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December 16, 2020 – Regular Board Meeting

Agenda FINAL Post
Regular Legislative Session

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 3:30 p.m.

Board of Directors
Meeting to be held remotely  
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This meeting will be held remotely per the Governor’s proclamation prohibiting public agencies from conducting meetings subject to the Open Public Meetings Act in-person to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV via YouTube 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 199 100 030#. 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.

I. Call to Order – 3:30 p.m.

  1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
  2. Roll Call

II. Superintendent Comments  

III.  Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

  1. Minutes of the November 12, 2020 Work Sessions (Updated Since Posted for 12/2/20 Meeting), November 17, 2020 Work Session , November 30, 2020 Work Session , December 2, 2020 Regular Board Meeting , and December 5, 2020 School Board Retreat
  2. Warrants Report – November

    November 2020 Warrants
    The following warrants as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.08, are approved for payment:

    General Fund: *Payroll  $ 575,117.37
    General Fund: Vendor  16,054,574.95  
    Capital Project Fund:  Vendor  14,426,812.68  
    Associated Student Body Fund:  Vendor  29,817.45  
    Expendable Trust Fund:  Vendor  7,400.00  
    Grand Total:    $31,093,722.45

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

  3. 2020-21 Legislative Agenda  (Exec, November 12, for Approval) Approval of this item would adopt the 2020-21 Legislative Agenda, as attached to the Board action report. (Materials Updated 12/16/20)

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

IV. Public Testimony – 3:45 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board by teleconference may sign up to do so by e-mailing the School Board Office or calling (206) 252-0040, beginning Monday, December 14, 2020, at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Those who are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 199 100 030#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

  Order Speaker Topic
 1 Lailani Norman The new leadership that we will have in Seattle Schools and what people are expecting in a leader
 2 Kayla Harstad Leadership
 3 Cherise Gaffney Need for a reopening plan for all grades
 4 Emily Cherkin Agenda Action Item, Approving Resolution No. 2020/21-4.1, Restating and Conditionally Amending the Reopening Resolution, Reopening Plan, and Remote Learning Model Previously Adopted for the 2020-21 School Year.
 5 Alexandra Olins reopening SPS.
 6 Chris Jackins Reopening Plan, Final Acceptance for Queen Anne Elementary School Project, Personnel Change
 7 Skylar Pond The need to return SPS children of all ages to hybrid in person learning on January 29th.  The funding needed to do so safely, and the importance to calculate and publicize that funding number.
 8 Sebrena  Burr “1) Approving Resolution No. 2020/21-4.1, Restating and Conditionally Amending the Reopening Resolution, Reopening Plan, and Remote Learning Model Previously Adopted for the 2020-21 School Year.
2) Student Abuse & Staff Retaliation
3) Social-Emotional Health, Racial Discriminations, and not honoring families Furthest from Educational Justice in Remote Learning Environment.”
 9 Sarah Sense Wilson Indian Education and the Superintendent Contract
 10 Jazell Jenkins Native Education
 11 Gia Tran Native Education
 12 Erin Okuno SPS Leadership and Future
 13 B Balkan Foster Superintendent Juneau’s leadership for the most marginalized of students and leadership in general
 14 Brooke Stromme Indian Education
 15 Manuela Slye Student Abuse in Seattle Public Schools
 16 Joseph Hardy outdoor workouts for student-athletes during these tough times and in support of our student-athletes
 17 Jaukesia Lawrence-Smalls  Student Abuse/Lack of Data documentation 
 18 Christine Tang Over-Discipline of BIPOC Students with disabilities; Reopening Plan
 19 Catherine Seguin timing and results of the pulse survey
 20 Janis White Student Safety

Wait List

  Order  Speaker  Topic
 1 Merideth MacRae  reopening SPS for young children

V. Board Committee Reports

VI. Business Action Items (Continued)

C. Action Items

  1. Approving Resolution No. 2020/21-4.1, Restating and Conditionally Amending the Reopening Resolution, Reopening Plan, and Remote Learning Model Previously Adopted for the 2020-21 School Year . Approval of this item would approve Resolution No. 2020/21-4.1, restating and conditionally amending the reopening plan and remote learning model previously adopted for the 2020-2021 school year. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Introduction and Action; Materials Updated 12/15/20)
  2. Approving a grant award from the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services CARES Act Fund for devices. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to accept a grant award from the Washington State Department of Enterprise Services from the federal CARES Act in the amount of $1,865,949 with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent and to take any necessary actions to accept this grant award. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Introduction and Action)

D. Introduction Items

  1. Adoption of 2021 Board Goals and Objectives (Exec, December 9, for Approval) Approval of this item would adopt the 2021 Board Goals and Objectives as attached to the Board Action Report.
  2. Adoption of Board Policy No. 6225, Use of Electronic Signature (Exec, December 9, for Approval) Approval of this item would adopt Board Policy No. 6225, Use of Electronic Signature, as attached to the Board Action Report.
  3. Approval of courses with new content for the secondary course catalog (SSC&I, December 8, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve the New Course Additions for School Year 2021-22 as attached to the Board Action Report.
  4. Approve the purchase of comprehensive insurance and support for student iPads. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent’s execution of purchase orders through Apple for a total Not-To-Exceed (NTE) amount of $633,080 plus estimated Washington State Sales Tax, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement purchase orders for AppleCare for K-2nd students and staff.
  5. Enhanced Cleaning for COVID-19 In-Person Instruction at Elementary and K-8 Schools (Ops, December 3, for Consideration) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute two contracts for enhanced cleaning services for an amount not to exceed $2,848,075 in the form of the agreement attached to the School Board Action Report with any minor additions, deletions, or modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent.
  6. Approving a contract for RFP072094 PRI/DID Phone Circuits with Magna5, LLC.  (Ops, December 3, for Approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute a contract with Magna5, LLC for Primary Rate Interface, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Direct Inward Dial (DID) services, not to exceed $257,615 over three years including Washington Sales Tax, extendable to five years, at the same rate, in the form of the draft contract attached to the Board Action Report, with any minor additions, deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract.
  7. BTA IV: Approval of Capacity Management Actions for the 2021-22 School Year (Ops, December 3, for Approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to authorize allocation of up to $1,681,500 from the Buildings, Technology, and Academics/Athletics (BTA) IV Capital Levy to implement annual capacity management actions to support projected district homeroom capacity needs for the 2021-22 school year and authorize the Superintendent to take the necessary steps to implement the actions as detailed in the attached Capacity Management recommendations.
  8. BEX V: Award Contract K1395 to perform master planning services for BTA V Capital Levy Planning (Ops, December 3, for Approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute consultant contract K1395 with Mahlum Architects Inc., in an amount that will not exceed $355,310 to complete master planning services associated with the planning of the BTA V Capital Levy at four sites.
  9. BTA III/BEX IV: Approval of Budget Transfer and Award Construction Contract for the Lafayette Elementary School Seismic, Fire Sprinkler & HVAC Upgrades project (Ops, December 3, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve the transfer in the amount of $275,000 from the BTA III Program Contingency to the Lafayette Elementary School Seismic, Fire Sprinkler & HVAC Upgrades project budget and authorize the Superintendent to execute construction contract P5155 with Kassel & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $3,045,500, including base bid plus Alternate #2, plus Washington State sales tax, with any minor additions, deletions, modifications and actions deemed necessary by the Superintendent to implement the contract.
  10. BEX IV: Final Acceptance of Contract P5096 with Hensel Phelps Construction for the Queen Anne Elementary School Classroom and Gymnasium Addition project (Ops, December 3, for Approval) Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract P5096 with Hensel Phelps Construction for the Queen Anne Elementary School Classroom and Gymnasium Addition project as final.
  11. BEX IV/BTA IV: Resolution 2020/21-6, Final Acceptance of Contract P5084 with Lydig Construction for the Lincoln High School Modernization and Addition project (Ops, December 3, for Approval) Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2020/21-6 and accept the work performed under Contract P5084 with Lydig Construction for the Lincoln High School Modernization and Addition project as final.

  VII. Board Comments

Comments will be limited to two minutes per Director

  • Announcement of Completed Internal Audit by Audit & Finance Chair

VIII. Adjourn – 7:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

A complete list of upcoming Board meetings and Director community meetings can be found on the School Board calendar website. If you have any questions, please contact the School Board Office at 206-252-0040.