Thank you to everyone who had a hand in putting those wonderful events together for our families and staff. It came to my attention at our April 10th board meeting that public comments occur rather late. A wonderful teacher stayed to share the work of his students. In an honest effort to encourage community input, I would like to propose we move public comments up to or immediately following C public session. I would also like to note that when coming to address the board, there is no legal need to state your name or topic you are speaking to.
She's a problem solver. I think about the zero to three providers and the deaf mentors that I work with. They travel great distances in this state. They go into famil family's homes. They work with parents in the most vulnerable life moments. They often provide the first look through the window into the deaf community. They know how to build trust with families. I'm reminded of the aiologists that I've worked with like Carol Ist in DVR region 2. She knows the dispensing aiologists in the Phoenix area. She knows the other services like the ear foundation. She's created partnerships and navigates using community resources. She knows how to build community connection and support. These are the perspectives that have been shut out of direct conversations, planning, problem solving, and relationship building with the board and with leadership. In that January meeting that my colleague Trish pointed out, the board chose to close a door on developing that relationship and tapping into the expertise and the experience of those people's perspectives, those educators perspectives.
And our ourh practice in the district is to predominantly use those dollars as direct payments to to certified staff. Perfect. Anything else for anyone? No. All those in favor? I. Next item is J3, Mr. Bogart. Thank you, Chairman Hull, governing board members, Superintendent Strereer, and guests. Uh, this one is it's a little untimely is what I would say. The district has a practice of reviewing its course fees, its facility use fees throughout the year to make sure that those are the most appropriate fees that we assess to our community members without trying to make a profit and making sure that we we meet our ends. Um, this process typically comes to a head around the fall and winter when it comes to course fees so that when we put together our course catalog, it can have those associated fees. The last time that we adjusted course fees was in December of 2023.
Thank you. And opposed. Pass. School Department, Keith Tech Vocational School. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards. And opposed? That passes. Total debt. All those in favor, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. Employee retirement, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, group health insurance, other insurance, salary contingency, reserve fund. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. I'll move to enterprise funds. Water enterprise, sewer enterprise, trash collection, field management, cable access, storm water. All those in favor of the unchallenged items, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. Passes, but not unanimously. We've approved the individual line items in the budget. Now, we need to approve the overall funding mechanism. For that, I'll entertain a motion for the general fund that the following amounts be transferred from the respective accounts. EMS revolving at $200,000.
Yeah, I came back once 501 Pond was done. Um, yeah, I knew you came back. I I said I thought you had uh gone out again. Um, no, I'm still here. that uh I was wondering about the um you know for the beginning at least of the of um the 10 to 60 Main Street and I don't remember I think for Waverly Street we did have some kind of little intro about about again about the 40Bs like the work we've been doing and I know it's getting repetitive but I think it I think maybe they need to hear it at the state level you know that we are doing this work you know kind of thing. So essentially this section I think we had done that very first project where we drafted a comment on the 40B the mil street the the mill project we had like an extensive section about our efforts you know I can definitely try to find that hopefully I still have it somewhere.
Now it doesn't mean that every day we have someone every period. Um what it means is every period of the day is covered at least one day. Um and our teachers, our providers have been super flexible um being uh willing to flip-flop their schedules. uh based on student needs. So uh one day they might have a plan period B period and support a student through MTSSD period later in the week that might look different. Um but they've been great and uh been willing to even switch those you know at as the needs of our students change. They've been really flexible with those which is wonderful. We really appreciate it. Really just everybody looking out for what what our students need. Um the um the tier one supports we've been working a lot on this year. Uh working to develop them with full staff um using some of our faculty meetings and professional development meetings to look at what we currently have at the tier one level and then how we can further develop those and just teachers using that time to really share what they're doing and what's working um and and really giving each other really great ideas which has been wonderful.
These authentic contributions are not viewed in isolation. and instead we layer this community voice with existing existing district data to develop a more holistic and accurate understanding of what our students and families truly need and what assets they already possess. This rich integrated data enables us to respond with intention and equity ensuring our strategies are not only informed by deeply rooted and with the experiences serve including those who have been historically underserved or disengaged. Ultimately, this allows us to remove barriers and create opportunities for every student to thrive. In this incl this inclusive mindset doesn't end with data collection. We are embedding the principles of the assets and needs process in the everyday fabric of our schools. One powerful example is the integration of community voice circles into our parent learning walks. These walks already offer parents valuable tools to support their children's learning. By incorporating voice circles, we deepen the experience, creating space for parents to reflect, share their perspectives, and engage in a dialogue with one another and with school staff.
In further effort to be available for any questions or concerns as publicly elected officials, I ask that the board's contact information be displayed on the district website and business cards as each member deems fit. I would like to thank Superintendent Nelson for the inter and intra district transfers information that was provided following board approval at our last meeting. It has been so helpful as we continue to look toward equitable access across our high school campuses. At this time I am requesting board consideration and approval for clarifying data on the interd district transfers for 212223 23 24 and 2425 for both Granite Hills High School and Apple Valley High School. How many if any of them were dependent of staff in our district? And how many if any of those were staff at the school site the the dependent attended? I have been taking classes working towards a master's in governance these past few months completing course three school finance part one and two on April 19th which was quite timely.
ASDBEA is still here. During this pivotal moment for our agency, now is the time to work directly with the educators that I mentioned. We're not just looking for a place to complain. We are looking to be part of the solution in a formal way. And you mention that yes, let's contact our legislators. I watch the JLAC JLAC. I watched that whole thing. I watch those things. I reach out to my legislators as a Arizona resident. ASBA is asking the board, partner with us. We're asking Superintendent Reichman, take us with you. Maria Murphy, take us with you. We want to go to the legislators. We want to work with you to do that. We need an H policy in order to work with you. We are not just looking to submit complaints through an abbuds person. We're not looking to do that. We are looking to have meaningful partnership and relationship so that we can be the problem solvers.
So that's last fiscal year in preparation for this fiscal year. Um the reason why we're bringing this somewhat untimely request to adjust course fees is because Puma Community College came to us and adjusted the fees that they would be um assessing to our students for access to Desire to Learn which is their online teaching and learning platform. And so we went through a reflection session to see if there was anything else that we wanted to adjust at this late stage and we decided to not make that recommendation to you as a board but to recommend a bifurcation of our dual enrollment fees. one for Puma Community College that will now assess the fee that that they are going to be charging to us and then a separate one for all other dual enrollment courses. Is there motion? I move that the governing board approve the class participation and various fees schedule as presented.
Dog licenses $25,000. Recreation revolving $12,975. and that the balance be raised and appropriated 79,331,386 for the water enterprise fund that 3,953,249 be raised through the water rates for the sewer enterprise fund at 6,365,469 be raised through the sewer rates for the rubbish collection enterprise fund that 1,800 I've got a wrong number here. What's the D? What is the correct number? 1867 1867011. I have an extraneous number. 1,867,11 be raised to the solid waste rates. Apologies for the fields management enterprise fund at $114,933 be raised through fees for field usage. for the cable access enterprise fund at $390,000 be raised to cable franchise fees. For the stormwater enterprise fund at $45,255 we raised to storm water fees. 405 40625 406255 not my finest hour transcribing this. The 406255 erased the storm water rates. Again, apologies for the economic development special revenue fund that 38 338,593 be appropriate from available meals tax funds.
Oh yeah we have it we have well we have both those letters so and I think I think it's about getting it's getting well together. Yeah, I mean if if Alvaro can circulate that. I'm trying to think. Yeah, if he can forward that to Trisha Deepa and me, I can take a stab at giving Trisha. I guess how do how do we do this? Do we forward it to Alvaro to put together Trisha? How would we exchange? Well, remember that this isn't a matter before our board. We're just putting together a letter, you know. So, um, so I mean technically it's comments, right? It's a discussion on our agenda. I guess what I'm asking is should we we need somebody to like put it all in one place, right? Yeah. I mean, we'll I mean, we'll we'll put it all in one document, but what I'm saying is like if if we can send I mean, Elro can send out if he has them handy.
um and um using our PLC's as well that we'll meet weekly to also share that information and come up with ideas and develop new ideas. Um and then also uh just communications um that uh we have with staff. Um looking at our tier 2 supports um and some of our tier two and tier three supports um they can be similar but um as Isabella was saying to like looking at uh the frequency and duration of the support is sometimes what makes a difference between a tier two and tier three support um you know we have some uh different things available to all students at the tier one level for example connections um all students have the opportunity in connection they can go see teachers for extra help so that's available to everybody body at the next level. Um we have a teacher may ask a student, hey why don't you come see me tomorrow and we can we can work on that direct connection.
Beyond these structured settings, community voice circles also serve as spaces for healing and connection. They offer a flexible and responsive tool for listening no matter the context, ensuring that every member of the school community has a place to be heard, supported, and seen. Did I uh Oh, here we go. To further strengthen transparency and accountability, we've developed a user-friendly assets needs dashboard. This tool makes the results of our survey accessible to everyone. Community members can visit AUHSD community schools website to explore data, filter it by school site, and examine trends among specific student populations. This open access is more than just a transparency tool. It is a catalyst for collaboration. It allows us to work sidebyside with families, educators, and community partners to identify needs, elevate strengths, and align partnerships, services, and initiatives in ways that are both datadriven and community centered. By grounding our decisions in this shared data, we can more effectively direct resources where they will have the greatest impact.
I was able to inquire about board bylaw 9200 as it was referenced to support the need for quote unquote requests for the generation of reports or information being placed on a meeting agenda for board consideration and approval on page 10 in our governance handbook. In response to my inquiry, CSBA let me know that board members must be informed leaders and the request for information or generated reports of information should always be honored promptly. They encouraged me moving forward to file public records requests if necessary. Being informed decision makers is an in an essential part of our job as members of this board. I will not shy away from asking questions or requesting data. I will continue to study all that is provided and strive to gain insight from it, not for the benefit of myself, but for the people and district I was elected to serve.
Thank you for your time. Thank you, Libby. Moving on to agenda item 8.2, discussion and possible action items. Agenda items for the next regular board meeting scheduled for July 10th, 2025 in Tucson. Um, Annette, I would like to add a followup with our AH regarding the personnel um issue that is that we are currently dealing with. That's the one thing I want to make sure that's on there. If anybody else have anything to add for the July meeting. Okay. Um you can always contact myself or um Superintendent Reichman to add something before the board meeting. We also I'm going to move on to 8.3. Information item board work study is scheduled on June 12th. I'd like that will be here at um at PDSD. Um I'd like to make sure that we can have as full of a board as possible um for that. So please make sure you put it on your calendar, circle it in red, do something so we we have a full board here.
Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? I have a question. Um about how many students do we have that are involved in uh dual enrollment? We have hundreds. 100? No, hundreds. Hundreds. Okay. And what um is there a plan in place for those students that can't afford that extra uh $90? That's quite a jump from Yeah, we do have a we do have a hardship um opportunity that we can help with students who are not unable to pay for that. Um, and I did a little research before we came here just to make sure that I had our numbers correctly. For this fiscal year, we've um, we've generated about $26,000 in dual enrollment fees. Last year was 31,000. The year prior, 23,000. So, Christian Reed is about right about 500 kids a year participate in dual enrollment courses. I had the same question, Kathy. So, thanks for asking.
Do I have such a motion? We've already had the discussion, so we'll go right to a vote. This will request majority. All those in favor, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed. pass unanimously and we have a budget. At this point, I'll entertain a motion to remove article two from the table. Do I have such a motion? Discussion. All those in favor, please raise your cards. Thank you. And opposed? That passed unanimously. Article two, transfer from the general stabilization fund sponsored by the town manager to see if the town will vote to transfer available funds from the general stabilization fund to support the FY26 general fund budget or pass any vote or take any action relative there too. The finance committee recommends the town approve the transfer of $2,256,720 from the general stabilization fund to defay charges and expenses of the town including debt and interest for the ensuing fiscal year as set forth in the FY26 general fund budget.
um the two the two word documents of our finished letter for 10 to 60 and our finished letter for Waverly Street and I think they both had that kind of 40B component intro and so if if you can take that and just make one that's appropriate for this project you know um because now we're two projects 40B in we have 501 coming on we have 100 Chestnut Street basically done. Um, you know, so that that could be again the the intro part to this one and then Deepa is there a certain part you're most comfortable with? Um, how about I take a stab at the site plan and kind of the massing and the scale of it? Okay. Related to the zoning that that's there. just the big picture. Uh let me take a stab at that part of it and share it with you.
So really trying to pull specific students in um and then um at the next level we might be actually you know if the student doesn't come know they're calling for that student and really trying to work with them. So using that. So that's kind of an example of um you know being able to use something that could be more of a tier one open to any student to more identifying those students and making sure we pull them in during that uh connections time. Um our students that are receiving uh the greater support through MTSS, we're using their study halls so that we're not interrupting um their classes. And again, we're balancing the schedules of the MTSS providers to uh figure out how to best service kids. Um sometimes it's subject specific. We have two math teachers that are um available as MTSS providers. And so obviously if we have a student with math needs, we're trying to coordinate as best we can that they can work with one of them.