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Issaquah School Board accepts OE‑16 equity monitoring report after student presentations
Summary
The Issaquah School District board accepted the Operational Expectation 16 (equity) monitoring report after staff highlighted recruitment, family engagement and professional development work and students from four high schools presented survey feedback.
The Issaquah School District Board of Directors accepted the district's Operational Expectation 16 (equity) monitoring report during its March meeting, following presentations from district staff and student representatives from multiple high schools.
The report and subsequent discussion described recent district actions on staff recruitment and retention, family and community engagement, and professional development tied to equity work. Elena Sivadasan, the district's executive director of equity, belonging and family partnerships, said the monitoring report reflects "the culmination of so many years worth of investments" and stressed a move from technical to adaptive work that aims to translate policy into day-to-day practice.
The report highlighted specific efforts: expanded recruitment at job fairs and with historically Black colleges and universities, an Educators of Color Leadership Cadre operated in…
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