tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post2309273658855604172..comments2023-09-04T01:58:33.794-07:00Comments on Mid Beacon Hill: Seattle School Board Backing Off on Southeast PromisesJvAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post-92139103296771987702008-03-31T18:12:00.000-07:002008-03-31T18:12:00.000-07:00The Seattle School District is too big! Break it u...The Seattle School District is too big! Break it up into smaller, more manageable districts. The argument i've always heard against that is that the south end schools would have the least financial resources. How's that different from today?!?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488427989788597895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post-77000699509624380902008-03-31T12:23:00.000-07:002008-03-31T12:23:00.000-07:00It is important to note the budget cycle- draft Se...It is important to note the budget cycle- draft Seattle Public School budget is expected in May. <BR/><BR/>On a different note- since we got involved with the Parks department on helping save the trees in the Maple Ravine (Greenbelt) there have been two work crews, cutting down ivy, in the last 4 months. One of the reasons is that the Maple Ravine made it into the 2008 parks budget.LMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08301545008142749702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573229163921581861.post-11292396971391400142008-03-31T09:28:00.000-07:002008-03-31T09:28:00.000-07:00You're looking for justification in the wrong plac...You're looking for justification in the wrong place. The School Board and the administration don't feel like they need to be accountable to the likes of parents or students or even the public at large. This is the great frustration in dealing with our public schools. For more detail on this topic, please see the excellent <A HREF="http://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2008/03/public-hearings-that-are-neither.html" REL="nofollow">Save Seattle Schools</A> blog.<BR/><BR/>BTW, for what it's worth, board members, Martin-Morris and DeBell do represent areas north of the ship canal. Sundquist represents the SW (West Seattle). Chow represents the impacted SE schools, but despite being the board president, it's not at all clear that she has the will/ability to force the board to keep it's promises vis-a-vis the SE Initiative.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372239094034506671noreply@blogger.com