Non-fiction, factual media Producer. Hoya. Currently a Seattle Citizen and SPS parent. Ask me about the 51st state. he/him
Seattle, WA
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Crews are responding to a report of a fire in a commercial building in the 800 block of NW 42nd St. Please avoid the area.
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Elders living in Norse Home on Phinney Ridge in Seattle have been told to get out by the end of June. The building was purchased by a corporate non-profit called Transforming Age. TA plans to tear down 130 units of affordable apartments and replace with 40 luxury units.
Are there any good property management companies in DC these days for an absentee landlord? I'm finding @NestDC - which worked extremely well for several years - is really falling behind in communicating with me and my tenant. TIA
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SPS shows its true colors…
Tim Walz: “School meals should be free for every child.”
#waleg: “No they shouldn’t.”
@SeaPubSchools: “We’re gonna send you to collections if you have a school meal debt.”
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Completely lost in the (important!) noise being generated by the impending closure of @SeaPubSchools Elementary school — a decree from SPS administration to eliminate any flexibility in high school bell times. The students and, more importantly, the teachers, are not happy.
One thing my student overheard: the ‘restrictions’ for 1st & 2nd periods are related to SPS experiments with online learning. Cc: @katherinelong @dahliabazzaz @cruickshank @TheMelWestbrook
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Chris Sondreal retweeted
In early 2021 Eden Mack called for an "intervention" in SPS when she resigned. Those calls went unheeded...but it's increasingly clear some sort of intervention is going to be needed to get SPS back on track. This is getting out of control.
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This is really notable. Last night Seattle school board president Liza Rankin, sounding a bit like Council President Sara Nelson, said that it would be wrong of SPS to ask parents what they think of the plan to close 20 schools. In other words, she doesn't think we get to decide.
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BREAKING: @SeaPubSchools is proposing to close 20 public schools for the 2025-26 school year. They have not yet named which schools these would be. It would potentially be the largest school closure since Chicago in 2013. seattleschools.org/board-mee…
Dropping the dollars at our kids @SeaPubSchools gala…because it’s where our kid goes, and all kids deserve to have functioning bathrooms…but how many Seattle HS’s rake in 100k+ from parents?!
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Chris Sondreal retweeted
The Chamber of Commerce bought itself a new City Council and they are immediately moving to try and cut the minimum wage.
The Seattle City Council could begin discussing revisions to the city's minimum wage for delivery drivers as soon as next week, with the goal of passing them into law this spring. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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A member of the Beacon Hill Garlic Mystery wondered: Can you manufacture interest and joy?
“And the answer was a resounding yes,” she told me.
Here's how these twentysomethings did it, and united their communities along the way:
seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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With the #waleg session over, sitting legislators are now free to ask for money for their campaigns. Speaking solely for myself: don't do it. They abandoned our public schools and our kids will pay the price. Please do not give money to sitting legislators' campaigns in 2024.
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NEW: The Moms for Liberty 60 Minutes interview was such a disaster that their right-wing media allies are scrambling to do damage control mediamatters.org/moms-libert…
Email to parents from @SeaPubSchools tiptoeing up to addressing the $104m budget hole: Principals losing some discretionary funds AND "Middle schools and high schools may see some small changes in staffing, leading to slightly bigger class sizes...will help save about $7.3 m"
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Parents are encouraged to visit the SPS's budget website and submit questions: seattleschools.org/departmen…
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