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YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT #7
Business Meeting
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
In-person at Eisenhower Auditorium, live-streamed and recorded
Yakima, Washington
  Members present
All were present, Graciela Villanueva, Norm Walker, and Ryan Beckett in-person, Martha Rice and Raymond Navarro, Jr. attended virtually.
  A. CALL TO ORDER
1. Interpretation Services
President Rice called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with an announcement of live-stream options for this meeting – links can be found on our website. A reminder to all speakers tonight - please slow down so our interpreter can translate accurately.
  2. Pledge of Allegiance – Student from Davis HS
Art teacher Ms. Carole Huls introduced art student Morgan Greene. Morgan led the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance and read the Character Word of the Month. Focused: A state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding, pay particular attention to. The trait is career and college ready. Enfocado: Un estado o condicion que permite una perceptcion o comprension claras, poner atencion especial a. Board members asked Morgan questions and then thanked her for being here.
  3. Yakama Land Acknowledgement – President Rice
President Rice read the Yakama Land Acknowledgement.
4. Recognition of Visitors and Guests
President Rice welcomed our in-person guests.
  5. Acknowledgement of Accomplishments/Recognition
The Board of Directors would like to recognize the following outstanding students:
Director Navarro, Jr. announced the Spring Sports awards:
The Board of Directors would like to recognize the following outstanding student
athletes who placed at the WIAA State Championships for spring sports
programs.
WIAA STATE TRACK – A.C. Davis High School
Julian Rivera, Ambulatory 100 meter – 7th Place
Julian Rivera, Ambulatory 200 meter – 4th Place
Julian Rivera, Ambulatory 400 meter – 3rd Place
Mr. Jose Garcia, WIAA State Championships Coach
WIAA STATE TRACK – D.D. Eisenhower High School
Isabela Alvarado, 800,1600, 4x400 meter relay – 3rd and 4th Place
Olive Clark, 4x400 meter relay – 4th Place
Kara Mickelson, 800, 400, 4x400 meter relay – 1st, 2nd and 4th Place
Ciera Reyes, 4x400 meter relay – 4th Place
Nick Burton, Ambulatory 100, 200, 400, Javelin – 1st, 1st and 2nd Place
Javier Ochoa, Ambulatory 100, 200 meter – 3rd and 2nd Place
Jose Ochoa, Javelin – 7th Place
Liam Parker, Pole Vault – 8th Place
Mr. Phil English, WIAA State Championships Coach
  Director Beckett announced the WIAA State Forensics Tournament awards:
The Board of Directors would like to recognize the following outstanding students who
competed and placed at the WIAA State Forensics Tournament.
D.D. Eisenhower High School
Ethan Gu, Dual Interpretation, 1st Place
Luanna Huang, Dual Interpretation, 2nd Place
Carynn Miller, Dual Interpretation, 1st Place
Kayah Pacheco, Dual Interpretation, 2nd Place
Ms. Brittany Lewis, WIAA State Forensics Tournament, Coach
  Director Walker announced the 2022 OSPI Superintendent's HS Art Show award:
After winning the ESD 105 Regional High School Art Show, A.C. Davis High
School Junior, Isabelle Ehlis moved to compete in the 2022 Annual OSPI
Superintendent’s High School Art Show. Isabelle’s art went on to win a place
after competing against all of the ESD winners in Washington State.
Congratulations Isabelle!
Isabelle Ehlis, 2022 Annual OSPI Superintendent’s High School Art Show, OSPI
Staff Award winner!
  VP Villanueva announced the 2022 Congressional Art Competition awards:
Each spring, a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congressional Art
Competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent in the
nation, as well as in the fourth District of Washington.
The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students in the
fourth District. The winning artwork of our district's competition will be displayed
for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington D.C. will include the
winning artwork from all participating districts from around the country.
A.C. Davis High School
Mia Dufault, 2022 Congressional Art Competition, 2nd Place
Isabelle Ehlis, 2022 Congressional Art Competition, 3rd Place
Morgan Greene, 2022 Congressional Art Competition, 1st Place
Marlene Martinez, 2022 Congressional Art Competition, 4th Place
Ms. Carole Huls, A.C. Davis High School Art Teacher
  6. Gifts to the District/Board
Superintendent Greene acknowledged the recent donations to YSD:
$119,601 was donated in the form of reimbursement of expenditures of supplies, equipment and expert services to distribute COVID 19 vaccination and testing materials, and implementation of outreach campaigns and host vaccine awareness events (Health Commons Project).
$10,000 was donated by the National Association of School Nurses to support programs to increase pediatric COVID access, confidence and uptake in communities to increase healthy equity.
$2,700 was donated in the form of a WMEA Music Matters Grant to buy music instruments for the music classroom for K-5 students at Robertson Elementary.
$2,502 was donated by Dutch Brothers in the form of a fundraiser for 3 schools, Barge-Lincoln was identified as being one of them.
$2,000 was donated by Mike Pepper Sims Manufacturing for summer field trip to TCSBA - TriCities Steelband Assoc. (Baliki Steel Drum Band program).
$2,000 was donated by Dustin & Yoremy Kissel for summer field trip to TCSBA - TriCities Steelband Assoc. (Baliki Steel Drum Band program).
$1,500 was donated by Yakama Nation for a leveled library at Gilbert Elementary.
Donations from Legends Casino Hotel:
$8,642.34 to purchase a Spot Vision Screener to allow more access to vision screening.
$3,500 to purchase books for the district
$1,500 for the PBIS Program at Davis High School
$1,500 for the PBIS Program at Washington Middle School
B. REPORTS
1. Members of the Board
No reports at this time.
  2. Superintendent Update - Superintendent Greene and others
Shelby Lockhart, Executive Director of Student Achievement, presented the Monthly Absentee Report. She reported June looked a lot better than past months with regards to attendance. Director Navarro, Jr. asked what attributed to the attendance differences between each school. Ms. Lockhart said the difference on seeing variation for attendance rates per school is based on universal supports per building and quarantines at some elementaries were more challenging than the school down the street. He followed up if this is an equity issue and can we better assist. Director Walker asked if we visit these regularly absent students at their homes and determine how we can better support them – Ms. Lockhart assured the board that YSD has worked with the City and the County on supporting these students and confirmed the home visits. VP Villanueva asked if she had a magic wand – what would she do with it. She said the data-share and leadership magic wands are already starting as the City and County has started sharing information which has already started benefiting our students. These wands will be worked on more next year.
  Supt Greene presented the Summer PD-Palooza Learning Menu. This calendar is attached to this meeting in BoardDocs.
  Dr. Rodriquez gave an update on Summer School. She shared that summer school started today in for high school and ends July 15.. There are two sessions for high school with the primary focus on our seniors to help as many seniors get caught up with graduation credits. Our middle school students are housed at DHS due to construction at the middle school buildings. And we have 6 elementary sites open that cover all elementary students in the district. Our goal is to assist students and families who are most in need of acceleration and support. The curriculum is stem integrated units of study with a heavy emphasis on literacy. Summer school for MS and Elementaries is June 23 – July 15.
Our next board meeting is July 26, so Superintendent Greene gave these important Budget dates:
The Preliminary Budget will be made available to the Board on July 6, 2022
The Preliminary Budget will be made available on our website on July 8, 2022
The Preliminary Budget will be presented to the Board on July 26, 2022
The public hearing on the Preliminary Budget will be August 1, 2022
The Final Budget will be presented and adopted by the Board on August 17, 2022 (per WAC 392-123-054)
  3. Monthly Financial Update – Becky Nissen
Becky Nissen presented the Monthly Financial Update for May 2022. She shared the good news of the on the funds received in Federal Local Effort Assistance Stabilization funding per Substitute House Bill 1590 from the 2022 Legislation. She gave the current update on the ESSER II expenditures and included new slides on ESSER III. She also shared our enrollment numbers are declining.
  4. Comments from the Public on Agenda Items
There were no public comments at this time.
  C. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of Consent Agenda
That the Board of Directors approves the Consent Agenda as submitted.
Motion by Norm Walker, second by Ryan Beckett. Motion carried 5/0.
Yea: Martha Rice, Graciela Villanueva, Raymond Navarro Jr, Norm Walker, Ryan Beckett
2. Approval of Minutes of Approval of Minutes of May 9, 17, 23, 24 and 31, 2022
That the Board of Directors approves the minutes for the Monday Board meeting on May 9th, the Business Board meeting on May 17th, and Special Board meetings on May 23rd (Honor’s Convocation), 24th (CTE) and 31st (Union Gap).
3. Notification of Approval of Warrants for May 2022
4. Approval of Personnel Actions
That the Board of Directors approves new hires, leaves of absence, resignations, retirements, and terminations/non-renewals for certificated and non-certificated personnel as herewith submitted.
  5. Approval of Out-of-Endorsement Assignments
That the Board of Directors approves out-of-endorsements assignments for the 2021-22 school year.
6. Budget Status Reports for May 2022
That the Board of Directors Approves the Budget Status Reports for May 2022.
D. ACTION ITEMS
1. Approval to purchase an accredited Digital Basic Education and Diploma program - Dr. Rodriquez
That the Board of Directors grants approval to award the RFP # 01-2223 to Imagine Learning (Edgenuity) in the amount of $405,000.
  Motion by Norm Walker, second by Graciela Villanueva. Motion carried 5/0 on a roll call.
Yea: Graciela Villanueva, Martha Rice, Raymond Navarro Jr, Norm Walker, Ryan Beckett
  2. Approval to Purchase Mathematics curriculum from Great Minds PBC for the 2022-23 SY in the Amount of $215,991.06 - Dr. Rodriquez
That the Board of Directors grants approval to renew mathematics curriculum from Great Minds PBC in the amount of $215,991.06.
  Motion by Ryan Beckett, second by Norm Walker. Motion carried 5/0 on a roll call.
Yea: Graciela Villanueva, Martha Rice, Raymond Navarro Jr, Norm Walker, Ryan Beckett
  3. Permission to Award the Construction Contract for the Renovation/Upgrade of Discovery Lab/Early Learning Center, to M Sevigny Construction, Inc. in the amount of $363,130.00 - Dr. Rodriquez
That the Board of Directors approves the request to award the construction contract for the renovation/upgrade of Discovery Lab/Early Learning Center, to M Sevigny Construction in the amount of $363,130.00
  Motion by Graciela Villanueva, second by Norm Walker. Motion carried 5/0 on a roll call.
Yea: Graciela Villanueva, Martha Rice, Raymond Navarro Jr, Norm Walker, Ryan Beckett
  4. Approval to enter into an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with the City of Seattle - Sara Cordova
Sara Cordova presented this approval. Director Navarro, Jr. asked about the equipment that will be purchased. Supt Greene thanked the board for supporting the safety and security for our students and staff.
  That the Board of Directors grants permission to the Purchasing Department to enter into an Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with the City of Seattle.
  Motion by Norm Walker, second by Graciela Villanueva. Motion carried 5/0 on a roll call.
Yea: Graciela Villanueva, Martha Rice, Raymond Navarro Jr, Norm Walker, Ryan Beckett
  5. Action to approve Policy 1000.3.9 GP Process for Addressing Board Member Violations
Director Navarro, Jr. thanked the board for this due process.
  That the Board of Directors the updates to Policy 1000.3.9 GP Process for Addressing Board Member Violations
  Motion by Norm Walker, second by Ryan Beckett. Motion carried 5/0 on a roll call.
Yea: Graciela Villanueva, Martha Rice, Raymond Navarro Jr, Norm Walker, Ryan Beckett
  6. Second Opportunity for Comments from the Public - All Other
There were no public comments at this time.  
  E. EXECUTIVE SESSION
1. Move to Executive Session
There was no need for an executive session.
  F. ADJOURNMENT
1. Adjournment
Next board meeting is July 26th at Central Services at 7pm. President Rice adjourned the meeting at 8:23pm.
                                                                                                                                                              Graciela Villanueva, Vice President                          Trevor Greene, Secretary to the Board