WFIS News
Updates on our Legislative, Policy and Committee work
White House hosts Religious Liberty Day defending First Amendment rights of every student, teacher
“Too many misinterpret a “separation of church and state” as an invitation for government to separate people from their faith.”
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California Consumer Privacy Act goes into effect Jan 1
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which goes into effect in January 2020, guarantees new data privacy rights for California's 40 million consumers, with kids under 16 winning extra protections.Common Sense Media has put out a complete...
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Immunization: What parents ‘Need to Know’ for 2020
On January 8th, students who are not compliant with immunization requirements will be kept from attending school. Exclusion letters were sent by many schools in December to inform parents of students with incomplete vaccination records that their student...
read moreLegislators visit Northshore Christian Academy, recipient of National Blue Ribbon School Award
On Monday November 18th, Northshore Christian Academy, one of 5 WA school recipients of the 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards, welcomed 38th district Representative June Robinson and 38th district Representative Mike Sells for a school tour. WFIS...
read moreDCYF Photo & Video Policy spawns fierce discussion
The Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) hosted a 'Joint Meeting' for the Licensed Center Advisory and Early Achievers Review committees on November 12th at the Seattle Sheraton. Dee Hirsch, Director of Discovery Montessori and Chelle...
read moreUpdated Title I Guidance Released
from CAPE Outlook November 2019 The US Department of Education has released updated non-regulatory guidance for Title I of ESEA, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (now known as the Every Student Succeeds Act - ESSA). Of interest are at least two...
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Medicine dispersement to students in private schools
This month Ask Nancy provides some guidance on what private schools are required to do regarding disbursement of medicine to private school students. Question: Our school does not have a nurse. How can we get staff trained to support students who need to...
read moreEnrollment Reporting Issues Clarified
In an email sent to all Approved Private Schools in WA State on behalf of private.schools@k12.wa.us, schools were notified that enrollment reporting will occur in the spring when the application for re-approval is submitted. This follows a full month of...
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OSPI School Safety Summit Recap
Sandra Barton Smith from the Office for Catholic Schools attended the October 24th meeting and shares her insights with WFIS schools below. WFIS wants to remind all private schools that a focus of the ESDs is to offer training and support on suicide and...
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ELAC Update from October 2019 Meeting
reported by WFIS' Early Learning Advisory Council Representative Chelle Downey-Magee, Director of Issaquah Montessori School The October 1 Early Learning Advisory Council (ELAC) meeting took place at the Oxford Suites in Yakima. Attendance by members was...
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