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New Student Assignment Plan: Pay Attention
BEX V? Sure, that's important but it is off in the more distance future.But the Student Assignment Plan is coming like a freight train and affects every single family in the district. I urge you to pay attention AND ask your PTA to devote an early meeting to this topic.
Rather than calling it a "new" SAP, they say they are making updates. I suspect these will be sweeping so it's almost like a new plan. The SAP would go into effect in 2018-2019 but not changes to high school boundaries or Advanced Learning.
Here's how the district sees this work:
In the 2019-20 school year, Seattle Public Schools will reopen Lincoln High School, a comprehensive high school in Northwest Seattle. Reopening Lincoln will require redrawing of the high school boundaries, which identifies the district areas that will feed into each high school.
At the same time, we are making updates to the Student Assignment Plan (SAP). The SAP ensures that students have access to the services they need and outlines options for programs and enrollment outside students’ designated schools. One area of review is Advanced Learning.
Given the increase in enrollment across our district, the opening of Lincoln High School in 2019, and the upward trend in students who are eligible for advanced learning services, we are seeking input on how to improve access to high school advanced learning opportunities. Any High School Advanced Learning changes made would not go into effect until 2019-20. Read more about Advanced Learning.
These bodies of work (High School Boundaries, SAP, and Advanced Learning opportunities) are interconnected and require community engagement. Over the course of the next couple months, district staff will be asking stakeholders for ideas, analyzing impacts and making final recommendations to the School Board.It's interesting because they will approve the changes to the SAP before the high school boundaries. But when will the decisions be made for AL? Because where HCC services are will be very important for some parents in high school.
Here's the latest from the district:
SAP recommendations are planned to go before the School Board on Nov. 1. Any recommended changes to High School Advanced Learning will not go into effect until the 2019-20 school year.
We anticipate High School Boundary recommendations will be introduced on Jan. 3, 2018, to the School Board. The approved high school boundaries will go into effect in the 2019-20 school year with the reopening of Lincoln High School. School Board meetings are open to the public. You can learn more about attending a meeting on our School Board Meeting webpage.
The district will host open house style meetings to share proposed updates and gather community feedback. All meetings are from 6:30 to 8 p.m.If you or someone you know needs translation or ADA services, please email communityengagement@seattleschools.org.
Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, Eckstein Middle School (3003 NE 75th St)
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, Ballard High School (1418 NW 65th St)
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, McClure Middle School (1915 1st Ave W)
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, Cleveland High School (5511 15th Ave S)
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, West Seattle High School (3000 California Ave SW)
Anticipated School Board Dates
The anticipated timeline for School Board consideration of the Student Assignment Plan is below. Action by the full School Board will not occur before the regular Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 meeting.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017: Operations Committee of the Whole
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017: Introduction to the full School Board
The district is hosting in-person community meeting to connect with families who need additional language interpretation support or ADA services to ensure our diverse community can participate in this important conversation.I'll note here that the Action vote by the Board would likely be the Nov. 15th Board meeting which is right before the Thanksgiving holiday. However, waiting until after Nov. 15th would likely be the first meeting in December which is when new Board directors come on. So November 15th is probably the date for a final vote on SAP changes.
The full list of additional engagement opportunities will be available on this site by the end of the week.
Also somewhat in tandem are the high school boundaries. The next meeting for that Taskforce is tomorrow at noon at JSCEE in room 2750. I am not able to attend this one. There are no supporting documents on this agenda but I will check again later today.
On the Thought Exchange, I'm a little unclear whether this is for AL or SAP; I'll ask.
An online discussion board through Thought Exchange will be sent to families of current 5th-12th graders as well as high school staff to facilitate this conversation.
Thought Exchange is a way for our families, community and staff to share their priorities and ideas with us online as we consider systems change in the district.
Thought Exchange is an online engagement tool that helps Seattle Public Schools lead discussions about important issues effecting our district.
All participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts, discover, compare and prioritize different points of view using a common scale rating.
Do let us know when you get onto the Thought Exchange. It will be interesting to see what is said.Participant privacy is vital to the process. All thoughts are confidential, but the process is moderated and to ensure the conversation maintains a safe and constructive environment. The district will not tolerate any hate speech or rude or inflammatory comments.
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