Seattle's large Israeli community is a mystery to many local Jews. An Israeli-American sheds some light and imparts some lessons in this week's guest post.
This is the historical paradigm that challenges the settler-colonial paradigm. Ancient paintings document transmission of musical instruments from Europe and the Middle East to East Asia. This is the multiculturalism and cultural exchange being cancelled in a focus on settler-colonialism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvF305JY3Z0
Ethnic Studies - Since last spring, I have made requests for information to the LWSD, only to receive polite deflection. In July, I was finally informed of their website for filing an FOIA request, and I filed it. I still have not received one document about the plans for ethnic studies in LWSD. A school board member offered to look into this. I received an e-mail from an administrator offering to have an in-person 1:1 meeting. I replied that an in-person meeting can result in he-said, she-said, and I listed the media that constitute providing actual documents. After all of these months since October 2021, I still have *zero* information from LWSD on their curriculum.
This is the historical paradigm that challenges the settler-colonial paradigm. Ancient paintings document transmission of musical instruments from Europe and the Middle East to East Asia. This is the multiculturalism and cultural exchange being cancelled in a focus on settler-colonialism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvF305JY3Z0
Ethnic Studies - Since last spring, I have made requests for information to the LWSD, only to receive polite deflection. In July, I was finally informed of their website for filing an FOIA request, and I filed it. I still have not received one document about the plans for ethnic studies in LWSD. A school board member offered to look into this. I received an e-mail from an administrator offering to have an in-person 1:1 meeting. I replied that an in-person meeting can result in he-said, she-said, and I listed the media that constitute providing actual documents. After all of these months since October 2021, I still have *zero* information from LWSD on their curriculum.
If it’s public school they are legally obligated to share public records - find the contact at the district level, not foia.
I tried the district and no results. I also have school board contacts. That's why FOIA was the next step.