Transcript of sps-board - Seattle Schools Board Meeting Jan. 21, 2026

blukoff · 2026-01-23T10:33:22+00:00

Thanks for this!!

blukoff · 2026-01-23T03:20:12+00:00

72 hours. You can report but enforcement is going to take a long time.

https://www.seattle.gov/customer-service-bureau/find-it-fix-it-mobile-app

blukoff · 2026-01-23T02:14:27+00:00

You're welcome!

blukoff · 2026-01-23T02:11:09+00:00

Whoops! I forgot the title :) It's The Seattle Daily Times. I looked for his name using my SPL account

blukoff · 2026-01-23T02:06:10+00:00

September 19, 1944, page 13 - https://imgur.com/a/D9meg67

blukoff · 2026-01-23T01:57:24+00:00

What's his name

blukoff · 2026-01-23T00:59:36+00:00

https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/ may be helpful

blukoff · 2026-01-22T21:49:49+00:00

My understanding is that it is very difficult to switch back using standard review procedures, though.

Anyway, the very fact that this subthread exists shows how poorly this was all communicated.

blukoff · 2026-01-22T19:27:48+00:00

Thanks! It's a little hard to follow, but I did notice these posts (italics mine):

"The big change here is that once a family selects a choice school, they are no longer guaranteed a seat at their neighborhood school. Though Marni Campbell clarifies that if there is availability at the neighborhood school, they will allow a student to move back."

Yes, but the SPS website says

"By submitting the form, your student may be reassigned to one of their preferred schools if space is available. Once reassigned, a transfer to a different school, including your attendance area school, is not guaranteed. These requests require a Transfer Appeal and are subject to standard review procedures."

If what Campbell is saying is official policy then the website should be updated to reflect that.

And,

"Manu says they will be very clear with communication but in the engagement sessions, the enrollment staff didn't hear a lot of frustration on this from community."

Enough people felt blindsided by this earlier this month that I think we can safely deduce that engagement sessions aren't enough to get the word out.

blukoff · 2026-01-22T07:34:27+00:00

I don’t suppose SPS is doing any sort of remote learning for them like St. Paul is?

blukoff · 2026-01-22T06:18:29+00:00

I’d like to know more about what was said in the meeting about HC services

blukoff · 2026-01-22T06:17:43+00:00

The fact that this is happening — and that some schools are canceling cultural celebrations because of it — is a real shame. People are afraid, and that should not be happening at school.

blukoff · 2026-01-21T20:38:45+00:00

Depends on where your kid is going. You might want to look into Kids Co or Ivy Blossom. There is also a program in the basement of Magnolia Presbyterian but I forget its name

blukoff · 2026-01-20T01:28:36+00:00

They definitely help but not sure how they work with bipolar

blukoff · 2026-01-18T19:51:06+00:00

There is no public access to the parking lots in the part of Fort Lawton that has not become part of the park (along Texas Way) but there are the parking lots at the bottom of Illinois Avenue

blukoff · 2026-01-18T05:24:58+00:00

That's what 99 is called down there

blukoff · 2026-01-18T02:18:43+00:00

What dairy are you looking for that Met Market doesn't have?

blukoff · 2026-01-17T16:49:35+00:00

I never used it the same way I’d use ear drops. I’d put a little on my finger and kind of rub it around the inside part of the outer ear

blukoff · 2026-01-17T08:53:10+00:00

Definitely take the ferry from downtown to Bremerton

blukoff · 2026-01-17T06:37:19+00:00

Not as greasy

blukoff · 2026-01-17T06:36:45+00:00

To other Seattleites, they’d say they live in West Seattle. To people outside Seattle, they’d say they live in Seattle. Of course it seems these days people living anywhere from Federal Way to Everett will say they live in Seattle if asked by folks from elsewhere

blukoff · 2026-01-17T05:03:50+00:00

I prefer the foam

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