February 17, 2022 – Board Special Meeting: Superintendent Search Public Comment Session
Agenda
February 17, 2022, 4:00 p.m.
Board of Directors
Meeting to be held remotely
Remote Access Options:
- To Listen or Provide Comments by Teleconference (Pregistration Required for Comments): 206-800-4125 (Conference ID: 243 186 970#)
- To Provide Comments Online by Microsoft Teams (Pregistration Required for Comments): Those who preregister (pregistration has now closed) to provide public comment may provide their comments using the above call-in details or via Microsoft Teams using the link that will be provided in the registration confirmation webpage and via email no later than 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 17.
- To View Online (Not for Comments): The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV and broadcast on television on Comcast 26 (standard-def) and 319 (hi-def), Wave 26 (standard-def) and 695 (hi-def), and Century Link 8008 (standard-def) and 8508 (hi-def).
- Call to Order – 4:00 p.m.
- Public Comment Session on the Superintendent Search
- Preregistration is required to provide Public Comment (preregistration has now closed). Those wishing to provide comments about the Superintendent Search may preregister beginning at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 16 using this online form. Preregistration will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 17.
- To request language interpretation services or another accommodation, please contact the School Board Office as soon as possible at 206-252-0040 or boardoffice@seattleschools.org.
- Public comments will be limited to the topic of the Superintendent Search and testimony time will be limited to two minutes per speaker. More information about the Superintendent Search process is available on the School Board website.
- Those who preregister may provide comments using the call-in provided above or via Microsoft Teams using the link that will be provided in the registration confirmation webpage and via email no later than 3 p.m. on Thursday, February 17.
- The names of those who preregister will be called sequentially in the order pregistrations were received. If a speaker does not unmute to provide testimony by phone/Microsoft Teams when their name is called, the next speaker’s name will be called.
Public Comment List
| Order | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Janis White |
| 2 | Valentina Visscher |
| 3 | Manuela Slye |
| 4 | Laura Marie Rivera |
| 5 | Sebrena Burr |
| 6 | Jana Demas |
| 7 | Patrick Brady |
| 8 | Christina O’Claire |
| 9 | Heidi James |
| 10 | Cristin Gordon-Maclean |
| 11 | Alicia Ginsburgh |
| 12 | Nehemiah Trice |
| 13 | Alicia Teel |
- Adjourn – 7:00 p.m.*
- This meeting is planned to adjourn when the testimony list has been completed or at 7 p.m., whichever is sooner.
*Times given are estimated.
This meeting will be held remotely per the Governor’s proclamation allowing public agencies to conduct meetings subject to the Open Public Meetings Act remotely to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The public is being provided remote access through SPSTV YouTube and Broadcast, Microsoft Teams and teleconference as noted above. There is a maximum capacity for Teams and teleconference participants, and a “waiting room” may be utilized to address capacity. Additional attendees will be admitted from the waiting room as capacity permits.