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Student council asks district to update financial literacy instruction after community workshop
Summary
Student Action Council reported on a Women of Wisdom financial workshop and urged the district to review and modernize financial literacy curriculum; board members asked staff to prepare a comparison to state standards and current classroom content.
The Pasco School District Student Action Council told the board it hosted a financial wellness workshop with Women of Wisdom and asked the district to use student feedback to modernize the district’s financial literacy curriculum.
The request matters because financial literacy is now a required course in Washington and students told the council the existing curriculum feels outdated compared with practical money‑management skills they need after graduation.
Anna Gareda, one of the student board representatives, said the workshop helped students build realistic budgets and learn “an eight‑step plan to blasting off to financial freedom,” and added the presentation included worksheets students could take home.
Mason (student board representative) summarized the council’s next steps: gathering student feedback on the presentation and proposing curriculum changes to district staff. He told the board that students thought the district’s current financial class sometimes centered on outdated practices such as balancing a checkbook rather than modern topics like budgeting, credit and investing.
Board members supported further review. Superintendent Whitney said the two presenters were community partners who received a grant to offer the workshop, and board members asked staff to return with a report comparing current district curriculum to Washington state expectations and suggested improvements. One board member proposed a July presentation and district staff agreed to prepare a comparison of state requirements versus current high‑school course content.
Action and next steps: District staff will gather student feedback from the Student Action Council, compare current curriculum against state standards, and prepare a report and recommendation; the board placed a financial‑literacy curriculum review on future agenda items for July.
No formal action or vote occurred during the meeting; the item was informational and will be followed by staff analysis and a formal board report.
