Disability History Month

Disability History Month

Understanding Disability history is important — important enough that more than 10 years ago, state lawmakers passed a law to guarantee during the month of October each public school would: “Conduct or promote educational activities that provide...
School Board Testimony 9/9/21

School Board Testimony 9/9/21

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...
Open Letter: Reinstate the Grade 6-12 Virtual Program

Open Letter: Reinstate the Grade 6-12 Virtual Program

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...
Summer Programming

Summer Programming

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...
School Board Testimony 7/7/21

School Board Testimony 7/7/21

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...