School board retreats to look at new academic year

Reflection and projection.

Those two apparent opposites intersected seamlessly during a five-hour La Conner School Board retreat session on the district campus July 19.

Board members and new Superintendent Will Nelson reflected upon the past school year and how it was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic while discussing at length strategies for moving forward in terms of curriculum, budget and capital project goals.

The retreat opened with a working lunch outdoors at the elementary school, then shifted inside to the board’s meeting room in the district administration building. Both were livestre...