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The district has announced they will no longer print and distribute paper calendars to families due to costs. They say you can print one yourself from their website or use their app.  They used to sell space on the calendars.  As someone said on Facebook, they couldn't get a business to be a good corporate citizen and do this? I can't believe it's saving that much money.

You'll note the use of the word "must" in the headline for this post.  I have gone from "should" to "must" based on new information I received today via public disclosure documents from the district.

 Action Alert from the Network for Public Education:

Readers, some of you may have seen my name listed at King County Elections to run for Rick Burke's seat in District 2.  I did that for strategic reasons, namely, I didn't want someone to sneak on the ballot at the last minute with no challenger.  There are two candidates now for that position and so, true to form, I'm not running.  (Everybody at JSCEE can exhale now.) Note to those who are not as in-the-know about campaigning.  You file to run with King County Elections but you are not truly running until you register with the Public Disclosure Commission .   (Yes, I know legally when you file, you are a candidate but to get and spend money, you need the PDC registration.)

The Seattle International Film Festival has just gotten underway; lots of good films for kids and teens in their Films4Families . The district has selected a new head of Advanced Learning (via Kari Hanson, Director of Student Support Services, partial):

From the New York Times : Problem: Scoring patterns on the SAT suggesting that the test puts certain racial and economic groups at a disadvantage have become a concern for colleges.

Update: in other Board news, there's finally a candidate for District 2 (Rick Burke's district - he has not filed yet), Lisa Rivera Smith.  Smith is a past PTSA president at Hamilton MS and the current co-president of the yet-to-open Lincoln High School. There's another challenger for Director Harris - Crystal S. Liston. I can find nothing about her.  Anyone?   end of update DeWolf missed an important Board meeting last night where an entire adoption - K-12 - took place. Where was he? Campaigning for City Council.