Dear Shoreline Schools Families and Staff:
We are writing to you tonight with some important information regarding a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure at Shorecrest High School. Superintendent Miner was notified this evening that a Shorecrest staff member has a confirmed case of COVID-19.
While health privacy laws protect the identity of the staff member, we can share that the staff member has not been at work since Thursday, March 5. Based on consultation and guidance provided by Public Health, any staff and students who are determined to have been in close contact with the staff member while the staff member exhibited symptoms will be notified and provided guidance.
Shorecrest will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11 to allow for a deep cleaning of the school. Shorecrest will reopen on Thursday, March 12. All other schools will be open and operating normally. If there is any change to this, we will make another announcement.
You can find more information and resources regarding COVID-19 at the links below:
Public Health Seattle & King County Coronavirus webpage Washington State Department of Health Coronavirus webpage Washington State Department of Health novel coronavirus call center: 1-800-525-0127 and press # Shoreline Public Schools Coronavirus webpage
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Is there a definitive lossless version of this floating around? I have one off a tape from back in the trading days, but wanted to see if there was an upgrade...thanks!
1996-11-06 (FM) Shorecrest High School Theater - Shoreline, WA
My girlfriend is a teacher there. We are upset and deeply saddened. I'm hoping maybe the media can report this. It seems so wrong.
Update I was contacted by Mahsa Saeidi Channel 8 news this morning and we are talking about what will make her feel safe and still be able to share our story
Update 2 My girlfriend was told by management that it is not going to happen. No official communication yet, but apparently the teachers have stood up to this and it also sounds like they did not consult legal counsel before this decision and they informed them that it was unenforceable. If there are any other updates I'll pass them along! We are so happy! Stick up for yourselves!
Sorry/not sorry, but I have to vent to fellow parents about something. I'm a high school teacher. Today is the the last day before we start winter break. Students are taking finals, and the last day for my students to turn in any missing assignments was last Friday- December 10. As of right now, I have 72 out of 144 students failing my classes. Not because the work is hard, but because they made the active decision to not do the work. I have had five students show up at my door this morning begging to turn in missing work. Some of them have even lied to me about their missing work.
Here's my vent- PLEASE, TO YOU FATHERS OUT THERE- TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS. TEACH THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS. TEACH THEM NOT TO CHEAT AND LIE. TEACH THEM A WORK ETHIC. TEACH THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. TEACH THEM THAT THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCES WHEN THEY DON'T HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS.
There is an epidemic of laziness, irresponsibility, and apathy in this country; too many people don't give a shit about handling their business- this attitude is reinforced through social media and parental apathy, and it's going to further ruin the generation of kids that are growing up now. Please teach your sons and daughters to have pride in their work, to try their hardest to be successful, and most importantly to take responsibility for their own success in all things.
This has been my rant/vent/TED talk- please have a wonderful, safe, restful, healthy, and fulfilling holiday season.
It was called “Welcome Back Kata”
Oh boy, I know I should be happy for her, but I feel she really really rushed in life. She broke up with a horrible guy and right after started dating someone else and not even 6 months in they were engaged, a 21 yr old and a 16 yr old. And now they’ve got a baby on the way. I dont know how to feel. It just feels really off and different form all the other pregnancy announcements from girls from high school. [EDIT] She was very well liked in high school. She wasn’t known as the girl who got engaged at 16, she was known for being very sweet and an all star gymnast. No one knew much about her fiancé or the whole situation either so that’s my guess as to why no one reported it. Even if it was reported, the guy would’ve gotten probation at most bc police don’t care about cases of grooming. They got married and she fell pregnant in 2021, so she’s 18 now. But they’d been engaged since she was 16. My guess with the pregnancy announcement is they wanted to show that they waited to have sex until their wedding night when she was 18 and legal, and then surprise! A baby! She announced the pregnancy a few days ago and judging from the ultrasound photos, she’s pretty far along. So it makes sense that it would be a honeymoon baby.
Something has to give. The parents are upset but there are teacher shortages. What can be done? It's interesting that the article mentions how hard it is for a parent to get her child to focus on schoolwork. How does she think that plays out in the classroom? Click here to view the article: Schools are closing classrooms on Fridays. Parents are furious.
This sounds so evil but sometimes I kinda wish I lived in an area where high school wasn’t as competitive so I had a higher chance of getting in to better colleges. That sounds so ignorant but the college process has become so dirty that I find myself thinking about stuff like that :( it’s so sad how college has me thinking in the lowest of ways to try to get to the top. Anyone else feel this way?
Clarification: I’m not proud of how I feeling. Originally an international, I have experienced both sides of the coin and having less is always harder. No doubt it. This post was more to highlight how even after going to a place with many opportunities, one can still feel like they’re hard work isn’t gonna be recognized. This is in no way to take away from those who have experienced hardships with schools; it is just to show how the process makes people in any place sell the dream and makes the miserable.
For context, I have a 4.98 W and there are still like 15-20 kids above me going up to a 5.2, all because I took band and they took another AP class instead. There’s a toxic culture here of being very cutthroat, and all our faculty basically overly encouraging and borderline forcing us to take APs because more test takens/higher scores means better rankings and more funding. We’ve had 3 su*#@%*s at our school in the past four years and even though we have good rankings, we were rated one of the worst for people feeling a sense of belonging.
I am definitely a better placed candidate for college than most, but there are some kids here who have the most insane ECs and well rounded in every single aspect, outshadowing anyone no matter how much work they have put in too.
The administration refuses to enforce the mask requirement stated on the district website and required by county law. I have an audio recording of the principal telling me, among other things, that the superintendent has decreed that we are “not allowed” to suspend students for refusing to wear a mask, and that our only mechanism for improving mask compliance is “taking them into the hall and convincing them it’s the right thing to do.”
I was also told I’m not allowed to show my students data about vaccine effectiveness. My slideshow about vaccine effectiveness (and nothing else) was characterized by the principal as “a PowerPoint about masks that [she] found very politically charged.”
This principal has told some parents, students, and teachers, that it’s a student’s choice whether or not to wear a mask.
The principal completely ignored my email asking for clarification regarding the discrepancy between the official district policy and everything she has been telling us. Today, on my last day, she claimed that the reason she had ignored the email was because another administrator had responded to it with an answer, which was a complete and utter lie.
The head principal instructed several other administrators at the school not to answer my direct questions about the discrepancy between the mask policies at our school and on the district website.
The list goes on.
Just received this email,
Dear Shoreline Schools Families and Staff:
We are writing to you tonight with some important information regarding a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure at Shorecrest High School. Superintendent Miner was notified this evening that a Shorecrest staff member has a confirmed case of COVID-19.
While health privacy laws protect the identity of the staff member, we can share that the staff member has not been at work since Thursday, March 5. Based on consultation and guidance provided by Public Health, any staff and students who are determined to have been in close contact with the staff member while the staff member exhibited symptoms will be notified and provided guidance.
Shorecrest will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11 to allow for a deep cleaning of the school. Shorecrest will reopen on Thursday, March 12. All other schools will be open and operating normally. If there is any change to this, we will make another announcement.
