Pullman School District staff told the board they secured a temporary pathway and negotiated a licensing agreement with a developer to construct a permanent gravel pathway around construction behind Pullman High School.

Dr. Courtney Maxwell showed a site layout and said the temporary path runs along a spur to a gravel path behind the softball fields and enters the rear of Pullman High School. She said temporary fencing has been repeatedly removed by pedestrians and asked students and families to use the designated temporary access for safety.

The negotiated permanent path would be a roughly 4-foot-wide, 3-inch-deep gravel route along the district boundary. The developer will smooth and grade a small area (described as "probably less than 2,000 square feet"), move topsoil into a low-lying area, seed and stabilize that area, and install the gravel path under a licensing agreement the district planned to sign the following day, Maxwell said.

No board vote was taken; Maxwell said the license agreement would be signed and work would begin only after the signed agreement.