I did anyone ever play that? Is that next to the crossword? Um, all while learning about the challenges of space exploration. Both Miss Bonate and Miss Santos were awarded $300 to fund materials, helping bring the experience to life. Desert Sunrise High School's math club made an impressive showing at the 2025 Arizona Math League and it was the state championship placing fourth overall among the top high school math teams in Arizona. Both team A and team B finished in the top five during the highly competitive power round, making Desert Sunrise the only school in the state to have two teams place in this cate category. This achievement highlights the critical thinking, collaboration, and academic excellence for our students. Academic excellence our students bring to every challenge. Congratulations to the Desert Sunrise High School Math Club for representing our district at such a high level. [Applause] Yay.
The fashion show is Wednesday, May 17th at 6 p.m. And there's actually a car wash tomorrow fundraiser for UNICEF in front of DHS at 300 p.m. And you're welcome to attend any of those events and we can email you guys the dates so that it's easier for you. Um, we also have junior prom coming up very soon on May 2nd, followed by senior prom on May 23rd. Um, we're also trying to plan a senior pep rally and senior spirit week um for the end of the year during prom week for the seniors. Um, we're planning to do Monday, uh, barbecue dad versus soccer moms Tuesday, tacky tourist Tuesday, uh, flower power day on Wednesday, and USA day on Thursday. We also have AP exams starting the 5th of May through the 16th and makeups will be later in May around the 19th. Um, and then we just completed a lot of testing at DHS.
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Most of the committee's time was spent identifying and prioritizing the district's most pressing needs. We focused on those areas that directly impact student learning and safety as that is paramount for our students. Good evening. I'm going to spend a few minutes talking about the history of our elections of bonds and overrides. And our first slide looks at the override and 2006 um was a um unification. I'm sorry that was prior to that. Yeah, 2006 unification. one uh M override uh passed in uh 2006 and then the following two have not passed and uh since 2012 there's not been um really any effort or desire to go out uh for another override. When it comes to bonds, it's been quite a bit more successful. Uh looking at 1960, $12,000 for a cafeteria edition, it's pretty incredible. And you can see through uh through the 80s you um those those uh bonds that have passed and the purpose of those um and what they went for in terms of of construction.
Maricopa Unified School District celebrated administrative assistant appreciation day today. Administrative assistants throughout the district received MUSD tumblers as a small thank you for the important role they play in supporting students and staff. Their efforts keep things moving and help create a positive place to learn and work. And that's it for my report. Thank you, Dr. Lman. We now move on to item three, governing board members report. Member Owens. Thank you, President Downey. Um so two weeks ago at our last meeting um I neglected to uh mention that previous to our meeting uh that that night uh I was here for the multi multicultural uh evening where we had uh uh teachers and families from uh the Philippines and India um share a little bit about their heritage, their homelands, uh that kind of thing. And that was a really um enjoyable time. But what was it 45 minutes?
We completed the NGSS test, the SATs, and the LS links test for multil- language learners. And the sealed biiteracy test was today, and it went very successful. And college acceptance day is May 1st coming up. So, all the seniors will be wearing their college t-shirts. And then there's the DHS commits Instagram which showcases all the seniors and where they're going to school. And we can also send you that information so that you guys can check out that account. Um, so we also have our last day of school uh for all students on June 12th and for seniors on June 2nd. Uh, we just had our musical hairspray. Um, there were over 700 elementary students that attended, so that went very well. Um, Danberry Class Act also just went to multiple elementary schools and read and played sports with children, which was awesome. And then today we had the scuba tech um, come to our school and they set up a pool outside for submersible drones for the engineering students.
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we get into uh 2006, 15 and 16. Two of the three passed and uh obviously the large one was for the high school and then uh most recently in 16 was for CPAC district office and uh some additional uh with the uh buses and upgrade in technology in 15 um that bond election uh failed and you can see that the group re really regrouped and went back to the voters uh for that election. I did want to bring up real quickly, I know there's question, Mr. Ray, uh about the pool um and anything with a pool. From everything we've been able to research, there's that's never been on any agenda relative to a bond. Um, we we thought maybe the '06 uh piece might have been part of that, but that was really more uh as the unification I think you had a I think they had a three-part question, the override, the uni the unification and the and the bond with the idea if the unification passed and we became a high school district, they would use those dollars to offset what the state would provide to build this the school.
I think we had some some dancing in here and there was a slideshow. Um so I I apologize. I neglected to thank those those people that uh that brought a little bit of their culture uh to the rest of us. So um I was able to attend the desert sunrise eco night. I believe it was two weeks ago tomorrow. Um and uh I do know that awards award emails were sent out some last night, some today. Oh wow. So there's more projects that have been um been funded um at least three that I know of. Wow. So uh congrats to our uh to our students. It was it was really great to see um how our kids are critically thinking and how our teachers um are incorporating the math, English, and the science all together and they're kind of co-eing um and uh just a just a really really enjoyable um evening.
Um, we also had Sean Osby, a celebrity chef who works with public and professional servicemies. Uh, he came actually today, I think it was, um, to visit as well. So that was pretty cool. And then we also had many bankers come in for the financemies recently. And then coming up soon, there's an FBI agent and he's coming in for cyber security and law for the service for themies. And then HBSA is taking their test soon to become certified nursing assistants. And OG grades has been rescheduled to Friday night because of impending weather weather on Saturday. So you are all welcome to attend OG Grady's. and the Kota Festival, which is a festival for arts showcasing elementary and middle school arts of all types, is coming up soon. And then there's the Junior NHS induction coming up May 21st. That's all we have for you. Yeah.
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But so there's never ever been um a pool in the in the works. We can talk when we move up into some of the projects we did look into that one. So if we we want we can go into a little bit more detail on that but we cannot find that there was ever a request formally. There may have been conversations but never anything on a on a bond election that spoke to building a pool that that I could find. Thank you for following up. It was important that we did that based on the comments from the board meeting. Yeah. So one more comment on this. When we look at that previous slide of from 1960 to 2016, that equates to about 86 million in bond referendum dollars. And considering that's over a 65 year period, that's actually pretty impressive for the facilities that we do have.
Um and then um you mentioned the state math tournament. Um just a little bit of additional color on there. Um our Desert Sunrise Math Club missed uh going to nationals by uh half a point. Wow. So they would have taken all eight uh all eight kids to to nationals. So but uh next year I know that's their goal. So that's all I have this evening. Thank you. Thank you, member Lopez. Thank you, President Downey. Um, good evening, guys. I was able to tour Maricopa Wells Middle School exceptional student services program and the different classrooms and how they have it structured. And I was I was just really impressed with the the way that they have been able to see the needs and and meet those needs and and how they just have that all structured and and look at what isn't working, look at what is working and and I was just really impressed.
How much is the car wash? The car wash is $5, I believe. Just $50 for you. I know. Are there any other questions? Did you give a date for the Kota festival? No, I don't have that. Kota festival, I believe, is in May. It's a Saturday in May. I'm not sure which one. We can send you guys the information once we get No other question. Just thank you for taking time out. Thank you. Thank you for having us. [Music] At this time, I'd like to call up Dr. Rick Rayi. Rick just completed and was awarded uh his doctorate title very recently. welldeserved course work and successful completion of some excellent work. So excited to have you. Um Rick is here tonight because um we tried to annually update the board on all things that are happening with adult education under Rick's leadership. We are growing the program immensely and providing a lot more opportunities that are very specific to the community and here tonight to talk about what those are.
recess into executives. This session in order to discuss 2.2 and 2.3 I have a second. >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. session in order to discuss 2.2 and 2.3 I have a second. >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. session in order to discuss 2.2 and 2.3 I have a second. >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. >> Tristan Jones: Second. and 2.3 I have a second. >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. >> Tristan Jones: Second. and 2.3 I have a second. >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. >> Tristan Jones: Second. >> Sophia Carrillo: Thank you, >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. >> Tristan Jones: Second. >> Sophia Carrillo: Thank you, >> Nicole Marquez: Oh, second. >> Tristan Jones: Second. >> Sophia Carrillo: Thank you, Mr. Jones, all those in favor, >> Tristan Jones: Second. >> Sophia Carrillo: Thank you, Mr. Jones, all those in favor, >> Sophia Carrillo: Thank you, Mr. Jones, all those in favor, >> Sophia Carrillo: Thank you, Mr.
and um uh really again what we have for our district. Um I'm going to come back in just a minute to talk about our process review, but first we want to thank some committee members. Good evening. My name is uh Teresa Wit. I joined this 33 person committee as both an employee of the JOME school district and a resident of the JOME school boundary area. I'm also the proud parent of twin daughters who attended JO Combmes schools beginning at Simon and fourth grade. They continued through the middle school and then they graduated from uh Combmes High School in 2015. My mo motivation for joining this committee was to give back to the community I call home and help ensure that future graduates are equipped with the tools they need to succeed in a safe and supportive environment. This committee was composed of employees, parents, and community members.
I was impressed by the the their entire program. Um just wanted to say good job. So, and thank you for letting us come tour. Thank you, Vice President Cuche. Thank you, President Downey. I too was um able to go on that tour and it was um very encouraging to hear even what they're doing for the transitioning part. So the kids coming from the elementary school level up into the middle school and those middle school kids that are going over to the high schools to see how they're all working together to make sure that the student is taken care of because a student is a number one focus. So kudos to Mr. Miller and his staff and thank you again for allowing us to visit. I see you over there. Um, uh, I also attended a couple of Rotary meetings and I know we're getting down to the end of the year and month of May is going to be insanely busy for us all.
Thank you for being here. Thanks for having me everybody. Um as Dr. Rick, as Miro said, my name is Rick Rayusi. I'm the regional director for adult and continuing education. Um, I know that I was supposed to be meeting with you guys back in March, which is why it says March 26th on the slide deck. Uh, we had to adjust that to today. Um, I was lucky enough to talk with you guys about a year ago about some of the new initiatives that we had uh started when I first came on board. Um, we've had a very busy year. we've we've grown considerably both with regard to staff and with students and with regard to a lot of the initiatives that we've taken on this year. So, I'm excited to share those with you tonight. So, for the folks that were here last year, um I'm not going to go through this in in great depth because we did that last year, but uh due to state legislation, we are required to offer certain adult education programming.
Jones, all those in favor, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, Mr. Jones, all those in favor, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, Mr. Jones, all those in favor, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, >> Nicole Marquez: I, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, >> Nicole Marquez: I, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, >> Nicole Marquez: I, >> Sophia Carrillo: All right, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, >> Nicole Marquez: I, >> Sophia Carrillo: All right, >> Katie Gipson McLean: I, >> Nicole Marquez: I, >> Sophia Carrillo: All right, any names.
While not every member was able to attend each meeting, we maintained a strong average attendance rate which allowed us to consistently engage in meaningful discussions and thoughtful decision-making. I appreciate your consideration in moving forward. I'm sorry, Peter. My slides. Um, in our January meeting, we received a presentation from Stiffel regarding the tax implications for our community. Their analysis demonstrated that due to the exciting growth in our area, as well as the district's financial responsibility and strategic debt payoff over these last couple years, we could pursue a capital bond election while maintaining the current tax rate for homeowners. This is a vital point to for and out of respect for our community. Building on Stiffold's findings, we examined three potential bond scenarios: 40 million, 60 million, and 80 million. In all three scenarios, Stif Stifl's analysis confirms that we can maintain the current tax rate. This would allow the district to make necessary repairs and modernize our facilities without adding a financial burden to our residents.