reports

a huge thank you to everyone who helped participate in our 2024-2027 strategic planning process. Without your contributions, this would not have been possible!

Strategic Planning Committee

• Mike Bowen, Co-chair (Olympia Education Foundation Board)

• Annie Pocklington, Co-chair (Olympia Education Foundation Board)

• Marty Brown (Olympia Education Foundation Board)

• Katy Johansson (Olympia Education Foundation Executive Director)

• Amelia Layton (Olympia Education Foundation Board)

• Becky Midles (Olympia Education Foundation Board)

• Trevor Speller (Olympia Education Foundation Board)

• Condee Wood (Principal, Capital High School)

Focus Group Participants (listed alphabetically – by last name and by group)

• Genevieve Carnes, family liaison, L.P. Brown and Pioneer elementaries

• Mo El-Sokkary, family liaison, Garfield and Lincoln elementaries

• Fabiana Eussen, family liaison, Boston Harbor and Roosevelt elementaries

• Annika Nicholas, family liaison, Centennial and Hansen elementaries

• Charo Portaro, family liaison, McKenny Elementary and Olympia Regional Learning Academy

• Angelina Wood, family liaison, Madison and McLane elementaries

• Xiaona Quinn, Paraeducator

• Heather Randolph, Multilingual Director, Olympia School District

• Megan Rodriguez, Multilingual Specialist, Jefferson and Thurgood Marshall Middle schools

• Nancy Swanson, Bilingual Family Engagement Specialist (Spanish)

• Heather Daley, Olympia Regional Learning Academy, counselor

• Nancy Hooper, McKenny Elementary, teacher-librarian

• Kim Moore, Hansen Elementary, teacher-librarian

• RoAnn Gutierrez, Washington Middle School, ELA teacher and teacher-librarian

• Meghan Hanson, Centennial and Pioneer elementaries, speech-language pathologist

• Kyrian MacMichael, Olympia Regional Learning Academy, teacher

• Justin McKaughan, Jefferson Middle School, teacher-librarian

• Lea Mitchell, Olympia Regional Learning Academy, specialist (art)

• Jane Allaire, Jefferson Middle School, principal

• Anthony Brock, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, principal

• Sherry Duerre, Washington Middle School, counselor

• Domenico Spatola-Knoll, Madison Elementary, principal

• Tara Andrus, McLane Elementary PTSO, parent of kindergartner and third-grader

• Sarah Clinton, Olympia High School, and Washington Middle School parent

• Jill Lemmon, Olympia and Avanti high schools, parent of ninth-grader

• Brendon Chertok, Garfield Elementary, principal

• Jesse Davis, Transition Academy (post-secondary program for students with disabilities; provides opportunities for more education and career building), teacher.

• Leslie Gowell, McKinney-Vento Program (supports students who don’t have stable nighttime housing), Olympia School District

• Karen Zarate, Reeves Middle School, assistant principal

• Heather Daley, Olympia Regional Learning Academy, counselor

• Denise Hammer, Boston Harbor and Madison elementaries, counselor

• Lisa Perry, Pioneer Elementary, counselor

• Marcela Abadi, Lincoln Elementary, principal

• Jen Brotherton, Boston Harbor Elementary, principal

• Matt Grant, Olympia High School, principal

• Kaitlin Martin, Reeves Middle School, counselor

• Chisa Marshall, Roosevelt Elementary, principal

• Shannon Ritter, Centennial Elementary, principal

• Steve Taylor, Capital High School, athletic director

• Tracy Cusack, Washington Middle School, counselor

• Michael Havens, McKenny Elementary, principal

• Sean Shaughnessy, L.P. Brown Elementary, principal

• Michele Weber, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, principal

• Lindsay Welsh, Jefferson Middle School, assistant principal

• Steve Aguirre, Avanti High School, counselor

• Luke Duerre, Reeves Middle School, teacher

• Sophia Gashel, Jefferson Middle School, paraeducator

• Karen Hougan, Pioneer Elementary, teacher

• Jen Knight, Lincoln Elementary, teacher

• Annalisa Botana, Olympia Regional Learning Academy PTA, parent of third- and sixth grader

• Stacy Brown, Centennial Elementary, parent of third grader; also participates in Centennial’s Booster Club and organized the Olympia Elementary Community Collaborative, which is focused on improving equity in the work that parent organizations do in individual school buildings and districtwide.

• Nicole Gilmore, L.P. Brown Elementary, parent of preschooler and first-grader

• Eowyn Grubbs, Reeves Middle School, parent; involved in Olympia Schools Supportive Education Council (for anyone who has a student, is a student, or works with students in the OSD who are supported with an IEP or 504 plan)

• Amy Hill, Centennial Elementary, parent of second- and fourth grader; also attends OSD parent group leader meetings.

• Borislava Papusa, Roosevelt Elementary PTA, parent of kindergartner

• Michelle Dinkins, Lincoln Elementary, fourth-/fifth-grade teacher and Student Mentor Program adviser

• Sandra Gordon, Olympia School District, Program Manager for Tribal Relations

• Antonio McClinon, Olympia School District, Student Mentor Program Coordinator

• Nadine Owen, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, restorative justice coordinator

• Cassie White, Thurgood Marshall Middle School, teacher-librarian, and Student Mentor Program adviser

• Sandy DiBernardo, Olympia Federal Savings, Vice President / Director of Community Outreach for Olympia Federal Savings

• Andrea Griffith, Browsers Bookshop, owner, sponsor of Browsers Books Grants

• Amanda Stevens, TwinStar Credit Union Community Foundation and Education Development Director

• Avanti High School students

• Capital High School students

• Olympia High School students