Agenda FINAL Post
Regular Legislative Session
May 1, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

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

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I. Call to Order – 4:15 p.m.

1. General Welcome Announcement to Audience
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance

II. Student Presentations – 4:30 p.m.

III. Superintendent Comments – 4:45 p.m.  

IV. Board Committee Reports

V. Student Comments

• Rainier Beach High School

VI. Business Action Items – 4:55 p.m.

A. Consent Agenda    

1. Minutes of the April 2, 2019 Work Sessions , the April 3, 2019 Work Sessions , and the April 17, 2019 Regular Board Meeting .
2. Personnel Report

3. BEX IV: Award Construction Contract P5125, Bid No. B11831, to Lincoln Construction, Inc. for Phase I of the Broadview Thomson Seismic Improvement project (Ops, March 14, for consideration) Approval of this item would provide authorization for the Superintendent to enter into a construction contract in the amount of $5,048,191 including base bid plus Alternate #2, #4, and #6, plus Washington State Sales Tax, for the Phase I of the Broadview Thomson Seismic Upgrade project.

4. BTA IV: Award Construction Contract K5114, Bid No. B11825, to Sprinturf, LLC for the Athletic Field Improvements at Garfield High School project (Ops, March 14, for consideration) Approval of this item would provide authorization for the Superintendent to enter into a construction contract in the amount of $1,018,595, which includes the base bid plus Alternates #1, #2 & #3, plus Washington State Sales Tax, for the Athletic Field Improvements at Garfield High School project.

5. BEX IV: Approval of Budget Transfer and Award Construction Contract P5124, Bid No. B12840, to EMTech LLC for the View Ridge Seismic Improvements project (Ops, March 14, for consideration) Approval of this item would provide a one-time fund transfer in the amount of $290,000 from the BEX IV Program Contingency and authorize the Superintendent to enter into Construction Contract P5124 with EMTech LLC, in the amount of $390,113, including base bid, Alternates #2, #4 and #6, plus Washington State Sales Tax, for the View Ridge Seismic Improvements project.

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

VII. Public Testimony – 5:30 p.m.

Name	Topic
1. Israel Presley	Rainier Beach High School Student
2. Chris Jackins	Minutes from the April 3 Work Session: Budget, LEVF Grant, Webster Project, and loss of trees at Queen Anne
3. Christine Shigaki	HCC Calibration of course offerings and rigor in middle schools across the district, World language offerings in Central and SE schools, science issue at Washington Middle School (WMS), and support for WMS
4. Cliff Meyer	Highly Capable Services
5. Emily Lieberman	Washington Middle School: The delivery of educational services across the district and the district’s HC plans
6. Brian Terry	Racial equity in HCC
7. Megan Batty	K-8 Science Adoption
8. Alisha Taylor	Science Adoption
9. Erik Bishop	Science Adoption
10. Jackie Wilson	K-12 Science Adoption Process
11. Yolanda Jones	Science Curriculum Adoption
12. Christine Benita	Adoption of Science Curriculum for K-12
13. Alexia Jean Katzaroff	In favor of the Science Curriculum Adoptions
14. TuesD Chambers	Literacy
15. Arlene Fairfield	Situation at Washington Middle School
16. Jennifer Stanley	Enrollment Challenges at Dearborn Park International School
17. Jasmine Riach	Restoring Full-time Librarians
18. Dan Goforth	Lack of collaboration from the administration at EMS with parents, advocacy and fundraising organizations and the educator staff
19. Danielle Vermaak	Science Curriculum Adoption
20. Sophia Nguyen	Science Curriculum Adoption
21. Craig Seasholes	Library Snapshot Day
22. Rebecca Neil	Science Curriculum Adoption
23. Monica Fujii	In support of the 9-12 Science Adoption Committee
24. Brian Buchwitz	Grades 9-12 Science Instructional Materials Adoption
25. MaryMargaret Welch	Science Adoption

Wait List

Name	Topic
1. Emily Wheeler	Leadership and World Language at Washington Middle School
2. Joe Camacho	Science Adoption
3. Nina Arens	High School Science Adoption
4. Jennifer Goldman	Curriculum Adoption
5. Emily Elasky	Science Material Adoption
6. Brad Shigenaka	K-12 Science Adoption
7. Katrina Koressel	Science Curriculum Adoption
8. Zachary Walen	Science Curriculum Adoption
9. Amanda Sadler	Regarding enrollment challenges at Dearborn Park International School
10. John Wietfeldt	Adoption of the Science Curriculum
11. Robin Schwartz	ELL Staffing
12. Anastasia Sanchez	Science Curriculum Adoption
13. Alex Tsimerman	Seattle fascism and freedom of speech
14. Ryan Kastle	Science Adoption
15. Matthew Brewer	Science Curriculum Adoption
16. Marni Jacobs	Science Curriculum Adoption
17. Lauren Graham	Important staff losses due to enrollment issues at Dearborn Park
18. Charles Vossei	Curriculum Adoption
19. Maureen Muriel Munn	How the next generation science standards are preparing students for undergraduate courses
20. Kim Dinh	Science Adoption for High School
21. Elizabeth Stone	Science Curriculum Adoption
22. Steve Kivett	Science Adoption
23. Kimberly Berman	Restoring ELL positions
24. Joshua Tashima-Boyd	Science Curriculum Adoption
25. Charlie Mercer	ELL Student to Teacher Ratio Funding
26. Jim Thill	Enrollment challenges at Dearborn Park International School
27. Barbra Zambrano	ELL funding cuts for next year
28. Erinn McIntyre	Leadership and transparency at the school and district levels
29. Ami Noble	Importance of School Libraries
30. Linda Martinez	The cutting of ELL positions
31. Judy Bridges	Science Adoption for High School
32. Manuela Slye	Concord Elementary regarding the ELL staffing cuts
33. O’Hara Jimenez	Proposed reduction of ELL staffing at Title I schools from 50:1 to 70:1
34. Kate Eads	Adopting Science Curriculum
35. Jodi Connolly	Librarians/Libraries
36. Bruce Bishop	Science Materials
37. Annalisa Moore	Enrollment Issue at Dearborn Park
38. Satori Butler	Educational Experience
39. Antwyn Butler	Educational Experience

VIII. Board Comments

IX. Business Action Items (Continued) – 6:30 p.m.

C. Action Items

D. Introduction Items

1. Satterberg Foundation Elementary Feeder School Grant (C&I, April 23, for approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to accept the Satterberg Foundation Elementary Feeder School grant funds in the amount of $970,000.
2. Kids in the Middle grant from the Nesholm Family Foundation (A&F, April 22, for consideration) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to accept theKids in the Middle grant funds from the Nesholm Family Foundation, in the amount of $690,596 for the 2019-20 school year.
3. Acceptance of the League of Education Voters Foundation (LEVF) grant to South Shore PreK-8 (A&F, April 22, for approval) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to accept the LEVF Grant of up $2,000,000 for 2019-2021,with the option of up to $2,000,000 for 2021-2023 for South Shore PreK-8.
4. Approval of Annual Highly Capable Program Plan (C&I, April 23, for approval) Approval of this item would accept the District’s Highly Capable Program Plan, which must be approved every year per WAC 392-170-025. Plan approval is necessary for accessing funds allocated by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) for highly capable services.
5. Amendment to Board Policy No. 2024, Online Learning; Repeal of Board Policy No. C16.00, Acceptance of Correspondence or College Courses for High School Credit (C&I, April 23, for approval) Approval of this item would amend Board Policy No. 2024, Online Learning, as attached to the Board Action Report, and that the School Board repeal Board Policy No. C16.00, Acceptance of Correspondence or College Courses for High School Credit, also attached to the Board Action Report. If the motion is approved, the changes would be effective starting the summer term of the 2018-19 school year.
6. Amending Board Policy No. 5005, Employment: Disclosure, Certification, Assurances and Approvals (A&F, April 22, for consideration) Approval of this item would makes edits to Board Policy No. 5005, Employment: Disclosures, Certification, Assurances & Approval, to allow Athletic and Human Resources departments to conduct national background checks of volunteer coaches through OSPI (current practice) as well as other Human Resources-approved services.
7. Resolution 2018/19-28, Authorization for a Reduction in Force  Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to take the necessary actions as required by law, collective bargaining agreements, and/or District policy to reduce certificated and classified staffing levels to ensure a balanced budget, which includes notifying impacted certificated employees by May 15, 2019. Classified staff will be listed on the Board personnel report in June, July and August 2019.(Removed 4/30/19)
8. Acceptance of Gift of Ms. Smith-Brooks’ Property and that the gift be earmarked for use by the Seattle Public Schools (A&F, April 22, for consideration) Approval of this item would provide authorization for the Superintendent to accept Ms. Smith-Brooks’ personal residence, which was bequeathed to Leschi Elementary School and; and that the gift be earmarked for use by Seattle Public Schools.
9. BTA IV: Resolution 2018/19-23: Acceptance of the Building Commissioning Report for the Roxhill at E.C. Hughes Elementary School Modernization project (Ops, April 18, for approval) Approval of this item would accept the building commissioning report for the Roxhill at E.C. Hughes Elementary School Modernization project, in accordance with WAC 392-344-165, as required to complete the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Form D-11 Application to Release Retainage. Approval of the resolution meets identified requirements.
10. BEX IV/BTA IV: Approval of Construction Change Order #17 for the Lincoln High School Modernization and Addition project (Ops, April 18, for consideration) Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute construction change order #17 in the amount of $1,290,686.01, 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.
11. BTA III: Resolution 2018/19-24, Final Acceptance of Contract K5080 with Mike Werlech Construction Inc., for the Blaine K-8 Water Mains and Fire Sprinklers project (Ops, April 18, for approval) Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2018/19-24 and accept the work performed under Contract K5080 with Mike Werlech Construction Inc., for the Blaine Water Mains and Fire Sprinklers project as final.
12. BTA III / BTA IV: Resolution 2018/19-25, Final Acceptance of Contract K5074 with FieldTurf, USA, Inc., for the Synthetic Turf Replacement, Track Re-Surfacing and Field Lighting Infrastructure at Roosevelt High School project (Ops, April 18, for approval) Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2018/19-25 and accept the work performed under Contract K5074 with FieldTurf, USA, Inc., for the Synthetic Turf Replacement, Track Re-Surfacing and Field Lighting Infrastructure at Roosevelt High School project as final.
13. BTA III/ BTA IV: Resolution 2018/19-21, Final Acceptance of Contract K1303 with Aries Building Systems, LLC, for the Purchase and Installation of Portable Classroom Modules project (Ops, April 18, for approval) Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2018/19-21 and accept the work performed under Contract K1303 with Aries Building Systems, LLC, for the Purchase and Installation of Portable Classroom Modules project as final.
14. BTA IV: Resolution 2018/19-14, Final Acceptance of Contract K5088 with Wayne’s Roofing, Inc., for the Ballard High School & West Seattle High School Roof Replacement project (Ops, April 18, for approval) Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2018/19-14 and accept the work performed under Contract K5088 with Wayne’s Roofing, Inc., for the Ballard High School & West Seattle High School Roof Replacement project as final.

X. Adjourn – 8:30 p.m.

Calendar Reminders

 

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