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Engagement

Upcoming Meetings

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Engagement Protocol

Literally thousands of stakeholders, from within the district and throughout the community, helped shape our five-year strategic plan, Excellence for All. Our engagement plan, summaries of input, and opportunities to stay involved are listed in these pages.

Upcoming Meetings Back to Top
Staff, families and community members are invited to participate in the following engagement opportunities scheduled for fall 2009.

Curriculum Alignment Engagement Meetings
One of the key strategies of our strategic plan, Excellence for All, is to align curriculum across the district to provide consistently high standards in every classroom. The high school curriculum alignment projects will result in aligning high school Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and World Languages core classes to college-ready standards, revising course offerings in academic subjects to better prepare students for college, careers and life and providing professional development for teachers to support their delivery of the aligned curricula. Learn more about Curriculum Alignment.

Please join Seattle Public Schools instructional leaders at one of our upcoming community meetings to learn more about the work of aligning curriculum. We’ll discuss our alignment work and provide more information about the upcoming instructional materials adoption for high school Language Arts courses to be followed by adoptions for World Languages and Social Studies for 4th and 8th grades. Interpretation Services will be available at all meetings. Download a copy of the curriculum alignment meeting flyer here.

Monday, November 23, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Rainier Beach High School
8815 Seward Park Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118
Tuesday, November 24, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
West Seattle High School
3000 California Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116
Monday, November 30, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Ballard High School
1418 NW 65th Street
Seattle, WA 98117
Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Garfield High School
400 23rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98122

Past Meetings Back to Top
The Seattle Public Schools holds a series of community meetings with the public on Excellence for All each quarter. Information about these quarterly meetings and other recent community meetings are available below.

New Student Assignment Plan Community Meetings
Community met
Community Feedback, presentations, and handouts are available below.
The boundary maps will be presented to the School Board and the public for comment this fall. A list of community feedback meetings where you can comment on the new attendance area boundary maps and the new student assignment plan is available here. Please visit our New Student Assignment Web page for additional information and ongoing updates.
May Quarterly Community Meetings - New Student Assignment Plan, Upcoming Levies, Changes to Advanced Learning, and Assessment
Quarterly community meetings with the public on Excellence for All took place on May 5, 7, and 9. Community feedback, presentations, and handouts are available below.
º May Community Meetings Feedback
º May Community Meetings PowerPoint presentation
º Student Assignment Plan Summary Handout
º Student Assignment Timeline Handout
º Levy Timeline Handout
º Advanced Learning Programs Handout
March Quarterly Community Meetings - New Student Assignment Plan and High School Math Adoption
Quarterly community meetings with the public on Excellence for All took place on March 21, 24, and 26. Community feedback, presentations, and handouts are available below.
º March Community Meetings Feedback
º March Community Meetings PowerPoint presentation, March 21 & 24
º March Community Meetings PowerPoint presentation, March 26 (In response to community input, this presentation includes modifications to the March 21and 24 PowerPoint Presentation).
º High School Math Materials Adoption Handouts
º Student Assignment Handouts
January Quarterly Community Meetings - New Student Assignment Plan and 2009-10 Budget
Quarterly community meetings with the public on Excellence for All took place on January 12, 13, and 24. Community feedback, presentations, and handouts are available below.
º January Community Meetings Feedback
º January Community Meetings PowerPoint presentation
º Handout 1 - Elementary School (K-5) and K-8 Programs
º Handout 2 - Student Assignment and Budget Issues
º Handout 3 - Summary of Budget Shortfall
October Quarterly Community meetings were held in October 23 and 27; and November 1, 2008, to gather opinions on what community members like about the current Student Assignment Plan, what is not working well, and what they would like to see in a plan. Community feedback, presentations, and handouts are available below.
º October Community Meetings PowerPoint Presentation
º Ingraham Feedback (10-23-08)
º Rainier Beach Feedback (10-27-08)
º JSCEE Feedback (11-1-08)
Capacity Management
On October 29, the School Board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution directing Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson to accelerate the district's capacity management work, and to include an evaluation of building closure. Additional information is available in this news release. A timeline for this process, including information about engagement and public hearings and meetings, is available by visiting the Capacity Management area of our Web site. To provide feedback, contact the School Board as noted above.
Capital Levy Planning - Planning continues for the next capital levy proposal, which is likely to be placed on the ballot in February 2010. Four community meetings were held (October 6, 8, 9, and 10, 2008). Staff are also evaluating feedback from an online project nomination form. For more information, click on the link for the presentation materials or visit the Levy Planning Web site.

Engagement Protocol Back to Top

An engagement protocol was prepared with input from many stakeholders. We received comments from the public and worked on the draft with several groups that represented key civic organizations and family-centered associations. The protocols were finalized in October.
Superintendent Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson made a presentation on the engagement protocols to the School Board on October 1, 2008.

last updated: November 17, 2009 11:44 AM