Never mind the viaduct vote, looks like we get a snow-day vote!

In the middle of this article, Seattle Public Schools’ spokesperson says we may find out next week what the district plans to do about making up the days lost to snow, ice, wind, all that fun stuff that’s smacked us in the past couple months. We were going to suggest that SPS follow Issaquah’s lead and survey parents about their wishes … then we went to this page on the SPS site and discovered that the district plans to do exactly that. Says a survey will be linked from that page no later than 5 pm today (you can bet we’ll be checking). Can’t wait to see what the options are.

Eric January 18, 2007 (9:47 am)

I just wish our “leaders” would actually LEAD, rather than taking votes, polls, etc. on every single decision.

Geez… School is important – make up the days!

add January 18, 2007 (10:55 am)

Have to agree with Eric on this one. Just make an informed decision and then deal with it!

Kathy January 18, 2007 (6:58 pm)

The days have to be made up, it’s state law. The poll/survey is to give parents a chance to weigh in on HOW to make up the days. I.E. should they be made up during the President’s Day break in Feb. or maybe the April Spring break. Or perhaps during teacher workshop days and some combination of Feb or April break. Might as well gather the information and make a decision that inconveniences as few families as possible.

westwood January 18, 2007 (7:42 pm)

I disagree, I think asking parents is a great idea. The district needs to do a better job of communicating with parents and this is a good first step.

add January 19, 2007 (12:54 pm)

I changed my mind, I am glad that the district is asking for input on how to make up the 5 days. I guess I’m just a little skeptical of the “Seattle Way” of always asking for votes but then doing something different anyway. I will be eager to see the final decision and some clues as to whether they really did take parent/guardian input into account.

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