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Board debates creating community budget advisory committee; no formal action taken
Summary
Directors debated a proposal to form a districtwide community budget advisory committee to increase transparency and equity in resource allocation. Directors were split on whether existing committees already provide similar public input; staff committed to more frequent finance updates to the board.
The Highline School District Board of Directors spent roughly an hour on Jan. 8 discussing a proposal to form a community budget advisory committee to provide sustained, community‑level review of the district's budget and resource allocation.
Director Hagos proposed an advisory panel composed of diverse stakeholders — students, families, staff, city leaders and other community members — to apply an equity lens to the district's roughly $405,000,000 budget and improve transparency and public buy‑in for levies and bonds. "If we're thinking about resource allocation with an equity lens, what better than letting…
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