Southeast Seattle Education Coalition

February 2022 Meeting

The February SESEC coalition meeting was a Zoom Meeting (Link is Recording) on Thursday, 17 February from 12.00-2.00 p.m. Representatives from Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Public Health Seattle King County (PHSKC) presented relevant COVID-19 information and resources for youth and parent audiences. Seattle Public Schools (SPS) School Board President Brandon Hersey joined to talk about future of SPS leadership.

January 2022 Meeting

The January SESEC coalition meeting will be a Zoom Meeting on Thursday, 20 January from 12.00-1.30 p.m. Please registerfor the meeting. You should receive an email confirmation. Carri Campbell and Audrey Querns, from the Seattle Public Schools – Office of Strategy Deployment & Responsiveness, will update us on Seattle Public Schools COVID response and updated policies and practices. Potential … Read more…

December 2021 Coalition Mtg

Join JoLynn Berge, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Assistant Superintendent of Business and Finance, to learn about the 2022 SPS Levies. Seattle voters will be asked to consider two education funding measures in the Feb 2022 election. These measures are education levies that continue funding to help support student success by creating a safe, equitable learning … Read more…

November 2021 Meeting

The Seattle Public School Board recently adopted Student Outcomes Focused Governance. Join the SESEC meeting to learn more about this focus and how it applies to school board governance. Bring your questions for the topic for Board President Chandra Hampson. RECORDING Examples from Other Districts:Philadelphia School DistrictAnchorage School DistrictPortland Public SchoolsDeSoto Independent School District Goals and Progress Monitoring … Read more…

October 2021 Meeting

October SESEC Coalition Meeting – Recording Alissa Muller, Director of the Mastery-based Learning Collaborative at the State Board of Education, shared information about the mastery-based learning work happening in the state. The Mastery-based Learning Work Group has been charged by the legislature to develop a Profile of a Graduate describing the cross-disciplinary skills a student … Read more…

Southeast Seattle COVID Testing Sites

**Scroll down for translated PDFs in Chinese, English, Spanish, Somali, and Vietnamese.** A compiled list of FREE COVID testing sites in Southeast SeattleThank you for helping to keep our schools and communities safe! NOTE: FREE diagnostic testing (if your child is exhibiting symptoms or has had a potential COVID exposure) is available at some Seattle … Read more…

August 2021 Meeting

  Child Tax Credit outreach factsheets •       English  •       Spanish •       Russian  •       Chinese (simplified)  •       Child Tax Credit non-filer website portal •       For more info/to join Working Families Tax Credit Coalition, email Emily Vyhnanek, [email protected]  •       Washington Immigrant Relief Fund: https://www.immigrantreliefwa.org/ •       The application is closed right now, but you can sign up for updates on the next funding cycle here. •       Information about the state’s TANF program (though … Read more…

Superintendent Search Process

Dear President Hampson and Seattle School Board, Re: Superintendent Search Process – community engagement and timeline We, the undersigned, who are community partners of Seattle Public Schools (SPS), are writing to offer support for community outreach and engagement during the Board’s upcoming Superintendent search process. In addition, we respectfully urge the Board to expedite the … Read more…