Re: “I’m on the Seattle School Board. Here’s what we need to do to improve” (Could 29, Opinion):
In her op-ed, Seattle Public Faculty board member Liza Rankin claims, “We haven’t misplaced our approach; the trail is true in entrance of us. We simply want the collective will and self-discipline to comply with it.” However that’s the identical path we’ve adopted the final 5 years that she has been on the college board, and it isn’t working. Rankin acquired the governing mannequin she needed (Pupil Outcomes Targeted Governance), the superintendent she needed, the strategic plan she needed, the budgets she needed and the coverage adjustments she needed.
And what do we have now to indicate for it? A persistent funds disaster. Rock-bottom pupil outcomes. Households of all backgrounds fleeing the district. A public that lacks belief and religion in district leaders.
We will’t keep on this path. Our college students want change. Smart, affordable, thorough change. Let’s hope voters select faculty board candidates this yr who will lead in a special, higher course for our college students.
Robert Cruickshank, Seattle
