REGULAR BOARD MEETING

MINUTES

DATE: April 27, 2026

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: Hybrid Meeting (in-person at District Learning Center and online)

PRESENT: Brad Wilson, Stephanie Fuller, Barb Polley, Christy Nielsen, Jennifer Puckett, Kirk Marshlain, Tiffany Viall, Fabi Lara, Jenann Ross, Jamie Pancho, April Slagle, Elly Dromeshauser, James Fehr, Holden Alteio, Eva Whiteman, Stephen Tilbury, Jon Higgins, Jennifer Polley, Mindy Christopherson, Marc Alteio, Laura Clinton, and Georgia Mashayekh

AGENDA ITEMS / PUBLIC COMMENTS

• Call to order

Stephanie Fuller called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.

• Public Comments or Request on Non-agenda Items

There were no public comments.

CONSENT AGENDA

• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes – April 13, 2026
• Payables and Payroll

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

PRESENTATIONS

• Chelan Project

Elly Dromeshauser, James Fehr, Eva Whiteman, Holden Alteio, and Stephen Tilbury shared a presentation with information about the demographics of the club, service events, and outdoor events. The students shared how Chelan Project has filled a void in their heart.

The students answered questions from the Board.  Brad told the students that many community members have expressed gratitude for the help that Chelan Project provides to the Earth Day fair every year.

• School Resource Officer

Brad said that Officer Bushy was not available and his presentation will be moved to a different meeting.

UPDATES

• Teaching and Learning – Tiffany Viall

Tiffany shared that the math committee is ready to move forward in the adoption process for new curriculum.  This curriculum should be used for the next eight years.

She would like to schedule an opportunity for the Board to review the curriculum for Math and Spanish. Brad will work with the Board to set up a time for review prior to a board meeting.

Tiffany is taking a team of teachers to visit a UW multilingual learner school in Seattle to review their schedules, support, and professional learning. This school is a demonstration school and several other districts will visit at the same time.

• Student Services and Inclusion – Kirk Marshlain

There are some required changes for staffing within the SPED program, and Kirk is partnering with Next Level Speech to provide speech support this spring. Colby Wells will be providing virtual services starting 4/28/26.

The LCSD SPED is currently serving 176 students.

IEP Online has some upgrades, and all districts will transfer into the new platform this summer. Records need to be locked by the end of June.  This is challenging with the current integration of Qmlativ also.

• Legislative – Stephanie Fuller

Stephanie had no new information but will give an update after the WSSDA D7 Regional Meeting on 5/20/26.

FINANCIAL REPORTS

• Enrollment & Financial – Fabi Lara

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

The recent audit is finalized and under review.  The exit packet and invite will go out soon.

SUPERINTENDENT

• Celebrations

THANK YOU to all of the Administrative Assistants in the district.  These are the front people at each building who take care of the parents, staff, students, and community members, to get everyone the help and information that they want; alongside their other responsibilities. Administrative Professionals Day was last Wednesday 4/22/26.

• Strategic Plan Update

Brad shared a website (waschoolfunding.org) to illustrate what has been going on over the past 8-9 years in educational funding.  This site shared the constitutional duty of fully funding public schools.

Washington state ranks 40^th in the nation for K-12 investment in education.

This website has a lot of information about how WA schools are underfunded and overburdened. It has many hyperlinks for deeper dives into the funding of school districts across the state.  This funding, or under-funding, dictates what schools can do to run programs and support students.

Brad shared a new drawing of where the upgraded soccer field will be going in at the Mt. Goat field complex.

BOARD POLICIES / ACTION ITEMS           

• Request for 1 year Leave of Absence

Jennifer moved and Barb seconded a motion to approve the Leave of Absence request from Marty Rothlisberger for one year; motion carried.

• BP 3245 & Procedure – Students & Telecommunication Devices – 2nd Read

BP 3245 & Procedure will go to the next board meeting for a 3^rd 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

Stephanie moved the Board to executive session at 6:43pm for approximately 30 minutes with no action to be taken.               

ADJOURNMENT

Stephanie Fuller reconvened the board to regular session and adjourned the meeting at 7:11 pm.

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Kim Thorpe, Board Chair                                                  Brad Wilson, Superintendent