The Legislative Committee is charged with keeping the Graham Hill community informed as to developments impacting schools at the local (School Board, levies), state (Legislature, referendums), and national levels. It should also recommend ways that citizens can make their voices heard to improve educational opportunities.
Chairs: Christine & Patrick King, Dan Eder, Mike Rosenberger
Board Liaison: Deena McCloskey
Patrick King attended a presentation regarding funding House Bill 2261 given by state House Speaker Frank Chopp to the Seattle Council PTSA on September 17, 2009. Here is an Introductory presentation given by the PTSA and Patrick's notes on the whole meeting.
Here's a High-Resolution (4.4 MB) version of my notes. Comments in red are from my review the next day. They're not really meeting minutes, but I was trying to capture a lot, since I know little about this.
Want to watch the meeting yourself? Here's the video, courtesy of the Seattle Channel The tenative schedule is:
10/5/2009 Monday 5:00P,
10/6/2009 Tuesday 2:30A
10/8/2009 Thursday 1:45P
10/9/2009 Friday 6:30A
10/10/2009 Saturday 2:00A
This video provides a very good introduction overview of the current state of education funding in Washington state and a description of the problems and challenges that lay ahead in funding HB2261.
Here are two documents outlining thoughts on grassroots action to advocate for better schools in our communities.
Get Involved in Olympia
Letter from Deena McCloskey
* Vote No on I-1033 * Resolution from the Seattle PTSA establishing their position against I-1033.
Slides from Seattle PTSA that detail Educational Funding, upcoming levies, and the PTSA's opposition to I-1033.
