the Boundary Changes thread, I was asked to create another thread on what readers found in the Friday Memo on this subject. One reader noted that two of the attachments that were supposed to be in the original BAR are finally at the SPS website.  (And use that in any argument you want to make about going forward - information was not given to the Board and the community in a timely fashion.)

From the News Tribune:  Washington state’s annual Mock Election is back, and kids can cast symbolic votes on real candidates and measures from 9 a.m. Monday to 1 p.m. Nov. 4. The event is open to all students in kindergarten through 12th grade in public, private and tribal schools, as well as homeschooled students.