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NEW: Some SPS-related reading for the upcoming holiday weekend, including the new Superintendent's contract, more legal action against SPS for neglecting student safety, and concerns about SPS denying special education services.
Issue 6 -- Holiday Reading
A roundup of the latest SPS news as we go into the Thanksgiving weekend.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
NEW: Some SPS-related reading for the upcoming holiday weekend, including the new Superintendent's contract, more legal action against SPS for neglecting student safety, and concerns about SPS denying special education services.
"Suspicious, student board director Josephine Mangelsen, a high schooler, stated flat-out during Q&A: 'I know for a fact that the main use of AI at my school so far has been cheating.'"
Read more about SPS's presentation on AI and cellphones at last week's board meeting:
Read more about SPS's presentation on AI and cellphones at last week's board meeting:
Issue 5 -- November 19, 2025 Board Meeting Recap
In this issue: Beth Day and Julie Letchner recap the November 19 school board meeting, the last with the current board lineup.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Suspicious, student board director Josephine Mangelsen, a high schooler, stated flat-out during Q&A: 'I know for a fact that the main use of AI at my school so far has been cheating.'"
Read more about SPS's presentation on AI and cellphones at last week's board meeting:
Read more about SPS's presentation on AI and cellphones at last week's board meeting:
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Great recap and new resource!!
Ridiculous IMO, however, that directors pointed out "if a [web]site was blocked by SPS it was probably blocked for a reason." Who vets this?! We use @kagi.com to avoid Google AI slop and it is blocked by SPS (or, at least, was blocked on my kid's SPS iPad last spring)
Ridiculous IMO, however, that directors pointed out "if a [web]site was blocked by SPS it was probably blocked for a reason." Who vets this?! We use @kagi.com to avoid Google AI slop and it is blocked by SPS (or, at least, was blocked on my kid's SPS iPad last spring)
First of many SPS School Board recaps to come! Publilshed on @thebulletinsea.org, a new source for SPS news. thebulletinsea.org/issue-5-nove...
Issue 5 -- November 19, 2025 Board Meeting Recap
In this issue: Beth Day and Julie Letchner recap the November 19 school board meeting, the last with the current board lineup.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Great recap and new resource!!
Ridiculous IMO, however, that directors pointed out "if a [web]site was blocked by SPS it was probably blocked for a reason." Who vets this?! We use @kagi.com to avoid Google AI slop and it is blocked by SPS (or, at least, was blocked on my kid's SPS iPad last spring)
Ridiculous IMO, however, that directors pointed out "if a [web]site was blocked by SPS it was probably blocked for a reason." Who vets this?! We use @kagi.com to avoid Google AI slop and it is blocked by SPS (or, at least, was blocked on my kid's SPS iPad last spring)
NEW: @thebethocracy.bsky.social and Julie Letchner recap this week's school board meeting:
Issue 5 -- November 19, 2025 Board Meeting Recap
In this issue: Beth Day and Julie Letchner recap the November 19 school board meeting, the last with the current board lineup.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
NEW: @thebethocracy.bsky.social and Julie Letchner recap this week's school board meeting:
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First of many SPS School Board recaps to come! Publilshed on @thebulletinsea.org, a new source for SPS news. thebulletinsea.org/issue-5-nove...
Issue 5 -- November 19, 2025 Board Meeting Recap
In this issue: Beth Day and Julie Letchner recap the November 19 school board meeting, the last with the current board lineup.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
First of many SPS School Board recaps to come! Publilshed on @thebulletinsea.org, a new source for SPS news. thebulletinsea.org/issue-5-nove...
Should Seattle Public Schools allow students to use GenAI? Or adopt an “away for the day” cellphone policy? SPS parent @emilycherkin.bsky.social takes a look and asks the key questions district leaders must answer about technology in the classroom:
Issue 4 -- It's Time for SPS To Lead on Limiting Screens in the Classroom
In this issue: Emily Cherkin takes a look at SPS policies about technology use in schools, and raises key questions that SPS leaders must answer.
by Emily Cherkin
On November 19, 2025, staff members...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Should Seattle Public Schools allow students to use GenAI? Or adopt an “away for the day” cellphone policy? SPS parent @emilycherkin.bsky.social takes a look and asks the key questions district leaders must answer about technology in the classroom:
NEW: @emilycherkin.bsky.social lays out the key questions families should insist Seattle Public Schools answer about AI in the classroom, cell phones, and technology more broadly.
Issue 4 -- It's Time for SPS To Lead on Limiting Screens in the Classroom
In this issue: Emily Cherkin takes a look at SPS policies about technology use in schools, and raises key questions that SPS leaders must answer.
by Emily Cherkin
On November 19, 2025, staff members...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW: @emilycherkin.bsky.social lays out the key questions families should insist Seattle Public Schools answer about AI in the classroom, cell phones, and technology more broadly.
SPS is still considering closing schools and engaging in sweeping austerity cuts as part of its budget, despite strong community opposition. Our report:
Issue 3 -- Podesta & Buttleman Speak on Enrollment & Budget Planning
In this issue:
* Fred Podesta on SPS Enrollment
* Kurt Buttleman on SPS Budget
Seattle Public Schools leadership shared sneak peeks on Monday into the 2026-27 budgeting process and various enrollm...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
SPS is still considering closing schools and engaging in sweeping austerity cuts as part of its budget, despite strong community opposition. Our report:
NEW: Julie Letchner writes about SPS interim superintendent Fred Podesta and assistant superintendent Kurt Buttleman's public presentation earlier this week on enrollment and budget:
Issue 3 -- Podesta & Buttleman Speak on Enrollment & Budget Planning
In this issue:
* Fred Podesta on SPS Enrollment
* Kurt Buttleman on SPS Budget
Seattle Public Schools leadership shared sneak peeks on Monday into the 2026-27 budgeting process and various enrollm...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
NEW: Julie Letchner writes about SPS interim superintendent Fred Podesta and assistant superintendent Kurt Buttleman's public presentation earlier this week on enrollment and budget:
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The real lesson these kids are learning is how to bypass restrictions and technical controls. I say this as an infosec professional and from experience as a former child.
Briggs points out that she knows that students have access to CoPilot on their student-issued laptops and that it's used to write essays for them. (She has SPS students herself.) Someone else also testified that what SPS says can/cannot be done on student-issued laptops does not match reality.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The real lesson these kids are learning is how to bypass restrictions and technical controls. I say this as an infosec professional and from experience as a former child.
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Props to Director Briggs for being skeptical about this AI business. This is just a classic neoliberal subcontracting/marketing ploy to create dependency on AI in children - it is not education
Here are the tools that teachers and students will have access to.
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Props to Director Briggs for being skeptical about this AI business. This is just a classic neoliberal subcontracting/marketing ploy to create dependency on AI in children - it is not education
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wait this is just teaching. this was just my job as a teacher. you don’t need a computer for this.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
wait this is just teaching. this was just my job as a teacher. you don’t need a computer for this.
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The only people with any AI sense in the room are the teens themselves, but the adults are pooh-poohing them
Student School Board Director Yoon also pointing out the many misuses of AI in education. (Let the students lead!)
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The only people with any AI sense in the room are the teens themselves, but the adults are pooh-poohing them
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GOOD. This teacher doesn’t want to use it or teach it either.
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
GOOD. This teacher doesn’t want to use it or teach it either.
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Here we go, this is @janedemel.bsky.social taking over the live thread from the Seattle School Board meeting from here.
Okay I gotta go, Jane will be picking up at @thebulletinsea.org !!!
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Here we go, this is @janedemel.bsky.social taking over the live thread from the Seattle School Board meeting from here.
Okay I gotta go, Jane will be picking up at @thebulletinsea.org !!!
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Here we go, this is @janedemel.bsky.social taking over the live thread from the Seattle School Board meeting from here.
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SPS Board Meeting plan for tonight: I have to pick up big kid at 4:15pm so might be a tad late. I will skeet until some time between 6 and 7. @janedemel.bsky.social will take over for a bit on the @thebulletinsea.org account while I get a break. Trying to make it a bit more tenable!
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
SPS Board Meeting plan for tonight: I have to pick up big kid at 4:15pm so might be a tad late. I will skeet until some time between 6 and 7. @janedemel.bsky.social will take over for a bit on the @thebulletinsea.org account while I get a break. Trying to make it a bit more tenable!
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Just found out about this conversation between @joemiz.bsky.social and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social about the enrollment study the state funded and the connection between housing and Seattle Public Schools. Happening Dec 9, 2025 @ 12:00 PM. EXCITED! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Lunch and learn: How Affordable & Social Housing Can save our schools. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Lunch and learn: How Affordable & Social Housing Can save our schools. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just found out about this conversation between @joemiz.bsky.social and @houseourneighbors.bsky.social about the enrollment study the state funded and the connection between housing and Seattle Public Schools. Happening Dec 9, 2025 @ 12:00 PM. EXCITED! Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome to The Bulletin! We're an is an independent publication covering Seattle Public Schools launched in November 2025 by progressive SPS parents. You can subscribe here -- all articles are free! thebulletinsea.org
We'll also do some live coverage here on Bluesky of SPS board meetings.
We'll also do some live coverage here on Bluesky of SPS board meetings.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Welcome to The Bulletin! We're an is an independent publication covering Seattle Public Schools launched in November 2025 by progressive SPS parents. You can subscribe here -- all articles are free! thebulletinsea.org
We'll also do some live coverage here on Bluesky of SPS board meetings.
We'll also do some live coverage here on Bluesky of SPS board meetings.