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Um, it has prohibited activities, but it doesn't talk about like um, removing of like a sponsor or a student. So for example, like we have kind of like our own like um, number of office referrals. You have to like meet with the principal to decide if you get like kicked out of either sports or student council, but there's nothing like official about that and then also um, if let's say like the there was a as like the like a sponsor. Like we don't have anything about when we remove a sponsor. So that's what I was asking. So um, do we need something like that in here? I guess my question would be does it need to be covered here or is it covered someplace else in the rules around how we handle employee issues? Maybe. I I have no idea about the faculty but even the student one.
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Many of those being aligned to the steam program. And then also traditional clubs like National Junior Honor Society and Yearbook. The 21st century programs at Park have been a really good opportunity for my students to find subjects that they're excited about. My daughter has stayed after school to do speech and debate and creative writing. The one cool thing about park is there's something for everyone. If you are open and you are willing, you will find your place that you belong here. If your child is curious, if your child is artistic, if your child likes science, art, and math, and all of these things combined, I feel like it's a perfect school to bring all these subjects together. If you are considering enrolling your child at Park, I'd say come take a tour. When we came to do the tour, we brought my son and he took a look around and said, "I want to go here." He saw all of the technology in the classrooms, the garage doors in the classrooms that open up into space to create and make things.
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You're right there in the center, Miss Martin. And then our board will join you down here for a photo along with the other NBCTs in the house. [applause] [cheering] >> [applause] >> and that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Dr. Lman. I'll move on to governing board member reports. Member Rothchild. >> Good evening, everyone. Um, couple of things. So um one um our country is almost 250 years old and if you are not aware of it the state Arizona State along with all of the other states are celebrating that 250th year. It's called the subsinquentennial. I got it right. Subsin quintentennial. Um and with that there are lots of scholarship opportunities, lots of monies, opportunities to see the Liberty Bell, lots of cool free things that we as taxpayers should take advantage of. And so, uh, for parents, America 250Z.org is a website that you want to visit to find out about those scholarship opportunities.
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They're growling at him. I I don't know why, but but they're growling. All right. So, the other team is currently selecting they're selecting uh the fighter that will potentially take down um that will potentially take down Scott. And they choose another sword fighter, but she has a she has a tinier sword, so don't really get the logic in that. So, I'm excited to see what happens this round. All right. Three, two, one. Now, if you don't know, since we're doing a crew battle, Scott actually has to jump off the ledge twice because he lost two stocks in the first round, you know. There we go. He does his upbeat down off the stage. And wait, she's jumping off, too. Um, okay. She's jumping off again. Okay. Is this a free win? >> It's got to be a reset. Oh, it's got to be reset. Okay, so that makes sense.
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>> Any questions, comments, changes. All those in favor signify by saying I. I >> oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Item 3.2 financial meeting. I'll entertain a motion to approve the finance meeting minutes. So move. >> Second. Second. >> Any comments or questions on that?
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>> Any questions or >> covered all covered it all? Yeah. >> Thank you everyone. Thanks for being flexible too. I know we were supposed to be here a couple weeks ago. >> Thank you. >> You get to just >> love it. Okay. Warrant approvals. Between January 28th, 2026 and February 25th, 2026, I Paul Kendall, authorized by my signature, payable is the amount of 1,26,835.36. This includes general fund expenses of $943,22282, revolving expenses of 255,454 and grant expenses of $8,92.96 meal task meal tax expenses of $744. And finally, I authorized payroll in the amount of 1,5001,17862. >> Thank you. All right. Superintendent report, the FY27 budget update presentation. >> Yeah, I thought it was important that Sorry, didn't have my mic on. I I thought it was important that we spend a little bit of time uh just informing the community as to where we stand with regard to the FY27 budget and just to give an overview of of conversations that we had uh with our budget workshop.
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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, what's exciting about this budget is that it's the first budget that this board and this superintendent have really been able to align with our strategic plan and our five-year plan. So, I feel that the superintendent's budget is definitely in line with the board of education more important strategic plan. Administrative team priorities relative to number one, student achievement in all areas across the district. maintain class size according to the camp board of education policy and guidelines that were recently set. A focus on teaching, learning, professional development and social emotional well-being of students. Provide a safe and healthy school environment. Propose a fiscally responsible budget that aligns with the camp board of education goals and community design 25 through 2030 strategic plan. So, let's recap where we were. and February 10th with the superintendent's budget. This is a chart that we look at to really talk about where we are.
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So, I want to thank them for that. >> Congratulations. AND ONE OF THE first things I get to do is we have our unsung heroes event next week. It's March 4th. All are welcome to attend. It's at Beckton Regional High School at 6 p.m. And what we do is we honor one selected unsung hero from every high school in the county. So obviously Cliffside Park will have a representative there. We will be honoring an unsung hero from Cliffside Park. Hopefully we'll be able to recognize that individual at a future board meeting, but everyone is welcome to attend and that's Spectum Regional Wednesday, March 4th at 6 p.m. It's for all board members and anyone who wants to attend. Now, we had some great policy committee meetings and we had some updates. So, I want to kind of give you the summary or the footnotes of the policies because there's several of them.
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I I I don't even I I couldn't even tell you how many days she was here that she probably shouldn't have been here. And you all know that better than I do that worked with her. Um, just an incredible person. Um, and again, she impacted me and I've only I only knew her for a short period of time, but even every time I saw her, um, visiting her or even at board meetings when she came, uh, never never a negative thing to say. Um, just always putting her best foot forward. So, just an incredible person. So, I I know I'm not going to do her any justice, but um, for someone who is new to this city and how she welcomed me, uh, I will always appreciate her and I will I will miss her uh, as much as all of you do. So, uh, without further ado, uh, this has been delayed a few times because of the snow.
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So like cuz we've had pushback where like my my kids shouldn't like just because they got in a fight two times or three times, they shouldn't be out of student council. So the faculty sponsor probably is somewhere else, I would assume, but I don't know about kids stuff. I I can't recall, but I wonder if in like the consequences that are outlined um, in some of the student discipline stuff, if being prohibited from activities is one of the potential consequences. Okay. Cuz if it's covered there, I don't know that it needs to be covered here. Yeah, agreed. And if it's not covered there, then we either need to cover it there or cover it here and whatever and in whatever other policies are specific to sports. But I think I think it would be cleaner to cover it as a blanket statement for students participation in things cuz there's a whole bunch of other stuff like commencements that sometimes student behavior prevents them from attending.
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He saw all the equipment and he just fell in love. If I had to choose a word to describe Park, I would use maybe the word personal. I feel like the education my kids are getting are very personalized to to their needs. So, one word to describe Park would would be evolving. We're always evolving to make this place a better space. I would say one word to describe Park is agency because students get to make their own decisions about so many things that they do and take their learning into their own hands. innovative because every day I watch students create and make and innovate and question. If there was one word that I could describe Park, I would say it's transformative. One word to describe park would be magnificent because it is.
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So, check it out. That's the end of my report. >> Thank you, member Owens. >> Thank you, President Cuchray. Short and sweet. tonight. Uh, Saturday evening, um, went I attended the first Maricopa Unified School District Honor Band and Orchestra concert. Uh, that was a great time. Um, so congratulations and thanks to uh our four um uh secondary music teachers that pulled that thing together. That was that was really really great. Um, our our students sounded really really good. So, um, that's all I have. Thanks. >> Thank you, member Garcia. >> Madam Chair, I have nothing at this time. Thank you, >> Vice President Lopez. >> So, uh, Dr. Lman covered part of this, but we were able to go and tour our new K8 Alma Farrell Innovation Academy and it was so cool. I am so excited. Got goosebumps walking through there. Um, and and I I was able to bring along my my little partner over there.
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Okay. All right. Yeah, Scott is looking quite confused, I will say. Kind of kind of scratching his chin. He doesn't really know what what's going on. Yep. Yep. just seems to be some team chat going on right now. You can see in the background, uh, some of the other JV members are playing against each other, also on Final Destination, which you've probably noticed, they weren't on Final Destination the previous round. So, they got to they got to select the right stage uh to make it fair. And it kind of looks like kind of looks like Scott is actually changing his changing changing his alt. Oh, never mind. Never mind. He's right back in the game like he showed him. He's getting right back into the game. All right, we're ready to get started. There's Scott in the ring and the moon from Majora's Mask in the ring.
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Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppos. Same sign. >> Last item under minutes 3.3 regular meeting dated January 28, 2026. I entertain a motion to approve as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> So move. Second. >> Sorry. >> Um any changes or corrections to the minutes?
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Uh and then to relay some information uh in recent conversations with the town manager. Uh as you know there there'll be another tri board meeting coming up in March uh where um we'll have further conversation with regard to the um override and the actual budget. We have to by law have our public hearing at some point. Uh so I want to make sure that we're all on the same page and I'm looking for your guidance. I think I have your guidance from our our meeting um in uh last month, but I at least want to make sure that that we're all on the same page. So when I pull together the actual uh budget workbook that I that I share with the community that we're we're on the same page for what I will be presenting uh in in the public hearing. So right now I just want to share with you a little slide deck of things and it's a little different than I've given in the past in terms of just pure numbers.
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So with salaries, health and benefits, insurance, profitability, liability, transportation, including fuel, electricity, heating, oil, natural gas, and propane were up that just alone for those 4.37. And as you recall, we also um have the savings of teacher retirements which we'll talk about in the retirement incentive that we put in place. And also um if you recall, we did a uh a census audit on our health insurance. If you take that with special education, tuition, transportation, uh, bridges revenue, and preschool revenue just to roll over from last year to this year is a 4.77% increase or 4.57% increase. When you start looking at athletics, educational technology, reference books, facilities maintenance, tech services, travel meetings, which equates to a 0.89 um% increase. And as you may recall, we used the consumer price index um in the inflation rate to really look at where we are with some of our our materials.
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The first one uh 0132 is on executive authority and that basically says the administrative regulations will now have to be board approved before they are official. Generally in the past the superintendent can do that on his or her own but when we update this the superintendent can write or draft the regulations. Usually they come from strame but they will have to have board approval to be in effect which is very important and I thank you for that. Another very important thing this came up from our students tangentially in our last meeting 2365 acceptable use of generative artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is here. It's here to stay and is already impacting and in the schools and the plan that I read from the school was excellent. Um, the updated AI policy includes an AI plan and the AI plan outlines how AI will be used, prohibited uses of AI, and consequences for inappropriate use for AI.
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So, um, so Jen, if you'd come up here and and give her a very incredible tribute, I would appreciate that. I want to start off by saying this is our lean that we canled it in January because of snow. Then we had to cancel it again in February because of snow. So she likes her warmer weather. So she was trying to tell me that I should have waited to the summer to do this. But this is everybody that knows Arlene. If it could happen, it happened to her. So just to start off with that, um, this is an emotional one for me so that if I I stutter or break up in the middle, you understand why.
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Mhm. So I think it would be better for us to maybe just capture that as a potential consequence. Um, related to behavior issues. Yeah, the consequences may include and make sure that we include that in there. Cuz very often if they're restricted, it's because of things that are disruptive that are preventing the other students from participating in that activity. Okay, perfect. Um, all right, so then that one is done. There's no other comment. And I just put a well, I left the one comment about like making sure both of those things are in some other area, but other than that that one was good. And then Oh, whoops, I forgot to swap before I closed out of it. Sorry. Um, so then you guys did that one. That was the one we just looked at, 52A. All right, now that I'm on my computer, we did look at 5305A, the one about student conduct.
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Um, and he had a blast as well. and just the questions and the the we were just in awe over the whole thing. Um, and the Chase team and thank you to them for letting us come out and and and do that walk through. Uh, learned a lot and I just I'm really really excited. So, that's what I did. >> Thank you. Um, I too was really impressed uh with the uh tour. It's exciting to see how fast um they can put a school together. Um and those walls went up fast and walking through and I can't wait till we start to get all the walls up and furnishings in. It's just going to be amazing. And one of the one of the takeaways that I took from that is we're not going to have a central library. They're going to be literacy centers in like for each grade group which will be really cool because it'll have the books really targeted for that age group and that and those grades.
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