by admin | Oct 24, 2021 | advocacy, news
District ignores its own contract, leaves staff and family voices out of decisions about special education staffing. The Seattle Special Education PTSA is concerned about the plan by Seattle Public Schools to make adjustments to special education staffing in 50...
by admin | Oct 19, 2021 | advocacy, news
Dear Superintendent Jones and Assistant Superintendent Pedroza, We understand that a significant number of Special Education staff are being displaced due to enrollment issues. Although we recognize that these displacements are consistent with the staffing formulas...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | advocacy, resource
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...
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...
