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Important article from the Seattle Times about earthquakes and school buildings in Washington State. While no SPS school was included in the survey, it's still good reading.California, Oregon and British Columbia have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to strengthen school buildings, but Washington does not require seismic upgrades or have dedicated state funding for retrofits.Good for SPS.
“We did select these schools to be a representative, meaningful sample,” said Corina Forson, DNR’s chief hazard geologist. The researchers chose not to include Seattle Public Schools, which has invested tens of millions of dollars from local construction bond to fund seismic retrofits.
One thing - parents, I know it's now summer so you want to leave school worries behind. I get it; I've been there. But put a note on you calendar to ask at the first PTA/PTO meeting - what will happen at our school if there is an earthquake during the school day that forces everyone from the building? What kind of supplies do we have to meet that challenge? What happens if the building is unsafe and it may take parents more than a couple of hours to come get their students?
OSPI has unveiled its new website which I have not explored yet.
Superintendent Denise Juneau's message about accomplishments this school year.
I talked to a friend yesterday who has one last kid in high school. She talked to her Friend, Ms X, who said that at least two people told the friend - straight out - that they lied about their address to get their child into Roosevelt over Lincoln. And Ms. X told my friend they didn't even rent an address; they just picked a random house near RHS.
Ms. X said her child asked why they didn't just do that and Ms. X told her child there was a waitlist and how did he think those kids at the top would feel if someone who lied cut the line? College admission scandals? Hmmm. Back in the day, the district would, upon a complaint filed, investigate addresses. I haven't heard of that being done in years. I also note that there are several brand-new apartment buildings right by RHS; I suspect someone might rent one for the address.
The Washington Charter Schools Association announced that four new charter schools will get new funding via the national group, New Schools Venture Fund. This is a powerhouse funder. From their press release:
The Washington State Charter Schools Association, in partnership with our member schools, is proud to announce that four charter public schools, all on track to open in Fall 2020, were chosen to be part of the Invent cohort at NewSchools Venture Fund.
Cascade Public Schools, Catalyst Public Schools, Impact Public Schools, and Lumen High School represent four of 18 organizations from across the nation selected for the Spring 2019 investment group (see school details and website links below).What's on your mind?
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