http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2008/11/24/seattle_school_could_be_rename Comments On: Seattle School Could Be Renamed After Barack Obama by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Bush School is named after HELEN Bush, the school's founder. NOT George Bush.
Posted by mlp]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:55:24 -0800 The Stranger If you looked at our stats, you'd know that AS#1 has very few of those "upper-middle class ex-hippies".
37% students of color
40% qualifying for free and reduced lunch
17% have special needs (IEPs)
48% not living with both parents

The school is filled with vulnerable kids who need stability and security. Turning them out will not solve the SSD's problems.
Posted by Serene]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:24:49 -0800 The Stranger
ah, Joykiller. Always vapid, cutting one-liners. Never a valid opinion or contribution.

And for your information, it was a school for dylexics, and the instruction was in French. English isn't my first language.

How's your French, by the way?
Posted by Mathieu]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:14:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Dingo Rossi]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:52:32 -0800 The Stranger Posted by joykiller]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:13:37 -0800 The Stranger
The connotations of the word Alternative have changed since the early 1970's when AS#1 was founded. Back then it meant choice, a different way, out of the box thinking, a progressive option. Now, the word is associated with delinquent children, a place of last resort, and sub-par education.
Posted by Megan Mc]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:21:02 -0800 The Stranger
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This woman knows Seattle and its wimpy-white-liberal-guilt ways all too well.
Posted by Obasm]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:15:13 -0800 The Stranger
As far as I can see (as a south end public school parent) (and it's the south end that brings the test scores down), the best outcomes come from the richest neighborhoods—where the wealthy PTAs pick up the slack. The schools need the money. And keep AS#1. The families I know who go there are far from spoiled hippies.


Posted by SaraD]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:14:17 -0800 The Stranger
A gulf how wide?

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the statistics on Washington State's educational expenditure / results. If you want to cite some, go ahead.

However, I speak from experience. And when I applied for alternative school, I did it through a counselor, on my own. And not with the assistance of my parents.

I'm certain that if any such private school existed, my parents would have been unable to afford it.

Now, I wonder how much, per capita, it costs each taxpayer in the jurisdiction to fund these students. And what the results are?

What would you rather have your precious tax dollars be funding, David Wright?
Posted by Mathieu]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:10:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Parent]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:56:07 -0800 The Stranger
Seattle has the highest expenditure per kid of any school system in the state, and the worst outcomes. Yeah, yeah, Seattle has some of the harder cases -- but the very most money and the very least success? A gulf that wide is pretty damn difficult to excuse.
Posted by David Wright]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:25:09 -0800 The Stranger
I went to an alternative school, and it saved my life.

Not every kid can be crammed in with 35+ oher kids and be force fed the same crap cirriculum.

Wether they be gifted, or learning disabled, or drug addicted, or whatever. The point is, the school system requires a level of flexibility and diversity so that everone can achieve an education.

Unfortunately, an act like this is an act of desparation. Playing off the narrow, populist minds of the members of the school board, by renaming the school after a new and popular figure.

Will they get re-elected???

It shows how cheap and worthless these neo-con/lib politicians view a kids education. Like they're running some kind of business. Like they "care" more about Joe Taxpayer's money than a proper education.
Posted by Mathieu]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:59:20 -0800 The Stranger ahhhh,
Posted by CommonKnowledge]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:50:17 -0800 The Stranger
I hope.
Posted by David Wright]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:25:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by RonK, Seattle]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:21:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Bellevue Ave]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:13:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lionel Hutz]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:50:58 -0800 The Stranger