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Great news on the passage of SPS levies. However, technically, levies are just a pot of money that the district can do whatever they want with it. Of course, it behooves them to do what they promised to do. Oversight is key and I hope the Board and parents and the public make sure that happens.Interesting story on teens who DO want to get vaccinations despite what choices their parents have made in the opposite direction.
Washington's Paramount Duty has changed their Lobby Day at the Legislature to Wednesday, Feb. 27th. Sign up here.
Speaking of the Legislature, here's the Washington State School Directors Association (school board members), has a weekly legislative update for news on public education related issues.
One interesting bill is one that would give kindergarten students that are F/RL $100 in a savings account for college. From the Islander:
Senate Bill 5704, and its companion House Bill 1592, would give every low-income kindergartner in Washington $100 as seed money that could one day blossom to an amount that could help pay for college tuition.Continuing concerns about teens and their use of e-cigarettes in an article from The Daily World.
Bill sponsor Sen. Marko Liias (D-Lynnwood) says the idea builds upon the concept of a "baby bond," money given to every newborn baby that they couldn't touch until they turned 18. The goal is to help low-income and marginalized communities build assets in the future, and he says there's few better ways than setting up a college savings account.
Realistically, Liias knows that $100 alone will not grow to pay for a college education by the time a kindergartner turns 18. Rather, it is seed funding to help a family begin saving, a "concrete link" to the reality of going to college.
The new report builds on evidence that youth e-cigarette use raises the risk of graduating to combustible cigarettes, he said.A worthy article for Black History Month - Decolonizing Your Syllabus - from Liberated Genius.
“E-cigarettes could be playing a role in the patterns of use we’re seeing among kids in terms of cigarette smoking,” he said, adding, “It is possible that we are reinforcing and perpetuating dependency.”
While the Trump administration says that e-cigarettes could be an effective tool for helping adults quit smoking traditional cigarettes, Monday’s report suggested that the opposite is true for younger people, said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.
Upcoming posts include a series on the state of charter schools, both in Washington State and nationally and an update on the use of the Check Yourself survey tool for screening middle school teens. Some things have changed but the district still doesn't see the need to inform parents (even as other districts are).
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