Issaquah School District board meeting, Sep 24, 2026
2 h 46 min · 6 public speakers
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Issaquah School Board accepts monitoring report on treatment of people 1:30:24
- Several speakers at public comment asked the board to limit screen time and roll back educational technology in schools. 1:53
- The board accepted the monitoring report for Operational Expectation 2, Treatment of People, after a staff presentation that noted two exceptions. 1:30:24
- The board began a conversation on Governance Culture 12, the student representative policy, and a potential update to it, and a speaker said no decisions would be made that night. 1:57:45
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Item by item (10)
- Opening and public comment 0:04
- The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and public comment. 0:04
- Speakers at public comment asked the board to adopt screen time limits and to roll back educational technology. 2:26
- A speaker at public comment asked what is being done to stop AI-generated images from reaching students through district software. 14:09
- Consent agenda and regular agenda 15:26
- Work-study recap on AP courses 16:43
- Superintendent's works in progress 24:05
- The superintendent reported the launch of a new ELA curriculum for 6th to 8th grade and preparation for a Mandarin dual language program. 28:18
- The superintendent said the annual parent and caregiver survey opens October 1st and closes October 31st. 30:46
- The superintendent said enrollment is down year over year, mostly in elementary, but that there were more students than projected, with kindergarten expected to exceed 1,000. 32:35
- Capital projects update 34:01
- A district staff member said total change orders are a little over $437,000, contingency use sits at 3.3 percent and the project is about 28% done. 41:34
- Asked how many new trees would be planted, a district staff member estimated 900 and said the number would be verified. 43:41
- A district staff member said the roadway work will add 2 lanes in each direction, center turn lanes, bike lanes and a traffic light. 49:59
- New high school planning update 57:32
- A district staff member said the core design team began meeting and that a community event is set for October 21st at Pickering Barn from 5:30 to 7:30. 58:51
- Matt Coyne and Natalie Anderson each put in a plug for a competition robotics space at the new school. 1:10:10
- Matt Coyne asked whether an interactive tool could help families plan high school choices, and a staff member said building a new tool in 3 weeks might be challenging. 1:26:39
- Treatment of people monitoring report 1:30:01
- A staff presenter said the superintendent certifies compliance with two exceptions, one tied to a cybersecurity incident involving Canvas and one on communicating appeal rights to families. 1:31:05
- The presenter said the share of 8th grade students reporting their caregivers are informed about their progress declined from 73% to 55%, and that survey wording changed. 1:31:05
- One board member said future reports on exceptions should describe the impact on the district. 1:51:52
- The student advisory vote showed 5 votes in favor, and the motion to accept the report carried. 1:57:10
- Student representative policy discussion 1:57:45
- Legislative matters 2:41:55
- Natalie Anderson said the district hosted the WASDA General Assembly meeting on Saturday, September 19th, which voted on 74 policies and positions. 2:42:43
- Announcements and future calendar 2:44:09
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