A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Community College District VIII, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, state of Washington, will be held on Monday March 16, 2026. The business session will begin at 4:00 PM. This meeting will be conducted both in-person in B201 and remotely via Zoom. A telephone line will also be available. Pradnya Desh, Chair, will preside.
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A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Community College District VIII, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, state of Washington, was held on Monday, March 16, 2026. Pradnya Desh, chair, presided. This meeting was held in B201 and on Zoom. A telephone line was also available.
Chair Desh called the business session to order at 4 PM.
A quorum of the Board was present.
Present: Chair Pradnya Desh, Vice Chair Rich Fukutaki, Trustee Richard Leigh, Trustee Greg Dietzel, President David May, Assistant Attorney General Tricia Boerger, and Board Secretary Alicia Keating Polson.
Absent: none.
There were no guests in attendance.
Trustee Dietzel made a motion to approve the agenda (March 16, 2026.) Trustee Leigh seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
There was no public comment.
Trustee Leigh moved that the Board of Trustees of Community College District VIII approves the proposed revisions to Sections 100.030 (Composition) and 100.460 (Required Vote) of the Board Policy and Governance Manual, effective immediately. Trustee Dietzel seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
There was no unscheduled business.
There being no further business, Chair Desh adjourned the Board of Trustees meeting at 4:34 PM
Attest: Alicia Keating Polson
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Community College District VIII
Pradnya Desh
Chair, Board of Trustees
Community College District VIII