Regular Board of Education Meeting on September 10, 2026

At the Washington Unified School District Regular Board of Education meeting on September 10, 2026, the board approved four Measure Z Citizen Bond Oversight Committee appointments and adopted Resolution 2627-36 to increase the revolving cash fund. Staff said the increase would not change the district’s budget and would allow urgent district payments; the discussion identified the existing $25,000 limit and used $50,000 as an example, but the final authorized amount was not clearly stated in the transcript. The board also approved renewal of the non-public-school student contract with Odyssey Learning for 2026–27 and an amendment to the Aspire Behavior Consulting agreement to provide additional one-to-one services for newly enrolled students; no contract amounts were stated. It approved a student leadership trip with a fiscal impact of slightly over $21,000, funded through LCAP allocations, and an FFA leadership conference trip costing slightly over $2,000, funded by an earmarked grant.

The district held an informational public hearing on Lighthouse Charter School’s petition for a five-year renewal covering 2027–2032; no action was taken, with a decision expected at a later meeting. Board members discussed the district’s reported $9.25 million deficit, upcoming budget advisory recommendations, declining enrollment, and scrutiny of outside contracts. A union representative cited an approximately $30,000 cost related to an unfilled director position; a trustee clarified that the technology director salary adjustment approved on the consent agenda matched prior spending and was not an additional district cost. The facilities subcommittee also reviewed progress on the Performing Arts Center design-build project, but no project award or spending action was taken at this meeting.