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Meeting Items of Note

First, there is a High School Boundaries Task Force meeting tomorrow, Thursday, the 14th, from 12:30 -2:30 pm at JSCEE, Room 2750.  Thanks to Director Mack for the heads up.

Next, the agenda for the Board Work Session today from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm has switched the order of the items.  BEX V was to be first, at 4:30 pm, but is now the last item, starting at 6:30 pm.  Some kind of Spidey sense told me to check this (as I had planned to attend to hear the BEX discussion) and sure enough, it's now at the end (and I cannot attend then).   The agenda does include the presentation.

I find some of the wording in the presentation odd.  They use quote marks for several terms like "prioritization."  They also do not definitely say they will seek parent/public input on the list (and where they possibly may, it looks like only at the final stages).  I believe parents and staff should have direct input on the list.

They include the facilities report in the presentation. The priority schools, based on the assessment, appears on page 14.  BUT, there's yet another list for capacity.


Facilities Assessment Priority Schools

Elementary & K-8 Schools:

Alki, Rogers, North Beach, Montlake, Salmon Bay K-8 @ Monroe, Northgate, McGilvra, Roxhill, Lafeyette, Schmitz Park, Kimball, Sacajaweja, Louisa Boren STEM K-8

Middle Schools:

Whitman, Washington, Mercer International, Aki Kurose, McClure

High Schools:

Ingraham, Rainier Beach, Franklin

Service Schools:

North Queen Anne (Cascade Parent Partnership), 

I can't argue with this list except for a couple of things:

- it's quite the Sophie's choice in some places like Montlake or McGilvra which are small schools in very old buildings on small plots of land.  That means almost no expansion of their school in terms of enrollment and yet the cost to renovate will still be large. 

- as well, Northgate versus Rogers.  Both are old tired buildings.  Northgate has majority minority with many at-risk kids but Rogers' is a larger population; both would be on my list.

- Salmon Bay K-8 versus Louisa Boren K-8.  Well, Salmon Bay is in a decidedly older building and have been waiting patiently for their turn.  However, Boren had been a long-time interim building and so was never on any BEX list.

- Hard call on middle schools.

- On high schools, it's Rainier Beach High School #1 for both priority and where they should be on the timeline.  Ingraham continues its run as being on every single BEX and BTA since they started.  (Not to damn them but the district has been very piecemeal in how they have treated Ingraham.)  Franklin's building is not that old so I'm a little surprised to see them there.

The high school enrollment numbers (page 20) are quite interesting. 

High school growth is anticipated to continue through 2025

– The largest enrollment growth over the next ten years is projected to be in grades 9-12 

Not sure I believe that opening Lincoln and beefing up RBHS aren't enough.  I absolutely will fight a downtown high school with this kind of facilities condition need.  Better to do more with existing buildings than put on a new showcase school downtown.

Here's the second "priority" list:

Capacity Assessment – Priority Schools - Elementary, K-8 & K-12 Schools:

Fairmount Park (1), Alki (2), Lafayette(2), Coe(3), John Hay(3), Olympic View, John Muir, Adams, North Beach, Viewlands, West Seattle Elementary, Downtown Elementary School(4)

Middle Schools:

Denny International (1), Jane Addams, Madison, Mercer International,

McClure (4)

High Schools:

Ballard, Chief Sealth(1), Garfield, Nathan Hale, West Seattle, Downtown

High School (4)  

There follows charting showing those schools with both condition and capacity issues. 

Didn't have time to go thru the Budget portion of the agenda thoroughly but there was this:

SMART Goal 3 Update

• BAR will come to the next A&F meeting to change language from “Program Review” to “Program Summary”
• Reformatted list 
• Added Decatur, Fairmont Park and Thurgood Marshall, but will include them as part of Advanced Learning 
• Eliminated Athletic Directors 
• Combined Athletic Programs and Athletic Transportation into Athletics 
• Retitled Nurses/Health Services to Health Services 
• Selection of final 10 Program Summaries  

Recommended for final 10

• Athletics
• Career Ladder Teachers 
• Mentor Teachers 
• Master Teachers 
• STAR Mentors 
• MTSS 
• International Baccalaureate 
• Resource Conservation 
• Open Doors 
• Advanced Learning/AP

I find the list baffling for a couple of reasons.  One, there's a lot of reassessing programs for teachers.  Two, I don't know what "resource conservation" or "Open Doors" means.  And three, how come IB is separated out but AP is in with AL?  AP has nothing to do with AL in any real program way especially given there is no AL program - save enrollment patterns - in high school. 

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