All I can do is give you the gift of fire. Fire will keep you warm and will melt the snow so that your friends will be content until warm weather returns. The great spirit picked up a stick. Put a bit of fire on the end of it and handed it to Crow. I will give you this gift but once, only once. Hurry to fly back to Earth before the fire disappears. Off flew crow. So, do you understand? He's going to take this fire stick back and help melt the snow so that all his friends will be safe and not buried underneath the snow. On the first day, as Crow flew down, showering sparks a fire darkened his beautiful tail feathers. On the second day, as Crow flew down, the fire burned brighter and the stick grew shorter and all of Crow's feathers were covered with soot.
Again, everything is our responsibility. We hold we I wouldn't be on this call if I didn't take this seriously. However, we have been put in a position where our ability to conduct a reinspection, to coordinate with the plumber, and to gain access with the town there, which we feel is slightly unreasonable for us to close the door on this. And in that time, we've received hundreds of dollars of fines, which I feel at the very least the first one, we're more than happy to accept it. But I would like the opportunity to at least um you know somewhere down the line here express in writing and provide all the necessary documentation to maybe get some clemency on the other fines that we received because again we can only handle so much and again we've been there. We were there with the town. We weren't let in by the tenant.
>> Yeah. But how do we avoid avoid this thing from being a a workaround? Uh I'm sorry, >> Senator on on that following your question to prevent current existing businesses from receiving the incentive. Is that correct? >> Well, not only that, you're going to have others coming in. I mean, okay. So, the cancer center and and the um Jabson is on pristine area. It's it really shouldn't have been there. I mean, this is waterfront property. We should have used it for economic development, but we chose to put this in. Okay. And and they have activity all around it. The enterprise zones was intended for depressed areas to bring in economic activity to areas and revitalize those areas. Not to go ahead and enhance an area that's already has that attraction. If we haven't attracted them by far now, what is going to bring them there other than them?
So I just really want to applaud the teachers and the staff and the students themselves and parents that helped out with that because it really was a heavy lift. So, um, thanks for everybody who supported and if you haven't seen the show on Thursday 5 to 6 will be their second performance and I'm sure it'll be even more grand than today's. So hopefully y'all can make it. Um, and aside from that, that's that's all I have. >> Thank you, Miss Marquez, Mr. Jones. >> Thank you, President Curio. Good evening, everyone. Uh, I'll be real quick. I just had a two things to mention. If you're not going to the Frozen show or you've already seen it, uh we have a community council meeting on this Thursday uh at six o'clock at Iron Mount Academy. And the other thing I wanted to mention was uh in the past month since the last board meeting, I don't know the actual date I got it because I didn't bring my computer tonight, but uh we received a uh notification of a report from the Arizona auditor general in the school district financial risk assessment of all schools in the state.
Okay. Um, dear board members and Betavia families, my name is Marissa Hunt and I'm currently an eighth grader at Rotolo. I'm here to talk about something that not only affects me and all of you, but the entirety of our community. Bavia sports are one of the most loved things about Betavia. From the IHSA cross country regional teams, our basketball championships to smaller groups like the all league tennis. Well, as students and fans of Betavia sports, we want to add another sport that will get everyone talking. Betavia girls five football. I was lucky enough to be part of the original club in early January of 2025 and get it started during the summer of sixth grade. Me and Tori, who I'm also here with tonight, met with our head athletic dire director, Mr. Lester, to get it started. Girls flag football is projected to be one of the biggest sports following the 2026 season into 2027.
Um the recommendation is confusing for a few reasons. Uh uh first of all the um uh the cover memo doesn't reconcile to the uh bid spreadsheet. So it says there are seven bids sent out and there were two completed but the the table only indicates four bids sent out and only one completed. So then there's no competitive uh bid. Um it's also confusing because uh last year in January uh the board approved mid transit for both this school year and next school year and then today's proposal is for next school year and the following one. So it seems to be overlapping although the quantities are different. So it's not clear if it's like an incremental bus need and if so what transportation issues is the incremental bus need solving. Uh and then for the overlapping time period of the next school year, um you know the the spec elements on the bid sheet, the if I just take for example the the 78 passenger bus, um there's a price that's already approved by the board in the current contract and then the price for the same school year, same vendor, same type of bus is 6% higher in today's proposal.
And uh it was really good just seeing everybody getting something for themselves um to help them grow because what we're really trying to do in our district is um provide growth. no matter what job you have here, we're trying to grow you in the best way that we can and value your time and help you be the best that you can in your job and even giving opportunities to, you know, find cross over and try some other jobs within the district, especially with our non-certified staff. Um, so anyway, it was a really successful day. So, you did a really good job, Dr. Perkins and your team. Uh, everybody participated in that. So, thank you. And of course, we all got to see Dr. Eric. He's wearing this sparkly suit all the time. So, he always uh debuts his sparkliness and uh he's always fun to watch uh talking to our staff.
You'll still have your regular taxes that come out of that amount that you have to pay. Um, but what some schools did was say you received $40,000, they gave out $35,000 in grants and they took the other $5,000 and they covered the school's portion of the turf and the FICA. We've always done it the opposite of that and we've used all the grant dollars to award the grants and then the school has covered the turf and the FICA on top of that out of education fund dollars. So, we held that practice the same. >> Thank you. Any further questions? I'll make a motion to accept the teacher appreciation grant supplemental pay resolution. Second. >> I'll second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Next on the agenda is the board policy review and updates first reading. >> Okay. So, we are moving our policies from Niola to CCHA.
Um, and I can't imagine what what spurred this uh but I'm glad it was appeared. Uh, social media use by board members. This lays out what requirements um schoolboard members uh must have to uh maintain privacy settings, open door laws, and their disclaimer that their post reflects their own opinion or not the door. Mr. President, I'll make a motion to approve uh on first reading uh policy number 1106 which relates to board vacancies policy number 1503 social media use by board members. Make a make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion by Mr. Leonard second Mr. Richardson to approve on first reading uh policy number 1106 and policy number 1503.
[screaming] >> Here's the big wooden box. It's a top secret. >> What does that mean? >> [laughter] >> I hear something. Open it. >> I think there's a little kitty. >> It's a big unicorn. >> Come on, friends. Come sit. >> Are you guys ready to see what's inside? >> Yeah. [crying] It was a real life magic dino man. I told my teacher that it's actually real. The diamond band's really cute. >> So, this is a real life Pyrolosaurus. >> It's a dinosaur >> and it is famished. It's super hungry. So, it's ready to eat your plastic so we can take it over to Bremark and turn it into new things. >> How do the big dinosaur plastic? The kids absolutely [music] loved seeing the character in the story come to life. >> The dino bin looks different because what happens to the plastic is different.
Soot is very black that is made from the fire. So, it's all black. It's a black substance substance. On the third day, as Crow flew down, the fire was so hot and the stick was so short that smoke and ash blew into Crow's mouth, and his voice became cracked and horsed. So, he didn't have his beautiful singing voice any longer. And when at last Crow returned to the clearing in the forest, all the animals had disappeared. They were all underneath the snow. Only the tops of the tallest trees could be seen, their branches sprouting through the deep snow. So Crow flew down close to the pale pale ground around and around until the fire melted the snow and his friends were safe. The snow's melting and here comes all his friends who are buried under the snow. It's kind of frightening, isn't it? And this tiny stick of fire became the grandfather of all fire fires.
The town should have intervened at that point and that's why we're here even further now that should have been closed out at least a week ago. Um, and we just want to at at the very minimum and I think we should be given the professional courtesy of just given a date and time, a window of time so that the, you know, plumber can be there, the town can be there. I just think it's unreasonable for us to call between 7:00 or 8 in the morning and then tell the plumber when the inspector will be there. And we have a litany of emails verifying this. >> Mr. KJ, I just want to clarify one thing, you know. So uh first thing uh I was never notified that you've been calling you know the department or >> oh we have we we we have emails we have emails >> not to me okay so if you are talking to a different department that's different >> they should have copied you you should have copied us on that email one thing other thing I want to point right now the tenant issue that they didn't give you access you should have notified us on that too I got a email half an hour back from your office regarding that now if you don't communicate to me.
Now you're going to have some of these existing businesses going to come in. And then you also have this what is it called? Reach out or with others that is not in the area. Right? What was that? >> That is the way the bill is written to allow companies outside of a designated area. >> This this bill language goes back to a site visit we did with Ways and Means Committee about being more intentional and instead of waiting for enterprise zones to utilize those incentives as a layer to attract business. So in this case, healthcare tech which came up in Reed's emerging economic report DEBED was asked how can we what does healthcare tech mean for the state and how can we be competitive when we map out the assets and we talked about regional economic development it includes land acquisition facilities Kako has those facilities in place for healthcare tech what that is defined we defer that to uh cancer center on what type of activities can come in from EBED standpoint with the enterprise zone inhouse.
And uh I just wanted to give props to Jay Man and Vanessa Shapiro because we did amazing in that assessment and analysis of our school district. Uh the only one thing that was we were flagged for which is declining school enrollment which is a nationwide uh problem in all school districts. But uh I was really happy to see that report. Just wanted to bring it up here as well. Thank you. >> Thank you so much M. Mr. Jones, Miss Ays, >> good evening. Um, I just want to thank uh Kraton Academy and um all the the people that put the show on. Um I am part of our Disney musicals and schools at my own school. This is my third year that um I've done it and I'm the stage director and there is so much that goes into it. Um but it it offers such a beautiful way for students to participate in the arts.
It not only gives girls the chance to grow in athletic ability and versatility, it also gives them opportunities that they might not have had the chance to get otherwise. One of the first things I loved to do with my dad was sit down on Sundays and watch Bill's games. And it became a tradition every week. When we couldn't watch the game, we'd go out to restaurants or listen to it on the radio. As I got older, I started asking questions and really getting to know the sport. I was lucky enough to do that so early and put in place those memories, but some girls weren't as lucky. I've heard so many stories about how after the girls flag football club at Routollo, so many girls have now been able to connect with their dads and even brothers in a way they couldn't have before. Now, many of our girls are playing outside of Betavia Sports, learning how to be better athletes, teammates, and playmakers.
So why would we pay 6% more when we already have an agreement at a lower price? So those are some examples of things that are confusing. Um in the instance where we just can't get competitive bids. Today we just have one apparently. Um you know I think maybe some more time to explore more vendors. So start the process earlier or absent that um collect the comparables from surrounding districts so at least you have benchmarking to say is is our our unit cost kind of in the in the realm of reasons regionally. So those would be a few recommendations, but I think in particular clarifying what is the bus bed actually for? Um do the prices make sense? Did we actually do a competitive process? Um you know what what are you approving right before you approve it? All right. And then um lastly, there were uh public comments last month uh from a number of students.
So, anyway, it was a great day on Friday. >> Wow. >> I think those days are extremely important for our staff. Um especially I I know we came out of break, but a month out, you know, the kids are different. No doubt about it, right? Coming out of summer break, they're different. going into winter break and then coming out. It's still a good break up for the staff to have that kind of an improvement day. >> I agree. Senator >> and you'll see you'll see a video. We had our videographer there again that day and of course we've got testimonials. We will put that together and show that case to you and then we put it out on social media because we want our community members to know what we're actually do here when we close the doors, you know, when their kids are home.
It's an attorney company that's helping us with our policies. They simplify our policies and they are the ones that have to defend them in court. So, they bring some of that knowledge of things that they've seen to the table. So, you received your first update in your board packet. Again, tonight is just the hearing of the first update and then at the next meeting, if you are ready, you would then be able to adopt this round of policies. I asked a few questions on some of the policies. One of the things that we didn't receive beforehand with Niola is the administrative guidelines and they've given us sample copies along with some of the policies. One of questions for them was if the um to see what kind of have administrative guidelines and they said that the board just approves the policy and then you'll see a copy of the administrative guidelines to go along with it.
Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I oppose the same. Motion carries. >> Personnel report. New employee Sarah Longworth, activity bus driver for the death route. Randy Straoud, KISS library media assistant, and Zachary Cle, bus driver. Change in title. Haley Ho, long-term sub at KBS. Resignations and retirements. Ashley Atound, third grade teacher. Anita Talba, special holidays. Dolores Merchon, activity bus driver, death route. and Shelley Fortune retirement at the end of the school year. ECA Chris, varsity baseball head coach, Tyler Bergen, TJ Spoolie, Randy Gorman, varsity baseball assistant coaches, Mike Miller, and Jack T. Junior High baseball coach Jason Cop softball head coach Eric Hberger, Taylor Burton and uh Eric Hersburgger and Taylor Burton softball assistant coaches Brad Gross junior high softball coach Joe Patton golf coach Jordan Shu track boys head coach Alicia Chu track girls head coach Elizabeth Moore track assistant coach Zach Arnold track assistant coach Lorie Thomas and Brian Gilasi, junior high track coach and junior high assistant track coach.
It doesn't go to normal recycling. It goes to Breitmore. We went to Breit Mark and got to see how the plastic waste got turned into new things. So a story like this really captures their imagination. You can see their eyes start to light up and the excitement start to brew in them starting to wonder what they can do. >> We go through so much plastic and we never would have realized before we started this program. >> We've already saved 7500 lb of plastic from going into landfills. >> I feel like science is like real life magic. Imagine if recycling worked the way we all expect it should. >> Imagine bright mark bins like this all over the world. >> I kind of love the dino bin. >> It makes me feel hopeful. This is just the beginning. Pretty cute video, isn't that? The neat thing is that Dino Ben is is going to eventually be placed at Country Meadow.