if I was coming in to read a book for 15 minutes and then walking back out the door. Those types of scenarios. So that is the quick version of that update. Yes. >> Are we still requiring the online trainings for field trips or only fingerprinting? >> Fingerprinting. >> Thank you very much for that update. Are there any comments, questions? Um, I do think that some of the trainings are valuable and some of the trainings are not valuable. You know, like we would like to have volunteers trained to know confidentiality stuff. Um, but there are some things in there like knowing what a kid's allergic to that volunteers wouldn't know anyways. >> Yeah. If you have some suggestions which which of that list of eight or nine or something like that um you think might be appropriate. I'll definitely consider those. >> Thanks much, Member Goodwin.
So the range of the core curric of the curriculum runs from kindergarten through 12th grade. The sports tends to be a middle school high school issue. But the other one theoretically I don't think you can just say well we'll let the high school kids come take the cal class. But if you're in fourth grade or fifth grade and you want to take this and I can't offer it. No, I don't think you can do that. I think you start to get into the potential not understanding what the situation would be of of um discrimination. So I would just be cautious as we think through this stuff. I would also ask irrespective of the questions that are made that are asked tonight that between now and June 10th if if you walk away and you think, "Oh, I hadn't thought about that." Please give it to us ahead of time because if we need to go ahead and check with our attorneys to make sure we're on the right path, um otherwise you're delaying this until the July board meeting and you got school starting in two weeks and you may have some families saying, "Well, what do I get to do?
So that's the fingerprint thing. The Corey for everybody, right? But the fingerprint is direct and unmonitored contact. Direct and unmonitored contact with children is defined in the Desi regulations as contact with a student when no other employee who has received a suitability determination by the school or district is present. Contact refers to any contact with a student that provides the individual with an opportunity for physical touch or personal communication. So, we'll work to define some of those being at field trips where you potentially might have a group of um five, six, eight students that you might be responsible for walking around a museum, could potentially, right, go into a bathroom with somebody, etc. or be around a corner. Those are the scenarios. We also have a a requirement that people do quite a bit of trainings, online trainings that we've heard is very tedious and laborous and probably non uh apppropo to being a volunteer in that sense.
>> Just a heartfelt thank you because it really did sort of feel like people weren't welcome. when you see that list and you know everybody's used to doing a Corey and a story and all of that that list was as somebody who did that list it is >> exhausted right >> five or six hours um of just again on a screen but thank you >> you're welcome and we've still had some people concerned right because >> if they find out late last minute they have to get fingerprints they take you know they take a little while checks we can do pretty quick like within a day or two. Generally the fingerprints right out of our hands and somebody has to drive for it. So there's a little planning and field trips generally also are planned. They don't pop up just tomorrow. So there's some stuff on everybody but we are going to make it easier but not um any more dangerous if that makes sense.
What do I get to do?" So be open to any questions. Any questions? >> I don't have any questions. >> Um, this is still going to be like a year-toyear thing, right? Just like the other what would happen >> online. >> Yeah. No, not necessarily. What would happen is because this would then be a fee because what we're really talking about is fees, whether the course fees or sports fees. So, what would have to happen is we would bring to you the the course fee uh extracurricular fee that we bring you every year and we would bury it into them. So in a roundabout way, yes, it's every year, but indirectly the notion is generally speaking, what's happened in that course fee, it's been a fun, oh yeah, we did this last year, so we'll prove it again this year. Oh, we'll prove it again next year.
So we'll be eliminating those as well. So we are I will have for you we are doing it right now acting on some of these with our current people coming in. But for people who are doing field trips, they still will be required to do fingerprinting. And and I do not believe we should be loosening that regulation at all because we can sit here and talk about we don't want people in. We want people in, but when and if something happens, you'll then come back to me and or anybody, right? And you'll say, "Hey, superintendent, you're supposed to be a smart person. Why would you have allowed this?" Right? Um, so we do things for reasons, right? Um, unfortunately it's 2026 and we have to be protective of our children, right? They're our most valuable resource and asset that we have. So, uh, we are eliminating the online trainings which weren't apppropo to any of this.
>> Great. Yes. Really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Um, let's move on to item J. An update from the superintendent on the sculpture by Homer John. >> Yes, this is a kind of a little fun whimsical thing. I've attached some pictures in your uh online materials and an article from 2016. So, I received the phone call. I'll give you the quick version. Maybe mid- winter. We received an email first. Then I called the gentleman uh James Ftopolis. I don't want to say it the wrong way, but um and to look for a sculpture. He's Greenfield he James Greenfield High class of 1954 and um he had talked about a sculpture that had been donated to Greenfield High in the 70s and was wondering where it was. Um described it to me, you know, I took a lot of notes. He and I talked for quite a while, had a good conversation.
So I just caution you. It may be an every year thing, but it's also going to be designed because it's in the course fee um agenda item to say, hey, you're getting the same list as last year, unless there's any big issues, then we're going to probably move with approval. So, yes and no, if that makes sense. >> Okay. Is the ESA stuff um still like still into the there's still some things going on at the state, correct? >> Let's see. It's 7:30 and uh we do not have until midnight. Um we can talk about all the things that I think there's there's some significant issues with ESA. >> Yeah. I'm just saying that if we make a decision and we they haven't ma the state hasn't made a decision, I don't want to have to >> No. So that gonna be some the ESA issues with the state are really the handbook that's used that allows parents to pay for whatever it is they choose to pay for >> and then whether what they pay for actually meets the definition of the handbook and whether AD is um evaluating how the money is being spent and if it's being spent accurately.
And we'll be directing our principles to allow people in for um, supervised access. if I was coming in to read a book for 15 minutes and then walking back out the door, those types of scenarios. So, that is the quick version of that update. Yes. >> Are we still requiring the online trainings for field trips or only fingerprinting? >> Fingerprinting. >> Thank you very much for that update. Are there any comments, questions? member web. >> Um I do think that some of the trainings are valuable and some of the trainings are not valuable. You know, like we would like to have volunteers trained to know confidentiality stuff. Um but there are some things in there like knowing what a kid's allergic to that volunteers wouldn't know anyways. >> Yeah. If you have some suggestions which which of that list of eight or nine or something like that um you think might be appropriate, I'll definitely consider those.
Um told our talked to our director of maintenance. Um long story short, we have found the sculpture. I don't know if it was ever really lost, right? But we have found it in a warehouse uh owned by the city and there's some pictures you can see it's pretty big. He describes it it's good could be six feet tall by six feet wide type of scenario. Uh he he regailed me in some many stories days where the students would pick it up and move it around the school and almost like kidnapped the sculpture and it was sometimes it was inside a lot of times it was outside. Um that type of scenario. Um, Homer Gunn is the artist, an American sculpture born in I got all that. I think I gave out to you. Born in 19 21 to 2001. Um, this sculpture is titled Birth of an Idea.
The cautionary piece for the legislature, if the bill didn't didn't get heard this year, is the legislature attempted a bill this year that said, "We're going to mandate that these kids are allowed to play in your sports and you can't charge them more than what you're charging your own kids." But that bill has not been heard. Never got heard and it's not going anywhere. Do I think it's going to come back in the future? Yes, potentially. So even if you make a decision that like AJ and say it's 600 bucks, if you're not charging everybody else 600 bucks, if this comes through, then you're going to be sitting there with a situation where you can no longer charge 600 bucks. You have to go back to what you're charging everybody else. So that piece, I don't know if that's the differentiation between AD and and the legislator, but but that could impact your decision, too.
>> Great. Thanks much, member Goodwin. >> Just a heartfelt thank you because it really did sort of feel like people weren't welcome. Um, when you see that list and you know, everybody's used to doing a Corey and a story and all of that, but that list was as somebody who did that list, it is >> exhaustive, right? >> Five or six hours um of just again on a screen. So there you go. But thank you. >> You're welcome. And we've still had some people concerned, right? Because >> if they find out late, last minute they have to get fingerprints, they take, you know, they take a little while. Corey checks. we can do pretty quick like within a day or two. Generally the fingerprints right out of our hands and somebody has to drive for that. So there's a little planning and field trips generally also are planned.
And he also had there's also other sculptures in Greenfield right now at the corner of Federal and Maine on the property of the bank. Right. I I don't know. I don't want to say it's not the banks. I think it might be the city's sculpture, but I don't know. That um that looks like a whale tail type scenario there. F with a fountain. Also, the memorial of the war or veterans memorial. I don't want to call it the wrong um the wrong name. And then there are others located in other places. Um what the parties are looking for potentially is to put that back to the high school to some extent. That's James's thought and idea. So, we we're presenting that to you. He did have two sons, Peter and Stephen, who did graduate from Greenfield High School and his wife taught in Greenfield for many years on that.
>> Okay. All right. Thank you. Um let's see here. 11.6 six discussion and information regarding the 26 27 board meeting dates. >> I would just ask that you take a look at those dates. Those are the ones proposed for next year. I think there's one or two adjustments because of of Veterans Day falling on a Wednesday that we normally hold a meeting and u and spring break and then we'll come back next month with your approval of those dates. >> Okay. Um 11.7 discussion information on the final pay of the schoolwide student achievement from Proposition 301 performance pay. >> In terms of that one, uh this is just to let you know that next month we'll come forward with the list of teachers that have met their goals. Um and we'll be asking for approval of the payment of of 301 for those teachers that have met their goals.
They don't pop up just tomorrow. So there's some stuff on everybody but we are going to make it easier but not um any more dangerous if that makes sense. >> Y >> great. Yes, really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Um, let's move on to item J. An update from the superintendent on the sculpture by Homer John. >> Yes, this is a kind of a little fun whimsical thing. I've attached some pictures in your uh online materials and an article from 2016. So, I received the phone call. I'll give you the quick version maybe midwinter. We received an email first. Then I called the gentleman uh James Ftopolis. I don't want to say it the wrong way, but um and to look for a sculpture. He's Greenfield he James Greenfield High class of 1954 and um he had talked about a sculpture that had been donated to Greenfield High in the 70s and was wondering where it was.
So, we do have the sculpture found and kind of just throwing it out there. There's the potential, right, always to apply for whether it be community preservation funds for a I'll use the word base without my lack of art artistry for understandingvious on that. and obviously finding a location for it to honor, you know, the great artwork and a gift to the school. So, I present that to you. >> Is that a motion to direct you to seek community preservation funds or some other funds for Flint? I think that's is that what's needed right now? >> Is that in your perview? No. >> Expenditures of money. Yes. member. No, I'm joking. >> This is so in our purview. >> Yes, but obviously we'd like to do anything we can to help. >> Great. >> Child, >> well, do we need to have that base? Because if that interferes with the students picking it up and moving it, >> I do not want the students picking it up and moving it.
It has to be done at the July or excuse me at the June 10th meeting because we have to get the checks out and so we don't have an option on that one. Okay. Um, an 11.8 discussion information on the final payment of administrative performance pay plan. >> Exactly the same thing. It's just tied with administrators instead of 301. >> Okay. Um, do we want to do future agenda items now? I guess so. Um, do you guys have any future agenda item requests? I think you already said yours, right? and Shel, we talked about maybe for our June retreat the agenda. >> Um, yeah, for the June for the June retreat, can is there any way that we could get the the agenda maybe a week before just in case they look it over and want to add something else? Okay, good. >> Just as a reminder, that retreat will start at 11 o'clock.
Um described it to me, you know, I took a lot of notes. He and I talked for quite a while, had a good conversation. Um told our talked to our director of maintenance. Um, long story short, we have found the sculpture. I don't know if it was ever really lost, right? But we have found it in a warehouse, uh, owned by the city and there's some pictures you can see. It's pretty big. He describes it. It's good, could be six feet tall by six feet wide type of scenario. uh he he regailed me in some many stories in the days where the students would pick it up and move it around the school and almost like kidnapped the sculpture and it was sometimes it was inside a lot of times it was outside um that type of scenario. Um Homer Gun is the artist an American sculpture born in I got all that I think I gave all to you born in 1921 to 2001.
>> That's a tradition. Time has passed. >> Yeah, it did seem like it was that. Yes. Um, >> so we'll look into it >> great >> for you the next steps and I know there's cycles for that and I know they just awarded some so it might be the next year cycle etc. But just so you know you can see it we have it in the meantime should before that anybody want to do anything with it um or find a spot in life. Oh no it's secure right now. >> Yes. Uh the the plan is right up to >> possibly if that's >> up to you, right? >> Where our community wants it. >> So you have you have some information. So there we go. We will get you some more on that as well. >> Appreciate you. >> All right, we are moving into old business.
Um, and it'll and it'll go till It may only make 3:00 or 4 o'clock. We will have dinner available reviewable because the board meeting will start at 5:30. Um uh so that if if you can't get home in time, you have a chance to get a bite to eat. Um and then the regular meeting will start at its normal time. >> Okay. All right. So 13 discussion consideration approval to move into executive session to discuss employee dismissal pursuant to ARS 38-431.03A1 03 A1 and for legal advice and con consultation with the board's attorneys uh regarding the EVIT lawsuit pursuant of ARS 38-431.03A3. So we need to make a motion to go into executive session. A motion to convene to executive session pursuant to ARS 38-431.03A1 03 A1 and three to discuss employee dismissal and for legal advice. >> A second. >> All in favor? >> I motion carries four to zero.