# 2026 10 12 Regular Board Meeting


**Body:** Arlington_WA_School_District
**Date:** October 13, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Information Technology, Digital Infrastructure


At the Arlington School District regular board meeting, identified by the meeting title as October 12, 2026, the board heard an annual review of its unemployment compensation program through an interlocal agreement with Northwest ESD 189. The presentation described the pool’s historical savings and assessments; no change to the program was proposed. The main procurement- and budget-related discussion was a technology update: aging student devices, network cabling, classroom projectors and audio, intercoms, and other equipment are approaching or past their useful lives. Google Workspace costs have risen to about $35,000 annually, with estimates of roughly $40,000 next year and $53,000–$54,000 by 2030.

Staff presented preliminary technology-levy scenarios of $15 million, $12.5 million, and $10 million over five years, potentially for a 2027 ballot, to fund device and infrastructure renewals and related support. The presentation noted that stabilizing the technology systems could require $26–$27 million overall, and that a network failure could create a roughly $12 million expense. Board members discussed urgency, levy timing, and taxpayer impact, and requested a clearer comparison of the costs alongside other proposed levies. No motion or vote was taken to place a technology levy on the ballot or approve technology purchases; the board approved the agenda, prior meeting minutes, and consent agenda.

**Source:** Arlington_WA_School_District