Evergreen board adopts 2025-26 budget and finalizes two governance policy revisions

The Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors voted Wednesday to adopt the district's 2025–26 budget and to advance final revisions to two governance culture policies.

Jennifer Jacobson, presenting the budget, told the board she had presented the plan two weeks earlier and was available to answer questions. Director Grenwalt moved to adopt resolution number 7071, the district's 2025–26 budget resolution; Director Perkins seconded the motion. The board answered "Aye" to the call for vote and the motion carried.

Board members also completed a second reading and voted to approve revisions to Governance Culture Policy GC‑7 and GC‑9. Director Perkins moved to adopt the revisions and Director Grenwalt seconded; the board voted to approve the changes after hearing that no members of the public had submitted questions about the policy edits.

Both votes were taken as part of the meeting's regular business; the budget vote was recorded on the public agenda as resolution 7071. Board discussion before the votes was brief; one director said she looked forward to having more involvement with the budget committee in the coming year.

The superintendent's earlier public remarks acknowledged the heavy public interest in bargaining and staffing issues that dominated the meeting; she said administrators would continue to negotiate with classified staff and encouraged community engagement. Several board members later raised procedural concerns about public records requests and legal redaction costs as an area for future efficiency work.

Ending: with the budget adopted and GC‑7 and GC‑9 updated, the board recessed and scheduled no additional public actions at the meeting's close.