November meeting, students' advice for lawmakers

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction sent this bulletin at 10/25/2022 11:49 AM PDT

October 25, 2022

November meeting preview

At the upcoming meeting on November 2 and 3, the Board will certify school districts that are compliant with the laws of Basic Education, approve private schools, and discuss graduation requirements, our education system's health, plus school climate. The Board's 2023 legislative priorities are also on the docket to be approved. Special guests include 2021 Classified School Employee of the Year, Nancy Baldwin, the Professional Educator Standards Board, and staff from OSPI. View the agenda and supporting materials:

November 2022 Board Meeting

Students' advice for lawmakers

SBE posted a coloring sheet activity to pair with a naming contest that is going on now. The sheet asked two questions in addition to a name submission for the SBE Seal. 1. Our schools are special because… and 2. If I could tell lawmakers to change one thing about school, it would be…

Many of the entries noted school climate, facilities, and hopes for free food for everyone.

Find a brief summary from the nearly 200 students who participated on SBE's blog. Also find the gallery of coloring sheets on SBE’s Flikr page. We've captured a lot of seal content for Instagram highlights, too.

Partner Highlights

Washington students leaving money on the table by forgetting the FAFSA
(Governor Inslee)

"Can We Rethink "Improving Instruction?"
(AWSP)

Combating Hate in Education (LEV)

Broad View

Mead HS students launch into post-high school education with math support through Bridge-to-College (Ready WA)

Illinois now requires media literacy instruction in its high school curriculum (NPR)

Around WA

Why WA has seen a big increase in these community college degrees (Seattle Times)

Vote for a name for our Official SBE Seal.

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