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Assignment Plan Changes Being Considered

I attended the Operations Committee meeting last week.  Here's some info on what is being discussed for changes to the Transition Assignment Plan.

Staff needs to get any changes approved by the Operations Committee by November or early December at the latest.  Then they would need full Board approval by late December or mid-January.


There are several changes that the Board already approved:

• Lincoln HS as an HC pathway site, beginning in 2019-20 with grades 9/10
• HC or HC-eligible students entering 10th grade in 2019-2020 may opt into Lincoln if they are at Garfield or at their attendance area school and live within the Lincoln HC pathway, even if they were not in HCC in 8th grade
• West Seattle HS as an HC pathway, beginning in 2019-2020.  HC student from West Seattle who are currently in 6th and 7th grade at WMS can continue to Garfield instead of moving to the new southwest pathway
• addition of a north-end high school pathway for international/dual language at Lincoln, serving grades 9 and 10 only, beginning in 2019-2020

New Ideas:

• addition of a southeast high school pathway for international/dual language at Cleveland, beginning in 2019-2020 (engagement with community needed) 
• clean up of the Advanced Learning (AL) language to indicate that Advanced Learning (Spectrum) is available at all schools.  Removal of "Spectrum" tiebreakers from SAP Transition Plan in 2019-20 since AL available (sic) at all schools.
• Grade Level Adjustment for Middle College from 11-12 to 9-12, beginning in 2019-2020 (engagement with community needed)
• Blending of Graham Hill's Montessori program and removal of Montessori tiebreakers for Graham Hill, beginning in 2019-2020 (Requested by school staff but additional engagement with community needed)
• Changing name of "Service Schools" to Option Schools with Continuous Enrollment and noting they have continuous enrollment all year long. These schools will not have Geo-Zone and the enrollment process will not change.

What I heard at the meeting:

One issue that was made completely clear at this meeting was the intersection of divisions of the district and how there is no real "single" issue to any discussion.  Meaning, the number of times that Dr. Flip Herndon - head of Facilities - said to Operations Chair Eden Mack "And you'd have to ask Teaching and Learning that."  Ashley Davies of Enrollment nodded along. 

Why? Because what programs go where directly impacts how many students can fit in any given building and how they enroll to get into those schools.

Director Mack said the term "space available" was not defined by policy and that the Superintendent procedures are vague.

(I'll note that Dr. Herndon was his usual polite self but he seemed a little irritated by Mack's desire for precision in terms.)

Director Scott Pinkham noted that there was an issue with some students that were able to access either Broadview-Thomson for 6-8 OR Robert Eagle Staff.

Director Mack called out the issue of Spectrum, saying that Enrollment can't just remove Spectrum as a program.  Director Mack called on me (I had raised my hand as I was the only non-staff in the room AND have long experience with this issue).

I stated that the last 10 years had seen Advanced Learning with three levels; HCC (formerly APP), Spectrum and Advanced Learning Opportunities.  I begged them to NOT continue to use the term "Spectrum." That was a different program and to use it as the ALO term would just muddy the waters.  The district HAS a term for offering advanced learning to ANY student at ANY school and that's ALO.  These services are described in every CSIP (whether or not they are truly given).  And, Mack pointed out that the touted (my word) MTSS program is supposed to be supporting this.

I have no idea why the district would want to continue to use the word "Spectrum."  Either redefine Spectrum's true meaning as a program or drop it.  It appears - through the gradually watering down of Spectrum - that it no longer exists as a true and verifiable program.

Herndon pointed out that Advanced Learning would need to do that work if that was the preference of the Board.

As to Graham Hill, it was pointed out that Leschi did this blending of Montessori and General Ed classes and there are no more tiebreakers there.  The Graham Hill school equity team brought forth this issue.  It saddens me because Montessori is a good program and I just wish the whole school did that model to show people how well it works.

Director Harris (not present) had asked about the change for Middle College.  Davies wants to call the type of school Middle College is "Option Schools with Continuous Enrollment."

Apparently, there is to be yet another advisory committee - this one on student assignment, boundaries and capacity management.  That is a HUGE undertaking.  It will be interesting if that committee will try to tackle segregation in SPS schools.  Superintendent Juneau wants this to be a superintendent committee.

Davies noted that they don't have a "clean" number yet for enrollment this year.  As well, she said there had been 2,050 on waitlist which was the fewest students ever.

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