Legislative Liaison

As parents, we want to keep tabs on how the Washington State Legislature and the Seattle School District policy changes affect our school and students.  

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the FOSB parent legislative committee liaison, Zara Kublin (zkublin@hotmail.com)

District News 

Alternative Education Survey Results To Be Presented To School Board

The Alternative Survey that was offered, taken and compiled here at Salmon Bay will be making a showing at the next School District Board meeting. John Miner, principal of Thornton Creek, will be presenting the results of the Alternative Schools Self-Study (created by SB parent Caleb Banta Green) to the board at the regular meeting June 15, 6pm at the Stanford Center. A show of community support would speak volumes! Remember, if you can't make any meetings or forums, you can always watch school board meetings from the comfort of your own home on tv or computer: Info here

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Submitted by Beth Armitage on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 8:18pm

2011-2012, 2012-2013 Academic Calendars Approved; Changes to Mid-Winter Break for 2012-2013

The School Board has approved 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic calendars. Mid-winder break will be shortened in 2012-2012.

The main change to the calendar is that in 2012-13, mid-winter break will be reduced from a full Monday-Friday week to four days over Presidents Day weekend – including the Friday before the weekend and the Monday of Presidents Day, which is already a holiday and a non-school day.

As a result of the shorter mid-winter break, the last day of school in 2012-13 will be June 14, assuming no snow make-up days.

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Submitted by Beth Armitage on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 11:11am

SPS survey regarding the District's Strategic Plan

The District invites the public to fill out a survey regarding District's Strategic Plan.

Seattle Public Schools is updating and adjusting the Strategic Plan with input from teachers, principals, parents, families, and members of our community. Please visit the following survey link to provide feedback to Seattle Public Schools: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SPS_Strategic_Plan_Survey_Spring_2011.

The survey consists of 21 questions and will close on Tuesday, May 31. Responses to the survey will remain confidential and anonymous. For questions about the survey, please email performancemanagement@seattleschools.org.

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Submitted by Beth Armitage on Sun, 05/22/2011 - 9:30pm

Budget Cuts May Result in Shorter School Year

An alert from the WA State PTA warns that a possible $250 million cut to teacher pay could result in the loss of one school week due to teacher furloughs. Some legislators are currently working on bills to prevent this from happening. It is important that we support them. To learn more, and to find and contact your representatives, visit the WA State PTA advocacy page at http://capwiz.com/wastatepta/home/
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Submitted by Zara Kublin on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 1:42pm

Discussion on Standardized Testing: Monday April 4th, Thorton Creek Elementary School

Monday April 4th, Thornton Creek Elementary School is hosting a discussion regarding standardized testing.  Salmon Bay School is a partner with Thornton Creek on the Alternative Schools Coalition.  The ASC is co sponsoring the below event.   
 
Parent Perspectives on Standardized Testing
Love ‘em?  Hate ‘em?  Questions? Concerns?
Let’s talk!
 
Monday, April 4, 6-8 p.m.
Thornton Creek School
7711 43rd Ave NE, Seattle
All parents (& teachers) welcome!
 
Sponsored by Parents Across America - Seattle and the Alternative Schools Coalition.   For more info contact Chris: stewcc@hotmail.com or Dora: dora.taylor@gmail.com
 

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Submitted by Beth Armitage on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 1:10pm