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Seattle School Board Meetings

Regular Board Meetings are generally held on Wednesdays, but are occasionally rescheduled around holidays. Regular School Board meetings start at 4:15 p.m. 董事会会议在约翰·斯坦福卓越教育中心举行.

Please visit the Board Resolutions webpage for adopted resolutions and the Annual Reports webpage for a list of when and how reports to the Board have been delivered.

Board Calendar

Watch School Board Meetings

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Regular Board Meetings are live streamed on SPSTV. 

Regular Board meetings can also be viewed on the following Seattle channels:

  • Comcast 26 (standard-def) 319 (hi-def)
  • Wave 26 (standard-def) 695 (hi-def)
  • Century Link 8008 (standard-def) 8508 (hi-def)

Watch Past Meeting Recordings

Watch past board meetings recordings of the Seattle School Board.

Public Testimony

The Seattle School Board welcomes members of the public to the Regular meetings of the Board and dedicates time at these meetings for public testimony.

让所有社区成员在董事会的业务会议上感到受欢迎和安全是很重要的. 观众将被期望以尊重和礼貌对待所有与会者, just as Seattle Public Schools expects of students in our schools.

公开证词将以亲自和电话会议的方式,由那些注册提供证词的人提供,并按照下文所述的程序被列入证词名单. 

Per Board Procedure 1430BP, 公开证词的顺序如下:由指定地区高中的学生发言,然后是针对议程行动项目发言的学生, then agenda introduction items, and then items of general interest.

通过董事会程序1430BP中概述的流程注册的当前地区学生, identify themselves as students, and are among the 20 (or 25) speakers on the speakers list, will be placed immediately following the first speaking slot. 董事会议程在董事会会议前的星期五下班时公布.

When can I sign up for public testimony?

买正规足球比赛的app办公室通常会接受公众证词名单的注册 starting at 8 a.m. on the Monday before regular Board meetings and continue until 12 p.m. on the Tuesday before the meeting. 当会议在星期三以外的日子举行时,这些时间表可能会进行调整. Generally, 在会议前的星期二中午之后收到的报名将以先到先到的方式添加到列表的末尾, first-served basis until the scheduled meeting start time.

公开证词清单将在董事会例会前一天的工作结束前公布在会议议程上. All meeting agendas are located on the Board agenda webpage.

How do I sign up for public testimony?

To sign up for public testimony, members of the public should use the public testimony sign-up form on the day and time indicated on the relevant agenda (usually 8 a.m. (会议前的星期一),但不得迟于会议的开始时间.

  • 报名表格有阿姆哈拉语、西班牙语、越南语和简体中文.
  • Testimony sign-ups are not accepted by email or phone/voicemail. Please use the public testimony sign-up form.
  • 在董事会会议上的亲自注册将按顺序添加到现有证词列表的末尾.

Please note: Speakers must sign up for themselves, 除了由家长或监护人注册的学生,以及可能需要为公开证词注册过程提供便利的个人, 包括残疾人士或需要语言翻译服务的人士. 此外,如果没有提供完整的信息,您将不会被列入名单. 董事会办公室不会跟进以获得正确的信息或告诉你你在名单上的位置.

董事会定期会议上的公众证词受公众参与委员会政策编号. 1430 and Board Procedure 1430BP.

立法会每次定期会议有二十(20)个发言名额. 公开证词名单上的每位发言人最多有两(2)分钟的发言时间. 如果收到三十五(35)个或更多的公开证词请求 prior to the start  of the Board meeting, 只在该次会议上提供额外的五(5)个发言机会, for a total of twenty five (25) speakers. 

If you want to give (cede) your time to someone else, 你必须出席董事会会议,并在轮到你发言时向董事会宣布. The person to whom you cede your time, 剩下的两分钟时间,你应该讲同一个话题吗.  由于你已经放弃了发言时间,你将不能再在会上发言了.

If you have handouts to give to the Board, please bring 10 copies and give them to Board staff ahead of the meeting. No one should approach the dais with handouts.

Questions about Public Testimony

Regular and Special Meetings Agendas

定期和特别董事会会议议程至少在会议前24小时公布. At each Board meeting, 以往会议的会议记录已获批准,一旦可用,将发布在议程网页上.

Board Committee Materials

There are three current committees of the Board.

  • Audit Committee
  • Ad Hoc Community Engagement Committee
  • Ad Hoc Policy Manual Review Committee

About the Board Approval Process

西雅图买正规足球比赛的app通常每月至少举行一次定期董事会会议. 在定期董事会会议期间,董事会听取公众证词并投票决定大多数最终行动. However, 董事会对定期董事会会议上批准的项目的讨论通常在几周前开始,准备董事会行动报告和向董事会介绍. 这里包含的信息是为了支持公众在整个扩展过程中跟踪项目.

Board Action Report Development

When an item is brought to the Board for action, a Board Action Report (BAR) is drafted, along with any accompanying Board policy or other attachments as needed. Often these documents are prepared by staff, but Directors also may develop Board Action Reports, generally to revise or adopt policies and resolutions.

Regular Board Meeting Agendas and Use of the Consent Agenda

董事会行动报告放在由买正规足球比赛的app办公室制定的定期董事会会议议程草案上. 这些议程草案随后由理事会主席和主管审查并定稿, which set two Regular Board meeting agendas at a time. BARs for contracts, grants, 和其他日常事务,如会议纪要,直接放在同意议程上,供董事会采取行动. 其他董事会行动报告计划首先在一次定期董事会会议上介绍, and voted on at the next Regular Board meeting. When an item is introduced, it is presented by staff or the sponsoring Director, and Directors have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss, but no action is taken. 在这一点上,公众也有机会,在所有定期董事会会议期间, provide feedback by signing up to provide public testimony.

After introduction, 董事会行动项目通常在下次定期董事会会议期间作为同意议程的一部分进行表决. Per Board Policy No. 1420, Proposed Agendas & Consent Agenda, 董事会通过一次动议和投票批准多个项目,以加快董事会定期会议的工作进度. 使用同意议程是理事机构的最佳做法(参阅更多有关使用同意议程精简会议的资料) Municipal Research Services Center). The Student Outcomes Focused Governance Manual, developed by the Council of Great City Schools and AJ Crabill, 建议所有符合同意条件的项目都应列入同意议程,以便将董事会会议时间集中在改善学生成绩上 Board-adopted student outcomes goals and guardrails).

When an item is placed on the Consent Agenda, 董事会任何成员可在董事会定期会议期间将其撤除. 从同意议程中删除的任何项目将在稍后的会议中单独讨论和投票.