School Board Listening Session 10.10.26

The Darrington School District board held a listening session on October 11, 2026 (the meeting title references 10/10/26). Procurement and facilities discussions included plans to solicit bids for an accessible curb connection near the high school and a fold-down changing table in an ADA restroom; no bid award or vote was reported. The district also discussed energy-efficiency work: an electrical engineer was hired using remaining funds from an HVAC grant, and a contractor was expected to provide a proposal for boiler metering. A summer transformer replacement may have addressed earlier electrical-use spikes, while solar panels on the gym and elementary school roofs are producing energy.

Other topics included staffing, student support and family-engagement activities, career planning, and a shortage of substitute teachers. No formal motions or spending votes were identified in the transcript; the district did say it had approval to use remaining grant funds for the electrical-engineering work.