In this episode, I’m inspired by the previous episode on the Future of Travel and speculate on an idea for public education in the work from anywhere future.

As usual, I scratch the surface in the episode.

If you are interested in knowing more, my signal gathering notes and research is below.

Episode Notes

AUS-SEA Interstate School District Speculative Future Detail

Current Examples of Interstate School Disticts in the US

1. Union-County – College Corner Joint School District[1]
   1. Location – Ohio/Indiana
2. SAU 70[2]
   1. Location – New Hampshire/Vermont
   1. Hanover, Norwich and Dresden school districts, as well as School Administrative Unit (SAU) 70
3. Rivendell Interstate School District[3]
   1. Location – New Hampshire/Vermont

Demographics in Seattle and Austin[4]

Race	Seattle	Austin
	2020	2030	2020	2030
White	3.15M	3.2M	1.13M	1.27M
Black	272K	323K	149K	173K
Hispanic	554K	753K	735K	936K
Other	834K	1.1M	176K	235K

Age	Seattle	Austin
	2020	2030	2020	2030
0-19	1.1M	1.2M	573K	630K
20-49	2.0M	2.2M	992K	1.15M
50-64	915K	889K	368K	443K
65+	760K	1.0M	258K	322K

Based off of OECD Learning for 2030 Compass Framework[5]

Equitable availability to students of all socio-economic levels within the district

How it will operate

Funding Options

Taxes throughout the district

Federal Funding

Administration by one (or more) district(s) and paid by other participating districts

Organization

Independent School District

            Joint District

                        Initially between Seattle and Austin

                        Additional districts can join the district pending ability to join and approval from district board

Schedule

Multi-track Year-Round Schedule

Teachers and Students Split Time Options

            60/20, 45/15, 90/30       

            Special Accommodations for Requested Longer Breaks

Teacher Arrangement Options

            Local to one city

            Split

            Supplement/Enhance Through Substitutes

            Partial Online

            Contracts Like Traveling Nurses

Governance

Board of Directors equally representative of each geographical area in the district

Logistics

Jobs

If a parent needs or wants a flexible option, a parents job program is built into the district design.

A wide range of options will be available, beginning with Seattle and Austin-based companies such as Starbucks, Tableau, Microsoft, Amazon, and others.

To preserve the equitable nature of this district, job opportunities included in the district program include retail, support staff and similar levels, not just executive and upper management.

Transportation

Transportation between Seattle and Austin will be provided by district, unless otherwise arranged. Picture the Hogwarts express but between Seattle and Austin

Children of all grade will be provided transportation from home to school during the school term.

Parents will be provided the transportation of their choice and need, no need to have private transportation. Let the district do the work.

Housing

Housing arrangements can be facilitated by the district. Options include:

Single family house

Split/Co-housing with families where you share a house while you are there but do not permanently leave anything behind while in the other geographic location

Modular housing that you can be shipped back and forth

Family dorms/apartments

Dorms for students whose parents may not be able to join them at all times or at all

Health Care

Special arrangements have been made with all leading health care providers to consider your health care to be in-network regardless of location during the program.

Other Considerations

Books and storage – Doulos floating library as an example/inspiration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Doulos_Phos

Future potential partnerships to add to the district

Sydney- Austin – Seattle

Sister Cities

Seattle Sister Cities

Be’er Sheva, Israel	Kobe, Japan
Bergen, Norway	Limbe, Cameroon
Cebu, Philippines	Mazatlán, Mexico
Chongqing, China	Mombasa, Kenya
Christchurch, New Zealand	Nantes, France
Daejeon, Korea	Pécs, Hungary
Galway, Ireland	Perugia, Italy
Gdynia, Poland	Reykjavik, Iceland
Haiphong, Vietnam	Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Surabaya, Indonesia
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Austin Sister Cities and Friendship Cities

• Adelaide, Australia
• Angers, France
• Antalya, Turkey
• Gwangmyeong, Korea
• Koblenz, Germany
• London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom
• Lima, Peru
• Maseru, Lesotho
• Oita, Japan
• Old Orlu, Nigeria
• Pune, India
• Saltillo, Mexico
• Taichung, Taiwan
• Xishuangbanna, China

Friendship Cities

• Siem Reap, Cambodia
• Tehuacán, Mexico
• Villefranche-sur-mer, France

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[1]  https://www.uc.k12.in.us/

[2] https://www.sau70.org/

[3] https://www.rivendellschool.org/

[4] https://apps.urban.org/features/mapping-americas-futures/#map

[5] https://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/teaching-and-learning/learning/