The South Whidbey School District board of directors will meet this week to discuss matters such as pre-disaster damage prevention and board self-evaluations.

The workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the South Whidbey Elementary School community room.

According to a recent newsletter, the district is participating in a pilot project with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in order to create a hazard mitigation plan for the school district. This is a part of the first statewide K-12 Facilities Hazard Mitigation Plan, which pertains to ways in which to reduce damage from natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and landslides.

Once the plan has been structured, it will be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in hopes that the school district may be eligible to receive funding. These funds would be used to bolster the school buildings’ ability to resist damages from natural disasters.

A committee of staff, community members, administrators and a board member have been working with OSPI to create the plan, according to the school district website.

The district is seeking input from the community via a survey which can be found on the district’s website at sw.wednet.edu.

The board will retreat for an executive session following the workshop to conduct the mid-year superintendent evaluation. Additional agenda items include a report on legislative happenings from Rocco Gianni, a board self-evaluation session and continued discussion of the proposed language revisions to the district’s anti-discrimination policy.