School Board Meeting Summary

Wenatchee School District

October 22, 2019 - Regular Meeting

The Wenatchee School Board will now provide a "Board Meeting Summary Briefing" after each Board meeting. The summary includes a short description of the main topics and action items. These summaries are not meant to replace minutes. The minutes for each meeting are approved and posted after the next regularly scheduled meeting. We hope these summaries provide some basic information and context around the reports, presentations and action items.

For the full packet of information including presentations and reports, Click Here.

Meetings are video streamed live online and the videos are archived on the District website here. Meetings prior to August 2019 are archived in calendar format here.

Regular Meeting

Attendance: Sunny Hemphill, President, Laura Jaecks, Vice President, Dr. Karina Vega-Villa, Sarah Knox, Dr. Michele Sandberg

AGENDA APPROVAL Watch
Approved

CONSENT AGENDA Watch
The consent agenda was approved.

Minutes Regular Meeting 10-8-19
Vouchers/Payroll
Personnel Report
Surplus Report
Contracts
Field Trip Requests
DOH Amendment #4

CITIZENS' COMMENTS Watch
Sandy Morrison shared her experience of being a bus driver and disappointment in not having a contract.

ASB REPORTS Watch

Wenatchee High School ASB representative Kelly Norlin shared an update on fundraising events and activities at the school.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Introduction of School Resource Officers Watch

Dr. Gordon said he was honored to have two resources officers and thanked the city of Wenatchee for the partnership that afforded this opportunity. New School Resource Officer (SRO) Jared Shepard shared his background and excitement for his new position. He commented on how much he enjoys being out and in the schools and working with kids. He expressed pride in the city-school partnership. SRO Jared Renfield explained that the onboarding and orientation for Shepard only took a few weeks and that they are already seeing gains in building relationships with kids. The two officers are working on training plans and community forums on vaping and other issues as well as a video project with NCW Life Channel.

Discipline Data Follow-Up Watch

Mark Helm, Assistant Superintendent

Mr. Helm presented a summary report of additional data on office referrals that was requested by the Board at the last meeting. The number of unique students with referrals was broken down by: Elementary, Middle School, and High School by percentage with “n” values.
○ Total Percentage of Students with Any Referrals
○ Total Percentage of Students with Only One Referral
○ Total Percentage of Students with Two to Four Referrals
○ Total Percentage of Students with Five to Eight Referrals
○ Total Percentage of Students with Nine or More Referrals

DISCUSSION Watch

Policy Updates - 1st Read

Dr. Gordon explained that a policy committee has been created to review and update board policies. Dr. Sandberg and Ms. Jaecks are the Board representatives on the committee. Ther is a great deal of work to be done and the group feels that this is a good process moving forward. Once policies are updated, notifications will be sent out to district staff.

ACTION Watch

Resolution #05-19 - Surplus Property

Larry Mayfield, Executive Director of Operations and Finance

The board approved taking action to surplus a mobile home located on the District’s Malaga property.

BOARD COMMUNICATION Watch

Dr. Vega-Villa announced that she will be presenting as the MESA Director for WVC at a STEM Pathways conversation on October 27th. The event is being organized by the Pinnacles Prep Charter School.

Dr. Sandberg shared her experience at the October 9th Community Conversation on school facilities. She hoped that there would have been more representation from the Latinx community. She shared some of the feedback and concerns expressed by participants related to the addition of a portable classroom, and the learning environment and plans for expansion. Ms. Jaecks commented that she appreciated that district staff was present to field specific facilities questions and that she looks forward to hearing from the broader community.

SUPERINTENDENT REPORT Watch

Dr. Gordon shared that he spent most of the Tuesday with State Superintendent Reykdal during his visit to Lewis and Clark to observe the dual-language program. He appreciated the thoughtful agenda and learning opportunities that LC principal Alfonso Lopez created for the state superintendent.

October is National Principals Month and we will recognize our outstanding principal leaders at the first board meeting in November.

Dr. Gordon also attended some of the homecoming festivities and was impressed with the level of pride among students, staff and the community.

The next Board community conversation will be held on October 28 at 6 p.m in the Pybus Public Market board room. Sarah and Sunny will be the board members attending.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

ADJOURNMENT