Motorized transportation cannot be inside the school building. And our uh our firemen will appreciate this. We have students who could possibly come to school on electric scooters. And we all know that if you watch the news, the batteries on electric scooters could be flammable. So, we certainly don't want any motorized transportation brought into the school buildings. We don't want to run the risk of any fire. So, they will not be allowed to be brought inside the school building. And the Cliffside Park water bed is not responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen modes of transportation. So, if somebody brings a skateboard, somebody bring a motorized vehicle, you know, a scooter that folds up or whatever, we're not responsible if something happens to it. Uh 9270 homeschooling and equivalent education outside the school. Homeschooled students have the opportunity to participate in the shared learning program. So, in other words, if they're homeschooled during the day, but they want to take advantage of Burton County Technical School, Special Services, possibly even Burton Community College, our program, they still will be able to take advantage of those programs even though they're homeschooled.
The same love and spirit poured into our school community every single day. She gave her whole heart to the Garfield School District. And as Dr. Dr. Tomco stated her, she was never absent. She would come. I'm like, Arlene, do you want to go? No, I'm here. She would come every day. She was amazing. Selfishly, I never wanted Miss Arlene to leave. I wanted her forever. I wasn't ready to say goodbye, and I don't think any of us were. She was one of the strongest, most amazing women I have ever known. Her strength was quiet, but powerful. Her resilience inspired us. She would never have known she was sick unless you knew. And her love, her love was unmatched. No words can say this better. No words can ease the ache of losing someone who has meant so much. But I know this. Her memory will never fade.
Um I don't know. I don't have a lot of people I didn't talk I talked to like six people. Um and everyone was like I don't really care. >> [laughter] >> Um or they're like I'm done talking about sports cuz it's a hot button topic right now. Um but I was just wondering if we could maybe consider putting like a little bit clearer parameters on at least the number of times we're checking or what the results is of that. And like I don't think any of us or no let me speak for myself. I do not send out a written notice of the ineligible student. Like those are usually conversations. It's technically my AP. So I just I I think this section if nothing else maybe we come up with like what are the questions we need to get more information from people on. Cuz I did talk to one person who did not like my idea and they were like well this is what kids are like working towards and so the only the only kids that will the only reason that work is because they have to show they're eligible every week.
And just to let you guys know, I have pulled my packet and I have started collecting signatures and I am going to attempt to run again. So, we'll see what happens. It's up to the community. All right, we're going to move on now to our recognition. We have spotlight recognition. Well, good evening and thank you all for being here tonight. Tonight, the Maricopa Unified School District is excited to honor Spotlight recipients across three categories: MUSD employees, students, and student athletes. Before we begin, I'd like to thank our sponsors at Freddy's Steak Burgers and Frozen Custard, Baskin Robin Robins, and Opchin Circle Entertainment for making tonight special for our honores. Our first honores are spotlight employees of the month. Their dedicated staff who go above and beyond to meet the needs of our students and our school communities. Congratulations stop Spotlight employees. As I call your name, please come forward to receive your certificate and give a quick fist bump to the governing board and Dr.
How do you think that match went as we spectate this other one? >> Uh, I believe it went pretty well for me anyways. >> That's awesome. Yeah, you you managed to take four stocks. That's a really good number. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah, four stocks. It was not. >> Which one is it? >> All right. >> Um I don't know cuz I usually made my pyro. >> Yeah, you do. I did notice that. But you >> This is actually my first official match as Sephro. >> Ah, well, for it being your first official match, you did it really well. You took four stocks from the enemy team before they could take take three of yours. That is a really good ratio to have. >> I was I saw my flaws and I feel like I could have taken another stock there. >> Oh, really? How What flaws did you see?
Mary Tenny, instructional assistant middle school. Under miscellaneous, Cadence Gray, transfer from assistant caregiver to preschool instructional assistant. Do you want to go with 6.4 or do you want to hit that one? >> 6.4 goes. >> Okay. Hearing items 6.1 6.2. 2 6.3. I'll entertain a motion to approve those agenda items as presented. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions on that? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Same sign. >> Motion carries. That brings us down to item 6.4. It'll be the assistant superintendent recommendation of Justin Meyers. They came through the interview process um that the board was involved in and the recommendation came from Mr. Jernigan. So I will entertain a motion to approve Justin Meyers as the assistant superintendent. >> Second. >> I second. >> Okay. Comments, questions? We'll do roll call. >> David Shlo.
Then we have other salaries uh picked up through grants, special education grant uh eight as you can see eight ESP salaries, special education coordinator, psychologist, administrative assistants, uh school choice covers um you know counseling, uh those are the positions that we currently use school choice funding for. Um and then title one salaries. So, we have title one math. We have um three teachers, Warren, Mendes, and the middle school that that we cover salaries for. So, if those go away, right, we've got to figure out how to pull those into our operating budget, how to how to pull it into, if you will, the appropriated line item versus the school choice line item. So, you'll see over here, the school choice for operating uh isn't salary based. So, it's really one. So the red column in the light blue column add the 629 plus the 452 that's really what we're spending in school choice like 1.1 million almost.
So we're we're definitely in for 2627 which we will be receiving those funds and then 2728 um we've asked to be continued. So we'll keep you posted on that. Hopefully that answered uh the the question that you asked. >> How are the funds being used now? >> There's so they're being used towards professional development, staffing, tutoring. We have a whole budget um that was uh planned for we have counseling that is being provided. Our Chromebooks for our middle school this year was funded. So that would normally be funded through our operational budget, but we were able to use um the grant funding for our Chromebooks, which really helped us offset the budget for for this year. >> So when the money goes away, will the budget go up by $350,000? >> It most likely not because some of the things that we're utilizing that money for, we will not be uh happy after the commissioner's network grant.
Very important. 3231 again in the mode of putting side students first. outside coaching in competing school districts. Teachers are not allowed to coach teams in our league at any level. And this includes paid or voluntary positions. And that's very important to us. We want to put our own cliffside students first. And we don't think it's a very good look to have our own teachers coaching against students that they have in the classroom. So this really covers teachers coaching in an hourly which is a finite number of teams an hourly. It doesn't really include the broader burn county or the broader spectrum but we don't think it's very good optics to put our children in adversarial positions with their own teachers uh on that one on my back. 4231 outside coaching in competing school districts. And the same thing goes true of our non-eing staff members.
At James Madison School number 10, I it will live in the way we care for each other. It will live in the laughter in the main office and it will live in every Miss Arleene story we could have and there is many from when she fell in the drawer or she laminated herself. She wanted to keep herself clever. She really tried to laminate herself. To ensure that Miss Arlene will always be visible and permanent at James Madison School, we had a plaque and a framed picture made to honor her and it will be hung in the main office. I did tell the new secretary Arlene would be watching over her. Um, the main office was a place that she loved. She came, she socialized, and she worked. She was a an amazing work. The plaque reads, "In loving memory of Miss Arleene, guardian of the papers and the calls, bringing calm within the busy walls.
But which I get. But that's kind of like well that's why that kid maybe should be on a plan if that makes sense or even if we did it I don't know. Can we stop talking? Evan, James you guys are deeply in the sports what do you think? Evan you go first. Oh my goodness. Um I have an opinion I agree with you Briana like I the checking of the grades is a lot especially when there are some weeks where they played more than one game. Yeah. Because hypothetically you should be checking their grades before each game. Um but that is a lot. So imagine you played Monday and Thursday so you're getting a grade check Monday and what Wednesday after school? But I only had seven kids on my team this year for basketball anyways and I had nine for volleyball so it was really less to handle when I get to some of the schools and I see like a whole bench of like 20 some odd kids I can't imagine the leg work that goes into and gathering all those grades.
Lopeman and then head to room 123 for a group photo. And Mr. Harmon standing in the hallway of room 143 or 123, give us a wave. There he is. All right. Congratulations to Wendy Ovalos, school counselor from Butterfield Elementary. Shawn Jones, fifth grade teacher from Maricopa Elementary School. [applause] >> Yosha Restad, ELEL teacher from Pimabute Elementary School. [applause] Christa Smith, nurse from Saddleback Elementary. [applause] Leticia Sperling, resource par profofessional from Santa Cruz Elementary. [applause] and Esmeralda Contreres, lead custodian at Santa Rosa Elementary. [applause] Kendra Reyes, health assistant, Desert Wind Middle School. Mon'nique Cordell, registered nurse at Maricopa Wells Middle School. Libby Vanderore, student government and math teacher from Desert Sunrise High School. Megan Rogers, English teacher, Maricopa High School. and Melissa Alvarado, registar from Maricopa Virtual Academy. Jelly May Perez, teacher, English teacher from Ram Academy. [applause] and Molly Spence, student data specialist, academic services, [applause] and R.J.
I didn't see >> um especially holding the counter. >> Mhm. >> And then she just hit me from behind. That was one of them. >> Yep. >> Um standing just on the side at when I took my last stock. >> Yep. Yep. That makes that makes sense. especially when you're at high percentage is you want to make sure you control the middle of the stage since that's the farthest away from the blast zones. >> Yeah. I also wanted to um not use much of my neutral bees >> as much. >> Oh, yep. Neutral specials. Yep. >> Yep. And I did notice that. In fact, while I was watching, I was thinking in my head, is he going to use a neutral B? And you didn't always use a neutral B when I thought you were. So, you you have been improving on that as well, which I think is really awesome.
>> Yes. Greg Beington, >> yes. >> Rex Bettsner, >> no. >> Alan Wilson, >> yes. >> Tim White, >> yes. >> Andrew Adams, >> no. >> Robert Payne, >> yes. >> That is a 5 to2 vote. >> 5 to2 vote. Welcome aboard, Mr. Myers. Thank you. We'll move on to new business. Being there is no old business. Read item 8.1 facility update. Just kidding. Nothing's broken. >> Something we don't say. >> Um like up on the screen, the construction class, we have set some projects, Mr. Holland and Craig, we have uh some projects they could do to help facilities out and also to have onhand experience. So if you can imagine, if you think about where the locker uh were at at the art wing going back to the auditorium, they have removed all that. Did the drywall doing the cove base. They did everything from primer to painting it.
Okay that's operations that we're using the 452 for here's where we are today and this is what I've presented to you in the past. Um, we're looking for an override of $2.75 million for the Ashland public schools. And that's a 6.18% increase over last year's appropriated amount. And what you have to understand is that's typically right around what we've been getting between that five and 6% range uh the past number of years um to run the school system. And you know, you'll see that the 47 million again, start adding in going back a slide, it's closer to 51 52 million now is what we're our true budget is. So the way I've designed this this tonight is instead of going from operation override to 2.55 to a level funded, I'm going to stick with operation override to start with. What would that really look like in in the Ashlin public schools?
So the goal of the commissioner's network grant a as we've discussed as a board is something that hopefully student achievement which we know has improved that it's a durational uh funds that we are using durationally during that time >> and how those funds reduced the budget >> have they yes and they and they've reduced the budget past two years yes for the example that I gave regarding the Chromebooks that would cost the operational budget of a $40,000 increase and instead um we were able to reduce that last year by $40,000. So it saved the taxpayers money by caric so you can see the the personnel move from grants retirement savings. One of the numbers that I really want to uh remind the board is we do have $153,000 a point44 increase of moving staffing from the uh town to the board of education budget that is the uh we now have a the town shifted the superintendent of buildings and grounds if you recall and our benefits person.
Again, we don't want to put our staff members in an adversarial position with their own students. You can't be, you know, uh, supportive and and, uh, you know, kind and compassionate with your student in school and then go against them that night in a competition. So, we think it's in the best interest of our Cliffside Park students to not have their teachers become their competitors. Uh, another very important thing, library materials. I know we've heard a lot about that lately. 2535. This is actually coming out of one of the most recent laws and it's actually part of the budget document. One of the things in the budget document is they ask if we have a policy surrounding library materials. Now, Mr. Alfano will be able to say yes when he has to answer that. Uh, and it protects the library books that are currently in school libraries.
With a smile for every child and a helping hand, the kindness heart in all the land, Miss Arlene, you were the true school heart, playing such a vital, caring part. Though you left your desk and quieted your pen, in memories you will guide us now and then, always in our heart. Miss Arene leaves behind a legacy of love that will never fade and a space in our heart that will never be filled. We were truly blessed to have known her, to have worked with her, and to have loved her. And we appreciate the family for sharing her with us. On a personal note, Arlene was more than a colleague to me. She was a true friend. There's not a day that goes by that I don't want to pick up the phone and call her or tell her what's going on or go into the office and have a talk.
Um I like the idea of maybe like progress checks or some sort of like um I don't know. I wish we all had like tutoring available cuz it would be awesome if we could say you can be on the team but you also have to go to tutoring. But I know that's not necessarily something that every school would be able to offer. So I'm not sure what that would look like to say you can but you need some sort of growth or some sort of additional something. I don't know. I could be easily swayed to change the the progress checks to like a little bit more periodic. What do you think James? So just so I understand are you are you suggesting that uh a kid that is not um eligible academically wise is not uh allowed to play or is not allowed to be on the team?
Faucet, districtwide technician from the technology department. Congratulations again to these outstanding spotlight employees. [applause] Next, we are thrilled to honor our spotlight students of the month. And each month, principles select these remarkable students for their outstanding commitment to their education, their school, and their community. These spotlight students exemplify the portrait of a graduate by being communicators, innovators, resilient achievers, critical thinkers, and principled leaders. These students set the bar high and shine as role models for their peers, their schools, and their entire school community. Congratulations, spotlight students, as I call your name. Please come forward to receive your certificate and give a quick fist bump to the governing board and Dr. Lopeman. and then head to room 123 for a group photo. Mr. Harmon is standing by the door. There he is waving again. Congratulations to Addison Ortega, first grade student from Butterfield Elementary School. Addison shows integrity in her actions and leads by example and with kindness.