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Jason Collins: The Great Black Hope
Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe The professional sports world has been waiting for a Jason Collins moment?? a gay athlete currently playing in a major league to come out publicly. What you may not know is that the subtext is that it was hoped the moment would star an African American male. The African read full article
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Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe This week, April 8- 12, marks the 27th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week. The week is about remembering not only the 6 million Jews murdered but also remembering the millions of allies, martyrs and victims who survived Nazi Germany's reign of brutality. The enormity of the mass slaughtering read full article
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Dear Leaders: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino??s decision to not seek re-election presents a profoundly unique and opportunistic occasion for the city??s black community. Not since the mayoral candidacy of Mel King in 1983 has the black community been strategically positioned to substantively sway the policy direction of the city. Because Boston??s black community??which includes African-Americans, read full article
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Guest Editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe Marco McMillian was a trailblazer, and the pride of the Mississippi Delta. Just in his twenties Ebony magazine in 2004 hailed him as on the nation's 30 leaders under the age of 30. And in his thirties the Mississippi Business Journal hailed him as one of the "Top 40 read full article
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In commemoration of Rosa Parks' 100th birthday, Detroit Public Television and The Henry Ford Museum are presenting A National Day of Courage: a full day of performances, speakers and tributes (livestream below.) In 2010, TIME Magazine called Rosa Parks one of the 25 most powerful women of the past century. Relevant links: National Day read full article
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Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe 2013 is making it difficult to avoid one of America??s greatest sins??slavery. We??ve just marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a plethora of films, documentaries and TV specials are scheduled to address slavery. One blockbuster hit that's playing in cinemas now, and is likely to walk read full article
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Editor: Valerie Linson The Cleveland Uppercut, Lil Reese and camera phone savagery Akiba Solomon, Colorlines.com, October 29, 2012 In my neck of the online woods, two violent camera phone videos have been making the rounds and sparking disturbing reactions about if and when it??s OK for a man to strike a black woman. The read full article
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Editor: Valerie Linson Peniel Joseph, professor of history at Tufts University and current fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, spoke with WGBH News radio anchor Bob Seay the morning after the second presidential debate: Professor Joseph is a regular panelist on Basic Black, Friday's at 7:30 on Channel 2 (PBS) in read full article
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Guest editorial by Kevin C. Peterson Honorable City Council President Stephen Murphy: In the Boston City Council redistricting process currently underway, the city stands at a crossroads of electoral crisis, marked with ugly reminders of race-based gerrymandering and the suppression of black voting rights. While it has pleased many in the voting rights community that read full article
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Ask most people to account for the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and they will likely say something about improved access to birth control (as well as improved access to Jefferson Airplane and shrooms). But Andrew Francis, an economist at Emory University, wants to give a little credit to penicillin, too.
What does the antibiotic have to do with free love? In 1943, scientists discovered that it could treat the STD syphilis, which had been spreading steadily across the United States - and especially through the army. As penicillin shots became more available in the '50s, syphilis deaths declined and risky sexual behavior - as measured in gonorrhea rates, teen pregnancies and illegitimate births - increased. These indices of erotic adventurousness, in other words, were rising way before abortion and the pill became an accepted part of women's reproductive lives during the '60s and early '70s.
Of course, penicillin didn't cause the swinging '60s full stop. Many historians credit progressive social forces that were already germinating in the straight-jacketed '50s. The legalization of the pill and the growing acceptance of abortion couldn't have hurt either. But Francis does make a suggestive case for penicillin's contribution to the decade's freewheeling ways, linking the rise in sexual risk-taking after the syphilis epidemic deflated to the rise in same after a new AIDS treatment came out in 2000.
The study proposes another weird/ironic chain of cause and effect too. Because "the advent of penicillin may have produced analogous effects on sexual behavior as the advent of HAART [an anti-retroviral drug]," Francis argues, it's possible that the "spread of HIV may have been facilitated by the collapse of syphilis." In other words, people were less worried about doing it once syphilis left the picture, so they didn't take the precautions that might have safeguarded them against AIDS. Francis, the economist, thus offers a few words of caution to health policy makers: "To focus exclusively on the defeat of one disease can set the stage for the onset of another if preemptive measures are not taken."
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Kebabs: Health kick on a stick
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Boy Scouts: Yes to gay youths, no to adults
The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban on openly gay youths but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders, a decision framed as a compromise but one that could lead to litigation and thousands of defections from one of America's largest youth organizations.
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Fans eager to see soccer superstar David Beckham stormed a police cordon Thursday in a stampede at a Shanghai university that injured seven people including five security personnel.
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Call me a lecher but don't call me a crook, an ex-city official at the heart of a sex tape scandal has said in his unusually spirited courtroom defense against corruption charges.
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Vietnam's president was being feted by China's leaders on a visit through Friday as Beijing continues to shun another rival for South China Sea territory that has challenged its claims on legal grounds, the Philippines.
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BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal isn't getting involved in the Republican battle in Louisiana's 3rd District congressional race.
Jindal spokeswoman Shannon Bates said Monday the governor won't endorse a candidate in the Dec. 8 runoff between U.S. Reps. Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry. Bates says the governor has "great respect" for both congressmen and will leave it to voters to choose between them.
The two congressmen were forced into the same district when Louisiana lost a U.S. House seat after the most recent federal census.
BESE member can continue work with state
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Board of Ethics has decided that the company of a member of the state's top school board can continue its work with the labor department.
Members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education aren't supposed to enter into any contracts with state government under a law Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration passed in 2008.
BESE member Jay Guillot, of Ruston, sought guidance from the ethics board about his company participating in the Incumbent Worker Training Program, run through the labor department.
Fire destroys plant
SLAUGHTER — An early Monday morning fire has destroyed the Monolyte Laboratories, Inc. facility in Slaughter.
The facility is a biochemical research center that deals with mostly environmentally friendly chemicals.
15 new West Nile cases,
1 death this past week
NEW ORLEANS — Fifteen new West Nile virus cases and one death from the virus have been reported in the past week, according to the state Department of Health and Hospitals.
In addition, one patient's illness changed from flu-like West Nile fever to a dangerous "neuroinvasive" infection affecting the brain or spinal cord.
"Not only do we continue to find more cases — this week, we have three parishes reporting their first human cases of West Nile for the year," DHH Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein said in a news release. "Clearly, this virus remains a threat, and it's important to protect your health and avoid mosquito bites even as the weather gets colder and drier."
The parishes with their first human cases of West Nile this year were Assumption, St. Landry and Winn.
This year there has been 371 cases, including 152 of neuroinvasive disease, and 16 deaths, all within two weeks of disease onset.
West Nile virus has been present in Louisiana since 2002, when 328 people got sick and 24 died. A total of 204 cases were infections affecting the brain or spinal cord.
LHC board member named
LAFAYETTE — Christopher Shackleton has been elected to the board of directors of Lafayette-based LHCF Group Inc.
The company said Shackleton will serve on the audit and corporate development committees.
He is co-founder and managing partner of Coliseum Capital Management LLC in Stamford, Conn. Coliseum is a long-term capital investment firm and is privately held.
LHC Group provides health services in post-acute care.
FEMA sets Isaac deadline
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana residents who sustained damage as a result of Hurricane Isaac have 10 days left to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for possible state and federal recovery assistance.
Officials said Monday that the registration deadline is Nov. 29.
Louisianians can register for individual assistance online at www.disasterassistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). FEMA phone lines operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
Storm-affected homeowners, renters and business owners with uninsured or underinsured damage in the following disaster-designated parishes should register: Allen, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Morehouse, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
Snow planned at Loyola
NEW ORLEANS — Snow is rare in New Orleans, but a little patch of the city's uptown area will be covered with it on Dec. 5.
Loyola University is scheduled to blanket its broad green space fronting historic St. Charles Avenue with 20 tons of manufactured snow.
The university says the annual event will again include hot chocolate and carolers for students and the university's neighbors to enjoy. The event is sponsored by the University Programing Board.
LSU president names
10-member advisory group
BATON ROUGE — LSU System President William Jenkins has created a 10-person advisory panel to review ways to reorganize the university system and its campuses.
Jenkins announced the panel Monday.
Members include Jenkins, current and former LSU leaders, the lead counsel for the LSU System, business leaders with ties to LSU campuses and retired Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honore.
2 miles of U.S. 90
slated for widening
BROUSSARD — State officials have announced plans to widen about 2 miles of U.S. Highway 90 between Albertsons Parkway and Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette Parish.
The work will extend a project completed last month that widened 7 miles of U.S. 90 from four to six lanes, beginning at Pinhook Road in Lafayette and stretching south to Broussard.
Department of Transportation and Development spokeswoman Jodi Conachen said the estimated $90 to $110 million price tag for the new project includes frontage roads and widening the La. Highway 182 overpass.
The project is not expected to be complete until 2017.
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The young man tucks his violin under his chin and begins to play. A hush falls over the few spectators in the largely empty opera house, who turn toward the bare stage. As his lilting notes float through the room, other people trickle in from the lobby to listen.
The young man sometimes closes his eyes as he plays, as if lost in the music. If his audience closed their eyes, too, they would never know the violinist standing before them has no right hand, only a stunted appendage with tiny stubs instead of fingers.
Which is fitting, because Adrian Anantawan prefers to be judged for what people hear, not what they see.
At 28, Anantawan is one of the world's most accomplished young violinists. He has performed at the White House, at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, for Pope John Paul II, for Christopher Reeve and most recently for the Dalai Lama during a private recital at MIT. Anantawan played a piece by Bach, and when he finished, the Tibetan Buddhist leader approached him.
"He put my hands together, and put his hands around mine, and our foreheads touched for six or seven seconds," Anantawan said. "And I'm just thinking to myself, 'My goodness, where has this instrument and music taken me?' I feel tremendously blessed to have had experiences like that."
Anantawan's disability has been with him since birth. Doctors think the umbilical cord wrapped around his hand in the womb, cutting off the blood supply and keeping it from growing properly. To compensate, he uses a simple prosthesis called a spatula, which grips the violin bow.
In recent years, Anantawan has devoted his career to using adaptive technology -- from prosthetic devices like his own to sophisticated computer software -- to aid aspiring young musicians in overcoming a wide range of disabilities. By helping them make music, he believes this technology can help "reveal the inner humanity" of disabled children who struggle to express themselves through other means.
"Accessibility is not an act of charity," Adrian told an audience last summer during a TEDx talk in suburban Boston, where he is now an orchestra conductor at a charter school. "It's one of lifting the ceiling of potential development so that all children can explore this world, but also possibly create new ones."
A 'sonic fingerprint'
Born of Thai-Chinese ethnicity, Anantawan grew up in Toronto. With only one hand, many childhood milestones -- learning to tie shoes, sharpen a pencil in class, ride a bike -- were difficult for him. Classmates made him feel different.


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Dancing On Ice filled the void left by The X Factor, I'm A Celebrity and Strictly this weekend, and thanks t the lovely people over at ITV, we are able to bring you the lowdown on all this years contestants!
Bobby Davro
Age – 50
Occupation - Comedian and actor
Special skills – Making us laugh
Comedian and panto regular Bobby Davro doesn't think he's got a chance of winning the show – but that's not going to stop him entertaining the crowds. He tells ITV; "I've got more chance of being handcuffed to a ghost than winning,â€Â
Bobby has three daughters who will be supporting him through the show. He's also a keen angler, golf player and fan of Tottenham Hotspur FC.
And their dancing partner is… Molly Moenkhoff – US International Medallist Molly is making her Dancing On Ice debut this year.
Danniella Westbrook
Age – 36
Occupation – Actress
Special skills – Being dramatic
EastEnders star Danniella is well known for getting in a lather on Albert Square – so we're hoping the soapy star doesn't slip up on the rink! Amazingly though, aged 11, she skated across Albert Square as an extra in EastEnders – and her sister is a figure skater. So, she has no excuse for being rubbish!
And their dancing partner is… Matthew Gonzalez – US star Matthew is a new face in this year's competition.
Danny Young
Age – 23
Occupation – Actor
Special skills – Football
Danny is best known for his role as footballer Warren Baldwin in Coronation Street, after dribbling his way onto the cobbles in 2005. He may not be the greatest dancer, but what he lacks in talent he makes up with enthusiasm, claiming he's going to "throw some shapes" on the ice. Brilliant.
And their dancing partner is… Frankie Poultney – Sheffield's own Frankie is a professional British adagio skater and has previously skated as well as reaching the 2008 finals with Hollyoaks star Chris Fountain.
Dr Hilary Jones
Age – 56
Occupation – TV doctor
Special skills – First aid
GMTV doctor and sports fanatic Dr Hilary has no worries about his fitness, but he's pretty concerned about having two left feet – especially since he's admitted to dancing like a dad at a disco! Cringe!
And their dancing partner is… Alexandra Schaumann – Whilst she joins Dancing On Ice in the UK for the first time this series, Alexandra has been skating alongside former show champion Kyran Bracken at nationwide events since 2008.
Gary Lucy
Age – 28
Occupation – Actor
Special skills – Plodding along
Gary is the face of teen soaps in my eyes, and I've grown up watching him on like likes of Footballers' Wives, Hollyoaks and The Bill – what's more, just like me, Gary's petrified of losing his fingers in a skating accident!
And their dancing partner is… Maria Filippov -
Bulgarian Champion Maria won Dancing On Ice Australia before joining the UK show for the second series; partnering Duncan James and Gareth Gates before winning the show last year with Ray Quinn.
Emily Atack
Age – 20
Occupation – Actress
Special skills – Singing and tanning
The Inbetweeners star lists her hobbies as acting, singing, shopping and fake tan – err, I don't really think fake tanning can be classed as a hobby!) which makes her an ideal candidate for Dancing On Ice.
And their dancing partner is… Fred Palascak – United States Pairs Skater Fred has competed on Dancing On Ice with Kay Burley, Sarah Greene, Zaraah Abrahams and Melinda Messenger.
Hayley Tamaddon
Age - 32
Occupation – Actress
Special skills – Singing
Hayley is passionate about singing and dancing, and has appeared on Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes, in the past, belting out a rendition of Shout, as well as starring in countless musicals, including Grease, Boogie Nights, The Rocky Horror Show and Mamma Mia!
And their dancing partner is… Daniel Whitson – Dancing On Ice favourite Daniel Whiston has skated with Gaynor Faye, Emily Symons, Linda Lusardi and Roxanne Pallet in the past.
Heather Mills
Age – 41
Occupation – Charity campaigner (Ahem!)
Special skills – Activism
In 1993, Heather lost the lower part of her left leg after being hit by a motorbike while crossing a road, and despite a very public divorce losing her legions of fans, she has entered the show to give children with the same disability as her the inspiration to do things they might not think they're capable of.
And their dancing partner is… Matt Evers – Wowing the crowds on Dancing On Ice isn't Matt's only passion, as the multi-talented star is also an actor, model and presenter! Matt has previously skated with Bonnie Langford, Lisa Scott-Lee, Suzanne Shaw and Zoe Salmon.
Jeremy Sheffield
Age – 43
Occupation – Actor
Special skills – Ballet dancing
Former Holby City Jeremy trained as a ballet dancer – but had his dream career cut short after suffering a broken toe and torn ligament, but now Jeremy's determined to show he has the poise to make it all the way to the Dancing On Ice final.
And their dancing partner is… Susie Lipanova – British international skater Susie has skated with Todd Carty and Steve Backley on the show, and she's also married to another Dancing On Ice professional skater, Andrei Lipanov.
Kieron Richardson
Age – 23
Occupation – Actor
Special skills – Playing the bad boy
Hollyoaks star Kieron is used to playing bad boy Ste Hay on the Channel 4 show, and is hoping that his nicer side will show though during Dancing On Ice. What's more, he's looking forward to wearing the costumes, but is more excited about the fake tan!
And their dancing partner is… Brianne Delcourt – Canadian ice debutante Brianne first put on a pair of skates at the tender age of two, skating on the homemade rink her father made every winter by flooding their back yard.
Mikey Graham
Age – 37
Occupation – Singer
Special skills – Comeback King
Mikey doesn't do things by halves – He's sold over 10 million records in his time with Boyzone, and had five No.1 hits, so expect to see a lot from his this series! Speaking to ITV, he said; "The ice man cometh!"
And their dancing partner is… Melanie Lambert – Mel was crowned Dancing On Ice Champion in her first outing in the second series with Kyran Bracken, before teaming up with Michael Underwood.
Sharron Davies
Age – 47
Occupation – Presenter
Special skills – Swimming
By the time Sharon hung up her swimsuit in 1994, she'd been a British champion on 20 occasions and broken five World Masters records, when in 995 she joined ITV's Gladiators as Amazon! Wow, this lady sure is a force to be reckoned with!
And their dancing partner is… Pavel Albrecht – Pavel jetted in from his home in Australia to join the second series of Dancing On Ice in 2006, and has so far partnered Ulrika Jonsson, Samantha Mumba and Jessica Taylor.
Age – 41
Occupation – Singer
Special skills – Dressing to kill
Confident Sinitta firmly believes she'll be one of the final three contestants. Weird then, that at the time of writing this, she'd already been voted off. Ouch!
And their dancing partner is… Andrei Lipanov – Andrei's appeared on the show many times, partnering Clare Buckfield, Natalie Pinkham and Gemma Bissix in last year's show.
Tana Ramsay
Age – 35
Occupation – TV chef
Special skills – Cooking
Food fan and TV chef Tana wants to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who used to be a great skater. She's been married to chef Gordon Ramsay for 14 years, tying the knot at the age of 21.
And their dancing partner is… Stuart Widdall – In his first appearance on the show last year, Stuart defied all the odds by reaching the semi-finals with Coleen Nolan.


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Head for the mountains
When you ski, you get to meet other kids your age. You'll find the most teenagers at the hills with the lowest lift fees. Check out:
- Killington has the biggest resort in Vermont.
- Colorado offers some outstanding skiing.
- The Rockies are in Idaho, too! Hills such as Sun Valley are great fun.
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- Visit a museum in the nearest big city.
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- mirmac1 said...
Seattle Schools Schedules Second Public Hearing for May 22 and Extends Comment Period
Seattle Public Schools has scheduled a second public hearing to accept comments on the Draft Environmental Impacts for the Building Excellence Program IV (BEX IV). The hearing will be held on Tue day, May 22, 5:00-6:00 p.m. at Roxhill Elementary School, located at 9430 30th Ave. SW in Seattle. - 5/15/12, 8:52 AM
I ran some numbers on transportation last night, and frankly, it was pretty appalling. Thanks to Mirmac's pointer, I found some stats in the transportation contract from February. The estimate then was that the District would transport 17,000 students on 450 routes. The numbers still weren't broken down by elementary/secondary, so I had to make some assumptions about how that broke down. Overall, I came up with needing about 300 buses at 100% capacity (which is obviously unrealistic). Changing those assumptions on elementary/secondary breakdowns would move this a bit, but not too much.
So if we ran each bus once, it would be at about 67% full. We're running most buses twice, so they're running right now at 33% full, assuming a full-size bus. That might be the best we can do for a 25-minute route, since it takes time to load kids.
Where I get really frustrated is when I look at the numbers and types of buses. The District said they thought that they would need about 110 smaller (Type A, 20-28 students) buses, and about 200 larger (Type C, 40-60 students depending on grade level) buses. First Student's proposal broke down the daily price of a bus based on the numbers for each type.
Clearly, if the average bus is running 33% full, we can run an awful lot of smaller buses. If we dropped to a 50-50 split between large and small, we'd save about $650K.
$650K. No change in start times. No change in ride length. No community uproar. $650K in savings. The optimization problem looked an awful lot like some my 8th grader has done in class this year. That's why I'm depressed this morning. - 5/15/12, 9:05 AM
Eric B. Those savings numbers don't include the huge cost savings potentially achieved with "community stops" such as TOPS pioneered this year. This innovative solution was dismissed by the transportation departments "experts" (3rd tier midmanagement functionaries) as "not working" at the board meeting. Why?
It ain't because they're not working. (They minimize route times, fill buses, and provide more safety measures at stops.) It's because Staff hadn't (and still hasn't) lifted a finger...not one finger...to do analysis on them. And the Board, having authorized the experiment, never bothered to ask for a follow-up report. Appalling.
Aghast Mom - 5/15/12, 9:38 AM
- mirmac1 said...
Hoo Boy! Good thing DeBell tried to ram that Alliance-approved 1620 Board Procedure on Board-Superintendent relations. We might have never attracted excellent superintendent candidates (NOT!)
Meanwhile the soon-to-be ex-interim Superintendent found her soulmates at Highline, but didn't they get the memo...?
Outside help may be needed to heal Highline board rift
. Or perhaps the board whisperers at Alliance have been chatting up Highline, in the hopes of opening an affiliate in Burien. - 5/15/12, 10:48 AM
- mirmac1 said...
The Times is looking for a new editorial writer:
"The Times editorial team is seeking a shrewd and enterprising editorial writer to help lead critical conversations important to the Puget Sound region and Washington state. The editorial writer will serve as a member of the editorial board, researching and making policy recommendations and writing insightful, persuasive editorials on behalf of The Times editorial board and the occasional personal column.
This person should be skilled at understanding complex issues, seeing both the big picture and the nuance in search of the questions that really matter. The writer should be open-minded but super-resistant to spin from political operatives and special interests. The writer should be passionate and collegial in debating issues with colleagues and skilled at cultivating sources. This person will contribute to the editorial page's online presence through regular blogging and leveraging social media to engage readers and sources. This person will be skilled at writing on deadline, responding quickly to the news of the day and looking for opportunities to break news."
Gee, is Lynne being replaced for someone with the requisite skills? - 5/15/12, 11:00 AM
Is the Alliance for Education MOU update going to slide right into board approval with no community discussion?
Should the community care?
-skeptical- - 5/15/12, 11:41 AM
- suep. said...
Yes, the community should care about the Alliance for Ed MOU. It's appalling that the Alliance is profiting off our cash-strapped school communities like that -- and now asking for even more money from the district.
What exactly is the purpose of the Alliance anyway? Who needs them?
If they were merely the earnest banker for our PTAs, that would be one thing, but the Alliance has its own political agenda as well, and no one elected them. - 5/15/12, 11:48 AM
- mirmac1 said...
What I don't get is, they list our school's PTA as one of their "accounts". Uh, sorry, they don't do diddly for us.
Copied from section pertaining to Melissa's article in the Washington Post (not sure why comment section has been haulted):
"Melissa Westbrook is not the enemy but is quite the opposite. Your attempt at divide and conquer has been the historical tool of those who seek to weaken the less powerful. "
You bet. The powers that be are finding this blog a threat - and that is a good thing. Afterall, we managed to get 2 incumbents out of office. Keep up the good work and keep on informing. - 5/15/12, 11:56 AM
- Jan said...
The oddest thing about the Highline situation (to me, anyway) is that it doesn't say whether Spear attempted to deal with the issue in any way before filing the complaint. Misuse of emails (in possible violation of Open Meetings laws) seems to be a legitimate issues -- but it seems to be an odd thing to file a complaint about if you haven't worked the issue first -- and you can't really tell from the article.
- Jan said...
I agree with Sue (especially if what mirmac1 says is true -- that they are claiming to handle funds they don't really handle -- are they then taking 5% of those funds as well?)
They are NOT just a supporting organization. They have a separate political agenda that does not always coincide with the Board's views, or District families' and voters' views (which are not monolithic in any case). They have "chosen" a political side -- which is ok, but only if it is on their dime, not mine (through taxes that the District gets -- and then spends on them without putting the contract out to bid).
I think the increase should be turned down, and either now or the NEXT time the contract comes up for renewal, it should be subject to the bidding process for public bids. - 5/15/12, 12:12 PM
- Melissa Westbrook said...
You had two weeks to comment on the Alliance MOU. What's interesting is that the belief by staff is that the Alliance is so tied to the district and so helpful that the Board must pass the MOU. But no one thought it important enough to ask parents and school staff about the great job that the Alliance is supposedly doing.
- suep. said...
Among other things, in 2009, the Alliance paid $14,000 to the D.C.-based, politically connected "National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)" (whose Advisory Board is full of the usual suspects) to come to Seattle to write up our district's teachers in a report, and contrived the "Our Schools Coalition" after using the questionably obtained private contact information of thousands of SPS kids and teachers to help create a push-poll on which it based the "OSC" platform, all to put pressure on SPS teachers and influence the district's contract with the teacher's union.
(Should the School District Be Allowed to Give Our Kids' Phone numbers, Addresses and Photos to Every Tom, Dick and Pollster?)
The Alliance is not a neutral, benign organization, but an unelected enterprise with a political agenda and which also arguably serves as the money-launderer for the corporate ed reformers.
Oh, and the fee-charging banker for some SPS PTAs.
At a time when the district is trying to cut transportation costs, and find money for classroom essentials, this MOU from the Alliance asking for more money from the district for its dubious services strikes me as incredibly tone-deaf and smacks of petty greed.
If it's strapped for extra cash, maybe the Alliance should think twice before spending money on questionable items like that $14k NCTQ report. - 5/15/12, 12:48 PM
- mirmac1 said...
If they had asked parents, they would've gotten blank stares and guffaws. Our PTSA treasurer busts her *$! doing this work, for free.
So who on the staff and who on the Board feel this work by the Alliance is so important and cost effective to pay them @ 7.5%? Is there no other way to do it better and cheaper?
counting cents - 5/15/12, 1:29 PM
- Charlie Mas said...
mirmac1 asked if Lynne Varner is being replaced.
No, Joni Balter is being replaced. - 5/15/12, 1:42 PM
- Melissa Westbrook said...
CC, Holly Ferguson for sure from staff and likely most of the Board. I think they balance the goodwill from the people who fund the Alliance against what the Alliance actually does. But that the Board isn't taking every - single- funding issue and looking at it because of our financial issues, is sad.
On the WS blog comments about the new STEM school and the plan to apply for a math waiver for Singapore Math a person made a comment that "since, the district has been part of the design process from the very beginning and approval of the waiver is essentially guaranteed."
How is that fair? So will everyone's waivers now be accepted?
At a loss - 5/15/12, 2:02 PM
- SP said...
Transportation's final/updated/corrected version for Wed's Board vote has just been posted online (Friday's updated version incorrectly included the 2/01/12 approved version & did not match this current year's schedule, as was promised in the SPS news release).
For example, 1st tier elementary schools (8:00am bus arrival time) have been removed entirely, and 1st tier Option K-8 listed for 15 min. later at 8:00am.
(the 5/15/12 revision):
"The bus arrival/departure time windows shall be:
High School & Middle Schools between 7:30 a.m. – 2:35 p.m.
First Tier Option K-8 Schools between 8:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Third Tier Option K-8 Schools between 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Second Tier Elementary Schools between 8:35 a.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Third Tier Elementary Schools between 9:10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m."
Note- This schedule above is what the Board will vote on tomorrow, but Bob Westgard has added that at a later date, 6-10 elementary schools will be moved to the later tier, but that will be a separate Board vote later on.
So folks, you now have 24 hours for your "Community input" before the final vote! - 5/15/12, 3:50 PM
RE: Transporation.
In addition, bus ride times will now be 45 minutes.
For the HS & MS start of 7:30 a.m.
students will be be dropped off at school by 7:20, after a 45 minute bus ride, which by my estimate is a 6:40 AM pick up.
And all the email responses I have gotten from board directors indicate that this is fine and dandy. - 5/15/12, 4:28 PM
- hschinske said...
Joni Balter is being replaced.
Well, that's also good news, as far as I'm concerned. Never cared for her work.
Helen Schinske - 5/15/12, 4:29 PM
Rumor has it the Board is VERY very unhappy with Transportation management staff - should be interesting to see what actually happens on this tomorrow
in the know - 5/15/12, 4:43 PM
- mirmac1 said...
in the know,
The Board is EQUALLY at fault. They should quit acting like the Queen of Hearts. - 5/15/12, 4:48 PM
I think I made a mistake, 7:30 is the drop off time, so pick up would be 6:45.
All to save $200K-$500K and we know it won't be anyhere near $500K.
They best vote no tomorrow; no change. (which is not all that great anyway!) - 5/15/12, 4:54 PM
Helen: Joni Balter has been given a new, and I assume more lofty, position at The Times, so you'll still have the opportunity to be disappointed by her work (as was I).
SolvayGirl - 5/15/12, 5:03 PM
- mirmac1 said...
So who got RIFfed from Central Office? Want to lay any bets?
- Charlie Mas said...
The Reduction in Force process is only required for folks who are included in the collective bargaining agreement. Central office staff are, for the most part, under annual contracts. The District is under no obligation to renew their contracts, so no RIF process is necessary when their contracts are not renewed.
- Lori said...
Thanks, SP. Is it just me, or does that look like a 5-tier bus system, not a 3-tier system?
Seriously, do they think this nomenclature is helpful or clear to parents? For example, how can there be 2nd and 3rd tier elementary schools but no 1st tier elementaries? As with everything else, even the names for the tiers are rushed and nonsensical.
High School & Middle Schools between 7:30 a.m. – 2:35 p.m.
First Tier Option K-8 Schools between 8:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Third Tier Option K-8 Schools between 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Second Tier Elementary Schools between 8:35 a.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Third Tier Elementary Schools between 9:10 a.m. – 3:45 p.m." - 5/15/12, 6:51 PM
from Susan Enfield to staff:
Good morning,
Due to ongoing budget limitations, the School Board on May 2 authorized a very limited Reduction in Force this year. Given our growing enrollment and our priority to protect funding that directly affects our classrooms, we have worked hard to ensure we maintain and retain the backbone of our District – our employees.
Unfortunately it is necessary for us to reduce our staffing in a few areas by up to 45 positions, including 17 Classified and 28 Certificated staff, primarily in the areas of counseling, Physical Education, Music, Career Technical Education and English Language Learners. Affected staff members in these positions were notified during the past several days about this RIF. In total, we also eliminated 11 Central Office positions.
Although this is a limited Reduction in Force compared to previous years, it is not easy and has a tremendous impact on those employees who will lose their position. I want to thank those staff members for their service to Seattle Public Schools and our students. Our Employee Assistance Program, together with the Seattle Education Association and Human Resources, are offering a resource program for Classified and Certificated staff on May 23. This program will include information about unemployment, benefits, job search resources, as well as the Right to Return process.
I want to thank our Budget team and our Human Resources Department for their work this spring. It is our goal to present the Board a balanced budget by June 20th, and our Budget team is working hard on finding ways to protect classroom funding in these challenging budget times.
Susan Enfield, Ed.D.
Interim Superintendent
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Counseling is the only position not capitalized in the letter, a reflection of the devaluing of socioemotional and guidance needs of students in the district. One third of the cuts to certs were to counselors. This is after two previous years of taking the deepest cuts in the district.
Counselors are disappearing in the N, E, S and W. and for all the wrong reasons. All over the city school communities are finding their counselors are gone and boxes of test packets fill the space where they once stood.
embarrassedbysps - 5/15/12, 8:00 PM
At Sherry Carr's community meeting on Saturday, she shared a draft transportation plan that showed a beginning pick-up time of 6:40 am for the middle/high schools. This is way too early in my opinion.
Jane - 5/15/12, 9:34 PM
- suep. said...
The transportation plan is a mess.
The district should not change anything from this year unless it's clearly an improvement. This clearly isn't.
Otherwise, a district-wide protest in the fall in which all SPS middle and high schoolers show up to school in their pajamas might attract some national media attention to this farce.
A Pajama Protest at tomorrow's school board meeting could be compelling too. - 5/15/12, 10:19 PM
po3 said: All to save $200K-$500K and we know it won't be anyhere near $500K.
Agreed. Based on past results, we should assume $200k savings, if that. Remember how well the previous estimate worked out.
Here's some perspective. All they'd need to do is lose 2 headcount downtown to save the same amount of money. But instead they'd rather spend hundreds of person-hours diddling with the existing plan, ultimately affecting 10s of thousands of kids.
Just leave things as they are this year unless there is a very, very clear path to savings without messing with families. Something like Eric B's changes from larger to smaller buses.
Another thought is that often big changes like this take time to get the details ironed out. It's possible that this year's transportation plan, with a few tweaks for next year (not substantive system-wide changes) could end up with the same amount of savings, which is a relatively small percentage. - 5/16/12, 8:07 AM
The only thing to say to the projected $200,000 to $500,000 savings is "Please show your work." Like in math class, remember?
And remember folks...I'm outta here!
-Sue in Zen Field - 5/16/12, 8:29 AM
SP -- you said "Note- This schedule above is what the Board will vote on tomorrow, but Bob Westgard has added that at a later date, 6-10 elementary schools will be moved to the later tier, but that will be a separate Board vote later on."
Is that in the revised plan posted online? Can you point me to a citation for that b/c I'd like to use it in my letter to the board.
- Maureen said...
Have other people's kids reported issues with taking the MSP on computer? My 8th grader says the computers kept flaking out during her tests. She had to keep working on the math exam through lunch to get it done and is pretty sure she ended up skipping at least one question. She said it happened with lots of kids not just her. I'm wondering how many kids just give up when it cuts out on them multiple times? I asked if she thought the proctor had to make a note when the computers weren't working right and she didn't think so.


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