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Board rejects urgent addition to the agenda; vouchers including $45,000 settlement payment approved
Summary
A motion to add a late agenda item about an email and alleged exclusion of a board member failed; the board approved vouchers that included a $45,000 payment to Cedar Law for a settlement related to resolution 16‑69, prompting public questions about transparency and legal handling.
The Kent School District board declined to add a surprise agenda item about a staff email and communications to the board, then approved consent vouchers that included a check to outside counsel for a settlement related to resolution 16‑69.
Director Donald Cook moved to add an agenda item after the consent agenda had been approved, saying he had discovered an email sent by a district staff member instructing outside parties to direct future communications to Board President Megan Margell rather than to him. Cook said he first saw the record through a public‑records request and social‑media posting and read the text he had received: “I am respectfully requesting that all future communication from you, your office, be directed to miss Megan…
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