Agenda
Regular Legislative Session – Final Post 10/11/23
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 4:15 p.m.

Board of Directors
2445 – 3rd Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
206-252-0040
Seattle Public Schools

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 129 435 182#. 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 – 4:15 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call

II. Superintendent Comments 

III. Student Comments

IV. Board Comments

V. Public Testimony – 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board in person or by teleconference may sign up online or by calling 206-252-0040, beginning Monday, October 9, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Those who are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 129 435 182# For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

Order	Name	Topic
1	Chris Jackins	Board Resolution 2023-24-4; BEX Guiding Principles; recent written materials
2	Vivian van Gelder	Draft financial policy
3	Mary Ellen Russell	Board Governance Policy Manual Financial Planning and Budgeting
4	Shannon Crowley	Elementary School Shuffle, Well Resourced Schools and Fiscal Responsibility
5	Tyler Dupuis	cuts at Orca K-8
6	Cortny Helmick	Teacher shortage at Adams Elementary
7	Jessica Jones	The elimination of a K-3 teacher at Orca K-8. I am a parent of current students there.
8	Beth Steinhaus	Teacher cuts – Orca K8
9	Jennifer Matter	Student Outcomes
10	Meesh Vecchio	Personnel Report, staffing
11	Dr. Thomas K. Pool	Reduction in FTE for Orca K-8
12	Naomi Strand	Elimination of my child’s teacher’s position
13	Krista Brown	Cutting a K-3 teacher
14	Jessica Holman	Teacher Elimination Orca K-8
15	Robert Cruickshank	fiscal policy
16	Martie Binkow	Staffing Adjustments
17	Crystal Hawkins	Elimination of K-3 teacher at Orca K-8
18	Meredith Hoban	Special Education Displacements
19	Jennifer Gough	Orca K-8 cuts
20	Philip Montejo-Thompson	Class adjustments
21	Andrew Rader	Teacher Cuts
22	Erin Barrington Schuur	Teacher cut from orca k-8
23	Warlina Wheeler	Enrollments and reconfiguration
24	Barrie Arliss	Keeping Bobbie Windus at Adams Elementary
25	Marisa Mellema	K-3 teacher to be eliminated at Orca K-8

Wait List Order	Name	Topic
1	Katherine Ritchey	Orca K-8 funding cuts
2	Ashlye Allison	Stealing southeast teachers
3	Karen Hartman	Adams Elementary- 24 students are without a 3rd grade teacher
4	Sandra Dross	Adams elementary school budgeting
5	Catherine Stacconi	Adams teachers
6	Katie Rautman	Budget/staffing at adams elementary
7	Jennifer Vickers	Not reinstating funding based on enrollment at Adams Elementary
8	Kara Kreider	Staffing adjustments
9	Anthony Davis	Reconfiguration of Classrooms @ Orca K-8
10	Jen Mullen	Decision not to fund additional teachers when enrollment numbers are higher than expected.
11	Anna Leslie	ML students in  High school CTE classes
12	Matthew Burtness	Teacher Displacement
13	Justine Avery	Class Reassignments and how this matches the communication families received on 10/6 from the SPS Public Affairs office
14	Mike MacDonald	Orca K8 teaching cuts
15	Merissa Fuentes	Proposed elimination of K-3 teacher at ORCA School

VI. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

1. Minutes of the September 20, 2023 Board Special Meeting and September 27, 2023 Regular Board Meeting
2. Personnel Report

Consent Agenda Items Previously Introduced

3. Approval of Board Resolution No. 2023/24-4 resolving that those persons newly elected November 7, 2023 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 16-18, 2023, as representatives of the district  Approval of this item would adopt Resolution No. 2023/24-4, as attached to this Board Action Report, resolving that those persons newly elected November 7, 2023 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 16-18, 2023, as representatives of the district.
4. Approval of Guiding Principles for the Building Excellence (BEX) VI Capital Levy Approval of this item would approve the guiding principles for the BEX VI Capital Levy as attached to this Board action report. (Updated 10/11/23)
   • Amendment 1 to the Board Action Report titled “Approval of Guiding Principles for the Building Excellence (BEX) VI Capital Levy” (Hampson) Approval of this amendment would amend the first bullet point in the SPS Building Excellence (BEX) VI Capital Levy Guiding Principles attached to the underlying Board Action Report to include the phrase “history, since time immemorial” as follows: “Place-Based Strategies. Honor the communities in which our schools are located and comprised of through place-based approaches. Our project selection and ranking process will consider the land, resources, and history, since time immemorial, of each setting and its people.” Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Amendment added 10/6/23)

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

C. Action Items

1. Approval of the 2023-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle School District No. 1 and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 302. Approval of this item would approve the 2023 – 2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle School District No. 1 and Local 302 and authorize the Superintendent, on behalf of the Board of Directors, to execute the Agreement in the form 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 terms of this agreement. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District. (Introduction & Action)

D. Introduction Items

1. Board Governance Policy Manual Financial Planning and Budgeting (Guardrail section) and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting, numbering/lettering system consistent with the Board Governance Policy Manual as adopted Approval of this item would adopt Board Governance Policy Manual Policies Financial Planning and Budgeting, and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting as attached to the Board Action Report. These will be included in the Guardrails section of the Board Governance Policy Manual. (Added 10/6/23)
   • Amendment 1 to the Board Action Report titled “Board Governance Policy Manual Financial Planning and Budgeting (Guardrail section) and Administration of the Annual Budget and Financial Reporting, numbering/lettering system consistent with the Board Governance Policy Manual as adopted.” (Song) Approval of this amendment would substitute the version of the policy titled “Governance Policy Manual, Policy Category: Recommended Guardrail, Financial Planning and Budgeting (Interim Policy GPM.G2 or 6000)” as attached to the amendment. To the extent the attached substitute policy conflicts with the information presented in the underlying Board Action Report, the substitute policy shall control.  (Amendment added 10/10/23)

VII. Progress Monitoring

• Goal 1
• Goal 2 (Updated 10/6/23)
• Progress Monitoring PowerPoint Presentation (Added 10/11/23)

VIII: Board Self-Evaluation

• Board Time-Use Evaluation (Added 10/11/23)

IX. Informational Items

• Board Director Questions and Staff Responses for October 11, 2023 Regular Board Meeting (Added 10/6/23)

X. 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. If you have any questions, please contact the School Board Office at 206-252-0040.