October 13, 2026 - Special Board Meeting

Woodburn Media special board meeting, October 13, 2026. The work session included a presentation on the educator evaluation process, describing efforts to standardize staff training and administrator calibration, along with the evaluation timeline and state changes to probationary teachers’ appeal rights. The board also reviewed an exploratory comparison of the district’s current PowerSchool student information system and Synergy. Staff cited fragmented data systems, reporting workload, support needs, and potential online registration and data-sharing capabilities as reasons to assess alternatives. Preliminary figures included a Synergy price of about $55,000 and an implementation quote of $139,000; a board member referenced an estimated $140,000 annual or $700,000 five-year cost difference. Staff cautioned that implementation, transition, training, and overlapping-system costs still require assessment, and said a decision for implementation as soon as the next school year would be needed by December. No vendor was selected and no software purchase or contract was approved; the review and staff feedback process is ongoing. The board adopted the agenda unanimously, 4–0, and later entered executive session to review the CEO’s employment-related performance.