The Advocacy Committee helps facilitate information sharing, community engagement, and organizing to collectively address issues affecting our children’s’ access to and experience with public education at the school, district, and state level.
Topics currently include K-12 funding, intentional technology usage, and immigrant solidarity and support.
Stay Connected
FOSB Advocacy Newsletter
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SBK8 Intentional Tech Group
Ask to join the Google Group
Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs
Andrea Stringer
Ashley Worobec
fosbadvocacy@gmail.com
K-12 Policy & Legislative Engagement
The Advocacy Committee tracks Seattle Public Schools policy decisions and state education funding to keep our community informed. We encourage families to engage with elected officials and attend school board meetings to advocate for well-resourced, equitable public education.
Contact Elected Officials
SPS School Board:
Web: seattleschools.org/about/school-board/meet-the-board/
SPS District 2 Director, Kathleen Smith:
Email: kesmith2@seattleschools.org
Web: seattleschools.org/about/school-board/meet-the-board/district-two/
WA Senator Noel Frame:
Email: noel.frame@leg.wa.gov
Phone: (206) 962-5098
Web: senatedemocrats.wa.gov/frame/
WA Rep. Julia Reed:
Email: julia.lain@leg.wa.gov
Phone: (360) 786-7814
Web: housedemocrats.wa.gov/reed/
WA Rep. Liz Berry:
Contact: Contact Form
Phone: (360) 786-7860
Web: housedemocrats.wa.gov/berry/
Legislative Assistant, Natalie Whitesel
Email: natalie.whitesel@leg.wa.gov
Local Educational Advocacy Organizations
Rainy Day Recess Podcast
Rainy Day Recess aims to increase public understanding of Seattle Public Schools and the broader factors impacting public education.
All Together for Seattle Schools (ATSS)
Volunteer coalition of Seattle Public Schools parents and community members from across the city: from Rainier Beach to Lake City and Ballard to West Seattle. ATSS partners with educators and other organizations in advocacy for Seattle students.
Fund SPS
Fund SPS is committed to providing easy to use tools to help create the lasting, sustained outreach necessary to fix school funding in Seattle and Washington State.
Washington’s Paramount Duty
A non-partisan, grassroots group of parents and allies advocating for Washington to amply fund basic education and fulfill its paramount duty.
Intentional Student Technology Usage
District tech policies are changing across the country as more research and evidence makes evident that most students learn better and have better mental health and relationships with less/more intentional tech than is currently used at SPS.
If you want to learn more about what tech is currently like, or hoping for better for your student and don’t know where to start, email us at fosbadvocacy@gmail.com for an invite to our SBK8 Intentional Tech Google Group, where we are sharing resources, updates, and tips.
EdTech Advocacy Organizations
Seattle Families for Intentional Tech (SFIT)
A group of Seattle Public Schools’ parents, caregivers and teachers who care deeply about how educational technologies are used in our kids’ classrooms and about our role in mediating those experiences.
Schools Beyond Screens
Schools Beyond Screens is a national coalition of parents and educators advocating for evidence-based guidelines around technology in the classroom.
Immigrant Solidarity & Support
What To Say To Kids About ICE: age appropriate guidance for ages 3-18
[English PDF / PDF en Español]
What To Do If You’re Worried About ICE: guide for kids
[English PDF]
The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN)
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP)
Policies: Seattle Public Schools & WA Office of Superintendent
For those who want to understand SPS policy in better detail, the guidance from Superintendent Procedure 4301SP.B: Limiting Immigration Enforcement at Schools [PDF], is echoed in the district’s very readable Immigration Guidance Review FAQ [PDF] released in June of 2025. Both SPS documents are compliant with, and expand upon, the state-level guidance: Protections for Immigrant Students in Washington’s K–12 Public Schools [PDF], issued by OSPI in January 2025.
Past Events and Meetings
Let’s Talk EdTech! by Emily Cherkin
- If you missed the event, this webinar is similar to Emily’s presention at SBK8 on March 31, 2026 [Substack Post]
- First Fish Chronicles by Emily Cherkin [Substack]
- Seattle Families for Intentional Tech [Website]
SPS School Board Meetings – Ongoing
- Past Standard School Board Meetings, Recordings [YouTube Channel]
Funding Education 101 with Fund SPS and Washington’s Paramount Duty – 12/3/2024
- Watch the recording [YouTube]
- View or download the presentation slides [PDF]
- View or download list of Seattle and WA State Educational Orgs and Initiatives [PDF]
Re-Envisioning Public Education in Seattle – 11/7/2024
FOSB Advocacy Event – 9/12/2024
- Watch the Salmon Bay K-8 origin story [YouTube]
- Open community chat [YouTube]
- Read condensed meeting notes [Google Doc]
Past Newsletters
2024
11/26: Funding Education Event
11/18: Call to Rally!
11/12: Community Teach-In
11/05: Vote!
10/29: Revised Proposed Closures
10/22: Save the Date
10/08: School Board Resuming Closure Talks
10/01: Share Your Story
09/23: A Temporary Win For SPS Families
09/12: Well-Resourced Schools Plan
08/22: Proposed School Closures
About the FOSB Advocacy Committee
Formed in September 2024, in line with Article 1 – Purposes in the FOSB bylaws, the Advocacy Committee aims to:
(b.) help educate the adults who are part of the school community on matters of interest,
(e.) contribute the collective efforts to improve the education system in the Seattle School District and the State of Washington, and
(f.) foster and maintain strong connections with the communities of which the school is a part.