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Friday Open Thread
How was your earthquake experience? Quite timely given our recent discussion. Again, put it on our list of topics for one of the first PTA/PTO meetings at your school.Seattle Times interview with new SCPTSA president, Manuela Slye. I did find this opening paragraph interesting.
Parent-teacher organizations are the unofficial power brokers in almost every school district. And now, for the first time, a Latina woman is leading the organization that represents more than 80 of them in Seattle.One, is PTA “a powerbroker?” I certainly see. That they have a place at the SPS table. I think the power is more outside SPS than within. And the SCPTSA generally goes along with what the Superintendent says more often than not.
Second, it would have been interesting for readers to know that while their are 80 PTAs, there are also PTOs and, as well, many schools that have none at all. The Title One school I have volunteered in has many Latino parents. The PTA isn’t strong but many of those parents do come into the school and work in classrooms. It helps that we have a couple of teachers as well as a Family Support worker who speak Spanish.
I absolutely agree with her that those who work in the district, including JSCEE, should have mandatory racial equity training. I was more than a little surprised to learn that while the Board had two nearly full-day Board retreats just for that training, it’s not required for those working at JSCEE.
To note, people occasionally write me with grammar/typo corrections. Hey Seattle Times, third paragraph, “took the reigns?” I think it’s “reins.”
I missed this story in mid-June but here it is from the Times.
It’s likely not many residents have heard about a last-minute amendment tucked into the state’s transportation budget back in 2015.
That measure tacked on a fee to Sound Transit construction contracts, with revenues creating a one-time opportunity for King County to spend about $318 million to improve academic outcomes in early learning, K-12 schools and higher education.
On Monday, council members will meet to consider legislation that, for now, has blanks where the council would have to determine exactly what percentage of the $318 million should go to which part of the education system: early learning, K-12 or higher education.What’s on your mind?
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