Agenda – First Post, 11/10/25
Regular Board Meeting
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 4:30 p.m.

Board of Directors
2445 – 3rd Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
206-252-0040
www.seattleschools.org

The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV and broadcast on television on Comcast 26 (standard-def) and 319 (hi-def), Wave 26 (standard-def) and 695 (hi-def), and Century Link 8008 (standard-def) and 8508 (hi-def).

To listen by phone, dial 206-800-4125 and use Conference ID 934 225 208#. This phone number and Conference ID will also be used by those who sign up to provide public testimony through the process described on the agenda below.

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I. Call to Order – 4:30 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call

II. Superintendent Comments 

III. Student Member Comments

IV. Board Committee and Liaison Reports

V. Public Testimony

Public testimony is planned to begin at 5:00 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board in person or by teleconference may sign up online beginning Monday, November 17 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Those who sign up online and are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony in person or by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 934 225 208#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

VI. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

Routine Approvals (Introduction & Action)

1. Minutes of the October 8 Regular Board Meeting, October 8 Special Board Meeting, October 9 Special Board Meeting, October 10 Special Board Meeting, October 15 Special Board Meeting, October 22 Special Board Meeting, October 29 Special Board Meeting, and November 5 Special Board Meeting.

2. Personnel Report

3. Warrants Report – September 16 thru October 15, 2025

The following warrants as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.08, are approved for payment:

Fund	Payment Type	Amount
General Fund	*Payroll	$248,442.66
General Fund	Vendor	$42,869,003.73
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	$36,445,115.60
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	$301,401.60
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	$77,500.00
Grand Total	All	$79,941,463.59

*Note – Payroll total reflects warrants issued to employees.  It does not however, reflect cash transfer amounts in payment of employees’ Direct Deposit payroll.

Grants/Gifts, Contracts & Capital Projects Approvals (Introduction & Action)

4. Approval of the 2025 Facilities Master Plan Update. Approval of this item would approve the 2025 Facilities Master Plan Update as attached to this Board Action Report.

5. Acceptance of funding from the c895/KNHC Public Radio Association for operations of c89.5 KNHC Public Radio. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent or their designee to execute an agreement with the c895/KNHC Public Radio Association for continuing operational funding support to c89.5 KNHC Public Radio and to accept funding from the Association anticipated to exceed $250,000 annually. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District.

6. Approval of Fuel Purchase for the 2025-26 School Year. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to purchase fuel for school buses and district owned vehicles through the statewide contract with WEX Bank in the amount not to exceed $2,000,000, as part of Seattle Public Schools’ participation in the NASPO ValuePoint program, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent to implement the contract. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

7. Approval of Board Resolution No. 2025/26-4 resolving that those persons newly elected on November 4, 2025, to the Seattle School District Board of Directors be designated to attend the Annual Conference of the Washington State School Directors’ Association, to be held November 20-22, 2025 as representatives of the district. Approval of this item would adopt Resolution No. 2025/26-4, as attached to this Board Action Report, resolving that those persons newly elected on November 4, 2025, to the Seattle School District Board of Directors be designated to attend the Annual Conference of the Washington State School Directors’ Association, to be held November 20-22, 2025, as representatives of the district. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District

8. Approval of Academy for Precision Learning Contract Amendment for 2025-2026. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to approve the contract amendment with Academy for Precision Learning in the amount of $620,000, for a revised total contract amount of $1,595,252, for private placement for students who require therapeutic day services and programming, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement this contract. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

9. Approval of Children’s Institute of Learning Differences Contract Amendment for 2025-2026 school year. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to approve the contract amendment with CHILD in the amount of $921,078, for a revised total contract amount of $1,896,078, for private placement for students who require therapeutic day services and programming, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement this contract. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

10. Approval of Embrace Learning Institute Contract Amendment for 2025-2026 School Year. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to approve the contract amendment with Embrace Learning Institute in the amount of $1,384,800, for a revised total contract amount of $1,703,100, for private placement for students who require therapeutic day services and programming, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement this contract. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

11. BEX VI: Final Acceptance of PO7800002212 with KCDA and Landscape Structures, Inc. for the Concord International Elementary School Playground Replacement project. Approval of this item would accept the work performed under PO7800002212 with KCDA and Landscape Structures, Inc. for the Concord International Elementary School Playground Replacement project as final. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

12. BTA V: Final Acceptance of PO7800002169 with KCDA and Landscape Structures, Inc. for the McDonald International Elementary School Playground Replacement project. Approval of this item would accept the work performed under PO7800002169 with KCDA and Landscape Structures, Inc. for the McDonald International Elementary School Playground Replacement project as final. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

Consent Agenda Items Previously Introduced

13. Resolution 2025/26-3, Certification of Excess Levies and Calculation of General Fund Levy Rollback for 2026. Approval of this item would approve Resolution 2025/26-3, Certifying Excess Levies and Calculation of the General Fund Levy Rollback for 2026, as attached to the Board Action report. (Item updated since introduction)

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

C. Action Items

1. Approval of 2026 Legislative Agenda

VII. Work Session: AI & Data Privacy

• Presentation

VIII. Board Self-Evaluation

IX. Celebration of Outgoing Directors

X. Informational Items

• Monthly Budget Status Report – August 2025
• Board Time-Use Evaluation – July 2025 (Materials to be added prior to meeting)
• Board Time-Use Evaluation – August 2025 (Materials to be added prior to meeting)
• Board Time-Use Evaluation – September 2025 (Materials to be added prior to meeting)

XI. Adjourn – 8:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

A complete list of upcoming Board meetings and Director community meetings can be found on the School Board calendar website.