001e e e my KNE how are you this oh I might for our meeting March 5th could everyone please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge Ali to the flag of the United States of America and to the republ for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all okay thank you all for being here tonight um we will move on to 3.1 request to address the governing board and we have a few so I'll just go in order that I was handed the stack here do we we no one have a statement here we do okay I just haven't turned the page yet okay okay all right so um I'm going to read a statement first so that everyone understands how this is going to go pursuant to Arizona
002revised Statute 38-43 1.01 this agenda item provides an open call to the public allowing individuals an opportunity to address the governing board on any issue within the jurisdiction of the governing board members of the public wishing to address the the governing board are required to complete a public participation form and submit the completed form to the superintendent prior to the meeting individuals recognized by the board president must State his or her name speakers May comment on any item on the agenda or topics not listed on the agenda no personal attacks on the governing board staff or other community members will be allowed individual comments must be limited to No More Than 3 minutes each and no more than 30 minutes will be devoted to the public comment portion of the agenda governing board members are
003not permitted to take action on any matter that is not on the agenda okay Adrian AOA come on up sir thank you hello how are you good how are you I'm good um I would like to speak on part of Coach Hathcock um I don't think it's fair um towards him he shouldn't have to leave like that um it wasn't fair to us because we've had coaches we've had coaches out of my four years in high school we've had different head coaches uh he wanted to stay but um a problem happened I don't know was too involved um he built a bigger bond with the whole football team uh my I've only had him for one year so it was a great opportunity to be with him um towards that he's built uh the biggest
004bond with the football team since we've all been together um we all have each other's back um also the amount of discipline he put towards us cuz compared to last year it was it was amazing like we were getting fights probably every can view game Millennium game and now it's just it's a whole different program there he changed the whole culture around and I would just appreciate it there was an answer why he's leaving thank you thank you Jolene rice going to read from my phone um I've never done anything like this before so this is new for me my name is Jolene my son Adrian is a junior at verado high school um it went away hold on uh please forgive any nervousness as I'm new to speaking at events of this kind I
005here today to share my appreciation for the impact coach Hathcock has had on my son's life during the his time at verado high school coach hcock has demonstrated remarkable leadership uniting the boys and imparting valuable life lessons in light of his exceptional contributions I respectfully request that you reconsider coach hathcock's employment status with verado high school as he is a vital asset to our children's educational experience and personal growth that's all I have thank you thank you Samantha Hamlin okay good evening my name is Samantha Hamlin and I'm here today due to Executive session item 11.1 relating to Canyon View counselor shelanda Smith I'm here to show support for her today I will say as I as I am up here I'm a bit hesitant to speak publicly because I currently have a student at
006canny View High School but I feel it is important to let you know my experience with her over the seven years I have had a student attending cany View High School my oldest is a graduate from the class of 2022 and I currently have a junior there I was introduced to Miss shelanda Smith in 2018 as the sponsor for cany views interact Club a kanana sponsored community service club that both my students have been involved with I have watched Miss Smith get involved with many clubs events and activities on campus supporting the students at Canyon View interact Club black student union rocks facilitator girls flag football girls who code CV site Council meetings and covering many extra game duties on top of her currently full counseling load she does it all with great pride and
007without any recognition and I'm here today to make sure she receives it Miss Smith has always been an advocate for the students she treats them like young adults and make sure that they know they have a voice that should be heard she Fosters relationships with them greets them by name and always with a bright smile daily she supports them in their Endeavors to become College and Career ready but to also have them ready for life challenges they will be handed she encourages her students both in and out of the classroom and rebels in their success and supports them during times of disappointment lifting them up when they need it most over the last three years at Canyon View High School my my junior student has had three different school counselors I am aware that on
008today's board meeting he will re be receiving his fourth counselor next year for his senior year making it difficult to to transition each year and meet his academic needs I am therefore so grateful that Miss Smith has always been so reliable with information and guidance throughout the years up until this year I have been active with Canyon View site Council for those six years I watched Miss Smith attend them all and most of the time she was the only staff member to show up she was always there to learn listen and collaborate I have seen many counseling changes at Canyon View a lot over the last few years many staff members come and go all while shelanda Smith has been a constant friendly face at Canyon View since it opened in 2018 Miss shelanda Smith
009has helped my students tremendously during their time at Canyon View and I want to say thank you to her for all she has done losing her will be a huge loss not only to the students but the parents at cany View High School thank Manuel Garcia hello my name is Manuel Garcia I have a son Henry he plays bro of High School uh he's one of Mr oo's uh teammates and I have a question or several questions in fact as to what is the plan moving forward in regards to the football program head coach whether it's coach Hathcock or anybody else for that matter just what is the overall plan because just saying we're hiring another coach is not a plan you know that that's a generic answer that we've been getting we have been
010be we as parents and the players have been being given for the last month and a half since the announcement was made that coach hack would be leaving in his defense uh I spent a lot of time in the Marine Corps I know leadership when I see it um I spent close to 20 years in the Marine Corps as well as my father before me coach Hathcock has a unique leadership style that speaks to these young men I know personally just like the young Mani prior to me said about the fighting last year my son was involved in one of them okay both in the locker room on the field he put a he put the end all that he and not to take anything away from any of the other coaches because they all
011do a great job but he brought it all together and I think that really needs to be reconsidered that's all than thank you and Tom Tom hman hello my name is Tom Hegman I don't have a written statement and I regret that a lot right now um and I I wrote a letter uh to and I actually got a response from each one of you I really appreciate that so I won't go through everything again I'll just stick with kind of I I felt like I I feel obliged to be here to stand up and just voice some concerns um and support for the football program the school and for Coach Hathcock uh it takes a lot to bring someone in to do the type of work that he has achieved um and what he's
012done for my son in particular my son is a senior he'll be graduating but I felt like we could provide a perspective of we seen the process we we've seen what the end result can be um to where you know at the beginning of the Season or last season we weren't sure if you know football really wasn't on this on the horizon as a future uh it was struggling to what can we do to make sure we have the best opportunities ahead of us um as coach Hathcock came in all of a sudden coach Hathcock put the belief into my sunrey that he could play at the college level and he is he'll be playing at Western Colorado University a full scholarship um we're very proud of him he's going to be pursuing not only
013that football but an engineering degree which was important all along the way we've tried to give our son the best opportunities to so he can make a great choice Not only was coach Hathcock integral with that but the school Mr Thomas at the high school was also very integral in giving Trey those opportunities Mr Thomas helped us to make sure that Trey was um was meeting the requirements to get a scholarship so he did he has an opportunity he could have attended University of Arizona Arizona State or Northern Arizona a full academic scholarship because of the help that coach that Mr Thomas I'm sorry I co coach that we uh that Mr Thomas provided so between the two of them the way the school worked together to give these opportunities to my son changed his
014life and changed our life financially and for his opportunities ahead of him I feel obligated to talk about I don't want these kids coming behind us next year's class to miss out on these opportunities the parts that maybe not everyone sees is the the effort that coach Hathcock put into talking to these colleges not just hey I want to play football he found the school that had the engineering program that was best fit for Gordy G that's my other son I see Mr colum and I think I'm Gordy Mr Colton was integral in integral when my son was with me Mr colum he had an iup needed a lot his dyslexic now Gordy has graduated with a degree in astrophysics and he's taking it he's pursuing a PhD at the University of Arizona so again
015someone that can affect um my son but everyone else's kids coming down the road they're going to miss this opportunity they're going to have their third coach in three years I'm here to ask that I've Heard lots of stories I'm not going to talk about any that I wasn't part of it I don't know stories happen but somewhere in the middle some ground that should be at least considered and if there's anything that we can do as a community to show support or the board can do or the school can do to let's put egos aside whatever's happens happened ask the question what is best for our kids what's best for these kids coming up the stability that they deserve that they've earned and if coach Hathcock is willing to stay and continue that what
016can we do to make that happen and if the school was willing to make some concessions to make that happen and I don't know what's being asked and what's not but if the community knew what those questions were if there's any way we could help to make those things happen the thing I most regretful I'm so I'm so sorry I let you speak for about 15 seconds over appr of I was expecting to me played off I know thank you thank you if I had a violin I would thank you so much and and um I appreciate the comments from everyone today okay moving on to 4.1 um we need to um convene the public hearing on the instructional time model do I have um a motion I move to do what you said yes
017so we will move on to 4.2 Mr okay hello so what we have for you tonight is to review um our adopted instructional time model which we need to make changes due to our graduation change so you can review if you have um any feedback for us we can take that and then present it again next next month I do have a question good um can you tell me how it is that we came about out or we have a schedule change um as per the instructional model is your question to graduation or the schedule yes yes um yes can I go into that as far as what the actual I think the time model is around the instruction but not so much the graduation and that's it's together so I think what we're utilizing
018because we did not have um we were notified um by State Farm Excuse me yes State Farm what is it called now I know State Farm Stadium I to make sure use the right name um us and and numerous other districts that that date was no longer available so um this date there were no Saturday options so we looked at the best um the best option for what it is and in the per and in the purpose under 4.2 it says that rescheduling is due to District graduation ceremony so I think it's I think it's very transparent to say why we're doing so no no thank you that's why you're here then then I'll say it this way um I applaud our team or cabinet um for how it is that you responded to a
019difficult situation um we have found this location to be home to our graduations and I looked at this agenda item as an impact to our instructional time model uh 2,500 students we're going to be attending that graduation at that said location and now as a result of that we have 10,000 students who are going to be instructionally working at home and my own professional and personal perspective is that the best learning takes place in the classroom so I'm bringing it up to say simply um I appreciate the challenge of our c cabinet um to find an alternative I will say um it's less than ideal and I just want to put that on the record um we will have graduation this year at a different location but I think it's very very important to stand
020and advocate for our students and our families that instead of having a graduation on our traditional Saturday that Monday is going to be the designated graduation day so I I just want to put that on record um I was very disappointed to see the impact to our district the impact to parents family members who have books airline tickets have planned in their calendars for a long time for this event for it to be moved from that Saturday to that Monday to an alternative location um I'm very disappointed but I'm thrilled that our team did what they did to make it possible so graduation will go on and we are excited I just wanted to make it very clear how I felt about how that situation was handled outside of our district thank you thank you
021agreed and the only thing I would add is that those of us who had children in 2020 are still upset there was no graduation so at least there's graduation yes there is agree okay thank you thank you m okay do I have a motion we resolve the governing board oh that's the adjourns the public hearing and return to regular session second Sil yes yes no Landis yes okay 5.1 strategic plan brief good evening president acting members of the board superintendent e and our amazing all Community I just want to do a brief introduction as you guys know part of our leadership Padre we try to have our staff that are part of that program opportunities to do things they don't normally get to do in their current role such as presenting to the board so
022part of our strategic plan progress we have Miss Ali Ry who is in her second year of leadership Cadre she currently is at a frea high school she is our parent and Community relationship specialist and she's going to go ahead and give you an update on one of our action items thank you thank you Rachel good evening president [Music] members of the governing board superintendent EAS and members of the AA Community thank you for the opportunity to share the exciting Milestone moment for the cies of the Southwest Valley thank you for the first time our freshman step onto a college campus as part of their guaranteed experience within our Academy's model The Freshman College Jer to Grand Canyon University was a pivotal moment allowing them to explore campus life and start envisioning their academic and
023career Pathways this experience would not be possible without a lot of people including Grand Canyon University Who provided 45 buses over multiple days Swag Bags and lunch for all students our District's transportation department supplementing with nine buses as well as an ada8 bus and they did anything over the 250 seat capacity that Grand Canyon offered on their charter buses for our students um we'd also like to thank cte's Elena Rodriguez for arranging all the transportation at the district level we had volunteer chaperons on each of the trips so two trips have already happened and then we have three more after Spring Break um in the volunteer chaperon include four District members uh the academy coach Bill Babar and freshman experienced teachers counselors and student support Specialists as well as our incoming future Academy coaches and
024our uh assistant principles at each site that are in charge of the Freshman Academy also the CT and Academy's Department led by Nate showman Bill babiar and Marcy Baka um for their coordination and support so so far we've had V and Desert Edge attend and then agaa Canyon View and Millennium will attend after spring break so alog together 2,486 ninth graders will attend this field trip so we are going back to our four e enroll employ enlist in entrepreneurship making sure that all of our students get those experiences and this is important because early exposure builds confidence in postsecondary planning students gain insight into College and Career Pathways and the student feedback has been overwhelming as you can see see on the previous slide right you can see a couple student quotes so I can
025see myself going to college now because I see people like me going to GCU I think I want to look into college I never thought I could do it but our tour guide helped me realized I can and now I feel positive about my future so these are experiences that our students had and now a lot of them are saying I'm starting to get interested in college like maybe I didn't see myself going but now I can see myself so in the fall students also explore career Pathways at our career Expo and now with this freshman uh College Tour we're exposing them to those four e throughout the school year I'd be happy to answer any other questions that you have I don't have any questions but what a great opportunity for freshman to get
026on a college campus and get that eye openening experience so early so that they can really start thinking about what their future could be so thank you thank you thank you all right 5.2 ESS Workforce program Mr Becker all right well good evening president Acton board member super tendis eess and our fantastic hphy Community back here um so tonight we are very excited to talk about our ESS Workforce program uh this is initiative That Came Upon U when we have our our we started our our strategic plan and and it came about because we wanted to make sure that all our students had the opportunity to have the training the necessary skills to gain that competitive employment um in our community or um at best you could come have them come back and work with
027us in our district so um this started about two years ago and we've made a lot of progress so tonight we're just going to have Mr Swanson and Miss laxi talk about the progress we have made and how many students we've affected and and where we go from here resp uh good good evening president Acton members of the governing board superintendent eess and the Iowa frea Community um can you go to the next slide work all right there we are no we're good you went too far um I'm excited to introduce a leite program it stands for learning employment and advancement Pathways it's a program designed to enhance Workforce Development for students with disabilities uh leap is an important part of our grow our own initiative aligning with our strategic plan and seamlessly fitting in
028with the academy model our goal is to create sustainable employment Pathways ensuring that students not only gain valuable work experience but also transition successfully into meaningful careers the program builds upon the foundation of the ESS Workforce program expanding structured support and opportunities to reach more students across all six of our campuses uh with leap we're taking Workforce Development to the next level offering students the resources training and real world experiences they need to thrive in their future careers together we're empowering students strengthening our Workforce and shaping a future where everyone has a place to succeed did you know that less than one in five individuals with intellectual disabilities are employed that's a statistic that we refuse to accept in our school district and we're committed to changing that we believe that every student deserves the
029opportunity to pursue meaningful employment after graduation ation that's why we're working to ensure that our students are fully prepared for competitive job opportunities equipped with both the technical skills needed for their chosen fields and the interpersonal skills both the hard and soft skills but we can't do this alone by strengthening our Partnerships with businesses and Community organizations we creating real world experiences that Empower students and open doors to sustainable careers SL uh commitment to Student Success doesn't end at graduation it continues through a postgraduation we call it the alumni work program we're proud that our school district Remains the only District offering paid alumni employment through our grower own initiative creating real opportunities for students to transition into the workforce right now we're act we have students actively working in the aaia cafeteria gaining valuable
030experience and building on their future careers but we're not stopping there our next expansion will bring opportunities to all cafeterias across our school district and the transportation department further strengthening our efforts to support students Beyond High School uh success stories um we have a former AA student yukari who's employed in the AA cafeteria we have a student named Chris who is uh currently doing an internship with transportation and next year transportation is going to hire him and AJ a current Desert Edge student who's going to work in cany F cafeteria next year and he'll also work alongside Mr eess as a community outreach Ambassador at Future District events uh these are just a few examples of the real world impact um performed um by our ESS department and we're excited about our alumni work program
031by expanding these opportunities we're ensuring that students with disabilities have a pathway to success not just in our schools but in life that's all we have thank you thank you so much any comments I just want to say how exceptional it is that we're um when we say all kids we really mean all kids and that this Academy's program as we drive this initiative forward uh to find Pathways that meet all students needs that we're not forgetting our most vulnerable students so thank you thank you and we did get a lot of this in our work study but we wanted to bring it before the board on our agenda so that the community could also get to know all the wonderful things you're doing for all students so thank you again for presenting thank you
032the old adage um I think we're in great hands with our es team so thank you thank you okay 6.1 consideration of approval of the minutes for the February 5th regular board meeting and executive session we it resolve the governing board approve the minutes of the February 5th 2025 regular board meeting and executive session as presented second silk yes Naylor yes colon yes yes yes 7.1 naming of the Arts Academy Miss Jones good evening president active members of the board superintendent East and the alaa community I'm very excited to be here tonight to present to you three name options for the Arts Academy as discussed earlier in our uh work study uh tonight uh the process consisted of compiling a list of potential names engaging students engaging staff members uh stakeholders just really collecting as
033much uh feedback as we can because this has been quite challenging everybody uh wants to be a part of this school which is amazing everybody has an opinion and so uh we finally had to narrow it down uh to three options to present to you this evening we really consider uh within that narrowing three main key factors we wanted to make sure that students had an strong identity with their school that the name resonates not just with the local community but also Across the Nation and that the name should and needs to convey an elite and distinguish distinguished image of what this school is going to be in the future so once again here are the three options the hilltop School for the Arts Loma School for the Arts where did my one go uh
034oh is it on there damn there's only two okay where are we at the suspense now it is lville School for the Arts so we would like to request the board to approve one of the recommended names for the Arts Academy this evening and I can entertain any questions you might have we're we're gonna discuss it okay I thought we oh and there they are um as an order that's on the agenda option one option two option three alphabetically are those the colors and fonts so that is the font that we're currently uh working with and that we we do like um we have not submitted this to BSN which is the company that we work on with to do vector and polishing because we wanted to wait till we actually had the name before
035we sent something into the company um and the color is uh a burgundy uh which would be one of our choices for the school I have so many thoughts okay um come back do you want start nope so I going yeah um while I know lville Park is uh being very collaborative with us on this project um I do feel like lville Park School for the Arts insinuates that it's kind of a lville park city um initiative only I don't know that it stands out as a as its own school um as much so it's just my first my first take something to think about I can Cur it's also another school district right there and I'm sorry but that's ours I appreciate your comments those were two things I was going to say um
036I know based on my comment earlier about our instructional model um for those of you that don't know me if I come across as a Little Debbie Downer I'm sorry um I think for the past year the Arts Academy has been a very passionate part of my life um and I say that just because the concept has been resonating for a long time and for this to um to have a bond pass so appreciative to our community that this is an option um having walked the property many many times encountered some snakes um kind of an exciting Adventure really um when I think about the opportunity I want to go back to Goodyear high school and Mr Lynn and his process and um to me this is a one-time go we're not going to have
037a chance to go back and rename um the school again so whatever it is that's decided upon this is it there's no going back um as a person as a professional in education and a Community member um I have always struggled in Arizona why people like to name things of schools after Shadows prickly pears um beams of light um I don't know what it is it's a pet peeve of mine um so tonight when I see the names Hilltop okay we're putting a school on a hill doesn't really do it funny Loma is the name of the hill in which the school would go on and and there's some really great things about the history you know peacocks I guess roamed the hillside at some point the past LOM is the name of name that
038was come up with to name that Hillside and then we have a development agreement with litfield Park and our agreement with them is a partnership where we're in a contract where we're building a school a you know an area in joint partnership with them um I strugg naming something after a city that we're in a contract with because with Goodwill and all we I just want to make sure that whatever we name our school um if there were to ever be an issue which I don't expect um still naming something after a city uh good year was an exception but we're in an agreement with Lichfield Park so I kind of feel like that's a little bit of a conflict um to avoid so how do I say this as nicely as I can we
039have one chance to do this and I would be really interested in seeing all the list of the names um that were considerations because I look at those three and I go if we're doing this one time I'm not good with any of them so sorry to be negative um I will not be entertaining any of those three that's it for me I'm ready now thank you thank you for uh sharing ahead of me I appreciate give me a little more time to process my thoughts and thank you for you and your team for all the time that you you put into coming up with these names um I I agree with everyone about the the Lichfield Park thing love the history you've been had um in your um interview for the the TV spot
040that you had talked about which was fantastic um however I I would I agree with the Lichfield Park thing the Loma I you think of other things when you hear Loma um and so I think um I'm kind of leaning towards the hilltop only because one of the things that I hear when people talk about the area that it's going they're like oh yeah up on the hill and so it's something that people know but not necessarily connected to Loma or L foot Park so I'm I'm kind of leaning towards that one okay um I would have to also agree I don't want to be associate like I want this stand on its own we talk about it being a a legacy project it needs to stand on its own and um I don't think
041a so and again I am so grateful for the city of litchi park for donating the land but I don't want I don't want the name to be associated with something that exists so for me then the hilltop is what remains and I'm not 100% sure I love it so I'm not sure I I don't see a name that I love U but I could live with the name I understand what you're saying um I also want to not be disrespectful of the time that you spent yes compiling and a little bit of me wants to see what some of little kids said but no these had some fun ones if uh if you want to entertain a motion I'll put it out there you can can I'll make a motion that we as a
042board um postpone this table this um and come back next month with um some other options before I second or anyone seconds my question would be does this holding up something exactly so I yes so uh Mr Nan we have a c TDS I always mess it up um that we need to be able to submit and get and so we have to have a name in order to do that and so I know in my conversations with Mr Nan that is time pressing and that we really need um to get that as well as we have so much interest so many people reaching out to be a part of this and kids wanting to go we can't move forward on any of our branding our information our Flyers our campaign that we're running out
043of time to be honest because we have to start going out to our P parents and our families like May and there's a lot of work to be done so we really need to have a name so that we can start that work and move forward and I'm assuming these are the three best names based on the word study and everything that it showed you and really digging deep into it um it has been a challenge um coming up with the best perfect name that everybody loves and that's just being honest so yeah it it's been difficult so did the best we could with what we had and trying to give it a purpose a meaning as I said in the work study um you know a lot of it was what rolled off the
044tongue driving home where do you go to school well I go to the hilltop or I go to Loma or I go to Lio Park like how does that roll off the tongue like does it give the kids and identity um so going through the list of names all kinds of little test I'm trying to get to that point uh I actually like that you said the roll off the tongue thing because it does actually add a little something makes you think a little bit more I was thinking because I absolutely expect that this name is going to be on the news on the radio winning Awards being announced so like I thought to myself if the kids are on the stage and someone says and the winner is and then I would say these
045in a very productive way what do we want to be Amplified to the world I also liked I like the H Toop but I I think it's part of the reason I like it is the the background you gave us on why it was chose like why it was developed you know the idea of that um you know being at the peak being at that Pinnacle and the hard work it takes to get there so I think when you have the meaning behind it I I to me that speaks a lot about what we're hoping for those kids given there's a motion on the table can I modify the motion it's not a problem I'm just procedurally it's okay um I'd like to modify my motion to be this I would like to recommend that
046we take um that we put these names on pause we provide a special meeting within the next week or so where we can come together and maybe have some other names to consider um that's my motion yes please I wanted to be time sensitive which is why I modified the the motion our next board meeting then would be April 13th no I that's not a part of the motion oh well we we wouldn't wait until then no um yes but we would have to bring it back oh okay never mind sorry I'm just thinking timeline in my head okay so that's the to reconvene within one to two weeks at a date to be determined for a vote that would also offer other names what five five in five the number doesn't like some addition
047to these okay there a second so I'm assuming everyone else can proceed with the vote so I I feel like as a board member I can always second someone's motion and if it doesn't pass it doesn't I want to provide you that support so I will support I will second the motion and then we there we go gosh why do I have go first SE so a yes vote would be that we would table and no about would be let's go with something that's here just the CL sorry that was probably not fine thank you Sil no no Colton yes Landis no uh act no thank you for entertaining absolutely thank you first um be it resolved the governing board approve option number one Hilltop School for the Arts second so yes neor yes no
048Lis yes acum yes thank you so much thank you I it's gonna be fantastic I promise thank you thanes 7.2 consideration of approval to request for qualifications number 25-1 d29 Millennium high school campus master plan phase two to Chase Building hi Mr Shephard hello good evening president Acton members of the board superintendent eess and the Ala fre Community um item 7.2 is uh to approve the the general contractor selection for the Millennium high school campus renovation project um this project stems out of the recent 2024 uh bond election that just passed and is a result of the master plan process that took place out at Millennium High School this would be kind of the the first substantial piece of that of bringing that Master Plan Vision um to reality uh just to highlight a couple
049key items related to the process on January 16th we issued the request for qualifications through our open gov platform we also um ran a legal advertisement of that request in the Arizona business Gazette on February 6th um the submissions were due and we received five proposals from vendors um those proposals were reviewed by a six member evaluation team including District staff uh a registered architect and a licensed general contractor uh on February 19th those evaluations were completed and the ranking was completed of those we uh notified vendors of their status um and the aggregate score is was attached to the agenda item there so you can review um the result of that ranking is a recommendation for Chase Building team to be uh awarded the general contractor um RFQ number 5-01 d29 for millennium high
050school and with that I'm happy to answer any questions guys good yeah all right be it resolved that the governing board award a contract for RFQ number 25-1 d29 Millennium high school campus master plan pH to to Chase Building team second Sil yes yes C yes yes 7.3 hello Mr Huffman good evening president Acton members of the board superintendent eess and members of our ver our Alia family schools Community um I am excited to be up here tonight to talk about the next phase of the alria High School remodeling process as you know we began with kind of the core of the campus and redoing it the center core all the classroom buildings um this phase is to tear down and rebuild the cafeteria and kitchen originally we thought we might be able to do
051a major remodel on it but as we dug into it we realized we need to tear that building down and start all over again which is what we're we planning on doing here this GMP also includes some Landscaping in particular landscaping and signage along diart Road road which is the front window it's the front door to the school and even though we've done so much inside that campus it still looks the same as you pull up and we want the signage in the Landscaping to be special like the center of campuses um this GMP means maximum price um we do believe that we can still make some improvements on in particular on the Landscaping price and we intend to do that but we wanted to get it in front of the board now so that
052we can start on some of the Landscaping soon and maybe even get some plants planted before it gets too hot this summer um we do plan to bring an additional GMP to the board down the road for a major remodel of the auditorium as well this is that's going to be an exciting project the allive fre Auditorium is just so cool it just needs some TLC which we're planning on giving it that part of the project won't begin until we're done with the kitchen and cafeteria remodeling though so at this time i''d be happy to answer any questions hard entertain emotion I do have to comment I am I love that the auditorium piece at aaia so I'm excited to see what happens there I mean sometimes I've never been there when it spins around
053but it's just such a cool concept to think that we've got a classroom on the other side of the auditorium you flip a switch and the whole thing just shift and turned it around but it'll be nice to get that updated um it needs some help we knew about I knew about the cafeteria but I'm excited that the landscaping and signage is going to occur too because like you said the the center of that campus is absolutely beautiful and I want to make sure people see it when they drive by thank be it resolved that the governing board approves guaranteed maximum price for AA frea High School remodel Phase 2 B second Sil yes Naylor yes yes Lis yes Acton yesk thank you mrman um 7.4 Mr Shephard authorization of issuance and sale of school
054Improvement bonds thank you good evening again um this agenda item is uh requesting the board's authorization to issue School Improvement bonds um for the last two elections um this district has been fortunate to have the support of our community in passing uh School Improvement bonds to fund needed capital projects I think we've talked about just a couple examples of that with our fre and the millennium Innovations um but part of our bond strategy and commitment to our community is to issue these bonds um in a sequence that maintains our current Bond tax rate for the community um we made that commitment to not raise uh the bond tax rate and so what you have in front of you tonight is kind of the next series of that Bond issuance to kind of keep that commitment
055so um we recently received updated assessed valuations released by the county assessor on on February 7th that was kind of the final piece of information we need to plug in to the the math formula um so to speak to kind of calculate what we can sell when we can issue it to to keep that commitment so um What You've Got Tonight is the recommendation for the next hundred million uh issuance um and with that approval tonight in the next 30 to 45 days we'll go through a process of uh preparing preliminary offer statements going through a bond credit rating process uh pricing our bonds U putting them in the market closing um and depositing those Bond proceeds um hopefully by mid to late April we would have those resources here in the district so um
056moving forward uh again we continue to monitor um new information to try to maintain that same commitment but likely we'll be back in front of the school board next spring in 202 six to ask to issue the final uh kind of round of those those bonds so that is the agenda item for tonight and I'd be happy to answer any questions any questions be it resolve the governing board consider and if deemed sorry that's recommended action not that's right okay uh and if deemed advisable to adopt a resolution authorizing the issu Sal School Improvement bonds second silk yes Naylor yes yes Landis yes Acton yes 7.5 consideration of approval of compensation increase and benefits for eligible employees for 2526 thank you president Acton um yeah I'm up here to talk a little bit about benefits
057and compensation for our 2526 school year um I don't think it's a surprise to anybody anywhere that medical and prescription costs are increasing um having said that we're pleased but not happy that uh our increase this year is 8.13% um we've heard of neighboring districts that are well into double digits with their increase um our increases in the past three years were 8.94% 7.56% and 8.42% our benefits team in Human Resources uh did research multiple companies uh for insurance this year and strongly reaffirm that we are with the best group for our district um thank you to HR who did much work with our our consultant Valley Schools Management Group evaluating options and plans uh having said that we're recommending the following is that employees will continue to have two medical options through United Health
058Care with no changes in plan structure um as I mentioned medical benefit costs increased by 8.13% this year the district is proposing to cover the 8.13 the full increase for the employee only coverage by increasing its contribution from $666 to $23.93 about $58 per employee the cost to cover the increase to the district will be approximately $554,000 um on another note it the IRS has mandated deductible limits to the high deductible plan will increase to 3,300 for individuals and 6600 for families um when it comes to dental and vision insurance we have three dental plans no changes in cost no changes in the plans there Vision uh we are recommending a change with our vision program uh we've used a visus in the past they had an increase this year so we looked at other
059options along with our consultant U Mrs Jones and her team took that to the meet and confer group and dug a little deeper and they unanimously I believe recommended that we move to a company called vssp um we're going to we're recommending two plans through vssp a basic plan which will cost less than the previous Aisa plan and then a more robust plan for those that like it and that plan would increase by about $2 um per month um finally I'd like to add that we're going to continue to seek out the best possible benefits at the best price for our employees I think we've identified one area for growth and Improvement going forward in the future which is our Wellness Plan um so stay stay tuned for more developments in that area throughout the
060year um moving a little bit from benefits to compensation Administration is also proposing a 2% salary increase for all staff providing our staff with the best possible compensation package is important to us in a primary focus um when we start building our budget for the upcoming school year there's many challenges this year in regards to providing salary increases State m funding will only go up by 2% inflationary Factor we're still growing as a district but it is not explosive growth is not what we're expecting this year and we've got to carefully plan for that and the biggest additional strain on this year's budget is opening Goodyear High School we're going to be adding over 20 teachers plus office staff coaches security and maintaining an entire campus even though only gr one grade will be attending
061these budget pressures typically begin to even out or be relieved about the time we have a junior class so with all the pressures on next year's budget I'm really pleased that we're able to bring a recommendation to you for a 2% across the board increase um one additional thing that I'd like to mention is the reauthorization of prop 123 utilizing funds from the state land trust um it does sound like both sides of the aisle would like to see something happen here they've got differing ideas on how that should look though um as you've probably seen just yesterday Governor Hobs released her prop 123 extension plan and we'll carefully follow where that goes and if something were to be agreed upon we would love to utilize those funds to appropriate further uh salaries moving forward
062questions comments for sure do you want to start okay um having researched different Insurance packages um the fact that well nobody likes an 8% increase right nobody likes an increase um I do have to say I appreciate your team um working hard uh looking around at other districts their insurance rates um are up around $7,900 or $8,000 per full-time employee um I'm pretty thrilled to see it at 7,200 change so great job advocating for our staff uh really appreciate it and um teachers can always be paid more and classified staff and administrators always can be paid more I'll just have to say I'm I'm very happy to hear that we're going to hear more about the wellness program thank you I appreciate your work um and look forward to uh supporting teachers and staff as
063we move forward be it resolved that the governing board approves the compensation increase in benefits as presented for the 2025 2026 school year second Sil yes Naylor yes Colton yes Landis yes AC yes thank you thank you um moving on to 8.1 consideration of approval of the consent agenda um I would like to pull um from 8.3 the Personnel item line please I can speak to that if there is no nothing else anyone else would like to address I would um not on that subject but any other cor do you have anything go ahead no I'd like um 8.16 and 8.17 and if we can do 8.17 before the rest that one's very quick you we can definitely do that first anybody else no all right if we could look to 8.17 um my only
064thought is just a comment um um I would like to thank our academic uh Services Department uh for doing such a thorough and wonderful job compiling uh putting the course proposals and the descriptions together um as some know I'm kind of a stickler when it comes to new course proposals and I wanted to just say thank you looks really good also um courses related to support our ESS students new courses I think are are excellent so I just wanted to give that positive awesome um we'll move to 8.66 8.16 I'm sorry you give us give us just a second this is a consideration of approval of work holiday calendars for 2025 2026 go first no go ahead okay you might you might get my question um I just have a this is going to be
065probably the third time around and then my third year uh of my term and the two previous times it's always just in the back of my mind been you know I'm a 12- Monon full-time education employee and when I look at my own calendar and talking with other colleagues about their calendars um they were like what's what's unique about your District that when it comes to July 4th that you have contractually the second and the third in addition to the fourth the fourth is a Federal holiday and so it's a Federal holiday where everybody has it off um but I think my question was um I understand why um the second and the third are on that calendar um I was just curious if I were to uh take any days leading up to the
066federal holiday I would take my own Lea time for that so I was just um that was just my comment is that where you were going um yes and no I'm I mean my mine was a clarifying of um I thought we worked 10 hours and so um during the week and so um just how that works June 30 July 1 are eight hour work days so just confusion around that yeah you getk over the summer um we like sorry good evening everyone good evening Madame President governing board and Community um so usually over the summer we do switch over to 10 hours um so we give the option of either um working the 410 or working 85s but then when it comes to holidays because the workday is typically 8 hours we switch to
067that a regular eight hour five days work week so then if I take July 1st let's say just July 1st and 2nd then I would have to take my time vacation time eight hour days so that would be like 16 hours or like juneth also falls in the middle of the week so if I want to take any days before after that then I would take my own leave and it would be eight hours because we can only give eight hours for the holiday because that is technically what our normal schedule is like so we can only do eight hours that answer oh yeah I'm processing take your time is your question answer I okay um when we say must work or take leave do we have the options of working at home on those
068days for like during the summer uh during summer or like during vacations December through January we we have previously yes allowed to work remotely in the summertime yes there is that option I guess I I'll add my comment I would prefer that you give people off um instead of having them work from home that would be mine so you know like if we look in December right and you get um must work on December 22nd and 23rd but if a must work day is a day that you stay at home and um you're working from home um it's kind of like to me whenever our kids are online learning I'd prefer you just give the day off so that would be my feedback give them the day off instead of going to take work off
069and stay home or you know what I mean MH thank you that's it for me okay um now circling back to 8.3 um line item um in the process of making decisions um there are many factors for us to consider um but above all there should always be honesty and integrity in our processes as a board member I must trust that the items coming before us for a vote are sound they have been fully evaluated and the recommendation is what is best to serve our students teachers and Community um with this line item I'm concerned that this recommendation for the governing board to approve at the direction of Mr eess while it it's been a that the process for this candidate selection was flawed this is not the standard we expect in our district and
070it is my position that this item should not be presented for a vote at this time it is imperative to understand this decision has nothing to do with the qualifications capabilities and potential that this candidate possesses I believe that all parties involved did what they believe was best at the time and that everyone along the everyone along with the five of us want nothing but the best for our programs and for our students Mr eess at this time I respectfully direct you to review our current hiring practices in place correct the missteps that occurred and restructure a protocol that can be used with confidence transparency across our district I would also like this protocol presented to the board before being utilized I will now open it up to my fellow board members for additional comments
071like to um in the last few weeks I've had more than 30 stakeholders reach out to me regarding the hiring of the head football coach at verado High School coaches athletes and parents alike uh I've also had the opportunity to talk to many of the leaders who had a part in the interview process um um in the hiring process I want to start off by acknowledging uh my very true belief that everyone I've spoken to in the past two weeks has the very best interest of the student staff and community in mind I know that our hopes and our goals um are the same and it's simply the path that we believe will get us there that varies everyone's at the table for the right reasons and a lot of people have put in many
072many hours trying to work to find the right Solutions I hope we can all agree ahead of time that everyone has the most positive intent um um to do what's best for our kids I also want to make it clear as Kristen did that I do not know coach Davis and I'm sure he may make a great addition to the Viper roster uh my concerns are not about him specifically or his capability I do have sincere concerns about how the interview process unfolded it is my belief that the community's input should be authentic and a valuable part of the process and that the panel's input should weigh heavily in the final decision each individual stakeholder also should walk away from the conversation feeling not only that they were heard but that regardless of their personal
073preference there's consensus on the outcome and they will honor it additionally until board approval a candidate should be regarded only as a recommendation which will hold true until the governing board representing the community they serve votes to hire them candidates should not be acting in a role that they have not yet been hired for this position is one of thousands in the AA district and administrators are tasked with a very difficult responsibility of recruiting and hiring the best possible people people to join our family of schools it's a very daunting task and I want to acknowledge that it's not easy to find these people and uh but it's also one of our most important tasks Community wants and deserves a pool of vetted exceptional candidates who are all being authentically considered by the stakeholders that
074they're going to serve um with that being said many coaches and parents have also let me know that they're concerned now that if this hire does not go through tonight it may take excessive time to repeat the interview process again with the very real possibility that many of of the qualified candidates will already be under contract which will stall out the season while we're waiting for a resolution they're hoping that the kids season can continue I want to make sure I'm representing all of the voices that have come to me with these concerns um I would like to thank all the parents and people in the community for all of their communication um some of you are here tonight many are not um as board members when we receive information whether it's a phone call
075or an email or whatever it may be as you described um it's first about understanding the intent and listening to what it is that they have to say um as I listened to I don't know what your number was but mine was over 20 as I had 20 different people or more uh reach out to me my standard response was thanks for the input I really appreciate it and as I would send that I would receive a comment back and it gave me the opportunity to just ask some factual questions to understand uh where they were coming from um also in 32 years in public education 15 of them as a hiring administrator uh for coaches teachers whomever in my mind I had a thought a thought of of what a standard process is and
076so for me as I listened and I understood how I process uh reviewing applications determining who would be interviewed um doing reference checks and um listening to the input of those on the committee um ultimately that was an administrative decision but the intent of having people involved is to hear a voice to to see a perspective because as an administrator or a team of Administrators it's probably completely impossible to see every great component of of our candidates um with all of the varying comments from so many different people um I asked myself the question I'm not really sure what's true and what's not true so many so many different perspectives and I really enjoyed having long phone calls from 30 minutes to more uh with such a variety of different people and so all I'm
077trying to say is simply this um having been out early mornings after schools evenings uh at practices at verado high school for me thoroughly thrilled to see how well they performed in the state championship game against Desert Edge and I say it that way and I think it's funny I I thought that that was by far the best football game even better than the state championship that deser X won that game was incredible um so having seen those things and I was heartbroken when I heard the coach uh was leaving to take another position in the East Valley um so with all that confusion I actually called him and said would you please help me understand what's true and what's not true because I'm confused I have over 20 people calling and saying this that
078and the other is this true you're leaving are you going okay so all I'm trying to say really with a long answer is to say we as board members get your communication we appreciate your input thoroughly wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it um the principal and athletic director at ver high school I have 100% confidence in them they are amazing they are amazing I have to state that because um they are they wouldn't be there our athletic director wouldn't be here us he was the most outstanding athletic director um and I'm thrilled he's here in our district because he brings uh a collection of years of experiences in different size high schools uh and his experiences and for our principal uh I remember when he was an assistant principal and my thought was
079man would he be a great principal and so I want to make it very clear to both of them and their administrative teams 100% confidence in you so all I'm trying to say is this thank you so much for your input as our community um yes this position is important because the verado program with 20 graduating senior football players I know next year is going to potentially be a little bit of a challenge how do you rebound from being in the state semifinals when you lose 20 incredible football players including your son so all that to say thank you so much uh for your input and to fellow board members uh thank you for your comments and thoughts that's what we Ponder uh when we get your communication so thank you um I'll be much
080briefer yeah sorry um so thank you I I agree with in act and Miss Naylor's uh comments and um I want to thank the athletes who came tonight and who spoke um my heart goes out to you I too had a child who attended school who had three in four years and so and a kid who had three coaches in four years and I understand and I know some of us up here had that same experience so my heart goes out to you um I appreciate parents who came up and spoke and even were a little nervous about speaking appreciate everything you had to say and I love that you value the influence and positivity that other Role Models adult Role Models have have in your life um and um uh I can I just
081appreciate your experience and have have lived it before um the role of a board member and and again thank you for the emails um um Mr Colton expressed that thank you for the emails it helps us know and understand what's happening in the computer in the um Community the role of the board is to ensure that the superintendent that is who we work with and that he is accountable and um is responsible for processes procedures laws and policy and so that in my role will be you you won't receive a phone call from me because I will communicate with Mr useless um on the process and um and ensuring that we're we're doing better with the process in hiring uh anybody in our district not only in athletics because every hire is certainly important and
082is a part of what we are proud about and that's retaining staff so um that is the direction I will be giving the superintendent as well as we just need to do better and ensure that we have processes in place and so for the next hire I'd like to ensure that HR is a part of that and and every process is followed to the te and and thank you for your time and your concern thank you I do want to thank um all the parents for all the emails and and bringing some perspective to light um I do have to be honest that um I I I'm a little disappointed because now that I'm hearing I'm hearing lots of information from emails I'm hearing from the board um and I feel like there's it does
083feel like there's something missing here and I agree with Vicki that um she was I say Vicky or sorry it's fine okay I'm sorry um that my direction would also be in the process and then possibly communicating a little bit better with us a lot better with us on the process and and um some of those um finite details that would help us make the best decision all the while also being um aware of the fact that we we do need to move forward and we need to make sure that these kids are taken care of and remember that there is a human being on this list that thinks they have a job and we need to um be aware of that and think about it so I I think my direction would also be
084about the the process in the communication very well said so again we've given our Direction um I know that it's been a hard week for a lot of people um but we have prided ourselves on transparency in everything that we do um I hope you have seen that demonstrated um and this is just something that we feel that um needs to be done to ensure that we keep your trust um but again like Sarah said these are individuals um who also have lives and careers um and it has nothing to do with them whatsoever but with the process so moving on to um approving the rest of our consent agenda do I have a motion I can do it can I clarify you're saying the rest of the agenda without that without that yes I
085can do it be it resolved the governing board approves items on the consent agenda as presented um striking 8.3 Personnel item line second can you kind of explain to me what that means then right but then what happens to line 27 so we're just not voting on it we're we're striking it from the agenda we are not voting on it because we don't believe that the process was done whatever you said right okay I have a second so if you need a moment we can vote if you'd like to come or we can expand discussion if he needs more time no um silk not so yes is approving Naylor yes Colton yes Landis yes Captain yes M Jones are you gonna come up with this time good evening once again um so I'm very excited
086um we had a couple of uh new administrators that you approved tonight for our our GB list I'm G to have uh Miss Han come up fig good evening president Acton members of the board superintendent eess and all fre commun up Joe um this evening I would first of all thank you for approving the rest of the consent items so that we could bring on Joe next year um Mr Martinez is coming to us as our new assistant principal for the 2526 school year at Desert Edge High School um we're excited to bring him over from daart where he has served not only as a history teacher and Coach um but also an instructional coach um which Miss Landis and I both served as in our district so it's a a great opportunity for um
087for to begin your leadership as well as to help support and develop teachers um and then Joe has been serving as a an assistant principal in the dice Art District for the last four years um the panel that uh interviewed him was very excited uh by his knowledge of PLC implementation and support instructional best practices as well as many other things um but most importantly um we were excited in his wanting to always put students first and what's best for students and that kind of Falls really in line with what we do at Desert Edge um I also was told by little birdie that Joe does a really good job at making homemade pizza um don't know if that'll fall in line with the new Wellness Plan um but we will be having pizza at
088Desert Edge so um I just wanted to thank him we're excited to have um him here with us and introduce him to all of you so thank youc congratulations in addition we have another assistant principal that you uh approved tonight uh can I have Latoya come up please uh Latoya will be joining me as my assistant principal at our uh hop School for the Arts I'm very very excited um she has a background as an assistant principal in our district um in the last previous years so she knows the operational piece she knows the instructional side uh she is fantastic with kids in addition her love and passion for the Arts being a dancer and artist an amazing artist I've come to find out um she is the whole package um and I canot be
089more proud and excited for her to join me in building this amazing school that we're going to have for our district um and so I just wanted to congratulate her and do you have a few words you would like to share um well thanks for having me here first in board superintendent and Community um if anyone knows me they would know that since I was a little girl I dreamed of opening up a performing Art Center um forever I thought it was going to be something like a retirement project and then I was blessed with this opportunity that our school took on I'm super excited that um superintendent eess you know kind of came in with that vision and it just resonated with me um I just think that this is just a really great
090opportunity for me to take on what I've been blessed on to do literally um probably my whole life and give it back to our students and our community as it deserve so I just thank everyone for this opportunity and giving me the chance you won't be disappointed welome [Applause] congratulations 9.1 comments Ander information from superintendent East Ander cabinet president acting members of the board uh Alia families and Community uh thank you for allowing me to address you uh this evening um lots of things been going on in our school district in fact I think we have some some really important uh games that that are being played tonight um and we had um in uh last night we had our Canyon beew girls uh go down to Tucson and win down there and now they're
091going to be playing in the state championship uh I think that's Friday correct um we also had Millennium girls win in the open Division and they will be playing also on Friday uh for the on Saturday for state championship um and uh we just had Millennium boys basketball did we know the score did they win or did they not win it's too early does anybody know well they were they were playing today and also Canyon View for the right to go to the state championship as well um as you know we had some cany view wrestling team uh win the state championship and we had a good showing from a lot of students there um we had a great stem con that was um uh organized and planned and and uh everyone participated in at
092Brado High School um and uh I saw Mo I think I saw everyone there on Saturday uh for the Arts showcase uh that was uh extraordinary I know that um Miss Naylor I really had a hard time being uh placing her her her winning ribbons on the on the art that uh she was asked to do from from the organizers there uh but that was a beautiful event uh canie did a really good job academic services that was involved in out and that really showcased the Arts and the talent that we have at our in our school district today we hosted our very first um artificial intelligence our AI lunchin learn um we had around 20 uh seniors from the community uh come out and uh Parts just with innovative solutions and with JW and
093Lauren and that team Luke uh uh the Rachels uh supervision come out and learn a little bit about AI we had box lunch for them um and just the just the crazy world that we live in and learning how to navigate through through Ai and and use that as a tool to to to better your life so that was really fun um we have had in the last couple of weeks uh several Unified sports um activities and that's been really fun to attend and we also had today I believe it it today uh yesterday we had a festival football event at Alia high school that was uh that was uh we sort of partnered with the Avendale Elementary School District um that was at on the uh oura football field so lots of things going
094on um I want to to say thank you to the governing board uh very much appreciate anytime you can make it to these events um to see our kids we know that you have lives and you're busy and you have work yourself um it's hard to get to some events but um we're lucky to have you um enjoying some of the things we do around the district that's all I have thank you um 9.2 governing board members summary of current events and or Direction given to the superintendent Sarah I know like being first uh so I um got to join superintendent eess on a tour of Mill the work that's being done at Millennium high school and uh it was very actually was really cool because I saw some former students there that actually remembered
095me and they all looked like grown young adults and so it was kind of interesting and and fun at the same time I think I even took a picture with one of them he was so excited to tell his mom um and then I got to tour the progress at goodar high school and uh that is going to be an amazing place and it's just one of those things where you look around and you're like if only we knew then what we know now we would have done all of it like this and it's it's going to be incredible so I'm very excited about that I also attended the Arts showcase at Canyon View um I just and I did have a very hard time with the you only get two ribbons and uh but
096I do have to give a shout out to I know you can't say both both names but Amber from barado girl you are really really good at the the pencil sketching I could actually and the one thing I noticed was that in the she drew a face it was a a person and I could actually feel like em motion coming out of the eyes of this this um portrait so it was pretty incredible the talent the talent that was there I also got to watch a a jazz band from I believe Desert Edge which was really fun and then a couple of dance teams from several of the high schools I I just couldn't quit so I had to keep watching so it was a lot of them so I was really glad that I
097I got to go to that thank you I'm going to pile on what she said basically um the art show was incredible my my own personal children are very academic and very athletic but they have zero art Talent at all because of their mother um so I just want to say that was really cool to see um you know I I told Mr Nan this and also Mr eless but to see the talent of the kids in our district was incredible and also um getting to watch them creating the art I mean that's obviously for someone who's not artistic very powerful process since I can't draw anything watching them bring that to life and then also again Desert Edge jazz band I saw them as as well and the joy in the room was palpable
098in there so incredible experience all of it thank you the Arts event was incredible um when I was an arts and culture uh commissioner in Surprise we always talked about where it is that you can put all the art throughout all of the city buildings and any new builds that would come for commercial and and residential and if I had my way with everything that was at Canyon View last Saturday it would be hung incredibly in our schools down the always but that's just me big dreamer I guess um incredible event uh to Alesandra um she came up with an acrylic on canvas and um it was really a Desert Mountain View with a um a horse and I couldn't tell it might have been a girl might have been a boy um I didn't
099want to say cowboy or cowgirl but I just wanted to say I I was like is that a girl is that a boy I I wasn't sure but the the piece of art did receive um one of my two Awards uh student at Canon viie also from verado uh shereit had uh what was titled a beautiful feeling piece of art and um so I just wanted to publicly congratulate them um since they were my two selections um lastly the old the old high school um football and golf coach kind of comes out at this time of the year when it's state championships and so some people sometimes think they put a piece of tape over my mouth so I don't get thrown out of a game when I don't like what the referees you know
100do but um exciting events um I'm sad to announce that um our Millennium tiger boys did lose a heartbreaker tonight um so congratulations to them on an incredible season our Canyon View boys are currently in progress um last few things I loved attending with Mr eess and Mr Grio and different staff members are partner in progress us um it was an event where um there had to be 20 or more different paren and community members where we came together and a presentation was made and uh just talked about all the incredible things frommy to you name it a progress update on the high school I just would like to thank your team both of you for the incredible presentation it was pretty neat to see people excited about all of the need opportunities for our
101kids so um just want to thank you for that that is it for today so I was able to make it to stemc con made it to Fine Arts and Eric someone told me that they wanted me to vote for something because you didn't get enough ribons and they wanted me to vote for you and I did not I voted I wanted to vote for sure well I think there might have been some cabinet members that were interested in certain uh by chance uh I was at the same conference uh with administrators and counselors in our district and um we reflected on how as a it's it's a natural for a principal to be a teacher it's not always a natural to come up that way through counseling so we were able to look at
102a lot of different perspectives from the counselors and as I was watching the meet and Converse slides there were a couple things um that rang true or maybe an alter that um an alterate an alterate plan that we need to consider when we talk about what the counselors do um so I look forward to learning more about that with our um with our leadership and then um I was also able to be at Desert Edge to watch students enter um the weapons detectors and so I think uh the Desert Edge staff and the District staff for hosting us and um providing all of your input and feedback on uh what a task that is and so if you haven't seen it it's quite incredible that every student enters um meets with an adult and so
103that's that's part of the charm of it actually it's not just going through a weapons detection so thank you for your time and for um everybody who is out there lending hand and um letting us observe um Fine Art showcase I can't say anything that hasn't been said it was absolutely fantastic and I'm excited about the opportunities that our future um artists have with our Fine Arts Academy to to come up um stem was phenomenal and then um I just want to also thank M grego for your time and meeting with me um and us talking about the pack and the Fine Arts Academy and just making sure that that is all that it can be so I appreciate you um that's it 10.1 requests for future agenda items okay with that I will motion
104to into executive session for purposes cited in items 11.1 11.2 and 11.3 of the agenda and pursuant to the provisions of law cited second vote silk yes mayor yes yes Landis yes Captain yes so this will conclude our regular board meeting we will e e e so 11.4 um adjourn executive session be it resolved the governing board adjourns the executive session and returns to the regular board meeting a second s yes yes yes mandice yes acum yes um 12.1 um consider and possibly adopt notion of intent to terminate and statement of charges relating to the employment of Shand Smith authorize the dismissal of the employee and authorize the selection and appointment of a hearing officer in the event of a Tim appeal pursuant statute I will make a motion I move that the governing board
105adopt the administration's written notice of inent to terminate and statement of seeking Shand Smith's dismissal and that the statement of charges be served upon Miss Smith in a manner consistent with Arizona law I further move that Miss Smith's employment terminate within 30 days after she receives the statement of charges unless she timely requests a hearing in the event Miss Smith requests a hearing on this matter I also move that we authorize the administration to select a hearing officer pursuant to the statutory provision set out in s 15- 541a that the hearing officer hear the evidence prepare a record and issue a recommendation to the governing board do I have a second second silk yes yes colon yes Mand yes yes um resolve the governing board adjs the regular board meeting of March 5th 2025 meeting
106adjourned right