Fife Public Schools

Fife Public Schools
Location
Fife, Washington
United States
District information
Grades Preschool - 12
Established December 22, 1899
Superintendent Kevin Alfano
Students and staff
Students 3,548 (October 2009)
Other information
Website www.fifeschools.com

Fife Public Schools is a school district comprising parts of the Washington state cities of Fife, Milton, Edgewood, Tacoma, Pacific as well as unincorporated census-designated places Lakeland South and Fife Heights. The district was established on December 22, 1899.[1]

Fife Schools is a member of the Standard Bearer Network founded by the Schlechty Center which is a non-profit organization that helps schools and districts to transform by emphasizing student engagement. Fife has been a member of the Standard Bearer Network since 2000.

Governance

The Board of Directors for Fife Public Schools is an elected body of five school directors. Each director must reside and be a registered voter, at the time of their election or appointment, in the geographical region, known as a Director District, they represent on the board. The length of the term is four years. Board meetings are generally held once a month. Currently, board meetings are typically scheduled for the last Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m., with some exceptions, in the boardroom at Fife School District's Office at 5802 20th St E, Fife, WA.

School Board Members[2]
DirectorDirector
District
First
Elected
Term
End
Board
Position
Doug Fagundes 1 2008[3] 2015
Robert E. "Bob" Scheidt 2 2002 2015 President
Sally Finlayson 3 2009[4] 2017
Marisa Michaud 4 2008[5] 2017
Bruce A. Burnside 5 2003 2017 Vice-President

Schools

External links

References

  1. http://www.fifeschools.com/fhs/history/1900.html
  2. "Fife Public Schools - Meet Our Board of Directors". fifeschools.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  3. "Fagundes ‘honored’ to be on Fife School Board". fifefreepress.com. January 15, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  4. "School board welcomes newest member - Finlayson stands upon three generations of Fife education". fifefreepress.com. December 17, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  5. "New member eager to continue district’s excellence". fifefreepress.com. December 4, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2014.


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