as i was reading through the comments on the CHS playlist and “music to walk to on capitol hill” threads, i realized that people have good taste in music here!

i propose we have a capitol hill mix CD trade (or mix tape trade, if you’re that old school). here is how it will work:

comment here if you would like to receive a mix CD made by one of your fellow hill neighbors, in return for a CD you make for them.

make sure you comment before midnight on friday, january 9th.

i will then go through the comments and assign people to each other randomly. does anyone else want to help coordinate this?

i am thinking that sometime in the near future we could arrange to meet up somewhere at one of the copious happy hours the hill has to offer. we can then exchange our mixes and get to know some people we might not usually talk to.

who’s in?

so i know a lot of parents post here and, for some reason, parents seem to know more than school staff about this issue.

my question is: who should i e-mail to protest school closures, and who should i send a letter to?

i’m in the teacher certification program at seattle u and my cohort members and i would really like to protest the closings of tt minor and meany (i know tt minor is in the CD but they are our friends and it’s close enough to radio point).

i saw the letter from the meany ptsa that was cross-posted to miller park blog & cdn but couldn’t find out WHO in seattle public schools i was supposed to address my complaint to.

we cannot, for the life of us, figure out who we are supposed to contact. everyone, even our teachers, have conflicting information.

who knows?

Update by jseattle 12/8/2008 at 9:58 AM

Here is the process set up by the school board. I would start with this — with friends and neighbors dragged with me. There will be press coverage and a fair amount of attention so it’s one way to get yourself heard. More ideas below.

In order to strengthen academic programs across Seattle
Public Schools and protect its long-term financial health, the
School District is now considering building closures. Public
hearings will be held at buildings proposed for closure from
6:30-8:30 p.m. on the days and locations below.

Monday, Dec. 15, 2008
▪ T.T. Minor – 1700 E. Union St.
▪ Pinehurst – 11530 12th Ave. N.E.
▪ Van Asselt – 7201 Beacon Ave. S.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008
▪ Genesee Hill  – 5012 S.W. Genesee St.
▪ Mann – 2410 E. Cherry St.
▪ Old Hay – 411 Boston St.  
 Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
▪ Lowell – 1058 E. Mercer St.

Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker,
and should focus on the school building about which the
hearing is being held. To sign up to give testimony, please
call (206) 252-0042 or e-mail [email protected].

For more information, visit www.seattleschools.org,
and select “Capacity Management.” Comments may be
e-mailed to [email protected], schoolboard@
seattleschools.org, or mailed to School Board, 
P.O. Box 34165, MS 11-010, Seattle, WA, 98124-1165.

Try to form a group of friends and neighbors and give yourself a name like 13th Ave Friends of Lowell or somesuch. Write a short, cogent position. Put everybody’s name on it. Send. Repeat. And get one of your group to sign up to speak at the public hearings. You might also consider posting the letter here and asking people to sign on via the site.

so how many of us were caught in the 3 minute hail storm today? i know i was briefly pelted walking home from madison market…

maybe this means we’ll have a mild winter? or maybe it is only the beginning…

so i am having trouble figuring out which bars are showing the debate on friday. i know cafe metro and neighbors are hosting events but what are my other options? i’m hoping i won’t have to leave the hill…

it bothers me the most when it’s a sunday and i know the buses are only running every half hour. should i just walk? take a different bus? call the rider info line? chances are the bus will pull up before i finish going through all their stupid prompts (no i DON’T know the bus time stop number!)

but out of all the missing schedules, the one missing from the broadway & e john 43 stop bothers me the most:

this cutesy little message? so not helping.

I decided to share something relevant from that neck of the woods that might extend to the entire hill. While i understand being traumatized by an unwanted sexual act or advance is not funny (believe me, i do) something about this description, provided by Seattle U’s Campus Public Safety Office, struck me as too hilarious not to share.

So, fellow Radio Point frequenters: consider yourself warned! he is IMPECCABLY dressed and even has a MODUS OPERANDI. In other news, I want to write police reports when i grow up.