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The January 9th SpEd PTSA general membership meeting is POSTPONED due to the unavailability of multiple board members having to meet family obligations.Editorial from the News Tribune on Governor Inslee's plans for CTE (Career and Technical Education) for students.
New Mexico is the latest state to turn its back on the PARCC test for Common Core curriculum. The new governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, said this (via the Washington Post):
“High-stakes tests like PARCC do our schools a disservice, and we are about empowering our school system. Including those who will be most empowered by a better assessment in the process will help us build something better from the ground up, as opposed to a test mandated from on high.”
The PARCC consortium once had 26 member states, but after numerous defections, only a handful are left.More states are making the decision to develop their own test. I did not support either the PARCC nor the SBAC but I also don't like the idea of 50 different tests.
Grisham’s move was the second hit that PARCC sustained this week: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state could not use PARCC as a requirement for graduation from high school graduation.
Will teachers strike in the nation's second-largest school district - Los Angeles Unified SD? We'll know by Thursday.
New Facebook group - Save Science in Seattle Schools.
Physical Activity Fair
Sat, March 23, 2019
3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Eckstein Middle School
A FREE event that provides an opportunity for the community to come together and support the inclusive physical activity engagement of students and families from Seattle Public Schools. Representatives from various community organizations will be present and activity stations will be universal for participation of all abilities. Students can sign up for spring/summer camps and enjoy a couple hours of FUN participation in physical activity.Washington State PTA has scholarships available. Your student must be at a school with a PTA (I don't make the rules but on an upnote, it rules out charter schools).
ALL students and families of Seattle Public Schools. All grade levels. This is a fully inclusive event for students with and without disabilities.
The application deadline is March 1 each year and scholarships are awarded by April 30.
The district's new CAO, Dr. Diane DeBacker, started on Monday.
Washington Middle School students and staff are mourning the death of Jeannette Jones, who had a nearly 50-year career in SPS. From the Seattle Times:
When she died last month at 72, hundreds took to social media and shared their stories of Mrs. Jones, a proud graduate of Garfield High School, a lover of the color purple and a dedicated educator of Seattle’s Central District preteens.
After Mrs. Jones retired from Seattle Public Schools in 2016, Edwards helped her mother clean out her office at Washington Middle. She snapped a picture of the message Mrs. Jones had written on the whiteboard just outside her door.
It said, “While I’m gone, make good decisions.”
Words to live by. What's on your mind?
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