#seattle schools

[carryonmybloodylovelies]

Seattle Public Schools just raised the LGBTQ and Transgender flag at the district office on June 1st!!! I'm really proud of my district! We have more work to do, but it's a great start!

[thenorthwestschool]

[fallynephemeron]

Seattle Public Schools asks police to cease staging on school property

Seattle Public Schools spoke out Monday, after police officers and SWAT teams were spotted staging in the parking lot of the Seattle World School.

[ciobulletin]

STEM programs funded by Amazon reaches Seattle schools

Amazon is now funding computer science and robotics programs in Seattle schools. With an idea to train the next generation of engineers in robotics, Amazon will

[tattooed-alchemist]

Seattle, Vashon students potentially exposed to HIV, more at 12 dental clinics

Some 1,250 children in Seattle and Vashon Island may have been contaminated with potentially lethal viruses because the dental equipment used on them was not properly sterilized.

No one at Neighborcare Health would talk on camera.

​​In a statement, the agency described the tools as dental handpieces used to clean or put fillings in teeth. Neighborcare says the handpieces in question were disinfected with CaviCide, which is supposed to kill viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. But the equipment did not undergo the more extensive autoclave/heat sterilization, which is required.

That mistake exposed nearly 1,300 students at 10 Seattle schools, including Bailey Gatzert and Beacon Hill International and two schools on Vashon Island, to the potentially deadly viruses.

Several parents of children served by the Neighborcare clinic said they had not heard about the mistake until a news crew told them about it.

Neighborcare said it is offering free testing to the affected children.

“Well, I’m going to definitely get that done,” said parent Keiandra Hardeman, “because that’s something I want for my child.”

Health officials said the risk of anyone actually getting sick because of this mistake is very low.

A local dentist KIRO7 spoke to agreed. But he also said sterilizing these instruments is standard operating procedure in dental offices. So it is hard to believe that a mistake of this kind would be made.

[tattooed-alchemist]

Teacher strike is over – first day of school is tomorrow

Last week’s teacher strikes have been resolved, which means tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 5) will be the first day of school for Seattle Public Schools. …

Seattle teachers and school staff have reached a tentative one-year contract with the school district which includes a 10.5 percent raise for the 6,000 employees. The deal, according to the Seattle Times, also includes an extra five days of parental leave for teachers and subs, classified staff and personnel. The union and the school board will vote on the tentative contract this month.

[eyemage]

Adams Elementary School, 1970s by Seattle Municipal Archives Via Flickr: The 1909 structure was demolished in 1987. Item 184152, Neighborhood Architecture Photographs and Surveys (Record Series 1629-02), Seattle Municipal Archives.

I know the insides of that long lost place very well.

[alleyj]

10 REASONS I’M WALKING OUT That have nothing to do with teacher pay By Jon McClintick, National Board Certified Teacher Othello High School The news has been reporting about local teacher unions staging one-day walkouts due to “funding.” The reports generally explain that teachers want more pay

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