Legislative Session Week Four: Activating the Advocacy Network

Periodically during a legislative session, WSSDA’s strategic advocacy team will call on school board members to contact legislators to request urgent action. The advocacy team does this when the voices of WSSDA members are essential to promote legislative action supporting the positions and priorities…

Legislative Session Week Three: Third Week is the Charm

The third week of the 2021 legislative session gave us two big takeaways. Week three reminded us that: School director testimony is crucial Public education impacts so many facets of government Legislators have told us that their lawmaking work has benefited from hearing stories…

It’s the Last Week of School Board Recognition Month

This is the last week of School Board Recognition Month! Use WSSDA’s customizable toolkit to celebrate and acknowledge your school board members. The toolkit 2021 proclamation from the Governor to present to board members at your January board meeting Personalized recognition certificate to print for your…

VIDEO: WSSDA on Simple Majority For School Bonds

Achieving a simple majority for bonds is a longstanding priority for WSSDA and school board members across the state. Join your strategic advocacy team as they sit down with Representatives Monica Stonier and April Berg to discuss HB 1226. Resources Here are some resources…

Legislative Session Week Two: WSSDA and Student Testimonies

Reflecting on week two of the 2021 legislative session, we know more now than we did in week one, but not as much as we’ll know in week three. Each day, WSSDA’s strategic advocacy team is learning new ways for engaging with our legislators…

Legislative Session Week One: Lessons and Testimonies

We are only one week into the 2021 legislative session, and WSSDA’s strategic advocacy team has already learned a lot about participating in the virtual space. Take a look at the top five lessons learned last week and see what bills WSSDA has testified…

WSSDA Testifies on Governor Inslee’s 2021-2023 Proposed Operating & Capital Budgets

Monday, January 11 was the kickoff of the 2021 legislative session. One of the first bills on the docket for public hearing was the Governor’s proposed Operating and Capital budgets for 2021-2023. The WSSDA Strategic Advocacy staff testified before the Senate Ways & Means…

The 2021 Legislative Session Begins

This week, the House and Senate successfully commenced the 2021 legislative session. The strategic advocacy team at WSSDA is looking forward to the session’s 105 scheduled days of hearings, debates, testimony, amendments, floor action, relationship-building, and member engagement. Stay informed If you are interested…

The Year of Virtual Events

2020 was a year of unexpected change and adaptation. For WSSDA, a part of that adaptation was shifting our normally in-person events to virtual formats. But was the outcome better than expected? The First-Ever General Assembly The 2020 WSSDA General Assembly was the first…

2020 Director area election results

Congratulations to the following school directors! WSSDA Board of DirectorsDA 2 Christine Chew, Bellevue DA 4 Carolynn Perkins, BremertonDA 6 Julie Bocanegra, EvergreenDA 11 Derek Sarley, Walla Walla Resolutions CommitteeDA 2 Amy Cast, NorthshoreDA 2 Geoffery McAnalloy, Federal WayDA 4 Jeanie Schulze, Central KitsapDA…