001School Districts May 19th, 2026 Governing Board meeting agenda. I will begin with roll call attendance. Mrs. Ross. Present. >> Mrs. Williamson. Present. >> Mrs. Garcia. Present. >> Mrs. Lane. Present. And I'm present. All board members are in attendance. We have our quorum. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance or remain standing for a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. On to item 1.3, adoption of the agenda, would somebody like to make a motion to adopt the agenda? Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to adopt the agenda. We have a motion, would somebody like to second? Second. Mrs. Ross seconds. Mrs. Ross? Yes.
002Mrs. Williamson? Yes. Mrs. Garcia? Yes. Mrs. Lee? Yes. And on the yes that motion passes 5 to 0. On to item 1.4 board meeting minutes not previously approved, would somebody like to make a motion on the minutes? Madam President, I'd like to approve the April 28th, 2026 regular meeting and May 6th, 2026 work session minutes. We have a motion, would somebody like to second? Second. Mrs. Ross seconds. Mrs. Ross? Yes. Mrs. Williamson? Yes. Mrs. Garcia? Yes. Mrs. Lee? Yes. And on the yes that motion passes 5 to 0. On to information only items 2.1 governing board members report. Would anyone like to begin? Mrs. Ross, do you have anything you'd like to report? No. Mrs. Williamson? I don't think so. >> [laughter] >> I'm trying to think from the work session. I don't think so.
003Okay, Mrs. Garcia? I don't think so. I'm just looking forward to promotion tomorrow for Cactus Canyon and then the high school graduation Thursday. Mrs. Lee? I went to the orchestra concert last week. Fabulous time. I'm so proud of all those students, they worked really hard. And I also just got back from the Four Peaks kinder promotion. They're adorable. They were so cute. >> Adorable. Mhm. Okay, and I had the pleasure of attending the Apache Junction High School Baccalaureate, which was amazing. I have to tell you, the choir, they gave me goosebumps. They sang so amazing. It was such a blessing to be there and a blessing for the students at the Baccalaureate and to know that we have 200 and like 60 kids in the Christian Courage Club. So, it's pretty amazing. So, it was
004very nice to see those students. They received a cord and a Bible, and I thought it was pretty amazing. So, that's all I have. We are going to move on to Dr. Pappalardo, superintendent report. Madam President, members of the board, students, staff, faculty, and guests, thanks for being here tonight. Um I'm going to start off with our amazing amazing track and field. Four We have four students that went to the finals. Um I hope I say these names correctly. Excuse me if I don't. Um Dom Rose, um women's javelin, broke the school record for AJ High School at that at uh 100 ft and 8 in. That's like amazing. >> Amazing. Right? Uh Jade Schuster, women's javelin, um Adrian Russell, men's triple jump, Adrian Russell, men's 300 hurdles, and Tinsley Stickel, women's 100 m hurdles.
005So, congratulations to them Wow. and going to state and competing. That's fantastic. >> great. Um went to all the kindergarten promotions, mostly. Had Mary go to one cuz there was five of them, so couldn't couldn't do them all, but couldn't make them all. But, they were great. Kids did a great performance. The kindergarten teachers were amazing. It's great performances today. Um also spent the last 2 weeks at every elementary, middle school, and math and and uh high school music concert, whether that be band, choir, or strings. How much our kids have grown through the year is just amazing to see those teachers master that, and our kids are just amazing. Just amazing. Uh so, that's and we still have a busy week to go. Yeah, we do. We still have a couple of promotions, so
006hope you all can make it. All right, so in the superintendent's report, we have um uh lots to cover here. Uh so, first we'll begin with our guest. Uh Jeff, would you like to come forward, Jeff Struble? Your choice. Dealer's choice. We'll do the um If I could have the Avid program come up and uh uh police officer. Sorry. Excuse me. Just the Avid. >> [applause] >> Not the right group. So, we are we are we are with the not the police officers yet, but I'm sorry. I got two [laughter] different things going on and it totally messed me up. What do you guys have later? Avid first. Avid first. Um I'm Jeff Struble. We um operate the uh Rhino Recreation Center here in the in the city. And one of the programs that we
007do is the AJ Kids Idol. That's uh uh we have it every the last weekend of January of every year. And what that is is we have uh a talent program for kids K through um 12th grade throughout the city and the school district. And all anybody any child who lives in or goes to school in any of those grades comes and performs. And um we raise money, the proceeds and and donations from the community members and such. Um the proceeds go to a an organization or a an activity in the in the city that we deem as uh worthy of it. And so, this year we had 18 acts that performed everybody from kindergarten through 12th grade. If if anybody hasn't been there, you got to come. We have some uh What Cammy, Miss
008Miss Garcia, is one of our judges. Bob Miss Mr. Pappalardo is one of our judges. We have a couple other mayor and the police chief and a couple other people who judge. And it's really a great thing to see what our kids do in their form. I always say 99% of the people in the world would never get up on stage to perform and these young people do it and it's just a great thing to see. With that being said, this year we raised $3,000 to give to a program. And we chose the Avid program at Cactus Canyon Junior High. Um and I'm going to I I The reason I chose it was a lot of reasons, but they the kids really exemplify what we at the Rhino Recreation Center hold dear to our heart
009and that is service going out there and doing things for other people and these two young ladies represent that. So, I'm going to let them talk a little bit about what we did. I I worked with the kids at the Avid program this year at Cactus Canyon and I got to be honest with you, I hadn't been around eighth graders except for my kids, my family kids. Eighth graders haven't changed since I was in eighth grade 45 years ago. There's a lot of different things going on, but eighth graders are still eighth graders. They have a lot of passion in their in their in what they do. It's just fun to watch them go through what they do. But, I'm going to let them tell a little bit about what Avid is and maybe a
010little bit about what we did, maybe. All the works I did before. So, some things that we learned with Mr. Schrubel were the four D's. Discipline, desire, determination, and delight. Each of them means something in our life. Discipline, you have to discipline yourself to get up every day, go to school, do your work. Desire, desire things like things you love to do, like your sports, things you like to watch. determination you're determined to get good grades, work hard, and just do overall great in your classes. Delight, delight are things that make you happy. That make you like just feel excited. Like being with Mr. Schrubel and helping out. Mr. Schrubel helped us learn more about like helping our community, volunteering, and just being a better person. A Writing Freedom. We wrote We read the book
011Writing Freedom. It was about a girl that she wanted to be something that your girls are not usually, and she did it even though there was a lot of obstacles. >> [clears throat] >> Thank you. She was She's in her teens. She's like 15, I think, something like that. And it was a long time ago. A long time ago. That's okay. That was That was a book about It's a book about a young lady born in the um early 1800s, like 1820s, 1830s, and she she she her parents were killed in a buggy accident. And it's supposed to be a true story, but a horse saved her during the night from all the wild animals and everything. So, she had she um she she was put into an orphanage as as a very as a
012as a baby, and she determined that she as she grew up that she was never going to amount to much of anything because she was a girl in the 1820s, 1830s. But she loved horses, and she wanted to She had a dream of owning a horse ranch someday. And some and she knew that she she couldn't attain that by being a girl. So, she ran away from the orphanage and dressed as a boy so that she could attain her dream. But because she did that, she had to live the rest of her life posing as a boy and then a young man and then an older man and everything. But she because of all her relationships that she built and um and the work ethic and the determination, the desire, the discipline, and the delight
013that she had to attain that dream, she attained it and eventually she became the story says the first woman to vote in a national election in 1868. Um it says it's true. I'm not sure it is. But this But this was a story that the the young kids read, and we just taught them lessons all about these four Ds and other aspects of life of building relationships and stuff. So, I would just like to present the ladies. This goes to the avid program so that they so that they can further the program in the future. And if someone's going to take a picture of us and and send it to me, that'd be awesome. From over here. >> [applause] >> One more time, please. Oh, this way? All right. This way. I know she was
014kidding. Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> I I have my phone. I see you. What did we get? $500. And races are How many? Get out of one of those big ones. Yeah. I understand. Missed opportunity. Oh, man. Missed opportunity. That all. A big smile. Bigger smile. You got to have like a photo or something. >> [clears throat] >> Let me take it. Now, let's get it. All right. Thank you. All right. Thank you very Thank you very much. >> [applause] >> All right. The next one is, if I could have my kids show up, uh come on up and the police officers. Um This is another group that I work with. Sammy and Angel. Come on up. And Tom. Now the Now you guys can come up. They're They're not shy. Uh So, another So,
015we're still with the Rhino Recreation Center. And um one of the things that we do every year is we work with uh kids in fourth and fifth grade, and it's called the Building America Club. And we kind of do the same thing as Avid. The The kids read the book called um I'm going to let Angel talk. But um Uh do you want to talk first, or do you want me to say? Okay. She's fooling me. They're not that shy. Um It's It's a There again, they they read a book and we work through uh leadership and entrepreneurial skills and get them and the whole point of it is throughout the year, we meet on a weekly basis unless the school calendar messes us up. Um There's There's of holidays. Man, it's it's kind of
016ridiculous. Um but uh I don't remember there being that many holidays when I was in school. Um but anyway, they we read through the book, we teach them, we talk about them, talk about how they can uh uh uh be better leaders, better uh entrepreneurs. And this we usually read a book called the the year money grew on trees. It's about a bunch of young kids that are 12, 13 years old down to 9 years old, and they rejuvenate a apple orchard. And it's all about rejuvenating the apple orchard, doing all the fun stuff. There's a There's a chapter called stinky shoes, which you can imagine what that's about. Um and uh all this kind of stuff, and then they have to pick the apples and sell them and everything. And our whole point there
017again is to have the kids come up at the end of the year to come up with a a service project for the community to um to if they want to raise money and give to another organization. And so, Angel, you want to talk about what you did? All right. So, for Building America, we wanted all to do like a lemonade stand, and so we did it in April, right? In April, like on the 23rd. Saturday? Yeah, on Saturday. Um and it was at Fry's, and we did this all for like the AJ Animal Shelter, and I thought it was like really cool because I really like animals. How much did you $552 we raised. >> [applause] >> We have We We We finished We have seven kids, and due to previous commitments, they all
018couldn't be here, so um we're going to present this check to the animal shelter people and uh, you guys can tell them maybe a little bit about what you're going to do with it. You have an idea? >> [laughter] >> Um, Oh, jeez. Well, thank you for starters for choosing us and mainly we will use it for the backyard area of the shelter and really just making it more welcoming for the community and the public and hopefully laying some turf and getting shade so everybody can come play with the dogs more often and make it just more community-based is our goal. So, thank you so much for what you guys did for us. And adoption's on Sunday. We're doing a puppy event with um, Superstition Fire and Medical, AJPD will be there and the animal
019control. We will have it's going to be family-friendly and everything and we'll have our current puppies available for adoption. So, if anybody is looking for a new pet, we would love to see you. I believe it's station 264 or 263. Station on Idaho, the station on Idaho for fire, so yeah. Yep. Yep, this Sunday, so hopefully we'll see you there. Take pictures again? >> [applause] >> Makes you want to adopt a dog now? No, thank you. I have two. It's enough. You don't have a camera next You take over for me. I'm out of here. All right. Just smile at everyone. All right, wide open. I'm wishing. I wish I could. >> Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you. They should have brought the puppies here. Yeah. All right. At this time, I'd like to
020welcome up um Carrie Mortensen and Sunny Braxmeyer. Carrie Mortensen was was our Pinal County Teacher Spotlight. She was nominated by her principal, Sunny Braxmeyer. All right, Madam President, governing board members, Dr. Pappalardo, community members, and our amazing staff with Four Peaks Elementary. I am honored to present this award on behalf of Pinal County to Carrie Mortensen as Pinal County Spotlight Teacher for the month of May. What was written was that Carrie is a dedicated and hard-working math teacher who consistently goes above and beyond in service to our students, staff, and families at Four Peaks Elementary. She provides instructional coaching and ongoing support to teachers, readily offering assistance and locating and locating math manipulatives to enhance student engagement and learning. In addition to her instructional leadership, Carrie is deeply committed to our school community. She regularly
021attends monthly PTO meetings after school and activities, actively supports PTO sponsored events. Whether assisting with student data analysis, leading staff professional development, or mentoring our new teachers, Carrie is always willing to step in and provide support. Carrie is a strong leader on our campus, serving as a member of both the school leadership team and the MTSS team. Her dedication, collaboration, and leadership make a meaningful impact on our school and our district along with our students. We are grateful for her continued commitment to excellence. So, congratulations, Carrie, for representing Apache Junction School District and Four Peaks as Pinal County's Star Teacher for the month of May. >> [applause] >> Congratulations. >> [applause] >> Next up is Mr. Cox, the director of CTE. He has some words for his students in his career technical education, your completers.
022Congratulations. Madam President, members of the board, community members, and staff and colleagues. That's a tough act to follow. I've got puppies, I've got great kids, and as a former Roadrunner, happy to see that we've got a teacher representing AJ, so thank you for that. Um I'm here to talk about career and technical education. We uh a little bit about it. Uh CTE is a pathway for kids who can learn a skill and take that beyond uh just their high school. So, when they complete these skills and they complete these classes, they'll be able to go out into the real world and follow that into the workforce. It's exciting because typically they could also go into college with it, but as we know, some kids aren't aren't meant for college. Some kids are meant for trades,
023and this is a great way to put them in there a step ahead. They'll earn certifications, so when they start the jobs, they are ahead of the the the young adults coming into it already. So, we're excited. Um Few things that they do um They connect the classroom learning to real-world experiences and industry certs. It's a hands-on experience and practical skills for future career and college. Uh prepares them for the workforce, like I said, with the advantage of having certifications. They'll get OSHA certifications, AWS certifications, lighting certing cert audi- audio, uh entertainment credentials. So, there's just a few. We have uh stagecraft here on site. We also have welding. We have uh uh culinary. We have construction, and we have graphic design. Um so, these young adults, these young women and and uh men, took
024a test to get their certification, their ADE ADE certification. It's pretty strenuous. It's a 100 100-question test, so it's not easy, and it's a pass or fail. They don't get to take it again, so the stakes are high. Um so, the ones that I'm calling up today did a great job. They passed it, and they earned their certification along with some others that they'll earn, but this is specifically for through the uh ADE. So, we're going to call them up. Great job. We're proud of you. Uh some of you came into that test stressing a little bit, and many of you you all ate left smiling. So, um we're very excited. So, I'm going to call them up now if you don't mind. Alex Just Just Kawiak. Did I mess that up? >> [applause] >>
025I'd like to say Mr. Worley's with us right here. He's our welding teacher. Uh we are extremely lucky to have teachers on this campus with CTE that that motivate these young adults because it's not an easy course. Uh it's hot. Um Mr. Worley came to us this year and has built that that welding program very quickly and he's done a great job and and this this shows as this pays off. Elijah Foxworth. >> [applause] >> The certs that we're giving out today are for welding and for stagecraft. Kaylee Jolly. Ryder Freeborn. >> [applause] >> Jonathan Montes. Did I see him? >> [applause] >> Jonathan's not here, but I'll give him his certificate. Dustin Newman. >> [applause] >> Claims to be a better baseball player than me. I would that's still up for debate. We'll see.
026That's 100% true. I guarantee that. When did you welding first do your demonstration? Let's bring them all up. We'll go there. And this these are stagecraft. Uh Haley Butel. Haley's not here. We'll get that to Haley. And then Cheyenne Toro. >> [applause] >> Now my stagecraft. Where did he I do really honestly I'd like to say it's hard work and you did really well. I appreciate your time coming in and taking that that serious and you know, Mr. Worley had some great things to say about you all. I know that you're going to go on and be successful in your career whether it's with welding, whether it's with something else. You've all proven that you can put in the time and put in the effort and it's obviously paid off, so thanks for being a
027a prospector forever, right? >> [applause] >> It's your time. >> [laughter] >> It's Apache Junction High School. >> [laughter] [laughter] >> Congratulations. >> [applause] >> Good job. This time I would like to call Miss Gin. Good evening, Madam President, Governing Board, Dr. Pappalardo, and community and peers. I had to wade through these superstar students here, so thanks for the patience. I um recently uh learned some information about our guidance counselors or academic counselors at Apache Junction High School and the hard work they've been doing this year, so I wanted to share that with you and I may or may not pepper in a few other highlights. So, FAFSA, if you're not familiar, is Federal Application for uh student aid, free application for federal student aid. And it is um important for students or college-bound because
028it unlocks the most money and the most potential for them. But, it is also important for our high school because the school gets points for the percentage of students that complete the FAFSA. Now, picture yourself in high school and your counselors like, "You need to fill out this form and I need your all your family's tax information, your social security number, your address, your birth certificate, and seven forms of ID." That's kind of what it feels like when you're in high school. So, it's not an easy task to get these high school students to get this form completed. And this year we have seen 20% growth in how many students completed that for uh almost 50% of our student body are seniors, which is incredible. >> [applause] >> So, with that, we are ranked in
029Pinal County all schools, charter, private, and other uh 19th out of 47th schools. So, we are increasing that uh rapidly. >> [applause] >> I I just want to throw in it so that you know that this senior class earned $2.6 million in scholarships, which is amazing. This year we had 129 students participate in advanced placement coursework, and that was 173 AP exams administered. So, that's again huge growth and a quite an accomplishment for these kids. Um our A3U program, who if you haven't heard about it yet, let me know and I'll talk your ear off, but it is a new engineering aviation program coming to the high school that is underway, board approved, thank you. And we are getting that staffed and launched next school year. It's going to be very exciting. We have received
030our freshman grant, our initiative for the high school for center for success, and we meet with them Friday of this week for our very first training. So, all of our any teacher that teaches ninth grade will be involved in this training on Friday. So, that is another exciting thing. And then, athletics at the high school, I'm going a little off script, so forgive me. Athletics at the high school, did you know we saw the addition of girls flag football this year? We saw the return of cross country including a state qualifier. We are resurrecting swim and dive next year. Bringing that one back. Whoosh, splash. The golf team had a great season, and Austin Bailey signed up to play collegiately with Park University. Wrestling had three state qualifiers and an AIA state medal. We brought
031back the men's wrestling tournament. Track and field had nearly 50 athletes compete. Woof, that's incredible. And the four state qualifiers that Dr. Pappalardo mentioned. But, let me tell you, above all of that and these programs and these accomplishments of our athletes, this is one of the things I am most proud of. AJHS was praised by the AIA as we improved our sportsmanship rating from 4.8 to out of five. Nearly perfect sportsmanship rating this year. That's huge. So, wow, things are going well. >> [applause] >> Fine arts held their end-of-the-year performances, and all of them have grown in size and quality of their performances. My first year as principal, I was like, "Ooh, okay, we're going to grow." And this year, they just they knocked our socks off with the sound, the quality of what they
032were playing, and the number of You're laughing cuz you know you've been there, right? He was there. Sorry, it's not open mic. Okay. All right. So, our yearbook this year turned out incredible and sold out for the first time in many years. We have zero copies and more requests coming in. So, that's cool. Imprints of Honor, we had our students um interview something like 14 different military servicemen and get their story captured for Imprints of Honor, which is the Heritage Product Project. Uh we have strengthened our community partnerships through performances, volunteering, and participating in local events across AJ and in our surrounding communities. Last but not least, our school's pride, student involvement, continued to increase through dances, athletics, fine arts, and campus-wide celebrations. So, thank you for allowing me to give that FUSD update. >>
033[laughter] >> And just throwing a few other things. Uh-oh. I'm in trouble. >> [laughter] >> Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Ken. Good job. >> [applause] >> We are going to take a 10-minute break. >> Mhm. >> Everyone, we are going to resume our meeting. We are on to item three, consent agenda. Would someone like to make a motion on the consent agenda? Madam President, sorry. Madam President, I have a question on one thing on the consent agenda. Can I pull that one thing out so that we can discuss later? What is it? Um, the district funds board report. Where is it? Uh, it's the uh uh >> Where are we? 3. It's 3.2. It's the first thing on the the district funds board report for May 2026. You want to move it on to We'll
034move it under information and discussion items. >> Sure. Can we do that? Thank you. Okay, we Which one? 3.2 District funds report for May of 2026. We're going to move it. We're moving it to information and discussion. She wants a discussion. So, it'll be 5.2. What? What was it? I'm sorry. She's moving She's pulling district funds board report and we're moving it to 5.2. I just have a couple questions on it. >> Okay. I'll motion to approve the consent agenda with the pulling of district funds and moving it to 5.2. Would someone like to second? >> I'll second. Mrs. Garcia seconds. Mrs. Ross? Yes. Mrs. Williamson? Yes. >> Mrs. Garcia? Yes. And Mrs. Lane? >> Yes. And I'll make it a yes. That motion passes 5 to 0. On to public comments. Let me get
035my little thing. I'm just going to make a quick comment public comment. Speakers will have 3 minutes to speak so that everyone who wishes to speak will have the opportunity per ARS 38-43102H prohibits the governing board from discussing items which are not on the agenda. If the item you are addressing is not on the agenda, please do not expect the board to answer questions or discuss the issue with you. Comments need to be district related. We have one public comment. Joanne Garrett, please come up. Welcome. Mrs. Golfkin, do you have a microphone? Good evening. Thank you for giving me my 3 minutes. And as you notice, I'm a little over 50. And >> [laughter] >> I know I don't look it. You don't. But at any rate, we tend to get emotional. So, I'm going
036to read to you the letter that I gave to human resources yesterday. It goes like this. This letter is to inform you of my resignation from the Apache Junction School District. My resignation began on Saturday. My current position was second grade at Four Peaks Elementary. This is my third year at that school. However, this spring I was placed on an improvement plan for no apparent reason. [laughter] For 2 years I had excellent evaluations. I adhered to the plan successfully and it was approved by my principal in our last summit team meeting. At this time, I have heard not one word from the district if I have a contract for next year or not. Nothing. So, I'm hanging there like a spider on a, you know, string, wondering what's happening. Nobody has said anything. Uh I
037feel part of this may be discrimination by Dr. Pappalardo's part for these reasons. The first one is age. I'm over 50. And uh he's obsessed with AI. I am not. So, I don't really fit with that agenda at my age, okay? The second reason I think that he is discriminating is that I am above the highest pay range for teachers at the top with experience and my education. Now, obviously, if he doesn't have to pay me, he can hire two teachers from the Philippines to come in and take positions. Okay, the third reason he's upset about my discussion with the school board president about the lack of supplies and financial resources at our school. He canceled my second grade field trip. The trip had been approved. Permissions had been returned. And my principal was going
038to be one of my chaperones. Um it was to be on a Friday. We collected permission money from the kids, ready to go. It was to be on Friday. Monday, Dr. Pappalardo decided to not allow us to go. So, Oh, I'm sorry. So, anyway to say that I have a lot of degrees, a lot of experience in gifted education. I regret this decision, but I feel I've been totally ignored and dismissed without notification by Dr. Pappalardo. So, I have one thing to say, Dr. Pappalardo, stick a fork in me, I'm done. Thank you. Thank you. We're comments. All right. Moving on to information and discussion items. 5.1 food service RFP, Stephanie Aguilar and Corey Hansen coming up. Good evening board and community. My name is Stephanie. This is Corey. And he's accompanied by Vicki. They
039are from Chartwells. They are representatives. Um we had six vendors that we went out for an RFP with. Uh Chartwells was our most basically one of the best candidates for the job. They um have a guarantee higher than any of the other um competitors that we had. They are actually one of the only ones that guarantee us money back. Um so, our district would be bringing in money um outsourcing our food companies. They came in for us. They did some food for everybody to taste to see what our students would be um receiving. They have provided [clears throat] outstanding service from day one coming to our interviews, viewing our schools, really showing us how they will be kids first. Uh Um we have gone through and we've evaluated them with our committees. Um do you
040guys have any questions as far as what you would like to know information-wise? We are hoping that the board will approve them to go forward with. Um we have gotten the approval from ADE to move forward with board approval. Board, does anybody have any questions? Would you like to hear from the company? Carol? >> please. Uh Madam President, board members, uh Superintendent Pavolardo, uh pleasure to meet you. Uh my name is Corey Hanson. I'm the area director for Chartwells. I live here in just south of Phoenix. I cover the state. We have uh 22 districts that we partner with in this state. Um a little bit about us. I try to say uh I can give you the whole spiel, but really what it boils down to is if you ask anyone, the majority of
041the time when you ask them what their favorite part of school is, it's usually either one of two answers. It's usually recess or it's lunch. And so, um my goal and my passion is to bring passionate people that really want to make sure that cafeterias stay healthy and stay fun. And so, we're always looking to serve happy and healthy meals to our to the students of all the school districts that we partner with. Some of the things that we're not is we're not uh here to take over Apache Junction. We don't have a busload of uh recruits that are going to replace uh your uh associates that have been working in your kitchens. We work with you. We want to partner and be a win-win opportunity for um all of us. We want to make
042sure to bring uh innovation and bring new life to a food service program, uh offer all of the advantages that come with uh, the resources of a bigger organization. So, that's a little bit about us. I brought uh, Vicki, Vicki Shalender uh, is the proposed director that would be our on-site director. You want to introduce yourself? Sure. I'm Vicki Shalender. I'm very excited to be here, guys. Um, I'm from Right now, I'm working at the Higley Unified School District. I've been there for 3 years. I've had a big background I could go on and on, but I don't want to take up a lot of time, but nice to meet you all. So, we'll take any other questions. Sure. Mrs. Ross, do you have any questions? Um, so you said just to reaffirm the people
043that we have working with us already, they will be brought on, of course, if you assess them and they're not 100%. Sorry to cut you off. I do that a lot. I apologize. I get so excited and I just >> [laughter] >> It's a little bit of uh, ADD and a little bit of dyslexia, but really So, the process really becomes uh, once I get board approval, then I want to get in and meet all of the staff and give them an opportunity to apply and be part of our team. We did a special thing where um, they'll have prior service credits. So, as long as they are have been with the district, they will also be that tenured with our company. So, they will have benefits starting day one. All of that will kick
044in as if all of those um, their tenure was if they were with us the whole time as well. So, Good. We just got to get in and start seeing people. Right. That's fine. Mr. Williamson, any questions? >> We have uh, five employees that will stay with the district, and everyone else will be under Chartwells with the benefits and under their management that also works with us. We work hand in hand. So, any um, any discrepancies at all, we get first say, they come to us with their concerns and it is what we say first and they work with us to cooperate and find a plan together. So, they're not taking over the district, they're working with the district. >> Okay. That's That's a good explanation. Thank you. Mrs. Williamson? Uh, that was one of
045my questions. And then just curious cuz I don't know how this all works, but you said that we would get money back. What do we do with that money that we get? What is it used for? I can go I can So, the short answer is you guys get to decide what to do with that money. There are some federal regulations around what that money can be spent on. That has nothing to do with our company. It usually has to be spent on improving the food service program. So, it's just reinvesting into that program. Okay. Just curious. Yeah, good question. That's a Mrs. Garcia, any questions? Yes. Okay. So, I was trying to This has just been presented to us within 24 hours. So, I'm just trying to look through this. But, I didn't see
046anything about the free and reduced lunches. Is that Do we Is that Is there any Do you guys have anything to do with that or how will that look? I think it's the same. So, it is the same. Um, they'll still have free and reduced lunch, but the great thing about Chartwells is that they help boost that. So, they do incentives, they kind of bring in more of community outreach to kind of incentivize people filling those forms out, getting um, the kickback basically back from the district to partner with us to bring in more of those forms being completed. Um, one thing that stuck with me during their presentation is we asked them, "What if we had uh kids that couldn't provide their own money and they told us, "That's for adults." So, that was
047huge is that they're going to make sure that no matter what our kids are eating. That's great. Okay. And so you'll help assist with the forms and what will that look like compared to what we're doing now? So, the the biggest change is probably just the more resources that can go to help filling out the forms, getting people informed about the forms. We have lots of [clears throat] materials or handouts. Sometimes we'll set up booths at back to school night or parent-teacher conferences to just help. Ultimately, the person that's responsible for submitting those to the state will still be a member of the school district. So, that part won't change. >> Okay. So, there's definitely that separation. So, there's no conflict of interest there. So, that part won't change. It's just adding more people to
048help provide resources to parents or to the school to help fill out those forms cuz at the end of the day we are just wanting to increase participation into those school lunch programs. Okay. And then I know the question was asked in regards to the employees. They're going to be staying. So, is that going to be Will they still be employed with us or Do you want to take that? So, only those five will be employed with us. All of our other staff will be trained and on Chartwells. So, can you explain that? So, the five that are with us now So, the five that are with us now are people that are close to retirement. So, Within the district you're talking about the five. Okay. They're they're our employees that are with the district.
049So, they um, closer to cashing in their benefits, so to speak, uh, opposed to if they go with Chartwells, they don't aren't concerned about, um, everything that they have built up over these years. These are our uh, people who've been here for a long time, so while Chartwells may be signing the paychecks, they're still our employees. With the exception of those five, excuse me. Okay, so we have a five employees right now, and they'll remain with AJUSD district, except for Chartwell Chartwells will be cutting the checks to those five employees. >> To the other employees, other than >> the others. So, we'll be paying our five. Yes. And then, whoever is hired on by Chartwells, they'll be paying the those folks. >> So, our employees will stay with us, just can you better explain it?
050Yeah, so it's very if basically breaks down to the five associates that will stay on a Apache Junction's payroll, and then the rest of the associates will come over to Chartwells payroll. The contract is set up as a fixed cost, uh, so the meals we, uh, charge a certain amount that will go to paying for the food and the labor to do those meals. So, that's how we pay those associates. They'll all still be the same associates, it really is just who signs the paycheck. Does that help answer the question? So, how many employees do we have right now in food service? I believe there's 33. >> Okay, so only five of the 33 are going to be under the school, and the rest will be with Chartwells. Wait, so you have five right now
051within the district that's working with Chartwells? No, no. No, this is going to be See, this is where I'm confused. >> So, of the 33, five are going to stay >> Not right now. Uh Yeah, right now. Five of them will stay on Apache Junction's payroll. They're the ones that the district decided were close enough to retirement that they wanted to make sure that they stay on. It's fairly common. Um and then the rest will come over to our payroll. They'll still be the same associates The same 33 associates. It's just who signs the check at the end of the day. No, you go ahead. It was your turn. I'll ask my questions. >> Oh, no. I just I think I think that was it. I just wanted to make sure you understood that before
052>> I'm not understanding it all. No, no, no. I'll ask later. Okay. Um I think those were I was just concerned about our staff. Uh free and reduced. I think those are all my questions. Thank you. That's the way. Now, it's your turn. Okay. So, I'm I'm sorry. I'm really confused with this. So, we have 33 em- So, this is for next year, correct? Okay. So, right now, at this moment for 25-26, we have 33 employees that are um our food service, right? Okay. So, then 3 minus 2 28 next year. 28 of those will go with you. Correct. And then five will stay No, the other other way. It's the other way. >> No, other way. You had it right. I had it So, 28 will go to Charter Wells and five will stay
053with Okay. Are the 30 Did the 33 sign contracts with us already for next year? I am not sure on that. I don't think so. No, classified hasn't gotten The Food service has not. >> Right. We're waiting on this Okay. to make the work agreements. Okay. for that. Okay. Yep. Cuz I was going to say if they were already offered a job here and then they interview over there and they don't get a job, that would kind of suck for our people. Okay. No, they didn't get contracts yet. Okay, they don't. So, we're they're actually guaranteed to stay with us. It's So, they're not going anywhere. It's not they interview them and decide if they're good or not. It's The only reason they're interviewing them is to get to know them as a person. It's
054to team build and see basically what their goals are, what they're aiming for. We're not getting rid of anybody. Everybody would stay with us. >> Okay. There's no separation. Just who's signing whose paycheck. Interview is a scary word. >> Yeah, it is. I said the same thing. So, it's just their version of interviews is just meeting the staff one-on-one to see where they're at, seeing um For example, we have some part-timers just to see if hey, are part-time what you're happy with? Would you rather be full-time? What about part-time do you like? Um do the hours work for you? Just basically getting everybody to know who they are as a person. So, that they can help ease the that same anxiety that they're having. Nobody's going anywhere. We're keeping all of our people. >> Okay.
055Um and then I haven't had a chance to look at the 108-page document that was attached to this. Um So, what are the costs for using Chartwells? The cost [clears throat] is set up as it's a fixed cost per meal. So, [snorts] we charge a rate and you can see the rates in those documents. >> had a chance to look at it cuz I just got it. >> So, those rates are for every lunch, we charge a rate, for every breakfast, we charge a rate, and then that rate is what goes to pay. That's all we take. That's the only charge. So, those are uh Anything extra is where that uh excess money comes from. So, it's not a fixed rate. Yeah, it's not a fee. It's just a uh as if you were going
056to McDonald's and you got a happy meal. That happy meal would cost x amount of dollars and then McDonald's goes and pays their employees, buys the food, all of that. Right. That's the kind of contract that you're looking at. >> Okay, so is is your prices comparable to what we've been paying them right now? So, that's a really good question. So, the price that the kids pay is still set by the district. Okay. >> Is that going up? Wait, have not changed it. Well, I don't know. We haven't hired them either, so. >> Well, we haven't had a formal proposal yet. We haven't We've not made a recommendation to increase the price of food. >> Okay, so then the price of food But it It would have to come to us. I want However, the
057price of food will be based upon what food costs us, right? So, it's not them. Right. It's So, we'll have to figure out what the price of food is at the inflationary rate that we're at. So, I guess what I'm saying is the price for the kids is not going to go up just because we're using this company. >> Correct. Okay. >> It's the price of food will go up based on the price of food cost itself. Okay. And a fees here or breakdown I saw kind of a pattern in is, for example, if they charge the kids, hypothetically, $2 for breakfast, they take about 8 cents from that $2 to fund their company and then the rest of it goes to food and back with our students. So, they don't charge like "Okay, well,
058we're charging you guys 20 grand." It's just a minuscule part of what the kids pay. As little as cents that just kind of adds up. Okay, so then Dr. Pappalardo, my question to you is, right now, do the students get free breakfast? Yes, we have a free breakfast and a free lunch program that they sign up for. But it's not it's not everybody gets free breakfast. Well, no, I'm just saying because at my district my school is a free breakfast. So that's why I just want to make sure. We have one school that is under that program. Right. Okay. In our district. The others are not because it just wouldn't work for us. Right. We would lose money rather than make money. Right. Would that carry over? That would carry over. >> Cuz it's a
059title one and or is a title one school so that's the it's the free reduced and that's why they get it. Okay. They're going to follow the federal guideline of what's >> [clears throat] >> free and reduced. Okay. Okay. So essentially not much is going to change. Not much is going to change structurally. Your employees will still stay employed if they wish to be school employed. >> Right. Five of those employees are staying with us getting AJUSD paychecks. >> Right. And the other 28 will get Chartwells paychecks if they choose to do that. Right. So we don't we don't So essentially we're saving money I guess is my question. >> So are we actually Okay, usually people do this because there's an incentive for you to do that. Okay. Is that you are able to
060enhance your food service program. Okay. That's why you would go to an outside company. So they generate money for That's what he's talking about the money that we get back. Not generating now. Okay. Okay. Cuz this is Like I said, I just saw this and I'm like trying to process the whole thing. >> Yeah. Um Okay. So If I can add one more thing cuz this is a very complicated process and I was talking to Mrs. Garcia about it before, okay? You know, you have to do an RFP. We have to get permission from ADE to hire someone like Chartwells. Okay. Okay? Then we have to go through the vendor list. Right? Cuz they have a vendor list. Then we have to [clears throat] win and if they filled out the RFP, then we have
061to bring them in. Then we have to vet them. Then we have to send it back to ADE and get approval. This is why this is so late, even though we started way back when. Because the process is it's long. It's not quick. So, it's taken us almost a semester to get to here. Okay. But the And so, this will go into effect for the July. >> Thank you. I'm like, what year are we in? 2026, 2027 school year? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay. Um And then, I don't know if you guys missed when I was first talking about it, this is the company that guarantees a minimum. All the other companies that we solicited, they was a no loss. So, this is something that is guaranteed to bring money in the first year and
062climb instead of the other way around to where it's, well, you'll break even every year. Instead, they have the minimum guarantee. Do we have a contract? I was trying to find dates. Is there a contract with you with the company? There's no contract yet. It's just the RFP that they give us answers to questions we've asked. And then, once we get board approval, that's when we'll move forward with a contract. >> Does it matter on this proposal with the response deadline and all those dates have passed? Would we have to amend those or Um no, because we've already had our chosen. This is just you guys having the final say, saying if we can move forward with it or not. >> So, if the board approves it today, would these dates need to be um
063fixed on the proposal or does that No, because the RFP's already closed. So, basically, Acme Foods couldn't come in and say, "Hey, I want to put in for this." All of our numbers are done. Our committee members have already met. So, it's just this one last final say. Does anybody have any other questions? I think I'm good. Okay. Anyone else? The only thing I was confused on is the title of that 108-page document as the outsourced SMC services fixed price. What exactly is fixed? So, there's just a couple of different types of contracts that a school district can put out from the state. There's a fixed cost and a cost reimbursable are the two main types of contracts. And your school district chose to go with the fixed cost option. So, fixed cost of the
064food, the labor, the what is it? >> My price to you is a fixed cost. It's not variable. So, it's not going to change halfway through the year. It's not going to change throughout the course of the first calendar school year. Okay. And then I did look through this and on a 100 page 102, I see the meals like breakfast, [clears throat] lunch, and all that. But I did not see any prices. Was there Was it somewhere in there I missed? >> It's going to be on the pricing sheet. Okay. I must have missed it on the pricing sheet. >> 7.2 I think 7.4. >> Okay. I'll look for it. I thought I went through most of Well, a lot of those little attachment things like we can't click on them. So, that's probably why.
065>> on here. We can't click on those attachments. >> for AJ or C. That must be why I couldn't see it. Yeah, I don't I didn't see pricing either. But But I That goes against the fixed pricing goes against with what we were talking about earlier where you said that it was going to fluctuate. >> Well, that's why I was asking because when you're talking about the cost of food going up or down or that's why I wanted to know what exactly is fixed if the If yeah. You know, with inflation >> So, I can give a little bit of clarity to you on that [clears throat] one. So, the um yeah, that's it. Do we have this document? It might not be. So, in the response from Chartwells, we had it on page 31.
066Did you want me to have Craig put it up so you can Yes, please. So, the cost for the kids is set by the district and ADE actually has a tool that uh every school district's required to put what they're charging per kid and then that goes off of um what they consider an equitable price for that food and then if a district is charging at that price, they don't have to make any changes. If they have to make if they're lower than that price, then they have to go to the board and make a change. So, that's the only time that you would uh see a motion or something coming to you guys to change the price for the kids. >> Got you. What if we say no? It It doesn't affect I know
067it doesn't me. It It's really just >> affects the kids. Yeah. Yeah. But like >> I I don't know what you charge now. It's different than what we're charging. Not necessarily. So, our our rates are based off of the information that you're currently running. And so, um if you guys chose to change the kids' rate, that would be your decision. It doesn't have to. Right. Okay. So that we'd have to hire a food service director. Say it again. Say it louder. Then then you're back to hiring a food service director within So we're we're going to lose a food She's retiring. She's already retired. Remember that? Retired. Well, I think Vicky is going to be the director right >> going to be the director now, but if you don't go with a service Okay. That's
068your only option. >> Okay. Got it. That that makes a lot of sense now. And you guys take care of all the equipment, maintaining everything, and replacing >> with the district um because it's still owned by the district. >> Okay. Do you have Sam whether pulling that up? Is there like a Can you give us an example of food and what the betterment would be for the kids? Is there I mean I know there's I've been to some of the trainings where I've seen you guys there and some of the other companies, but what would outstand what we're doing now? What kind of product choices obviously more choices >> That's what I was going to ask. What kind of food would you Yeah, so I can tell you some of the food items that we
069brought to the table was our scratch made um pozole which comes from uh pork shoulder and raw vegetables that we cook on site. Uh we try to do a lot more scratch cooking instead of just uh heat and serve type style. So we brought that. We brought in chicken alfredo. Uh we brought in some breakfast par parfaits and some things like that. So I think uh there should be a 21-day menu cycle attached with all items that you would see. Where is that? Is it on the 108-page document? No. No? I didn't see. So, as far as the menus go, on page 42, there's the of the hun- 108-page document? That's I don't think we can click on any of I couldn't click on any of those links. Oh, Dina clicked on it 15 times
070and it worked. Yes. Okay, so 15 is the magic number? Yes. So, is it that menu Is it the 108-page document? There's no menu in the Oh, there's no? Where's the menu? I have a copy. Oh. But, there's no menu. Okay. >> a copy? Can you give it to us? There's no menu in the in the document that was sent. Did you say you have a copy? I have a copy of the doc- Can we see it? I know, she said that document, not the menu. No pricing on the menu. >> [clears throat and cough] >> This is our pre-K breakfast. This is an example, chart wells. Um if you go down um to the I'm sorry, you guys can't go down. If it goes further down, we do have a menu for all of
071our schools. They do differ because, of course, you know, we wouldn't have our littles eating as much as our high school kids would be eating. Is the high school still going to be like ala carte where you can go to different sections to get food, or is Absolutely. Okay. We have different station concepts. We have like a grill station where you can get hamburgers and chicken patty sandwiches. And then we have like a create station where it's kind of a build-your-own type of thing and things like that. >> Looks good to me. I'm going to send Leon a picture of the food that we had. That they came in and we had a space so you guys can get an idea of what it looks like. Can you explain a little bit of the evaluation
072phases? Like how does that work? Who does that? >> [clears throat] >> That's probably more for your procurement Okay. >> things. Um so the way we evaluated is everybody is given, like I said, the RFP that we put out is certain questions that we asked. Things like >> [snorts] >> um similar to what you guys asked. What would you do with our employees? This is what we have in mind. Um how much would the food be? Are you guys uh covered as far as liability insurance? So on and so forth. So they come in and they give us their answers. The other companies gave us their answers. Um we have a committee that we put together and the committee members all go through Like I said, we had six companies. So we had six responses
073that they had to go through and match up side by side. Um did they meet what we were looking for? The presentation um and then once they went through and they scored them on what we received on paper, we had our companies come through, walk our kitchens with us, um meet our food service director, what we were looking for. Uh after that, our committee members met again, kind of worked together to see, okay, what did you take away from that process? What did this person take away? Do you have any questions? Anything to move forward? After that happened, we had them come in to taste their food. If you look up in the top left corner, um those are Mexican sweet bread, conchas. Um they work with a company in Phoenix that actually makes those.
074So, they are certified for our schools to have for our kids. Um on the right, that was our chicken alfredo. Uh in the middle, that was the parfait they made. Uh myself, I had food allergies. They were actually one of the companies that went forward and made sure that everything in that parfait I could have because I'm allergic to a lot. And so are a lot of our kids. Um at the bottom, that was the pozole. And then uh another thing that our committee wanted to taste was the cauliflower. And so, we all got to taste that. We had a couple of the members of the district office also come in and just say what they liked about it, not have an input, but just kind of give their opinions on if they liked the
075food or not. Um after that evaluation, we got to meet the teams. We got to meet the people who are going to be working with us. These, like I said, are representatives. We will be working with them, so they're not just shiny faces. If we will be working hand-in-hand with them. Um and we really felt like um that spoke a lot higher um to back the paperwork with the pricing, with all of that because it let us see who we're going to work with, not what we read on paper. So, And you talked about the bidding scoring criteria. It's not just ADE has a very strict scoring rubric that each one of the committee members has to assign and then they go through that point scale. So it's not just who we liked best. It's
076usually hey, did we meet all the criterion scored the most points. Right. And this was the committee's recommendation, correct? >> Yes. Okay. Okay, let's just say something unforeseen happens if we would bring this company in. Are we able to get out of a contract or Yes. >> Okay. >> So it goes both ways. If something were to happen on either side, we could back out. Okay. That's all I have. I just have one more question. Going back to the the five she she said something that triggered me to ask. So how will we if we have the five here with our district, where would that I would be be funding that? Where would that come from? That comes out of our food service budget. So we'll still be how would that look like? >> You're
077still you're still generating money in food service. >> Say that again, I can't hear you. I'm sorry. You're still generating money in food service. All right. So that would be the generating of the money that they're giving us >> Yeah. plus what we have right now. >> Correct. Cuz I know that we're Yeah. negative right now, right? Well, it it fluctuates, right? Cuz the ADE doesn't pay on time. Right. So we're waiting for the I know we're waiting for money. Right. Um So we'll still be funding the five employees from that. >> Right. They will come out of MNO. Okay. Okay. Until they retire. Any other questions, guys? No? Thank you guys very much. Thank you. All right, we're going to move on to 5.2. Mrs. Lane wanted to discuss Yeah. Do you want me
078to go? District funds report 2026. Can I ask my questions? Have everybody be able to pull it up? Are you guys able to pull up district funds report? This thing is not Well, I think she just added it cuz they pulled it off the agenda. You have to go back to the consent agenda 2.2. All right, Ms. Lane, you're up. Okay, so I I just have two questions. Um why is the M&O balance negative 3 million, almost four? Where are you at? The first line, the M&O, the budget controlled funds, the M&O. Is yours different than mine? No. Okay. No. I It's the No, it's the district funds board report. It's the very Mine's only two pages long. >> it? And it says budget balance negative $3.7 million. I thought we were going to fix
079that so it Cuz isn't that why we're in trouble with the state? Or am I confused? I don't know if we're in trouble with the state. Regina's not here. Oh. So. But we just did the budget last meeting. Dr. Poplawski, are you able to pull it up? I have it pulled up, yes. >> Okay. Um you're not in trouble with the state. Okay. Okay, that's that's one. Okay. Oh my god, that's up. That's your deficit. She did a budget record rec reconciliation um last week. Mhm. Which brings it to zero. Mhm. When at the end of the year. So she'll move money around to make it go to zero. Right. But that's what she's reporting as of as of now. But she'll be at zero on June at the end of the year. Why Okay.
080Okay. So the You weren't here at that last meeting, but I thought I saw in the report weren't we at zero? Yeah, I didn't see [clears throat] that. >> in the report you're at zero. Okay. Yeah, you missed that part. Right. Yeah, I didn't but I looked at the stuff, but I didn't see that. >> So we were at zero, but then now that she's asking for this, the budget is still showing that three Right. This is this is what she had when she ran that that report, but at the when you once we have turned it into the the county and the county has accepted the budget rec reconciliation, so you're at zero cuz they've already accepted it. It's already moved to ABE. Okay. So this is going to show this deficit amount cuz
081remember she increased the but the the amount of the budget last meeting, you remember that? But if we approve this and we did the revision wouldn't that be based on the approval that we just did at the last meeting last week? I don't have that information to tell you that. And she'll be here tomorrow. So we pulled it to discuss. We didn't approve it yet. Right. Yep. So cuz I looked at all the documents from the meeting that I missed and I didn't see anything negative like that. That's why I'm I was confused. >> Cuz she did it to make it zero balance. >> Right and then Right. So she had it on the budget. End of the budget where she had it. >> Yeah. It's a zero balance. My understanding would be if this
082should have been updated if it was on the agenda. >> Well, it's not on Well, we pulled it >> Because this is May and the meeting was in May, so this should be the end of May, right? Right, but what I'm saying is we don't have it on here now for approval, so we can leave it and then Gina's Okay. We have our next work session, we can discuss it and then put it on approval for the next >> Okay. Yep. Okay. Because right now we only pulled it for discussion. Okay. All right. >> Yeah, since you pulled it, we can ask and then approve it. >> right, then we can wait for work session. >> cuz she would be here to answer questions. >> you're right. We can pull it and then bring it
083back >> Nope, I'm good. I'm good then cuz I just had two questions on it. Sorry. >> so we'll keep those questions for our next meeting. >> thank you. Sorry. >> Okay. Don't be sorry. Sorry, I'm sorry. We are moving on to action items. Let me just get back to my Item 6.1, approval of the Game One and UA highlighted athletic agreement. We discussed this with athletic director Yates at the work session. I think this is a great idea. Um Dr. Pappalardo, do you want to just go over this as a refresher? >> As a refresher, I thought you I believe you all said it was you thought it was a great idea to sign with this company that you'd have consistent uniforms and they would be Kids would look good. And I think there
084was like a $7,000 incentive. Yeah. And um this will help to provide uniforms for our athletes new uniforms on a regular basis, so every whatever year they would get new uniforms. Any questions on this, Mrs. Ross? No. Mrs. Williamson? No. Mrs. Garcia? No questions. >> Mrs. Lee? >> No. All right. Someone like to make a motion. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to approve the Game One and UA highlight athletic agreement. We have a motion. Would someone like to second? >> Second. >> Mrs. Ross seconds. Mrs. Ross. Yes. Mrs. Williamson. Yes. >> Mrs. Garcia. Yes. >> Mrs. Lane. >> Yes. And I may also motion passes 5 to 0. Item 6.2 approval of the Parent Square 5-year contract renewal in the amount of $127,724. Um we discussed this also at the work session.
085This is just renewing what we already have. Um I know Miss Burnett, I don't know if she's here, but we talked about TLC maybe also. Miss Burnett is in the back room if you want her. No, that's okay. Okay. Dr. Babula, is there anything you want to add on Parent Square? I believe everyone understood how easy it is for parents to use and and staff to use. There was some praise given from other districts that it works really well. So, it's probably a great investment and so you don't have to change your communication tool. >> Right. The only thing I would like is TLC to get on that one so that if you have a child at TLC and say an elementary school, they don't have to have two separate. They can all have the
086same. Correct. >> So, that's the only thing I would ask to do. Um Mrs. Ross, do you have any questions on Parent Square? Mrs. Williamson. Um I don't have any questions. I think you said Did you say 127,000? I don't know. >> Right. What did I say? 120,000. 127,724. Okay. I thought it was So, what is the 27,000? That's the 5-year plan. That's the one >> 5-year plan. Yeah. Mhm. Okay. Right. The current rate is 21,811. That's the total. The the new rate for this contract is 27. >> 27,000? >> Yeah. Okay. Well, it says that, but I didn't know I didn't know where she got the 127. >> Yeah, there's no 100. It's just 27. Yeah, that's what I was saying. But it says it on there. No, just 27. Does it say 127?
087>> maybe that's with the 5-year plan. >> years. >> Okay. You're confusing me. I'm like I know I'm reading it right. I'm like So, I'm making a motion for 127,724. Cuz that's the 5 year. >> Yeah. Do you have any questions, Mrs. Garcia? I do not, Mrs. Kimble. >> Mrs. Lane, I know you love it. I do. I love [laughter] it. Just one question. So, um I think we talked about it, but um how do I say this? We're not going Are we going to I shouldn't say force cuz that's just a strong word, but we're going to allow all of the schools to use this and get rid of all the other stuff. >> This is our communication tool. >> Mhm. Okay. This is This is our the only one. Yeah, the only one.
088Cuz this is This allows us to track. Right. >> be unified with all of the schools to use this. That's what I wanted to know. Okay, now I'm good. Okay. Would somebody like to make a motion? Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to approve Parent Square for 5-year contract renewal in the amount of 127,724. We have a motion. Would somebody like to second? Second. >> Mrs. Ross seconds. Mrs. Ross? >> Yes. Mrs. Williamson? Yes. Mrs. Garcia? Yes. >> Mrs. Lane? Yes. And I'll make that motion passes 5 to 0. Item 6.3, approval of the revised fiscal year 2026 governing board meeting schedule. We went over this. Has everybody looked at this? >> it. Yes, Has everybody looked at this? Everybody look at it? We're good? Everybody? All right. I'm going to motion to
089approve the revised fiscal year 2026 governing board meeting schedule. Would somebody like to second? >> I'll second it. Mrs. Garcia seconds. Mrs. Ross? >> Yes. Mrs. Williamson? Yes. Mrs. Garcia? Yes. >> Mrs. Lee? >> You guys are all quick with your yeses. I can't say no. Yes, I say yes. >> the yes say the motion passes 5 to 0. All right, 6.4 approval to enter into a service agreement with Chartwells for food service management. Any questions before we motion on this? >> one more question. Mrs. Garcia. Um Dr. Pappalardo, and you might not have the answer, but can you tell me what the difference is going to be from last what the difference was from last year to this year in regards to like what the price is there going to be a price difference?
090What that would be? >> So, right now we haven't calculated a price increase. You know, we're going to wait for the vendors and Chartwell to tell us what the price of produce and food is before we contemplate bringing that to you. >> think the board should wait on approving this? No, I I I don't think that makes any difference. Cuz you need you need someone to manage food service. So, what if they say it's like a lot of money and we approve it? I think it's possible that >> it's going to be reasonable as I said based on the ADE guidelines, right? They have criteria guidelines. They have criteria, so you can't be too far under and you can't be too far over. You know, you always shoot for the middle. But, you know, you
091have to you know, you're in a inflationary time right now, right? Almost 4%. So, you know, if there's going to be a price increase, we're going to bring it to you in July before school starts. You know, at least in a work session to talk about that. So, that we can see if if we need to. We're hopeful that we won't have to. I think Karen's done a nice job pricing over the years, so we've stayed in a range that's doable. You know, we don't want to escalate, but some things are not in our control. The price of fruits and vegetables are certainly not. Correct. Any other questions? Nope. All right, I'm going to motion to approve uh to go into a service agreement with Chartwells for food service management. Would somebody like to second?
092>> Second. Mrs. Garcia seconds. Mrs. Ross? >> Yes. Mrs. Williamson? Yes. Mrs. Garcia? Yes. >> Mrs. Lane? I hate to be a jerk, but I'm going to say no only because I haven't had a chance to look at the document and I don't I I didn't get to see the the price. All right. >> So. So, that motion passes 4 to 1. Moving on. I think I feel like that was more. That's it? That's it. All right. Request for future agenda items, anyone? Uh Madam President, I know we're coming up on June 3rd. Are we going to have the climate surveys along with that meeting? I think we're going to do it at the work session, yeah. Okay. Anything else, anyone? All right, I'll motion to adjourn. Somebody like to second? Second. Mrs. Garcia seconds.
093Mrs. Ross? Yes. Mrs. Williamson? Yes. Mrs. Garcia? Yes. >> Mrs. Lane? >> Yes. And I'll ask the motion passes 5 to 0.