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Superintendent outlines kindergarten events, government advocacy and local partnerships
Summary
Superintendent Owens reported April 9 on upcoming Connect to Kindergarten events, district advocacy on state and local education bills, outreach with Mt. Hood Community College on workforce connections, and a local bike donation to Meadows Elementary students.
Superintendent Owens used the April 9 board meeting to highlight several district initiatives and community partnerships, including a May 1 Connect to Kindergarten event, coordinated government-relations activity on state and local education priorities, and a recent student bike donation arranged with local hotel partners.
The district will hold a Connect to Kindergarten event on Thursday, May 1, with activities at each of the district's six elementary schools. Registration assistance will be offered and families can learn about district kindergarten programming and the Early Kindergarten Transition (EKT). The superintendent noted that any child who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1 is eligible for enrollment at their designated neighborhood school.
Owens described coordinated East County advocacy work led by interim government affairs administrator Pooja Bhatt. District leaders said they have provided testimony and outreach on ODE budget issues and a set of bills discussed in the transcript (identified in meeting remarks as "House Bill 2,007," "House Bill 30 40," "House Bill 34 35," and "House Bill 36 52"). They said efforts include county-level budget priority submissions and scheduled meetings with county and city officials to advance district priorities.
Also noted: district staff and CTE leaders attended a convening organized by Mt. Hood Community College to explore strengthening k'12 education connections to the semiconductor workforce in East County.
Superintendent Owens closed with a community partnership item: 47 first- through third-grade students from Meadows Elementary visited the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel for a behind-the-scenes program. Paulin Hotels donated new bikes and locks so students could take a bike home; the bikes were delivered to the school that afternoon. The donation was coordinated by the district's new Safe Routes to School coordinator and a Paulin Hotels representative who also volunteers locally.
Votes at this meeting The board approved routine procedural items during the April 9 meeting: the agenda (with flexibility), the minutes from March 12, and the confirmation items. Each motion passed by voice vote; the transcript records that "the ayes have it," but does not list individual vote counts or proposers.
What the superintendent said about communication and timing Owens said the district intends to post dashboard visualizations on the district website and said staff are working to make Connect to Kindergarten programming more consistent across schools. Board members asked staff to confirm timing for the spring data report and requested the district provide full spring disaggregated results after the May 29 data summit.
