[MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ‘THE SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1. AND THE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION REGARDING A PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE [AHIGH QUALITY 6 THROUGH 12™ GRADE PROGRAM Recognizing the tremendous success of TAF Academy, @ 6.12% grade STEM school designed by TAF and comanagea with the Federal Way School Distriet, Seatle School District No.1 (hereinafter refered to as the District"), 8 municipal corporation inthe State of Washington, andthe Technology Recess Foundation (TAF), 2 501(c)3 nonprofit, hereby outine their Intent to enter into an agreement to create TAF Academy Seatle by implementing the TAF model ito an exiting public school The underiving assumptions are thatthe schools neighborhood District schoo, c-managed by the District and TAF, staffed with teachers who belong tothe Seattle Education Assocation, a principal who belongs tothe Principals Assocation of Seattle Schools, and others who belong to their respective unions ‘This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") does not intend to create a binding legal o financial obligation of any nature on either party, but instead, wil serve simply as @ summary of the tentative understandings of the partes as ofthis date, regarding the proposed Project defined herein. Once tis MOU is fully executed, the parties ‘hall proceed in good faith to research the possibilities, engage the community, and vltimately negotiate 3 final ‘Agreement based upon this MOU to establish the parties’ relationship and responsbilies to eachother and the project. oth partes are mutually committe to work towards the folowing * “Tdénty a school to host a TAF Academy Seatle Program In order to close the academic gaps experienced by students of coer, the District is interested in ‘changing the structure and academic model of one ofits existing schools ‘The new configuration s envisioned asa 6th-32th grade program that wll use the STEMyTAF medel ‘that focuses on building an academic environment that eliminates race-based disparity in academic achievement and promotes the highest level of stent learning and teacher development. ‘Te program is envisioned fora neighborhood schoo! and is tentatively referred to herein as TAF ‘Academy Seattle, TAF Acaderny Seattle wil roll-up mile school starting with 6° grade and adding one trade per year, and may add 9", 10%, 11° & 12° each subsequent year. The parties wll work together to identify an appropriate proposed schoo! location forthe program. "Identify funding sourees and pro forma funding, ongoing and intial setup transformation ‘The program will require additional external sources of funding to support the implementation ofthe STEMbyTAF academic model, The parties wil work together to identify potential funding and strategies to develop a financial sustainable program. The proposed funding structure wil be analyzed versus the existing cistrict-wide WSS model currently in use * Identification of capacty challenges, enrollment trends over the next 10 years of selected schoo! and surrounding school impacts ‘The parties wil utlize the District’ Facilities Master Plan and enrallment trends to ensure the program and District have suficient student capacity forthe fist 10 years of the partnership. This may include changing the Student Assignment Pian (SAP) 0 allow students to choose outa the school hosting the “TAF Academy Seattle program for middle schoo! or attend the comprehensive high school based onthe location of thelr esiderce. Enrollment and program planning will also ensue that Advanced Learing ‘qualified students have access to suitable coursework.+ Community Engagement ‘The District and TAF wil develop and implement an extensive community engagement plan prior to instituting @ formal partnership. The community includes students, teachers, families and community advocates, Developing Implementation Plan The Distt, schoo! staff and TAF will develop the program implementation plan ance a locations chosen, Schedule of Actions In order to open the newly configured program by September 2020, the partes must meet a series of key milestones to sign the Joint Operating Agreement. The tentative schedule i 8 follows: Milestone ‘Complete Date ‘Sgn this Memorandum of Understanding ‘Api 30,2019 identify school to implement the program model _| may 2019 ‘Start Community Engagement May2019 "TAF submits preliminary funding comimitments Tune 2019 ‘Complete TAF Academy Seattle Implementation isn ‘September 2019, ‘Sgn a Joint Operating Agreement between the District and TAF September 2019 Key Players ‘Te representatives for TAF under this MOU will be Executive Diector Tos Milnes Deke, Executive Director of Education eather Lechner and Executive Director of Operations Sherry Willams. The District wl be represented in this work by Superintendent Denise Juneau, School Board President Lesbe Harris and other representatives of thee choosing oatestnis_A aay ot dig 2019 TECHNOLOGY ACCESS OUNDATION SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO, 1 Superintendent