Mukilteo School District

[10] Amid the controversy over then-ongoing nationwide book banning efforts, the district's board of education elected to take To Kill a Mockingbird off of the required reading list for students in January 2022 due to concerns over its handling of various racial issues; as the book was not banned by the district, teachers still have the option to include it as part of their curriculum.

[13] In April 2018, in response to the State of Washington allocating $1 billion to school districts in order to comply with the Mccleary ruling, the Mukilteo Education Association sent a formal demand for bargain.

However, in their May 29, 2018, board meeting, MEA president Dana Wiebe said this wasn't enough citing the school district backing out of previous discussions.

[14] During the 1990 strike, Superintendent James Shoemake and the school board conducted actions considered detrimental to the negotiation process with the district teachers' union.

[15] In May 2001, Toothaker reached a settlement with the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission over accusations of him allowing the distribution of items promoting the district's 2000 bond and levy proposals, agreeing to pay a fine of $7,000.

[15] The superintendent position was filled on an interim basis by Fred Poss until Marci Larsen, an administrator who had joined the district in 2000, was appointed on July 1, 2003.

[18] On the morning of February 13, 2018, a day before the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Catherine Katsel-O'Connor called 9-1-1 to report her discovery of some journal entries of her grandson, Joshua Alexander O'Connor.

O'Connor was removed from class and arrested by the Everett Police Department later that day; while in custody, he attempted to escape an officer and kicked him as he caught up to him.

The school district elected to administer distance education for Endeavour students while the extent of the damage was assessed.