Agenda   FINAL Post
Regular Legislative Session
February 6, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

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

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I. Call to Order – 4:15 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance

II. Student Presentations – 4:30 p.m.

• Career and Technical Education: Showcase students’ visual presentations

III. Superintendent Comments – 4:45 p.m.  

IV. Board Committee Reports

V. Student Comments

• Ballard High School

VI. Business Action Items – 4:55 p.m.

A. Consent Agenda    

1. Minutes of the January 23, 2019 Regular Board Meeting
2. Personnel Report
3. Approval of courses with new content as defined by Superintendent Procedure 2026. (C&I, Jan. 15, for approval) Approval of this item would approve the courses, including Native American language competency courses, as attached to the Board Action Report, and consider any World Language competency courses proposed after this Board Action Report to be ‘revised content’ as defined by Superintendent Procedure 2026.
4. Approval of Post-Consumer Food Waste (Compost) collection services contract, Bid No. B09812, to be awarded to Cedar Grove Composting (Ops, Jan. 10, for approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute a contract with Cedar Grove Composting, covering the period from March 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020 in the amount of $242,164.35, in the form of the draft Agreement dated (March 1, 2019) and attached to the School 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.
5. BTA IV: Award Contract No. K5105, Bid No. B10819, to Acc-U-Set Construction Inc. for the Relocation and Setup of Portable Classrooms at Multiple School Sites (Ops, Jan. 10, for consideration) Approval of this item would provide authorization for the Superintendent to enter into a construction contract in the amount of $319,821, including unit prices, plus Washington State Sales Tax, for the Relocation and Setup of Portable Classrooms at Multiple School Sites.
   

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

VII. Public Testimony – 5:30 p.m.

Order, Name	Topic
1. Neil Baker	Ballard High School Student
2. CeCe Chan	Mandatory Black History and Ethnic Studies
3. Aneesa Roidad	Black Lives Matter Resolution and Black Lives Matter at School Week
4. Rena Mateja Walker Burr	Black Lives Matter at School Week
5. Aminah Adams	Having Ethnic Studies and hiring more black teachers
6. Kaitlyn Start	How budget cuts and rule changes have affected the students, staff and parents or “WMS needs to be heard”
7. Zaya Korver	WMS passing periods are harmful to students and gender discriminatory and other issues at WMS
8. India Carlson	Board Goals
9. Emily Lieberman	WMS Upheaval related to action item 2 Adoption of 2019 Board Goals and Objectives particularly the family engagement goal
10. Susan McLaughlin	Board Goals
11. Chris Jackins	Personnel Report; Contract to setup portables; Franklin doors and windows project; district headquarters freezer contract; composting contract
12. Kshama Sawant	Black Lives Matter at School and school bus situation
13. Jeff Teitelbaum	Board Goals as they relate to WMS
14. Sebrena Burr	Being intentional about Black Lives Matter and with Black Families
15. Darrin Hoop	Black Lives Matter at School demand and the need to fully fund our schools
16. Cliff Meyer	2019 Board Goals
17. Sooz Stahl	Black Lives Matter in Schools
18. Ali McKay	Black Lives Matter at Schools
19. Rosa Powers	Black Lives Matter at Schools
20. Jon Greenberg	Black Lives Matter at Schools
21. Monique Stallings	Black Lives Matter at Schools
22. Alice Fong	In Support of the Scholar’s Black Lives Matter and how we are all part of this body of work and the importance of it
23. Honorable Michael B. Fuller Sui Juris	Black Lives Matter; Violation of Brown Vs. Board of Education 1954
24. Andrea Radosevich	Changes this year at Washington Middle School
25. Max Sommers	Student Voice at Washington Middle School

Wait List

Order, Name	Topic
1. Addie Mclaughlin	Problems at WMS
2. Natalya McConnell	School Busses
3. Faryn Ernst	Proposed cuts to librarians
4. Zoe Shurman	School Busses
5. Jennifer Stanton	Roosevelt High School negative racial Stereotypes on newspaper cover
6. Kathleen Carson	Racial inequities in SPS and the impact that its having on students and teachers
7. Brian Terry	Racial Equity in Advanced Learning
8. Kira Franz-Knight	SPS Libraries
9. Janel Lardizabal	Washington Middle School Leadership
10. Blake Bundesmann	Ongoing challenges for students, families and teachers at Washington Middle School
11. Israel Presley	Ethnic Studies
12. Laura McGinty	Literacy
13. Debora Arthur	Possible cuts in library services throughout the school district
14. Margaret Dolane	Special Education and the strategic plan
15. Casey Sommers	Washington Middle School

VIII. Board Comments

IX. Business Action Items (Continued) – 6:30 p.m.

C. Action Items

1. Adopting Resolution No. 2018/19-17 to declare that the lives of black students matter, as well as the lives of all of our underserved students, and that we encourage participation district-wide in the national Black Lives Matter At School Week from February 4-8, 2019.  (Exec, Jan 17, consideration) Approval of this item would declare that the lives of black students matter, as well as the lives of all of our underserved students, and that the District encourages participation district-wide in the Black Lives Matter At School Week from February 4-8, 2019.(Introduction & action)

   -Amendment 1 to the BAR Adopting Resolution No. 2018/19-17 regarding Black Lives Matter at School Week Approval of this item would amend the aforementioned BAR to acknowledge that our commitment to underserved students includes students of all abilities.

2. Adoption of 2019 Board Goals and Objectives (Exec. Jan. 17, for approval) Approval of this item would adopt Board goals and objectives for self-development in 2019, per Board Policy No. 1810, Annual Goals and Objectives
3. BTA IV: Award Construction Contract K5104, Bid No. B12841, to Sheldrup Building Services Company for the Franklin High School Window & Door Replacement project (Ops, Jan. 10, for consideration) Approval of this item would provide authorization for the Superintendent to enter into a construction contract in the amount of $4,909,200 including base bid, plus Washington State Sales Tax, for the Franklin High School Window & Door Replacement project.(Updated since Introduction)

D. Introduction Items

1. BEX IV/BTA IV: Approval of Budget Transfer from the BEX IV/BTA IV Food Service Equipment Fund and Award Construction Contract K5108, Bid No. B12838, to _____ for the JSCEE Freezer Upgrade project  (Ops, Jan. 10, for consideration) Approval of this item would approve a one-time fund transfer in the amount of $886,800 from the BEX IV and BTA IV Food Service Equipment Fund and authorize the Superintendent to enter into a construction contract in the amount of $_____ (range $700,000 to $900,000) plus Washington State Sales Tax for the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence (JSCEE) Freezer Upgrade project.

X. Adjourn – 8:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

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