February 12, 2025 – Regular Board Meeting
Agenda – FINAL Post 2/12/2025
Regular Board Meeting
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 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 252 047 42#. 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. Superintendent Comments
III. Student Member Comments
IV. Board Committee and Liaison Reports
V. Progress Monitoring
- Goal 1: Literacy
- Goal 2: Math
- Presentation (Slide 14 updated 2/10/25 to include DIBELS middle of year data for Grade 1 [current first graders] and Grade 2 [current second graders])
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, February 10, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. The public testimony list will be posted Tuesday, February 11, 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 252 047 42#. For information on how the public testimony list is created, please visit the Board’s website.
Testimony List
Order | Name | Topic |
1 | Arthur Neshmonin | Pause sunsetting HCC |
2 | Jessica Chong | HCC |
3 | Brent Werness | Public Testimony |
4 | Thao Phan | HCC – Keep Cascadia For HCC |
5 | Lillian Adams | well resourced schools |
6 | Annie Kagi | Why Cascadia should remain grades 2-5 instead of proposed 3-5 |
7 | Lily Stivers | Well resourced schools |
8 | Leia Zainab Al-Jawad | well resourced schools |
9 | Chris Jackins | Consent item #3 Personnel Report; Consent item #6 Kimball Elementary project settlement agreement to pay $1.5 million to Cornerstone General Contractors; Consent item #7 $13.4 million Phoenix contract; My opposition to Proposition 2, the BEX VI Capital levy on the February 11 ballot |
10 | Dr Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola | Community engagement of Dr. Brent Jones /multicultural communities perspectives in contract extension |
11 | Hans Kehl | HC |
12 | Julie Schneider | Enrollment |
13 | Stacia Bell | Well resourced schools |
14 | Alex Neshmonin | Pause sunsetting HCC |
15 | Matt Sussman | Highly Capable Program |
16 | Stephanie Gove-Yin | HCC (agenda item IX) |
17 | Jenn Elliott Blake | HC/AL Services |
18 | Gloria Ramirez | Enrollment study and engagement with non English speaking families |
19 | Jana Parker | Student opportunities |
20 | Helen Lundell | Differentiation in SPS |
21 | Aura Natalia Buitrago Rivero | Community engagement |
22 | Michael Tarantino | HCC |
23 | Manuela Slye | Safety and well-being of immigrant and refugee students |
24 | Janis White | Enrollment study, progress monitoring |
25 | Erin Combs | Alternative programming – Option & HCC schools |
Testimony Waitlist
Order | Name | Topic |
1 | Alexandra Rouse | Enrollment study & results |
2 | TuesD Chambers | Well Resourced Schools |
3 | Eric Feeny | Academic excellence |
4 | Gabriel de los Angeles | Native American issues in SPS |
5 | Laura Marie Rivera | Equity in Education |
6 | Robert Cruickshank | BEX Levy |
7 | Samantha Fogg | our shared obligations to students |
8 | LeighAnne Thompson | Highly Capable Services |
9 | Keil Anderson | Highly Capable Cohort (HCC) education and the value it provides |
10 | Deborah Shiff | Well resourced schools |
11 | Heather Hulit | Highly Capable and Advanced Learning Services |
12 | Matt Burtness | Supporting our immigrant students |
13 | Kristine Highlander | HCC |
14 | Krista Mercier-Corfman | HCC schools (supporting their continued existence) |
15 | Eric Fisk | Renewal of Superintendent’s Employment Agreement |
VII. Business Action Items
Routine Approvals (Introduction & Action)
- Minutes of the January 11, 2025 Board Special Meeting, January 22, 2025 Board Special Meeting, January 22, 2025 Regular Board Meeting, and January 29, 2025 Board Special Meeting.
- Approval of Board Quarterly Self-Evaluation Conducted January 22, 2025 for October-December 2024. (Date corrected 2/10/25)
- Personnel Report.
- Warrants Report – December 16 thru January 15, 2025.
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 | $92,931.26 |
General Fund | Vendor | $31,600,068.97 |
Capital Project Fund | Vendor | $29,926,321.93 |
Associated Student Body Fund | Vendor | $232,372.85 |
Expendable Trust Fund | Vendor | $13,000.00 |
Grand Total | All | $61,864,695.01 |
*Note – Payroll total reflects warrants issued to employees. It does not however, reflect cash transfer amounts in payment of employees’ Direct Deposit payroll.
Grants/Gifts, Contracts & Capital Projects Approvals (Introduction & Action)
- Approval of the 2024 – 2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle Public Schools and Machinists Local 289. Approval of this item would approve the 2024 – 2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement between Seattle Public Schools and International Association of Machinists Local 289 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.
- BEX V: Approval of Kimball Elementary School Phase II Project, Contract No. P5180 Settlement Agreement and Release and authorization to execute Construction Change Order #31 with Cornerstone General Contractors, Inc., to resolve all outstanding claims associated with the Kimball Elementary School Phase II School project. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute construction Change Order No. 31 in the amount of $1,500,000, plus Washington State sales tax (WSST), 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.
- BTA V: Approval of professional services contract for Phoenix Business Consulting (PBC) to serve as the District’s systems integrator for the implementation of the SAP Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning business information systems platform. Approval of this item would authorize the Superintendent to execute a five-year contract with Phoenix Business Consulting, from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2030, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $13,419,400 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.
- Approval of Hazel Wolf K-8 School Associated Student Body Constitution and Bylaws. Approval of this item would approve the Hazel Wolf K-8 School Associated Student Body Constitution and Bylaws, as attached to this Board Action Report. Immediate action is in the best interest of the District.
B. Items Removed from the Consent Agenda
C. Action Items
- Renewal of Superintendent’s Employment Agreement. Approval of this item would authorize the Board President to execute an amendment to the Superintendent’s Employment Agreement extending the term specified in Section 1 to June 30, 2027, a one-year extension of the current term, consistent with the provision of Section 1 stating that the Board shall annually vote whether to renew the agreement for a term of up to three years at the start of each year. Immediate action is in the best interest of the district. (Added to the Agenda 2/6/25)
D. Introduction Items
- Approval of Seattle School Board Sponsorship for Proposed Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA) Positions. Approval of this item would approve the proposed Washington State School Directors’ Association positions to be submitted on behalf of Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, as attached to this Board Action Report.
VIII. Enrollment Study
IX. Highly Capable Services Update (Added to Agenda 2/6/25)
- Presentation (Materials added 2/10/25)
X. Informational Items
- Monthly Budget Status Report – December 2024.
- Annual Disclosure of Financial / Conflict of Interest for Board Directors. (Updated 2/10/25)
- Annual Disclosure of Financial / Conflict of Interest for Senior Staff.
- Legislative Liaison Update.
- Legislative Liaison Update. (Additional Update Added 2/11/25)
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.