One District's Success with Flex: The Seattle Story
Local-Flex Demonstration Program in Seattle
Public Schools (Powerpoint)
Seattle's approach to Local-Flex: An audio interview and PowerPoint presentation
addressing the following questions: Why did the Seattle Public Schools
elect to apply for Local-Flex authority? How has Local-Flex helped Seattle
use its federal funding and allowed the school system to do things that
they wouldn't have been able to do otherwise? What benefits has Seattle
experienced during its first year in this program?
One School District's Experience with Local-Flex -
The Seattle Success Story
Archive of a Horizon Wimba Webcast online event from 12/1/04
NCLB Policy Letter to States
Letter to School Superintendents from Seattle and the Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education, USDOE, encouraging districts to consider becoming
a Local Flexibility Demonstration District, addressing the opportunities
that this NCLB provision provides to Seattle.
Seattle Flex Application
A PDF of Seattle’s Local-Flex application.
Seattle Annual Performance Report
A PDF of Seattle’s Year One Local-Flex Performance Report, covering the period 9/1/03 to 8/31/04.
Self-Assessment Survey
A tool to assist districts in assessing their readiness to take full advantage
of participating in the Local Flexibility Demonstration Program. Included
in the survey are some essential "preconditions" districts should
consider.
Assumptions and Realities of Participating in the Local Flexibility
Demonstration Program
This document contrasts seven major assumptions (preconceptions) the Seattle
Public Schools held prior to participating in the Local Flexibility Demonstration
Program with the realities now understood through participating in this federal
program initiative. This information should be helpful to districts trying to
separate "myth from reality" in considering whether or not to apply
for "local-flex authority" under this program.
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