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Mukilteo School District board meeting, Sep 22, 2026

1 h 09 min · 1 public speaker

Reading and test scores ▶ 35:51

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  2. Kyle KennedyBoard Director - President
What happened

What happened at this meeting

Mukilteo board adopts new policy on advertising on district property 7:58

  • The board adopted new Board Policy 6815, Advertising on District Property, and approved the consent agenda with the personnel addendum. ~7:28
  • The board also heard presentations on revised policies on restraint and isolation and on removal and release of students, an update from Sno-Isle Tech and an overview of school improvement plans for schools identified under the state framework. 11:56
  • A presenter reported Smarter Balanced Assessment 2026 results, saying scores increased in all content areas from year over year while racial and student program gaps continue to persist. 35:51
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening and agenda revision 0:00
    • Kyle Kennedy read the district's land acknowledgment and led the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:00
    • A motion was made to postpone consideration of item 8B, revised Board Policy 3115, to the next public meeting. 1:33
    • Kyle Kennedy described the motion as moving revised Board Policy 3115, Students Experiencing Homelessness, to the next scheduled board meeting and called for a vote. 1:51
  2. Public comment 3:09
    • A speaker at public comment thanked district transportation for a bus tracker app. 3:34
    • The speaker said the district had 348 incidents of restraint and isolation in the last school year, affecting 41 students who were restrained and 35 students who were isolated, and said the numbers have gone down over the years. 4:13
    • The speaker invited the board to Music in Motion on Saturday, October 3rd. 5:09
  3. Consent agenda 7:06
    • A motion was made and seconded to approve the consent agenda with the personnel addendum. 7:14
    • The motion passed. ~7:28
  4. Advertising on district property policy 7:36
    • A speaker said they had misgivings about the policy and were not fond of commercialism but, given the district's financial condition and the policy's construction, were supportive of it. 9:17
    • Another speaker said they hoped the funds would benefit students and sports programs. 9:41
    • Kyle Kennedy thanked cabinet staff for their work on the policy and for providing multiple rounds of information. 10:20
    • Kyle Kennedy called for a vote on new board policy 6815, Advertising on District Property, and announced that the motion passed. 10:20
  5. Restraint and isolation policy revisions 11:56
    • A presenter said reasonable force was taken off because it is no longer in the legal definition and that the changes align the policy with the legal language. 12:46
    • The presenter said procedural sections were moved into the procedures and legal cross-references were updated to 28A-600⁠-⁠485. 12:46
  6. Removal and release of students policy 14:21
    • The executive director of secondary education said the revisions to board policy 3440 keep the district in alignment with WASDA and are really just rewording and rearranging. 14:21
    • The staff member said the revised policy states that students shall remain on school grounds from arrival until the close of the school day unless officially excused. 15:21
    • Asked when the policy would apply, the staff member described a relative arriving to take a student to an appointment who may not be on the approved list. 16:18
  7. Sno-Isle Tech update 17:21
    • A Sno-Isle Tech presenter said the center is holding its 50th anniversary celebration over 2 years and has grown to 25 classes. 18:11
    • A second presenter described 3 years of work with the Washington State Mastery-Based Learning Cooperative to build employability skills rubrics, now graded through Otis software. 23:31
    • Kyle Kennedy asked about plans for the next 10 years, and a presenter said the center is transitioning a computer servicing networking class to a multimedia class. 32:47
  8. Smarter Balanced Assessment results 35:51
    • A presenter said OSPI changed its calculation this year to count only students who actually took the test, which helps aggregate scores. 37:20
    • The presenter said 68.4% of grade 10 students met standard in English language arts and 50.6% of 3rd grade students met standard in math. 38:49
    • Kyle Kennedy asked what key indicators the board should watch as the strategic plan is implemented. 51:30
  9. State school improvement framework plans 53:52
    • A staff member listed the elementary and secondary schools that had been identified and said that once identified, a school remains in the process for 3 years. 57:15
    • The staff member said the plans are due to the state in early October and are considered drafts that schools can revise. 58:59
    • The staff member said schools that do not improve move into the next tier with more direct support. 1:04:52

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Video: posted by the district as “September 22, 2026 Regular School Board Meeting”