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WSSDA 2023 School Board of Distinction

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The South Whidbey School District Board usually meets twice monthly unless otherwise stated. All meetings are held in the Community Board Room on the South Whidbey Elementary School Campus, 5380 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA 98260, unless otherwise stated. The monthly Board Workshop is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The Workshop is generally used for more detailed discussion of issues, board business, building reports, staff presentations, etc. requiring more time than would be possible at the Business Meeting. Action is taken at the Board Business Meeting and may be taken at a Special Business Meeting on a Workshop date. The Regular Board Business Meeting is held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. These meetings are used for board communications, business, and administration.

Public participation is an integral part of successful schools. Meeting agendas are prepared by the board chair and superintendent and are available on our web site prior to meetings. The community is encouraged to attend.  Board policies, meeting agendas and minutes are available on Board Docs linked here.  There you can also find the links to the meeting videos available to watch on YouTube (linked here).

Our specific goals for 2024-2025, adopted by the Board on July 24, 2024 are:

Social-Emotional Learning
Objective 1: We will deepen our school culture of care and belonging with particular attention to systems, practices, and staff intra- and interpersonal capacities.

Academic Growth
Objective 2: We will continue to use best practices that nurture and create innovative learning environments supportive of every student’s resilience and success in the future they choose.

Logistics
Objective 3: Through mission-aligned use and stewardship of our district assets (land, facilities, people, money, institutional knowledge, and time), we will create the conditions for a new superintendent’s success.

Next Board Meeting

Student Board Members:

2023-2025: Carter McKnight

2024-2026: Callahan Dobmeier

South Whidbey School District Legislatures:

Washington 10th Legislative District: 

10  Senator Ron Muzzall 

10

Representative Clyde Shavers (D)
10 Representative Dave  Paul(D)

 

Island County Commissioner: ​​Melanie Bacon (D) Toll-free from South Whidbey: 360-321-5111

US House of Representatives:  District 2: US Representative RIck Larsen

US Senate: 

BoardTrifoldBrochure.pdf
First page of the PDF file: BoardTrifoldBrochure

To contact individual board members, ALL SWSD emails are typically the first initial last name @ sw.wednet.edu (no spaces): eg. flastname@sw.wednet.edu. 

The exception is Director Jackson  - majackson@.

Here is are their email prefixes:

  • bwilleford@
  • adowns@
  • ajohnson@
  • majackson@
  • jgreenheron@

Or use the button above to email ALL school board members. 

Please note that complete emails are not on the website due to SPAM and Fraud protections.

Board Members

Andrea Downs

Andrea Downs

First Elected Nov 2017; Re-elected Nov 2022; Term Expiration Dec 2026
Policy Representative, School Board Director - District 2
Joe Greenheron

Joe Greenheron

Appointed Feb 23, 2022; Re-elected unopposed 2023; Term Expiration Dec 2027
WIAA Representative, School Board Director - District 1
Marnie Jackson

Marnie Jackson

First Elected Nov 2019; Re-elected unopposed Nov 2023; Term Expiration Dec 2027
School Board Director - District 4, Legislative Representative
Ann Johnson

Ann Johnson

Appointed At Large Sept 2020; Re-elected Nov 2022; Term Expiration Dec 2026
Vice Chair/Board Auditor, School Board Director - District 5
Brook Willeford

Brook Willeford

Elected Nov 2019; Re-elected unopposed Nov 2023; Term Expiration Dec 2027
Chair/President, School Board Director - District 3