Stevens Clay, P.S.

06/02/2022

Jon Dalley and Garrett Williams recently presented on the different types of employee leave laws to over 140 attendees at a virtual WSPA conference. We were thrilled to see how much the audience participated and how many questions they got. Thanks for having us, WSPA!

05/26/2022

A number of school districts have joined the mass action against e-cigarette/vaping company Juul in response to the rise in ni****ne use among teens. The first trial is set for late 2022. If you have interest in gathering additional information or joining the suit, please visit our website at https://www.stevensclay.org/anti-vaping-lawsuit. There is no cost of join.

Over 600 school districts in about 30 states, including districts in Washington, are seeking to hold e-cigarette/vaping company Juul (and its major investor, Altria) liable for the unprecedented rise in ni****ne use among teens. More specifically, the school districts seek to hold Juul accountable f...

05/25/2021

Don’t forget about the spring workshop for the Council of School Attorneys (COSA) today! We’re proud to have Tony Anselmo serve as the President of COSA and all the work Tony has done in putting these events together.

04/19/2021

OSPI Superintendent Chris Reykdal recently announced that Washington State will not be administering state testing in the spring of 2021. OSPI will instead administer the testing this fall. Mr. Reykdal’s announcement and a link to the ‘fact sheet’ for the state assessment plan can be found here:

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02/16/2021

Congratulations to all of our school district clients across the state who had their school levies pass recently!

12/14/2020

Congratulations to Zillah School District for their recognition in closing the achievement gap! Recently, Hilton Elementary was the only elementary school in Washington to be named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence for it’s efforts and success in closing the education gap. Hilton staff received $10,000 from OSPI for staff development in recognition of their success.

Families of Hilton Elementary School students spent eight days getting to know their kids’ teachers before serious academic work began through distance learning this Fall.

12/11/2020

Our friends at Walla Walla School District are knocking it out of the park! Over the past three years, Walla Walla has increased its on-time student graduation rate over sixteen percent. Congratulations!

It was announced that Walla Walla Public Schools have continued improving four- and five-year graduation rates for the Class of 2020.

12/09/2020

Congratulations to our friends at Wapato School District for being selected by WSSDA as the medium-sized school district board of the year!

The Oakville, Wapato, and Federal Way school boards have been named Boards of the Year in the categories of small, medium, and large school districts, respectively. Selected from among this year’s Boards of Distinction, these boards were particularly successful at showing a correlation between...

12/02/2020

The Department of Health recently released a ‘decision tree’ to help school districts make decisions about offering online or in-person learning instruction. That decision tree can be reached here:

11/09/2020

Don’t forget to register for the upcoming annual Washington State School Directors Association online conference on November 18-20! Jon Dalley will be discussing COVID leaves and Alex Fern will be covering emerging issues with SEBB benefits and distance learning models. Registration information may be found here: https://www.wssda.org/events/annual-conference/annual-conference-registration.

Annual Conference goes virtual WSSDA’s Annual Conference has been reimagined and relaunched for 2020 as a virtual event. For the first time, full access to the entire conference is available anywhere you want it. Join from the comfort of your home or gather with...

11/06/2020

Keep an eye out for the educator-led virtual seminar on self-growth coming early in December! Presenters include Freeman School District Superintendent (and author of “The Three Ships”) Randy Russell and ESD 171 Superintendent Michelle Price. Registration information may be found on Mr. Russell’s website here:

“Dr. Randy Russell is an insightful, energetic and entertaining speaker with thought-provoking ideas who did a terrific job with both a staff professional development and enhanced consulting. I highly recommend any education or business teams to consider  Dr. Russell's down to earth presentations...