>> Any opposed? Thank you. 9.10, first read of policy 5-217, graduation. Is there a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Ms. Humphreys. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Dr. Robison. Uh Dr. McCord. >> Thank you, Mr. President, governing board members. I will turn this policy over to Dr. Ryan um because he can explain any kind of pertinent changes to you. >> Very good. Thank you, Dr. uh President Thompson, Dr. McCord, governing board. Thank you. Uh we will be uh making some adjustments to this graduation policy. So policy number 5-217 titled graduation um essentially it's clean up from um years of adjustments including um adjustments to the civic score requirement for passing, but I'll kind of go through item by item here of adjustments. First off, simply the label of Gilbert Public Schools minimum graduation requirements as a title to this. Um adding in subsections of English language arts, dividing out social studies, mathematics from our graduation requirements uh as well as listing out the courses by order in which students are taking them to meet graduation requirements throughout their academic career, making it easy for our families and students to understand.
Um as you progress through the the uh adjusted policy and numbers, we do have a couple adjustments specific to Gilbert Public Schools from the state um the state minimums including uh the addition of the word laboratory for lab sciences, but also in Gilbert we ask for two art or CTE credits um which then along with pairing with the one credit of physical education the elective total then becomes five. So those are just a couple adjustments from uh what is outlined from the the um requirements in terms of a Gilbert Public School requirement. Um this civics exam, as mentioned, the score has been adjusted from a minimum of a 60% to now a 70% in order to meet the graduation requirements. Um the minimum um so the paragraph below it outlines the 22 credits, but now we're aligning to the minimum that the state requires. So the state which shall include a minimum of course of study prescribed by the State Board of Education.
The other addition is the assignment of academic credit for transfer students, including foster care students, shall comply with the requirements of ARS 15-701 .01 and ARS 15-70 1.04. So it's just to ensure that we're in compliance with all state statutes. Below that, the only other adjustment is with relation to Gilbert Classical Academy. Gilbert Classical currently requires 28 credits for graduation. That is being adjusted to 24 um with a couple of adjustments, including service learning requirements being embedded within coursework for students, along with adjustments to English credits moving from 5 and 1/2 to 4, math from 4 to 5, and uh removing a 1/2 credit of history and social studies from the requirement along with one less elective. So that's how you get from 28 to the 24 required for um for Gilbert Classical Academy. We're removing the elementary language in this, as there is a separate elementary policy which embeds this information for uh placement moving forward in your academic career in elementary.
And then um the only other is information related to a passing score if and when a student moves in, transfers credit in, and it needs to be um assessed in a particular area in order to receive credit for that course. Um sometimes courses are transferred in. Um the language is the same, the course is the same, it's an accredited school, it's a simple transfer process. Other times the um the course name might not be the same, it might not line up perfectly to what our um course outline or syllabus might say. Um it might be from an unaccredited or it could be from a an online school of some type and how those are all transferred in may look a little bit different. And so um students from time to time need to take our assessment and score a 60% or higher in order to receive credit for that class.
Bless you. And the last portion is we removed language which used to exist and be pertinent related to Arizona online instruction with relation to fees and that no longer applies. So those are the adjustments. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. Ryan. >> I I did have one question. Um just on the first page, the um American history where the the name of the course has been changed, is the um information in the course changed at all or is it just a new name for the same course? >> It's it used to read American {slash} um or just American history. Now and then in parentheses on the back side said including Arizona history. Now we just embed Arizona so it's American {slash} Arizona history, but the content has not been adjusted. >> Okay. And then also um are we doing those classes in a different order Um as far as when when students take them because the world history is now first and instead of the American history.
>> Now world history and geography is typically a sophomore level course. American Arizona history a junior level course. Government and economics are each one semester courses which students take their senior year. That's the the traditional. >> Okay, thank you. >> Um the the the the verbage on PE I think you made the comment of okay, I just wanted to >> So the second read when we bring it back to policy, we will add physical education rather than the the PE. >> Okay. >> Anything else? All right. All those in favor of approving the first read of policy 5-217 graduations, say I. >> I.
>> Any opposed? Thank you very much. >> Mr. Thompson, before we leave the action items, I'd just like to ask all the board members, please don't run off after the meeting. You got to sign his new contract. >> Oh. >> So we can post it on the website. >> I got somewhere I got to be. >> All right, 10.01 future agenda items. Is there anything that any board member would like to submit for a future agenda? Okay. As always, if anything comes up, feel free to reach out to me or Dr. McCord and we'll make sure that we handle those accordingly. Board reports. I have nothing for the audit committee tonight. City of Mesa Liaison, Ms. Shane Murray. >> Uh nothing to report on the City of Mesa, but I did kind of want to shout out Meridian real quick because I went to their 20th celebration Friday and I volunteered and it was a really really great event.
Huge turnout. Kids had a blast. So I'm hoping that they'll continue that tradition moving forward. It was really fun. >> Thank you. Employee Benefit Trust Trust Board member Mr. Jesse Brainard. >> Nothing to report. >> Thank you Mr. Brainard. Gilbert Education Foundation and Town of Gilbert Liaison Miss Hunt Jill Humphreys. >> Well, the Gilbert Education Foundation did do their scholarship judging. I haven't heard the results of that. I don't have anything to report for the Town of Gilbert tonight. Oh, but they are having their state of the town tonight, but we missed it because we're having our uh board meeting. So there's that. I just wanted to give a shout out to I've been able to visit a number of schools and um every time I go I'm just really impressed with the hard work that teachers and students and staff are all putting in.
It's just so impressive what our students are learning and gaining every day and it's I just want to celebrate them and especially the hard work of teachers. The more I learn about what teachers do, the more I think they should be paid way better than they are. They are not and even our preschool uh workers are not um paid nearly what they are worth. So just a shout out to that. You have my heartfelt thanks. That's all I have right now. >> Thank you Miss Humphreys. Uh Legislative Representative Dr. Blake Robinson. >> Nothing to report. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Agenda item 12.01 meeting dates. Dr. McCord. >> Thank you Mr. President Governing Board members. our next meeting is April 14th. We'll be a board work study and brief board business meeting. We will more than likely have an executive session at around 5:15 for that evening to appoint the next principal of Boulder Creek Elementary.
April 20th is our board policy committee meeting at 4:30 p.m. And April 28th is a board business meeting and based on some of the appointments this evening, we may have more executive sessions to appoint more principals. Right, Ms. Taylor? Right. And that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Brings us to our last agenda item, adjournment. Is there a motion to adjourn? >> So moved. >> Thank you, Ms. Humphreys. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Ms. Murray. All those in favor of adjourning tonight, say I. I.
Welcome USD264 community, patrons, staff, and anyone joining us online on YouTube. Uh this is our superintendent update at Clearwater Clarity for April of 2026. This month we're going to be really focusing in on our accreditation goal for 2627. So KSDE accredits all schools through their KISSA system. Um the KISSA system is in its second year of existence. So we just finished year one. We'll review that and then we'll talk about what we're going to do in year two. Um, just know that when we're starting with the 2627 school year, we're going to also start being accredited based on state assessment results, graduation rates, and post-secary effectiveness. So, KISSA goals are new each year. And so, uh, every year that we're going to go through this process, we're going to have to write a goal. And the goal is to create an underlying action, um, that can work within the schools to help us with achieving the goals within our graduation rate, state assessment scores, and post-secary effectiveness.
quorum, so I'd like to get started. Welcome, Jamal. Um I'd like to call to order our April 1st, uh 2026 meeting. Uh welcome. Our meeting is being held electronically. Um This meeting um is similarly Okay, sorry about that, guys. Backing up here. Um this meeting is being held electronically, but we intend to conduct this meeting similar to an in-person meeting. Public comments will be via telephone or Zoom only. To speak at any of our public comment opportunities, please call 206-337-9723 337-9723 and enter meeting ID 932-8112-0347 or join via the Zoom link. Uh this information is also on the published agenda in the public notices section of the city website. And we are broadcasting this meeting on CTN channel 17, Chris? Was that the correct channel? Uh 16. Channel 16. >> Channel 16. Um thank you, CTN, for being here. Wonderful. Okay, uh Chris, if you'd want to take roll.
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agenda together for us. This looks like the balance of our 5000 series. Is that right? It is. This is the final stretch. Very exciting. Thank you. All right. So, uh we're ready to move forward when you are, Kelly. Um we'll start with policy 5121.2 on a roll. Great. Um the first policy 5121 um is about all of our required state assessments. Uh we do not currently have this policy. We had only an honor roll policy and you'll see that right below. It's the next subset policy of to this. Um but I will bring it up on the screen. It really talks about uh the state required uh testing and which grade levels. It's grades 3 through 8 and then between 10th and 11th grade at the high school. Um and so we felt it was important to add in this policy to show that we are annually assessing students in those grade levels.
Testing. Testing. One, two. All right. Good evening. This time I'd like to um call the special board u meeting workshop to order. Um this meeting right now is um livereamed and recorded. If we could please stand for the flag salute. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States, the republic stands a nation. All right. At this time, um, would anyone like to pull a consent item for further discussion? Okay, we have a motion um to approve our consent calendar. >> So moved. >> I second. Okay, we have a motion um by member Lando and um we also have a second.
So last year we used the fundamental of balanced assessment and we were really focusing on building an assessment calendar. Um before we got started we really didn't know how many assessments we were given when we were giving them how many assessment kids were taking on the same day. And so that was part of our idea is to really get a good grasp and a good feel of how many assessments are the students taking. Are the students are the assessments uh worthy? Uh are they getting the information that we need? And then making sure um that we're not stacking too many on at the same time. So that's what we worked on this year and we hit our goals for each one of that. And then on March 26, just last week, we went back to Orion where we met with Conway Springs and Douglas who are the two other schools in our cohort um to review those goals and then to start working on goals for the 2627 school year.
Yeah, no problem. I'm just promoting Sarah. I I see she joins in. Okay, we'll call this meeting to order at uh 7:03. >> [clears throat] >> Okay. Uh I'll now call roll. Before I start, I did receive regret from Council Member Harrison, who unfortunately not be able to attend this evening. Please say here and from where you're dialing when your name is called. Uh Commissioner Harrison is absent. Commissioner Bufford. Present in Ypsilanti Township. Okay. Commissioner Neal. Present in Ann Arbor. Commissioner Latifus. Present in Grass Lake. Commissioner Kotarski. Present in Ann Arbor. Commissioner Porter. Present in Ann Arbor. Commissioner Fuller. Present in Ann Arbor. Commissioner Leonard. Present in Ann Arbor. Commissioner Jordan. Present in Ann Arbor. Commissioner Carter. Present in Ann Arbor. Okay. And with that, we do have quorum. Fantastic. All right, there are two items on the consent agenda, approval of the agenda and approval of the minutes.
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