Recommended designers are myself Marcia and Roman will be approval assistant business manager attaches station make upon approval areas change action necessary session items approval. Okay. Um county jed annually completes an intergovernmental agreement IG between its district satellites attaches the IG for the 2526 academic year for a unified school district. The J has been approved and signed by the district's lawyer. There is no board action necessary. This is a study session item only. Mr. Any question on it? Next item is the Unified School District's top five priorities to see password. I forgot to bring I think I think Angelina, I'm gonna read off of there because because my my my screen is slow. It's not turning over. So, um, Angelina, can you go ahead and read this and then just share with them what you have? J2 has post one. Sorry. My my my uh Yeah, my screen I think the Wi-Fi might Okay, I think I think there you go.
And lastly, I just want to extend my thanks and thanks on behalf of my team, to the district, to finance, uh to Miss Fidel and her team for all of their cooperation um in getting through the audit. It's quite extensive the amount of documentation that we're required to review and it wouldn't be as smooth as it was without their cooperation and help from their team. Um, and we're looking forward to this next year, obviously starting today. And as noted up there, there will be a new Gazsby standard, but already working with their team and making sure that they have the information they need to get that implemented. Madame President, uh, governing board members, Dr. Croto and, uh, cabinet, I do have, uh, the distinct pleasure to be able to share with you, uh, a summary of our USFR compliance, uh, questionnaire audit findings. Uh there are a total of 171 items in which we received five nos.
So, um, when I began this journey, I knew very little about the inner workings of a school district. Um, four years later, I leave with deep respect for the people that keep district 99 moving forward. I'm very confident that the district is in excellent hands. Um, it's always evolving, always learning, and always focused on preparing our students for the next chapters of their lives. So, um, thank you again for the opportunity. Um, it's really been an honor. All right. So, I want to thank the community for the opportunity to serve in Community High School District 99. In 2017, I'll stand because I can see people trying to in 2017 when I started this journey. I did not know exactly what I was getting into, but I knew one thing that was certain is that students, the staff, and our community were a priority for me.
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So the Dig Green volleyball camp um we we did not run it last year, the year before. Um we did run it uh during the Oh, Miss Lassie is here. Miss Miss Lassie is actually um you know running uh the dig green volleyball camp. So we had in the south coast my understanding is that um there was a point where um there was a need for high school um volleyball players to have a have a place to um you know practice their craft and and and get better. We ran the camp. Then New Bedford was running a camp and our students who were interested went to New Bedford for the camp. Well, New Bedford's renovating their gym, so we're bringing the camp back. Um, we have a wonderful coach who decided that, you know, we didn't want that opportunity to be missed for our kids here and kids from other communities to improve themselves.
So, you know, it is something we're sensitive to and want to make sure that our counselors, administrators are are coaching kids about, you know, we can help you fill this out. You know, as an adult, some adults would check out on this one. I think it's very interesting actually. It's not honestly it it looks more daunting than it is to be honest. It was just because of the check boxes and everything, but it's not it's not that hard to complete, but it does look fairly daunting. So, we've talked about like how do we make sure kids um are supported if they are if there's an issue that they want to bring forward to be able to complete this. And then who does the investigation for? the it's going to be an administrator. So, we don't have Oh, it says to be completed by the school climate specialist.
So, I look forward to the future together and congratulations. Welcome aboard. I would like to take this moment to congratulate Mr. Otto, Miss Isham, Mr. Terry. Welcome aboard. We have a lot to accomplish and I'm sure that we will find common grounds in working together and moving this district forward. That's the goal. It's about the children. It's about the community. So, I congratulate you all. I also want to take this moment uh to Mr. Alan Fino. It's uh way overdue. And congratulations on being the president. We're here to support you and move this district forward. Thank you. I'd also like to congratulate the new additions to the board of education. I I just want to say that change is beautiful. It's great. I'm excited and I'm very eager to start working with um everyone on the board. Um I'm very excited to show you guys what the student government wants to get accomplished because there's a lot more.
Go ahead and read that. You're close. From ASBA's member-driven nonpartisan organization, ASBA proudly represents the collective voice of Arizona school boards. It's time to begin developing the 2026 political agenda, a shared set of advoc advocacy priorities created by the group by members for members. What you'll need to do review the current 2025 ASBA political agenda. Reaffirm your district's top five priorities as a full board. Propose any new or revised priorities for 2026. Appoint a delegate to represent your district at the delegate assembly. and submit your district's proposal. Submit your district's proposal by Monday night 2025. The screen changed top. Sorry. No, that's fine. I actually I printed that out for uh if the internet wants to feature This is what exact two and the main text um are adequately and equitably fund district schools to the National medium for people funding to preserve respect and strengthen goal control.
There is uh no room uh or forgiveness in any of that that we mostly do it or most of the time um when the auditors complete their test work uh if the uh instance is a no then u it is no for the entire section of that uh USFR compliance. you did receive uh detailed information on uh those five audit findings that included the USFR question, the auditor's notes, and uh the district's response to that and what our action items were and the history of those five audit items. Um I would like to take a moment to one um five for a district our size is impressive and to have a uh percentage of a 97.08 08. Uh, as a district, um, I think it's something for us to be extremely proud of and, uh, speaks to the work that, um, the finance team does, particularly Lisa Smith, who uh, manages our audit, but also uh, the, uh, finance staff, the, uh, student information systems team who obviously uh, has a large portion of this audit as well.
And that would be the forefront of all my decision-making experience. And that's one thing that never changed over the course of my eight years. What I learned over the eight years is that we volunteer hard for community district for community high school district 99. We are dedicated people that encountered some hard decisions over the past eight years. It's I did plan to cry. So, you know, it's it's it's in some cases decisions that I lost sleep over, but we got through it. I'm proud of so many things we accomplished like the master facility plan and things like the increased number of dual credit classes and trades and seeing the addition of student board members which happened in my tenure here. I watched the tenacity and resilience and I saw that I saw our students face with things like co we have amazing kids to my fellow board members the board members I have served with I appreciate each of you I appreciate the opportunity to serve with you and how not and how it was not always easy decisions but we are better because of it.
And you now hold the pen. Lead with wisdom, heart, and a strong belief in doing what are right. May your decisions be sound, your meetings be short, and your M&M's be plentiful. And you'll do great things. And now to our students. You are the visionaries, the builders, and relentless hope in motion. Every late night, every hard decision, every ounce of energy has been for you. Hope and Calie along with your predecessors Anya, Colton, Isabelle, and Luke. Watching you rise, break barriers, and lead with courage, has been the greatest honor of my life. Your voices, your fire, your unbreakable spirit, especially through these last turbulent years, have redefined what is possible. And so, hear me clearly tonight and always. You are already enough. You are already whole. You are already powerful beyond measure. Exactly as you are. The world's going to try to tell you otherwise.
So, hence the return to the Dig Green volleyball camp. I don't know what the future holds in terms of long-term um you know long-term running of the camp, but um if you do have any specific questions, I'm sure Miss Lassie would be uh happy to help explain it.
Yeah, the school climate specialist, you know, it could be the principal as well, but um or if it's an assistant principal, you know, any administrator can engage in those um investigations. I'm curious when we get to uh the investigation. Yeah. So, when we get down to bullying being more important or a higher I would I don't think that they would say that it's higher. Um it may actually be uh I haven't looked, but is it potentially even alphabetical? So, well, no, it's I see a salt. So these are all like I'm just talking about bullying and that's the first thing that you know these are all things that we have to be considerate of. Yeah. Because if it's a protected class there are different legal standards for that um investigation than there are for a bullying investigation than there are for an assault investigation. Yeah.
Thank you. [Applause] Uh, I as well would like to congratulate Mr. Otto and uh Mrs. Isan uh for uh getting elected onto the board as well as uh Mrs. Peter um for your vice president um election and um uh Mr. Fukurino uh I think you guys are more than confident of doing the good job. So I I look forward to working with you. Mr. President, I got to say something. Uh, I would like to thank uh the new elected official. I like to thank Mr. President, vice president. I also would like to thank the outgoing president, vice president. It's been a rough year. And uh I wish them a good luck. I wish you guys a good luck. Let's work all together for the community, for the students. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. [Applause] I um I don't have a long speech prepared.
Improve opportunities and outcomes for all students. require public accountability and transparency for taxpayer dollars spent on education and Arizona rules and remote schools, school safety and security and federal federal advocacy. because they want us to discuss and choose what our district's top five priorities are and then I'll submit that to them and we can if we see if we have a priority that's not on that list we can add that make that one of our five and I like this a lot better because remember they used to have like five or six seven pages for us to flip through and look over and this is a lot more condensed and in the street I me given that the current way things are going in the state, I think one of the more important ones is requiring the public accountability and transparency for taxpayer dollars because I know there are so many vouchers going out and so many BSAs going out and it seems like there's not a whole lot of followup on that to make sure that those students who are being homeschooled are being homeschooled to the standard that the school that the state requires from other graduates.
um as well as all of those individuals at school sites who are on the compliance front line uh every single day when they're doing their daily work as well as the support we receive uh when it comes to financial compliance from our cabinet and our governing board. We know that not every district and every finance department is that fortunate and so uh without that support we certainly could not have uh this level of compliance in a district this size.
We were able to be respectful to each other's opinions and work together. To Dr. Sele and administration, thank you for all that you do. Your jobs are not easy and require a lot of dedication and work. I also want to thank all of the teachers and all that that I have encountered, all the students that I have encountered and everyone inside the walls of community district of community district 99. Many of you have come to meetings and showed your passion, your compassion, our staff and commitment to our education. And finally to our community, the one thing I learned is that although we may have been on different sides of things at times, but the thing I learned is that the commonality that we had is that we are all is that we were all passionate about something we believed in our students or our community or all of the above.
I promise. But let it try. And we will all be here louder still to remind you you are not waiting to become something greater. You already are. The world needs your light, your voice, your unstoppable force now more than ever. I am profoundly proud of the work this district has done under the guidance of Dr. Waller to elevate student voice. It's more than a step forward. It's a shift in power. It's a recognition that our students are not just the reason for the work. There are partners in it. Their voices have reshaped the conversation and I believe deep in my bones. That this commitment will continue to transform this board's work. To my parents who are no longer with me, thank you for planting the seed that education is the most important gift you would ever give me. and to my teachers who shaped me with their wisdom and their patience.
Any questions? I do not have any questions. No. All right. Then a motion to approve. I'd make a motion that we approve this. Sounds like a wonderful opportunity. Um and thank you. Second. All in favor? I opposed. None. Unanimous. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. Um, next up, we have some school improvement plan presentations. Oh, that's wonderful. Right. Our favorite time of the evening. And I see that uh Dr. Thomas and I'm just gonna say Miss Y so I don't right from the Quinn and again like what I'm excite Oh are you having trouble reading her name? No, it's not here. Yalovich. Oh. Um, it's just how it's and so I just want to say as far as the school and I've had the opportunity to preview the school improvement plans that we'll see this evening. And I just want to say how excited I am to be able to see how the schools really have adapted the district strategic plan and aligned it well with the school improvement plan.
So this uh title N is different. Um so administratively um this is kind of where you've all seen like the decision trees. Um and usually in a decision tree you might go left or go right. Yep. here. You can go left and right and center too, by the way, depending on the behavior and the situation. So, um, administrator's jobs aren't easy. Uh, and this I think if I were going to submit one exhibit to testify to that fact, it'd be this. Um, because you need to know what all these things are and be able to say, "Yeah, it meets that criteria or it does not." Um, which is why we bring in attorneys to provide professional development over the summer each year because it'd be one thing if these things were static and always remain the same, but they evolved too. Um, you guys know we just flip back our old Title N, right?