REGULAR BOARD MEETING

MINUTES

 DATE: March 23, 2026

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: District Learning Center – 309 E Johnson Ave., Chelan WA 98816

PRESENT: Brad Wilson, Kim Thorpe, Stephanie Fuller, Barb Polley, Christy Nielsen, Jennifer Puckett, Imani Goings-Marrero, Jamie Mack, Jamie Pancho, Jon Higgins, Sinai Manjares, Terry Sanders, Alice Polley, Marc Alteio, Francesca Alteio, Holden Alteio, Erika Scroggie

AGENDA ITEMS / PUBLIC COMMENTS       

• Call to order

Kim Thorpe called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.

• Public Comments or Request on Non-agenda Items

Jenna Paglia submitted written comment about prioritizing the hiring of teachers with specialty certifications when replacing those who are retiring or leaving the district.

Marc Alteio presented and read his written letter to the board with supporting documentation. He wanted to “formally record material governance, financial, and record-integrity risks documented in notices provided to the district on October 21, January 15, January 26, and March 9”.

CONSENT AGENDA           

• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes – March 9, 2026
• Payables and Payroll
• Personnel

Barb moved and Jennifer seconded a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented; motion carried.

PRESENTATIONS

• CMS ASB

Jamie Mack and students Alice Polley and Sinai Manjares shared a presentation with information about their demographics, what kinds of things that the ASB does for students and staff, events, the opportunity to host the AWSL Leadership Conference in Chelan, and future plans.  The students shared what they learn by being part of the CMS ASB and what it means to them.

The students answered questions from the board members.

Brad reminded everyone that Jamie Mack is honored as the 2025 Association of Washington Student Leaders (AWSL) Northeast Middle-Level Advisor of the Year.

• Nurses – Erika Scroggie

Erika shared a handout with information about the district nurses, daily duties, and other duties. LCSD has 3 nurses working in 2 full-time positions to cover all of the schools.

There are daily medications, seeing sick and injured students, screening kids for counseling and admin support, phone calls to parents and doctors due to medication and medical needs, medication routines with students, SPED support, and record keeping for all student needs. The biggest challenge right now is helping students, parents, and the student nutrition staff with diabetes management.

• Facilities & Operations – Rosey Burkhard

Rosey shared a presentation with information about student nutrition events, a pop-up food sampling with Schwan’s Company, information about the FP 505 Healthy Kids-Healthy Schools Grant award for a $200,000 upgrade at the MS/HS commons, ideas for this upgrade, current facility updates, information about the FP 502 Urgent Repair Grant award for $600,000 to address urgent small repairs that will impact health and safety, summer plans for replacement and upgrades of the HVAC control system at the MS/HS, and replacement of fire panel at MS/HS using grant funds.

Rosey answered questions from the board members and explained how the district is reimbursed for student meals.

UPDATES

• Legislative – Stephanie Fuller

Stephanie shared that the legislative session is over now. They finished with limited funding for TK slots across the state, limited funding for construction, unfunded mandates for K-12 schools, lengthening of the expected lifespan of a bus for WA Bus Depreciation calculations, and the percentage of the K-12 education funding has been going down since 2021.

WSSDA will host the District 7 Regional Meeting for school board directors in May in Wenatchee.

FINANCIAL REPORTS       

• Enrollment & Financial – Fabi Lara

Fabi shared the enrollment and financial reports  and answered questions from the board.

SUPERINTENDENT

• Celebrations
• Budget Planning
• Strategic Planning

Brad shared a presentation thanking all of the operations teams (administrators, supervisors, operations staff) who make it possible for spring events to happen, actual and projected enrollments from 2020 – 2031, forecasting student numbers for next year, amount of money the state funds per FTE student, initial planning for next year, job openings as staff retire, and Strategic Plan goals.

He thanked Fabi for planning ahead for conservative budgeting as enrollment declines.

There is a suggestion for a board work session to update goals for the next Strategic Plan. The board would like to schedule this sometime in the summer.

BOARD POLICIES / ACTION ITEMS

• BP 6217 & Procedure – Electronic Funds Transfer – 2nd Read

BP 6217 & Procedure is a new policy for the district. Brad & Fabi answered questions about the electronic funds transfer procedures within the district.

The policy presented has the incorrect number at the top, so the board decided to take the policy to the next meeting for a 3rd reading with corrections.

• BP 5401 & NEW Procedure – Sick Leave – 1st Read
• BP 5404 – Family, Medical, and Maternity Leave – 1st Read

These policies will be taken to the next meeting for a 2^nd reading.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

• To discuss the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and/or review the performance of a public employee with no action to be taken. RCW42.30.110

Kim moved the board to executive session at 7:17pm for approximately 30 minutes with no action to be taken.              

ADJOURNMENT

Kim Thorpe reconvened the board to regular session and adjourned the meeting at 7:45pm.

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Kim Thorpe, Board Chair                                                                  Brad Wilson, Superintendent