Save the Date - WA State Focus Day in Olympia

416 Sid Snyder Avenue Southwest,Olympia WA 98504

20 February, 2023

Description

After several years of closed campus at the Washington State Capitol, legislators are back and taking in-person meetings. Washington State PTA will host a Focus Day in Olympia February 20th – Presidents' Day. WSPTA has reserved the Columbia Room in the Legislative Building (the one with the dome) for all day. The Columbia Room is on the main floor and will be a great spot to gather, share information, decompress, organize yourselves, and hear from guest speakers on the hour, from 10 AM to 1 PM. Also, if you haven’t toured the Capitol, we are arranging for two tours just for WSPTA members. The centerpiece of Focus Day, however, are your meetings with legislators. Bellevue PTSA Council is scheduling meetings with legislators from the 41st and 48th Districts that represent the Bellevue community. Legislators love to hear from students, so please encourage students to attend. Here’s a rough outline of events planned for the day: 9:30 AM – Welcome and Overview of the Day, Messaging 10:00 AM – Alissa Muller, State Board of Education, Mastery-based Learning 11:00 AM – Tania May, Assistant Superintendent, Special Education Programs, OSPI (invited) 11:30 AM – Tour the Capitol (up to 40 guests, including children) 12:00 PM – Jenny Plaja, Government Relations Director, OSPI 1:00 PM – Maddy Thompson, Governor’s K-12 Policy Adviser 1:30 PM – Tour the Capitol (up to 40 guests, including children) No cost to attend unless you would like to purchase lunch. Bellevue PTSA Council is looking into transportation and will let you know if we have interest and if costs allow us to coordinate a bus for our Bellevue PTAs.