July 2, 2024 – Regular Board Meeting
Agenda – FINAL Post 7/1/24
Regular Legislative Session
Tuesday, July 2, 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 261 712 176#. 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.
- General Welcome Announcement to Audience
- Roll Call
II. Board Comments
III. 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, beginning Friday, June 28, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Monday, July 1, 2024. 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 261 712 176#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.
| Order | Name | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Jackins | Consent item 1: minutes of June 26th board regular meeting; consent item 4: Board policy 3520 on student fees; Action item 2: principal’s contract; Don’t close schools |
| 2 | Manuela Slye | Amendment to board policy 3240 |
| 3 | Janis White | Inclusion in well resourced schools |
| 4 | Becky Brownlee | Ongoing delays in publishing list of school closures |
| 5 | Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna | Accuracy and transparency in data supporting schools closure |
IV. Business Action Items
A. Consent Agenda
Routine Approvals (Introduction & Action)
- Minutes of the June 26, 2024 Regular Board Meeting and June 26, 2024 Board Special Meeting
- Personnel Report
- Warrants Report – May 16, 2024 thru June 15, 2024
The following warrants as audited and certified by the auditing officer, as required by RCW 42.24.08, are approved for payment:
| Fund | Payment | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| General Fund | *Payroll | $183,398.71 |
| General Fund | Vendor | $32,381,047.12 |
| Capital Project Fund | Vendor | $37,815,249.57 |
| Associated Student Body Fund | Vendor | $377,481.02 |
| Expendable Trust Fund | Vendor | $0 |
| Grand Total | All | $70,757,176.42 |
*Note – Payroll total reflects warrants issued to employees. It does not however, reflect cash transfer amounts in payment of employees’ Direct Deposit payroll.
- Approval of OSPI School Waiver Application Requesting a Waiver from the 180-Day School Year Requirement for an Emergency School Closure. Approval of this item would approve the Superintendent’s school emergency closure application to OSPI, which requests permission for Seattle Public Schools (SPS) to not make up two missed school days at Garfield High School June 7 and 10, 2024. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.
Consent Agenda Items Previously Introduced
- Approval of revised Board Policy No. 3520, Student Fees, Fines, or Charges and Board Procedure No. 3520BP. Approval of this item would amend Board Policy and Board Procedure No. 3520 Student Fees, Fines, or Charges, as attached to the Board Action Report.
B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda
C. Action Items
- Resolution 2023/24-9, Fixing and Adopting the 2024-25 Budget. Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2023/24-9, as attached to the board action report, to fix and adopt the 2024-2025 Budget, the four-year budget plan summary, and the four-year enrollment projections.
Approval of the 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle Public Schools and the Principals’ Association of Seattle Schools. Approval of this item would approve the 2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle Public Schools and the Principals’ Association of Seattle Schools and authorize the Superintendent, on behalf of the Board of Directors, to execute the agreement in the form attached to the School Board Action Report, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the terms of this agreement. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District. (Introduction & Action) (Materials added 6/28/24) (Removed from agenda 7/1/24)
D. Introduction Items
- Amendment to Board Policy No. 3240, Student Behavior and Disciplinary Responses and Repeal of Board Policy 3200, Written Rules of Student Conduct. Approval of this item would amend Board Policy No. 3240, Student Behavior and Disciplinary Responses, as attached to the Board Action Report and Repeal Board Policy No. 3200, Written Rules of Student Conduct.
V: Board Self-Evaluation
- Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation
VI. Informational Items
VII. 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.