Contact Board
The School Board is made up of five volunteers who have been elected to guide and direct the school district. As elected representatives, the board is responsible for collecting input from the community. To understand how best to work with your school board, it’s important to understand what the board does and doesn't do. A school board’s main role is to set direction and establish goals for the district. Members of the school board are responsible for governing, while the superintendent and his administrative staff are responsible for managing. The superintendent’s role is to implement and administer the direction set by the school board. Together, the two make up the leadership team for the district.
Community members are encouraged to contact and engage Mercer Island School District’s publicly elected School Board members. Board members are frequently willing to meet with community members or answer questions via email. Note, unless in a publicly noticed meeting, no more than two Board members can meet to discuss school district business at one time. Sending emails to all five Board members is permissible.
- Connect with the School Board via email - board@mercerislandschools.org
- Community members are welcome to email the School Board with questions, concerns, or comments. To make this process easier, the Board has a common email that will reach each one individually. Individual Board members may respond or a response may be sent from the President.
- Community members are welcome to email the School Board with questions, concerns, or comments. To make this process easier, the Board has a common email that will reach each one individually. Individual Board members may respond or a response may be sent from the President.
- Connect with Individual School Board Members:
- Each Board member has an individual email account and checks this regularly. Community members are welcome to send messages to one or more Board members.
- Maggie Tai Tucker, Board President - maggietai.tucker@mercerislandschools.org
- Jody Lee, Board Vice President & Senior Legislative Representative - jody.lee@mercerislandschools.org
- Cristina Martinez - Junior Legislative Representative - cristina.martinez@mercerislandschools.org
- Dan Glowitz- dan.glowitz@mercerislandschools.org
- Deborah Lurie- deborah.lurie@mercerislandschools.org
- Each Board member has an individual email account and checks this regularly. Community members are welcome to send messages to one or more Board members.
- Public Comment
- Each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board contains an agenda item for community members to make public comments. The opportunity to speak at the Board meeting is limited to three minutes and should address matters within the scope of the Board or an agenda item for the current meeting.
- Process for Participating in Public Comment
- Submit a request to make in-person or virtual public comment at a board meeting
- You will need to download the linked form and email it to the addresses listed on the form no later than one hour in advance of the meeting.
- Register in person at a board meeting where public input is offered to make comments - View Board meeting dates and agendas
- Submit written testimony to the Board for review - board@mercerislandschools.org
- Testimony will not be read aloud at a meeting nor be included in the official meeting record but will be considered by the Board.
- Testimony will not be read aloud at a meeting nor be included in the official meeting record but will be considered by the Board.
- Submit a request to make in-person or virtual public comment at a board meeting
- Individual Meetings with Board Members
- If you wish to meet with one or two Board members, please contact them directly to request time. Board members are frequently able to meet for coffee in a public setting or at the school district office.