Schools

(Ed. note: Seattle Schools is on break until January 3, not January 2, as previously reported). While Seattle Public Schools is on break until January 3, parents in the neighborhood are still reeling from the current challenges at John Stanford International School. We have a recap of some of the reader comments from our posts on this topic, including some suggestions for taking action, contact information and additional resources: The school district proposed to find 2 additional homerooms to support 4…

During a Seattle Public Schools "Board Operations Committee as a Whole" presentation last night, the Capacity Management Team presented a list of recommendations for short-term capacity management during the 2012-13 school year. The entire presentation can be seen here, but by the looks of it, other solutions are being offered to remedy the overcrowding at John Stanford International School: As you can see from the slide pictured above, the two options before contemplating the change in the Wallingford neighborhood school boundaries…

Seattle Public Schools proposes to change neighborhood school boundaries in the New Student Assignment Plan to alleviate capacity issues over at John Stanford International School (JSIS), which currently has four Kindergarten classes. The actual proposal won't be put to a vote by the school board until January 18, and if the board votes to move forward, the change wouldn't take place until the 2012-13 school year; but Tracy Libros (Manager, Enrollment Planning) and Robert Boesché (Interim Superintendent for Business and Finance) addressed the…

Yesterday, Washington State PTA sent an email alert out to Seattle Public School families living in the 43rd District (Wallingford, Fremont, Capitol Hill) about a legislative hearing today that includes proposed budget cuts to K-12 education. In the alert, the PTA asks that families take action by contacting legislators to oppose these cuts which includes shortening the 180-day school year by four days. On November 21, Governor Chris Gregoire proposed several options to help balance the state budget which currently faces a…

Protected Static sent us a note this afternoon with the Hamilton International Middle School weekly newsletter. The top announcement is a good safety reminder for everyone: Safety Alert We place the safety and security of our students as our highest priority, and are sharing the following information with you. Late yesterday afternoon, a Hamilton student was walking from a friend's house near the school to the bus stop.  The student was approached by a man who tried to grab her. The student kicked the…