Priorities

• Focus on what is right for kids by:

  • Advocating for developmentally appropriate programs,

  • Providing necessary support for increased social and emotional needs,

  • Recognizing that the one-size fits all approach does NOT work.

• Use a research-based approach to decision-making by:

  • Closing the ever-expanding achievement gaps using programs with proven long-term results,

  • Utilizing information and resources from top educational research facilities in our own backyard, such as the University of Washington - Whitman and the University of Oregon.

• Create an active open dialogue with parents by:

  • Improving parent accessibility to information and resources,

  • Increasing parent involvement in decision-making processes among historically underrepresented school communities,

    • Creating Parent Advisory Committees

    • Implementing website inclusion of budget & curriculum

    • Ensuring information is available in multiple languages

    • Using dialogue-focused survey tools

    • Holding community forums in multiple languages

  • Listening to concerns and ideas with an open mind.

• Create an active, open dialogue with teachers and school staff by:

  • Recognizing that these are the professionals with the greatest knowledge about and impact on our children,

  • Developing a safe place for related concerns.

• Create an active, open dialogue with students by:

  • Creating a Student Advisory Council

  • Using dialogue-focused survey tools

• Create an active, open dialogue with the community by:

  • Collaborating to assess and provide for the increasingly diverse needs of our children,

  • Making our schools the epi-center of community involvement;

• Provide easy accessibility to the Board by:

  • Engaging regularly online through social media & website

  • Participating in school events