Dr. Torres- Morales ( T-M) says they've started professional development for middle school math teachers on October 9th and are engaging district leaders on the plan.

Dr Torres- Morales has initiated his site tours with intention of completing them all by Christmas. Now compiling feedback he receives to develop themes around our priorities: improving academic outcomes for every student and returning VPS to long-term financial stability.

Dr. T-M Financial Update:

Monthly meetings with the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and ESD 112 are scheduled through January with the first meeting on October 20^th
Enrollment for 2026-27 matches our forecast so we expect to receive our projected revenue for the year.
Finalizing the 2025 -26 budget expected by November and working on financial plan due in December

Special Recognition:

Columbia River (CR) Special Olympics soccer team 2nd place. CR boys soccer 3rd place at state. 2A boys tennis CR 2nd place. CR track 4x100 2nd place. Golf CR 2nd place. McLoughlin Middle School On the Rise Award. CR's Evan Mulholland National Merit Scholarship semifinalist. Skyview Aaron Lark awarded history teacher of the year by the Gilder Lehman Institute of American History

Special note: Four VSD High Schools received recognition by U.S. News and World Report as top 100 high schools: VSAA #16, I-tech #25, Columbia River #77, and Skyview #92^nd.

Public Comments: a student regarding the closure of Flex Academy and a community member unhappy with the pace at which the district is working to improve the math curriculum.

Consent Agenda included:

1. Recommendation to Approve Instructional Materials for use in the 2026 - 2027 School Year : Elementary history trunks 5th grade: power, trade, and self-government. VPS traveling history trunk 4th grade: Human Interaction: Land, Settler Colonism and Clash of Cultures. VPS traveling history trunk 3rd grade Cowlitz's Tribe Culture. Comparative Government for the AP course: Stories of the World. The Boy Who Challenged Hitler by Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club.

2. Vancouver Education Association (VEA) 2026-2027 Tentative Agreements

Salary dash state ipd, 2.6% increase for 2026 dash 2027
staff professional meetings dash changed to up to three hours per month
personal leave days dash increased allowable carryover from year to year by one day
safe workplace - prescribes specific process for raising and responding to staff concerns
workers comp insurance dash provides additional support for 1st 30 to 60 days of WC time loss
building staff deployment-additional process for staff rebalancing from building to building and protections in certain circumstances capital
SPED -additional relief for learning support, GATE program and additional IEP writing

3. Addendum to 2026-2027 VAPA Salary Schedule - Confirming state IPD 2.6% increase for 26-27 and Doctorate Stipend corrected to $3500

4. Employee Report report available on website.

And all were approved.

Regular Business – Administrative revisions;

1. Recommendation to Conduct a Second Reading to Adopt Revised Policy 2022, Electronic Resources and Internet Safety, in the 2000 Series, Instruction

This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. As recommended by WSSDA, this policy is revised to address the use of artificial intelligence (AI), in accordance with House Bill 1170 and House Bill 2225. These laws require public school districts to implement new AI transparency protocols, including updating disclosures regarding the use of AI to enhance protections for minors

2. Recommendation to Conduct a Second Reading and Adopt Revised Policy 3115, Homeless Students – Enrollment Rights and Services, in the 3000 Series, Students

This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. As recommended by WSSDA, this policy is renamed and updated to clarify that educational rights for students experiencing homelessness are provided through both state law and the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

3. Recommendation to Conduct a Second Reading and Adopt Revised Policy 3246, Restraint, Isolation and Other Uses of Reasonable Force, in the 3000 Series, Students

This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. As recommended by WSSDA, this policy is revised in accordance with House Bill 1795, which limits the use of student restraint and isolation, including prohibiting school district employees from using mechanical restraints (such as handcuffs) on students. Student restraint and isolation continue to be permitted only when reasonably necessary to control spontaneous behavior of students that poses an "imminent likelihood of serious harm.”

4. Recommendation to Conduct a Second Reading and Adopt Revised Policy 4040, Public Access to District Records, in the 4000 Series, Community Relations

This Agenda Item Contains an Attachment. The revisions to this policy adjust the school district's threshold for waiving fees charged for public records from $5.00 to $1.00 and clarify that this waiver applies to the total fees charged to the requestor, whether the requestor has submitted multiple public records requests or a single request.

5. Recommendation to Conduct a Second Reading and Adopt Revised Policy 5401, Sick Leave, in the 5000 Series, Personnel

As recommended by WSSDA, the revisions to this policy are intended to better distinguish

between the policy of the school district to follow the requirements of state sick leave laws and the procedural steps the school district follows to implement those laws. The procedural steps are incorporated into the school district's administrative procedure.

All were approved in a package motion.

Ended with Executive Session to discuss performance of Public Employee

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