Agenda – Fifth Post 1/21/25
Regular Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 4:15 p.m.

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

The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV and broadcast on television on Comcast 26 (standard-def) and 319 (hi-def), Wave 26 (standard-def) and 695 (hi-def), and Century Link 8008 (standard-def) and 8508 (hi-def).

To listen by phone, dial 206-800-4125 and use Conference ID 663 120 001#. This phone number and Conference ID will also be used by those who sign up to provide public testimony through the process described on the agenda below.

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I. Call to Order – 4:15 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call

II. Superintendent Comments 

III. Student Member Comments

IV. Board Committee and Liaison Reports

V. Progress Monitoring

• Goal 3: College and Career Readiness (Materials added 1/14/25)
  • Monitoring Memo
  • Presentation

VI. Public Testimony

Public testimony will begin at or after 5:00 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board in person or by teleconference may sign up online beginning Monday, January 20, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Those who sign up online and are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony in person or by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 663 120 001#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

Testimony List

Order	Name	Topic
1	Jhana Saboe Hutchinson	Library Access
2	Kristy Duong	BLM at school.
3	Hermela Mamo	BLM at school
4	Jasmin Azzam	Ethnic studies
5	Rowan Harper	Goals and Guardrails
6	Michele Campbell	G&G and community engagement
7	Chris Jackins	My opposition to Proposition 2, the Capital levy on the February 11 ballot: More megaschools mean more school closures; Consent item #4 Construction Change Order for Rainier Beach High School; Consent item #5 Viewlands Building Commissioning Report; Action item #1 The adoption of Goals and Guardrails; The November 2024 Financial Report
8	Manuela Slye	Superintendent Goals and Guardrails
9	Laura Marie Rivera	Goal and guardrails
10	Amy Vattuone	Goals and Guardrails
11	Robert Femiano	Action Item:  C1:  Goals and Guardrails
12	Skyler Trapp	Strategic plan
13	Mariko Fujita	DLI
14	Caroline Shelton	Preserving Japanese DLI option programs
15	Alexander Feldman	Advanced Learning
16	David Furman	Budget
17	Jana Parker	Students with disabilities
18	Ashley Gross	Restricting cell phones during school
19	Helen Lundell	HC services
20	Sebrena Burr	Kasserian Ingera – How are the children?
21	Samantha Fogg	College and Career Readiness and the Budget
22	John Parker	Poor quality of special education evaluations
23	TuesD Chambers	well resourced schools
24	Claire Scott	Superintendent’s Preliminary Budget Proposals for 2025-26 & Annual Financial Report per Board Policy No. 6030
25	Sarah Fellows	Preserving Japanese DLI as Option Program

Testimony Waitlist

Order	Name	Topic
1	Sarah Fellows	Preserving Japanese DLI as Option Program
2	Liz Barry	Enrollment
3	Stacia Bell	Well resourced schools
4	Abigail Levin	retaining library FTE
5	Daniela Mariz-Frankel	Proposed Funding Cuts, to SPS Libraries.
6	Josie Good	Reduction in Secondary School Librarians
7	Chelsea Butler	Well resourced schools
8	XINGCHUN ZHENG	Cell phones usage in public schools
9	Ryan Sander	Well resourced schools
10	Rebecca Dobbins	Equity and staffing cuts
11	Mahlon Landis	Librarians
12	June Nho Ivers	Budget – Civil Rights
13	Deborah Shiff	Well resourced schools
14	Allycea Weil	Reduction in librarian hours
15	Drew Blacksmith	Part-time Library closure
16	Kiran James Hobart-Beaumari	Proposed Closure of the HCC program at Cascadia elementary.
17	Robert-Daniel Hobart-Beaumari	Proposed cessation of the SPS HCC program at dedicated schools.
18	Sherry Carr	2/11 SPS Levy Support
19	Emma Doehring	The budget cut of SPS librarians and library’s.
20	Jessica Fuller	Library staffing
21	Sam Par	HCC
22	Jie Lei	HCC

VII. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

Routine Approvals (Introduction & Action)

1. Minutes of the December 11, 2024 Board Special Meeting and December 18, 2024 Regular Board Meeting.
2. Personnel Report.
3. Warrants Report – November 16, 2024-December 15, 2024. (Materials added 1/14/25)

The following warrants as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.08, are approved for payment:

Fund	Payment Type	Amount
General Fund	*Payroll	$161,774.83
General Fund	Vendor	$29,216,601.60
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	$37,619,834.68
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	$246391.37
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	$20,800.00
Grand Total	All	$67,235,402.48

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

4. BEX V: Approval of Construction Change Order No. 19 to Contract P5160 with Lydig Construction, Inc. for the Rainier Beach High School Replacement project. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute Construction Change Order No. 19 with Lydig Construction, Inc., in the amount of $744,962.99, plus Washington State sales tax, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary action to implement the change order. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Materials added 1/15/25)
5. BEX V: Resolution 2024/25-6: Acceptance of the Building Commissioning Report for the Viewlands Elementary School Replacement project. Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2024/25-6, accepting the building commissioning report for the Viewlands Elementary School Replacement project. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Materials updated 1/21/25)
6. BEX V: Final Acceptance of Contract P5140 with Wayne’s Roofing, Inc., for the Queen Anne Gym Roof Replacement project. Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract P5140 with Wayne’s Roofing, Inc., for the Queen Anne Gym Roof Replacement project as final. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.
7. BEX V: Final Acceptance of Contract P5139 with Rife Construction Services, LLC, for the Roosevelt High School Exterior Cladding Repairs project. Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract P5139 with Rife Construction Services, LLC, for the Roosevelt High School Exterior Cladding Repairs project as final. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

C. Action Items

1. Adoption of Board Policy Nos. 0020, Goals for the District, and 0025, Guardrails for the District, and Amendment to Board Policy No. 1010, Oversight and Progress Monitoring. Approval of this item would adopt Board Policy Nos. 0020 and 0025, setting new Goals and Guardrails for the district, and amend Board Policy No. 1010 as attached to the Board Action Report. The Goals and Guardrails will guide the district through the duration of the 2025-30 Strategic Plan.

VIII. Study Session

• Superintendent’s Preliminary Budget Proposals for 2025-26 & Annual Financial Report per Board Policy No. 6030 (Materials added 1/16/25)
• 2023-24 Annual Financial Report (Materials added 1/21/25)

IX. Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation for October-December 2024

• Student Outcomes Focused Governance Manual and Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation Template
• Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation Conducted October 9, 2024 for July-September 2024. (Approved 11/19/24)

X. Informational Items

• Monthly Budget Status Report – November 2024

XI. Adjourn – 8:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

A complete list of upcoming Board meetings and Director community meetings can be found on the School Board calendar website.