Alignment, Seattle Public Schools

February 11, 2010 Dear all, I am writing to inform you that we are at a crossroads in the Language

The District will submit an approved book list to the Board as a "Language Arts Adoption."

January 15, 2010 This last year has seen some promising movements in the alignment process with the

David Grosskopf confirmed the following notes with Dr. Goodloe-Johnson and Dr. Enfield: • Our process

The district has now posted on its website materials from the September 23, 2009 board workshop on

In response to concerns about what feels to be a hurried text adoption pace - a planned Board vote in

In preparation for today's visit to RHS, Dr. Goodloe-Johnson and Dr. Enfield sent documents about

Did anyone attend the board workshop on curriculum alignment last Wednesday the 23rd?

FYI the school board Curriculum & Instruction Policy Committee will meet next Monday, September

This draft "whose stated purpose is to 'clarify terms' used in discussing the curriculum

link: http://www.queenannenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=26&SubSectionID=248&ArticleID=29037 9/9

Ah, the summer was going along so nice and quietly. I can't make it, will be out of town. Hoping

Seattle School Board: Voting blind The Seattle School Board should not vote on matters they don't

One point that I wanted to make clear about Monday's Curriculum & Instruction Committee

Answering questions - may be a good time to ask a few direct ones. School assignment plan is basis

I was also at the Curriculum & Instruction committee meeting last night. It was a “meeting of the

The superintendent has, when pressed, said things like this. She has, when pressed, said that

Wow! What a really frustrating meeting! On the good side, the Board was very clear that the District

Of all the posts, and I respect them all, Franklin's post reflects the biggest reality that

Good afternoon, Thank you very much for providing this information. I had gone to the community

Kathleen Vasquez had referred to a grant in many of the meetings our department head had attended; in

Since our participation in alignment discussions have previously been interpreted and reported to

Dear Dr. Goodloe-Johnson, Mr. Tolley, Ms. Thompson and Ms. Vasquez: The Roosevelt Language Arts

To All Concerned: Franklin High School's Language Arts faculty is unanimously opposed to this

Here's some of the text on that RFP: Consulting to support the high school curricula alignment

Ehh may as well post what I wrote I suppose: First email: To Ms. Vasquez and Mr. Tolley, I'm a

I have written to the three involved in the program's development and to the full board. The only

Am writing to the board as well - now is the time, if ever there was one. I fear that the (also

I copy a 6/9/09 message from Kathleen Vasquez inviting teacher participation in a survey to determine

I finally sat down and watched through to the end of last week's school board meeting. The board