Agenda FINAL Post – Time Updated
Regular Legislative Session

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 4:30 p.m.

The board meeting has been delayed to 4:30 p.m. due to a website outage

Board of Directors
Meeting to be held remotely  
www.seattleschools.org

IMPORTANT NOTE: This meeting will be held remotely per the Governor’s proclamation prohibiting public agencies from conducting meetings subject to the Open Public Meetings Act in-person to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

The meeting will be live streamed on SPSTV via YouTube 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 931 417 102#. 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 –4:30 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call 

II. Superintendent Comments  

• Equitable Access to Programs & Services Annual Report per Board Policy No. 2200

III. Student Comments

• Middle College High School

IV.  Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

1. Minutes of the January 7, 2021 Work Session and Executive Session , January 12, 2021 Executive Session , and January 13, 2021 Regular Board Meeting
2. Warrants Report – December

December 2020 Warrants
The following warrants as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.08, are approved for payment:

Fund	Paid to	Amount
General Fund	*Payroll	$ 656,269.06
N/A	Vendor	20,577,527.67
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	7,714,310.79
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	43,978.74
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	4,010.78
Grand Total		$28,996,097.04

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

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

V. Public Testimony –4:45 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board by teleconference may sign up to do so by e-mailing the School Board Office or calling (206) 252-0040, beginning Monday, January 25, 2021, at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Those who are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 931 417 102#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

Order	Speaker	Topic
1	Hidaya Abdinur	Middle College
2	Christine Boyll	changes to the Mercer and Washington middle school zones
3	Emily Cherkin	Superintendent Hiring Process
4	Chris Jackins	1) SE Middle School Attendance Area Boundaries 2) Student Assignment Transition Plan 4) Superintendent Hiring Process
5	Tiffany Acker	Kimball’s possible reassignment to Washington
6	Michelle Bradley	Kimball Elementary reassignment to Washington Middle School
7	Michelle Hunter	Mercer Middle School boundary change
8	Molly Dalessandro	Kimball reassignment to Washington
9	Quyen Tran	Mercer Boundary Change
10	Manuela Slye	Contract negotiation for interim superintendent.
11	Kristen Su	no to Mercer boundary change and no to reopening schools
12	Wingsze Fung	Mercer Boundary Change
13	Gan Nue Wong	Mercer Boundary Change
14	Stephanie Neil	The proposal to change Kimball elementary’s middle school pathway from Mercer to Washington.
15	Zeinab Ahmed	Mercer Boundary Change
16	Charissa Pomrehn	Kimball Elementary – Mercer boundary change
17	Jennifer Wittenberg	Vote No on Mercer Boundary Issue
18	Emijah Smith	interim superintendent hire
19	Alka Sud	1) boundaries transition plan 2) district educational research and evaluation program 3) partial waiver of board policy on graduation
20	Eddie Rye Jr.	Interim Superintendent Hiring
21	Marketa Hnilova	Kimball reassignment to Washington
22	Joseph Brian Szwaja	Clean Energy Resolution
23	Matthew Remle	clean energy resolution
24	Ruth Sawyer	Clean energy resolution
25	Brian Terry	equity in advanced learning

Wait List

Order	Speaker	Topic
1	Ida Girmai	Clean Energy Resolution
2	Richard Voget	School board going 100% electric
3	Deepa Sivarajan	Resolution 2020/21 – 18 Clean Energy Resolution
4	Sarah Fenton	Clean energy resolution.
5	Carmen Gray	Clean Energy Resolution
6	Heather Price	speak in favor of the clean energy resolution
7	Megan Lehman	I would like to talk about my experience as a foster parent in showing the importance of providing transportation to option schools for kids who qualify for free/reduced price lunch.
8	Janis White	Provision of special education services.
9	Leah Lockwood	Equitable access to programs and services for students with IEPs and evolving special needs
10	Clyde Merriwether	School board staffing
11	Seth Hunter Perkins	School Board Budget Work Sessions consideration of cutting transportation to the options schools
12	Jonathan Stier	Equity concern regarding transportation for option school students.
13	Erin Knutson	Discontinuation of yellow bus transportation for option schools in 2021-2022.
14	Luis Escamilla	Kimball Redistricting

VI. Board Committee Reports

VII. Business Action Items (Continued)

C. Action Items

1. Approval of Southeast Middle School Attendance Area Boundaries for 2021-22 (Ops, Jan 6, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve the 2021-22 attendance areas for Mercer, Aki Kurose, and Washington, as outlined in Attachment A.1, and grandfather assignments for currently enrolled students impacted by these changes. This action shifts the Kimball feeder area into Washington, and the Hawthorne feeder area into Aki Kurose. This item would direct the Superintendent to take any appropriate action to implement this decision. This item would end, effective for the 2021-22 school year, the Board’s June 24, 2020 partial waiver of Board Policy No. 3130, Student Assignment and Enrollment, that applies to new students to the district who would otherwise be assigned to Mercer Middle School as their designated attendance area school. The waiver shall be in effect through the remainder of the 2020-21 school year.
   • Amendment 1 to the Board Action Report titled “Approval of Southeast Middle School Attendance Area Boundaries for 2021-22”  Approval of this item would approve Amendment 1 to the Board Action Report titled “Approval of Southeast Middle School Attendance Area Boundaries for 2021-22” to require mitigations in addition to those described in the underlying Board Action Report. (Amendment added 1/27/21)
2. Approval of the Student Assignment Transition Plan for 2021-22.  (Ops, Jan 6, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve the Student Assignment Transition Plan for 2021-22 as attached to the Board Action Report with any updates necessary to implement changes to the attendance areas for Mercer, Aki Kurose, and Washington middle schools approved by the Board through a separate Board Action Report. (Materials  updated 1/27/21)
3. Adopting Resolution No. 2020/21-17 to declare that the lives of Black students matter; and, that we encourage participation district-wide in the national Black Lives Matter At School Week from February 1-5, 2021 and the “Year of Purpose” 2020-21. (Exec, January 20, for Consideration) Approval of this item would approve Resolution No. 2020/21-17, a resolution of the Board of Directors of Seattle School District No. 1, King County, Seattle, Washington to declare that the lives of Black students matter, as well as the lives of all of our underserved students; affirm the demands of the Black Lives Matter At School Movement, and encourage participation district-wide in the national Black Lives Matter At School Week from February 1-5, 2021, as attached to this board action report. Immediate adoption is in the best interest of the district. (Introduction & Action, Materials updated 1/26/21)
4. Approval of the 2020-21 District Educational Research & Program Evaluation Plan (SSC&I, October 13, for Consideration) Approval of this item would approve the 2020-21 District Educational Research & Program Evaluation Plan as attached to the Board Action Report. (Materials updated 1/26/21)
5. Authorization to negotiate a contract for an Interim Superintendent.  Approval of this item would authorize the Board President to negotiate, with the assistance of counsel, an employment contract with Dr. Brent Jones to serve as Interim Superintendent through June 30, 2022, with a starting date no later than July 1, 2021. The contract, if one is successfully negotiated, will be presented to the Board for approval. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District. (Introduction & Action, Title on agenda corrected 1/27/21)
   

D. Introduction Items

1. Approval of the 2021-22 and 2022-23 School Year Calendars (Exec, January 20, for Consideration) Approval of this item would approve the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school year calendars as attached to the Board Action Report with any minor, non-substantive additions, deletions or modification deemed necessary by the Superintendent.
2. Approval of Annual Highly Capable Program Plan for 2020-2021 (SSC&I, January 12, for Consideration) Approval of this item would approve the Highly Capable Program Plan (as attached to the Board Action Report) for submission to OSPI for school year 2020-2021 to support Highly Capable Services, the district’s eligibility identification process, development of improved services, and that the School Board authorize the Superintendent to apply for the allocation of funds from OSPI.
3. Partial Waiver of Board Policy No. 2415, High School Graduation Requirements, to Suspend Service Learning Requirement for Graduating Seniors (SSC&I, January 12, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve that the School Board temporarily suspend the provision in Board Policy No. 2415, High School Graduation Requirements, requiring that graduating seniors complete 60 hours of service learning for graduation from today’s date until August 31, 2021.
4. Resolution 2020/21-18, Transitioning Seattle Public Schools to 100% Clean and Renewable Energy (Ops, January 14, for Consideration) Approval of this item would approve Resolution 2020/21-18, committing Seattle Public Schools to transitioning the district to 100% clean, renewable energy, as attached to this Board Action Report. (Materials updated 1/26/21)
5. BEX IV, BTA IV, and BEX V: Purchase of Student and Staff Technology for West Woodland, Coe, and Magnolia Elementary Schools, plus additional portable and capacity classrooms districtwide (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute purchase orders through various vendors for a total not-to-exceed the amount of $1,250,000, plus Washington State sales tax, during fiscal years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, and to take any necessary actions to implement the purchase orders.
6. BEX V: Resolution 2020/21-14 West Seattle Elementary/Walt Hundley Playfield parcel exchange surplus (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve Resolution 2020/21-14 providing authorization to surplus a portion of the Walt Hundley Playfield located on the West Seattle Elementary School property. Board approval of this resolution will allow the school district to proceed with the process of exchanging a parcel of district property for a parcel of property owned by Seattle Parks and Recreation.
7. BEX V: Award Architectural & Engineering Contract P1756 to Miller Hayashi Architects LLC for the Franklin High School Gym Roof Replacement and Seismic Upgrades project (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute A/E contract P1756 with Miller Hayashi Architects, LLC in the amount of $312,290 for the Franklin High School Gym Roof Replacement and Seismic Upgrades project, with any minor additions, deletions, modifications and actions deemed necessary by the Superintendent to implement the contract.
8. BEX V: Resolution 2020/21-16 Racial Imbalance Analysis for Lincoln High School Phase 2 project (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would approve Resolution 2020/21-16 certifying that the proposed Lincoln High School Phase 2 project will not create or aggravate racial imbalance as defined by WAC 392-342-025.
9. BEX IV: Final Acceptance of Contract P5100 with Hellas Construction, Inc., for the Cleveland High School Athletic Field Improvements project (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract P5100 with Hellas Construction, Inc., for the Cleveland High School Athletic Field Improvements project as final.
10. BEX V: Final Acceptance of Contract P5146 with Olympic Peninsula Construction, Inc., for the North Beach Elementary School, Sacajawea Elementary School & Jane Addams Middle School Pavement Repairs project (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract P5146 with Olympic Peninsula Construction, Inc., for the North Beach Elementary School, Sacajawea Elementary School & Jane Addams Middle School Pavement Repairs project as final.
11. BTA IV: Final Acceptance of Contract K5113 with King County Directors Association (KCDA) and Musco Sports Lighting, LLC for the Garfield High School Athletic Field Lighting project (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract K5113 with King County Directors Association (KCDA) and Musco Sports Lighting, LLC for the Garfield High School Athletic Field Lighting project as final.
12. BTA III/IV: Final Acceptance of Contract K5114 with Sprinturf, LLC for the Athletic Field Improvements at Garfield High School project (Ops, January 14, for Approval) Approval of this item would accept the work performed under Contract K5114 with Sprinturf, LLC for the Athletic Field Improvements at Garfield High School project as final.

VIII. Board Comments

Comments will be limited to two minutes per Director

IX. Adjourn – 7:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

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