So I think that we really came up with some excellent policy revisions. I think some of them had to be updated some of them by what we needed to uh implement and I thank the committee and the administration for their hard work on this. >> Thank you Dr. Caniano. Um are there any other committee reports committee members want to share anything? All right. So at this time um I'll turn it over to Mr. Alano, if there are any topics that you would like to uh to highlight. >> Thank you, Mr. Rus. As we just had our executive work session, we're um our focus over the next couple of weeks is obviously our 2627 budget. Uh working collaboratively with our staff, our board, and all key constituents. The budget will be due to the county and the state March 18th. The state of the state with our new governor has been moved to March 10th, which a day or two later we should get our state aid and that will allow us to finalize our budget again to be submitted our tenative budget March 18th to the county and to the state.
But again, any one of the family members once everything is hung, you're more than welcome to come and see. And then she could stare at you and tell you what to do. Okay. But again, Arlene, you're truly missed. [applause] This is a little hard. I've known Orne for over 50 years. What a fun Canaster knows Charlie be since he's 12 years old. and she would come and tell me all the stories about Trolley and and her big brother Tommy who she so very well respected are this is for you Garfield Public School Board of Education resolution in memory of Orleene Bquette. Whereas the Garfield Board of Education and the Garfield Public School community mourns the passing of Miss Orleene Burquette, a beloved administrator assistant who faithfully served the student, staff, and family of the district for 5 years. Whereas during her tenure with the Garfield public schools, Miss Bquette dominated unwavering professionalism, kindness, and dedication in her role, consistently supporting and dealing operations of the [snorts] district, and serving as welcoming presence to all who entered her office.
And one last thing. Or we make it where there is a minimum that's put in here and then if schools or teachers or coaches want to do an additional like number I think then fine I'll go go ahead but I just feel like when I was in charge of doing this sometimes I would be frustrated cuz I'm a rule follower and I'm like but you said before the games and then it was like oh well they didn't get grades so like their whole team is it just never felt like we were like logistically doing it the same as a as a principal team AP team. Hm. [clears throat] Um I mean I So for me we have a number of students that are on the team um and high participation and uh I I I'm maybe some parameters for consistency's sake. It it isn't it hasn't been that complicated for for what we do.
And Zoe Cruz, eighth grader, volleyball player from Maroba Wells Middle School. Elijah Robu, senior wrestler from Desert Sunrise High School. [applause] Kiana Richardson, junior wrestling [applause and cheering] at Desert Sunrise High School. Jamal Kushki, [cheering] soccer player from Maricopa High School. [applause] Alani Cauldron, senior soccer player from Maricopa High School. [applause] And our final athlete tonight is Kaia Jesy, senior wrestling champion from Maricopa High School. Kaia earned the 126 lb AIA division division 1 state championship title, making a her historic moment for Maricopa High School. She's the first female wrestler in school history to win a state championship at this level. Congratulations, Ka. [applause] >> And now, in partnership with the Maricopa Rotary Club, we'd like to honor a deserving group of students. Rotary honors young people people who are developing their leadership skills and making a difference in their communities. Rotary students, as I call your name, please come forward and Mr.
>> 21. >> Yeah. 21 is pretty funny, actually. >> Yeah, we actually had a counter for one of the other funny numbers. >> Oh, really? >> Yeah. >> How high did the counter go? >> It went 100 plus. >> Oh my gosh. >> It got up to about 100. >> Oh, wow. That is crazy. Lucina seeming to close the distance. Oh my gosh. Seeming to close the distance in percentages between the two of them. All right. Does an up throw and tries for a forward smash, but she is not buying it. So she just runs in with a sidebe and he tries for a forward smash. I feel like a grab would have done more damage right there. Oh, does an up special. Oh, and oh, >> okay. >> Oh, he lost no stocks. >> He didn't lose a stock. So that >> didn't lose a stock.
And so, we're in good standing with that. Um Richard Hayes is doing his uh winter cleanup now outside with sand and getting that cleaned up and getting winter trash picked up and trying to get the yards put back to where they need to be. So, that's kind of what we're doing right now. So, does anybody have what 6 a.m.? >> Yeah. >> Uh, do we have thermal guns in each of the buildings for them to go around and uh shoot temperatures? We do not I I know that we have two of them. One is kept in key sty work truck. The other one I have. We're very careful about leaving them laying around. >> Sure. Okay. >> Because people don't understand your zones. You have one teacher that's hot at 68 and the one right beside it is freezing. If I adjust one of those temperatures, it affects that whole zone.
So, we've all agreed that you would take a deep look at the budget at where there were going to be retirements or things that could be consolidated so that before we even went out to ask for an override, we can come up with a number that made sense after we fixed whatever we could fix within within our system. So, these things already happened. They're going to happen and they have nothing to do with whether there's an override or not. So I might just if this is going to be disseminated I would take the assuming >> well so that's why I sort of put the the right below it positions will not be reinstated no matter what right with an override >> right but I I already have had some questions about people trying to understand >> what what these >> okay >> 13 or 14 position are yeah so we get it I get it I'm not questioning I know exactly what you're doing >> let's just back up this Jim before you even get to town allocation like in order of the slides, just say before we even ask for an override, put this slide before that >> and say we did this work first to save this amount.
I'm going to restate myself. There are no new major initiatives including in the budget. However, the district will continue its ongoing work of continuous improvement across grades and pricklaries. This includes current study and review work in math and language arts. At the high school level, two new courses have been improved by the curriculum committee. In addition, there may be some related costs for materials and printing associated with AP psychology course depending on student registration enrollment. AP training, 1100, AP text 4,420 for 20 students curriculum writing 829. No staffing, no increase in staffing. What is one question three? What is 1% of the proposed budget in dollars of the superintendent's proposed budget of 37,217,750 1% equals $372,177. Question four, what is the financial impact of the five early retirements in the 27 budget? Went over this, but I want to clarify. We have five retirees 552,000 projected cost of replacement of 3.8 FDs 258,000 retirement incentives year 1 55,000 and net impact of early retirement 239,000.
We'll keep everyone apprised of the movement in regard to meeting that deadline. I also like to take your uh eyes over to page uh 20 resolution number 55. Okay, this essentially frontline education does our absences called ASAP. Handles all absences in our in our school district. And right now we have a very large uh population of employees that fill out time sheets on a daily basis and this will streamline and automate our time sheets for for a 26 27 school year. Um our payroll manager Joanne Mancini takes this much too much of her time um investing in uh paper time sheets. that this is going to kind of automate and make the process a heck of a lot more efficient. Like I said, we have a sign a sign significant amount of our staff uh fill out time sheets on a weekly and bi-weekly basis.
Whereas Miss Bquette was known for her warmth, compassion, Tyler's work ethics, and her contribution extending beyond the administrative responsibility to fostering positive relationship with colleagues, students, and community members. Whereas her commitment to excellence and service reflected the very best quality of the Garfield school system. her her attendance will uh yeah will deeply be felt by those who had the privilege of working alongside her. Whereas the Garfield Board of Education recognizes the profound loss experienced by her family, friends, and co-workers during this difficult time. Now therefore, be it resolved that Garfield Board of Education expresses the heartfelt condolences to the family of Mrs. Miss Orleene Bartlett and extends its deepest sympathy and support. The further resolved that this resolution will be recorded in the official minutes of the Garfield Board of Education and that a copy be presented to her family as lasting tribute to her service and dedication to the Garfield school system.
We the only uh the only expectation we have is that you don't um cuz we we start off with a spreadsheet and we get give it to teachers and it's basically are you passing or are failing? It doesn't get into how many assignments or anything like that. And it starts with the assumption of everyone is passing so the teacher has the burden of going in and changing it to a fail and um it's always uh we do it uh once a week and it doesn't count uh like you can't go the day before a game and change a kid's grade to a fail. That's that's that does not give a kid an opportunity to improve. So we usually do it like at least a week before a game. Um that that's what it counts for. Um and it's I mean I don't know maybe I'm being naive but it it seems to work pretty well.
Wells and Miss Coutree will present you with a special certificate. In addition, you'll receive a $50 gift card on behalf of the Rotary. A special thank you goes to John and Mary Lou Smith Education Foundation for their sponsorship that helps make tonight special for our honores. Congratulations to Ania Gabrielle Joseph, sixth grade student from Desert Wind Middle School. and Bentley Walker, eighth grader from Maricopa Wells Middle School. Jasine Williams, senior, Desert Sunrise High School. >> [applause] >> Jacob Serber junior from Maricopa High School. Mia Michelle, freshman at Maricopa Virtual Academy. and Eric Lopez, senior at Ram Academy. [laughter] Congratulations again to our Rotary students, parents, and families. We're going to take a fiveminut break to allow everyone who was here for recognition to make their exits. Um, and then we'll begin the business portion of our meeting, which you are all very welcome to stay for if you'd like to.
So he's he just runs in. >> That's awesome. That's awesome. We're back. We're back to being um we're back to being even, which is awesome. >> Yeah, >> really happy with how that is. That is freaking awesome. All right, we seem to be Oh, yep. There we go. Scream was freezing up a little bit. Oh, man. He's looking confident after that. Look at that slouch in the chair. Smirk on the face. That's a recipe for victory, I tell you. >> Contemplating. Contemplating. I wonder who they're going to select. Maybe a nest. That'd be kind of cool. We do got some varsity up in here. Let's check that out real quick. Roblox as well. I don't think we've introduced Oh, I introduced the second. I introduced the internet. But let's give some actions to those previous video. We got Electro One aka Scott. We got here.
Sure. >> So, we're careful about leaving them laying around if there was a time that >> I'm just thinking about when you're when the U custodial staff or your in facilities team are walking around on the weekends and they're trying to read temperatures if they had >> several guns where you could shoot >> what they can do. Yeah. And they can go to their computer and pull up the train system and it will tell you your settings and what that room is actually reading. >> All right. So, and if they doubt it, they all know where that guy in my office is. >> Okay. >> So, >> thank you. >> Uhhuh. Anything else? >> No. >> 62. >> Great job, Catherine and your staff. >> Thank you. >> Getting through this winter. >> 8.2 donations approval. >> There are no donations. So, we have nothing to approve.
>> And that's an important part of the story. Like we took we took a good look at you in particular. I know you gathered all your administrators and you said, you know, we can't ask the community for money until we've looked at everything and >> um y taken care of. >> Perfect. >> Yeah. The realignment, which we did. >> Yeah. So maybe putting it first and then just getting rid of assuming override and that next line where you describe it just describe that this happens. We're doing this regardless. Yeah. >> Um and I think that probably make it clear. >> Yep. Thanks. >> So So now again I'm going to start using the word assuming override because it does impact the next slide greatly. Right. Right. >> So let's assume an override does pass. How does that impact our revolving funds? Because I think that's critically important.
I want to remind the board that this budget does include a reduction of 1.2 to FTEES, full-time FTE certified teachers retirement incentive budget in employee benefits. Somebody wanted to know where the $55,000 uh $55,000 was. It was in the retirement was in the employee benefits. Question 10 listed on slide 22 of our last presentation indicates that the budget expands support for student well-being through counseling mental health services with no new initiative and no new personnel. How will this be accomplished? Great question. Student well-being goes above and beyond counseling and mental health services. This is a foundational responsibility of all educators in our system and begins with cultivating a sense of belonging in every classroom. This budget expands support by operationalizing the expertise of all our staff through multi-tiered systems of support framework MTSS which many of you heard before. Over the last several years, we've provided and continue to provide professional learning that has strategically shifted our model to one that operates on expertise of the educators within our school system.
So, this this is a win-win. You pay now, save a lot of human capital, significant amount of human capital later. The next page, I also like to take your eyes to page 21. >> Page 21. It's resolution 56. Uh we are going out to bid some of our we'll call it exterior site improvements at the Cliffside Pike Park High School. This is probably something uh that we've been aspired to do for for years and haven't had the opportunity. This is essentially going to be redoing our steps, stairs, walkways, and the high school. As you know, if you know, the long steps that go down to Cordage Road, uh it's a bit of a challenge in many of our walkways and steps, uh it's a long time coming. So, we're engaging in the open bid process. Uh we should be advertising sometimes in March. Uh we should have the open bid in sometime the early part of the mid part of April and we should have a a bid award sometime the sometime the end of April or early May.
This was adopted February 25th, 2026. [applause] Heat. Heat. Thank you, Miss Peter. Uh, that was a touching tribute to Arlene, a dear friend for the family as well as the district personnel and uh, Arlene will certainly be missed. We appreciate her service to the district and um, her memory will live long. Thank you. minutes. >> I want to call for a motion to go into executive session. >> Just five minutes. We'll move. Uh all in favor >> opposed. >> The the uh board will return in 5 minutes. check. to come out of executive session. Mr. Otto, Mr. Hilas. All in favor? >> Opposed? Mr. Otto and Mr. Keelas. Uh, can I have a motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting? Resolution 3.1 to 3.2. Miss Ean. Miss Quillis. Mr. Quillis. Roll call. >> Mr. Diaz. I >> Mr. Odto. >> Yes, >> Mrs.
I feel like if we're trying to reduce paperwork and reduce things that are it I just feel like it would be much more complicated to have an individual plan for each kid to improve. That seems like a lot of I'm not no I I don't think you'd have a plan for each kid to improve. I think it's just like if you are not improving then like or if you are failing these are the things that you're going to do. And then you can play until our next grade check as long as you are doing those. So basically they're on contracts. Yeah. Who would be responsible for that though? I think you'd have to decide. I I'm here's the thing though like you're doing it so much easier than we're doing it because we're having the kids they're responsible for going and getting their grade checks which is causing other issues because they're trying to get it last minute.
on for the fun stuff. All right, [laughter] we're going to move on to our information item tonight and it is our classroom spotlight with Santa Rosa Elementary. Principal Sonic. [cheering] [applause] Good evening, President Coutree, board members, Dr. Lopman. Thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight to spotlight Santa Rosa. I am here with Miss Perez, a third grade teacher at Santa Rosa to highlight the implementation of number talks and share how this instructional strategy is strengthening students mathematical understanding and their deep uh deepening their learning. This presentation aligns with goal one, maximizing tier one instruction to ensure that 100% of our students achieve at or above grade level expectations. Number talks help students communicate clearly, think flexibly, grow resilient while mastering core math skills, fully supporting the portrait of graduate. [snorts] Number talks are short structured discussions built around carefully selected math problems. Students solve problems mentally and share their strategies while the teacher records their thinking.