Agenda – FINAL Post, 9/17/25
Regular Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 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 100 193 718#. 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. High School Lunch Briefing (Item added 9/15/25)

• Presentation (Materials added 9/17/25)

IV. School Board Student Member Comments

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, September 15 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, September 16. 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 100 193 718#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

Testimony List

Order	Name	Topic
1	Nico Bacon	School Lunches
2	Jose Vargas	Bridges
3	jake milstein	Ballard and Blaine
4	Laura Lehni	Lunch Changes for Comprehensive high Schools
5	Uti Hawkins	Bridges
6	Jesse McFeron	Every Child Matters Day
7	Holly Mendez	BRIDGES
8	Willow Milstein	Split lunch policy for Ballard Hs
9	Nicole dias	Bridges program
10	Gordon Macdougall	Indian Boarding School Resolution
11	Melissa Englund	SEO at Garfield High School
12	Karin Zaugg Black	School safety / SEO pilot
13	Jennifer Marquardt	Safety
14	Cherylynne Crowther	BRIDGES special education transition services for students 18 to 22
15	addie	Changing schedule/ separate lunches
16	Maia De Robertis	New Schedule, 2 lunches
17	Amelia Winter	Lunch schedule
18	Enrico Abadesco	Student Issues
19	Zoe Bryant	One-Lunch at SPS schools affecting clubs
20	Ben krokower	Two lunches
21	Sarah Sense Wilson	Indian Ed and CBO partnership
22	Kay Fiddler	Boarding School Proclamation & Orange Shirt Day
23	Anneke Loggers	The split lunch schedule
24	Blaine Parce	Boarding School Proclamation & Orange Shirt Day
25	Lisa Rivera	Boarding School Proclamation & Orange Shirt Day

Testimony Waitlist

Order	Name	Topic
1	Avani Rodriguez	Lunch schedule
2	Mark Peltier	Partnerships and CBO
3	DAVINA	Bridges program educators
4	Sarah Bruemmer	Garfield SEO Pilot
5	Mike Bruemmer	Garfield SEO Pilot
6	Chris Jackins	August 27 Minutes – Overlake (Consent #1); electronic technology & software, lack of financial oversight, screen-time, Artificial Intelligence, online products, social media, cell phones, data collection, privacy, liability, safety, surveillance
7	Samantha Fogg	Lunch and Budget
8	Amanda Thornewell	police at Garfield
9	Alicia Spanswick	Safety and SEO Pilot at Garfield
10	Kendra Aguilar	Boarding School Education and Every Child Matters Day Proclamation.
11	Teofila SanJose	No to increased military recruitment in schools
12	Aidan Carroll	Boarding School Education/Orange Shirt Day
13	Abe Diaz	Military recruitment
14	Raiden Kallberg	Military recruitment of students
15	Matthew Burtness	Support for our immigrant students
16	Ell moon	Military / ICE
17	Rockaela Aguirre	Military out of schools
18	Rilan Springer	SROs and gun violence
19	Daniel G Jackson	Sps board
20	Decca Berg	The Two lunches
21	Carrie Glenney	Crowded classrooms at Kimball
22	Silas ernst	School lunch change
23	Kristin Waks	2 FTE Rule
24	Robyn Reed	SPS high school lunch and schedule changes
25	Kayla	Indian Education
26	Lydia Atchison	2 lunch schedule
27	Roxane Geller	Bringing a School Engagement Officer to Garfield.
28	Manuela Slye	Student Safety
29	Dre Say	Safety
30	Jonathan Toledo	Amendment to board policy 4311
31	Amanda Thornewell	police at Garfield
32	Jose Lewis Barajas Sarmiento	SRO
33	Cora Telzrow	I would like to testify about the impacts that a split lunch schedule would have on the schools in the SPS district, and how the schedule will not work for certain schools, such as Lincoln Highschool, which does not have a lunchroom or any area within the building designated for students to eat. I would also like to mention how the split lunch will impact clubs and student’s social lives. Thank you.
34	Jade-Marie Warren	Sro’s in school
35	Marcus Buckley	2 lunches at high schools
36	Marcela Soto Ramirez	Amendment to board policy 4311
37	Hope Nizhoni	Boarding school ed.
38	vincent holguin	Split lunches and/or bringing cops to school
39	Katie Goehring	Change to bell schedule

VI. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

Routine Approvals (Introduction & Action)

1. Minutes of the August 26 Board Special Meeting, August 27 Board Special Meeting, and August 27 Regular Board Meeting
2. Personnel Report
3. Warrants Report – July 16 thru August 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	$293,083.03
General Fund	Vendor	$25,789,245.50
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	$30,724,973.38
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	$124,850.87
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	$78,500.00
Grand Total	All	$57,010,652.78

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

4. Audit Report of Warrants Canceled

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

5. BEX V/BEX VI: Approval of the Site-Specific Educational Specifications for the Aki Kurose Middle School Modernization and Addition project. Approval of this item would approve the Site-Specific Educational Specifications dated June 18, 2025, for the Aki Kurose Middle School Modernization and Addition project. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.
6. Acceptance of the 2025-26 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Grant. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to accept grant funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to receive payment of $2,000,000 to reduce ultra-processed foods and provide students with nutritious meals, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement the agreement. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.
7. Approval of Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation January-March 2025. (Materials added 9/11/25)
8. Approval of Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation April-June 2025. (Materials added 9/11/25)

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

C. Action Items

1. Amendment to Board Policy No. 4311, School Safety and Security Services Program. Approval of this item would amend Board Policy No. 4311 as attached to the Board Action Report.

D. Introduction Items

1. Approval of revised Board Policy No. 6222, Selection of Contractors for Small Construction Projects, and renaming policy “Small Works, Vendor, and Consultant Rosters.” Approval of this item would amend Board Policy No. 6222, Selection of Contractors for Small Construction Projects, and rename it Small Works, Vendor, and Consultant Rosters, as attached to the Board Action Report. I further move that the Board adopt Resolution 2025/26-02 authorizing district participation in the Municipal Research and Services Center roster programs.
2. Amendment to Board Policy Nos. 1111, Oath of Office; 1310, Board Policies, Manuals, and Superintendent Procedures; 3143, Notification and Dissemination of Information About Student Offenses and Notification of Threats of Violence or Harm; 3210, Nondiscrimination, Acts of Hostility, and Defamation (renamed “Nondiscrimination”); 3240, Student Behavior and Disciplinary Responses; 3420, Anaphylaxis Prevention and Response; 3421, Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Prevention (renamed “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Response”); 4210, Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons Prohibited; 5010, Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action; and 5260, Personnel Records. Approval of this item would amend and rename as applicable Board Policy Nos. 1111, 1310, 3143, 3210, 3240, 3420, 3421, 4210, 5010, and 5260, as attached to the Board Action Report. (Title updated 9/17/25)

VII. Strategic Plan Update (Materials added 9/16/25)

VIII. Board Committee and Liaison Reports

• WSSDA Positions Discussion (Item added 9/15/25)
• Letter Regarding City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan (Item added 9/16/25)

IX. Informational Items

• Monthly Budget Status Report – July 2025
• Student Board Member Trainings (Item added 9/16/25)

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.