With this grant, Miranda Middle School students aim to expand agriculture learning opportunities, promote s sustainability, and create a self-sufficient program that benefits students, teachers, and the community. Miranda Middle School is also the recipient of the 21st century learning community center grant. >> [clears throat] >> With this grant, we are required to seek new and innovative funding opportunities, including additional competitive grants that complement Miranda Middle School before and after school and summer programs. This fulfills that requirement. Finally, uh this grant opportunity has been reviewed and approved by district legal counsel. >> Thank you.
Um, and I did finally get that that was um the t the planning department did finally post that on the website, but but it did um take quite a few back and forth emails. >> Yeah. Again, more energy wasted because again, you got it. And then when you looked at the list, did you have any thoughts about it? >> Uh, I did not think it was particularly representative. I think you could argue that if the planning board and select board run the list in the one hand they are elected. >> Yeah. >> But I don't think it was a full representation of the town. >> Yeah. Um again that too I mean how I my question is still who created the list? I don't know if we've got do did anyone get that answer yet? >> I'm not sure someone asked. I mean I think it I think this is staff hired JM Goldson probably had has the most contact I would assume.
Um and then our pareducator contract which we feels like we just did that one. Um that was an opener. Um but now the the contract um they're ready to demand to bargain again for the actual regular contract um series. So that is also coming up. Um so you can see that we have uh those laid out for you and those are roughly averages across um all of the different positions within those bargaining groups. New positions um are as such. that we have. This is probably one of the the the least um amount of of new positions that we've asked for in in several years even though we're opening still the last phase of the high school. Um so and that is because we do have openings and we will be filling a lot of those first uh and working on that. But um we have two sped positions in there.
The proposed action to reduce the number of employees will cause a dangerous work environment not only for staff but student alike who attend this district. As a campus security, we're vigilant and our presence is known. With the reduced number of CSAs that's going to be leaving my campus, it's eight out of the 10 who work there currently. Even if we get additional two females to assist us, we have 10 restrooms and multiple hightra areas where we need to be covered and we need to be vigilant and we need to keep watching these students and how they behave. Reading a student is a whole skill level that takes uh a practice and it takes experience. The safety of students is our number one priority. Especially for me, I care about these students. I care about these kids and I care about the families who attend this district.
It's not ideal, but as Dr. Roberts shared, this is a way to ensure that we don't have further problems moving forward. Thank you. >> Does any of the board members have questions for administration? Commissioner Ragsaw. >> Thank you. Um, so since there is no teacher and no sub, like who's literally posting on Google Classroom, who's actually assigning those assignments? >> Our teachers always, whether it's on Google Classroom or just for a a human coming into this um to substitute have to leave substitute plans. So the expectation is that there are lessons and activities left on the Google classroom for those students to be able to log in and have be a have work to complete and that's something that teachers are expected to do in advance. Teachers provide sub plans. They may not be the same activity that they're working on currently. Many teachers provide some sub activities that are prepared at the beginning of the year that are um activities to fill those spaces where there may be an unexpected absence.
I know that every single day he was on the bus, there was a bus aid, but when I look at his Medicaid billing, the school failed to bill and failed to receive reimbursement for the entire two years he was in preschool. Additionally, when I look at his Medicaid billing data for the first, well, the second quarter of last year, at no point in any time was there any billing for ADLs, this loss in data and loss of and billable services that are not being reimbured are not just to my son. It's several parents. Um, I mean, if we think about it, that bus aid is in his IEP. It is reimburseable in me Medicaid. And for two years, you guys didn't get that funding. And when I bring it to someone's attention, it gets pushed aside and we don't hear back. That's that like we why if you're having a funding issue, please ensure that build services and Medicaid services and IEP services that are being provided are being buil for.
>> I'm here for any questions. >> Can I get a motion? I [clears throat] move that the governing board approve the Pascoyaki Gaming Revenue Sharing Grant application for Morirana Middle School. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> question. >> Oh, excuse me.
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One resource at the high school um one BCBA uh at the high at between the middle school and the high school as well. also districtwide across the system. Um an increase of a halftime position for security, IT and tech. Um that is key cards, scanners, especially this building alone um could probably use its own person for the technology that's here uh and the safety. Um ACE uh needs a slight increase in a section of uh of an elective. So that will be an art. um reach and endeavor reach actually needs another teacher um to help round out some of their graduation needs, make it a little bit easier for scheduling and to provide more uh more academics for the students that are there. So, this is an addition. Um we had already I I believe added another social worker ke to that. I keep looking over here for some reason, but >> to the endeavor side this year.
emergency situations. The security team who always responds, we assist first responders whenever they attend our campus, whether it be an injury or some kind of illegal activity like drug usage. We assist with these first responders all the time and we help them as well as admin in any situation given. For an example, it is not just the CSAs who assist. It's PAR educators. It's custodians. Without the PAR educators who vigilantly tells us, for example, a student with a 504 plan, certain students with disabilities and medical conditions, they are the first ones to recognize these symbols of uh or symptoms of a a seizure. They immediately seek out one of us to let the let the word be known to our admin. And we work rapidly to get assistance and call emergency situations and pretty much uh close our campus down to emergency uh traffic only.
Okay. Do you know like how many of these are long-term absences versus like a teacher leaving for a day? Because a teacher leaving for a day I can understand, but if it's like if we have a large amount of long-term absences, that's where I kind of question like how effective I guess um just posting on Google Classroom. >> The the component that we're talking about is for the PEDDM subs. We're pulling back on the perdm subs because that is one of the few places that we can pull back on. That's pdeium, meaning the short-term absences, a day here, 3 days there. The long-term absences, we post and hire those long-term positions, whether they're for a long-term leave of absence, an FMLA, a maternity leave of absence, we post for those and we hire for those. When we can't, we have used some Kelly subs. We're we're using about 20 of those right now for those longterm positions and we are continuing to do that.
That way the school can get reimbursement because over the course of an entire year, not once was there any ADLs build for from my son per Medicaid billing data provided by your school. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] Up now is Randall Kid. And up next after RJ will be Thor Halverson. Hello. I am here as a second generation parent with a third generation child of deafness. Um I have a lot invested in this community. I am not a graduate of ASDB. I am a product of our mainstream schooling system and I had a lot of opportunities that were given to me. However, even that being said, I still see the incredible value of ASDB. One thing that I would ask you to consider is that you've mentioned transparency and one of the biggest concerns is a lack of communication. A perfect perfect example was the information meeting with ASDB a couple weeks ago where it was said that we've started the discussion with A5 school district in October.
Any discussion? Sorry, Mr. Carlson. >> So, who else? Um or I guess who are the competitors for this grant? >> Good question. Um, we when we researched this grant opportunity, I I actually don't know who else would be applying for this grant, we researched and made sure that public school districts and entities are um uh we are uh eligible applicants. So, um we uh brought this forward to to you for permission. >> Okay. I we've never pursued this in the past, right? >> No, this is unique and different, correct? >> Okay. H have they or has this pot of money been available for you know for some number of years and we just weren't aware of it. >> It that is quite possible. Um I know that uh the um the family that I spoke to of the student that brought forward um he works as a public school.
Yeah. So they're they're they're quite rounded out at this point, but this is the last the last phase of that to really bring them um to a really good uh functional spot. Um Westside Middle School is short a special area teachers. Those sections are running very high and it's causing issues with their ability to schedule and plan. So a 1.0 FTE special area teacher. Um they also need a little more psych support. That that building was a little light. So point4 psych. At AIS, uh we're looking to add a half-time Spanish teacher. Um the new principal is up and running and raring to go to fulfill the theme of international studies. Um and to do that, we've lost some Spanish um some ground over there over the last couple of years. So, we're looking to to bolster that back and to spread that out across the grade levels.
And we are there to open up the gates, assist the fire department and the emergency medical responders to the area where that student is. with the lack of students or the lack of uh employees, it's going to be a lot more difficult and it could be a more dangerous situation for these students who have that specific medical disability or a specific conditions. It's going to be cause a more dangerous work environment. There's going to be a high-rise number of fights, a bigger number of drug usage, a bigger number of inappropriate behavior. and these students need our help for the ones who are here at the moment and reducing these numbers of employees, you're going to see you're going to see the change almost immediately. Thank you for your time. All right, next up we have Mike Mayo, then Jody Suarez, then Joy Luke. Hello board.
those are not being cut back on for exactly the reason that you say >> and that's in all grades or uh >> that those 20 those 20 positions are prek through 12. They're scattered all around. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Uh Commissioner Kenova. Uh, so are they going to be in the same classroom they normally would be in or are they going to like like a gym room or some sort of unified room where there's like one or two instructors that are covering that whole area for a grouping of students just like we've done in the past. That's going to vary. Um, at the upper grades 6 through 12, it is in many cases going to be going to the auditorium, but in some cases there is still someone available to cover them in their own classroom. And that's um determined daily um as a team by each um administrator working with their secretaries looking at who is absent, where, when, and why making those daily determinations.
However, the community found out about these talks in January. So there were four months of no public information. Nothing about this was informed to any community members. So there's a trust that has been damaged that needs to be rebuilt. I think that the board needs to look at that and consider what the nest steps are that would be appropriate in this situation. Like Brandon just mentioned, now is not the time to pit our community against each other. It is the time to work together and I am asking the board to work with us and our community will be here to work with you. However, if you make decisions on your own, how then do you expect the community to stand up and support you when you say that you're going to be transparent, yet the community has no communication or access? Please be transparent, communicate, and work with us.
He's a firefighter and so I know that they've um applied for this grant in the past as well. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Good questions. Thank you. Any other discussion or questions? All those in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. >> Motion carries. >> J3 Miss Rei 50 by fall agreement. >> Good evening, President Mcronis, members of the board, Dr. Strereer, and members of our in-person and virtual audience. This evening, I'm bringing forward uh an agreement to you for consideration of approval between the Morirana Unified School District and the Arizona Board of Regents. Uh the Arizona Board of Regents launched over the summer of 2025 the 50 by fall project. This is an effort to increase free application for federal student aid FASA completion rates and create a collegegoing community at the high school level. This project provides fiscal support for fiscal support and resources for schools with the aim of reaching certain milestones outlined by the Arizona Board of Regents.
Great Plane needs a halftime uh social worker um to add to some of the needs that are at that school. One parah for ESL at Hasttown. they have a growing population there. Um it's possible that with some of the dip in the other numbers that we might have some the ability to move some other staff around. Uh but right now there there is a need. So we're not quite there just yet. DHS Maine um this is the where the bulk of some of the staffing occurs. So DHS Maine will need a business and compai teacher and a counselor. And at DHS West, um they'll need this is in the general fund and it's I have another slide for the Lions. Um they'll need an English teacher, a physics teacher, art teacher, and a counselor on the west campus. And these are additional a few additional positions, but we put these in alliance, so they don't actually hit the general fund.
My name is Mike Mayo. I am president of Victor Valley Teachers Association. I want to start by thanking Avuda and CSA for being such welcoming hosts as I arrived. I also want to thank them for the sacrifices that they have made. uh specifically what they do all year long and then the extra sacrifices they're having to make because of decisions that took place at the district office level. Okay. So, as part of my purpose, I want to mention that there are some history-making things that are happening right now for Ava specifically and something that our rep council did just last night is we voted forward a resolution in support of Avuda and the work that they're trying to get done with the contract. What they want is for you to come back and do something authentic, something real, something honest with the contract because currently the way the the way bargaining is working, it's not working for them.