On July 30, Board chair Susan Betcher and SCH CEO Jeff Sperring publicly announced that Covington’s investigation was complete and SCH had “unanimously adopted” Covington’s recommendations. However, no mention was made of findings cited in the investigative report.

Shortly following this announcement, all seven assessment committee members signed a letter to Betcher that stated, “… we strongly encourage the Board to publicly release at least Covington’s eleven findings statements, as well as Covington’s complete recommendations, to be fully transparent with the Seattle Children’s community and to share the lessons from this assessment.” 

In a virtual town hall held on August 2, Betcher stated that the board would not be disclosing the findings of the investigation to the workforce or public.  Both urged the SCH workforce to hold them accountable for their commitments.  We, the workforce of SCH, hereby reject this decision and demand the immediate public release of these findings with names redacted for the safety of those who contributed to the investigation.