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April 27-28, 2017 ● Washington, DC
Catherine Darley, ND
Maida Lynn Chen, MD
Seattle Public Schools: Can the “big city” do it?
SSL Seattle: A Coalition of Advocates
• 3 main organizers:
- Cindy Jatul, teacher
- managed petition, outreach to district and state teachers union, outreach to stakeholder organizations, media contact
- Dianne Casper, Seattle PTSA parent
- School Board & District staff outreach & background understanding, engage PTSA
- Catherine Darley, sleep specialist
- engaged sleep & health community, organized editorial campaign, organizedBoard meeting speakers
• Built on strengths and connections of each organizer
• Clear roles and responsibilities developed organically
SSL Seattle: Our Strategy
• Build community engagement and support via multi-modal approach to all stakeholders, including:
- School Board
- Superintendent(s)
- Teachers Union
- School Nurses Association
- District and school PTSAs
- Parents
- Advocacy organizations
- Media
- City Council
SSL Seattle: 2012
• January - Petition to Start School Later Seattle started (in response to Dept of Transportation setting new bell times)
• March – Press release
• April – School Board meeting. Petition, reference list of medical research supporting later start times, letter of support from sleep medicine community presented. Comments in support by parents, teachers, sleep experts
• November – Leaders met with Superintendent; Wa State PTA passes resolution
• Ongoing – SSL supporters met with Board members at their individual monthly meetings
SSL Seattle: 2013
• April – Again met with Superintendent who agreed to appoint staff person to issue
• May – appeal to City Council members as “we are at a roadblock”
• June – Letter from sleep specialists to Superintendent
• Periodic - push of petition to get additional signatures via social media networks, email blasts via leaders contact lists, organizations such as PTSA as possible
• Ongoing – comments at Board meetings by parents, teachers, healthcare providers as possible (comments possible only on action items)
• Periodic – press release and outreach to media
• Spring – an SSL leader participated in the Transportation task force which determined bell times could be flipped in a cost-neutral way
• Summer – School Board elections upcoming, met with all candidates individually
• October – Op-Ed in Seattle Times; resolution passed by Seattle Council PTSA
Date & Time Event Location Parent 1 Parent 2 Student Educator
Sleep Pro 1 Sleep Pro 2
1/18, 10-11:30 Blanford Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E Yesler Way Dianne C Karin B son Cindy J
1/18, 11-1 Martin-Morris Montlake Library, 2401 24th Ave E
1/22, 5p Board meeting John Sanford Center Dan G Dianne C Cindy J Darley Horacio
1/25, 10a-12 Patu Caffe Vita, 5028 Wilson Ave S Dianne C Sarah O Darley
1/28, 8:45-10:15 McLaren Highland Park Elementary Chen
2/1, 11a-12:30 Peters Q.A. Library, 400 W Garfield St
2/5, 5p Board meeting Landis Ball
2/8, 8:30-10a Carr 8023 Green Lake Dr Horacio
2/15, 10-11:30 Blanford Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E Yesler Way
2/15, 11-1 Martin-Morris Montlake Library, 2401 24th Ave E Sarah O Bruce
3/5, 5p Board meeting KathleenBallard students?
SEA resolution Bandla Nurse
3/8, 8am Carr Darley
Presenting Broad Support – Get Organized!
SSL Seattle: 2014
• January – School Board meeting. Parents, teachers, health professionals make comments
• February – Story in Seattle Times; El Centro de la Raza endorses
• March – 17 sleep experts pledge to assist district in education efforts
• March – At School Board work retreat, senior staff member does not have the bell time work timeline ready as requested 3 months previous
• Summer – Teen sleep training for principals
• November – Press release
SSL Seattle: 2015 and Beyond
• Feb 2015 – Op-Ed in Puget Sound Business Journal; Town Hall presentation
• March – Letter to Superintendent from sleep community; Seattle NAACP endorses
• May 2015 – Meeting set with Superintendent. He stops by to say he can’t meet
• May – Endorsement of SSL Seattle by some City Council members
• May – Press release
• April, May, October, Nov – School Board comments by all stakeholders
• Summer – Teen sleep training for senior district staff
• October – Op-Ed in Seattle Times
• November – Letter to Board from sleep community; Board passes resolution!
Bell Time Task Force Nov 2104 – June 2015: Charter
• Deliverable = report • Superintendent to
use report AND ”other important data”
Bell Time Analysis Time Line: Task Force
11/13/2014 6/18/2015
12/1/2014 1/1/2015 2/1/2015 3/1/2015 4/1/2015 5/1/2015 6/1/2015
11/13/2014
First Task Force Meeting
1/22/2015
Presentation: Transportation
1/8/2015
Presentation: Race & Equity
2/12/2015
Presentation: Master Scheduling
2/26/2015
Presentation: Athletics, Parks & Rec, Before/After School Programs*
3/12/2015
Presentation: Implementation in Other DistrictsFollow-up on the previous four meetings
4/9/2015
Presentation: Data Collection / AnalysisDiscussion on Task Force development of recommendation
5/14/2015
Discussion of RecommendationNeighbor-to-Neighbor (N2N) Outcome Data
Bell Time Analysis Task Force – Timeline
4/9/2015 - 5/14/2015
Review Available Bell Time Data and Analysis
1/22/2015 - 2/12/2015
N2N Sub-group: Review Script Priorities12/11/2014
Presentation: Sleep Research
* February 26, 2015 Task Force Meeting will be 3 hours (4:30 PM to 7:30 PM)
Ver1.27.15
6/11/2015
Final Task Force Meeting
5/14/2015 - 6/11/2015
Recommendation Sub-Group: Write Recommendation
WeWereonly shown this
Not aware of only 3 options; not shown this timeline initially
Bell Time Analysis Time Line: the whole picture
Bell Times Task Force: Members
Bell Times Task Force: “other data”
Community engagement
• CONCOMITTANT to Task Force Meetings, input from community was being collected• Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) outreach programs
• Bell Time Family Survey • Only 3 options were presented to family, and families asked to
endorse one.• Arrival Times inbox (e-mail)
• Unclear what other sources had direct input to decision
Bell Time Task Force Charter
• 3 options presented via Family Survey (No other options allowed)
START TIMES CURRENT STATE OPTION 1: MODIFIED FLIP
OPTION 2: EXTENDING HIGH SCHOOLDAY
OPTION 3:NO CHANGE
ELEMENTARY START
END
Tier 2/38:40 OR 9:302:50 OR 3:40
Tier 1/28:00 OR 8:502:00 OR 3:00
Tier 2/38:40 OR 9:302:50 OR 3:40
Tier 2/38:40 OR 9:302:50 OR 3:40
K-8 & MIDDLESTART
END
Tier 1/2/37:50 OR 8:40 OR 9:302:20 OR 3:10 OR 4
Tier 28:503:00
Tier 1/2/37:50 OR 8:40 OR 9:302:20 OR 3:10 OR 4
Tier 1/2/37:50 OR 8:40 OR 9:302:20 OR 3:10 OR 4
HIGHSTART
END
Tier 1/27:50 OR 8:402:20-3:10
Tier 39:404:10
Tier 1/27:50 OR 8:402:20 OR 3:10
Tier 1/27:50 OR 8:402:20-3:10
Bell Time Task Force: Hurdles
• Not clear by charter or leadership that Superintendent would only consider 1 of these 3 preselected options.• E.g., we spent our time arguing for Two Tiers when this was never really an option
• Majority of district communications to Community had negative spin to change, with no TF oversight or input
• TF members were rarely given raw data, rather aggregated summary data• E.g., TF members conducted an independent transportation costs analyses, which
placed cost of merging into Two Tiers at $1.6 million vs. $20 million.
• Data in final analyses from Community were not available to Task Force at end
Bell Time Task Force: Decision Criteria
• Sleep: Optimize health and meet AAP criteria?• Equity: Is choice equitable, help to close achievement gap, lower disproportionate
disciplinary actions?• Transportation: address all students’ needs and safety?• Scheduling: allow credit and hours for graduation? Meet needs for those using
breakfast/ lunch programs? • Before/After school care: impact on joint use agreement with Parks & Rec? Users of
shared facilities? Before/after school care programs?• Athletics: Meet needs of student athletes, WIAA and interschool competition?
Minimize missed instructional time for athletic events?• Family: Schoolwork and sibling care consideration? Graduation and attendance rates?• Budget: neutral? Best use of funds?
• Modified Flip
• But really, Two Tier Option
Bell Times Task Force: Final Recommendations -- June 2015
SSL Seattle: 2015 and Beyond
• Feb 2015 – Op-Ed in Puget Sound Business Journal; Town Hall presentation
• March – Letter to Superintendent from sleep community; Seattle NAACP endorses
• May 2015 – Meeting set with Superintendent. He stops by to say he can’t meet
• May – Endorsement of SSL Seattle by some City Council members
• May – Press release
• April, May, October, Nov – School Board comments by all stakeholders
• Summer – Teen sleep training for senior district staff
• October – Op-Ed in Seattle Times
• November – Letter to Board from sleep community; Board passes resolution!
SSL Seattle: 2015 continued, “other data” ongoing
• Initial draft of school start times included most elementary in Tier 1 except for Title I schools, with HS in Tier 2 and Middle school in Tier 3
• Meet American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended start time for adolescents
• Prioritize Title 1 programs to earlier tiers to support district equity considerations
• Maximize the number of schools in Tier 1 and 2
• Be Transportation Cost Neutral
Final Bell Time schedule for 2016-2017: November 2015
Applause for all…..but only for a moment.
How do we actually make this happen?????
Bell Time Implementation Task Force
Bell Times Implementation Task Force
Bell Times Implementation: Special Considerations
• Schools Opting in or out of Tier 3
• After school care and activities for elementary
• Nutrition: enough time for lunch? Free/reduced breakfast and lunch programs?
• Athletics and Joint use agreement
• Safe Routes and Transportation
• Communication planning for 2016 school year start.
• Final report largely endorsed need for consideration to these issues; most implementation work happened outside this Committee
What’s happening now
• SPS extending school day by 20 minutes (+10 min AM, +10 min PM)
• Families unhappy about 7:45 elementary school start time and late dismissal time for high school
• Funding of a Two Tier system• Through City funds
• Major budget deficit (~$50 million)
• Outcomes research, especially in the elementary school children
Slept 8+ hours on average school night
2014
2016
8th Grade 55% 50%
10th Grade 31% 29%
12th Grade 23% 20%
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Slept 8+ hours on average school night
2014
2016
8th Grade 53% 58%
10th Grade 31% 43%
12th Grade 24% 33%
Washington State
Seattle Public Schools
Healthy Youth Survey Results: October 2016
Seattle SSL: Lessons Learned
• Develop a broad base of support among all stakeholders
• Have a leader in each group who can mobilize them
• Get specific with requests for supporters to take action
• Expect the effort to take years longer than you expect, and plan for that by engaging many volunteers and stewarding your energy
• Understand that data and evidence is not driving this decision for many people
• Expect opposition to come from unexpected groups
What we could have done better:
• Engage communities of color and low-economic status
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