McDowell and I would echo that our our health clubs in our state have only been open for a week or two but I know our neighboring state open their health clubs a little bit over a month ago and have not seen any issues as you stated I think safety is our number one concern again recognizing safety is our number one concern to reiterate that allowing the whatever levels of normalcy we possibly can there's the safety in kovat but assuming that athletics move forward if we don't let these kids have proper training and you're doing that with the phase they're at greater risk as seasons progress and as the fall we need them to stretch to be in physical condition and have that opportunity both for their mental and physical so I appreciate the balanced approach and I appreciate the city's first and as I stated on an earlier presentation I hope we can return to normalcy as quickly as possible thank you in your eye we really to take a 3d approach to athletics in the district which is basically treating the athlete physically mentally and emotionally I would agree they find a lot of our kids bill pinned up there's definitely some end up emotion with that as well so we definitely wanted to give them a chance now let to return to us we need to control that I'm armed what members any additional questions continue mr.
McDonough that is all the information I have at this time dr. Santa Cruz so okay I just wanted to agree with mr. cars fires and and also mr. McDowell in doing what we can to provide these opportunities for athletes in a safe way I think I like that we are taking a proactive approach to making sure that they're wise they're probably gonna go to other places as well it's I think it's incumbent on us to help them in a safe way start working out and also I think that's the best possible solution that we can provide at this point I'd like to add something if you don't mind go ahead thank you sir we will be meeting with the coaches on WebEx in a couple days outfitting the this information as well as letting them know that we are going to be looking after this this isn't just turn you loose and go we are gonna keep and monitor this and they will know if as the leaders of the groups that if they're not following those things that we will shut it down right away until they can realize that this is what's most important and what's best for kids and so I will be on WebEx as well as mr.
McIntosh to just reiterate some of these points to let him know that he comes first and we're not going to be looking at different direction dr. McCord and I would like to reiterate and appreciate the work that you have done on these three presentations you and your team as we look at the athletic end of it there are two sides to that coin and one has to do with the health and safety of students as it relates to kovat 19 but the other side is also health and safety because it relates to conditioning both physical and mental conditioning for students to be able to compete at a point when we're ready to do that so we're really caught right in the middle and so appreciation to all of the groups for consideration of as many the parameters and ramifications that our potentials and potential pitfalls as we move through this and dr.
McCord my my compliment to you and your teams dr. Santa Cruz I I'd like to hang on to what you just said if that's okay you know this is unprecedented times and we've not seen anything like this before and I just want to say to dr. McCord and the three presentations I I feel better than I did earlier today even though I read them through and I really appreciate all the thought that has gone into them and the safety of not just our children but our staff and I think what dr. Santa Cruz just said it you know there's there's two sides to this we look at all alternatives more than two sides that we have to look at all of them so I too appreciate all that you've done and your attention to detail thank you thank you Miss Anne I I would just like to say these three presentations as well as a plethora of other people they they're the ones that are making this work they're the ones that are putting their heads together Steve's listening to the coaches Jared's listening to the parents and Barbara's listening to the needs of our district and it's really amazing to see how they work through this process and I'm just very proud of them so thank you guys for recognizing the talent that we have in this district thanks dr.
McCord now move the item six unless there is any additional information document for this item six is the consent agenda and if I could before asking for a motion there is an issue with item 6.03 that once the motion is made I would like for us to consider so that we can avoid a potential conflict of interest and allow all board members to vote where possible and necessary and one board member to abstain this area so we look at the consent agenda item six if we can understand that six point zero three will need some attention so is there a motion dr.
Santa Cruz I move that we remove item six point zero three and approve the remainder of the agenda mister I would second that motion is there any discussion seeing then we will move through the consent agenda item and we have a motion for us items 6.01 through 6.0 14 text cluding 6.03 all those in favor please signify by saying aye miss Wilson would you please pull the board i dr. Charles Santa Cruz hi mr. president you have five eyes thank you miss Wilson now we will need him to entertain items 6.03 and I would like to request that we remove one name from item 6.03 so that Miss Humphries can vote on this item and I would request the removal of Laura Humphries from item six point zero three and we will entertain that individual separately is there a motion understand accrues I move that we approve item six point zero three with the exception of Laurel Humphries for a separate vote Thank You mr.
cars your second second Thank You mr. Chetty item six point zero three because for you is there any discussion vote on 6.03 with the pertinent exclusion Wilson please pull the board all those in favor please signify by saying aye is Wilson Mr Carr all right aye dr.
Santa Cruz after senator Cruz you have four eyes I also need to vote on that one I freeze can vote on that one you have five eyes thank you miss Wilson I just want to recuse myself so I'm going to turn off my mic because this would be a conflict of interest for me so I'm recusing myself and I will not be voting freeze in favor of 6.03 with the inclusion of Humphries and entertaining a motion thank you miss you Jenny is there a second a motion and a second is there any discussion seeing none all those in favor of the motion please signify by saying aye and miss Wilson please pull the board mr. Reid car make sure that you jetty dr. Charles Santa Cruz hi mr. president you have four eyes thank you miss Wilson was a request of me earlier that should we go to 8 o'clock that we take a five-minute recess just for personal business so I am requesting that we recess for five minutes you item still are included on the newest and most recent version of the document so item 7.01 dr.
McCord do you have anything by way of introduction there dr. Cruz I really don't have an introduction this is kind of a we talked about this a fast board meeting a / work study and I think you have a thought or idea about how to proceed with this thank you and I just mentioned that in my introduction so item 7.01 we're ready to entertain a motion thank you Miss Humphries is there a second Thank You mr. Jenny it's been moved and seconded is there any so the motion inclusive then seeing no discussion is that we would submit our request ASBA that they consider our support for recommendation for the 2021 legislative agenda santa cruz i I did have a couple of things I wanted to discuss on the legislative agenda I'm sorry are you okay so we I did look at the past year's priorities and there were a couple that I wanted to either add in or change out someone that we previously had I wanted to put as a priority we pill programs that give public funds to private schools and sorry I don't have the wording of that one but it's proving those programs from expanding I'd have to look at the agenda I'm not sure which one that is and also to reform currently planning to a system that provides districts with the appropriate and adequate funding that they need I don't I didn't put the topic there there under I believe they're both on the first agenda item and then I had two additional items that I thought we would want to consider I know there was some discussion in the current legislative session about including the or discussion of security issues as a reason for executive session I'm not sure where that bill ended up whether it passed before the legislature had to adjourn early there were many bills that didn't quite make it through the whole process so I wanted to make sure that if that did not pass that we continue to work towards that and then the other item for additional consideration was no cuts to public education I realized that the state budget is going to be very challenging we are getting additional funds from the federal government both for our district and for the state and I think they need to look for additional revenue by evaluating tax cuts and and tax loopholes in the past that they have granted my understanding there's fourteen billion dollars of those sorts of things and that's much more than the state budget so considering that we're going to have additional needs in our schools I think it's critical that we push hard not to have cuts to our education since they haven't returned the cuts of ten years ago with that to the motion because the motion was to submit and accept last year's as our recommendation for this year well I guess that would be an amendment to the motion because I think there are additional things that we need to consider go ahead is that miss you Jenny I just wanted to know if mrs.
Humphries could repeat them again please certainly sorry i yeah be an email and I tried to print it off but I only got half of my wording I don't know what went wrong with my printer so the ones that I I was considering as priority where repeal programs that give public funds to private school rules and prevent further expansion of those programs I'm trying to find it it's under that it's on the current legislative agenda I'm just not sure where yes you don't require public accountability for taxpayer dollars in on education which is the second one refill any program that gives public funds for private schools vouchers and our parenthesis empowerment scholarship accounts and private school subsidies to tuition organizations and prevent any future expansion so that was one I wanted us to consider as a priority and the other one was under adequately and equitably fund school districts and that would be reform current year funding to a system that provides districts those were two priorities I wanted us to consider and then the two additional items for consideration are to use executive session for a board discussion of security issues planning and costs that was a there I guess there are other districts that also suggested that to the legislature and that was being considered in the bill this year I'm not sure that bill made it completely through the legislature before abrupt end of the legislature due to the Cova de 19 crisis and then my second one was it's not on the current legislation tip of it look pushing for no cuts to public education looking for additional revenue today evaluating tax tax loopholes and tax revenues to find sustainable funding mrs.
humphreys yeah am I am I in corrected was there not blood was there not a lot initiative passed that did prevent the private school expansion was a prop 305 that passed which defeated a bill that the legislature had passed in 2017 that allowed a universal expansion and limited to 30,000 students right it was not a permanent ban there was an initiative where they were gathering signatures that has been stopped because of the cause of nineteen crisis the legislature this year has passed a slight expansion in eleven students on Indian reservations to attend out-of-state private school so we are actually sending that our Arizona taxpayer dollars to out-of-state private schools in some circumstances it was very limited right now but as we've seen some of these programs continue to grow more members what is your pleasure there is an amendment to a motion on the floor is there a second you Oh second if we can discuss it okay we have been moved and seconded that's an amendment and yes there is open for discussion just as a matter of information it's been my experience as I've worked with this legislative council the last two or three times is that you have major headings and then you have points bullet points what miss Humphreys is talking about I liken to bullet points under a any of those major headings and they would then be included that's what the document is that request district priorities and she is I think requesting that should the motion pass that the three items that she's mentioned become the Gilbert district priorities along with the current legislative agenda am i correct there miss Humphreys you are close so the first two points I gave were already part of the political agenda I just I'm putting there is something we really want to emphasize and then the last two points of the executive session bill and the note cuts to public education those are new considerations okay so those would be two new ones from your point of view okay it's open toward open for discussion miss wood yeah dr.
Santa Cruz the only things in the executive session for security and no cut yes yes that is correct all right okay is what you did you have some comment can you hear me doctor so we are we going to change and not then have last year's priorities listed at all or where we gonna scratch a couple of those are we just gonna add miss Humphrey all of her points to lunch tears as well we're we're entitled to five plus plus two new ones what I hear miss Humphrey saying is perhaps I'm incorrect here but the five that we submitted would go in and then the to the to the she's just mentioned would occupy the new priority spaces so I think we if I I don't remember exactly what we submitted last year I I think that's just a suggestion of five we could I'm not sure we could submit seven if you prefer or we could just cross a couple off thinner or maybe not as important to us if we would prefer to the two that I have suggested as priorities you have an opportunity to write seven items five we're already there two could be added as new as I understand it we would need to cross off two of them top five priorities and then probably the additional items cross those off as well in the Sun freeze and put your two new ones in that was my suggestion but that's it's up to all of us as a board I guess last year's top five priorities the first one was fully fund all-day kindergarten and include kindergarten students I probably would like to include that one change over I'd budget increased language to better reflect since we're not in a over Eider budget increase year this year maybe that's when we could replace with one of yours that you suggested that would work for me allow school districts greater flexibility do you have here we go allow school districts greatly flexibility in the defect in the divestiture or use of taxpayer funded assets I'd probably like to keep that one the next one I support policy recognizing the respects teaching as a profession probably important to and the fifth one with state standardized testing shall not be used for any purpose other than student growth from the testing subject so I don't know miss Humphreys what other one would you prefer or would you suggest oh I have to say all of them are priorities to me but I really think it's important so I can you meet the last two again I don't I don't have that paper in front of these policy that recognizes and respects teaching as a profession and then state standardized testing shall not be used for any purpose other than to measure student growth in the testing subject I I hate to take out the one that says support recognition of teaching as a profession and respect for that I that should be a given on the part of the state legislature but unfortunately in our state it doesn't it is not always that way but that might be what I could suggest I suggest that we might able to modify the kid fully funding the kindergarten to fully fund all kindergarten and the school formula which would in essence capture your thoughts of don't cut the school we're just saying it was fully fundings if you fully fund the four you're not cutting funding that's true that was what that was an additional item on the two additional items for consideration wasn't necessarily one of the top priorities I'm just trying to find a way to get it into I understand I appreciate that first first reading as well the wording for mr.
Carr just said I prefer that as a and as an item okay we can do that then I I do like your suggestion to for the executive sessions to include security items or matters of security I think that's important it is very important they have been working on that I suggested it to a couple of legislators I believe the Madison School District brought forward and they've been working on it but I I was not aware that had passed this session but it still really impacts us as an additional item for consideration we have additional items right now we have additional funding for all staff and raise amount of capital to cover that your needs a district should we just those do you think well we have so we we've had the governor's 20 by 2020 so II think we've accomplished some of that we still have to work going forward there is also the capital funding lawsuit that the ASPA is doing to to press the state legislature into funding schools in the way that both the Constitution requires and the bishop fee roosevelt lawsuit requires maybe we don't need the raise amount of capital that your needs a district because you feel like that's already being taken care of well I think the lawsuit is covering that issue so yes print that for your additional so scratch number two and put um executive sessions okay and Gabby has the wording on that one I send it to her an email so she just use the wording that I've already given her okay so um so in the top we still just so we've changed one of them we eliminate number to change override budget increase language and put your other one in what's and then you said maybe support policy the recognizes respects teaching alright I was I hate to remove that one but I think overall that's just something that should be given that we definitely I think that we need to push for repeal of programs to give public funds to private schools that's especially since that expansion was passed this year and signed into law by the governor we are the only state sending our taxpayer dollars to out-of-state private school how does that new legislation additional discussion things here and I would like because I've lost track here I would like for mrs.
Humphreys to submit the language that she believes ought to happen there too miss Wilson so that she can included on the floor Mr Carr had some suggestions for one of the items on wordsmithing the language on hit if he could submit that then we can vote on this amendment has my level which already so I don't what table this motion until we can do that or should we the document is due on the 29th if we don't submit it we obviously have relinquished our voice there so the reason for this and the advance notice on giving us all the documents long ago was to try to expedite that and get our say into the Legislative Council all of the items on the legislative agenda will be reaffirmed by Legislative Council of ASBA and that is what the lobbyists at a SBA will use to guide its work during the legislative session during the next legislative session so they're simply asking for suggestions from districts and if we have some strong opinions about any particular item that is what this exercise is about but if we don't submit by Friday then we have lost our opportunity well I I would be okay with what we discussed so number one fully fund full-day kindergarten and include kindergarten students wait and and breed and you said and fully fund the formula however you said that Mr Carr and I don't know that exact language but if we just combine those to fully fund all-day kindergarten and fully fund K through 12 to the statutory formula and then number two would be reform current year funding to a system that provides districts with appropriate stable annual budgeting ability and technical technical reliability also miss mrs.
Humphrey suggested number three is from last year our priority allow school districts greater flexibility it's a little bit more about that number four repealed programs see where this one is here any program that gives public lands for private schools vouchers just like she had mentioned private school subsidies and prevent future expansion the number five states Jenner days testing shall not be used for any purpose other than to measure student growth and testing subject and then the additional items for consideration additional funding for all staff and then second the executive session for the security and other things like that which she has sent the wording to Gabby so I guess that was a good summary thank you everyone have a clear understand then we'll vote on the primary all those in favor of the amendment as submitted and written and miss woods if you would just be so kind as to get with miss Wilson tomorrow and make sure that we have everything that we need that would be appreciated and we will take a vote miss Wilson would you please pull the board on the amendment there's Wilson miss Wilson you're muted you keep muting yourself thank you the amendment passes vote on the original motion and that was to submit our previous year's legislative agenda these modifications will go with that so all those in favor of the primary signify by saying aye miss Wilson please pull okay the main motion and the amendment both pass we will move on and submit that document by Friday of this week this would we'll get with you miss Wilson and make sure that we have language to submit now move 27.0 to that is the approval of stark times the board meetings for 2020 2021 dr.
McCourt dr. santa cruz governing board members I think back in January everybody can remember that far back we discussed start times and dates for our board meeting there were certain suggestions and what miss Wilson has put together is a list of times for a work-study policy meaning as well as board business meetings for the next school year starting 2020 and I believe you have those in front of you I would like to point out one of these days for a work study for November 3rd at 6:30 that is election night and so we might want to move that to the day before or to the next week on a Tuesday but other than that that is kind of how we've been operating and if you'd like to continue that great but this is the discussion for action thank you dr. McCord so you have the explanation for item 7.0 - before you is there a motion to approve the meeting schedule as presented Thank You mr.
Carr is there a second second for discussion Thank You mr. Humphreys we have a motion and a second is there discussion daki Santa Cruz I I think I'm the one that brought this in in January and it was basically having to do with the fact that our administrators work so many long hours and you know sometimes our meetings go pretty late and they still have to get work the next morning and and I I wish I don't remember what at the time I looked at some of the other districts and they were starting earlier and I know that mrs. Humphries had a commitment through a SBA that's why we was founded to having this discussion well I still think it would be a benefit to everybody if we could start a little bit earlier my opinion thank you miss you Jenny any additional commentary I wanted to ask mr.
Carr when this was discussed in January he wanted to move the policy meeting to a different time mr. Carr is that still your desire again I I want to be very respectful of the time commitment and timing of the staff who attends those but if we could do it more over the lunch hour that would be a great benefit to planning my sanic music I have a couple of suggestions from in my view I do understand that that our educators work long hours and I understand that we don't want to make our meetings too long to keep them out late at night but I I feel that it's really important that our hopefully in the future that our board meetings can be attended by and viewed by our students and our families I think that's a really critical issue and I would say that for a lot of people any earlier than 6:30 would be a challenge because of afterschool activities extracurricular sports practices I I would like while we cannot meet in person I would like to leave the time of 6:30 available so that when we can come together and celebrate our school successes that as many people can attend as possible so I would prefer to see the meeting time stay at 6:30 as far as the policy meeting my commitments that I had never came to fruition because of the code 19 challenges but if if there is a better time for mr.
car I can support that also the past few elections we have moved the date of our board meeting to the Wednesday night so that people have the opportunity to go and vote up until the polls close and this is a presidential election there they'll probably be plenty of folk by mail but there may be long lines at the polls and so I would prefer we move our meeting to Wednesday November 4th on that particular date so those are my thoughts I I would like to hear what others think of our most of our district staff and others who stay late but I also want to make sure that our parents our families community members know that they are welcome and and that we want them to be present at these meetings if they want to be present or we swatch them if they can I don't know maybe we could move it to 6:00 p.m.
that might be a kind of a balance of a little bit earlier but still after work hours or at least you could make arrangements to get things done and get back to meeting if you're a community member but maybe that would make it a little earlier so that you know our staff could get home and then I'm in favor of the other two things if we could move awesome meeting to 11:00 12:00 12:30 whatever would work best for the staff and for mr. Horne I could I would make that work and I'm in favor of moving that meeting to November 4th if that works for everybody Thank You mr. hood mr. car deferring to you as we look at the policy meetings particularly 11:00 to 1:00 is that a better time for you 12 to 1 again III don't necessarily want to to dictate the time if it would inconvenience all of the principals and staff but 11 would be a great advantage to me or 11:30 it'd be great advance me because I can then just take it as my lunch hour and be more spectable of my business partners and clients schedules so if if we could make that accommodation I will gratefully accept whatever accommodation were able to make I'm hearing some consensus regarding we have an 11:30 start time on policy meeting had heard 6 o'clock and work study sessions or 6:30 for board meetings and work study sessions the motion does not include those specifics it includes the times accepted as printed after standing yeah I absolutely could live with the 6 o'clock time and I you know I think it would be respectful to our administrators and to our community be able to participate as they as they should so go ahead I will happily amend my motion to state the date presented with times being adjusted for the work-study in board meetings to 6:00 p.m.