Agenda – First Post 9/27/24
Regular Board Meeting
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 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 967 313 502#. 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. Board Comments

• Director & Student Member Comments

IV. Progress Monitoring

• Progress Monitoring Goal 1: 3^rd Grade Reading
  • Monitoring Memo
• Progress Monitoring Goal 2: 7^th Grade Math
  • Monitoring Memo

V. Public Testimony

Public testimony is expected to begin at or after 5 p.m. for this meeting.

Members of the public who wish to address the board in person or by teleconference may sign up online beginning Monday, October 7, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, October 8, 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 967 313 502#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.

VI. Business Action Items

A. Consent Agenda

Routine Approvals (Introduction & Action)

1. Minutes of the September 11, 2024 Board Special Meeting; September 18, 2024 Board Special Meeting; and September 18, 2024 Regular Board Meeting.
2. Personnel Report
3. Warrants Report – August 16 thru September 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 Type	Amount
General Fund	*Payroll	$246,179.99
General Fund	Vendor	$26,250,519.78
Capital Project Fund	Vendor	$31,201,605.52
Associated Student Body Fund	Vendor	$148,568.84
Expendable Trust Fund	Vendor	$65,000.00
Grand Total	All	$57,911,874.13

Grants/Gifts, Contracts & Capital Projects Approvals (Introduction & Action)

4. Approval of Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Personal Services Contract (PSC) with University Tutors for Seattle Schools (UTSS) dba Tutors Impacting Public Schools (TIPS). Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute the contract with TIPS for the purpose of providing Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy-funded or other funding source activities in selected elementary, K-8, middle, and high schools, with any minor additions, deletions, and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.
5. Approval of Seattle Public Schools Personal Services Contracts for the City of Seattle’s Parks & Recreation Department. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute the contracts with City of Seattle’s Parks & Recreation Department with an initial value of $1,147,342 for the purpose of providing Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy funded or other funding source activities in selected elementary, K-8, middle, and high schools, with any minor additions, deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the Superintendent, and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.
6. Approval of the 2023 – 2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle Public Schools and Teamsters Local Union No. 174. Approval of this item would approve the 2023 – 2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle Public Schools and Teamsters Local Union No. 174 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 implements the terms of this agreement. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District.
7. Acceptance of grant funding to Seattle Public Schools from the Alliance for Education for the purposes of strategic planning. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to accept the Alliance for Education grant in the amount of $528,000. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Materials to be added prior to meeting)

B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda

C. Introduction Items

1. Approval of 2024-25 Progress Monitoring Calendar (Materials to be added prior to meeting)
2. Approval of Instructional Materials Committee Membership 2024-2028. Approval of this item would approve the persons listed on the document titled, “Proposed Instructional Materials Committee 2024-2028” attached to the Board Action Report to serve a four-year term on the Instructional Materials Committee.
3. Approval of the 2025 State Legislative Agenda. Approval of this item would adopt the 2025 State Legislative Agenda, as attached to this Board Action Report. (Materials to be added prior to meeting)
4. Approval of Resolution No. 2024/25-3 Replacement for Educational Programs and Operations Levy. Approval of this item would accept the proposed Replacement for Educational Programs and Operations Levy and adopt Resolution 2024/25-3 which places a three-year levy totaling $673.8 million dollars on the February 11, 2025 ballot, as attached to the Board action report. Approval of this item would also approve appointment of individuals to committees to prepare statements for the King County voters’ pamphlet advocating for approval and for rejection of the Educational Programs and Operations Levy. (Materials to be added prior to meeting)
5. Approval of Resolution No. 2024/25-4 Building Excellence (BEX) VI Capital Levy Program. Approval of this item would adopt Resolution 2024/25-4, placing a six-year capital levy on the February 11, 2025, Special Election Ballot for voter approval to fund the Building Excellence (BEX) VI Capital Levy program. Approval of this item would also approve appointment of individuals to committees to prepare statements for the King County voters’ pamphlet, advocating both for approval and rejection of the BEX VI Capital Levy. (Resolution to be added prior to meeting)
6. Approval of Resolution No. 2024/25-2, Certification of Excess Levies and Calculation of General Fund Levy Rollback for 2025. Approval of this item would approve Resolution 2024/25-2, Certifying Excess Levies and Calculation of the General Fund Levy Rollback for 2025, as attached to the Board Action report. (Materials to be added prior to meeting)

VII. Well-Resourced Schools Update

VIII: Board Self-Evaluation

• Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation
  • Student Outcomes Focused Governance Manual and Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation Template
  • Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation – June 2024 (Approved August 28, 2024)
• Board Time-Use Evaluation – September 2024 (Materials to be added prior to meeting)

IX. Informational Items

X. 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.