NORTHWEST EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT 189
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING

Agenda

September 25, 2023; 8:30 AM

Chrysalis Inn | 804 10th Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance

2. Approval of Minutes

a. Approval of Minutes of August 28, 2023, NWESD Regular Board Meeting

3. Comments from the Public

4. Approval of Agenda

5. Consent Agenda

a. Approval of the General Fund warrants #205337 through #205398 in the amount of $811,429.27 and accounts payable electronic wire transfer payment #000000069 in the amount of $1,559.83 and warrants #205416 through #205474 in the amount of $208,293.35 and accounts payable ACH payment #9000000930 through #9000000959 in the amount of $4,986.86.

b. No General Fund Financial Report due to year-end closing.

c. Approval of August payroll warrants #205400 through #205404 for salaries in the amount of $13,190.21, #205405 through #205415 to payroll vendors in the amount of $38,482.97, repayment to accounts payable for health care authority costs in the amount of $262,204.33, reserve for compensated absence reimbursement in the amount of $12,874.15, an electronic transfer of employee direct deposits in the amount of $936,425.82 for a total of $1,892,279.19.

d. No NW Workers Compensation Trust Financial Report due to year-end closing.

e. Approval of NW Washington Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund warrant numbered #205475 in the amount of $535.79.

f. Approval of Unemployment Pool warrants #205399 in the amount of $120,634.16 and #205476 through #205477 in the amount of $16,607.73.

g. No Unemployment Pool Financial due to year-end closing

h. Approval of Out-of-State Travel in the amount of $18,310.38.

i. Approval of Personnel Report indicating terminations, hiring, and reclassification of NWESD employees.

j. Approval of Election of Certificated Staff indicating hiring of certificated employees.

6. New and Pending Business

a. Approval of Job Descriptions

i. Teacher for the Visually Diverse

ii. Career Connected Learning Program Manager

iii. Migrant Education Program Manager

iv. STEM Administrator (Revised)

7.  Items for Information

a. Independent Contractor Agreements

b. Surplus Disposal Report

c. OSPI-AESD Statewide Initiatives, Funding Mechanisms, and Agreements

d. 2023-24 NWESD Departmental SMART Goals

e. 2023-24 Board of Directors Representatives to the Equity Team

f. AESD Accreditation White Paper and FAQ

g. Underfunding of Insurance and Utilities

h. Superintendent’s Report

i. Meeting with new Index School District Superintendent, Allan Bredy

ii. Meeting with Lopez Island School District Interim Superintendent, Dr. Martha Martin

iii. Accreditation, Teacher of the Year, and Classified Employee of the Year presentations

iv. AESA Business Strategy Framework Presentations, December 7, 2023

v. District Leadership Team Visits

8. Items Originating with the Board

a. AESD/Legislative Report

9. Executive Session

10. Adjournment