Similar training will be conducted next school year. Doug Boushey and Claudia Thompson introduced the toolkits and shared how this information is being disseminated to teachers in our district. It was quite an impactful event. 12 auditors visited 1000 classrooms in the district. Bill Streshly, lead auditor, shared some information from the audit during an exit conference with Dr. Slater.
Schools currently participating are on a volunteer basis.
In the year 20001 the science component will be added to the WASL and will be mandatory. The field test results of the volunteer science component will not be publicized. Once again, the information technology department was acknowledged in the Seattle Times Best of the Web contest. Web sites were nominated by Seattle Times readers. In the non-university category, the Kent School District and Blanchet High School received high marks.