And last week we did a quote unquote blitz of the building where we kind of divided and conquered to see all the good that was happening. Because, you know, we're at the point of the year where we've had 10 months of training. Now it's time to see it in action, right? That accountability piece. And just looking at our ELA scores, so just comparing apples to apples, our current eighth graders last year, their cumulative ILEARN at or above proficiency was about 18% and now this year at checkpoint one it was at 19, checkpoint two we're at 23, checkpoint three we're at 26. So although it's slow and although there is a lot of growth to happen, it's happening and that's really rewarding for teachers to see is that their hard work's paying off. That's all. Real quick summary on P-TECH, how's everything going? Yeah. Haven't heard much lately.
And I'll be the first one to say that if uh you know, enrollment gets to be too much for next year, I want to see that position put back. Um uh that that's the bottom line for me. Um so, that is that was certainly taken into consideration. That data was shared uh with the committee um as far as our what we currently are at for averages and what we are projected to be. So, thank you for bringing that up, and uh certainly uh was not uh forgotten. And I know what that I asked the same question, as well, and feel exactly the same way as you do, Mr. Oliver. So, I imagine everybody does. Any more discussion, Mr. Nunes? No, it's somebody want a motion on some money? Well, there is the motion sheet. >> No, I'm not that I'm talking about that one. Oh.
But if you have any questions about any of those positions, please let me know before the May meeting, and I will get information for you. Okay. Yeah. You don't want hear anything? Okay, we're moving on to student executive session. Nothing. We have none there. Closing items. Anybody have anything else that we missed? Everything is good. Discussion on the Lincoln Circle tonight. And uh So, sounds like things are happening. Challenging times, for sure. Yeah. Nobody has anything else? No. We're good. Thank you. You have a good night.
Um That third and fourth grade group, there's a lot of them and it seems like every day we get a few more phone calls on on one kids at the preschool. So, I just wanted to keep you up to date on that as well. So, a couple other items I wanted to visit with you guys about the Pro Bound bleachers that are out here that we rented a couple years ago. I did get some information on that. Um and I sent that along to you guys on what they were thinking price-wise. I don't know if you guys want where you guys are at and you want to look at purchasing purchasing those bleachers. If you want to see if they're negotiable on their price for those bleachers. Um Just wanted to kind of get your guys' thought on those. They're still over here at this point.
He was telling us, "You guys couldn't prove intent." I don't have time to try and figure out the intent of this person with the pocket knife. But it caused it caused a lot of concern with the staff and parents. And we're just very thankful that he decided to take that pocket knife out and walk away. So I I want everyone to to have that in their lives that as well through this process. Throughout the 25-26 school year I have reiterated at monthly district board meetings that LAUSD supports the new backpack bill and wanted to reiterate that again. And I've said this with Miss Cruz, Miss Lewis, Miss Moore, Mr. Villalobos, Mr. Ayala, uh Mr. and Mrs. Farmer, President Mosqueda, Governing Board President, Miss Cortina present. I love sports. Sports bring together communities unlike anything else. However, I really believe that the district cannot approve an open campus requirement due to student and staff safety and liability concerns.
unless you have any questions from all of the months of hundreds of pages of policy that have been in your packet. Um, if you have questions, we'll be happy to entertain those the best we can. Um, and if they're questions that need further research, we'd be happy to do that and table it for another month. But otherwise, um, we're happy to present to you this new policy manual. >> One question. >> Yes, ma'am. Since we're changing our insurance over to ASBA insurance, will that affect that? >> No. So, we have to maintain a membership, but we had a a $5,000 credit. So, it's we stay a member of Arizona School Boards Association. So, if anybody wants to go to any of the conferences, we still would pay the member rate. Um, and even so, we saved $143,000 switching insuranceances. Our membership cost us five. This year we had a credit because we had contracted [clears throat] a few year like three years ago with ASBA to do some like strategic planning and then the lady never came back.
That pattern in its scope and in its repetition is resistant to correction and that's what brings us here tonight and why we believe the board must get directly involved. Um it's important to note that this teacher has not earned his professional educator's license yet. He's hired as a part of the Aurora University's residency program um which we want to be clear we're really big supporters of. We were really lucky that last year our daughter benefited from having resident teacher and we saw firsthand that value that the program can bring. Um we raise what follows not to undermine that program, but because we believe it's directly relevant to the situation um and highlights this teacher does not have the tenure, history or experience to warrant simply trusting him. The school year began with Mr. Alvarez, this teacher, singling out our daughter. He called her her favorite, told her she was the best in the class.
and our drivers um are are essentially hauling the most important cargo in our district, in our county. You know, I think the the greatest human resource we have in Avon is our children. And I think they do a great job of making sure that they're safe and that they have reliable transportation to and from school. So, one thing that they really also appreciated was the stretch pay so that that happened throughout the school year. you know, we have the school year for about, you know, a certain amount of time. It ends at the end of May. Their pay will continue in June and July and then pick up again in August. So, we've just been able to stretch it out throughout the year. And that's something that they really appreciated. They also wanted to be paid by the job band. So, we had what was called three tier, two-tier.
>> Yeah. So P-TECH turned P-CAP is still happening. >> then? Yes. It It is still happening. We're actually at the at the process of trying to recruit a new cohort for the academy. Um Amy and I we went over to the junior high about a week and a half ago and we just kind of presented to the teachers because we find that most of the kids who would benefit most are going to be identified by teachers. So um we have room for only a limited amount of spots. They nominated about 43 kids which is not what we can uh accommodate but [snorts] you know what that's also showing is that kids need a different way to learn. But um they just did a really great project last week uh involving a um a basically like a food project where they were taking items from the Colombian Exchange, Old World New World foods.
I think I think we need um two motions. One is for this proposed Three motions. Three motions? Yeah. This proposed Oh, uh kindergarten stabilization and Um to separate Potter School out from >> Oh. Okay. >> Yes. All right. Um so, I could make a motion to approve the FY27 budget appropriation for Potter School classroom teachers in the amount of 2,190,357 dollars. Second. Motion by Ms. Coughlin for the to approve the Potter School budget. Second by Mr. Nunes. All in favor? I. I. Uh opposed? I will abstain. And one abstention. So, four um in favor, one abstention. Madam Chair, make a motion to approve the FY27 budget appropriation for the total budget, excluding the item voted individually in the previous motion in the amount of $56,013,930. Second. Uh motion by Mr. Noons to approve um the entire budget um as proposed and uh seconded by Ms.
They're interested in selling them to us. Um You know, at what they call a discounted rate, but I think maybe they would be negotiable on the price. I haven't reached back out to them yet since they hit us with that first number on them. I don't even know if we're interested in buying them at all. So, I just wanted to open that discussion to get some direction from you guys on what your thoughts were. I feel like it would be a good investment. Um And I I feel like we could definitely get more use out of them. I don't think we have used them to their capabilities since they weren't ever technically ours. >> Yeah. So, we didn't feel like it was right to move them or anything. So, but I would be interested in um seeing if they were negotiable on the price. >> I can reach out to them and see if they were negotiable on that and bring that back to you guys at the board meeting.
Recent incidents of school violence in Minnesota, Tennessee, and Colorado underscore the importance of controlling campus access. This is something that I've shared um at district board meetings during the year. Currently the east entrance of the campus is fenced and gated for these reasons. Opening additional access points could introduce safety risks for students, staff, and families. Other local high schools, including Roosevelt and Dallas High School and Lincoln High School, maintain closed campuses. And in my previous administrative roles at Lake Harbor Middle School and Dallas High School and Roosevelt and Tony Elementary and Susan Miller Dorsey High School District, all campuses were standard practice for student safety. The next section I It's my obligation, for board policy, as a chief administrative officer, as a professional consultant for this board, I have to share with you the financial and audit considerations. I get the school safety considerations. I get the community involvement, bringing everyone together, and I believe in that.
>> Oh, I remember that. >> So, and they never refunded us because they switched executive directors. And so when I asked, "Hey, what's it going to cost?" She's like, "Hey, can we just give you a credit?" I'm like, "Sure." So, >> worked out. >> Yes. So, we have a free year. >> So, I just thought I would ask that because >> I just got to say, Marty, thank you so much. Every time I'd reached out about a question about the policies, [laughter] he was so quick to get an answer. >> That was his superintendent internship. [laughter] >> He did great. I wrote a letter and said how great he was. >> And this is an action item. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. I would like to The action requested is to opt adopt new policy manual for CBUSD as provided by the Arizona Risk Retention Trust as presented during all first readings.
Um and we understand that teachers sometimes encourage students and that um this is just something that teachers say, but this was the beginning of a pattern of disproportionate personal attention directed at our daughter specifically. From there, the concerns escalated. He touched her hair, he touched her back. He would lean over her to touch her computer without her consent. She repeatedly asked him to stop. She repeatedly asked him to step away from her. And so when she brought that concern to us and said that she doesn't feel safe in her classroom, we began to get involved. Um this is something that her her peers also talk about so we hear from her about how this is not just happening to her. Um this was November when we brought that concern up first. After that concern was brought forward, he continued to do some of these boundary violations.
That's if they're riding or having three routes in the morning, three routes in the afternoon, or two in the morning, two in the afternoon. and they wanted to be paid by those job bands versus being paid hourly. Um, consistent routes and making sure that they have good medical benefits and continuing to improve the culture and support that they have here in Avon. And as we move forward, we realize, you know, that the main priorities were just ensuring that there's clarity in the pay and that we standardize how they are paid. many of the the job bands and I'll show in a minute um before were we had all these add-ons and so they were they were getting paid competitively but there were a lot of of extra stipens that were being paid for the additional work happening and we just tried to really spend a lot of time.
They were working with Chef Ryan from the Incubator Kitchen and they actually prepared like these foods for people to taste and that was all connected to standards. So English and social studies, they did a launch of a P-CAP Customs that I know that Mike was at for that. And so uh they're trying to get like a student-run industry kind of off the ground. So it is still it is still alive and well. Good deal.
Coughlin. All in favor? I. >> I. Opposed? Ms. Amaral? So, four in favor, one opposed. Been there, done that. Madam Chair, I make a motion that we request the Board of Selectmen to put a warrant article for the school department to appropriate $178,309 from the full-day kindergarten stabilization account for the Dartmouth Public School budget for school year 26-27. Do we have a second? >> Second. Motion to uh take $178,309 from the kindergarten state stabilization fund and make a request to the Select Board. >> Select Board um to do so um seconded by Mr. Oliver. All in favor? I. I. I. Unanimous. Good job. Thank you all for your support. I appreciate it. >> well done. >> Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you for your hard work on this, Mr. Kyle. Uh we move to new business. Uh for a superintendent update, I'm going to ask Mr.
Okay. Um and then just something else I want to put on your guys' radar. I did get an email through Ms. Moore today that uh Mrs. Branda from the Wilson Alumni Association reached out that was interested in seeing if the graduate photos of the Wilson High School graduates that's located in that school once that school building's closed if that would be able to be moved to their facilities so they could house those graduates in their facilities with the Wilson Alumni Association. Kayla, do you know anything about I mean, I don't know what kind of facilities they have to house that or >> It's just a small office. Okay. She's in the counseling department. Okay. So, just kind of something to be thinking about if they if they want that with the Alumni Association. We don't have to make a decision on it right now, but probably in May I mean, some of those items that need to go certain directions for just to be kept kept >> Yeah.
Coming from a small community in the city of South Tucson, but I I would be remiss if I didn't share with you the financial and audit considerations, okay? According to the most recent Auditor General Risk Analysis Report in 2025, AUSD is currently designated as a high-risk district. Improving our internal control practices is necessary to move toward a medium-risk designation. Our financial consultant, Mr. Ty Moore, shared that the district receives a state allocation of approximately $270,000 annually for capital projects expenditures. Our capital reserve is meant to support the entire student population. Best practices recommend that portions of this reserve be set aside for emergencies, such as a new bus, which is $250,000, maybe more now, a walk-in freezer for $50,000. If we don't have a a a a a standard working walk-in freezer, we we have a responsibility to close, and then if we close, we don't have students, we don't have any revenue in there.
Can I have a second, please? >> Yes, I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I >> And I believe that wraps us up. >> Good job. >> All right, we done. >> 51 minutes. That's it. Thanks everybody. Cindy know my petition. anyone who lives in Chino.