Good afternoon, we will be calling the board meeting to order in a moment and SPS TV will begin broadcasting.
All right, good evening, or good afternoon.
This is President Taup.
I am calling the special board meeting to order at 4.32 p.m.
We would like to acknowledge that we are on ancestral lands and the traditional territories of the Puget Sound Coast Salish people.
We have with us directors of the Seattle School Board.
We have Vice President Briggs.
We have Director Clark.
We have Director Hersey.
We have Director Rankin Director Sarju and this is President Taup.
The superintendent Fred Podesta is also present there.
There we go.
And we are joined this afternoon by some very special guests, families and friends as we do the swearing in for our new school board student members, Josephine Mangelson, Isabel Masudi and Sabi Yoon.
We're going to start with the oath of office.
We will go through and do an oath of office for each student after the oath of office is given.
We will sign our paperwork here to do a quick photo.
We're going to ask the students family and friends or whoever they would like in the photo to come on up for that photo and we'll move through each student after we have administered the oath of office for each student.
We will then invite each back up to say a few words or they can go on as long as they want it's really up to them at the end of all that we will conclude the special meeting here and move to a celebratory time there'll be cake and we invite all friends and family here to stay and and celebrate with us at 4 30 then today we will move into our regular board meeting 435. 430, thank you.
And student members are welcome to stay officially.
Their first meeting isn't until next month, but they are more than welcome to stay and join us if they would like, as well as any of our guests.
So with that, we are going to start here, and we will begin the oath of office.
If, Josephine, you wouldn't mind joining me up here.
I'll give you this.
I'll give you this.
And the one thing you have to know as a student board member is how to turn on and off the mic.
I think even board directors, we struggle with that.
So on, off, there you go.
So Josephine, if you would please repeat after me.
I your name I Josephine Mangelson do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution and the laws of the United States that I will support the Constitution and the laws of the United States and the Constitution and the laws of the state of Washington and the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington and will and will to the best of my judgment skill and ability and will to the best of my judgment skill and ability truly faithfully diligently and impartially perform the duties truly faithfully diligently and impartially perform the duties of student member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors
of student member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors.
As such duties are prescribed by law and policy.
As such duties are prescribed by law and policy.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
We'll go over there and sign some paperwork real fast and then family and friends please come on up and we'll do a photo.
on the stage right there.
All right.
All right, next we will bring up Isabel.
Isabel, if you want to come on up.
Give you this.
I'm going to grab this.
All right.
I, your name.
I, Isabel Massoudi.
Do solemnly swear.
Do solemnly swear.
That I will support the Constitution and laws of the United States.
That I will support the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
And the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington.
And the Constitution and laws of the state of Washington.
And will, to the best of my judgment, skill, and ability,
and will the best of my judgment skill and ability truly faithfully diligently and impartially perform the duties truly faithfully diligently and impartially perform the duties of student member of the seattle public schools board of directors of student member of the seattle public schools board of directors as such duties are prescribed by law and policy as such duties are prescribed by law and policy congratulations
Okay, we will do the same thing.
We'll go over here and sign some paperwork and then family and friends if they want to come forward and we will take some photos.
Congratulations.
We'll have Sabi Yun please step forward.
It's not your first time doing this.
But if you will please repeat after me.
I your name.
I Sabi Yun.
Do solemnly swear.
Do solemnly swear.
That I will support the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
That I will support the Constitution and laws of the United States.
and the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington, and will to the best of my judgment, skill, and ability, and will to the best of my judgment, skill, and ability, truly, faithfully, diligently, and impartially perform the duties, truly, faithfully, diligently, and impartially perform the duties of student member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, of student member of the Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, As such duties are prescribed by law and policy.
As such duties are prescribed by law and policy.
Congratulations.
Same same process will sign some paperwork.
Congratulations.
So in the same order, we will bring up new directors.
So Director Mangelson, if you will please come up and share a few remarks.
Hi, my name is Josephine Mangelson.
I'm really looking forward to be representing the students of the Seattle Public Schools District this upcoming year.
I'm really excited to be working with all the different directors and the other student members, and I look forward to whatever comes next.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And next Director Massoudi.
My name is Isabel Massoudi.
I'm also really excited to be a student representative on the board this year and to work with all the other student representatives and board members and to serve the diverse voices of the students of the Seattle Public Schools.
and Director Yoon.
Good afternoon, everyone.
My name is Sabi Yoon, and I'm a senior at Ballard High School.
I'm truly honored to serve as a student board member this year representing my peers and the entire SPS student body.
I had the privilege of serving as a student board member last year, and while it was a very rewarding experience, it also came with its challenges.
Last year was only the third cohort of student board members and we were still developing the program.
However, we had amazing support from mentors like Julia and also the passionate students from the student board member cohort last year who were able to work together and collaborate and we were able to navigate through challenges together and build onto the preexisting foundation of this vital program.
Through my first year, I learned a lot of things, but just one takeaway I would like to share with everyone is that making a difference doesn't always mean making a big change, which is something we all wanna see.
um making a difference can be found in the small things like listening and supporting each other and just creating or in making a safe space for students to share their ideas which can be actually quite scary um i'm really excited to use my experience from last year to help the student board members this year and also the incoming student board members next year to grow as leaders and also continue to support every SPS student in this district to grow and thrive in a supportive environment.
Thank you.
Thank you, Director Yoon, and I know I speak on behalf of all of our directors.
We really look forward to working with you all and making a positive impact for students.
We're going to adjourn this meeting, but I am going to ask for board directors, students, and other board directors for we're going to do a group photo up here so don't go too far after we um after we adjourn and then we will have a little bit of celebration so as there being no further business on the agenda the meeting stands adjourned at 3 45 pm thank you I really did mean.
It's hard to wrangle everyone.
We'll come back up to the stage here for a photo.