No, Seattlest is not just a fan of alliteration and 80's slang, as the headline might suggest. Burying the beef, is the current plan of the Seattle Public School District to rid itself of 230 cases of possibly contaminated beef. The beef, provided to school districts through a USDA lunch program, came from a California slaughterhouse in the center of the largest beef recall in USDA history. Nearly two-thirds of the school districts in......

The Seattle School District paid some education Ph.Ds to assess the district's gifted program, the Advanced Placement Program (APP). [Full Disclosure: We were in APP (then called "IPP") from 1st-8th grade.] The Ph.Ds produced a report containing a bunch of observations that are incomprehensible to anyone that isn't a Ph.D., such as the need for "socio-emotional counseling" and "overall curricular vision." [Full Disclosure: In IPP we had this goofy slogan that went "You pee-pee, I......

Is a new front opening up in the Culture Wars? Seattle school officials say no, but King 5's producers not-so-subtly imply yes. "A letter from the Seattle School District is raising some eyebrows about Thanksgiving and how it should be handled in the classroom," writes King 5 News' Eric Wilkinson. "The letter tells school district staff that the holiday is seen by many Native Americans as a 'time of mourning.'" Specifically, the letter cites this......

Back in February, a group of volunteer tutors from 826 Seattle walked into John Marshall Alternative School and asked students to write about change. After six weeks of intensive one-on-one tutoring, they left with a book’s worth. And it was with much celebration that students, tutors, friends and family filled Marshall’s auditorium Tuesday night to launch "Burning the Past," the latest collection of essays from this incredible collaboration. Festivities were brief but appropriate. 826......

Over at new Crosscut.com, Knute Berger reports that the Seattle School District will send four local high schoolers to the White Privilege Conference in Colorado Springs. Hoorah! We can think of no better place than Colorado Springs to teach all about the wonders of white privilege--proximity to ski resorts, an overwhelmingly melanin-free population, an outsized number of John Denver fans to convey the magic that is singing-songwriting...wait, what's that?the goal of the gathering is to......

You'd think the President of the United States could handle a one-fingered criticism, and you'd think a Congressman would have better things to do than get a bus driver fired, but apparently not, according to the King County Journal: [Congressman Dave] Reichert rode with Bush in his motorcade when the president came to the Eastside in June to raise money for Reichert and the state Republican Party. Stopped on an entrance to the freeway from......

We completely bought that whole line about the Seattle Public School District closing schools to bring the budget into some semblence of balance. We've had our coffee this morning, though, and the fog has been lifted. School closures have nothing to do with the budget - It's all about condos. Ok, that's complete bullshit that we're putting down to too many cups of coffee this morning. School conversions to condos probably aren't the reason for......

When we lived in Los Angeles we worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District, more specifically we worked on grant trying to determine if the state mandated mathematics pacing plan was helping or hurting students. Guess what there Oppenheimer, it was hurting them. Much like in this state (in fact every state shit on by 'No Child Left Behind) in order to graduate students have to pass a standardized test. To pass those tests......

We heard a rumor and since rumors are one of our favorite things to propagate (second only to "the species") we're getting off to a good Friday. Unfortunately, while there are potentially lots of good rumors surrounding the Seattle public school district (no school closures, across the board school closures, Gates Foundation bought the district) AND lots of good rumors surrounding Apple (new wireless iPod will get you chicks, Apple recalling those crusty and yellowing......

-Fifteen moms held a nurse-in at a South Beach Starbucks to protest one mother being ejected from the store previously for breast feeding her child. Latte, anyone? -Lycra palace Gregg's in Greenlake is building a new store in Bellevue. -This post (via PoP) compares Cantwell's website to McGavick's unfavorably. Mike!'s got a blog and a podcast and a bunch of other fancy tech gadgets. -Scoble's leaving Microsoft, as you've no doubt heard. -Bamboo, the......

Well, it happened. In a 7-2 vote that was never extended to the public, the King County Council agreed to spending at least $500,000 to change our logo from a crown to the likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. And to add to the surreal ludicrousness of this move, Ron Sims is designing the new logo. The jesters are now running the castle, Seattle. The people of Seattle didn't approve of the idea when it......

Seattlest regrets there isn't a "Delete All" button when it comes to Port leadership. One of the Port of Seattle's organizational objectives is to "Enhance Public Understanding and Support of the Port's Role in the Region." Now the State Auditor's office has found that the Port could not "demonstrate the appropriateness of certain expenditures, made inappropriate expenditures and paid vendors in advance of receiving services." They may want to rethink just how much the public......

ID=1984: Continuing on yesterday's Database Of Oppression theme, Mayor Nichols is pushing a city database to hold information on troublesome night spots. Creep On The Loose: Another sexual assault is being attributed to a serial offender near Tacoma. On Monday a woman awoke to find an assailant inside her apartment with two males already bound. The men were able to free themselves, but the attacker escaped. Our Father, Who Art A Thug: The Lake Chelan......

A Seattle middle-schooler was recently found dead after an apparent round of "the choking game" in which she tied a karate belt around her neck. In response to that incident and others the Seattle Public School District is going on an information campaign to raise awareness of this age-old method of getting high. The standard "talk to your kids about the dangers of __insert idiot behavior here___" seems to be the path they're taking on......

The Seattle Public School District has proposed a new budget to the board and Seattlest is guessing that it doesn't include any school closings. Instead, a variety of one-time financial sources will help bring a little balance to the budget, at least for the time being. Let's postpone those closings one more year, shall we? According to the PI the money will come from the following sources: An extra $2.6 million in levy dollars the......

Do you remember that show 'Remember the 70s' on VH1? It spawned 'Remember the 80s', 'Remember the 90s’, and 'Celebrity Fit Club.' Well get ready for 'Remember the Gubernatorial Election.' It's going to be a fun time as we look back and remember the election that never really ended…oh my god, is that what we were wearing in 2004? It starts off this week with the reviews of the King County Elections department. You know......