001>> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Tansi! Ookimaw Piii-Sim. Ni-Ti-Si-Nihkason. Welcome. My name is Director DeWolf. Thank you for being here. I was welcoming you in my traditional Cree language. I am now calling the June 10, 2020 Regular Board Meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. We live and go to school in a city that is the ancestral homeland to the Duwamish people the Muckleshoot nation and Suquamish Nation. We acknowledge them as custodians of this land since time immemorial. As guests and in many of our cases as settlers on this land. We extend our deepest gratitude and respect to their ancestors and elders past, present, and future. Miss Wilson-Jones roll call please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Hampson Hampson Director Hampson [apologies I’m here I just couldn’t get back to the screen. I'm here.] Thank you. Director Harris [present] Director Hersey [here]
002Director Mack [here] Director Rankin [here] Director Rivera-Smith. >> GREG NARVER: This is Greg Narver. I just spoke with Director Rivera-Smith. She's likely to be a couple minutes late for this meeting, she's tending to something else. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Thank you Director DeWolf [present]. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Superintendent Juneau is also joining us for today's meeting and additional staff will be briefing the board as we move through today's agenda. This meeting is being held remotely per the governor's proclamation 28.4 prohibiting meetings such as this one from being held in person. And I'll note that members of the public may also be joining via video excuse me via phone or online streaming. I will not be asking members of the public to identify themselves today but thank you to those joining us. As stated on the agenda there
003will not be a public comment opportunity today per the board's March 11th 2020 vote to waive relevant provisions of Board Policy 1430 and Board Procedure 1430-BP as well as Board Resolution 2019/20-29. By e-mail to the board by fax and by mail as stated on the agenda and directors were sent a an email with those comments from Ms. Loffelmann. To facilitate to facilitate today's meeting I will ask all participants to ensure you are muted when you're not speaking. Staff may be muting participants to address feedback and ensure we can hear directors and staff. Now we are going to do a little bit of interesting choreography. We are going to move into executive executive session so folks that logged on to this specific Teams call I’m going to ask you to hang up this call and move
004over to our executive session Teams call. And here we go. The board is now immediately recessing the Regular Board Meeting into exec. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Mack. Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Present. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: And I think we're waiting for Director Rivera-Smith. Okay. Now Director Rivera-Smith is here and Director Rankin she's logging in over here. Okay we’ll let Director Rankin pop over momentarily. I will now turn it over to Superintendent Juneau for her comments. >> SUPERINTENDENT JUNEAU: Thank you President DeWolf. I’m actually going to waive comments today in the for the sake of time. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Superintendent Juneau. Apologies about that. We are now reached we have now reached the consent portion of today's agenda. May I have a motion for the consent agenda please. Director Harris
005[indistinct]. Apologies I move approval of the consent agenda. This is Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Hampson for moving and Director Harris for seconding do directors have any items they would like to remove from the consent agenda. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: I have a a point of clarification for Chief Counsel Narver please. >> GREG NARVER: Okay. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: May I abstain from approving the consent agenda. >> GREG NARVER: Yes. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: This is Director Harris. Thank you. >> GREG NARVER: Yes you can be on record as abstaining correct. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Appreciate. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: That will come in the next portion when we vote. Thank you. So if there are no items that directors want to move off of the consent agenda and approve of
006the consent agenda please signify now by saying aye [all say aye except Director Harris] >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Director Harris abstains. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I haven't gotten there yet one moment. Those directors who abstain. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Director Harris abstains. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: And any no’s. Thank you. This motion passes. Thank you directors. We are now a little bit behind time but we will move to the action item on today's agenda. As we move through these items and later the introduction items I will first call on committee chairs then I'll call on the remaining directors alphabetically for questions and comments. So now we are to action item number one. This is Resolution 2019/20 —28 Affirming Inclusion Of Our LGBTQ Students Staff And Community. May I have a motion for this item please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I
007move that the school board approve Resolution 2019/20 —28 Affirming Inclusion Of Our LGBTQIA+ Students Staff And Community. in Seattle Public Schools. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: May I have a second. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Directors. This has item has been moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. We will now move to directors for any comments or questions before we vote and I will start with myself it feels weird as the sponsor of this resolution. So I just wanted to give a quick background and then jump into questions and comments from directors. I have been working on this with students and community since probably last end of last Fall. Brought this forward for collaboration with the district with Directors Mack and Directors Rankin on some policy conversations [indistinct]
008Chief Podesta, Chief DeBacker, and legal counsel Ronald Boy as as well as Lisa Love who is our Health Program Manager and I really appreciated being able to work with them and create this resolution. First doing an assessment of buildings that have space available for gender-neutral restrooms, as well as requiring all new construction to include at minimum one multi-stall gender-neutral restroom. In addition there is a portion about the adoption of instruction materials must explicitly include LGBTQ folks significant events contributions as well as kickstarting and initiating a process for looking at LGBTQ studies high school course and happy to answer any other questions. One thing I did want to add is I would like to propose an amendment Greg and I'm not sure if this is the correct moment to do it but it's just a small
009amendment on some of the wording. I got feedback from community would this be a good time to do it. Okay maybe Greg jumped off. I would like to propose an amendment that all references to LGBTQIA+ in the resolution be changed to LGBTQIA+ parentheses lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer intersex ally end parentheses to make sure that our community and folks understand what that acronym means. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I would amend my motion — >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I think you can just second that, Chandra [indistinct]. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Okay I’ll second that amendment. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Does anybody have any comments or concerns about that. I think that's a great suggestion. Just to — >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you — Not assume that everybody understands what that is is is probably wise. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Absolutely. Thank
010you. Okay so all those in favor of the amendment signify by saying aye. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director DeWolf I can call roll on that I believe we would do this — >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Oh sure thank you. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: By roll call. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: That would be great. Sorry. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Sorry to jump in. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: No that’s great thank you. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: So. Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director DeWolf [aye.] The motion with the amendment has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. So we've just voted on the amendment. Now the the first motion is is back in our conversation. So the only other thing I want to say is I'm really excited. I heard from students
011and I also collaborated with the NAACP Youth Council on this resolution and I'm so grateful that I was able to connect with them and really get their feedback about this so I’m really excited to you know obviously share this. Hopefully we can pass this today and share this great news particularly during Pride Month. I did not expect us to wait this long to talk about this. I thought we'd be talking about it in March. So it's beautifully poetic I guess that it it's happening here in Pride Month. So I'm going to turn it over to directors for any comments questions or concerns before we go to the roll call vote starting with Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: No questions from me. Just a gratitude for the work that went into this and for our support
012of our LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and community. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Hampson, Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: First of all first of all nice work President DeWolf and nice work by staff. And do we have the gay pride and transgender flag on our flagpole yet and if not can we go down and [indistinct] them up. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I'm happy to report they were rolled up raised up on June 1st. Obviously we're in the midst of our pandemic we couldn’t go celebrate but that is that is currently up. Yes. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: [Indistinct] thanks ever so much. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I appreciate you. Thanks, Director Harris. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: Go ahead Greg. >> GREG NARVER: I'm sorry I was having an offline conversation for a minute and I'm informed there was a
013question for me I'm sorry to have been away for a second. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: We have [indistinct] we we resolved it and Ellie jumped in for support. So I appreciate you. >> GREG NARVER: I apologize for being absent for a minute. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: No worries you’re you're busy. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: questions. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Hersey. Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: I'm very excited about this resolution and making this statement and grateful for the work and moving it forward. And I look forward to the operations side of the work as well. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Yes. Thank you so much Director Mack. You've been really great to work with I appreciate your support and I think we'll actually be talking about one of the policies that we implicate in this resolution
0146900 today or at least on the 24th. We're still looking forward to that. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Yes. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: Yeah. I am also in in agreement with comments before and I read part of an e-mail from a parent yesterday in Curriculum& Instruction Committee and I would like to just restate something that that this parent said. In this time of injustice and pain and violence the steps being taken by the board and the superintendent to make our schools more decent, more fair, more inclusive, more just, more safe, more affirming are a beacon of light and hope and promise. As a parent of a transgender child who gets to thrive who gets to love who gets to be and is celebrated because of these efforts, my heart
015is so full and my heart is even more full to know that every child who will follow will have paths, supports, resources, tools, and safe toilets to make it all easier. And they also specially noted thank you to Lisa Love for her work and staying alongside families and for working so hard and continuing to move us in this direction. So I just wanted to have that be on the public record about the you know resolutions can seem so like procedural and dry but how much of an impact it makes and how everything that we do is guided by these these policies and resolutions. And I just wanted to thank everybody for their work on this. And just read that into the record for us all to take a moment and recognize the impact that this
016really has. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you, Director Rankin. Wow, that's good to hear that that note. Thank you. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: questions. Full support and full appreciation for the work that's gone into this. So happy that our students are going to benefit, all students, not just ones this refers to but all students are going to benefit from this, so thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Director Rivera-Smith. And I'll just finish by saying I'm really excited, hopefully we'll pass this today and be able to let the Meany students know and NAACP students know that helped work on this that their support and their input and their [indistinct] based on their perspective are part of this resolution, so it's just as much theirs as districts and so I appreciate them and excited to be able
017to share the news. So with that I would love to kick us off into Roll Call and hopefully be able to celebrate some really good news during Pride Month. So, Miss Wilson-Jones, I’ll kick it over to you. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: And can I just get a clarification from Greg. An amendment passed. Do we need a new motion on the underlying resolution as amended. >> GREG NARVER: Yes there should be, correct there should be a motion to approve the resolution as amended. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: right, thank you. Go ahead Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move the to approve the resolution as amended. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Moved by Director Hampson seconded by Director Harris. I will will let Miss Wilson-Jones take the roll call from here. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director
018Mack [aye] Director Rankin [aye and with gratitude] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [emphatically aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director DeWolf [aye aye aye] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you all. Okay. We'll now move to action item number two. Approval of the Operations Data Dashboard. This came through executive committee on March 20th for consideration. May I have a motion for this item please. Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I'm sorry I forgot to press the mute button. I move to the school board approved the Operations Data Dashboard as attached to the board action report. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: This item has been moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. This item is also been updated since introduction. Senior advisor to the Superintendent Sherri Kokx.
019Could you please provide us on that update quickly. Thank you. >> SHERRI KOKX: Yes. Thank you. Director DeWolf very quickly. It's the addition and or change to the BAR is on page 4 and excuse me while my computer is temporarily frozen. It's on page 4 of the BAR and the language added reflects some of the director’s requests that while a limited number of key measures were selected for the Operations Data Dashboard each division monitors multiple key performance indicators to guide its work. Division’s additional measures will be discussed at oversight work sessions [indistinct] during future Superintendent evaluation. And that was the only change to the BAR itself. I do have some information regarding the questions that Director Hampson and Directors Rankin asked regarding how did each of these move the needle in student outcome data. And
020I'm happy to address that or I'm also happy to put the a Friday memo if it's more applicable. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I will go through directors and Director Hampson and Rankin can let you know as we move through them. So let me start with directors for comments and questions before we move to that vote. And as executive committee chair I will start this out but I appreciate the update. Thank you very much. And I will pass it on to Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Yes and if you could I'll make that be my question and let you provide those updates. >> SHERRI KOKX: Sure. And so and I don't have an update on Director Hampson for each of the performance indicators but I do have for 3 different indicators based on what the research team
021was able to gather in the short turnaround time. And in John had [indistinct] book visible learning he does note that for regarding the teacher on the first day of class as I think all of us are very well aware that the teacher-student relationship and the overall quality of the teacher are two indicators very high highly tied to student performance data. And so we believe that by having that classroom teacher in the classroom on the first day it kicks off to start that teacher-student relationship hopefully on a positive foot. And also while our subs are high-quality we know that the the teacher quality is higher when we have somebody that is going to remain in that classroom. Regarding the school bus and on-time performance research has shown that students who start the school day on-time do
022better than students who are late to school. Additionally late students disrupt the learning of other students in the class and students who have more classmates who are more often do worse in school than students whose classmates are more often on-time. And that's from a study by Godfried in 2014 and then another study from 2017 by the same researcher says that studies have shown that students who take the bus to school or are less likely to be absent than students who use other forms of transportation to get to school so that is directly tied then to that on-time school bus performance. And then the school lunch performance. There's evidence that school lunches are more nutritious than home-packed lunches for students according to a 2016 and a 2014 study. And that school food policies can improve student
023diets. That's from a 2018 study and then recent research has also shown on that school lunch participation improves academic outcomes for students. And that is from a 2020 study and I'm happy to drop the studies into a Friday memo so you can all refer back should you be interested in reading more about those. And those are the the 3 Director Hampson that we could find in that in the short time given to us. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Well, other than be being offended as somebody who prepares [indistinct] lunch, I would just say that I think as a note for when we do report this the KPI around and the teacher in the classroom the first day of school, that we want to make sure that we look at the impact of that same teacher not being
024there on the first day of school in November when we have historically had shifts. So, just a note that I think that does assume that that you have the first the teachers there and then they stay there, which is something that we continue to be challenged with in this district, and I know everyone's committed to, but I’ll rest of that thank you. >> SHERRI KOKX: Thank you Director Hampson. Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: This was one of those places I want to go on record with respect to the operational goal the operations goal of buses on-time, given the missing West Seattle Bridge and the traffic cluster on Highway 99, the 1st Avenue Bridge, the traffic impact to South Park and Georgetown and the fact that our main bus barn is south of the 1st Avenue
025Bridge. I spent 30 minutes in a three mile-long backup this morning at 10:00 and it's only gonna get worse when the COVID-19 [indistinct.] This is going to be a horrific issue for us to have buses on-time. Other than that I intend to vote in favor of these goals. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Harris. Next is Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: No questions at this time. Excited to move forward. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Thank you. Difficulty with my technology there. I appreciate the development of this new tool and the data that's being used. I recall and maybe it didn't make it into the record or maybe it didn't get understood as a request but I thought I had asked to have the information about what the current
026data dashboard is and what those data pieces whether or not they continue forward in this or what's changed and I didn't see that attached to this BAR. Knowing that there's a lot going on and that might have just gotten missed in conversation, I'd like to request that either in a Friday memo or perhaps that in Ops committee meeting that we actually have the conversation about here's the prior operation data dashboard and the data that we were tracking. Here's the new one, and here's kind of the cross-mapping of what information is gonna be tracked where, or what information isn't going to be tracked any longer. I’d just like to know what we're missing from the prior data dashboard that we won't have the continuity going forward. So it is possible — >> SHERRI KOKX: Director Mack
027— >> DIRECTOR MACK: To request that. >> SHERRI KOKX: Director Mack, thank you for that. I did include the previous data dash operations data dashboard in last week's Friday memo and so I'm happy to have further conversations about it but it was included in last week's Friday memo. I missed that that that came out. I think that I maybe I just want to ping it for the next conversation around when the data dashboard is presented to us that before that happens to get even kind of a crosswalk of maybe the data that's missing. I need to take a look at that but I just want to ping it for a future conversation. So thank you. I'll look back at that Friday memo and review that and then have further conversation where we can tie that
028into our our conversations. Thank you. Thanks Director Mack. Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: I appreciate the connection to those studies, Sherri. That's that's super helpful to here and I would like to see those attached to in a Friday memo and any others that connect to the other data. I think it's really helpful to kind of tell tell the full story about why we're why we're paying attention to what we're paying attention to. So I really appreciate that. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rankin. And I think, Sherri, if I could just add to that quickly while it's here, is that I wonder if where the public-facing dashboard is if maybe that information just lives with the data dashboard wherever it’s at on our website with some of those supporting documents. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: That would
029be great. >> SHERRI KOKX: Director Director DeWolf I want to make sure I understand what you're asking. So along with this the new operations data dashboard you'd like the research to be an opportunity for folks to see the research behind this is that right. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: That’d be really helpful. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: No questions thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Okay. Seeing no further questions or comments. Miss Wilson-Jones, roll call vote please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director DeWolf [aye.] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Okay, we'll now move to action item number three. Satterberg Foundation Elementary Feeder School Grant. May have a motion for this item.
030This came excuse me this came through Audit and Finance on May 18th for approval. May I have a motion for this item. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: This is Director Hampson. I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to accept the Satterberg Foundation Elementary Feeder School Grant Grant funds in the amount of $950,000.00. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you directors. This was moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. We’ll now move to directors for any comments or questions for Chief Financial Officer JoLynn Berge before we vote and I will start with Director Hampson who is our Audit and Finance committee chair. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: We had the opportunity to discuss this at length in both committee and in at the former school board meeting. And so with that I
031have no further comments or questions but I'm grateful for the funds to continue this work. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second with enormous thanks to the foundation. And I'm sorry we can't thank them in person. Thanks Director Harris. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: questions. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Mack. Might be on mute. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Hi, yeah I do. I just I'm curious to know why they're not [indistinct] I I'm supportive and excited but I'm wondering whether or not any thought has gone into how this these grant funds might be spent differently given the planning for the Fall. Are there ongoing conversations with organizations such as this one about potentially shifting how those funds would be spent given potential different options for how we re-open schools. >> DIRECTOR
032DEWOLF: Chief Berge, quickly. >> JOLYNN BERGE: Not at this time. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Okay. Any other questions, Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: No thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: No questions just thank you to the Foundation for your support. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: questions. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Okay. And I have no questions and just sincere and utmost gratitude to the Satterberg Foundation for your support. Miss Wilson-Jones, roll call please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director Rankin [aye] Director DeWolf [aye.] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Directors, we’re moving quickly through it. We've got a lot more to go. We'll see new action
033item number four, which is Approval of contracts for Specially Designed Instruction, Tutoring Services, and Other Compensatory Education Services RFQ02758. This came through the Audit and Finance Committee on May 18th for consideration. May I have a motion for this item. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute contracts with the following agencies under RFQ02758 specially designed instruction. Yellow Wood Academy in the amount of six hundred and forty nine thousand five hundred dollars. Maxim Healthcare Services in the amount of nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. BrightmontAcademy in the amount two hundred and sixty five thousand dollars. And Brock’s Academy in the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And to take any necessary actions to implement these contracts. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. This
034item has been moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. We’ll now move to directors for any comments or questions for Chief of Student Support Services Dr. Concie Pedroza before we vote. So I will start with our Audit and Finance Committee chairperson, Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Similarly we had the opportunity to have good discussions about our annual contracting for these services that we're not able to provide and grateful that we have community organizations that are able to. And with that I have no further comments or questions. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Only a comment that I look forward to the day that Seattle Public Schools is appropriately funded for special education services. And we can deliver our own and/or we'll [indistinct] the consortium of other Washington
035State school districts so that we keep families together that will have very significant special needs. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: No questions or comments. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: No questions or comments. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: Just to concur with Director Harris that I think it would be beneficial for all of our students to serve our students within our communities and and allow kids to go to school together. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: questions, thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you all. Okay. I have no questions at this time as well. Miss Wilson-Jones, roll call. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye]
036Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director DeWolf [aye.] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you all. We'll now move to action item number five. Review And Approval of 2020 Career and Technical Education Annual Plan Per Board Policy Number 2170. This came through the Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee on May 19th for approval. May I have a motion for this item please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the board approve the 2020 Career and Technical Education Annual Plan as attached to this Board Action Report. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. This item has been moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. This item has been updated since instruction. So, Chief Academic Officer, Doctor Diane DeBacker, could you please brief us on the update. >> DIANE DEBACKER:
037Yes. Thank you President DeWolf. The update was made to the edit in the chart where we had some duplicate numbers. Director Rivera-Smith pointed that out during introduction. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Okay. So now to directors for any comments or questions before I move to the vote. Let's start with our curric — excuse me curriculum and instruction policy committee chair, Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: No I don't have anything further to add that hasn’t been discussed already. Again just want to reiterate the great work and heart and enthusiasm behind the presentation of this to our committee and that I assume carries up to their daily work. So thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rankin. Next up is Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: No questions for me. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Harris.
038>> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Just the comment. A, extraordinarily grateful and what a long, long way we've come in the last five years. Thank you. Thank you, pass. Thank you Director Harris. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: questions. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Yeah, I just a quick comment that you know, the report and the plan are very very thorough. And, from my understanding in committee discussion, that some of the future planning around Rainier Beach is being made with capital planning as well. And so I just I just want to give a shout out to the cross-collaboration and future planning around CTE that this report represents, and add my support and continued support for it. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you so much Director Mack. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH:
039Okay. Don't. Don't hate me. So, that follow up of the redundant paragraph, redundant bullet points, the first one is still redundant. The very first one in the second column of page 18 [indistinct] all forces to [indistinct] content online [indistinct] learning standards and CTE program standards. It’s probably 3, 4, 5th bullet down again, so anyways that one is still hanging on. >> DIANE DEBACKER: This is this is Diane. I do see that, and we can make that correction. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: All right yeah. No hugie, but alright, sorry. No questions from me. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: great. Director. Chief Narver, do we need to adjust anything in our motion for that, or does that. >> GREG NARVER: To make those corrections. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I think it would be just to strike the redundant paragraph, does that
040sound correct, Director Rivera-Smith. >> GREG NARVER: I think you offer a new motion to approve it as as with that amendment. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Okay, so Director Rivera-Smith, would you like to move that. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: Yeah. I’ll motion, well if no one else has questions [indistinct] motion to approve as amended. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Okay. Miss Wilson-Jones I think I will I don’t have any questions as well so Miss Wilson-Jones I think I'll take it to you. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: moment, just adding the new motion into our voting sheet. Director Rankin [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Apologies for going out of order. Director Rivera-Smith [aye] and Director DeWolf [aye] passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Okay, so, up next is item number
041six. And Chief Counsel Narver, I have a question here. I was asked by staff if they might combine the conversations for items 6 through 11 as we have done similarly in the past, although I know it was done at introduction. So you have a comment on how we might proceed to. >> GREG NARVER: I do. I believe there were two of these items that have been changed since introduction, and so Chief Podesta should have addressed those separately [indistinct] already introduced there's nothing he nothing more he needs to say about them other than to be prepared to answer questions about any of those items. Of course, they have to be voted on separately but they can be presented together as long as he speaks to [indistinct] have been changed since introduction. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Awesome. Thank
042you. Okay, so we will now move on to action item number six. And Fred, I'll let you take the controlling moment with the suspects or approval of budget transfer and award contract P5132 bid number 012042 to CDK Construction Services, Inc. for the Whitman Middle School seismic improvement project. My one curiosity, Greg, is do I let Fred jump in now to describe as the as the bulk of the six through eleven, or do I [indistinct]. >> GREG NARVER: I'm sorry. In in terms of how they are presented to the board. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I just let Fred jump in here and — >> GREG NARVER: Yes. However he wants to do it. He can note that it's number six there were no changes and unless there are questions he intends to move ahead to I believe
043number seven did has been changed since introduction. >> FRED PODESTA: Great thank you. Chief Operations Officer Fred Podesta. I'll address that items 7 and 11 that had changes, and then open it up for questions for any of the six contract BAR’s. These are all capital construction projects that went to committee before the procurement process was finalized which is why these ended up for consideration. Action Item 7 relates to athletic lighting at Whitman Middle School and there was some language it was inaccurate in the BAR as introduced describing a couple of community meetings that had been copied from another lighting BAR because there are so many of these I’ve done and that was inappropriate as those meetings were not held. And so that was struck from the from the board action report. Item 11 relates to
044an addition to West Woodland Elementary School and the added language just reflected that the operations committee got a design presentation from the project architects on March 2nd. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Okay, so I'm going to move through items 6 through 11. We I’ll read them we'll do all of our motions and seconds. And we’ll go from there. Okay, so we will now move to introduction excuse me action item number 6 BEX IV approval of budget transfer and award contract P5132 bid number B012042 to CDK Construction Services, Inc. for the Whitman Middle School seismic improvements project. This came to the operations committee on April 27th for consideration. May I have a motion for this item. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to one, implement a budget transfer them in the amount
045of fifty three thousand eight hundred seventy one dollars from BEX IV program contingency to Whitman Middle School seismic improvement project, and two, execute construction contract p5132 with CDK Construction Services, Inc. in the amount of one million five hundred and sixty thousand dollars plus Washington State sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. This has been moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. So I'll start with our Operations Committee chair Director Mack and we'll move through directors until the roll call vote. So Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Yes first I just want to say I appreciate being able to bundle these together. I know how thorough staff
046is in working through the BAR’s and how we've discussed these at length in Ops as well as my one question, well two questions. One question around ensuring that the I'm just looking to make sure there was one school that had a recent design review and that was added to the BAR to clarify that that's that's happened and anyone can refer back to that meeting just to ensure that there isn't another one in here that should have that updated as well. West Woodland. Was that the one that had the update about when the design review was presented. >> FRED PODESTA: Yes. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Okay. I think that's right because I as I'm looking at these it looks like the rest of them are not the recent design review ones but that going forward it's helpful
047to have that information to to reference back to for the public that's interested in maybe seeing the overall overarching project. >> FRED PODESTA: Director Mack the other projects are much smaller. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Right right. With respect to number 11 the West Woodland Elementary addition and modernization project, I just want to note that recently we got public comment about the concern that twelve classrooms is not enough given the growth in the city. And when I saw that I just I kind of had to smile that we already know that the work we're continuing to do is not anywhere close to what we need to do. I just wanted to publicly acknowledge that for the constituent that wrote in with concern about whether or not we have sufficient capacity in our buildings and to kind of
048underscore that we continue with that challenge and even more so in the current environment. And with that I don't have any additional questions. Just support and gratitude for the massive amount of work that capital projects continues to push forward to make buildings safe and welcoming for our students. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Mack. Next up is Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: No questions for me. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director excuse me Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: No questions for me. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: questions. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: No questions for me. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: questions, thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you and none for me. Miss
049Wilson-Jones so roll call please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director DeWolf [aye] This motion has oops yeah this motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. We'll now move to action item number seven BEX V award contract P5145 for athletic field lighting projects at Whitman Middle School. This came through the operations committee on April 27th for consideration. May have a motion for this item please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute the following contracts with the King County directors association KCDA for athletic field lighting project contract P5145 in the amount of seven hundred and fifty seven thousand two hundred and fifty six dollars for Whitman Middle School plus Washington State sales
050tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contracts. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Harris. Moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. I'm just gonna move to Director Mack for any final comments or questions and then I'm just gonna open it up generally for questions as opposed to going through each and we'll ask for a roll call. So Director Mack, any comments questions concerns to elevate. I think you mentioned it in your last comment, but…. >> DIRECTOR MACK: I you know I know that there's been some concern around this specific project and field lighting and I think that we had thorough discussion in Ops around those concerns and so nothing to add at
051this time. And yes thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Happy to go ahead and call the vote. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Do directors have any questions comments concerns. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Director Harris has a comment for Chief Podesta. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Harris, yes. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Chief Podesta you’ve seen the email and the public testimony that’s come in regarding the [indistinct] from homeowners. Do you have comment [indistinct] that. I have seen public comments relating to concerns about lighting at the at the fields as you know the district has continued to strive to use the most modern technology that you know to focus the light on the field and causes as little light pollution as possible to the surrounding neighborhoods. The action of keeping the fields. It probably isn't much of a solution
052around using the fields later. That's the intent of the lights which some communities have also responded to you know given the the demand for our athletic fields by students community use that we also share with Seattle Parks and Recreation I don't know that we have a choice but to keep trying to make as intense a use of our facilities as possible to give everyone access. So we're trying through design mechanisms you know to make as little impact as possible on the built environment in the fields. And we understand the concerns of the neighborhood and design around those as best as we can. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Can you also address the intergovernmental issues with respect to the parks department that they give us access to fields and recess areas and sports where we don't have that.
053And then there is a collaboration for the future here because we're not making new property. >> FRED PODESTA: And that's true. Our enrollment continues to grow. We are open buildings we are expanding buildings and taking up more space on our sites. We have not acquired new property and the city continues to grow. So we work hand in hand with the Parks Department to try to share all of our green spaces as much as possible. And I think this has been a good deal for the district we get as good as we give on this front and we're able to add to instructional space add classroom space and then leverage these community resources. So you know it isn't really the case that we're not getting equitable use of fields we you know we opened a comprehensive
054high school at the start of this school year and are relying on on that relationship with parks to provide for athletic fields that the school does not have. And so that's an important relationship. And it's been beneficial to the district. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Chief Podesta. Anymore questions Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: No sir. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Are there any more questions about item number seven for direct from directors. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: yes. [indistinct] I appreciate you taking out the reference to the meetings that didn't take place but I understood I thought Richard had said there were two separate community meetings and you would that this was maybe discussed and he would supply the dates for that was that not something that happened. >> FRED PODESTA: Richard is still Mr. Best our
055Director Of Capital Construction in Capital Projects and planning is still looking through records and is our records could not we could not pinpoint the dates of those meetings and the staff that staffed those meetings have since retired and we're trying to unearth the records. So for now we can't say with absolute certainty what date those meetings were held. So we've struck the language from the BAR. I think there is still a belief that there were in fact some public meetings but we have not been able to find those records. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: Understood thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Any other final questions or comments for director excuse me Chief Podesta before we do roll call. Okay hearing none. Miss Wilson-Jones roll call for number item number seven, please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Mack
056Director Mack [aye yeah sorry aye] Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director DeWolf [aye] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Miss Wilson-Jones. We will now move to action item number eight, BEX V award construction contract P5140 bid number B032062 to FieldTurf USA for the athletic field improvements at Ballard High School project. This came to the Operations Committee on April 27th for consideration. May have a motion for this item please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute construction contract P5140 with FieldTurf USA in the amount of six hundred and sixty three thousand five hundred sixty six dollars including base bid plus Washington State sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent
057and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. So now I will open it up to directors generally for comments or questions for Mr. Podesta before we vote. Director Mack I will let you start as our operations committee chair if you have any burning comments. >> DIRECTOR MACK: No questions or comments. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you do other board directors have questions or comments for Mr. Podesta. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Yes. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: You miss excuse me Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: I just want to reiterate to and verify with Chief Podesta that this is a cork infill and that this district has not done rubber tire cancerous athletic field for the last four years. Is that correct sir. >> FRED PODESTA: Both
058those are correct. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Any other comments or questions for Mr. Podesta before we move to the roll call. Okay, hearing none, Miss Wilson-Jones roll call vote please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director DeWolf [aye] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. All right we'll move on to action item number nine. This is BTAIV award construction contract K5120 bid number B032063 to Coast to Coast Turf the athletic field improvements at Nathan Hale High School and Jane Addams Middle School Project. This came to the operations committee on April 27th for consideration. May I have a motion for this item please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board
059authorize the superintendent to execute construction contract K5120 with Coast to Coast Turf in the amount of one million seven hundred eighty six thousand nine hundred and eighty including base bid plus alternates number 1 and 2 plus Washington State sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. This this item has been moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. We will now move to Director Mack for any burning questions or concerns comments before the general questions. Anything, Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: No questions or comments at this time. Again, thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Any other questions or comments concerns. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Yes sir. >>
060DIRECTOR DEWOLF: directors. Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: And I and I want to reiterate the last question, comment and clarification from Chief Podesta. Four years ago the Seattle Public School District took the lead in getting rid of carcinogenic causing tire recycled fill athletic fields and other districts throughout the country have taken our lead. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Director Harris. Any other questions comments from directors. Okay, hearing none, Miss Wilson-Jones. Roll Call for item number 9 please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director Rankin [aye] Director DeWolf [aye] This motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. We'll now move to action number ten BEX V award construction contract P5146. Bid number B0120399 to Olympic Peninsula Construction Inc. For the North
061Beach Elementary School Sacajawea Elementary School and Jane Addams Middle School pavement repair project. This came through the Operations Committee on April 27th for consideration. May have a motion for this item please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute construction contract P5146 with Olympic Peninsula Construction in the amount of one million seven thousand seven hundred dollars including base bid plus alternate number 1 plus Washington State sales tax with any minor additions deletions modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. This has been moved this item has been moved by Director Hampton and seconded by Director Harris. We’ll now move to directors for question and comments or concerns. We’ll start with
062Director Mack as our operating options committee chair. >> DIRECTOR MACK: No questions or comments at this time. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you, Director Mack. So open to all directors any comments questions or concerns on action item number ten before the roll call vote. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Question from Director Harris for Chief Podesta. Chief Podesta did this also address the North Beach Elementary water seepage off of the East hill. >> FRED PODESTA: I'm sorry Director Harris could you repeat that it didn't quite catch the question. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: North Beach Elementary has significant issues with water seepage off of the East hill onto the playground and facilities that at our many many portables there are located upon so that there's flooding and you almost need hip waders to get to the portable. Will this
063also address those water retention issues. >> FRED PODESTA: My understanding is this does make some improvements with surface water management. I'm not sure that it addresses absolutely every issue but there are some related to this asphalt in particular that it does it does improve the situation. I can get further information for you if you like. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Could you put that in a Friday memo please sir. >> FRED PODESTA: Sure. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Harris. Great reminder I do remember about that. Any other questions Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: No, sir. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: DeWolf. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Just it could go into a Friday memo. Chief Podesta I just it hadn't occurred to me before to ask about the permeability of the
064surfaces as it pertains to runoff in general and the deleterious effects of runoff. And so if we if there's anything that we have policy-wise or procedure-wise relative to that decision making. I'd love to be informed about it at some point in the near future. Thank you. >> FRED PODESTA: Thanks. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Hampson. Any other questions or comments from directors at this time on action item number ten. Okay, hearing none Miss Wilson-Jones, roll call please. Director Hampson [aye] Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith aye Director DeWolf [aye] this motion has passed unanimously. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Next item is item number eleven BEX V Distressed School Grant and K Through 3 Class-Size Reduction Grant. Award construction contract P5149 Bid Number B012049 to Allied Construction
065Associates Inc. For the West Woodland Elementary Addition and Modernization Project. This came to the operations committee on May 14th for consideration. May I have a motion for this item, please. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I move that the school board A, authorize the superintendent to execute construction contract P5149 with Allied Construction Associates Inc. in the amount of fourteen million and five hundred thirty six thousand plus Washington State sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract and B, approve a one-time fund transfer of one million seven hundred thousand from the BEX V program contingency funds to the West Woodland Elementary Addition and Modernization Project. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Second the motion. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. What a mouthful. Okay, this has been
066moved by Director Hampson and seconded by Director Harris. This has been updated since introduction and Mr. Podesta you did brief us a little bit about that. So I'm going to move it over to directors for any comments questions or concerns before the vote. Let's start with Director Mack who is our Operations Committee chair. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Thank you. I just want to appreciate questions that have come forward from the various directors on all of these items and just reiterate that that we have a robust conversation about these BAR’s as they come through Ops and also excellent minutes that are taken that I'm not sure anyone has enough time to go through all of that. But it's you can find some good information there if you if you want to go back and research the questions
067that were asked and how they're answered. I'm excited to move forward on this this project. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Mack. I'll open it up to general questions and general open up to all directors for any comments questions or concerns before Miss Wilson-Jones takes us to the vote. Do directors have questions comments concerns Okay, hearing none, Miss Wilson-Jones, roll call vote please. >> ELLIE WILSON-JONES: Director Harris [aye] Director Hersey [aye] Director Mack [aye] Director Rankin [aye] Director Rivera-Smith [aye] Director Hampson Director DeWolf [aye] This motion has passed unan — >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you, directors for all your patience, we are we are running a little bit behind time but I think we will be okay and we still have our executive session after. So now we'll move to introduction item number one. Approval
068of the 2020-2021 Superintendent Evaluation Documents. This came through the Executive Committee on May 20th for or consideration. As I'll be happy to give some background here and then I'll ask the superintendent or any of the other folks from executive committee to add comments. So this motion would approve the 2020 2021 Superintendent Evaluation Documents. They are in alignment with state law, board policy and the 2019 through 2024 strategic plan. These documents were developed in compliance with the board policy and procedure number 1630 and 1630BP Evaluation Of The Superintendent. The proposed 2020 — 2021 evaluation instruments continue the 2019-2020 focus on African-American males reading at or above grade level by third grade, and adds a broader executive management/leadership goal with an emphasis on human resources operations. This board action report came to the executive committee after extensive
069collaboration with executive committee members and the superintendent and her team and it was came officially on May 20th 2020 and was moved for for consideration by this full board. So I’ll let either the sup or other I’ll let the superintendent start and then we'll call on the other executive committee members for any other comments and then questions and comments from the remaining directors. So Superintendent Juneau. >> SUPERINTENDENT JUNEAU: Oh yeah sure. I'll just be brief. There’s been a lot of conversation about this already but I do want to thank the executive committee for working with me to develop these proposed documents. I thought it was really great conversation. I also really proud of the work this last year around the third grade reading goal and Seattle Excellence our strategic plan. And you've heard a lot
070about that as well. And I'm pleased that that work will continue and will continue to be the focus of the evaluation because as we know it is a multi-year process to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make sure students are reading at third grade. I do support the focus on HR operations within the second goal of effective management. We all know that it's very important work and including it in my evaluation will give me an opportunity to highlight that progress throughout the year. And as you all know I will need your support on these hard decisions that come forward as well. I know that we'll continue to have robust conversations about these goals throughout the next year but just really appreciate the collaborative approach to it. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you
071Superintendent Juneau. I'll just work down the list alphabetically because the next two speakers are from the executive committee and then we'll move to the full board. So Director Hampson any questions comments or anything you'd like to elevate at this time. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I'd like to pass for now and hear from other directors. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you [indistinct] Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: A couple of things. One, I read Director Hampson’s collaboration and assistance on the overarching management goal, if you will, because it's not just about the rubric for third grade reading or the operations dashboard for an over one billion dollar budget a year. And please for a couple of other reasons. One, we added the word dyslexia and certainly the issue that you have any met any of our children suffering from
072dyslexia including over-identified black and brown children and getting busy on strategies to work with that. Also very pleased that the executive committee recommended significantly more money on a HR [indistinct] beyond pleased there were four executive sessions and they were as we say robust conversation. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Harris Yes they they're really great conversations and I appreciate you highlighting the specific and explicit inclusion of dyslexia as well as when we think about our next year next year we also included digital components to address address potential remote or virtual learning so I will now move to Director Hersey for any comments or questions. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: None from me this time. I am excited about the direction. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Hersey Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Yes thank you.
073I in reviewing the documents, I'm just a little confused and maybe it's a matter of the headings [indistinct] of the goals or that they're not numbered. And so maybe it's a kind of more of an administrative management of the documents here. As I look at them the first page talks about third grade reading only. I'm just kind of confused so there's third grade reading on page five and it talks about the third grade reading goal. But I don't see the other goals called out in that introduction and they’re, so I'm having a hard time understanding so goal I’m just having a hard time it looks like there’s — >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: I'm happy to help. >> DIRECTOR MACK: —three different goals here but I'm I'm I'm not tracking how they're organized. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Understood.
074So if you go to the first thing you're looking at says intro to Sup eval third goal reading third grade reading. Scroll down a little bit further and the next section says Superintendent eval goals effective leadership and management and then at the similar introduction page with similar narrative there and so all those are captured in that second that second. >> DIRECTOR MACK: So so maybe it would be helpful to the narrative for clarity. I don't know if it's in the BAR or the first page to say that just simply there are three Superintendent goals and they are high level these three or something. I'm just reading the documents it's actually it's very hard to track that. So having a summary statement at the beginning of this document of the what the what the goals are
075would be helpful to me. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Is is Aaron or Sherri on this call. Yes they are. So I think we can capture those notes. >> SUPERINTENDENT JUNEAU: Yeah I mean this is Superintendent Juneau I think it's in the narrative. So I'm just asking do you want specific headings or it is in the narrative of the BAR in the second paragraph or third paragraph under background information. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Denise Superintendent Juneau I think might would be helpful is as is as opposed to starting with introductions to 2020 Sup eval goals third grade reading almost a quick page that just almost describes what you're about to read which is that it almost would look similar to the tabs page from your 2019 eval where you share those kind of goals broken out so it's
076almost just like an ident a little table of contents that says what you're about to read and then highlighting those goals. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Yeah I think I agree with that. As about as an intro page that says the superintendent’s evaluation includes these three goals and then they're found on these pages instead of just going into the different sections. That's harder to track. Having that summary as part of the packet would be very helpful as a first page. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: Sorry I was not prepared for that to be me next obviously. No I don't have any questions I just I want to thank the exec committee their very intentional work around creating some meaningful and direct ways to evaluate that
077are specific as opposed to sort of you know big goals that really have to do with the job of the superintendent. So I just really appreciate the work that you all have done. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: questions. Thank you. I was in the executive committee meeting where this was discussed and I I saw the full job you guys did so I appreciate that. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Oh thank you Director Rivera-Smith. Okay, I also spoke and if Director Hampson you want to say anything before I move on I know you had passed. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: No I you know I guess I would just when you are head down and doing this this work in particular it's easy to kind of stay and get be feel in the
078weeds and so I would just ask as we before we move to action that that every board director gives it a good solid look and is feels comfortable with it because you know we had a lot of discussion this year about maybe things we should have thought of last year and so you know hindsight's always 20/20 but let's give this another good good read and make sure that everyone feels good about it for next year. I know things are changing in real time and one of the things that I think is really critical is that this is able to be flexible enough for good evaluation regardless of what things look like next year. Thank you so much. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Thank you everybody for the great discussion. We'll now move to introduction item
079number two, Amending Board Policy Number Selection Of Contractors For Small Construction Projects. This came to the Audit and Finance Committee on May 18th for approval. Chief Financial Officer JoLynn Berge, I believe you will be briefing us. >> JOLYNN BERGE: Good afternoon. This board action report makes edits to Board Policy 6222 Selection Of Contractors For Small Construction Projects in order to align with new limits in state law. The state legislature made changes to the small works roster limits. This proposed change would increase the amount allowed under our current policy from two hundred thousand dollars to the new legal limit of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That would conclude my remarks. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Chief Berge I'm gonna start off with our Audit and Finance Committee Chairperson Hampson and then work through the list. So Director
080Hampson to you. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Yeah. I don't have anything peculiar to add. Anytime we can get things updated and consistent with state law I think it's it's important. Otherwise as I don't I don't have anything to add. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: OK. Thank you. Next up is Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: Just a question for Chief Berge. How do we continue to elevate and enhance our request that we have a robust outreach to women and minority business-owned enterprises. >> JOLYNN BERGE: So we continue to be members of the city's [indistinct] I think one hundred group, so we continue to do that. We continue also anytime that we hear or get feedback or someone just e-mails us and says hey, I am a woman or minority-owned business I'd like to be notified the next
081time you do any sort of X —type of procurement. We keep them on a list, and then we're looking for other ways frankly to continue that outreach and to enhance who we can notify for certain bodies of work. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you thank you Director Harris. Next up is Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: No questions for me at this time. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: I'm curious to know whether or not this policy may again be impacted by the conversations of the student and community workforce agreement and anything that may come out of that. Is it possible this might get opened up again after that process. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: If Chief Podesta's here I think he could probably answer that too. And obviously Chief Berge as well
082but. >> JOLYNN BERGE: Not to my knowledge. Fred. >> FRED PODESTA: I would agree. The student and community workforce agreement projects are all have a threshold of a contract threshold that will be in the millions so it doesn't really apply to these small projects. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Mack any more questions. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Thank you for the clarification. Nope. Thanks for the clarification. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: I do not have any questions at this time. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: No questions for me, thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you and I have no questions but thank you for the work on this Chief Berge. >> JOLYNN BERGE: Thank you to my staff. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Of course. We’ll
083now move to intro item number three. Revise Board Policy number 6901 Capital Levy Planning, and adopting Board Policy number 6900 Facilities Planning. I can already tell Director Mack is so excited to be here. This came through the Operations Committee on March 24th for approval. Mr. Podesta I believe you'll be briefing us. And then I will start with Director Mack the operations chair. >> FRED PODESTA: With this action, while we are in fact creating a new policy what is actually happening is we're splitting an existing policy into two. The previous Board Policy 6901 really which was titled Capital Levy Planning but that's where all our policies about facility long-range facility planning resided in there. And that really created practical constraint that the policy was really about planning a single levy. It did not really give the
084space to do comprehensive long-range planning independent of a particular levy action and frankly that particular funding source. So the policies have been split to create a new 6900 that is just about facility planning independent of levy planning which allows us to have a longer planning horizon and allows us to consider other funding sources beyond levies. And you know they’re really two different subjects and so there are now two different policies. They also in drafting the two we were able to more explicitly center the policies on the district’s values and that to add language to make sure that when this planning does occur these are really just policies about planning they're not plans themselves. That policy 0030 is taken into account and that for capital prioritization and for long range facility planning that all equity issues
085are built-in to the processes. And the operations committee met about this several times because there was a lot of detail work to be done to put the right language in the right places but other than centering our values there isn’t an enormous amount of change here. It's just really organizing actions that we really took and I want to thank the committee and Director Mack for kind of their staying power going through this issue with a fine tooth comb and I think we’re in a much much better position with these two separate policies than we were before. And that’s all the comments I have I and any questions you might have. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Chief Podesta I'll turn it over to Director Mack as our Operations Committee chair to share more background for directors.
086>> DIRECTOR MACK: Well, as you know President DeWolf and Director Harris that this work has been ongoing for the past couple of years to update 6901 and have an overarching facilities planning policy to disentangle the two and be more thoughtful around our planning processes. And so I'm super excited to finally get this to the full board. We have had conversations upon conversations upon conversations. And my my question to Mr. Podesta just to you know in reviewing it and had to go look at my notes, I want to I want to check in to be sure that there from the last operations committee meeting there are any changes that were made by staff from the documents that we walked away from that meeting with and the agreements that we made around language are is this. There
087haven't been any additional changes made since that time or any. I just want to make sure that there's not like some thing in there that I didn't catch that got changed in the interim. >> FRED PODESTA: No, there, to my knowledge there been no changes since the last operations meeting. The last operations meeting where this was discussed. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Okay great. And then I just I do want to elevate a couple things that are I think helpful to our processes. One is elevating in policy the educational specs and clarity around those and how they how they interact with our planning processes in our buildings. And also the trying to figure out where the language is but the in the levy policy the technology planning, Mr. Podesta can you help me here for a second.
088We we had robust conversations around technology and I'm trying to find the language here that we landed on. >> FRED PODESTA: A statement in the levy policy since levies fund a lot of our technology investment and I believe the direction that the board is headed to is to at some point develop a companion perhaps 6902 that is long-range technology planning just like we've decoupled facility planning from levy planning. 6901 has a reference to technology saying that it needs to be included in the levy planning because that’s how we fund a lot of technology. But that long-range technology planning also needs to be done separately from levy planning and independent from its funding source and that future work to be taken up by the board. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Yes. Thank you and I think that the
089the the way that it ended up in the levy planning in this levy planning policy 6901 it continues to acknowledge that investments will be made to maintain and improve technology operations equipment and services including student learning and supports district systems and data and technology infrastructure and security. And it also calls out technology needs that are are capital levies will cover those things and so when we go through the process of approving those levees those specific plans that are identified in that levy for technology is one of the places of oversight of the board of deciding what you know how much what are we doing that sort of thing but that the additional support that we need to provide our oversight still is to have a bit more of a robust technology planning process that engages
090board approval. So not just within the levy but kind of the longer range and that my understanding is that staff is supportive of that of developing that policy and so that's that's something that's kind of next on the on the plate. So thank you for highlighting that. And I just appreciate all of the long hard intense conversations and the work that's gone on with this and thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you, Director Mack. Next Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Hi. Yeah. I believe we do have a technology master plan that's in that's being drafted but I actually had a question. I'm trying to get a handle on the extent to which any of this should be a in a procedure whether it's board or superintendent procedure primarily 6901 the capital levy planning is that
091I assume that's something that was discussed and so I'm just trying to get a sense of how that discussion result some of it seems to get really specific. And then it says staff but it doesn't it doesn't say superintendent will direct staff or will develop procedure for it gets its into staff so it feels a little. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Can you clarify which specific language you're talking about here. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: So we're talking about the general broad principles right for planning guidelines guiding principles and then it gets into kind of some slightly less specific topics. Again I'm on 6901. The priorities for the selection. Developing a plan and then articulating some some pretty specific items. Like I said I'm just wondering the rationale for having something in procedure is that it's much easier to
092change than policy. And so I'm wondering. You know — >> DIRECTOR MACK: yeah. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: What the consideration was for having pieces that that would need to be a little bit more flexible then therefore in procedure. >> DIRECTOR MACK: So actually the I think that the pieces that you're referring to in 6901 are pieces that were have been in our policy and that there isn't a there isn’t an accompanying procedure that was written so the determination that by go when we're doing the capital levy planning that we need to set the prioritization that the board's responsible for setting those high-level principles, exactly how that happens and what metrics are used etc. is not defined in the policy but the overarching like statement that these are things that we will do in order to guide
093the selection of projects was in our existing policy. So it's actually not a change it’s it to our — >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: No, I — >> DIRECTOR MACK: —steps for a board. And that those procedural steps actually just be the additional steps. There isn't a Sup there is not a Superintendent procedure that goes along with it. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Director Hampson are you comfortable. Can I move forward to get more questions. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Well I wanted to hear from staff as well. About the — >> FRED PODESTA: I I think to be honest Director Mack has described it well that the bulk of this work was deciding what needed to come out of the policy to create to create a standalone facility master-planning process and so what remains has been there and has worked.
094It's not to say that you're you know your question isn't a valid one in it and maybe with as we plan the next levy we'll see if there is too much specificity in this policy. But I don't think staff had an issue because this is what we worked with for quite a while. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Yeah I was going to say because it being there before. We have some very lengthy policies that would could arguably be divided up into policy and procedure not because of for control issues but because certain things are need to have more flexibility year-to-year than others and so that's all I was I was trying to get at. Was that conversation had and you know if so the outcome. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Any more questions Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: No.
095>> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Okay, Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: First of all big props to my colleague Eden Mack, Chair of Operations. She has guided and shepherded this standing committee. I have heard from several members of the standing committee that they're very excited and they find it robust. Big props as well to Chief Podesta and to Superintendent Juneau for making this happen. Also big props to the board for the guiding principles on the last levy. And I would suggest if we do need procedures they need to be board procedures because this is a board-enacted committee. Thanks very much. I'm thrilled about this. This is a long-range, 5-10-15 years that we've been waiting for as opposed to reactive. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: —Harris. Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: We've discussed this extensively in ops and I'm just excited
096to see that it is finally here. So, I am good no questions or comments at this time. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Director Hersey I do trust that. All right. Next is Director Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: I just want to echo the the support for having the technical technology planning and levy planning be separate and also that within that we've got classroom technology needs versus sort of infrastructure technology needs. So I'm just really glad that we are examining those things separately as they need to be and making sure that the needs of our teachers and our buildings are driving our spending as opposed to spending spending on something and then figuring what to do with it. So just appreciate the work going into all of this. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH:
097No. Big thanks to Director Mack for the tireless work on this. Has been discussed thoroughly and I'm so happy to see it happen so no questions or comments. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rivera-Smith and Director Mack [indistinct] thank you for your work on this and I've appreciated your support. One example I just wanna highlight for directors is the really exciting and transformative and really pride-centric resolution we just passed for LGBTQIA+ students. This is one of the policies that is impacted and we collaborate I collaborated with Director Mack to include language in these policies so that future construction incorporates at least one multi-stalled gender-neutral restroom in facilities. So I appreciate the work on this, Director Mack and also Ronald Boy for your help there and I don't have any other questions at this time so
098we can move on to item number four which is BEX IV resolution 2019/20-20 final acceptance of contract P5034 with Lydig Construction Inc. for the Wilson Pacific Elementary and Middle Schools, Cascadia Elementary, Robert Eagle Staff Middle, and Licton Springs K-8 project. This came to the operations committee on [indistinct] second for approval. Mr. Podesta I believe you'll be briefing us and then I'll hand it over to Director Mack again. This is our favorite milestones on these capital construction board actions is the final acceptance of a completed project. This caps off the replacement of the Wilson Pacific buildings with Robert Eagle Staff, Licton Springs, and Cascadia Elementary. The projects were completed a couple of years ago, the buildings have been occupied since the fall of 2017. All punch list items and project close-out work is complete and this
099will allow the board to put forward a resolution to accept our completed and occupied buildings. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Chief Podesta. Now over to Director Mack our Operations Committee chair. >> DIRECTOR MACK: I love celebrating final acceptance and just super excited for this to be in front of us. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. I'll just open it up to all directors if you have questions or comments concerns about this final acceptance. Okay, hearing none we'll move on to item number five this is extending the suspension of provisions of board policy number 2420 High School Grade And Credit Marking through August 2020. Dr. Diane DeBacker, I believe you'll be briefing us. >> DIANE DEBACKER: Yes. Thank you, president DeWolf. This board action report asks you to extend the suspension of portions of board policy number
1002420 our high school grade and credit marking policy through August of this year. Changing the available grading options for the courses during summer school would make the options A or incomplete and that would be consistent with what we're doing now during the COVID pandemic. This BAR represents the extension given that we believe we need to continue to take steps to minimize harm by the COVID pandemic and especially and particularly for those students who are furthest from educational justice. As we've noted in the BAR there are differences between our second semester work and our summer offerings for high school course credits. For example our summer offerings are much more narrow and that we have Apex offering, skilled centered skills center internships, world language opportunities, and some of our high school offers school specific credit bearing courses.
101But even given that we believe that we we do need to extend this grading policy through the summer because the same situations occur in that students may not have as many opportunities to be successful or as successful with a regular grading policy during this time. We were unable to bring this to through committee and do as much engagement as we would have liked to have done in part because we only received guidance from OSPI in their April guidance as to that the grading policy should extend through the summer. So that is why we are bringing it to you now. And it has not gone through the C&I committee in the normal manner and Director Rankin can speak to that if so desired. With that I stand for questions. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Dr. DeBacker.
102I appreciate that background and I'll just start with Director Rankin as the committee chairperson of the Curriculum and Policy and Curriculum and Instruction Policy Committee. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: Thank you President DeWolf and Dr. DeBacker. Yeah. So this because of timing of when recommendations came from OSPI and then when we need to have grading and policy in place for the summer before classes start that there wasn't enough there there weren't enough meeting dates to do a preview for the board or for the committee a vote through the committee interim and then action and so what what we decided was that since it wasn't since it was an extension of the policy that we already went over in great detail. And it was just an extension of that timing that the decision that I made to to
103help us make up some of the time in the scheduling was that it was more important to have the public be noticed over two regular board meetings. Intro today and action of the next time that took priority over cycling it through committee as usual and then having the meeting be intro and or the item be intro and action at the same regular board meeting. So that was the decision-making there. And we did have it update about it in committee yesterday. Noticing and what not to have the full the full process so but we were all comfortable with that. And. And yes. The realization was that it didn't make a lot of sense to hold students to the traditional grading policy. When the situation that is in place that necessitated this semester's policy hasn't hasn't changed.
104They are still facing the same the same challenges over the summer that that we were facing this semester so that is I think about it. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you Director Rankin. Appreciate the background. So we’ll move to to directors quickly. [indistinct] Maybe muted Director Hampson. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Oh no sorry you cut out I couldn't hear what you said. I don't have any question thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: No comments or questions, Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Director Harris, Director Hersey. >> DIRECTOR HERSEY: No questions but still want to just make sure that it's on all of our radars that I would like to see a lessons-learned work session around specifically our grading policy to see how it impacts especially our students furthest from educational justice
105after we get past August so no questions. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Director Mack. >> DIRECTOR MACK: I I have a little bit of a question and I think maybe more of a comment around the timing of when OSPI put out their recommendations and when we adopted our grading policy and that this we wouldn't need to be taking this action now if we had actually been thorough in that process and waited for the OSPI recommendations to come out and I just want to advocate strongly for us to be mindful of those things going forward around their various recommendations that are going to come out of OSPI around reopening schools and and other other things where it's helpful if we don't get too far ahead of ourselves. And I just want to make sure
106that we are setting up our timelines and building an appropriate community engagement going forward. So we don't have to backtrack and do additional things like another policy thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Director Mack, Director Rivera-Smith. >> DIRECTOR RIVERA-SMITH: you. No questions. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. And my only question just to confirm Dr. DeBacker or Liza is that there's no substantive changes, correct. No no content. It's just about the extension. >> DIANE DEBACKER: Correct. It's just about extension. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: All right. Thank you. I think I no other questions that and really grateful for the work on this. I'm happy about the process. So that moves us into I have a question for directors we have Director Hampson will be sharing some completed internal audits and then we can still can we can
107still have our director board comments if you'd like. My suggestion giving we’re over time is to move into executive session. But I will let Director Hampson chair her her internal audit work and then I'll ask directors what their feelings are about either foregoing board comments or not. Director Hampson that’s you for — >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Yes sorry. I'm trying to pull up the document I had it. >> DIRECTOR MACK: Director President DeWolf this is director Mack and as she’s prepping that I would like to suggest that if people have burning comments tonight and I appreciate that but I think that given time and so forth that I'd be happy to forego board comments tonight. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. I’m in concurrance with you. So Director Hampson do you have those documents ready to share.
108>> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Not yet. I'm still looking for it if Ellie can remind me specifically what it's called. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: So Ellie while you're helping if other directors concur with Eden and foregoing board comments so we can move to executive session let me know your thoughts. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: I found it. Hold on. That's. I got it. OK. Am I still on. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: You are. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: Okay. Here we go. Board procedure 6550BP Internal Audit requires an announcement of completed internal audits as the Audit and Finance Committee chair I am announcing that at the June 2nd quarterly Audit and Finance Committee meeting. The Office of Internal Audit presented an internal audit report on stipends. All findings and recommendations are discussed at a public Audit and Finance Committee meeting and the completed
109reports are available online at the Office of Internal Audits public web page. If you’d like to find that click on department and services under the directory tab and then click on internal audit. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: DeWolf. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Harris. >> DIRECTOR HARRIS: comments. And then I will cede my director comments time. One, huge congratulations to our graduates and our risers and so very sad that we can't have in-person graduation. And two, this evening at 6:30 we have student comments via Zoom and we invite them all to come aboard for reopening community engagement student voice. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Do other directors have any comments they'd like to share now any burning comments. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: I do. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Rankin. >> DIRECTOR RANKIN: This Friday I have asked
110about the possibility of a district wide strike and legally I don't think that we can do that but I just wanted to state that I know I and I think several other board directors too will be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Seattle King County chapter with a call for a silent march and strike and Day of Action. And then I also just want to add my voice to those asking that I know the phrase defund the police it can be can sound scary but what that actually means is a reconsideration of our values and our budgets and that that we've come to a situation in our schools and in our society where discipline and punishment is is the only tool that we have at our disposal instead of compassion and care and support
111and trauma-informed anti-bias anti-racist teaching and educating. So I'm just going to say just add to that that what we we really need is early learning support, child care support, support for mental health, family support and housing for our families. And that those are all things that the city could help us out a lot with that doesn't impact the way that budgeting works for schools from the state and would have a huge impact on the health and safety of our kids and of our city and Black Lives Matter. And I'm done. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thank you. Any other directors. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: This is Director Hampson. I will just briefly say what I what I said in my video in case it doesn't get doesn't go anywhere that in my congratulatory video to seniors at the
112my my district high school that this graduating class has earned their high school diploma like no class before them and that while this may seem like the defining moment of their life that's the defining moments truly defining moments of their lives are yet to come that they should be brave for their ancestors. And as is the urging of the last urging of the African-American Male Advisory Council when they revisited their their mission and vision that their statement to their black students is that you are the architect of your own dreams. And so congratulations to all of you. We live in very challenging times but you are our future leaders and we look forward to seeing what change you bring. Thank you. >> DIRECTOR DEWOLF: Thanks Director Hampson. Any other questions comments from directors before we
113move to executive session. Okay. Hearing none. This is similar to our executive session at the top of the agenda. Please switch over to the other Teams meeting link that you should have in the Teams app or software. So the board has now immediately recessing the regular board meeting into executive this executive session to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which the agency the governing body or a member acting in an official capacity is or is likely to become a party when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency per RCW 42.30.1101I with the session scheduled for 30 minutes with an anticipated end time of 4:14 directors will be leaving this remote meeting now for the duration of the
114executive session and I will return to this meeting to make announcements should we run past our scheduled end time and also to adjourn the regular board meeting at the conclusion of the executive session. Directors you have been provided separate call-in and Teams meeting information for this executive session please now leave this Teams meeting and join me in that separate remote meeting with the executive session. Thank you all for your patience and I will see you in the executive session. >> DIRECTOR HAMPSON: does —