December 6, 2024

Dear Enumclaw School District Community,

Focused Leadership, Impactful Results: A Collaborative Approach to School Improvement

As the superintendent of the Enumclaw School District, I had the distinct privilege of witnessing true collaboration between our School Board and building principals this past Monday. Each year, building administrators across the state are required to submit their School Improvement Plans (SIPs) to their Board of Directors and make them available to the State Superintendent. These plans are essential for demonstrating how school leaders, along with their leadership teams, have utilized both formative and summative student achievement data to create actionable strategies for continuous improvement and student success.

On Monday, our Board of Directors met with building principals and district leadership to review each school's SIP. They carefully examined the student data accompanying these plans and the specific strategies outlined for increasing student achievement in the upcoming school year. The directors not only reviewed the content of each plan but also ensured that each one reflected a system-wide coherence aligned with the district’s mission, vision, and five key commitments. These commitments focus on ensuring that our students are prepared to Learn, Lead, and Impact the communities they will serve.

The conversations that took place between our Board members and building principals were candid, respectful, and focused on shared goals. There was a palpable sense of teamwork and a collective commitment to student success. While this level of collaboration is expected in all 295 school districts across the state, I can say with confidence that I have never witnessed the same level of intentionality and focus as I have here in Enumclaw.

Kudos to our School Board and building leaders for turning this process into a meaningful and impactful learning experience for all involved. Their dedication to our students’ success is truly inspiring, and I am proud to serve in a district where such deep collaboration exists.

Shaun

ESD Commitments Learn Lead Impact with commitment icons

BTF Student showing high school student their snowflake project

Westwood parent with his daughter participating in the new WATCH DOG program

EMS students gathered in front of thier artwork display at the district office

Dear Enumclaw School District Families,
The 2024-25 school year is off to a wonderful start and has been full of celebrations and incredible learning. As the weather begins to change, we may need to implement our traditional “snow day” and delays when weather conditions make it unsafe to operate on our normal school schedules. It is always our goal NOT to extend the school year further into the summer months with “snow days,” however, student and staff safety is our top priority. The information below will explain how we plan to make decisions to delay or cancel school days and how you can access and receive notifications about this information.
Around 3:30 AM on weather-impacted days, Transportation Supervisor Kami Clark, Director of Facilities, Operations and Athletics Phil Engebretsen, Director of Business Kyle Fletcher, and I will be out assessing road conditions. We will each drive a different part of our school district.
We gather together with information from our traveled routes and then determine what our transportation options will allow as far as a school day is concerned. Of the many factors that are considered, we evaluate road conditions for buses and staff/student drivers, amount of snow or ice, outside temperatures, weather forecast, and changing weather conditions. It is not uncommon to have delays in the early winter with little snow if the temperature is below freezing and not expected to rise much above freezing during the day. We find that road conditions for our buses are quite treacherous in these icy conditions. In late winter, the converse could be true. We could have several inches of wet snow, but the temperature is above freezing, making roads passable. We make the very best decision each time we are faced with winter weather conditions.
The key factor when deciding on whether we can have school on a regular schedule or a late start is if our buses can travel our emergency routes. Often this is just what we need to do in order to operate school. There are times we need to extend the emergency routes in a few locations. When this occurs, our drivers call families. Again, I am especially grateful to these families for their partnership and flexibility.
Our goal for determining school delay or closure status is typically no later than 6:00 AM.
http://flashalert.net: You can go to this website and sign up to have any school delay or closure alert come to your email address. You will receive this information as soon as I officially push the button on my computer!
We will place the delay or closure announcement on our district website at www.enumclaw.wednet.edu and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/enumclawschooldistrict. If our district is running emergency bus routes, you can find this information on our website and Facebook as well.
Each family will receive a phone call and text via Thrillshare around 5:30/6:00 AM if a decision has been reached regarding a delay or school closure. As mentioned earlier, sometimes the weather conditions shift after 6:00 AM, and therefore a decision will be made at the earliest time possible.
Radio and television stations will receive our information as soon as I push the button on my computer. They are tracking many school districts and a few times have reported information different from what we have decided. Please use one of the above sources if you receive contradictory information.

Dr. Shaun V. Carey
Superintendent
https://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/o/esd/page/emergency-information
Please check out our Winter Weather Bulletin for emergency bus routes and school delay/closure communication information below. (Click images to expand view)

December 9- 10: EHS Winter Choir Concert, EHS Auditorium 7:00 PM- 9:00 PM.
December 10: FOCUS Committee: Special Meeting with the School Board, EHS Media Center/Library at 6:00 PM
December 12: EMS Band/Orchestra/Choir Concert, EMS Gym 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM
December 16: School Board Meeting, District Office at 6:30 PM
December 23-January 3: No School-Winter Break
EHS Career Center Field Trips:
January 21st - Renton Technical College
Dates TBD - Green River College, Bates Technical College, Clover Park Technical College, Boeing, Showare Career Fair, and Women in Trade Career Fair.
View all district events on our website

Inclusive Schools Week

Inclusive learning means being presented with information in ways that are relevant and meaningful to every student. Discussion, hands-on learning experiences, and inquiry-based projects are all examples of inclusive teaching practices that have, again and again, been shown to improve academic achievement for all students. This promotes overall student well-being which is one of the Five Commitments of the Enumclaw School District. Please Join us in celebrating #InclusiveSchoolsWeek #learnleadimpactESD

Join Us at the next school board meeting with a photo of the board listening to public comment in the background

Our next Regular Board Meeting is Monday, December 16, 2024.

You will find the Agenda posted 48 hours prior to the meeting on our School Board web page.

Enumclaw School District Statement of Non-Discrimination

Enumclaw School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, the use of a trained dog guide or service animal, age, and honorably discharged veteran or military status. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX/Chapter 28A.640 RCW Officer
Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
Stephanie Berryhill
2929 McDougall Ave.
Enumclaw, WA 98022
360.802.7113
stephanie_berryhill@enumclaw.wednet.edu

Section 504/ADA Coordinator
Carolyne Zieske
2929 McDougall Ave.
Enumclaw, WA 98022
360.802.7104
carolyne_zieske@enumclaw.wednet.edu

https://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/