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Key approvals and votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved by voice vote (no individual roll‑call tallies provided in the record).
- Board Resolution 7‑47 (Department of Natural Resources timber sales): The board adopted a resolution encouraging the Washington Department of Natural Resources to finalize a set of timber sales the district said affect local revenue. In a legislative update, the board was told the Railroad Creek timber sale in question was estimated in the presentation to affect district revenues by a minimum of $173,000 and up to about $250,000. Motion carried.
- Board Resolution 7‑48 (Sourcewell Cooperative membership/interlocal): Trustees approved a resolution authorizing the district to do business with Sourcewell under interlocal cooperative purchasing arrangements; motion carried.
- Capital outlay: Approved capital outlay for Eatonville High School HVAC optimization and lighting replacement. Presenters said the total project cost is about $1,500,000 and that approximately $1,000,000 will come from a Department of Commerce grant; motion carried.
- Capital facilities plan amendment: Board approved an amended capital facilities plan to allow impact‑fee proceeds to be used for the track and field project (the plan author was noted as Nichols Consulting); motion carried.
- Authority to negotiate stadium seating contract: Trustees authorized the superintendent to negotiate a stadium seating contract with the noted vendor through a cooperative procurement; the board clarified the action authorized negotiation only, not final contract signature; motion carried.
- Greater Eatonville Community Foundation fundraising initiative: Board approved the foundation's effort to fundraise for the Eatonville track and field project and related needs, with community fundraising aims referenced at roughly $250,000 for ADA and other items; motion carried.
- Capital equipment replacements and facilities work: Board approved replacement of the Eatonville High School baseball scoreboard (procurement to follow cooperative or quote process) and approval to purchase replacement landings and stairs for four Eatonville Middle School portables (administration reported a favorable non‑cooperative quote for the work); motions carried.
- Contracts, calendars and procedures: Trustees approved an independent contract for physical therapy services through the end of the school year, adopted 2025–26 and 2026–27 school calendars, approved an updated overnight field‑trips and excursions procedure/list, and approved several policy items for first reading; all motions carried.

Votes and procedure notes
- Where the record shows only a voice vote, the minutes record \"Aye\" and the chair declared motions carried; individual roll‑call tallies were not provided in the transcript for most items.
- Several items reference external funding or procurement constraints (for example, the EHS HVAC project described as dependent on a Department of Commerce grant, and the scoreboard and other purchases described as likely procured through a cooperative or multiple quotes depending on dollar thresholds).

Ending: The board acted on the listed resolutions and operational measures; several items include follow‑ups (procurement and final contract terms) that district staff said would be returned for verification or signature as required by statute and district procedure.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Eatonville School Board of Directors Executive Session and Business Meeting 02/26/2025 at 6:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","The Eatonville School District board approved a slate of items including resolutions urging DNR timber sales, Sourcewell membership, EHS HVAC capital outlay tied to a Department of Commerce grant, amended capital facilities plan to cover track and field, procurement and replacement approvals, and several operational contracts and policies.","taxTitle","Eatonville School District, School Districts, Washington","taxId",55047,"location","Washington","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6307424,"Eatonville reports midyear attendance and assessment gains; district highlights tutoring fund and MTSS rollout",2503,6137000,8640000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2433321-bcd634bfc7818fb5f829b4d67f08c81b&start=6137&end=8640","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2433321-bcd634bfc7818fb5f829b4d67f08c81b/thumbnail_6137000.jpg","/articles/6307424/Washington/Eatonville-reports-midyear-attendance-and-assessment-gains-district-highlights-tutoring-fund-and-MTSS-rollout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6307424-64b596d66d66679ee5d14dd684fcf6e9/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763386&Signature=gnRuKBT5A6Fas6kEq7b1Hg1rsyM2~KLuSNdRVPuoM-dLFUl7UxMC-JbHnZ3RzxSxldWKL5pOorn-ZO2xfq5hKb0e~CF9olLkp8eS2B4jyHqtxi65KjSHay6kMfUjIdh9-lPr6BoIS-2639L-AvsP4N18-8oXC0WC2wwfZ~0y5LIx3KdEu-Ya7cDNgbWLfpezu9zJbT6wACNJ6ylSmILIvOZ6DpajhXpQcuOpSYD5QdW8Fh82aosqMqVPP-YHXq63wkLhsNiSJZmTiArRZP61WVGUHd46o-yNF2f5ivOhkq99BnKrozr2h9mxTVwJ3oTUBXQOExQsFnEOwFDsBdHa-w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Eatonville School District leaders told the board their midyear school improvement monitoring shows gains in attendance and several academic indicators and described continuing steps to scale tutoring and multi‑tiered systems of support (MTSS).

\"We have seen, from last year, our total was 59% with attendance rate ... already this year we're at 67%, which is a great 8% increase,\" presenter Sally told the board when summarizing districtwide attendance progress.

District presenters credited multiple initiatives for the gains. Superintendent Brower described a community‑led scholarship/tutoring endowment established with a gift the district described in the meeting as about $2,300,000; the plan is to use interest from that fund to support tutoring across schools. Brower and others singled out a lunchtime tutoring pilot at the high school and an expanded after‑school and in‑school tutoring model. The high school also reported a notable improvement in ninth‑grade on‑track rates: presenters said 90.5 percent of ninth graders were on track at the end of first semester.

Presenters gave data from the district's assessment platforms (I‑Ready diagnostics and interim SBA items) to show changes by school and subgroup. Highlights the board was shown included:
- A midyear jump in the district K–8 ELA indicator from about 29 percent to 45 percent of students reaching on‑level benchmarks in the I‑Ready midyear diagnostic as presented.
- Math growth in several elementary buildings and ongoing focus where needed; presenters said work remains in algebraic thinking across some grades.
- Subgroup progress: the district said its Hispanic/Latino subgroup showed movement toward grade level in ELA and math diagnostics; special‑education students were reported as making \"stretch growth,\" with presenters noting 42 percent of students receiving special‑education services had reached a year's worth of expected growth in diagnostics this year.

District staff said MTSS continues to be rolled out districtwide and will be a statewide requirement for all districts by 2026; they described building‑level tactics including teacher‑led interventions, flexible grouping, data teams and plans to strengthen substitute coverage so intervention blocks are preserved during absences. Presenters also cited the Panorama platform for data tracking and I‑Ready for diagnostics and intervention alignment.

Board members and presenters discussed testing cadence and alignment (for example, high‑school geometry coverage and the timing of state interim assessments), curriculum alignment, and next steps for math interventions and teacher supports.

Ending: The board received the midyear report as presented. District staff and community donors and volunteers were publicly thanked; trustees did not take any immediate policy or budget action during the report but flagged continued curriculum and intervention work as priorities for the remainder of the year.","District leaders reported midyear increases in attendance and several assessment measures, credited a new tutoring program supported by a donor fund, and described work to expand MTSS, align curriculum and target supports for multilingual and special‑education students.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6307429,"Eatonville board hears options to accelerate capital projects by borrowing against levy",2040,4200000,6240000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2433321-bcd634bfc7818fb5f829b4d67f08c81b&start=4200&end=6240","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2433321-bcd634bfc7818fb5f829b4d67f08c81b/thumbnail_4200000.jpg","/articles/6307429/Washington/Eatonville-board-hears-options-to-accelerate-capital-projects-by-borrowing-against-levy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6307429-fd587fe00abfdf9cdea5b255cb41c7de/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763386&Signature=kk886wuxifb-IeGUKx3Chst-tLobISja4ZfSecWnBpRLPSyeVxHHEBKqZp5ZiP15CqZNqaWUSbXVN~E~mr~LmT4DHggxOQRoZHAOj6JLdeUw2Nk3v4JtoUfVKhk74JM557irrAU9zWmnv8bM-6ecgmQ-0tp3A7wSDw7MXjLp0FPU2O506Tez23VpoqRBqZAIlVYTfI6dobYbiTAZgGJQeoNoHywXxF~K7E2dytFHWo4anyA1Lx8u5oSXQtZuW5E7FHBy0tRijo-eBbLRzqUXeeL6javr3yLcXeeDORBr8JsPPpomWErH2rqy4-dMe3PH-dbKAh7M1FTVbZlL0yplDA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Eatonville School District board meeting, financial adviser Greg Plager of DA Davidson gave a detailed briefing on financing options that could let the district complete capital projects sooner by borrowing against its voter‑approved capital levy.

Plager said the district could consider borrowing now to start projects before levy collections arrive, but cautioned there are legal and cost trade‑offs that the board must weigh. \"Front funding capital levies alleviates cash‑flow concerns, but it can create other challenges,\" he told trustees.

The presentation laid out three common ways districts accelerate capital projects: joining a pooled bond sale issued by the state treasurer, asking the county treasurer to buy the debt, or arranging a competitive local bank placement. Plager said the state pooled option can produce the lowest interest rates because the state bundles many districts' needs into a single, highly rated bond and can routinely issue at roughly the 2.5–3 percent range, whereas local bank market rates may be higher (he cited near 4.25 percent as an example for bank pricing at the time of the presentation).

Plager also reviewed legal limits and requirements. He told the board that what is commonly called \"limited general obligation\" borrowing is subject to three constraints: it must be repaid from existing district revenue sources, it cannot be used to build wholly new standalone school buildings (it can be used for remodeling), and it is capped by the district's debt capacity. For Eatonville that borrowing cap was described in the presentation as roughly \"three‑eighths of 1 percent,\" which Plager identified as about $10,200,000 for this district. He added that certain repayments (notably interest on such borrowing) must come from non‑voter‑approved revenues — for example, excise taxes or other local non‑levy sources — and warned trustees that \"interest has to be coming from state forest, federal forest, excise tax, other nonvoter‑approved taxes. So that is a big challenge.\"

He also walked the board through project‑timing considerations: a capital levy approved by voters produces revenue on a multi‑year schedule (Eatonville's recently passed capital levy was described as a six‑year levy with collections beginning in the spring) so a district that wants to complete multi‑million‑dollar construction sooner may either wait the collection schedule or borrow now and repay out of future levy receipts. Plager noted that borrowing to accelerate work can sometimes offset construction inflation, but the net outcome depends on current construction inflation versus borrowing costs; he used pandemic and post‑pandemic periods to illustrate how those tradeoffs have changed.

Board members asked practical follow‑ups during the presentation, including whether loan agreements could be callable or prepayable and which public hearings or disclosures would be required. Plager said districts must inform the public and hold a public hearing when borrowing exceeds certain thresholds and that many lenders and the county or state programs impose specific timing and disclosure rules.

No formal vote or direction to pursue borrowing was taken at the meeting; the presentation was informational. Plager said he would be available to return with more detailed cost comparisons and to help the district if it chooses to pursue any of the three financing routes.

Ending: The district's capital levy and debt capacity figures remain unchanged; trustees left the matter at the presentation stage and did not authorize a borrowing plan during the session.","Financial advisor from DA Davidson outlined pros and cons of \"front‑funding\" projects by borrowing against the district's capital levy, explained borrowing limits and repayment rules, and described state, county and bank financing options; no board action was taken.","actionData","errors"]

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