Superintendent highlights volunteers, LP Brown LEAP, student summit and arts partnership
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Summary
Superintendent Murphy told the board the district is near pre‑pandemic volunteer levels, showed a new LP Brown outdoor learning project, and described arts and student leadership activities that staff and students led this spring.
Superintendent Murphy used his report on April 24 to highlight several district programs and community partnerships.
Murphy said volunteer participation is rebounding toward pre‑pandemic levels; the district averages roughly 5,000 official volunteers per year and had logged about 4,000 volunteers and roughly 40,000 volunteer hours by April. Murphy called volunteers "the golden thing we have in our quiver."
Murphy described LP Brown Elementary’s Environmental Learning Place (LEAP), an outdoor learning area built with contributions from the school foundation, PTO and local partners. The space is intended for hands‑on lessons about native plants and animal species and to serve learners across the district.
Murphy and staff also showed a collaboration at Olympia High School in which creative writing, commercial art and visual communications classes teamed to design professional‑quality book jackets and displays; the superintendent said the project was being showcased on district social media.
Student representatives and Murphy described a student‑led leadership summit at Capital High School that brought about 350 students from across the district together for workshops on advocacy and public speaking. Student representatives told the board the event included James Laymon, director of the Association of Washington Student Leaders, and breakout sessions with city leaders.
No formal action was taken; the items were presented as informational.
