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Board approves two Perkins grants and superintendent travel; votes on policy ratings and moves to executive session
Summary
The board approved a Yakima School District Carl D. Perkins application for $253,573, a Yakima Valley Technical Center Perkins application for $95,174, authorized estimated travel of $6,700 for the superintendent, approved several policy ratings and scheduled a 15-minute executive session on litigation.
The Yakima School District Board of Directors approved several agenda items on Sept. 16, voting unanimously on grant applications, travel authorization and policy ratings.
Board approval of two Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education grant applications was presented by Deputy Superintendent Christina Larson. The district-level Perkins request for Yakima School District CTE programming and associated four-year strategic plan was for $253,573; the Yakima Valley Technical Center Perkins application and plan was for $95,174. Both required board approval as part of the grant-application process and each motion carried 4–0.
The board also approved Superintendent Trevor Green’s travel to two conferences in February 2026 — the Heads and Principals conference and the AASA National Conference — for an estimated cost of $6,700. Green outlined professional reasons for attending and noted partial external funding for one presentation.
In governance business the board approved ratings for policy 0550 (Educational and Racial Equity) and for global governance-management-connection policies (1000.40 and 1000.401). Motions on policies passed by majority votes recorded as 4–0.
Public comment during the meeting raised questions about district finance and compensation. Steve McKenna, a retired YEA president, said he was "concerned that our superintendent makes more than the Seattle superintendent," and linked compensation concerns to the district's fiscal position; Superintendent Green responded that some comparisons were inaccurate (he said Seattle’s superintendent position is currently vacant) and observed that many district teachers earn high salaries as well.
Before adjourning to a 15-minute executive session to discuss current and potential litigation with legal counsel, the board agreed to periodic public-records reporting. Chief of Staff Bob Ngo said the district aims to keep open records requests in the single digits and offered to report monthly totals of requests and open cases to the board; the board discussed public posting of request status and timeliness measures.
All formal approvals were recorded on the public record as part of the meeting minutes.
