The West Linn–Wilsonville School District board unanimously adopted Resolution 2024‑10, affirming the board’s commitment to anti‑racism and nondiscrimination and directing staff to implement related administrative processes, training and reporting.

What the resolution does: The resolution reaffirms existing district policies (policy ACB, “All Students Belong” and policy AC non-discrimination) and directs staff to expand implementation steps: develop and publish a clear complaint/reporting pathway, standardize administrative responses and discipline/education/restoration steps for bias incidents, provide staff professional development in interrupting bias, and track bias-related incidents for continuous improvement.

Why it matters: The board launched the effort after a multi-month process that included four listening sessions with high‑school students, the district’s Educational Equity Advisory Committee, staff and parents. Board members and staff said they heard that many students and families had experienced incidents they described as bias or racist and that some students did not report incidents because they believed the district would not act. The resolution includes a user-facing roadmap for reporting and a staff-facing administrator guide for investigation and follow-up.

Training and implementation: Staff described district training rolled earlier this year for administrators and classified staff using the “Speak Up at School” framework (interrupt, question, educate, echo) and indicated next steps include student-appropriate lessons to teach interrupt/report strategies, updates to the student rights and responsibilities handbook, and Panorama survey use to monitor sense-of-belonging metrics. The district also updated administrative rules that detail the discipline/education/restore approach.

Board action and vote: The board passed the resolution unanimously. Directors recorded “aye” votes and the chair read the resolution into the record before the vote.

Ending: District leaders said the resolution formalizes the changes made after listening sessions and will be followed by communication to staff, students and families about the complaint process, trainings and the monitoring approach.