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...
Open Letter: Policy 3246 and accompanying Procedure

Open Letter: Policy 3246 and accompanying Procedure

Dear School Board Directors, Superintendent Jones and Senior Staff, Thank you for this opportunity to provide comments from the Special Education PTSA about Policy 3246 and the accompanying Procedure, which will be introduced at the August 25 School Board meeting. As...
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...
Open Letter: Recovery Services

Open Letter: Recovery Services

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...
School Board Testimony 6/2/21

School Board Testimony 6/2/21

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...