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Friday, 05 August 2011
Should Christians Be Kosher?
Yeshua said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them" (Matt 5:17). That got me thinking, should I be eating Kosher?
I did some Internet research, and came across a website called New2Torah that made a good point about this:
"The modern day Christian will usually point to Acts 10 in order to say that Yahweh made all food clean. This argument is quickly annihilated when countered with, "READ THE WHOLE CHAPTER". Acts 10 has nothing to do with food and everything to do with people. Peter even says so in the chapter. He again states that the vision he had was about people in Chapter 11! Keep in mind that Acts 10 occurs at least 10 years after the death and resurrection of Yeshua/Jesus. So if His death and resurrection made all foods clean, Peter didn't get the memo. "Certainly not Lord, for I have never eaten anything unclean!" Acts 10:14. Peter realized that the vision was about people and not about food. Isn't it interesting that the same Christians will tell you that homosexuality is an abomination as stated in the Law of Moses just as eating pork in the Law is an abomination. But somehow after Yeshua's/Jesus's resurrection, pork is now ok but homosexuality is still bad. The Christian church is picking and choosing which commandment of Yahweh to follow and which to disregard." (Read the other "Church myths" here).
But then I thought recalled reading in the book of Mark that Yeshua declared all food clean. Mark 7:17-19, "After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 'Are you so dull?' he asked. 'Don't you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn't go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.' (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)" It made me question, why is that part in parenthesis there? Was it added later by a translator who misunderstood what Yeshua was trying to say? If Yeshua declared all foods clean, then why did Peter keep Kosher years after Yeshua's death and resurrection?
And here's one more point: Isaiah 66:15-17 states "For behold, Yahweh will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword Yahweh will judge all flesh; And the slain of Yahweh shall be many. 'Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together,' says Yahweh." If eating pork and other non-kosher food is okay to do now, then why is Yahweh destroying those who do?
Another argument is that these laws were only for Israelites, to keep them holy (holy means "segregated" or "separated"), but then why would Yahweh tell Moses, "The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD" in Numbers 15:15?
It is apparent that these laws don't only apply to the Israelites. This is what I've been thinking about a lot these days -- if you have any valid arguments against this I'd love to hear it because honestly it's going to be really hard trying to convince my Korean husband to give up almost all his favorite Korean delicacies to be Kosher (as well as it will be hard for me to give up carnitas, bacon, cheeseburgers, shrimp, etc.). I am going to keep praying to Yahweh about this because this information is all new to me and it will be very challenging to be kosher when I know family members will object to it; I'm not sure what to do or what He wants me to do.
Do you think Christians should be kosher? Do these laws apply to Christians or not? Who are these laws for if they aren't for Christians?
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POINT PLEASANT — At a recent meeting of the Mason County Board of Education (BOE), board members approved the suspension of a counselor, whose name was recently released with the meeting minutes.
Debra Cook, a counselor with Leon and Roosevelt Elementary Schools, was suspended without pay from Jan. 1 through Feb. 4, on grounds contained in a private letter to the Board from Superintendent Suzanne Dickens. Board members approved the suspension at a meeting on Feb. 12, with the minutes from this meeting being approved on Feb. 21.
As previously reported, Dickens noted that Cook's offense was not violent, and students were not involved or in danger.
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"At 2011 exchange rates, sales are expected to be at or near 2011 levels. Full-year 2012 sales may be unfavorably affected by foreign exchange, depending on the exact exchange rates," said Rogers.
As more U.S. companies hedged, U.S. banks saw a surge in volume in May as the euro fell below the $1.30-$1.35 range.
Chris Fernandes, senior corporate adviser for Bank of the West in San Ramon, California, said last month's FX hedging volume at his bank was the highest in five to six years.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Two Big Amendments Proposed for SAP
First one is about siblings.
On page 6, delete the following text:
- The transition plan will include procedures so entry grade siblings and older siblings have
the opportunity to be assigned to the same school (which may be the new attendance area
school) if requested. This does not assure assignment of the entry grade sibling to the older
sibling's current school.
- If the parent/guardian indicates that the priority is to have the siblings attend the
same school and space is not available at the older sibling's current school (or for both
siblings at any other schools requested), the siblings will be assigned to the new attendance
area school.
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The issue of "grandfathering" incoming kindergarten siblings is not part of the Student
Assignment Plan itself, but is an implementation issue. It is the Board's desire to address
"grandfathering" of incoming kindergarten students as part of the transition plan, provided
that this is feasible without displacing incoming attendance area kindergarten students. The
transition plan will address this issue.
Now when this "transition period" will be announced is anyone's guess but I believe the Board has heard loud and clear that they need one for siblings. I also think they will include a date after which NO more siblings will be grandfathered. For now, this would place a hold (or marker) on the language currently in the SAP until it is addressed later.
Second one is about directing the Superintendent to evaluate elementary and middle school capacity across the district. Here's the language, note the bold (which I inserted here):
"I move that the Superintendent be directed to evaluate elementary and middle school
capacity across the district and to make recommendations to add capacity, including
opening one or more schools (including at least Wilson-Pacific, John Marshall, Sand
Point, McDonald, Viewlands and/or Old Hay) if necessary. The evaluation of elementary
school capacity, including any necessary board action, would be complete in time for
dissemination of information prior to open enrollment for 2010—11 school year. The
evaluation of middle school and K-8 capacity and facilities, including Jane Addams, will be included in the BEX IV capital program planning. Therefore, there would be no change to the Jane Addams K-8 program prior to completion of BEX IV levy planning in 2013."
So Sherry is advocating for JA to remain a K-8 for at least 3+ years. Is that enough?
I am still mystified at this capacity issue. They have a building evaluation, they have a functional capacity evaluation, they have the demographics and they soon will (and already do have and I'll post it later) a preliminary BEX IV list.
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- SPSMom said...
"So Sherry is advocating for JA to remain a K-8 for at least 3+ years. Is that enough?"
This gives the school time to fully enroll as a K-8. It also lets them see what the true middle school needs are once the SAP is in place and additional seats are opened (and filled) at Hamiliton and McClure.
It just lets everybody catch their breath - and is refreshing!
Thanks, Director Carr! - 6/17/09, 2:44 PM
- TechyMom said...
Mary Bass will put an ammendment before the board tonight to make Madrona k8 an option school. Harium plans to vote for it. Only need 2 more...
If this matters to you, email or call the school board today. - 6/17/09, 3:09 PM
- NE Parent said...
Can someone point me in the right direction to see new amendments on the District's website? I see Carr's sibling one on the revised Board agenda, but don't see this other one of Carr's or the one of Mary Bass's noted on a different thread.
Thank you! - 6/17/09, 3:11 PM
- dj said...
Techymom, I have a question. I have been talking myself around in a circle about Madrona as an option school and am now unsure what I think based on capacity issues and on likelihood of use (both of Madrona as an option school and thinking about where the gazillion 3-year-olds in my neighborhood are going to go). Since I hadn't thought about this until yesterday, I am not informed enough.
Is Mary Bass proposing this amendment because she has thought through the programming and capacity issues? Or is it so that the current Madrona students, most of whom aren't neighborhood kids, don't lose transportation to Madrona? Because if it's the latter, I'm thinking this might be premature. - 6/17/09, 4:02 PM
- John said...
Sherry Carr's Jane Addams amendment is the yellow link:
"Amendment to motion regarding evaluation of buildings" on the agenda for tonight.
Thanks, indeed. At least we can give the school a chance, and maybe it'll get some momentum. - 6/17/09, 4:08 PM
- TechyMom said...
I have no idea why she's proposing it. I haven't talked to her, I only heard (in a one-sentence email) from Harium that she was proposing it tonight.
I know I support it because it seems like a reasonable way out of a very ugly impasse, that also allows for a better solution down the road. I see a revolt in Central if a lot of people get mandatory assignments to Madrona. Making it an option school removes one battle in the SAP war. I think that the board and staff ought to be able to get behind that. - 6/17/09, 4:10 PM
- adhoc said...
Thank you Sherry Carr!!!
And may I ask, where was Peter Maier through all of this? JA is one of HIS schools, after all.
Silent as usual.
He has done absolutely nothing to advocate for families on this issue or any others. I can't wait to vote him out of his seat. - 6/17/09, 4:51 PM
- adhoc said...
Ironic, that this vote is happening tonight, the very night that JA is having their open house and meet the teachers celebration.
Too bad we don't know the outcome of this vote, to announce to families tonight. - 6/17/09, 4:55 PM
- another mom said...
I am very sorry but Madrona needs to be kept on-line as a neighborhood school. As wonderful as the current principal may be, she has disenfranchised the neighborhood so that now the building sits under utilized. Someone or group needs to make that point over and over to the Board. In a district that is supposed to be keeping an eye on the financial bottom line, it is no longer feasible to maintain Madrona in its current configuration. There is a baby boomlet in the central area and a predictable capacity crunch will follow. Please tell me why Madrona should not be a neighborhood school? To propose that Madrona be an option school to prevent an ugly impasse is irresponsible especially if most of the students enrolled there require transportation.Who is going to choose it that is not already there? The district closed and carved up Minor displacing some of those kids twice (ML King), split up APP and repurposed Lowell as a neighborhood school, has packed 'em into T. Marshall, but will allow Madrona to sit undersubscribed as an option school.Once it becomes an option school, it remain so. I have contacted the Board as I am really opposed this.
- zb said...
I agree with TechyMom on this one -- I think that Madrona K-8, as currently configured simply cannot receive assignments from the neighborhood. I think making it an option school so that the current population is guaranteed transportation isn't a bad thing (and, let's point out, can always be changed, if the school doesn't prove that it's serving the population and doesn't attract enough students). The program can also be moved. The important thing is to not set up a conflict between the mandatory assignments in the neighborhood and a program that might be serving a population of children well.
BTW, I think that the 25% from the reference area statistic is true for all the relatively poorer schools -- it's not special to Madrona K-8: Leschi: 19%; Madrona: 24%; T. Marshall: 24%. T. Marshall. Therefore, it can't be seen, by itself, as a special dislike of the program by the neighborhood in Madrona. - 6/17/09, 5:01 PM
- zb said...
anothermom -- your solution would entail the neighborhood students first going to Madrona, and then becoming stakeholders in trying to remove a current principal (who, we've been told, is seen as being successful with a particularly under-served and vulnerable population). That's just not going to work. Making Madrona an option school might fail on some fairness standard (say, compared to Summit & AS2), but hopefully, those school bases will continue to support option models in general, even if they perceive some unfairness in the way they've been treated.
And, making the building & program an option program doesn't mean that the program can't be moved later to make more capacity for a neighborhood school. - 6/17/09, 5:10 PM
- another mom said...
Techy Mom and ZB,
The District has been tunnel visioned about Madrona since APP was kicked out in 1997 or so. IMHO if Madrona is made into an option school, there will be no long range or better solution to the current situation. And what is going on there now is not new or unique to the current principal. Sure the program could be moved. So why was it not moved during the most recent closures/relocations? That was the opportune time to do it. Sorry, call me a skeptic or a naysayer, but I just don't see how making it an option school will help. - 6/17/09, 5:21 PM
- owlhouse said...
I'm with anothermom on this. Madrona as an option school does not address the capacity needs in the central cluster, and does not examine the social and educational needs of the population at Madrona- or any students for that matter. This is a wrong-headed quick-fix. And what of the current students who are assigned there?
Somewhat relative to this discussion, read Herb Kohl's open letter to Arne Duncan.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/23_04/good234.shtml - 6/17/09, 5:32 PM
- Cecilia said...
I think the transition plan should include K,6th and 9th grade, not only K.
I live in SE Seattle and families in this part of town and through out the City are greatly impacted by the changes in regards to sibling assignments under the new plan. For families of Middle School and High School students in SE Seattle to lose the opportunity to attend schools with their siblings outside their attendance area is a big disappointment. Many families are unaware of the changes as they are assuming their children will be able to stay together. - 6/17/09, 5:36 PM
- Sahila said...
I sent the following to the Board late this afternoon... I hope they pay attention and take this to heart...
Dear Board Members:
In your vote tonight, please consider those children from low income and disadvantaged families and the homeless (more than 900 homeless children in the District, I understand), who will be disproportionately affected by the proposed SAP.
If you put in place a regulation that says that if you move you will lose your space in a non-choice school, you will in fact be discriminating against the most heavily burdened people in our community - low income kids who's lives are unstable already, through no fault of their own....
Some people say this rule is necessary to stop people 'gaming the system' - falsifying addresses, moving into a neighbourhood only temporarily to secure access to a desirable school.
Most people who own their own homes stay put there for many years... this 'rule' will affect only a small portion of families in that demographic...
However, many people are not home owners and have to move often, many times not from choice. Their children are being punished for circumstances that are beyond their control. There are also children in the foster system who are moved around the District because of decision making in which they have no input.
Other families are forced to move by circumstances related to the parents' work, by family and relatives' illness or for a myriad of reasons that have nothing to do with moving into a region to get access to one of the 'better' schools.
In unstable times and environments, children need stability. For many children school is the only stable influence in their lives and here we go again, making already disadvantaged kids carry the burden for changes that are being dictated by money.
Those people who game the system are in the minority, so why punish all the disadvantaged kids who are forced to move from rental to rental all over town because of circumstances beyond their control, just to make sure a handful of 'blue-ribbon' school spots don't go to a miniscule number of cheaters?
I trust each of you will do the right thing by your minority constituents and ensure that this discriminatory clause is withdrawn from the SAP, or alternatively that an exemption clause is put in for homeless children and FRL-qualifying families.
With respect and thanks
Sahila ChangeBringer
AS#1 parent
tel: 206 297 7511 - 6/17/09, 5:41 PM
- ps said...
I think making Madrona as an option school is a fine temporary fix to a long term problem. I am glad Mary is doing something. I bet Sherry will vote for it too. If she fills the school with her program (which she might as an option school) then it is a good use of the building. If not, the program should be moved or discontinued. The district will need to deal with the capacity issues in the Central District no matter which kids are in which schools.
- Maureen said...
Re Madrona as an Option School, zb said: making it an option school so that the current population is guaranteed transportation
Transportation will be the same for Option and attendance schools--all kids from inside the 'service area' will be transported.
Most Madrona kids do seem to come from the Central cluster: Madrona K-5 Map and Madrona 6-8 Map. - 6/17/09, 7:59 PM
- Melissa Westbrook said...
Mary's amendment is not on the agenda. She still can offer it though but the directors generally don't like that. It leaves them no time to think about it or get background information. Mary has done this before and I have seen past Boards be irritated by it. If she has been talking about it for days, it should have made it to the agenda.
- another mom said...
Melissa, thanks for the update and clarification. Madrona is near and dear to me. The looming capacity issues in the CD need to be addressed as soon as possible. The District could be proactive and deal with it now but I doubt that will happen. Allowing Madrona to sit undersubscribed is just dumb. Yes, the program could be moved. So move it closer to where the students in the program live. I do not doubt for one second that the principal is an asset to her current studnets, so the principal can move with the program. Then create something akin to what was initially proposed for Jane Addams. It is horrible to just let it die due to what may be transportation constraints. And it is horrible to just let a great building be so under used. If Madrona is ever to be viable again, it is time to make the change. Now.
- sped said...
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- Deidre F. said...
I was at the JA open house tonight and missed the board meeting. Can someone who was at the meeting or watched it on TV report back on the outcome of the motions and amendments. Thanks!
- Charlie Mas said...
I was at the meeting and listened to the discussion of these amendments.
Essentially it comes down to this: the Student Assignment Plan describes an "end state". In addition to this plan, the District will need a Transition Plan or an Implementation Plan to get us there from where we are now.
Under the current plan, the District clearly made a commitment to families with siblings in out-of-area schools. That commitment is just as clearly absent from the New Student Assignment Plan. The District needs to extract itself from the current commitment as gracefully as possible.
These amendments defer the decision about how to transition from the old to the new plan. The Enrollment staff can move forward with their work on boundaries and attendance areas while working continues on the sibling issue. - 6/18/09, 8:33 AM
- Melissa Westbrook said...
Did Mary introduce her motion about Madrona? I heard her mention it in another part of the discussion (I haven't watched the whole thing)? - 6/18/09, 9:16 AM
- Deidre F. said...
Does anyone know if JA will be an option or attendance area school with the new SAP?
- seattle citizen said...
Melissa, no, I don't believe Mary introduced an amendment regarding Madrona.
She, along with Harium and Sherry, voted "nay" on hiring Education First for 750,000...There was an, uh, interesting discussion around that... - 6/18/09, 10:24 AM
- Deidre F. said...
Sherry Carr's amendment to the SAP passed last night - JA will be a K-8 through 2013. And it will be an option school, not an attendance area school.
The district can not do manatory assignments to JA now, and the school will have no boundaries or feeder patterns. That means that families must CHOOSE to send their children to this school.
I am wondering, who will choose the school? Will families want to send their kids to a school that only has a 3-4 year commitment from the district? - 6/18/09, 10:27 AM
- zb said...
"These amendments defer the decision about how to transition from the old to the new plan. The Enrollment staff can move forward with their work on boundaries and attendance areas while working continues on the sibling issue."
I think that's correct, except that it doesn't change the priorities, only the tone. The schools are being asked to do their best to accommodate the siblings of current students while not displacing attendance area students. As I've mentioned before, I think the only way to do this is to try to allow some capacity slop when drawing the attendance areas. Potentially, this could produce attendance areas at popular schools that are slightly smaller. In the long run, I guess, that might not be a bad thing; it might allow a few extra choice seats at those schools, or it might allow for the growth that's likely to occur in areas when attendance at a school is guaranteed.
That's going to make some people who are at the borders of attendance areas for popular schools annoyed, but they probably won't have a very good political case, since the borders are going to be drawn balancing an awful lot of different factors. - 6/18/09, 10:33 AM
- G said...
Making Madrona K-8 an option school seems to be two different discussions. Looking at the numbers, if Madrona K-8 is enrolled only by those who choose it, and no one can be assigned, the population will be greatly reduced. In 2008, 16 families listed Madrona as 1st choice for K. 30 kids were assigned there in 2008. In 2009, 33 families listed Madrona as first choice for K, and 24 were assigned. Even though the trend is up this year, 33 K students in that big school is not sustainable. Will Madrona K-8 be allowed to continue to take up space in the capacity challenged central cluster if its enrollment falls far short of the buidling capacity as an option school? Would it make sense to relocate the Madrona K-8 option program to a smaller building coinciding with the change in status? It seems to be setting it up for failure, given the historical enrollment data. If it is considered a valuable program, but clearly not a school that will enroll over 500
by choice only, why not find a smaller building (and we have a few empty ones right here in the central cluster) that would help Madrona K-8 option succeed rather than struggle with enrollment numbers from the beginning.
The other side of the discussion is the displacement of the majority of Madrona families, which wouldn't really be any different if Madrona K-8 remained a "neghborhood school" (which it technically is, but practically is not) or if it becomes an option school. The upside for Madrona families is that they would have to be given a new attendance area school if Madrona K-8 becomes an option program. The downside is, where would that be? McGilvra is small and full, Leschi is in transition. MLK and TT Minor are closed.
The assignment map Maureen linked to shows 61 kids from the Madrona reference area attending Madrona K-5, out of a total enrollment of 255. Looking at the central cluster schools, there are 148 Madrona reference area kids at TOPS, Montlake, McGilvra, Stevens and Lowell. And there are many more Madrona kids in private schools. If you add these numbers up, 61 + 148 + private, the Madrona reference area could fill a K-5 if there was a neighborhood school that met the needs of the neighborhood. And if a dynamic program like a John Stanford Int'l or TOPS II could be started in the Madrona K-8 building, it would be a guaranteed success right in the middle of the central cluster. Why not fill the Madrona K-8 building to its fullest capacity with an exciting program appealing to a large number of families, and allow Madrona K-8 Option to succeed in a smaller location without the threat of closure due to underenrollment? - 6/18/09, 11:48 AM
- North End Mom said...
Jane Addams become a middle school assignment school by default.
Kathy Johnson gave testimony last night that there was enough middle school capacity in the north end with Hamilton's additional seats to last through 2012-13, but then she also said that portables would probably need to be placed at Jane Addams and maybe at Eckstein and other sites to meet capacity needs.
I was wondering how portables at JA would help with middle school capacity, too, if kids could not be assigned there, but then realized that if the three comprehensive middle schools are full, and folks living north of the ship canal are suddenly receiving assignments to far-away Aki or Mercer, then Jane Addams is looking pretty darn good as an "option."
Does anyone know who would get bumped out the comprehensive middle schools? Is is a random, lottery thing? Would it be geographic, or by elementary school cohort? How, exactly do the tiebreakers for middle school feeder patterns work when the middle school your child's elementary school is supposed to feed into is full? How about when the two closest ones are full? How does the computer chose who "applied" for the seats first if everyone is supposed to be quaranteed a seat, but there is in reality not enough room?
If it is distance-based or geographic, then those living too far from Eckstein and Hamilton (i.e. those of us in Lake City) are once again going to be in a "dead zone" (OK...if you prefer..a "no school zone- did anyone catch that last night...too funny!). Will our kids be essentially assigned by default to the non-comprehensive middle school (Jane Addams)...the "mushroom" K-8 offering Spanish OR music, with the portables in the parking lot...portables that were conveniently acquired from the Nathan Hale remodel next door?
Just wondering.... - 6/18/09, 12:52 PM
- SolvayGirl1972 said...
Makes perfect sense G...consequently, it probably won't happen.
- TrailBerry said...
I am elated that the sibling issue isnt 'resolved' just yet. To me, until the school programs are more even, its a lot to ask families to move their kids from a thriving school to a struggling school by force. After thinking about this A LOT (with the prospect of having to move my two boys to our attendance school looming) I'm curious what the options are to somehow create 'foster' PTA's at schools with low parent involvement or support. Could this be done through corporations (company 'adopts' a school and organizes an auction, field day, etc)? What is the answer to the lack of enrichment activities at some schools? It seems like this is the answer to many of the problems.
Madrona: Its supposed to be 'Excellence for All' so not sure why everyone seems willing to excuse the principal and program there which has disenfranchised the local constituents for years. Anyone attending a school should have the same opportunities. Not looking at their test scores, but it almost sounds like its more of a 'cult of personality' thing over actual educational substance. How about 'TOPS Central' with a geographic emphasis to allow more neighborhood kids first seats? (Though, it sounds like Eastlake kids have lost their seats at TOPS, so apparently the district is going a different direction.)
And, Yes NEM, we are hosed in Lake City. We need a MS. We need for Hale to be our High School. Geographically, our current assigment to the North cluster makes zero sense. I can almost see JA from my house, but have no priority there. There is no sense to how it works today.
BTW- this blog is a life-saver as far as deciphering what's going on with SPS. THANK YOU!! - 6/18/09, 1:15 PM
- dj said...
G -- this is why I have talked myself around in a circle about Madrona as an option program. On the one hand, as it stands, it might as well be as far as the surrounding neighborhood is concerned. Making it an option school ends the standoff. On the other hand, you have a huge number of young kids in the Madrona neighborhood (the numbers you post, as well as to my untrained eye an even larger number of kids who are not yet school-aged) in an area where there won't be seats at other public schools. Thurgood Marshall is now full in addition to McGilvra, Montlake, Lowell, Stevens, and TOPS; the only remaining schools with open seats are Leschi and Bailey Gatzert, and I'd need to see numbers to suggest that there are enough open seats at those schools (and I'm not sure they'd be much more, if any more, desirable for neighborhood families -- low-performing schools, but further away, but without a principal with whom the neighborhood has a bad history; who knows how that shakes out?) Meanwhile, there are 450 or so seats in Madrona.
So, I'm not sure. And I recall from two years ago when I was looking at the schools with open slots that Madrona, T.T. Minor, and Leschi were pretty similar on most axes that are measured (WASL scores, number of families choosing the school, percentage of neighborhood families in the school). It's hard for me to know if the Madrona program is sufficiently successful or desirable that for the sake of the kids in the program, it makes sense. - 6/18/09, 1:29 PM
- Melissa Westbrook said...
Hmm, I'll to finish my viewing the meeting. What I can say about Ms. Johnson is that she is one of the Facilities people who tends to make the data fit what Facilities wants. Eckstein already HAS portables. Where would she suggest more be put?
And they really believe they have enough middle school capacity until 2013? I'm not buying it but then I'm not a demographer. All I know is enough parents now seem troubled by this and why they are not just solving the problem now is a mystery. I'm thinking JA is going 6-8 by then. I just can't imagine it won't pan out to be too many kids for Hamilton and Eckstein to handle. (And that's just my opinion which I guess I could keep to myself in order to help JA succeed except my words are not going to make it come true.)
The Madrona issue is, again, one that we are foretelling here (and can I say that there's never any great pleasure is saying, "Gee we were right" because we're right about something that hurts our district). They have closed a couple of elementaries, Lowell will be full, ditto Montlake, McGilvra and Stevens. TOPS II would fill in a New York minute at Madrona. But, look at how long AAA lasted despite its scores and enrollment. We all know that. And they are closing Meany and Washington is full.
How does this make sense? - 6/18/09, 1:43 PM
- Melissa Westbrook said...
Hmm, I'll to finish my viewing the meeting. What I can say about Ms. Johnson is that she is one of the Facilities people who tends to make the data fit what Facilities wants. Eckstein already HAS portables. Where would she suggest more be put?
And they really believe they have enough middle school capacity until 2013? I'm not buying it but then I'm not a demographer. All I know is enough parents now seem troubled by this and why they are not just solving the problem now is a mystery. I'm thinking JA is going 6-8 by then. I just can't imagine it won't pan out to be too many kids for Hamilton and Eckstein to handle. (And that's just my opinion which I guess I could keep to myself in order to help JA succeed except my words are not going to make it come true.)
The Madrona issue is, again, one that we are foretelling here (and can I say that there's never any great pleasure is saying, "Gee we were right" because we're right about something that hurts our district). They have closed a couple of elementaries, Lowell will be full, ditto Montlake, McGilvra and Stevens. TOPS II would fill in a New York minute at Madrona. But, look at how long AAA lasted despite its scores and enrollment. We all know that. And they are closing Meany and Washington is full.
How does this make sense? - 6/18/09, 1:43 PM
- North End Mom said...
Oops. I just read my previous post. I meant to write "Jane Addams WILL become a middle school assignment school by default."
Nope. I'm not buying anything Kathy Johnson said either. It was a very good thing that I was watching the meeting from my living room and that I was not present at the Board Meeting. I don't think I could have controlled my outburst. The idea of more portables at Eckstein was hysterical. Where? On the new sports field?
I can appreciate Sherry Carr's and the rest of the Board's and Superindendent's concern for current Jane Addams families and the predicament they are in, and not wanting to make any rapid changes in the programing of the school.
I do hope they do a detailed analysis of the middle school capacity projections, especially now that Meany has been closed and APP is in Hamilton. I have a hard time believing that Hamilton, Eckstein and Whitman won't be over-subscribed by 2013, and that they are relying on this overflow to fill Jane Addams.
They are in essence going to increase the size of the middle school portion of Jane Addams, by adding portables, without making the commitment to increase the course offerings to reflect those of other comprehensive middle schools in the area.
If they truly need middle school capacity in the north end...enough to warrant the placement of portables at Jane Addams, then I feel they should do the conversion sooner rather than later. Otherwise, hundreds of families seeking a comprehensive middle school education for their child will be short-changed.
At the very least, they should commit to a clearly-defined, gradual curriculum enhancement, with the goal of obtaining a true comprehensive middle school status by 2013. - 6/18/09, 1:56 PM
- North End Mom said...
When I awoke early in the morning yesterday, and checked the Board Meeting agenda, this is how Sherry Carr's capacity amendment read (I posted it on another thread of this blog...the "forever hold your peace" thread). There were some changes made at the end of the amendment in the version presented last night.
"I move that the Superintendent be directed to evaluate elementary and middle school capacity and to make recommendations to add capacity, including opening one or more schools (including at least Wilson-Pacific, John Marshall, Sand Point, McDonald, Viewlands and/or Old Hay) if necessary. This evaluation would be complete in time for dissemination of information prior to open enrollment for 2010—11 school year, It would include proposed locations for the K-8 program currently housed at Jane Addams in the event that the building is needed for an attendance area middle school if a feasible solution is available." - 6/18/09, 2:09 PM
- Dorothy said...
And remember. The portables at Eckstein don't have running water. I do not know about newer models. Do any have bathrooms? Portables add classrooms, but not gyms, lockers, cafeteria seats, bathrooms, etc.
- Deidre F. said...
If it is distance-based or geographic, then those living too far from Eckstein and Hamilton (i.e. those of us in Lake City) are once again going to be in a "dead zone""
What "dead zone" are you referring to? Am I missing something? There is no "distance-based" or geographic piece to the new student assignment plan for attendance area school (except for boundaries). Under the new SAP every student will live within the boundaries of a certain school, and they will be guaranteed assignment to that school. The school will be in their neighborhood, although maybe not the closest school to their home. North End Mom where did you get the idea that Lake City families might get assigned to Aki Kurosi or some other far away school?
Won't the new SAP FORCE the district to reconcile capacity shortages in the NE?? - 6/18/09, 2:47 PM
- TechyMom said...
dj said "Madrona, T.T. Minor, and Leschi were pretty similar on most axes that are measured "
That's true, but Leschi has a new principal and a Montessori program. I think the neighborhood could rally around Leschi [as it would around similar improvements at Madrona]
I also agree that the capacity will probably be needed at Madrona. I just see making it an option program as the first step in freeing up that capacity. The district is not going to do what the neighborhood wants (removing the principal and redesigning the program). So, what's the next best thing? No mandatory assignements. After that, if the program doesn't fill the building and the capacity is needed, the program can be moved. The district has proven that it sees option programs as movable capacity chunks. - 6/18/09, 4:31 PM
- gavroche said...
Isn't 'Leschi's Montessori program' actually T.T. Minor's Montessori program that was taken from it and moved to Leschi?
Also, I'd heard that T.T. Minor was a quite successfully diverse community. I haven't heard the same about Madrona. In fact, I don't understand some earlier comments on the blog about the District 'loving' Madrona, or the principal and/or program being good for the kids who are there. I've heard more than one story of Madrona kids who were not treated well by the program and/or principal there -- and not just white kids.
Anyway, it seems that in fairness to T.T. Minor, Lowell, Meany, Montlake, Nova -- all the Central District/Capital Hill schools that were threatened or tossed about by the Capacity Management Plan, some moved, some split, some axed outright -- Madrona was conspicuously absent from the District's discussion of how to handle capacity in that part of town.
My guess is the District is afraid to do anything about Madrona. - 6/18/09, 5:23 PM
- Sahila said...
I posted this on another thread much further down the page and wanted to make sure I reach the maximum number of people possible... have also sent this message out to the AS#1 community and the Alternative Schools' Coaltion... but this is not just about what is happening to alternative schools... this is an invitation to action to all SPS parents/guardians/interested citizens...
Hi everyone...
I spent the day at AS#1's moving up ceremony... sad, happy, wistful, fun, proud of the kids and feeling good to belong to such a 'tribe'!
I got talking to a couple of other parents who like the formal complaint filing idea I've been putting forward... we talked about using the District's own complaint form for this, or getting thousands of postcards printed and asking families/citizens to sign and submit them to the District...
We decided that we are moving forward on that idea over the summer... meet somewhere (I'm cool for it to be at my house - I live in Greenwood) and work on things together, as a handful of us AS#1 parents did in formulating a response to the last attempt to close us and for our enrolment brochure mailout and flyer delivery campaigns...
It would be wonderful if we had people from many schools/communities becoming involved, either in their own capacity or as representatives of their communities.
Just imagine if we could fill dozens of mailbags with formal complaint forms, each of which requires individual attention, research and response!
as promised to those people I talked to today, here is the link to the District's own formal complaint form:
Also some liked the rolling school boycott idea...
Rallies are not far removed from those action steps... do you want to help organise something?... one or more of the above or something else altogether?
One of the commentators on the Seattle Schools Community Blog suggested that we ought to protest outside the building occupied by the Alliance for Education. I dont know if the Alliance is the only place at which we should protest, but it certainly bears some attention...
Then there's the question of whether or not there is enough going on in terms of the Board making ill-advised decisions that go against known data and long standing policies to push for a recall...
One AS#1 parent suggested we form a Parents Union.... the teachers have their own organisation, the District and the Board hide behind their official identity, but we parents/guardians and our children have no specific body to advocate for us... the PTA and some of the other groups around dont seem to be doing an effective job of representing us, let alone lobbying for ALL our children... Sadly, ESP Vision, which has tried to be a unifying voice for teachers, students and parents, hasnt drawn wide support.
Maybe its time we formed a Union or a Co-operative and began to make some demands... its really scary to me how far off track education is going, with the centralisation of power, removal of choice, supersizing, standardisation, increasing class sizes, closing of programmes and schools that dont 'fit' the mould, curricula narrowing, the idea of scripted lesson plans etc, etc...
Does anyone want to help get one or more of these direct action strategies up and running?
Let me know at: email@example.com or 206 297 7511...
Sahila ChangeBringer - 6/18/09, 5:39 PM
- WenG said...
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- WenG said...
@gavroche: In light of how other schools were gutted (Cooper and TT Minor especially comes to mind), I don't understand how Madrona can receive what appears to be protected status.How much politicking on the part of principals decides these things?
- Melissa Westbrook said...
Wen, it's a mystery I've never been able to figure out. There are some schools, some principals that just seem to get protection. I think that in the case of Madrona and South Shore that they are very deliberate about how they handle their student body and somehow this is perceived differently. (And South Shore gets kid glove treatment because of the money that comes in from New School Foundation.)
And there is this fear that because the district either through benign neglect or just neglect didn't serve the south end well, that anything they do with minority populations has to be thought of as completely equal. Of course that's ridiculous because no two schools get treated the same way and it's impossible. But when I hear Board members get fearful over the BEX IV list because it skews north, I have to wonder. I think that kind of fear and worry over perception sometimes makes staff freeze up. - 6/18/09, 9:14 PM
- North End Mom said...
Deidre F. said: "Won't the new SAP FORCE the district to reconcile capacity shortages in the NE??"
The new SAP is supposed to quarantee a spot for every student in a feeder middle school, but it can only do so if there is actually room for every student at the comprehensive middle school level.
According to Kathy Johnson, there will be enough middle school capacity in the north end between now and 2012-13 with Jane Addams remaining a K-8, the new Hamilton building opening, and portables being placed at Eckstein, Jane Addams and maybe other sites. I did not hear her say there would be enough capacity at the THREE COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS in the north end, just that there was enough capacity in the north end (including K-8s).
I'm sure they are hoping that families will voluntarily fill the K-8s, but what if they don't? If the comprehensive middle schools fill, and there is nowhere to place portables or cram in more classrooms, what could they do? They could open a new middle school to meet the enrollment needs, but probably the only way they could do that would be to convert Jane Addams before 2012-13. So yes, I suppose they could FORCE the reconcilation of capacity shortages, but then they would be accused of going against a promise they had made to the families of Jane Addams.
Aren't elementary schools linked in the assignment plan, so that if there isn't room in the attendance area school, students are assigned to the next closest school with room? Maybe they will do that, and work their way south (that was where my thinking was going with folks getting assigned to south-end schools).
I would like to get some clarification around the middle school projections, specifically whether or not there is enough capacity at the comprehensive middle schools for the SAP to work effectively. I'd also love to know what happens under the new SAP if all three north end comprehensive middle schools fill before 2013. - 6/18/09, 11:05 PM
- gavroche said...
WenG -- I phrased my comment inaccurately and unclearly. What I meant to say was:
Anyway, it seems that in gross unfairness to T.T. Minor, Lowell, Meany, Montlake, Nova -- all the Central District/Capital Hill schools that were threatened or tossed about by the Capacity Management Plan, some moved, some split, some axed outright -- Madrona was conspicuously absent from the District's discussion of how to handle capacity in that part of town.
And I don't know why this was so, other than the refrain I have heard from various Board members and others that the two factors that drive this School District are politics and public perception.
I do find it odd that in all the RIFs no principals were apparently affected. In fact, despite closing 5 or so schools, I don't believe any principals were laid off.
Surely they cost more than the average teacher.
Instead, the Superintendent moved, what, dozens of them around, and without community input. Why?
There's been all this rabid talk of "ineffective teachers" and how to remove them, but where has been the discussion on how to remove ineffective or poor principals? - 6/18/09, 11:14 PM
- The Spruiters said...
I still don't see how the new middle school service area model works without a comprehensive middle school in the North End.
Would other North End/Lake City/North Cluster area parents be interested in connecting to discuss school issues relevant to our area? NE parents seem to have made progress by organizing - I feel like those of us further north could benefit from a more unified/stronger voice. - 6/19/09, 1:20 AM
- Charlie Mas said...
First, for all of the talk about data-based decisions or accountability, the one single driving factor in all District decisions is internal politics.
Second, during the Capacity Management project, the staff presented data to the Board that claimed that Whitman, Eckstein, and Hamilton had all of the capacity needed for all north-end middle school students for the foreseeable future through 2018 and beyond. It is on slide 32 of the presentation made to the Board on December 9, 2008. The slide shows that these three schools have room for 3,333 students and that the resident enrollment is not expected to exceed 2,766. This doesn't even count the north-end students at any other school for grades 6-8 such as Broadview-Thomson, AS#1, or Salmon Bay.
So where is the new data and where is the admission that this data was incorrect? When was this new data collected? Obviously some time between January 29 and May 29, but when? - 6/19/09, 9:17 AM
- Charlie Mas said...
Here's a direct quote from slide 33 of that presentation:
"There is sufficient capacity in the north-end comprehensive middle schools to accommodate projected residents and all or half of APP" - 6/19/09, 9:19 AM
- Deidre F. said...
Spruiters, I have begun a NE cluster blog, where we can talk about issues specific to our area of the city.
It sounds like you are interested in organizing families in the NE cluster to explore MS issues. Would you like to be a blog contributor on the NE cluster blog?
If so, just let me know! - 6/19/09, 11:13 AM
- The Spruiters said...
Thanks Deidre, but I'm looking for a place to discuss N cluster issues, which I feel are quite different from NE cluster issues.


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Nicole - Ugh, stomach flu is always awful, but especially if you're pregnant. When you get off the BRAT diet, you can try the shakes. ;) When is this bug supposed to go away? Hope you're feeling somewhat better now... Interesting that it's gotten worse. Kind of makes sense, though. I know what you mean about your DH feeling bad... You're not really second trimester till 14 weeks, though - LMP adds two weeks that you weren't pregnant. Hopefully you will have the next two trimesters easy, though. I hope your ER bill won't be too bad! What is metamucil? Yes, the important thing is to get some nutrition in you that will stay down. Glad to hear that your baby is doing well!
Amber - Glad you are managing to keep something down!
Amanda - Mono during pregnancy seems like a double whammy to me. Not fun. Wow, how do they overcharge $950?? I guess it's good - that's already paid for, so you got your visit "free" - it isn't impacting your bank account at the moment. Wow, sounds like you have a lot of home improvements that you want to do. I hope you manage to save some money after they're finished!
Gina - Glad you are feeling better now!
Tara - That's annoying! Glad the massage was worth it, though. Are you going to get the money back? I never had to deal with the U.S. health care/insurance system as an adult - just Israel's. I'm glad you liked the counselor. :) Hopefully it will help you to de-stress a bit. TTC is really tough.
Right, Simone, you need to handle one thing at a time. Hopefully the social worker can help you out this time, and you will find a way to manage Ty that is easier on the rest of you. Good luck with your weight loss! I hope you make your goal.
Christine - Hm, maybe that is a good idea! So far, so good - guess all I can do now is wait and see. Ugh, that's awful that you ran out and had to wait for the refill to be called in. Good to see that it wasn't too bad a wait. Hopefully the cramping is just another symptom.
AFM - Still getting negative OPK's, praying that they stay that way for the next week or so, and then I get a couple positives. We finally are getting some snow - it was supposed to snow all day today, but it wasn't really sticking, at least not in most places. NOW it is snowing for real, and sticking. Hopefully we will wake up in the morning to a white Jerusalem, and then I can take DS out to play in the snow (and take pictures, which, of course, is most important). Not much else, really. Except that my neighbor borrowed four of our diapers, and forgot to give them back when she didn't need them anymore. We are kind of low on diapers, and they're expensive, so hopefully we will get them back, since she's not using them...
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Nicole, glad to hear baby is doing good and hopefully you'll be up to par soon. Being dehydrated is such a horrible feeling, it messes with your whole body. Hopefully as you get closer to your 2nd trimester all the nausea will disappear. I can't remember did you have a lot of m/s with Aaron?
Christine, I'm sure everything is fine with baby. I've had some mild cramping the last few days. It does make you worry so much. I just try and take it easy as easy as I can being a sahm. Hopefully your m/s is coming to an end soon as well.
Amanda, I hate the whole medical billing system it's so confusing. But at least it was a big credit and not a big balance remaining.
Simone, I hope the weight loss goes well. I really wish I had lost more before getting pregnant. I'm trying to work out every day but I'm just now starting to feel better and get some energy back. I love the biggest loser if I wasn't pg I would be signing up for the program. It's such a great source of encouragement.
Terri, I hope the body is doing well after your fall. It seems the older we get the smallest falls can jar us. Stinks getting older. I watch kids take crazy hard falls and then bounce up not even fazed. i just sit there thinking that would have taken me out for weeks.
Sorry if I missed anyone. All the other post are on the previous page and my prego brain can not remember it all.
Afm: As of yesterday I'm in my second trimester. Starting to feel better, most days and slowly getting a little more energy back each day. My next appointment is next Tuesday. I see on other baby boards women at my stage are already finding out what they are having. Don't think I have an ultra sound next week but maybe I'll get to schedule my appointment. I'm still going to do the gender reveal party so I won't get to find out for a few days after but I'm excited. I'm ready to start planning. Got a little dent done in rearranging house to clear out baby's room. But everything got put on hold to potty train kale this week. Not a fun task. Monday was horrible he was freaking out and just acting traumatized. But he took a nap in the afternoon and then it started clicking and made it all through yesterday with out any accidents. Hopefully it continues to stick. Dh is home today so I get to go to work and get a break. It took a lot out of me the last 2 days my stomach muscles were cramping like crazy having to jump up and pick him up so much. I think that's all so talk to you later.
So my hubs and I are going to the beach with my parents in April. I will be like five months and need advice on what kind of swimsuit to get, everything I look at is hideous!
Amber, Mine was passed on by my sister. It's kind of a tennis style dress. A little low in the front so I generally wear an old navy maternity black ribbed tank top over it. I'm going to a indoor swim park resort in washington at the end of next month And I'm hoping my standard one still fits so that way i'll have two. Since will be there for three days And I hate putting on a wet suit.
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It's been busy here, catching up from leftovers yesterday and all. I figured out the reason behind taking the Metamucil after calling the nurse to verify the dosage. Basically they want me to be able to "empty out" with that and Colace l because there is so much bad bacteria in my system still. The M works fast too, so as soon as I go I need to fill up on calories again. I'm just glad I can take the Zofran more often now, definitely need that to ward off the nausea and prevent dizziness. I was a little wobbly when I got in this morning. I'm trying one of those Special K shakes now for my lunch, it's strawberry and actually pretty good. We'll see how long I can keep it in ;)
Christine: I'm glad your ms is starting to calm down for you now :) How often do you take the Zofran? Oh that darn cold, I'm sorry you're still dealing with that :( I hope the cramping is just your uterus expanding and allowing the baby to grow, I've had that a little too. GL with the doctor on Mon, please keep us posted how it goes :)
Isra: Yah, it's not fun at all :( I am off the BRAT diet now and expanding to the high protein meals (shakes and bars etc.) They want me to flush my system out from the virus which IS slowly going away. DH and Aaron had homemade pizzas last night. I made myself one with only a pinch of cheese, less sauce and put chicken on top for the protein. Didn't stay down too long though. I know, being 12 weeks I'm really only 10, I still don't get those calculations. I am very worried to see the ER bill. And, I have to check into the coverage for the screening now, I'm sure it will all go to the deductible. But, at least I'll have it met by the time the baby comes right ;) Metamucil is a fiber powder you dissolve in water. Yes, I am so happy the baby is doing well :) (despite how mommy feels) Good, keep those -OPK's going for just a few more days, THEN we can see the +'s ;) Oh I hope you DID get enough snow for a nice blanket to play in :) Diapers ARE so expensive :P Maybe you should remind your neighbor you need the one's they haven't used back.
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Haley: Thanks hun ♥ :) I hope so too. I DID have nausea with Aaron, but after I ate something I felt better. With this one, it's all the time. Yes, you ARE in your 2nd trimester officially! 14 weeks YaY :) I'm glad you're feeling better as the days go on :) If you have an u/s at this point you WILL be able to know what you're having. But, most likely they will wait until your 18 weeks. That's how it was with Aaron. How was it with Kale? Did you have a gender reveal party for him? Potty training is really tough, especially with boys. I hope he continues to do well with it :) How was work yesterday? That's good your hubby was home so you could have your "break" from home ;)
Amber: Thanks again for the Special K suggestion :) I also have the bars, probably try one tomorrow. I like the cereals and they have a protein rich one, but I only like to eat them dry because milk soggies them up. I also had some chicken the last couple nights, haven't tried nuggets though yet. That's great you're going to the beach :) I had a maternity swimsuit that was two piece. The bottom could stretch to your belly or go under it, and the top was not fitted so there was room to expand and still be comfortable. I was 7 months along when I wore it though. Before that I was using tank tops and comfy swim shorts.
Isra- Yea it was pretty bad but not as worse as when I had mono in college. Hopefully you won't O for a few more days!! Hoping you can catch that eggie too!!
Haley- Yay for 2nd trimester!!! and good luck on the potty training. I've been trying to do that forever now lol. He knows he is suppose to go in the potty and not his pull up but he just picks and chooses when he wants too. I "found out" what Halle was when I went to the ER because I thought my water was leaking at 17 weeks but I didn't officially find out till 21 weeks at the dr.
Amber- I went to motherhood or target I can't remember and they had some bathing suits that weren't too bad.
Nicole- I really hope soon you can start keeping stuff down. I feel so bad for you but it's really making me think you're having a girl now!
Christine- I hope you cold goes away soon. It's really no fun being sick of any kind while pregnant.
AFM- Not much going on here. My mom had foot surgery tuesday and has to stay off of it for a few weeks so my parents are paying me to be her "nurse". Then after that my SIL will be going back to work in Feb and I will be babysitting my nephews Landon and Ethan. I love being able to stay home with my kids but sometimes I wish I could get out for a little bit.
Amanda- I probably put potty trying off for quite a bit because I wasn't ready. But it was time we did the 3 day method because I did not want to potty train for weeks. The first day was really bad, but by that night he had it and has not had any accident since. We went straight to underwear rather then pull-ups. I think he would have thought they were diapers. With the underwear he knew he didn't like that wet feeling. I love being a sahm but love that I get to go in one day a week for work, for a break its the perfect balance. I think I want to wait a few more weeks at least for them to start naming the gender, just to have a positive guess. My sister kept getting were 70% sure and then were 85% sure. That went on for several months.
Nicole- I found out about Kale being a boy at 19 weeks and we just found out from the technician. I saw the gender reveal idea after we knew. But I was still pregnant and knew if I was to have another that was the way I would do it. I ordered my pink and blue leis yesterday so everyone can wear their picks. I figure the few other decoration ideas I have I'll pick up in the next few weeks so its not to expensive. Trying not to go to crazy. I'll be excited next week when I get to schedule my u/s and then have a date for my gender party so I can make some more official plans. Work was good starting to get all of the end of the year papers together and all the next year tax stuff and fees not fun.
afm: Since Kale has been doing so well with potty training I'm trying to get some stuff done. Since I don't have to be watching him constantly as long as I can hear him and be ready to run if he says he's got to go. I'm ready for him to be able to take himself. Tonight we have our first adventure out so it shall be interesting to see how he does. I'm really nervous. Trying to get motivated to go and walk on the treadmill for a bit and then going to try and quilt. That is if kale will let me.
Haley- I wish he would stop being so hard headed and just do what he knows he is suppose to do. I've only put underwear on him a few times but I might have to try it more often. I know what you mean about buying things here and there for parties. I'm already planning Chase and Halle's parties so I can start buying stuff now instead of all at once.
Amanda- yes all that little stuff adds up way to fast. And it's so hard not to go overboard. I'm sure your little guy will eventually get it as my mom always says you never meet an adult who's not potty trained. Just takes some a little longer. The problem were having today is if he doesn't go within 10 seconds he Says he's done, even if he didn't go. Then 2 minutes later he has to go again. We keep trying to tell him to give it a minute especially when he has to poop that he has to wait, hence why he pooped his pants earlier even though he was just on his potty. First accident. He's just not very patient. But I know he'll eventually get it.