Agenda – FINAL Post 1/17/24
Regular Legislative Session
Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Board of Directors
2445 – 3rd Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98134
206-252-0040
Seattle Public Schools

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

To listen by phone, dial 206-800-4125 and use Conference ID 138 639 546#. 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 Comments

IV. Board Comments

V. Public Testimony – 4:30 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to address the board in person or by teleconference may sign up online or by calling 206-252-0040, beginning Monday, January 15, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Those who are placed on the posted public testimony list may provide their testimony by dialing 206-800-4125 and using Conference ID 138 639 546#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

Testimony List

Order	Name	Topic
1	Isabel Ender	Student Testimony – Seattle Skills Center
2	Anya Souza-Ponce	In support of Abdulahi
3	Janis White	Approval of CTE and STEM Report
4	Chris Jackins	Action Item and Other Topics
5	James Parker	policy 0300
6	Elizabeth Moore Simpson	Strategic plan
7	Claire Abe	Funding for school counselors and social workers
8	Josh Simpson	Strategic plan
9	Rachel Edelman	Supporting educational equity
10	Jen Greenstein	Policy 0030
11	Leanne Hust	Funding for School Counselors
12	Dana Barnett	Equity
13	Kat Behrend	Policy 0030
14	Sam Friedman	Racial Equity
15	Daniel Lee	Mental Health Supports for students
16	Emma Klein	Policy 0300
17	Janet Miller	Supporting educational equity
18	Oliver miska	Educator safety and curriculum
19	Steven Cecil	Capital projects
20	Jen Lavallee	Budget impacts to schools

Testimony Waitlist

Order	Name	Topic
1	Lauren Holloway	1. 1. Staff safety: addressing recent wave of doxxing and intimidation of SPS employees 2. Student safety: growing need for adequate response from SPS to address how ongoing genocide in Gaza is impacting safety of not just staff but students and the need to break the silence in classrooms about what’s happening in Gaza while offering educational resources and space to learn about what’s happening (and has been happening for 75 years) in a meaningful and truthful way
2	Lena Jones	Educational equity and teaching truth
3	Ala Badar	Black Lives Matter and its relations to other liberations
4	Carl Livingston	IB Program concerns at Rainier Beach which Superintendent never got back with me regarding. HS
5	William Souza-Ponce	In support of Abdulahi
6	Semai Hagos	In support of Abdulahi
7	Abdulahi Abdi	Sexually explicit books, harassment, witchcraft, and retaliation
8	Tim Ahlers	Mathematics goal
9	Nolan Jones	Reading Outcomes
10	Kaley Duong	In support of Abduhali
11	Janel Lardizabal	Juul Settlement and Prevention Programs

VI. Progress Monitoring

• Progress Monitoring Training
• Goal 3 – College & Career Readiness (Presentation added 1/17/24)

VII. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

1. Minutes of the December 13, 2023 Regular Board Meeting
2. Personnel Report (Updated 1/16/24)
3. Warrants Report – November 16 thru December 15, 2023

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	$237,534.29
General Fund	Vendor	$30,898,143.65
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	$32,426,582.01
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	$269,515.10
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	$8,333.00
Grand Total	All	$63,840,108.05

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

Consent Agenda Items Previously Introduced

4. Review and Approval of 2023-24 Career and Technical Education (CTE) and (STEM) Annual Plan Per Board Policy No. 2170.  Approval of this item would approve the 2023-24 Career and Technical Education Annual Plan, as attached to this Board Action Report.
5. Approval of courses with new content as defined by Superintendent Procedure No. 2026. Approval of this item would approve the New Course Additions for School Year 2024-25 as attached to the Board Action Report.
6. Approval of the negotiated 2024-25 and 2025-26 School Year Calendars. Approval of this item would approve the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school year calendars as negotiated with labor partners and according to calendar rules provided in the 2022-25 Seattle Education Association (SEA) Certificated Employees Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as these calendars are attached to the Board Action Report with any minor, non-substantive additions, deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent. 

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

VIII. Work Session

• Budget (90 minutes) (Materials added 1/12/24)

IX: Board Self-Evaluation

• Board Time-Use Evaluation – December 2023 (Materials added 1/17/24)

X. Informational Items

• Board Director Questions and Staff Responses for January 17, 2024 Regular Board Meeting (Materials added 1/12/24)
• Annual Financial Report Per Board Policy No. 6030
• Monthly Budget Status Report – October 2023

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. If you have any questions, please contact the School Board Office at 206-252-0040.