001Call this meeting to order. Uh this Tuesday, September the 9th, 2025 at 5:00 pm in the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District number 35, Governing Boardroom, District Office 570 Camino Leto Galindo, Rio Rico, Arizona. Can we all please stand for the pledge? You, >> Mr. Ben, can you please help us with the with the pledge? >> Lead us to the pledge. I >> pledge allegiance >> to the flag >> the flag >> states of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> That's what you get for being absent. I'm just >> All righty. Next subject is called to order. Miss Alma de Laiva >> here. Uh, Mr. Rene, sorry, Mr. Ben Guerrero. >> Here, Mr. Rene Ramirez >> here. >> Hey, thank
002you. Mr. Brad, >> and I'm here. We have a quorum. Next subject is the adoption of the agenda. Mr. Redu, >> we move under consent agenda item number F or item five, number 11 on page seven, classified substitutes. Um, we had some individuals that were uh put as um classified substitutes but should be volunteers. Miss Ketta M. Cruz and Molly A. Johnson should be under volunteers and not classified substitutes. >> Okay. All right. That's what this is for, right? >> Okay. Um, is there a motion? >> Approve. >> Is there a motion to approve the agenda as presented with those changes? >> Move to approve. Uh, where we at? Where we at? >> Two. >> Okay. Move to approve the agenda with item number five and the revisions. >> Thank you very much. Um, is
003there a second? >> Second. >> Yeah, I second. >> Second. Thank you. Uh, all those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed? Nay. Okay. Eyes have it. Motion passes. Okay. Moving forward. Uh, call to the public. >> No. Call to the public. >> All righty. Are we going to have you as session? >> Okay. So then there is no executive session. >> They have to you have to let the motion die. >> Okay. >> So the motion to go to and then there is no need to go into executive session. >> Okay. Okay. So then um executive session there's no need to go into for the county treasurer. Okay. So then we just move on. >> Do you have a MO? Is there a motion? >> Is there a motion? >> No. No
004motion needed. >> No. No. No motion needed. Okay. So then we >> motion to convene to executive session in conference room 125. No, you don't let it die. >> No, we just let it die. Yeah, we just let it go because we're not going to be doing I I'm sorry I hadn't asked you. >> Okay. Okay. So, then we don't have anything. So, then we move on. Uh superintendence report. >> Thank you. Um quite a busy few weeks. Um attended the press conference which was a lot of uh information regarding some legislative changes and things that are that we'll be actually discussing tonight. Um one of our policy updates. Um so, and also attended ASVA conference with the board members. uh again continuation of learning about uh some of the legislative changes and things that
005are happening um across the state including the empowerment scholarships and things like that that are affecting uh school districts. Um it was very interesting to to hear some of the the discussion about uh declining enrollment across the the state. Um and uh including Kyne School District that is about to discuss during the school year closing six schools this school year right now uh because of declining enrollment. So it's a a different time in um our state with some difficulties that other districts are having. Thankfully uh we are not having those. Also want to congratulate all the the teams as they kicked off their their seasons. Uh volleyball uh winning the the rivalry game. Unfortunately, our football team was not as fortunate. Uh but also our cross country uh winning the the Rattler, which was a
006great event with over 20 different teams on both sides, boys and girls. So I think there was close to 40 teams total um at our event. So I want to congratulate all those uh winners um in the different races including our our team victory. So, um, a lot of positive things happening with the district. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Uh, moving on, uh, governing board members report, Miss Alma de Laiva. >> Yes, thank you. I, um, also attended the the Rick River Rattler cross country uh, meet for the very first time, I should say. I had never ever attended one, >> so now I know what all the excitement is about. And first, I want to a big uh, congratulations to Mr. Chavez and his boys. I saw Yeah, >> I did an
007outstanding uh performance. I was standing right next to your wife and dad, I believe, and it was just so emotional to see how excited they got us. They were both, you know, coming in, your little one and then the your high school, your high school student, Braden. >> Braden. >> Oh, yes. A big congratulations to you. And then I also uh attended the football game this past Friday. And I wanted to uh thank Mr. um Perdugo, Mr. Lopez and the Rio Rico High School athletics team for their hospitality. I enjoyed uh watching the game, the uh dancers, the the band play. Everything was just very nice, very very nice. And along with Mr. Vua and my fellow board members, I also had the opportunity to attend the the summit. Uh one of the well two
008items that uh we discussed was the uh first amendment concerns in schools including the free speech rights of both uh students and staff. And then uh another one was complying with um title n requirements. And then this last week uh I also attended the ASBA law conference and uh two of the sessions that uh actually one of the sessions that really stuck with me although we don't thank God up to right now don't have that kind of a problem was it was called preventing the unthinkable. um keynote speaker there was Jason Russell. I believe he is is or is an exa um secret agent >> uh person. >> Uh but he spoke about creating a safe school environment while also supporting mental and emotional well-being of students. And it's what he called a an a
009risk assessment or some a risk assessment. And it was about identifying the warning signs and escalating behavior uh before it gets to a point that would be unfortunately you know regret regrettable so that he regretful. So >> those uh that that stuck with me >> um and that's all. >> Thank you very much Mr. >> I thank you. Um, I also got the opportunity to attend the football game in the box. That was super awesome. I really appreciate that. Had a lot of fun. It was a great atmosphere. Um, hopefully we get them back next year. >> Definitely get that one back next year. >> Um, unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the conferences even though I wanted to. I'm busy building a fire station right now. So, it doesn't let me >> do much.
010But, uh, >> what are we at on that fire station? 7 million. >> Closer to 8 million. >> Um, but yeah. Um, thank you. Thank you guys for the holiday. It was great. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Uh Mr. Ramirez. >> Yes. Sorry, I was trying to unmute here. So, yeah, I found the conference really interesting. I I I liked what Will Creley had to say when he was going over a lot of the AS I mean uh ASRS rules and there were a lot of things that people said uh that regarding the laws and and new things that have come about and I was talking to Mr. Verdugo about how I found it interesting that they brought up the word credibility when it came to legal uh things that go on in
011school districts. And I was telling him that I was kind of happy to hear that because we worked really hard as a governing board. I mean, I firmly believe that we worked very hard and came up with some solid work to create the policy that we have with regard to things like even lockdowns. And I think that because we work so hard at it, even though it took a lot of time, that we have a magnificent policy and that this policy also helps us avoid unnecessary lockdowns and also definitely unnecessary panic for our parents, staff, students, law enforcement, and the rest of the stakeholders in our community. So I I really was happy to hear about that and again I'm proud of what the governing board has done with regard to that issue. Not only
012Mr. Verdugo uh with regard to lockdowns but you know we we also learned the importance of credibility when it comes to all kinds of legal stuff. Also, I learned about how we walk a fine line as a governing board when it comes to using the word offensive with regard to disciplinary issues because as Will Creley pointed out in many instances of these school cases, uh, they recommended that the school board not try too hard to define what is offensive because they he said that public officials really shouldn't dictate what the first amendment means. it doesn't seem to have worked very well in the in the past. So, I found that really really interesting. Also, I never knew that the DCS had to provide ID to the admin in the public schools. And I'm kind of
013glad about that cuz it it prevents whack jobs from going into the public schools, you know, and pretending that they're DCS officials. I mean, it's just a a really good safeguard. >> So, but I had a great time and I learned a lot while I was there. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Ramirez. Mr. Beach, >> my turn. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you. >> The floor is yours. >> Yeah. Uh safe schools. You mentioned safe schools. I know we have surveys and I heard something on the conference that you got to be careful with high school. >> Uh giving out these uh school surveys and like elementary school because what dangerous at a high school uh is totally different for like second, third graders >> like Mountain View, you know, Mr. Beach, we
014feel very unsafe. Unsafe? Why Mita? There's Beatetles in the hallway. It's like, >> you know, so gotta look at the response. Uh something uh from the conference. Let's see. I didn't know we had to train our peace officers to interact with students with disabilities. So, uh that sort of stuck out to me. Uh they said, "Do not get complacent with security rules and protocols." Uh one of the things they recommended was every staff meeting go over one safety protocol. uh which is a I guess a good protocol to have. It's a one safety protocol. Uh threat assessment teams uh with all the social media and threats going out here and there. Uh I don't know if we do have a threat assessment team but bring in different perspectives like a counselor or principal different areas
015to assess the threat before we act on it. Uh I thought that was sort of interesting and I know we talked about it as a district and I think we have implemented some of that. Uh, let's see. Other than that, Sankai Atano, first graders were busy writing sentences and bringing their uh words to life with drawings. Amazing. >> Good job, Mimi that activity. I didn't learn that activity till the ninth grade. So, they're already doing it in first grade. >> Yeah. >> Yep. Uh football uh game was great atmosphere. Uh brought both communities together. Uh the band, the cheer, the flag team, dance, all were amazing. They kept the atmosphere up. So, uh, kudos to everybody involved. Thanks, Dave, for the hospitality up in the room and, uh, the good conversation. Also, cross country, high
016school, and junior high. Re, really, uh, kicking some booty out there. I think it was Julian Germo. Is it GMO? Uh, time of 1623 for three miles. >> That's crazy. That's like running down to Garrett's, getting me a Coke, and coming back in 16 minutes. That was That's fast. So, yeah, >> that's really cool. >> Yep. So, yeah, we're we're continuing the tradition there. uh flag football game coming up I think in a day or two. Uh it's start time I believe four and six. So I think that's the first flag football team females that we're gonna have. Right. >> And it's a home game. So we go there. >> Uh let's see. Also Sonia Gutierrez, our informationational specialist. She's leaving us on Friday. Got to give her a shout out. >> Yeah. >> Uh
017first impressions are always the lasting impressions. And uh everybody that walked in that door right there, uh Sonia always had a smile. Uh Sonia always had a great conversation and she's such a competitor, you know, to loser. Uh she's going south. >> I know. >> You know, I gotta talk to Son. Who's down there? Shannon and John Fanny. >> Yeah. >> Shannon and Mr. Mr. Fanny. >> And uh yeah, that's about it. >> Thank you very very much. Yeah. Well, >> everything that they said twice as much. Okay. because it was we did everything you know together. Okay, the trust conference was really really amazing. There was a lot of policies that we went through and I mean the guest speakers and all of that stuff that was you know really really good. The ASBA
018conference was also you know we had a lot of um um we had a lot of things that were like eye openeners for us right and we were like whoa wait a minute I didn't know this you know and stuff. So, it was a really, really, really good learning experience, you know, for us. I had to stay. I wasn't able to come to the uh football game, which I wanted to, but I was I'm the advocate for uh for our district, so I had to stay, you know, for the policies that were the new ones. And uh I just wanted to say it was it was a lot better than the years in the past cuz this is my third year going. And one of the things is we had like three pages, okay, of
019things that we had to go through. And it's a and it's a process of going through like every subject. So we had like uh like six or seven seven uh um you know like uh top topics you know and each topic had you know a number of of points that we had to do and um and so we needed to to go through all of them and it's just one of those little things that when everybody has something to say somebody has something that they want to you know to amend or you know whatever. Anyway, long story short I just wanted to say thank you to Mr. Manny Ree because he got up and he said, you know, that um for us instead of going through every single um item that we had here with
020the three or four pages that we had for us to vote on it as a whole. Okay. And uh we did do it, but towards the end we still took a couple of hours, you know, to do some of the things that people had, you know, had amended and stuff because of the verbiage, because of the, you know, the things that they were saying. A lot of people wanted, you know, like words like the gun violence and the schools and, you know, and they had taken those off and a lot of people wanted it on. So, it was kind of like this again a learning experience that you're just like, "Oh my god, I didn't even know, you know, the way the other people, you know, think and and whatever." And then when they give
021their their reasons, some of the reasons are very, you know, you're like, "Okay, I get it. Okay, I know why you're doing this." Because in some of them you're like, "Oh my god, you know, I can't believe that an adult that's very educated is, you know, fighting for something that, you know, that could have been just you put under the table or whatever." But anyway, we did do it as a whole and we did we got out there by noon. Usually we get out there by 3 or 4:00 in the afternoon. So, thank you very much for that. Um, again, congratulations to, you know, all of our teams and volleyball is tonight. It's a home game. You know, hopefully if we're out by then, we can probably go see the varsity. Okay. Cross country. Kudos.
022Kudos. Kudos to the, you know, to my to my grandkids. They were they did so so well. So proud of them. So so proud of them. You see, Nana was the one that Okay, I'm just kidding. Anyway, but congratulations to them, you know. Uh congratulations. Uh good luck to the uh to the football team. Um you know, and to the volleyball and it's really flag football, right? and then the volleyball team tonight and um and everything else that everybody said. Thank you very much. All righty, we move on now to our policies. Uh Mr. Verdugo, >> thank you. Um so tonight um for your approval is the uh legislative changes that dictated policy change. Um there are 10 of them. Um and also just want to remind the board that the procedures are not for
023the board to approve. Those were just FYI. So really the board tonight is approving uh the or discussing and improving if they choose to the 10 um policy updates due to legislative changes and you received all those and and during the conference you heard about each of those changes and what they entail. Uh so tonight uh really the recommendation is just to approve as presented >> um and answer any questions that the board may have. >> Okay. So then does anybody what it's um okay what do I do now does everybody have to say something or is it does anybody have any any >> we can discuss the policies if there >> are there any discussions >> discussions >> I just have one question >> okay >> uh is this mandatory that the governing board
024do this >> um so yes because we have until September 26 when they become law and again all of these are related to uh legislative changes that require us to approve. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Any more questions, Mr. Ramirez? >> No, ma'am. No, ma'am. Thank you, >> Mr. Beach. None. I have none either. So, okay. So, then what we're going to do is that is there a motion uh to was it? Hold on. Okay. To uh possible motion to update and approve the following policies as presented. >> That's it. That That's all you need to say. >> So, moved. So moved. >> Second. >> Oh, thank you, Mr. Rides. Um, all those in favor say I. I. >> I. All those opposed, nay. >> Okay. Eyes have it. Motion
025passes. Mr. Verdugo. And this is the next one, right? >> That's the uh the next one is to uh prioritize topics. So, if there's any additional topics, um we do have the ASV county meeting coming up on September 22nd. And again, just a reminder to the board that there is transportation that will be provided uh from here at the district office um to and from Elgen because it is a little bit of a drive. >> What the date on that? >> It's September 22nd. >> 22. >> Yes. Um at 4:30. Um Angie, what time would we be leaving? >> 2:45. >> About 2:45. Yeah, that's what she had told us from. And we can park here and then we can go on up. >> Yes. >> That way we can all get there and come
026back at the Yes. >> Because last year it was at P. No, the year before last was at Patagonia and I thought it was going to be in the same place, but now it's in Elgen. >> Yeah, it's in Elgen. So, um again, it's uh all board members are registered. If you can make it, um >> um 2:45 be the the leaving time here at the district office. >> Okay. >> Um next governing board meeting is September 23rd. Um and then uh we will also have our school emergency response review executive session. Just wanted to I know that there was some question of when we would do that and we all include it in October um uh as a review of all of our uh emergency response and again it is done in executive session
027to maintain confidentiality with what we do as a a team. Obviously the the members of our team that need to know know but it's also again an opportunity for the board to review and ask questions about our safe school safety and and procedures. >> All right. >> Okay. So then we move on. Yeah, there's no >> nothing else >> unless the there is any future topics that the board would like to add to the list. >> I would like to >> Excuse me. What? Mr. Mr. Ramirez, what would you like to add? >> I would like an update on the shade structures for the pool because I firmly believe that we need to have we need more shade and u >> I I I often wonder I just want to say something. I often wonder
028whether we could take care of it locally, but something tells me that Dr. Lunderville and Mr. Verdugo would probably remind me that we probably can't do that because of insurance policies. Am I right? >> There are some things with that, but we're looking at uh different options for that. Um because we obviously we know that the winter is coming up, so it's probably a good time at that point. Uh and we also need to make sure that we budget for it. Um, and so we're also looking at uh grant opportunities and those type of things. And we did finish the uh scope uh for solar um and that will be coming uh to the board soon as well. So >> okay, >> we'll give it a >> we could just put it on the agenda
029for the future. I'd appreciate it. >> Y that would be >> Thank you so much and thank you as well, Madam President. >> The shade, right? Okay. >> Shade structures. >> Okay. The shade structure. Mr. Guerrero, anything? No. Mr. Beach? No, I have none either. So we don't have to make a motion for that. Okay. Okay. Moving on. Approval of the consent agenda. Sorry. Uh any matter on the consent agenda will be removed from the consent agenda and discussed as regular agenda item or items upon the request of any board member. Uh Miss Lariva, do you have any uh >> none? Mr. Guerrero? No. Mr. Ramirez? >> No. So that you guys can go home early. >> Thank you. Mr. Beach, >> I have nothing either. Okay. So, um, do we have a a motion
030to approve the and accept and ratify the consent agenda as presented? >> So, moved. >> Hang on. You You asked if we had a motion. >> No, I said yes, I did. I did. If we had >> need to make a motion. >> Is there a motion? I said >> he said uh so moved and and he said second. Right. >> Okay. Sometimes when you ask is there a motion another board member needs to make the motion. >> Uh yes. So if you make a motion just make a motion. >> Yeah. And then there and then they >> I make a motion that we approve the consent agenda as it is. >> You always confuse me because sometimes you let me and sometimes you don't. She second it. Okay. Oh very good. Okay. All those
031in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed may. >> Okay. Eyes have it. Motion passes and we are adjourned. The time is 5:24 people. Thank you very much. Have a great afternoon. Thank you for coming.