by admin | Sep 9, 2021 | advocacy, news
You have already approved revised Policy 3246 and congratulated yourselves and District staff for all the hard work and for producing a policy that makes some of the changes needed to protect students. The first thing you should have done is apologize to the children...
by admin | Aug 24, 2021 | advocacy, news
Dear School Board Directors, Superintendent Jones and Senior Staff: At the August 11 School Board meeting, District staff assured the School Board that they would assist families who had registered for the Virtual Program, Grades 6-12, to find and enroll in other...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | advocacy, news
The Seattle Special Education PTSA calls for an investigation of summer programming for students with disabilities in Seattle Public Schools. The issues faced by students and families during Summer 2021 were unacceptable and yet, many families would say that they were...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | advocacy, news
One year ago, the Special Education PTSA wrote to you and to the District about the fact that students with disabilities were not assigned to the proper tiers and were not being served in the summer of learning program. The Special Education Department reassigned a...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | advocacy, news
Dear School Board Directors, Superintendent Jones and Senior Staff, As you know, students with IEPs who have not made appropriate progress on pre-COVID IEP goals are entitled to recovery services. These are services additional to what is provided in a student’s IEP to...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | advocacy, news
I am Janis White, President of the Seattle Special Education PTSA. Special education recovery services — once again, parents are getting confusing and inconsistent messages from schools, there has not been a full partnership with community and we are concerned...
