Podcast Episodes

Hiring a Headhunter

Season 1 Episode 33

Podcast Co-hosts Christie and Jasmine discuss the April 9th, 2025 school board meeting where the board reviewed proposals from executive search firms and started the process of choosing who will help…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Big 3 Briefing, Week 13 - Rung by Rung

Season 1 Episode 32

As budget negotiations reach their final phase, we recap where the Big 3 bills—special education, transportation, and MSOC—stand and what’s still on the table. We also reflect on the highs, lows, and…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

The SESSFA Move-a-Thon!

Season 1 Episode 31

We shine the community spotlight on the Southeast Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance (SESSFA) and their annual Move-a-Thon — a creative fundraising event that supports 17 public schools in Southeas…

Published on 5 months ago

Community Spotlight: Champions for Educational Empowerment's school board training series

Season 1 Episode 30

Debbie Carlsen introduces "Learning Together," a free training series for prospective school board director candidates. Debbie shares her experience as a former candidate and explains how Champions f…

Published on 5 months ago

Big 3 Briefing, Week 12 - The man behind the curtain

Season 1 Episode 29

Budget Land

Last week was action-packed with House and Senate budgets dropping last Monday as we were preparing our Week 11 episode. Since then, both budgets have been heard and exec’d out of their fi…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

"The next step is the next step" - SPS superintendent search begins

Season 1 Episode 28

Seattle's school board kicked off the superintendent search process on March 25th following Dr. Brent Jones' announced departure, authorizing President Gina Topp to begin seeking proposals from searc…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Big 3 Briefing, Week 11 - Don Your Green-Tinted Glasses

Season 1 Episode 27

Bill Land

We update listeners on our two remaining education funding bills - SB 5192 for Materials, Supplies, and Operating Costs and SB 5263 for Special Education). These bills have now had a hearing…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Introducing... Landon Labosky, School Board Candidate for District 5

Season 1 Episode 26

We continue our series introducing candidates running for Seattle School Board in 2025. In this episode, we're joined by Landon Labosky, who is running for the District 5 seat currently held by Miche…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rundown - HCC to stay, Jones to go

Season 1 Episode 25

The district's sudden reversal on Highly Capable programming was the big news at the March 12 school board meeting, with strong commitments from Dr Torres-Morales for a definitive plan by April 1. Te…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Big 3 Briefing, Week 10 - Our Senate Bills Enter the House Lion's Den

Season 1 Episode 24

Will our education bills survive the House Appropriations committee? Senate bills 5192 (MSOC) and 5263 (Special Education) survived the Senate with enough umph to still be worth our advocacy. But now…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago