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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

1-7-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:




Live Blogging from Transportation Work Session
Superintendent Banda is putting down to the assembled Board members about how difficult it would all be to do this.  "No one disputes the merits of changing bell times."  Which is a weird statement given he said they need to do research on this issue. One thing I can say is that parents have done the research on why this is a good idea.As to the logistics, that is indeed the district's j

Tuesday Open Thread
An event perhaps of interest to you when we think about privacy and data - Town Hall is hosting Joshua Klein and his talk, Reputation and Your Online Footprint.  It's this Thursday the 9th at 7:30 pm.  Cost is $5.  Got old electronics?  Windermere in Ballard is having an electronics recylcing day on Saturday the 11th from 10 am to 2 pm.  A good time to get those old items cleared out of your garag

1-6-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum: Speaking out at the School Board Meeting
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Speaking out at the School Board Meeting: Speaking out at the School Board MeetingI am urging you to speak out - either via e-mail or via public testimony - to the Board about two subjects.One, student data privacy.  We see from the agenda the RTTT item, some of which is about helping PreK-3rd grade students.  It's a fine idea but again, that's exactly the starting