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Then it does not require competitive uh quotes. Uh and then of course all of that uh flows through as I said before the superintendent and and myself were our design. The vendor list uh who puts that out? The state of Connecticut? Uh what department? Do you want to describe that a little further? Um I I haven't looked at it in quite a quite a bit, but you can search for I I can share the link. Um, I have it on on my desk. No, no, it was just I was wondering, did it come from the board of ed? I mean, the state department of education department. Yeah. Yeah. I I'm not even sure if it's a department of education. I think it's state the purchase or statewide. It's the uh website. I was trying to find it or I was just curious. It's a it's a clunky site to navigate.
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Thank you. Thank you. No, sorry. Thank you. So, um we will move to uh three human resources board discussion and interaction. The board may take action on any item in this section unless is it it is designated for information only. So, um Mr. Yes. I I'll have um Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Mr. Tariq, is going to talk to this item. Thank you, Superintendent Sen just bring in this item uh for your consideration. Uh we do currently have one person that is principal on special assignment has been in that position for the entire year and we noticed that the job description is from I believe 2020 and it really uh does not meet the needs that we currently have for that position. is not a match. It was certainly based on technology support and other items that did no longer matched and also uh we took that as an opportunity to update the salary schedule which is also on this item to include the title of principal and special assignment just to kind of clean that up.
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The policy documents listed above have either been removed, added due to clotification, regular policy documents containing similar topics or revised. Documents not listed in this comparison document from section D not change. We did um send this to you last week ahead of time. It's quite lengthy. I I can follow the same format we did we have been doing the last few months is read the the policy and the title and then just read the ones that are deleted.
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So with that, I'll be happy to answer any questions. How does this year budget compare to last year's budget? Uh we we're still trending um pretty level. So most districts I'll give you a little insight into how Maricopa County is doing. Um the average Maricopa County school is declining about 3% in terms of enrollment. So most county school districts, including myself, are are proposing budgets that are less uh far less than what we have in years past. AO is is a unique and I work for several districts and again you guys have had steady enrollment. um it's interest rated stay the same and uh that's that's reflected in um a lot of your budget numbers being consistent on an ongoing basis and then leveraging so when you have a consistent enrollment base when you get that 2% increase from the inflation adjustment from the state that's just um additional money where you can again provide such compensation increases that we're proposing Any other questions?
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So, congratulations to the following. When you hear your name, come on up. Adrienne Alvarez, Melissa Baines, Manan Barwal, Juliet Cavalero, Miranda Crowley, Kelvin Franco, Maya Lopez, Ryan Martinez, Olga Perez, Omar Akunia, Andrew Ordonz, Arjent Perimei, Isabella Pinero, Quinn Pinto, Ariana Rodriguez, Christopher Salazar, Eileene Sana, Sana, Elsa Rafael Sumbo Kasual and Stephanie Dehad. [Music] [Applause] Yeah. The quicker you listen to her, the faster it'll go. [Music] There we go. All right, congratulations. We have an additional uh award. Each year, world language teachers nominate high achieving 12th grade members of the Spanish Honor Society for the Spanish Honor Society Award. After the awards committee evaluates the nominees and their academic achievement throughout high school, their performance in the national Spanish contest, their attainment of the seal of bi literacy, and their commitment to a lifelong language learning journey. The committee votes to choose an award recipient. These students have been awarded this scholarship due to their dedicated and continuous support to multilingual learners around the school.
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Um, we could certainly share that out. You'll see what I mean by that. But basically it's it's kind of a marketplace where people compete, you know, compete for competitive bids and it's a way to assure statewide that uh the vendors have been approved, they've been vetted, um they have a reputation, but also that their prices by volume are um and and and service are competitive um and and are generally safe to use and have been vetted to some degree. Doesn't mean always mean that they're cheaper, ironically. It just means that they have been vetted. So, those are different things that we look for. Um, sometimes you can place a bid. I don't want to over complicate things, but um some you need someone can uh can fulfill it in two weeks, you need it before the end of the school year or by the start of the school year.
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So it's really two things really updating it to align with the strategic plan of the district updating to align with the superintendent's needs for that position and also update the salary schedule to indicate what that person is going to be making. So that that is the reason for this item. Thank you. Okay. So moving to um 3.1 consideration and approval of amended and updated job description for principal on special assignment and to approve updated certificated management salary schedule to include principal and special assignment positions. Under the direction of the superintendent, the principal on special assignment or POSA POSA will provide support, assistance, and guidance in the support of the implementation of district initiatives that are in alignment with the goals and objectives of the district strategic plan. The principal on special assignment primary responsibility is to coordinate the leadership activities associated with supporting aspiring principles, assistant principles, and novice veteran principles.
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But if there's any questions, we can go through them. But um you want me to keep that same uh same comment? Yeah. Okay. Policy DA fiscal management goals, priority objectives, policy DB, annual budget, new regulation DBR, annual budget schedule preparation, planning format and posting submission. Deleted policy DBC. Deleted regulation DBCR policy DBF budget errors and reviews adoption process. Deleted policy DBI policy DBJ budget transfers. Policy DB funding proposals grants and special projects. Exhibit DE funding proposals, grants and special projects deleted. Policy DBA deleted DDC policy DFA revenues from investments deleted. DFB DFD DFF policy DG banking services deleted DGA policy DGD credit cards policy DI fiscal accounting and reporting deleted DIA policy DIB types of funds revolving funds policy DIC financial reports and statements.
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The only other one I have is have you figured out if you're going to give any kind of a increase to the non non-teers the other other employees that included the budget? I know it's on the agenda, right? That's a classified increase of cent. That's already in the budget. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. The the 50 the 50 cents to classify hourly represents like a three three and a half% increase when you look at percentage, but the 50 cents is is weighted a lot higher um than than a than a 2%. And so we felt talking about Dr. So taro and and honoring some of those lower hourly employees um and using a a dollar amount versus a percentage to provide some some equality with that compensation increase. So that's where we came from in recommending the 50 50 cent. So Mr. Just just a few items that a few more additional items that that Mr.
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They provided language help to others, tutored students, and acted as a mentor and role model for their peers as they integrate into our school community. Congratulations to Juliet Cavaliro and Quinn Mento. [Applause] or adjustment. [Applause] Annually, we present the President's Award for Educational Excellence. Recognizes the academic success of students and the top 20% of their class. Included is a letter from our president, Donald Trump. Here is here are our award winners for the president's award for educational excellence. As each student is called, please come to the stage, get your certificate, and remain in place at the front of the stage. You'll take a picture of the group and then return to your seats and the ceremony will continue. Hint, if you saw the other groups, probably want to start line up this way. Just just something I noticed. So, there's several students that are receiving this award tonight.
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Another vendor might not be able to do that. So, even though the price is different, um you you might uh you might choose a different vendor for for a specific reason. uh the Connecticut vendor list is uh anybody who's already been sort of put through the put through the paces of of those qualifications. The reason I asked because the library um through the uh the li state library they have uh vendor lists that are uh competitive. Uh and I was just wondering, you know, it's too bad the education department doesn't do something similar. Uh that's all that's that's where I was coming from. No, I I agree, Terry. It's it's a very clunky process. There are also consortiums that um yeah a part of um but that you still need to do a go through a bid process but it would be be wonderful down the line and maybe someday we can do this but where we co kind of already create our own internal list that these are the 10 vendors that Mike Weaver has vetted as you know our own internal and our our policy reflects that and that gets updated on an annual basis and approved um by the superintendent.
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It is the recommendation of the superintendent that the board of trustees approve this item. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. So I have a motion. Do I have a second? And president, if I may suggest to take public comment on three 3.1 first and then go to trustee questions. Sure. Uh so we'll take public comment now on this item. Going once, going twice. No public comment. So question. Go ahead. Um does this um the the principle of special assignment looks like it's increasing in responsibility. Does it align with the resolution that we adopted with regard to um limiting the management uh the increase in management because um this is now a direct report to the superintendent. So I'm just wondering if that shift changes anything and it it turns it into a management level position. And you mentioned that the scale changed. Does that trigger any sort of shift and that person is now in management?
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related DICA policy did inventories regulation DID inventories policy DIIE audits financial monitoring regulation DI audits financial monitoring policy DJ purchasing policy DJ bidding purchasing procedures regulation DJ bidding purchasing procedures policy DJG vendor contractor relations regulation DJGR vendor contractor relations deleted DG DJGA DJG policy DK payment procedures Exhibit DKA payroll procedures new exhibit DK payment payroll deleted DKA deleted DK AE policy expert properties disposition policy PEDH public participation no board action necessary this is a first sure any questions or comments I have the advisory here. The only question I have is on the public participation, there's a recurring a with a carrot over the line after when when I went to policy services and you there's a button that you can compare the two documents. So the whatever was left over before was black and then the new is blue and the taken out is red.
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morning. I talked about earlier Friday and today um the classroom cyclone reserve is is is very healthy right now. It's about a $ 1.5 million reserve. So that by itself, it's about 5 to seven years of being sustainable, but like Tyler mentioned, the sales tax has that constant uh income going in. So with that constant income from the sales tax like he stated plus the reserve, it's at least seven to 10 years sustainable. what he's talking about. So that's that's very good. If you remember when we first started with Mr. Ga years ago, he mentioned about five to three to five is is what you want. But if you get five to seven and more, that's that's very healthy. It's very that's very ideal. And also uh it in in uh regarding the classified and the certified amount being the same. This is a best practice that other districts Sunnyside Unified School District does that $1,000 for every teacher versus if it was maybe say 2% across the board for all certified.
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Listen for your name. Top 20% of the school. Congratulations to Pratika Amed, Alexander Al, Kate Alvarez, Melissa Baines, Evan Bellis, Dylan Berlin, Almina Bal, Liam Mama, Mia Booker, Emily Gray, Abigail Brown, Allison Brunette, Rihanna Carroll, William Chen, Andy Sahosski, Nevin Quelloo, Elelliana Colbear, Giana Corores, Miranda Crower, Emily Denise, Liliana Denise, Adam Dere, Fiona Feny, Alyssa Ferrer, Chloe Fitzgerald, Patricia Kay, Jenna Connect, Catherine Lennon, Jonah Master Bow, Quinn Mlennon, Daffany Mets, Jenna Mix, Zoha N, Liliana Navaro, Andrew Ordonius, Isabella Oang, Arjent Pereim, Isabella Ponttovo, Brooke Samford, Casey Sterinowski, Morgan Sternowski, Nikki Sterinowski, Ava Termato, Nquille Datu, Michael Walters, and last but not least, Audrey Williams. [Applause] [Music] Now you get to experience live what it's like when we line them up for graduation rehearsal. Really difficult to get them all together, but they they did it pretty quickly. [Applause] ends up being 46 students from the graduating class of 2025.
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Sounds good. Yeah, right now we're just trying to get to the July 1 and start fresh with some parameters in place for everybody for July 1. So, good job. Good job. Thank you. So, if we're continuing on um the next paragraph uh references the previous policy that you just looked at, basically saying we have to follow uh the bidding procedures including uh availability of items, are they the right quantity of items and so forth when securing um a product. Um here uh and I do think we should add as I'm looking at this again is when bidding procedures are used. We should add something here that says in excess of 25,000. These are larger bids like when we go out for our school lunch bid or special education transportation services um that we appropriately post them and that there's a secure bidding process for them.
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No, it is in in alignment with the resolution and certainly the the person that's already in that position is already making the pay that we it's just a cleanup of the salary schedule. So there's no increase in in cost but certainly the first thing we looked at is it in alignment with the resolution and yes it is. Yes. question to the administration then um you know uh we we have you know we have two types of principal of elementary sites principal middle school sites. So uh the the principal on special assignment this uh it is which which principal type is it benchmark towards? So if you're asking where does it land on the salary schedule it is the same pay as a middle school principal. Just to be clear, you know, supplemental question, you know, you know, as the author of the the the cap on administrators.
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I can't get rid of that little symbol. I don't know what it is, but it's when the uh board policy the pro their program merges the two documents together which is awesome. I love it. And it makes a PDF for me but I can't get rid of that little AE little thing. It doesn't matter. I take out spaces and remove and add periods and it won't go away. It won't be on the actual um policy once it gets approved. Um but first I thought it was a symbol and then something and I realized it's all over the place. I don't I don't know what it is. I I thought it was like an extra space. So I went in and took out all the spaces and then it's still there. So it's in some spaces and not in other spaces. and it's their program that's that's making the the comparison.
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You would have some teachers maybe going up 8 to 850 and some going up 107. So Sunnyside has the 1,00 for all certified and the same with classified that amount goes to everyone gets the same increase. So you know it'll be the third year the third consecutive year classified as that increase and also certified as well. So just working with us tomorrow trying to find the best compensation that at the same time is is uh financially responsible. We want to be We want to have the right compensation in place, but we also want to be financially responsible. It's important. You're saying it's the third year going up after many years of not going up. And again, I keep noticing we have fewer and fewer classified resations and throughout the year. That's one of the huge pieces of that. I saw the work today where they're giving $10,000 for anybody to hire teacher or school district.
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That's top 20%. Up next are our undergraduate awards. The majority of these awards are presented to 11th grade students and the PTO recognizes a few select few ninth and tth grade students. Brookfield High School faculty and staff nominate students for these awards. Students also apply for them with a final decision made by a team of administrators and teachers. There are additional awards given to students in all grades for their achievement in a particular course. Those awards will be presented in ILT tomorrow. So the awards for all of the students in different grades, their achievement in a course will present ILT tomorrow. So let's get to it. Up first is the Bowden Book Award. This year's Bowden Book Award goes to an 11th grade student who has demonstrated extraordinary service and deep commitment to the common good. The recipient of this year's Bowden Book Award is [Applause] Maria.
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