001Okay, follows a regular uh board meeting to order on October 7th, 2025 at 5:00 pm 570 Camino Leto Galindo, Rio Rico, Arizona. Would you please stand for the pledge, Ben? To the flag of the United States of the United States, indivisible. >> Roll call. Mr. Renee Ram Ramirez >> here. >> Mr. Bento >> here. >> Mrs. Amma Dear >> here. >> And Miss Lures Vasquez absent. and Brad Beach is present. Uh B, adoption of agenda. >> No recommended changes. Thank you. >> Okay. Motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Then a motion in a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those oppose say nay. >> I have it. Motion carries. Uh call to the public. >> Uh yes, we actually just getting one call to the
002public. >> Okay. >> From high school from Mr. Bluff. And Mr. Chavis, I'm sorry. >> The podium's yours. Sorry, guys. >> I was gonna say, Madam President, but I see members of the board, uh, Mr. Boole, Mr. Chavis, and myself, Su, we've had the distinct honor to be the ALS annual conference chairs for this year. We're excited. It's coming around the corner. And the some of the selection committees reached out to us and we felt it would make sense. Apologize for the delay. um sharing some great news for our district from that side of the world. So I'll share one and then Mr. Sure Chavez will share the other. So a couple of the recognitions that they give out during the annual conference is outstanding board member award and fortunately that Mr. Vasquez is not
003here but I'm happy to report to our district that Vasquez will be recognized as the outstanding board member of the >> and there's a second recognition that Mr. status. So we also have um you know with this with this conference um we have a very very strong presence in in um in the whole conference but one of the things that we're very proud of as well um we we um we do have the honor of recognizing a superintendent um with our state and so so Mr. Verdugo um will actually be uh he'll be recognized at the conference and so we are very very excited for that. He did not know that. So as you can tell like hey >> um so um so he was recommended and um and and and um and the board
004talked about that and and he was voted as as one of the recipients for that award as well. So, we're going to have a very strong presence at that at that conference this year, and we're extremely proud of all the work that both of them have done for for our community, for for all for all the students that we serve. Um, and so, um, we're we are very excited. We're just under four weeks from the conference. So, um, you know, we're looking forward to, you know, to to to having the conference and celebrating all all the achievements, you know, from them. And also, um, so Mr. Verdugo is also going to be part of a panel that that that we will have as well um with with multiple superintendents from different school districts that will
005be able to share their knowledge and and with um all the all all the aspiring leaders who are who will be at that conference. So, um, we have we have some strong representation from all over the state from, um, superintendents that are at different size school districts that serve different populations. Um, and he is and he is one of the the panelists that we'll have. So, we're looking forward to having him there and share his knowledge with everybody else that that's at that conference. So, thank you very much. >> Congratulations, Mr. Veru. Outstanding superintendent of the year and Vasquez will be the outstanding board member. One thing that came up in our conversations is um we have some new other news that will come up in terms of other other competitions, other contests that come.
006Our work is one of them. We're very excited for those to to be shared when in due time. But we did ask, you know, because we're the co-chairs from Santa Cruz Valley and share with the executive director some concerns about, you know, wanted to be very much outside of all that process because we didn't want to come across that because of and what was shared and I will quote quote uh Dr. Marvin Novada who's the executive president said you guys are doing great things and you guys decided to come out of your shell and tell us out in the valley all the great things you guys are doing. So a big presence of ais is administrator superintendent from the valley. This is the first time actually that they've had co-chairs from outside of the valley.
007So I feel that that's very spot-on in terms of what's happening down here in our little corner of Arizona. And I think today we'll see a lot of great other things that are happening as well. So congratulations Mr. we're doing, Miss Vasquez. And sorry for the last minute. Thank you guys. >> Hang on. Hang hang on. >> Reference Miss Bosquez, a school board member. I think we can uh maybe say a couple words. Miss Dearo, do you have anything to say? >> Yes. >> No, we can't. We can we can do it during your board member. >> Okay. Board member. >> Okay. Thank you both for Thank you guys very much for your time. Appreciate it. >> Okay. Okay, number two presentations a art student recognition. >> Uh thank you. Um so tonight we are
008it is fine arts month I believe and so we are recognizing students from each of our school sites. Um tonight we have two school sites Mountain View and Guatamuni. So I would like to invite uh Mr. Bar and um Mr. Mack up. You guys will be starting the the night off I believe. Well, it is my pleasure to be here tonight and introduce you to one of my students, Victoria Sto, who I recognized when she was in kindergarten that she had a little extra something. I've kind of tracked her and together over the years and she was in our advanced class um last year and drew a picture of a cat and um which we'll show you and it's um it was really challenging because normally when a student works charcoal they work a white
009tank black charcoal and she opted to do the opposite started with black paper and use the white charcoal, which you think is no big deal, but it's a reversal process in in your brain. If you erase white on black paper, it gets darker instead of erasing something on white paper where it gets lighter. And the same with the shading. Everything is reversed. So, it takes a little while to get a handle on it, but I think she did a good job. And um she she won this award in the county. Uh Victoria want to go around or >> Yeah. >> Let you go around. Hold it and show them your cat. >> Start. Wow. Very in charge level. >> Nice. >> Sorry, I just saw this. I'm Mark Ditmore and I'm the Mountain View Park
010teacher. Sure. >> You tell them. Right. One, two, >> you're going to get your award next week or the week after. >> Is that subing? Good evening everyone. Um, congratulations. It's a night of celebrations. So, um, we're going to finish off with CTMS. They did get the Zapdon show. Um, I was able to see them in the mornings outside coloring, erasing, fixing it, changing it, discussing it. Mr. uh, Dipmar came down and helped with some of the coloring. So, it's a lot of collaboration, but they're going to tell their story. I just want to tell you how proud I am of you and how much middle school is capable of creating work that's bold, thoughtful, and genuinely inspiring. So, congratulations to you guys. It's going to be yours. I know Mr. Mack has a word
011and then I think the mic is yours. Okay. >> So, absolutely, I am unbelievably proud of these students. If you can imagine, this was a giant piece of art and there was several students involved from different groups. But this group here, these were the uh the core leaders of the group. When you have a project that's pulling from all these different classrooms, you need students that can just kind of keep everybody on track. Otherwise, it would have become a disaster. But the piece of artwork that they they made is amazing. And uh I don't want to steal any any of their thunder. They're capable. So, I'm going to bring them up and give them the microphone. >> Hi. Uh, my name is Andrea Garcia. I'm in eighth grade. And on the project, um, well, I
012did a little bit of everything. I worked on the background on the design of the horse and the cavalier as well because it also has a lot of details. Um, we also took a lot of discussion. I was part of uh from the discussion of what we were going to do to the end when we did all the name tags uh in the poster. My favorite part of it was mostly the background because I think it makes the horse uh and the cavalier pop out. Uh and I really loved it. Um another thing I loved is the name tags because I feel it represents every single one of us worked on the on this piece of art and I really loved it. The hardest part though it was the background because we had a lot
013of uh deciding to do because we just couldn't find the right color. But then um we did have a lot of help with Mr. Mac and also Mr. Daswell and we got to pull this off and we really um I would actually like to show you something that I'm working on. Um it is a ballerina. Uh, I really like painting and um I've been a dancer myself. So, I really love painting. It's something I do and I I love all these details and um everything that you can do with me. But yeah, I really love this piece and uh I was so proud of everyone that worked with me in this piece. Uh now we will give the mic to ta. >> My name is Ta and I'm seventh grade. Um I also worked on
014everything. I worked on the background on the horse and the cavalier. Um my favorite part of the project is probably the horse. I really like how it turned out nice and also the background and we had to change it last minute but I think it turned out pretty nice that um I'm going to be showing you guys a Native American girl that I'm painting right now in Korea. Thank you. pass too, Jackie. >> I'm in eighth grade. Um, my favorite part of the project was um background and um the sport. Um my favorite part of the project was was uh uh painting the the background with more layers to have like that texture background. The hardest part was um the right colors to blend the background and I'm looking forward to sharing my sketchbook with
015me. That's the Hi, my name is Kay. My part of the painting was the background. My favorite um part of it was the boards. The hardest part was probably the background. Different students were at different times. So like like like different people have like different ideas with it. So yeah, I look forward to sharing a painting of a a horse I'm working on. So yeah, I'm going to pass the mic to Hi, my name is I am in seventh grade. My job in the piece was the background. My favorite part was of all the colors in the how they all came together. My least favorite part was changing background last minute. We show some pictures. Hi, my name is My favorite part was doing the the horse because it had action and it made it
016look before I was adding textures to it. And I'm looking forward to sharing my project that I'm working on paper. somebody else. >> Oh, that's cool. >> Especially during Halloween. Are you still working? >> You're good. >> You want to Do you want me to hold one if I stand in the background? You're fine. Okay. You were really good. starts out. Mr. Google. Do you want to take a And then Rebecca also smiles. One, two, three. >> Good. Now, whatever Mr. tells you what to do after. That's what you do. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, I think >> so proud of to see so much talent between you know all of you and all of you individually. I'm so proud of you. Um congratulations on your recognition. It's, you know, very very deserving and uh
017congratulations to your parents as well. The group are ongoing. Those pictures are just beautiful. They're beautiful. Congratulations. >> I I think it's great. You guys did amazing job. Uh, one of the coolest things I heard about this though is that you guys worked through some some issues and some problems, right? you didn't like, you know, how how it was coming out in the background. Even though it was last minute, you guys changed it and made it work. That's an important thing that you guys did right there. You guys went through the process. You guys listen to each other and and I commend you guys for doing that because uh that's part of life, right? Sometimes things don't work out. We got to readjust and we make it happen. So, super proud of you guys. >>
018Yeah. I just want to tell you that I taught a lot of subjects over the years and in my German classes for 20 years there at Rio Rico High School, the kids used to laugh at me because they knew that my weakness was art. I could never draw. You know, the best I ever could do was like stick figures and they used to crack up. I mean, I could get my point across with stick figures, but that was as good as I got. So there's a running joke with with my kids, but I'm telling you it's your weakness and you see things like this, it's just incredible. I can never do anything like that. And so like Mr. Lariva said, as a group, you guys are really something else. A lot of individual talent as
019well. And I liked all the colors. I was noticing all the the colors and the different and all the the different paintings. But um I was going to ask you guys who who decided to put the green around the horse. >> Mr. >> Yeah, it's cuz he went >> he just happened to come down one morning. >> You got give him an award, too. >> It was a great idea. I like the green because it somehow brought that action out the horse. That's what I felt anyway when I saw it. So, yeah, I really like that. And then I was noticing those are are those sunflowers in the background. >> Yes. >> Yeah, the background does make a big difference. I like the contrast of the colors, but >> the the time was running out
020and it certainly was. Oh, sorry. The the time was running out and uh just trying to get that background together. It came down to the wire for sure. Everything seemed to work really well like through the horse and the cavalere. But that background because the the the fear was like let the good times grow. So how could we make the cavalier match growing theme pulled it off? >> Pretty amazing. >> Those colors are something else. But you guys did a magnificent job. I want to thank you very much for representing our community with pride, your school, but also our community with a lot of pride. Thank you so much. >> Well, I want to thank each and every one of you for having the courage to get up there and speak, especially in front of
021your parents, in front of Mr. Verdoo, the head honcho of this uh school district. So, it takes a lot of courage to do that. And uh yeah, looking at that drawing of the Cavalier, you know, I can barely get the paint on my walls with my wife. I want it yellow, purple, let alone having like six, seven students, you know, put pink in the background. No, purple, pink, purple. Did you guys take a vote on it or >> we discussed it and we came to an agreement over time? >> Okay. But with that drawing, all of your uh unique little talents you all put into that picture to make it what it was. And Miss Cavetta, is that going to be displayed at the school or? >> Yes, it is. We're putting it in the
022fiesta room. We had the Cavalier Strong. We're we're over that one. So, the amazing artwork and we we try to put all of the pieces over the years. Okay. >> We have them in our office in a safe place where nothing will get damaged. So yes, it'll be going on there after it goes through the county and different areas. So yeah, they should be very proud that Viesta rooms for them. For us, it's it's to celebrate lots of things. So that's definitely one piece to have. >> Awesome. Well, the cool thing about that, it'll probably be up there for many years and a piece of you will live in that drawing and you can come back 10, 15 years. Hopefully it's still there and uh say I helped draw that. So congratulations. And looking at
023all the pictures, you got Native Americans, ballerinas, horses. Uh, let's see. One of you had the spooky pictures. I thought it was a velociraptor something. Uh, you guys, same class, but you guys have so different unique talents and visions. So, uh, keep that up. And, uh, thank you to the parents for supporting your child's artwork, especially at home hopefully. And uh they're definitely if they continue practicing, you're going to be like your master teachers over there. That uh Angelo said that you guys were his favorite classes. >> Yeah. So >> the Macau the background was done by Angelo Mononttoya, I think it's >> Montayor. Uh and it was all done by uh pencil color pencils. So yeah, pretty impressive. So thank you guys. Y >> yeah, thank you. Just wanted to again reiterate all that
024the board members said. Thank you and thank you to Mr. Mack and Mr. Dipmar for their continued excellence in in teaching our our students. And again, this is just the first night. Um October 28th, we will have uh Saidano Ruga High School at Calabasas sharing their artwork that night as well as continue with fine arts month sharing all the the work students are doing. But again, congratulations and thank you to all the students and again thank you to the parents. Thank you. You should probably say you wanted to exit half the time. >> Thank you guys. Thank you parents. I don't know who daughter, >> but his house has bunch of murals around it. >> Thank you. They thinned out the herd. >> Denise, you're always in the back. >> Smart girl. >> Yeah. >>
025All right. B Superintendent report. Thank you. Just wanted to again congratulate all the students for all of their efforts and art and all the stuff that they're doing. Uh this week uh we we visited or actually last week we visited uh Mountain View which was our first of the visits and got to spend some time with the students. Uh unfortunately we had to cancel this week but um we will reschedule those. But our visit from Mountain View was very positive in the classroom seeing a lot of different happening inside the classroom. Um, and then we got to eat lunch with some students and that's always the highlight of it. Not that I don't enjoy going to the classrooms because I do that, but spending time with students um is always fun and hearing some of
026the things. And they said they're I said, "What would you like to improve about Mountain View?" And all five of them said nothing. >> He said, "We love Mountain View. We love our teachers. We love all the things that we're learning from them." Uh, so it it was great to to hear it. And then I asked them about uh the new food service and they said, "Much better." >> Yeah. Good to hear. So that was a positive hearing that from them of that they really enjoy uh the new food and the options that they have. They said there just more options, more food that they are enjoying eating uh compared to previous years. So um and one of them said I used to bring my lunch every day. Now I don't bring my lunch any
027which was um again positive to hear. But I wanted to to again congratulate Mr. and the the team for all the work that they're putting in because it was very evident of all the stuff that they're working on in the classroom and how the students are responding and congratulate all the athletic teams as they continue their pursuit uh this year. Cross country I know has some some things coming up um and I think they were and Woodbridge did a great job out there in California representing the school district and um volleyball has has been on a roll winning their their games. Um I know we have football and fly football that have been strugg uh but fly football continues to to impress in their first season. So I want to congratulate that. That's it. Thank
028you. >> Thank you Mr. Rubble. Uh see governing board members report Mr. Lariva. >> Yes. Well first of all regarding the surprise we just received. That is a wonderful surprise. Although I'm not surprised because we are the best. So I'm not surprised there. So congratulations to Mrs. uh Vasquez to Miss Vasquez and uh Mr. Verdigo, congratulations to you as well. Very deserving for, you know, to for both of you. So, congratulations. And then I do want to apologize for not attending the homecoming. I although I I know I had promised I would be there, but the rain kept me from attending. It was pouring over by my house as just as I was about to leave. So, that kept me from it. As well as an email that I got letting us know that there
029will be no snacks. So, that that that that didn't help either. Um and then um congratulations to the Hall of Fame um committee. The induction ceremony committee was just uh wonderful. Uh congratulations to all the um inductees. Uh very welld deserved. Um and thank you for the committee for the wonderful ceremony. Everything was beautiful. The food was delicious. And then a special thank you to Francisco Padilla for an excellent job as a master of ceremonies. And then with Mr. along with Mr. Berdo and Miss Vasquez, I also attended the site uh visit at um Mountain View. Uh so yes, thank you to Mr. Uneho and we visited all the classrooms actually and we got to see students engaging in engaged in learning and yeah, my my favorite part was having the lunch with the students.
030It was just wonderful, you know, to have lunch with them and converse with them and listen, you know, just how they speak and how, you know, it's just wonderful to see that age, you know, and how they they converse with you and get their point across. It's just uh I have forgotten all about that since my children are all grown as know it's I have forgotten all about that. And then um and of course I am looking forward to the other uh to visiting the other school sites in the in the future. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> It's a good >> Yeah, I just want to echo, you know, what she said. Congratulations to both of you. Very well, you know, earned and deserved. Um other than that, I I haven't got an opportunity
031to go eat with the case, but uh I'm trying I'm trying to make times on my schedule, so that seems like a fun thing to do and something that I really want to do. So, um, but other than that, that that's that's about it. Thank you, >> Mr. Ridus. >> Yes, of course. Congrats to both of you and I'm sure with your great public speaking skills that you'll do a spanking good job over there, representatives, >> congrats again. And she gonna say, yeah, and I was happy to see that Miss Coyle was rep was um chosen in the ceremony. You know, she was honored. It was very influential. My daughter Marisol used to tell me a lot about her when she at the dinner table and then even when she my daughter played for the
032symphonic band at the University of Arizona and you know she would talk about her and Mr. Brewer of course both of them. So she had a big influence on Marisol and I remember that and I was really happy to see that she was she was honored and yes Mr. Beach it's your turn. >> My turn. >> All right you go. >> Well >> uh yes thank you to the Hall of Fame committee. uh for all the hard work you guys did and there were some outstanding recipients with John Fanning. Uh who else are there? Wesley, >> the band. >> So very very well uh deserved for for those individuals. And Mr. Chavez, Mr. Lopez, thank you for representing at the ais Alice uh conference. And uh congratulations Mr. Berdoo and lure this. We'll congratulate her
033when she shows up. Uh she's uh missing an action today. Also, uh reading through a partnership with UVA 300 to 500 plants. They're going to be planting, I think, down the frontage road. Hope somewhere around there. >> Yeah, they're they're still determining where, but >> Okay. And I think maybe we could uh steal 50 and put them at Mr. Chavez's school right around the playground area, you know, out there. Maybe down on the football field. Yeah. So, we'll see if we can work on that. Uh this is a couple weeks old, but I want to thank Jimmy Navaro for taking Alma and Luris to the county meeting up in uh Donoa. So thanks Jimmy. And uh who won the award up there? Ben. Beginner's luck. >> Ben Ben won award and so did Lordis. So
034yeah, Alma and I got participation rivets. >> Yeah, we didn't get nothing, man. Beginners. So, uh, congrats to you, too. Let's see. Yes, and thank you to Mr. Armiko. Uh, we did go I had my three, uh, shadows with me, my two, three year olds and a two-year-old. And we got there early and we walked in every pretty much about four or five, five, six classrooms. And I got to give a shout out to Miss Via. She had uh James, Aaliyah, Emma sit down with the class. they were pronouncing the letters of the alphabet. They would get up and dance around and I can't get them to do that. So, she was just an amazing teacher. She ran what she was doing with those kids was amazing. We walked into the reading specialist room, four
035teachers working with small groups. Uh they were doing pronunciations. I even went out of there like b boy. Yeah. I was like, >> yeah, just amazing uh what was going on at that school. So, I think it's definitely going to show up in our our state test results with all that hard work, but an amazing school over there. And hopefully we get to see the other ones that we rescheduled. And uh yeah, I'm I'm watching over the grandkids, so I might have to drag them along. Yep. Uh let's see what else. Um October month, we celebrate our principles. Yes. So, congratulations to all our principles. Uh this is your month. We celebrate you for all your hard work that you guys do. uh not only this month but throughout the year. You guys are appreciated
036and uh thank you. And let's see. Thank you to Miss Padilla for keeping the strategic design committee on task and focus. We accomplished a lot of things uh this past Saturday. And uh yeah, we're making we're making headway. So, thank you for all your hard work. Let's see. And last but not least, Audrey and Angie, thank you guys for collecting all those clothes that you're talking about. We're having a big uh uh clothing display for all the high school students to come out and pick their stuff. You guys charging or no? No. Man, what a ganga. Yep. Thank you for all all the hard work uh putting that together. Yep. That's all I got. Okay, let's see. Superintendent Governor Board number three information discussion and action. A Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District policies. >>
037Uh no no updates on on policies at this time unless there's anything that the board would like to miss. >> I have nothing. >> Okay, moving along. B propose and prioritize topics and possible dates, times for future board meetings. >> I just a reminder that this is fall break. So, uh, teachers will out and staff be out, but we, um, all school sites, um, principles that all public employees will continue to work unless they decided to take some time off and, uh, they would been, um, notify everybody that their school would be closed at that time, but next week and then our next governing board October 28th. So and then if there's any additional future topics again we have that list but um the additional topics that the board is requesting. >> Mr. Nothing Mr.
038Guerrero Mr. Ramirez >> I have I have nothing. >> Okay. Consent agenda. Any matter on the consent agenda will be removed from the consent agenda and discussed as a regular agenda item items upon the request of any board member. Does any board member want to request anything to be taken off? Mr. Midas good. Okay. Uh motion to approve accept and ratify the consent agenda as presented. So move >> then a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. All those opposed to the meeting. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Um, executive session a superintendent contract. Executive session pursuant to ARS 38431.03A12. Notice is hereby given to the general public that the governing board of Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District number 35 may vote to hold an executive session for the
039purpose of discussing uh the contract of the superintendent and possible discussion of record exempt from public inspection. Uh motion to convene to executive session in room 125 conference room. So move >> second. >> Motion and second. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. All those oppose say nay. motion carries. >> You guys can leave if you like it. >> Yes. >> Denise, you're good. All right. Motion to reconvene to regular session district governing board meeting. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Made a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. All those oppos say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. And this meeting is now adjourned at >> 555 >> 550ish >> 550. All righty.