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tadd's comments
Posted Fri, Jan 30, 1:22 p.m.
The Seattle Schools took a big hit last night. All one has to do is look at the vitriol coming from those posting to the Seattle Times website. To them, the Seattle School District represents everything that is wrong with our society-web posts show a preoccupation with racial and class ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 27, 2:20 a.m.
With due respect to our School Board President, the latest rationales for school closures and program splits is now shifting more than ever. The presented rationales are vague concepts like "community involvement","more vigorous professional learning communities", and "fluid demographics". I hardly noticed the rationale that I thought this disruption was ...
MOREPosted Thu, Jan 15, 1:27 p.m.
One more thing, Seattle CB, when you mention things like the lack of personal connection and inspiration coming from our current superintendent, it makes me really miss the late John Stanford. He had the ability to make everyone feel that they were part of the same struggle and effort, including ...
MOREPosted Thu, Jan 15, 1:16 p.m.
Wow Dick, you couldn't have said it better-cutting the Central Office back a little could mean not one student leaves Seattle Schools. Another way of putting this- school closures and program changes offer little savings (and no savings if student attrition occurs as expected)-in other words the budget gap will ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 6, 1:55 p.m.
(cont.) take notice. These are indisputable facts that rebut mistaken perceptions that Seattle Schools are second rate. I am for excellence for all, the weighted student formula and outreach/recruiting of bright minority students to magnet programs. We can accomplish excellence for all children by specific measures and growing a well-respected, ...
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 6, 1:47 p.m.
Angie: I sense that we have like-minded goals- a healthy public school system and increasing school enrollment throughout the city, with state dollars following those potentially expanding enrollments. However, your solution of spreading out high achieving students to other schools like pawns on a chessboard has already been tried and ...
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