Mukilteo School District board meeting, Sep 8, 2026
1 h 45 min · 0 public speakers
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- Kyle KennedyBoard Director - President
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Mukilteo board approves classified staff bargaining agreement, discusses field advertising policy 11:41
- The board approved an interlocal agreement with WSIPC for a one-year period. 10:43
- The board also approved a collective bargaining agreement with the Mukilteo Association of Classified Personnel number 1120. 11:26
- Board members discussed proposed policy 6815 on advertising, which a presenter said would allow banners at district athletic fields, and Kyle Kennedy said the item would be taken forward at the next meeting. 13:13
- District staff presented an opening of schools report, a strategic plan refresh and a kindergarten launch report. 30:40
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Item by item (10)
- Opening and agenda changes 0:00
- Kyle Kennedy read a land acknowledgement and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:00
- Kyle Kennedy said the minutes of prior meetings would be accepted as presented. 1:18
- A speaker proposed moving agenda items for board discussion to the end of the agenda, and Kyle Kennedy called for a vote on the amended agenda. 1:42
- Kyle Kennedy said the meeting would proceed with the amended agenda. 2:18
- Student director and board reports 2:18
- Student directors reported on the first week of school at their schools, including assemblies and athletic events. 2:52
- A speaker said a back-to-school backpack giveaway drew a line from the school out to the sports field and suggested involving the transportation department on crosswalk lines. 6:43
- John Gahagan welcomed back students, teachers and staff. 8:08
- Consent agenda 9:41
- Technology services interlocal agreement 10:43
- Classified personnel bargaining agreement 11:26
- Board policy revisions 12:20
- Proposed advertising policy 13:13
- A presenter said the policy would allow annual advertising in athletic facilities, with the district planning banners on football/soccer and softball/baseball fields, and that the procedure bars political or religious content and promotion of drugs, alcohol and weapons. 13:44
- Kyle Kennedy raised how QR codes on banners would be handled, and a student director asked how the ads might affect school spirit. 18:49
- The presenter said the first year could include 20 to 25 banners bringing $20,000 to $25,000, with about 40% going to district facilities, 20% to each high school and 5% to the middle schools. 19:30
- Opening of schools report 30:40
- A presenter said the state counts students on the 4th day in September and that secondary counts were complete and expected to be slightly up compared with the budget. 46:16
- A human resources staff member said the district hired 90 certificated teachers last year and had 33 retirees. 52:52
- A presenter said the transportation department rolled out new software, including an app called MyRide K-12 that lets families see bus route information and receive alerts. 1:03:09
- Strategic plan refresh 1:13:48
- A staff member said the original strategic plan had 4 goals, 14 priority strategies, 36 activities and 99 milestones. 1:16:51
- A staff member said the refresh kept the vision, mission, core values and 4 goals while updating metrics, measures and the reporting process. 1:25:56
- One board member said the strategic plan is an important document and that without it, decisions get hard to make. 1:26:56
- Kindergarten launch report 1:27:12
- A staff member said the kindergarten launch was a 2-week, half-day program held August 3rd through the 6th and 10th through the 13th at Challenger and Horizon. 1:27:44
- The staff member said 27 Challenger families took the pre-survey and 26 the post-survey, while 20 Horizon families took the pre-survey and 12 the post-survey. 1:33:56
- The Challenger Elementary School principal said 39 students were reached, and a Horizon presenter said that school had about 23 students in the program. 1:36:08
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