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January 22, 2025 – Regular Board Meeting

Agenda – Fourth Post 1/16/25
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.

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

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.

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:

FundPayment TypeAmount
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

  1. 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 1/15/24)
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

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

X. Informational Items

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.