Jason McGill read the WIHS land acknowledgment.

Christine Espina read the Mission and Vision.

In-Person

• Shirley Williams, Whiteswan Environmental and WIHS co-founder
• Eric Zamora, WIHS staff
• Tehya Moberg, student
• Winter Bee, student
• Cristianna Wilke, student
• Paula Sohal, WIHS parent
• Miles Hudson, WIHS teacher

Remote

• Jessica de Barros, CSC
• JT Williams, WA Charter Association
• Diana Marker, WA Charter Association

• Shirley Williams, WIHS co-founder, reminded us of the importance to focus on the charter and to work together and co-create.
• WIHS students, Winter and Christiana, on behalf of AJ, ASB President made the following requests:
  • Any equity audit report be published in the minutes. 
  • Most recent authorizer review be published in the minutes. 
  • All board review of the charter/contract outlined success metrics vs. performance printed in the minutes, with particular attention paid to the First Peoples Principle of Learning, the culturally responsive tenants and retention rates. 
  • Board review of the Charter/non-discrimination clause vs. any student/parent/employee concerns or complaints related to discrimination toward students. Review of complaints and how they have or have not been addressed.
  • More teacher training to read and review the charter. Substitute teachers also should read the charter.
  • More safety training for students.
  • More notice when there is someone inside the mall with weapons. 
• Tehya Moberg requests the full removal of another student's dog and concerns for the safety of their service animal. They request details for the last vote on allowing the dog to return. 
• Paula Sohal, a parent of a student, shared concerns about the school including lunch, responsiveness of leadership, and a safe learning environment for their teenager.

• Opportunities for WIHS and WE to weave our work more closely together were discussed.

Christine Espina gave a high-level overview of the Corrective Action Plan.

Corrective Action Plan submitted to Commission on April 19, 2023 outlining how we will

• Increase the capacity of Board of Directors;
• Monitor student learning through interim assessments;
• Ensure high student participation in interim and summative assessments;
• Ensure that WIHS daily schedule meets instructional minutes specified in the charter contract and state law.

Board Term Limit Discussion. We are actively recruiting board members as many of the current members' terms are nearing the end. WIHS by-laws state that board terms are up to 5 years.

• Nasreen Mughal-Barrows will extend her term until September 2023.
• Kira Lieberman will extend her term as much as needed but would like to step down as soon as possible.
• Christine Espina will extend her term until December 2023.
• Jason McGill will fulfill his term until August 2023.

The Board entered Executive Session at 7:04 pm.

The board met in an executive session to discuss with legal counsel regarding current or potential litigation as allowed by RCW 42.30.110. The board will be in executive session until 7:14 pm.

The board extended Executive Session until 7:38 pm.

Nasreen Mughal-Barrows and Gail Goulet will serve on CEO Evaluation Committee and will send out the evaluation to stakeholders to complete in May and the Board will review it in June 2023. 

Agenda item tabled.

Dawn Walker reviewed the April Academic Overview. 

• Enrollment-focused activities to increase students.
• The team is building supports and systems for graduation tracking for the new 12th-grade cohort and developing a curriculum for the new grade, exploring schedule changes to accommodate students' needs (including Running Start students), provide online class options to increase elective options. 
• Action item: Social media outreach- Dawn will explore advertising on the bus.
• Action item: At the May meeting, Dawn will present the action plan on how WIHS is addressing unenrollment of BIPOC students. What is WIHS doing to retain BIPOC students? They have implemented an exit form for students. There will be a listening session for staff and students. 
• Academic Committee and Corrective Action Plan (CAP) item update 
  • Interim assessments progress monitoring of students three interim assessments: completed second interim assessment last week, the third one will happen next week. All grades will complete interim English and Math assessments. Disaggregate data by grade, 9th and 10th graders. 
  • Data will be presented at May 2023 board meeting, and at the June 2023 board meeting, summative assessment data over the past 2 years will be reported. 
• Teacher intent to return: one teacher will not be returning. Another teacher is a "maybe" and has not said yes or no as of yet. All teachers except one have completed evaluations. Teacher contracts will be secured after bargaining.

Miles Hudson, STEM and Geometry Teacher, gave an overview of 1st and 2nd-semester overview of STEM work.

• Examples of projects included Indigenous weaponry, gaming, puzzle cube, CAD. 
• Other ideas were shared to indigenize the curriculum including designing a Long Hall or a reef net.

The State Accountability Audit of FY 21-22 is ongoing. The focus areas are OPMA, special learning, and supplemental contracts. The final report is expected to in June.

Finance Dashboard from March 2023 was reviewed. We currently have small numbers of enrollment for next school year. We are aiming for at least one hundred non-Running Start students, and up to 20 Running Start students for a target enrollment of 120 students.

Agenda item tabled.

Student showcase on Apr 21st. Dawn reported students' community events outreach and school beautification efforts.

Next showcase is June 9th at 2:30 pm. 

Christine Espina shared board member professional development opportunities.

At the conclusion of each meeting, the board will evaluate its success against its norms.

Norms

(Y) or (N) Board members should understand the Mission and Vision of the school

(Y) or (N) Board Agenda should be sent out 24hours to the board.

(Y) or (N) Responding to emails in a 24hr time span

(Y) or (N) All board members should RSVP to meetings through Board on Track