001please be seated on to item 1.3 adoption of the agenda would somebody like to make a motion on the agenda Madame President I'd like to make a motion to approve the agenda we have a motion would somebody like to second second Mrs Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'm yes that motion passes for to zero item 1.4 board meeting minutes not previously approved that would be the January 28th regular meeting minutes the February 12th and the the February 12th 2025 work session and special meeting minutes would somebody like to make a motion on the minutes Madam president I'd like to make a motion to approve J January 28th regular meeting and February 12th 2025 work session minutes and special meeting minutes we have a motion with somebody like to
002second second Mrs Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'm yes that motion passes five four to zero information only items 2.1 governing board members report does anybody have anything to report Mrs Mrs Ross no sorry nothing this time Mrs Garcia I have a couple of things so last Thursday I think think I went to um Desert Vista with Mrs Fant and we walked some of the classrooms and um probably spent like an hour there and I was mostly impressed you can tell Mrs fant's really doing a good job because when we go into the classrooms she's uh the kids are starting to connect with her I got to see some actually I got to see one of the parent my nephew he was in a class and um I
003just loved how the kids um when she entered the classroom they connected with her and she was really good about just making that connection that was really important to me so I really I really liked how the kids were like receptive to her um but some of those teachers have really tough jobs I went into one class for 30 minutes and I needed to take some Advil after they left it was like so like they're do they do a really good job but there's there's a lot of a lot going on and then um last board meeting we recognized the Elks but kind of coinciding it with um what else we have going on we have a couple different local businesses that have donated to the Davis Field it's used for football um track soccer
004um just all the sports and events and the El Lodge gave us $1,000 the last board meeting and then um I called up Ace and asked for some help and they donated all of the white chalk paint so that'll be all year for chalking the fields for football or soccer or whatever need be he donated all the seating and all the fertilization to the to us last week Dr papalardo so that was amazing because that's really going to help us financially and I know there was other some businesses I think Dr papalardo is going to talk about that helped complete that so we have everything we need in hopes to be en able to make the field at the Davis Field look nice um and then February 16th we had the L touchman Marathon that's
005always a great thing because they always have at the end a few weeks later they'll have um like a little dinner and they give out Awards to all of the local kids and all the sports and activities and so that's so nice because it's able it's it's a way for the kids to actually raise some money and be able to put money into their account for equipment or uniforms or whatever they need and then this last weekend we had um Lost Dutchman days there's a lot of folks go out there um mostly the baseball team and they they donate their time on Friday Saturday and Sunday and then in turn the lost Dutchman marath or Lost Dutchman days will give them money back and that helps with the clubs and things so I just wanted
006to thank everybody for working together and doing everything that you guys do for the kids and that's it thank you Mrs Lena anything you like to report um I toured the preschool with Mrs Scott a few weeks back and I got to see oh it's on I'm just not close enough to I toured the the the TLC with Mrs Scott and I got to um look at the the the new facility because the last time I was there was about 20 years ago and um so I got to see all of the changes that have occurred since then and um I unfortunately went on a Wednesday so there weren't a lot of kids there but what I did see was a lot of like communication between the teachers and the students and they I missed
007the young kids they were like all like hey hey how are you and they're super sweet I miss them um and I also participated in the lost Dutchman marathon and um it was great to see our Roc guys handing out the bags at the end it was it was really good to see some old students too very good thank you um and I attended the state of the city with Mrs Garcia and Miss Williamson who's not here and I thought I was really wonderful they had it at a new location which I didn't even know existed and all the all the things that the city is doing it's amazing to see the the advancements and how we're evolving here it's growing so fast um so it was nice to be with the mayor and the
008council members and to mingle with some of the community members so that was nice and on to the superintendent report Madam president members of the board community members students and staff um the piggyback on went to the state of the city with you guys and it was a very nice reception there there um figgy back on what Mrs Garcia said the friends of AJ yesterday uh took a proposal from us and they have donated $1,500 to help us restore Davis Feld so that's that's wonderful for us U to get us to where we need to go so after saying that I know that coach Jeremy bingham's in the audience if he could please stand for folks who don't know him come on up Jeremy you know he's our going to be our new varsity football
009coach for the 25 26 Season um we're very lucky to have him he's a former NFL player for the um the Oakland Raiders right and we are we are very happy to have him as part of our staff and thank you you will have a you will have an opportunity to meet him Thursday night for all our football fans out there parents and kids who want to play football Thursday at the high school gym starting at 6 p.m. okay so please make it point to be there talk to him get to know him get to know the philosophy and what he's going to bring to AJ schools thank you and welcome uh we had a a meeting this week Monday morning with the AJ uh Police Department working on our security plan I want to
010give a big shout out to our SRO officers uh they have acquired 10 brand new handheld radios for Cactus Canyon Junior High at no cost for us so that's a that's a great partnership we have going with them um so went to a lot of different conferences this week I'm going to take you to see one of the things I saw last week uh with on Fridays and I think you will be impressed impressed and Enchanted about what we can do for our students in the 21st century here in AJ schools as we work together as a team um and the last Summit that I to Mayor and I attended was the um School connect Summit and we were featured at that Summit because of our work with Genentech and bringing stem to Peralta Trail
011and Cactus Canyon Junior High so we got we got a nice video presentation about schools and our program and our work with them to show all the other districts in Maricopa County so that was was very nice I'm going to be a little longer because we have a few more things to recognize tonight so first I'm going to ask um Pat Smith to come up and talk about resolution copper evening president MERS of the bo superintend is that at elementary we have a lot of great things and we couldn't make those things possible without resol the partnership we have not only today did we get to experience our first graders who got to enjoy a story resol when but also they help us to be able to provide what our students need for literacy but
012most recently are rova ouro nature to science our students enjoyers learn ATM also learn about agure learn about sustainability science is so important making that crcular connections coming up inations [Music] join teachers but she's the advisor of our Garden Club so I wanted just to share a few words on her excit about what we're going to be able to do always St St because only resol help support partner but also atlc so if I can have even for joined from resolution coer they've been so forunate if you don't remember they donated 4,500 to our smallest District so we can support their social develi and ASAT Lear so at this time we do have a certificate of appreciation to resolution outstanding suppor of students in the aach UN School District we thank you for your unwavering
013dedication and impactful contributing wow [Applause] thank you guys so much [Applause] and next I'd like to call up Miss Kim Grady to um present the Bill of Rights essay contest student recognition hello is this right okay so I'm Kim Grady as Dr papalardo said um I'm a um community at large person who has developed a program that I um brought to the Apache Junction School District this year it's a celebration of the Bill of Rights I started doing this 30 years ago actually as a community awareness project and I always knew I wanted to get it into the schools and so I formed a small band of volunteers Rhonda here and Wayne's here um and a few other people who I'm going to introduce to you in a minute but we are just volunteers I'm
014a 40-year veteran of the education profession I started out teaching uh running a GED program at Phoenix Union High School District I have moved on into adult Workforce education and so why does that apply here it's because I know you probably know and employers like resolution cop prop er no if you understand your rights and you become a solid citizen you're a good employee and so that partially why I did this but I also do this because I am have a passion for the Bill of Rights and we're here to recognize the winers of an essay contest that we started this year and I'm really happy to have one of our esteemed members of the team we what we do is we gather people like judge Daniel wasburn together and we read the original 10
015Amendments and each reader tells a story so every year the story is different and that's what makes us so engaging and so helpful and we want to engage you and we want to engage the students and I'm doing this through the board Gail's been really helpful dena's been been really helpful and I hope hope to work with the other members as well but we engage the community and we get them to come out and talk to people and that's what we want to keep doing and we do this sometime in December so you'll be hearing about that I hope um this year but judge wasburn you want to come on [Applause] up thank you um my name is Daniel wasburn I'm a superior court judge here in penel County I came straight from Florence to
016be here I am grateful that Kim gave me the opportunity to be the judge of these essays it's much nicer to be judging the essays than my other judging responsibilities but it was definitely not just uh enjoyable but it was um somewhat hopeful in reviewing what uh the Youth of today perceive of the Bill of Rights and so I was excited and grateful for Kim to give me that opportunity thank you so we have the um principal gin and is Miss pal here as well no okay principal again thank princip thank you very much and appreciation they were very instrumental in helping us get the students involved so that's very helpful um who's here tonight the ESS winners who's here tonight we had four essay oh there you are Brandon come on up right come
017on up and oh bren's here good come onen oh and that's okay that's um um Xavier yeah Xavier so Shila is the only one that didn't make it yeah Shila didn't make it okay so okay so these are the winners the um first second and a tie for the third our other tie for the third didn't make it but these guys were great and we're just doing we actually did a um a certification ceremony at our event so this is the second time we're doing that but I'll give you the honors so bra come up front con congratulations guys so just to close get your kids involved next year you'll be hearing about it it's for seventh to 10th graders um we'll be doing it again and there's cash prizes did how did you guys
018spend your money but I'll tell you it was a lot of fun these three guys in particular they were awesome you're a speaker you're going to be something I think in terms of politics I don't public spe speaking um Braden we had to pull some things out of him but we found out he has a love for his country a love for the Constitution and Xavier I have to say something about Xavier I talked to him the least at the event and he actually had the one of the shortest essays but it was so powerful so I want to tell you Xavier I didn't get to tell you this at the event but it only takes a few words if they're the right words and I'm going to tell you to um Samuel Adams you
019guys all know who he is right Samy Adams in history he wrote essays and he started the Tea Party and he launched the Patriot movement with essays if you ever asked to write an essay make it a good one Kim do you want Madame President members of the board now we'll move to our staff and student recognition pop tie color good evening Madame President members of the board Dr papalardo members of the community Community colleagues and families I'm honored to present our volunteer and classified and certified staff members of the month unfortunately I don't have time to mention all the wonderful things that staff have said about these three amazing ladies but I will give you a little bit of what was shared with me I'd like to start with our volunteer of the month
020Christina Hayer yeah we're going to make you do all the things you're up here so she is part of our small But Mighty PTO they do something special for the staff every month like a treat or or Post-its and they do a super clever little note that goes along with it she puts a lot of time and creativity into all of the PTO events like Spooktacular and the Valentine's dance coach Rumple had this to say about Christina and this probably sums up everything Christina hay is an amazing volunteer and member of our PTO putting in the extra hours to make sure that all of our school events run smoothly she comes early to decorate and stays late to clean up after all our amazing events she has been a longtime supportive parent over the years
021while both Emily and Pac have been Desert Vista Mustangs she will be missed as her youngest moves on to the middle school after school this year congratulations Christina dve is lucky to have you as our volunteer of the our classified staff member of the month is our cafeteria manager Kyra gilberg Kyra I have to say was very welcoming when I came and started with her friendly suggestions right away she creates meaningful relationships with both staff and students she loves her job and like Terry said she is very giving and would help anybody in need no matter the circumstances she makes us laugh and all of us in the cafeteria would help no matter what she asks Miss mayor says she's always willing to make staff lunches Ure students eat their food supports teachers is friendly
022and helpful Mr Cole says that she's creative with her decorating if you ever get a chance to come to Desert Vista she does the cafeteria upright there's always something going on and we're always excited to see what the next theme is going to be and she's very good at appreciating her staff and making them feel valued Miss biso said Miss Kyra has been one of the friendliest people I've met since starting at dve in October she has gone out of her way to welcome me has donated lots of decorations giving me an embarrassing number of compliments about the library and is always able to answer any questions I might have about lunch duty or how the cafeteria operat operates Kyra has been a true blessing to me and I appreciate her every day haa said
023thank you for being an excellent manager and always being there for your team you deserve this recognition because of your hard work congratulations [Applause] Kyra and she tells us every day finally I would like to recognize Teresa Edwards for our certified staff member of the month Teresa is one of those rare teachers that can work with kindergarteners if you're aware of kindergarteners you know that's a true calling right there she's always cheerful patient and kind her students love her and she loves them like her own Miss ree said Teresa is such a wonderful person and an excellent educator she has such a positive attitude and is always willing to help others she is a wonderful role model to her colleagues on campus Miss tardiff who unfortunately couldn't be here tonight she wanted to be here
024for you said I am grateful to work alongside Teresa every day I admire her dedication and willingness to always help the team her kindness and hard work are appreciated I think coach Rumple summed up this best by saying Teresa Edwards is an amazing kindergarten teacher that prepares for students for first grade and Beyond she genuinely cares about every student in her classroom and makes sure that every student feels special Teresa is a team player and steps up to help her co-workers when needed she has a friendly smiling face on our campus every day and will be truly missed by all when she retires this year [Applause] congratulations oh okay H to student of the month welcome the Elks Club unfortunately both of my students of the month their siblings were not able to attend tonight
025because their air conditioning at home decided to go out and they're coming this evening to fix it so I will be recognizing them next month because I want to give them that opportunity I would like to bring up Kendra Porter from Four [Applause] Peaks governing governing board president governing board members Dr papalardo family members community and staff I would like to introduce you two of four Peak students of the month first one is madx Sevilla I would like to welcome Maddox Maddox is a kindergarten student in our dual language program uh her teachers are um Mr Castro and Mrs Duke when I sat with madx she told me her favorite color is pink which she has her pink boots on she loves school because they get to eat snack when asked what her favorite subject
026is madx stated that she loves social studies because you get to learn about Flags according to Mrs Duke her teacher Maddox is a fantastic student she is a peacemaker in our classroom and is always making sure herself and her classmates are doing the right thing she is very eager to learn and is always participating in class she works hard every day and is always help all always helping those who need it I love having Maddox in my class according to Mr Castro she is such a pleasure to have in class she is an excellent student and is always kind and respectful to others she always tries to do her best on everything she does she demonstrates her abilities to learn daily by participating at all times her effort to learn and communicate in Spanish is
027recognized I'm proud of the growth she has made so far [Applause] our second kindergarten student is Lincoln Stevens come on [Applause] down they so cute Lincoln Stevens is a kindergarten student in Mrs Jones class when I talk to Lincoln he's a man of few words but he did say he loves school because they get to go outside his favorite subject is science because because they get to learn about it and then when they're all done they get to write about science according to Miss Jones she said I chose Lincoln to be student of the month because I am so proud of the progress he has made both academically and socially in the beginning of the school year he was very quiet and refused to smile for pictures now he is actively participating in class discussions
028and has made many friends he is always kind to all and willing to help anyone in need academically he is a excelling in all areas he has mastered all of the kindergarten site wordss and is now working on the first grade site word list he gives 100% in everything he does and is always takes his time I am so proud of him and can't wait to see what his future holds [Applause] congratulations next I would like to invite um Pat Smith principal at Peralta Trails [Applause] good evening again Madame President members of the board Dr papalardo family community members I first want to start off um before I introduce our two amazing Bobcats and thank the staff their teachers Mrs Nicholson Mrs cero but the other staff and I H see a parent volunteer who
029helps with our third graders who are here to support these students so thank you so much for showing up this evening um the first amazing Bobcat third grader I'd like to recognize is from Mrs Nicholson's class and that's Ganon Chapman come on up gon Mrs Nicholson shares with me Ganon isn't he amazing so he and I gel very well we're both very social good good partnership there um Ganon is new to paralta Trail this year he has been a blessing to our class from day one some things that I love about Ganon is he is a good friend he tries his best he makes everyone laugh and when he makes a mistake he owns it and apologizes he does his homework each week and hisl growth is over 200 in reading and close to 200
030in math which is a growth of two grade levels wow he is doing amazing at his math act Ganon all of your hard work this year shows each and every day thank you for being you Ganon you have made room 102 better keep being you I would also like to share as his principal I have enjoyed his personality that brings a light to our campus into any room he steps into his conversations are rich with facts and he loves to share what he knows right Mom and Dad know that Ganon is a member of our campus leadership club and is a leader on many different levels when asked what he loves about Pearl to Trail he shared our principal is great thank you Ganon I think you're great as well I like all the teachers
031here the education in school is better than my last school we love having you at Peralta Trail Ganon congratulations on being recognized as one of our students of the month and keep working [Applause] hard so cute our next amazing Bobcat that I want to bring up is from Mrs lucero's classroom and and that's Maria [Applause] stepan I just want to share that both of our students tonight I know Mrs gin our high school principal shared with me how welcoming uh Maria was went up inter said are you a principal I I just love how they know how to work a room and make connections I really see the two of them really doing great things in this world don't forget about me both of you um Mrs lero shared with me that Maria has shown
032excellence in everything she does each and every day she comes to school with a smile on her face and a can do attitude she continues to show growth in all areas and is at a fourth grade level in her ISL work she is an amazing example to her peers by always being a leader she is a loving and sensitive girl with a big heart and always knows when her teacher needs a hug as her principal I love seeing the excitement in her eyes with learning and being an all-around wonderful student who makes great choices she participates in many school events and is one of our best cheerleaders you will see Maria on the sidelines cheering not only on her sister but on the whole paralta TR Trail Team no matter what it is she loves
033to make others days with a smile or kind word she is respected by all who know her her and our Peralta Trail staff recognizes the leader she is on campus we ask Maria what she loves about Peralta Trail and her response was I love how the teachers are all so nice every student is always kind and anytime we need help someone is always available Maria you're an outstanding student myself and Mrs lero are very proud of you keep shining bright in this world you can accomplish anything he sets your mind to you congratul ations on this wonderful award at this time I'd like to bring up Mr paperman principal at Cactus Canyon Junior [Applause] High thank you Mrs Smith Madame President School Board Dr papalardo students parents and staff um every month when we do
034student of the month the teachers write a lot of great things about about how hard these kids work um this month was exceptional um the conversations I had with the teachers were just off the charts so um I have two students I'm recognizing today uh first one is Jeffrey Cammer so the first one is from Mrs Miller um jeffre is in my second hour concert band he is always on task and ready to go he is an excellent example to his peers and a really hard worker great job the second one was from Mr Miller no relation to Mrs Miller Jeffrey has demonstrated Great Character throughout the school year he participates enthusiastically in all of our lessons and brings a wealth of knowledge about history geography to all of our discussions the world is a
035better place because of people like Jeffrey it has been a privilege to be your teacher third one is from Miss Chambers Jeffrey is an outstanding young man he's an exemplary example of what it means to be a cougar he works hard and takes pride in everything he does he came to class as a talented writer and continues to improve with each new assignment he is a joy to have in class his favorite subject is math he his hobbies are basketball and playing the trumpet and his favorite food is Takis by I'm hoping it's the purple bag is that's the best one the second student we have is kalana [Applause] C is in my third period class she is always ready to help she gets her work done and is a good role model for all
036the other students way to go caliana demonstrates Excellence both inside and outside of the classroom she is hardworking Dependable always strives to do her best this shows strong commitment to her studies she actively participates in class and is eager to learn congratulations [Applause] um for Miss Chambers it has been a genuine pleasure to have Tana in class she exudes self-confidence and her smile is infectious she is an excellent student and a role model to her peers congratulations for this well-deserved recognition her favorite subject is also math her hobby is Cheer and from what I've been hearing she's all about cheer and her favorite food french fries you can't go wrong with french fries um up next will be Miss skin from the high [Applause] school good evening Madame President governing board superintendent community members and
037staff it's good to be here tonight I love bragging about the best of the best from the high school so I'm going to start by inviting up Haley Abu I didn't see her Haley she's not here but I'm going to just brag about her for a minute um Haley one of her teachers said she's an amazing role model she's always on task always polite always willing to help others she is so deserved of this accolate that's from Miss Allen and from Mr Ulen Haley is a great role model for other students she's always helpful and attentive to the class objectives she's a wonderful student who impacts class in a positive way and from Miss Sandi Haley is an amazing student her energy is so contagious and she's always smiling and being positive her Spanish is
038very nice I am so glad to have her as a student in my class so congratulations to Haley we're glad you're a prospector all right I'm gonna call up Scott Imus come on down me tell you a little bit about this guy he is phenomenal so I'm glad you get a chance to know him Scott's favorite subject is science with math as a close second he is his favorite activity is rollerblading if he's not doing Ceramics Mrs gin loves Ceramics like little cups and stuff all right what he wants to do after high school is he's going to go to university and become a college professor science or math science okay a love it all right now this is where it gets a little deep so hang on so he says something he loves to
039learn about brains and physics physics is the science of why of what we can measure and brains are the science of turning those measurements into the Lucidity of life itself that good but wa eat that more this is beautiful if he could have one wish what would it be and why I wish for a reconstruction of the world government so we can start valuing education worldwide and stop pretending like we aren't all stuck on this planet together so amazing amazing and his teachers agree Mr Walker says Scott Imus is a bright and extremely hardworking student in the earth science program he has a true affinity for Science and loves to be challenged in class by labs and courseworks two things that impr press Mr Walker are his ability to work independently but also his interactions
040working in a group to help his classmates understand a program and then Mr obiri says Scott is indeed an outstanding student he is always ready to learn and stays highly motivated he is incredibly helpful to classmates and always willing to offer supports when needed so you can see we are so lucky to have Scott as a prospector so congratulations you deserve that pick your time [Applause] congratulations we are going to take a 10-minute break are you aren't you a spouse oh okay well earlier I saw all these docents ear oh he has oh yeah I didn't see that oh yeah [Music] yeah I was I was thinking about bring sweater I thought you did it because you were I usually King in now I to don't yeah did you see my Facebook post today I've
041been so busy I haven't yesterday I found this in my classroom are you serious that's hilarious my husband's like I want those here they're yours that's funny and I found out who it was today and he's just like yeah we've been sneaking around all around school both of them everywhere I'm like Max did you have fun on your cruise oh amazing how long were you gone for a week six days yeah wow yeah my husband's like I need to take you out of town again cuz I don't see you again I know I know you know with kid it's hard I know and like he's free during the day when I have to work and then he does his stuff at night when I'm at home so they like practice and stuff well no he
042volunteers prison always G at night he's recovering alcoholic so he does that's nice that he volunteers though yeah a lot of it no well we're just you don't yeah oh good all right take care bye thank you yeah I think the V is right on Larry hey thank you see you soon my house is set at 81 Larry is like oh goodness okay we are going to resume our meeting in public item three public comments Mrs GF any comments none on to information and discussion items 4.1 Career and Technical education program update Mr Cox come on up welcome thank you madam president more members of the board Dr papalardo colleagues community members if you're here appreciate appreciate the time I'm always excited to talk about the programs that are here on campus and the ones
043that were growing um when I started this job we were excited to bring it back from e and give our kids some personalization with our teachers some care so I think we've done that still a lot of work to do but we've done that so I'm just going to give a few highlights if you don't mind first when we first started we had a and currently we have about 100 kids that go to evit which seems like a lot but we more importantly we have over 100 that stay here on campus which is important we're excited about that through the hard work of Mrs gin and her uh counseling team uh with our preliminary registrations from this year coming up we have about 310 and growing that are registered for our programs currently which is
044extremely exciting so we we've overd doubled our our numbers and hopefully we'll grow we're going to be adding some programs we uh I've hired a welding teacher finally awesome so we're very excited to that to give those kids an opportunity to work with Welding which I think is going to be very important we're still waiting on Sports Medicine I have a few feelers out so my hope is that we're going to hire Sports Medicine we have some kids that are interested in that I think that's a program that will grow tremendously excited about that um we are uh had some companies just recently reach out to our graphic design who is doing incredible work graphic design uh classes asking if they could create a logo for their businesses and then offer those kids a prize
045and potentially offer a uh a donation to that program so I think that's important you're getting it out to the community that our kids have the capabilities to create really great things um working really hard with that we um we have a CTE prospector Marketplace that's coming up April 12th uh we're going to have vendors uh uh vendors within our community our businesses we're also have uh Community uh teachers from our programs at each site if they'd like to have their programs come out and promote what they're doing um I I anticipate that it's it's going to grow first Year's always interesting we're getting the word out so we're hoping that we're going to have a good turnout April 12th it'll be here at the high school like to make that Anan event we also
046have a young lady graphic design aelia panate who placed third uh for the ACT a uh poster contest and and she had all of her classes participate in this and out of through the state and she placed third and was awarded $100 and this was her her poster I'd like you know I know you saw this earlier but this was her poster again it shows the great work that our kids and our teachers are doing and um I think that next year we'll have even even more winners and and a better turnout and then lastly uh this coming next two months we're preparing our kids for the CTE certification tests and that's our end goal is to have them participate in all these classes and at the end have a certification something they can show
047for themselves and to be able to go out in the workforce and be hirable quicker than they would if they didn't have that so we're preparing those kids for that I I anticipate that they're going to do a great job really excited for next year we're adding like I said we're adding a couple more programs and I think that you know Sky's limit programs are growing and I think you're G our kids a great opportunity and to show them that uh they can do wonderful things here at AJ I'm I'm excited first I just want to say I appreciate you and I appreciate all all the work that you're doing and the gains that you have made it's amazing so any questions for Mr um just one again I I am a real big proponent
048of CTE I think that that just fills a void that school in my career in my school years did not you know they never offered things like that until I went into college but anyway um my only question is of those 310 students how many of those do you think will be staying on campus versus going to East Valley those are all kids those are ours on our campus East Valley will see ev will send us I believe they they just sent me an email they should by the end of the week they'll be able to give us kind of an overview of how many kids have they've accepted into their programs not a full list but it'll be a partial list so we'll be able to see numbers of that how many kids and
049and again EV offers some program be a but those are just kids in ours Tri the numbers which is phenomenal and that's due to the the hard work of the counselors and Missin really promoting our teachers are out at at lunch promoting these programs but also having such good programs that are interesting absolutely it's wonderful well that's really I I I wasn't sure but I just wanted to clarify for myself that they were all ours and I would be curious how many are going to go off campus to it you know soon I get that pass that would be wonderful thank you absolutely thank you Mrs Garcia any questions I have questions I just thank you for bringing all this back and allowing the kids the welding is exciting and hopefully we'll just keep on
050growing with the classes Mrs Lane no questions I second it's it's president thank you too I'm busy right now no no questions no questions Dr paparis anything you want to add well the plan is working as we designed it to work we said we wanted to bring it back last year that was a goal we did and now we've doubled it or doubled it in a half well pretty soon we're going to be full in CT that's wonderful that's the goal that's the goal thank you so much okay on to the consent agenda would somebody like to make a motion on the consent agenda Madame President i' like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented we have a motion would somebody like to second second Mrs Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes
051Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and on yes that motion passes four to zero on to action items 6.1 possible action on employees for rehire for the 2025 2026 school year any discussion on that any questions Mrs Ross no no Mrs Garcia I do not have any questions Mrs Lane no questions Dr PO anything you want to add to that nothing to add those the those the list of teachers we are expecting to rehire for 2526 okay would somebody like to make a motion on the rehire list for 2526 we are actually I'm sorry madam president I just have one question sure um so these employees have not signed their contract this is just an anticipation correct so contracts cannot be awarded until March 15th so what you have to approve that so we can
052then send them out on that date yes all right thank you madam president I'd like to make a motion on the employees for rehire for 2025 2026 school year we have a motion someone like to second second M Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs Lan yes and I'm yes that motion passes four to zero 6.2 possible action on employee benefit package for 2025 2026 school year any discussion no Mrs Pascal you want to come up and give us a little brief update Madame President governing board Dr papalo colleagues nice to see you tonight thank you for letting me be here um on the benefits package as shared um information is pretty similar to what it was last year um there was the non-working days which are decreased by one because there is
053an additional working day that all employees have on the Friday before break um as far as the medical benefits for next year um our medical costs for all of our employees um their monthly costs for all of our plans are staying the same for this next school year there is one area if they do take our vision plan is a slight increase per month it's less than a dollar I just can't remember how many cents per each plan on what they choose however we did let um employees know that next year um if we are still with Valley Schools they are changing um we will not be with United healthare for our vision it will be through vssp so we did let people know that that would be the following year that there would be
054a change if we're still with them um the only difference with the medical was also that we shared with them that there is an outof pocket increase for both plans from um 5,000 10,000 to 7515 for the traditional uh Po and then for the high deductible plan it's 459 4500 9,000 to 6513 and that um portion that we shared with employees is to let them know that when we met with um Valley Schools um they shared with us that across many districts we provide a much lower out of pocket cost as we're looking at all of our budget monies and how we use our resources as a district we look to see what we could also um part possibly have a little bit of money back on the district without putting that on our employees
055and they said that would have affected about 15 people this year by doing that and we'll have between 40 a little over $41,000 in savings for the district by increasing that cost right okay any questions Mrs Ross no um we just we need to balance the budget as best we can so we we're going to have to make some of these um changes Mrs Garcia um can you I don't know if you or Dr papardo want to answer this but under the admin stiens for the directors and principales so we have the how so we would be giving how many to the principles is there four two or four two two two principles and then four directors correct no no okay can you zero can you talk can you explain that or is that or
056is that something that we can't the higher date determines if they receive your higher date determines whether or not you get that based on that date up there so there's three directors three sorry make that three directors two principles four and two can't that's from the higher date based on higher date that's correct okay and then we're weaning them off as new come in correct and then what say there will be the new hires come in there'll be no more siphons we're wiing off the sions correct that's why there's nothing on the assistant principal and 230 day exempt this year because there is nobody that is currently in a position that was hired after that correct or before that any other questions I'm just a little I guess confused so I just want to make
057sure so in regards to these stiens just for like the um oh this would be all classified so so classified and re and classified staff returning new does this have anything to do or do I may need to make an emotion because I'm confused about the stiens I want to make sure that separate this is just the benefits can okay so so the conversation that we're going to have with the siens that we currently have for our certified we're going to be doing that in the March meeting correct right that's not a decision that's made tonight that's correct okay that's not on here for your consideration okay I just want to make sure because on the admin stiens it has na all the way down and I want to make sure that the board understands
058what we're voting for to make sure that we have discussion about this is the benefits package that really hasn't changed on the benefit package those sens that you're referencing were never part of a benefits package okay I just want to make sure okay they were never part of a benefit okay right okay that's my only question I have on that I think the only change was the one day and removing the ones that um no longer exist correct and I added the dean and teacher of assignment uh of assignment line because that was not on there before it wasn't transparent for everybody so we didn't and we did update that perfect um any other questions cany no I don't have any questions on that sorry to be redundant but I just want to verify that
059this admin stien here is specifically to help offset the directors and principal cost for benefits that's why it's on this schedule that's not well it specifically says right here that there L it says it has multiple purposes it can be included but not limited to healthcare savings flex spending additional disability coverage additional business related books journals professional memberships or other voluntary benefits or deferred compensation okay so that that's why I I want to defer to cammy's question because it I don't understand why that statement is on here and the others are not like can I ask which other ones we're talking about I we're I'm talking I specifically in talking about the sped stiens that's a whole separate that's right so how come these AR we usually approve a stien list okay something like this
060so but why why are there this is this is the stien list that we usually report okay so why why is that this is a sign on is this a sign on um oh no this is no this is the the higher date so I don't understand why that stien is on there and the others are not right that's why I'm that's my question I don't understand because this is a because it was an administrative contractual agreement at the date of the hire of those people okay so then another question then becomes my understand understanding of a stien is it's not supposed to be permanent so but these are permanent stiens that's what you're saying I'm I'm really confused with this whole right thing do you want to so can I talk about that is
061you want to so this was something that was put in contracts a couple years this was this was a specifically for administrative contract so it is a permanent statement for those for those who were here prior to the date okay prior to that date okay but the other statements that I'm talking about was never was is never there's other things we shouldn't okay say okay right all right I I just I got I get confused because the s word this was a right yeah I know it's right it really is this was a contractual agreement that was in a contract was in their contract prior right prior that was is it prior to the January 1st 24 is that when yeah that's correct okay that's correct that's correct okay I'm I'm so any administrator hired
062before that date had that okay one of the two amounts okay okay and so it's it's for that okay we're stien right right the problem is it's called the stien and it shouldn't be okay okay so would we like to call that incentive as so we're calling incentive other and take the word Sten or you could just call it a benefit you can call it anything benefit like to call it I would prefer the the wording to be changed because it's confusing to me personally right it shouldn't have never it shouldn't have been called the dipen but that's what it was called but it's really what the bottom is that it's an administrative benefit okay okay so that yeah so it's different than than a stien yeah so if we could change the wording for
063me sorry so can you I just want for clarification can you explain then for the directors and the principles we're giving this additional amount but why we're not doing it all the way down for the classified and um I guess it would be all classified just for clarification I just want to understand why because as time went on as I understand it because I wasn't here for all of it you backed it up or backed it out so the last ones to drop off are the ones that are at the top okay so you Dro them off off gradually year by year by year because you said it wasn't a sustainable thing for that many people to have so that's what happened so we backed everything off except for the directors and principles for just
064those people who are left that are left from that date from that who were so is the plan so moving forward then they will at some point it'll zero out okay okay yeah there are many that do not receive that because they were hired after that date the majority don't receive it so you're you're backing it out that was the plan as I understand it that was PRI and so for the so then that's how much would that be just for the I guess six that we're talking about so is that 25,000 she said director two princip okay 22,000 yeah I don't have any other questions I'm good you good yeah fine okay anything else want add no nope okay all right possible action on the employee benefits package for 25 26 school year would
065somebody like to make a motion Madam president before you make that motion can we make the motion where we change the verage to that to be benefit rather than yeah mam pres president I would like to move that we change the wording on admin stien to admin benefits I going to approve the of it go ahead and just approve it you have the motion to approve then approve the rest of it yeah Mo in the motion so and then approve the motion on employees benefit package for 2025 2026 school year okay you got it okay somebody like the second second Miss Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'm yes that motion passes 4 to Z 6.3 possible action on certified teacher salary guidelines for 2526 school year Miss Pascal
066yes so uh the salary guideline sheet that's created here was something that we worked on with our salary committee where we were I believe task part of our task was looking at how we could move to the stepless salary schedule that many districts have and have had for several years so we looked at um Regional comparisons with Higley Colmes Florence Mesa Chandler and Queen Creek are some of the other ones that we reviewed and then took that information and came up with with the salary guidelines before you tonight which we have our base salary uh again I want to reiterate this is for any new hires coming on board for um um after if it is approved then it would be after the approval um not for returning staff um the base s rate 46700
067um and then um experience we are recommending um that we do $500 per year with a 20-year Max for Education we're recommending uh all 500 level classes and above Beyond a bachelor's or Beyond a master's at $65 per credit hour and then for advanced degrees $1,000 and $2,000 for doctorates which will then give you a base contract amount um then you will see incentives um you notice that we took out all typen word and in place an incentives after discussion so our incentives we left the Recruitment and attention incentive on this just because that is a priority we'd like to see happen in the future so they wish the committee wish that we would leave that on at this time even though we won't be able to do that at this time um The hardto
068Fill incentive is for critical area um the committee discussed this and um at this current time we find that critical area changes based on our candidate poll too and that that would be based on true need and by the district um superintendent approval uh first year only for $2,000 um our special education incentive would be for um new hires so for the first year the 2000 and every continuing year there would be a merit pay of $1,000 based on 100% of their student special education files in compliance and up to date the additional certifications that we added also would be an annual incentive for national board certification um Any teacher with that holding that certification would get receive $1,000 and then we added um additional certification and endorsements upon superintendent approval of $500 this would
069then give you a compensation if you are um a teacher who qualifies to participate in our performance pay plan and you complete all the requirements for that we put a $2,500 one in as this example this was again a five-year teacher coming in as this example um because that does change based on funding also and so then it would give us a possible total compensation for a um teacher coming in for a new hire that had a master's degree with five years experience um with their performance plan at $5,400 okay any questions on that Mr Ross just just one how um how are we working the employ es that are still on well are on the step program right now and kind of moving them over to this is there a way that you can
070explain that to me or is it really convoluted and I should ask it another time um I don't think it is but kind of not really on this agenda for the salary schedule you're talking about Step list this is just to approve this okay then I'll I'll ask it another time well I think that's going to be coming up on our in our work session that's salary schedule so we can those questions there m any question I have the same question um the way I do you want me you want to speak on it I speak on it let me let me let me this is the salary schedule we could talk about it account well this is for the first year right so let's say let's say You're A continuing teacher okay you teach
071I don't know art you make $63,000 that's your total base right now no stien no anything right you that's where you will start right prior to whatever salary increase you don't you don't go percentage increase will be added on to that that's what I was thinking but I wasn't that's that's how exactly it would work once once we go stepless that's nice and simple I like that thank you that is what was shared with teachers as we went out and presented this with all staff um Gina and I went out to all staff and presented shared that with them and also that any increase would be based off of that number then any increase approved by the board would then be based off of that number right good okay okay M Garcia any other questions
072yes so again um we're not talking about any other this is just new hes and in March we're going to be talking about the other stiens at our work session correct correct okay any other questions Miss L my question has beened okay Dr PA anything you want to add nope okay thank you Miss Pascal all right well done thank you thank you okay would somebody like to make a motion on the certified teacher salary guidelines for 2526 school year have we 6.5 Madam president 6.3 6.3 okay Madam president I'd like to make a motion on the certified teacher salary guidelines for 2025 2026 we have a motion was like the second second Mrs Ross I Did second no I oh yes sorry about that yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'll yes that
073motion passes four to zero six point for possible action on certified teachers contract for 2025 2026 school year this is the language for the contract any questions on this Mrs Ross no m Mrs Garcia I don't have questions Mrs lean no no questions Dr papalardo anything you want to add no this is the new contract language we went over this in the work session right um Miss Pascal has worked very hard with the needs to get this contract correct the first time so we can only have to do it once this year so we believe we're there correct Miss Pascal I believe that is correct thank you okay somebody like to make a motion on the certified teacher contract language for 2526 school year Madame President I'd like to make a motion to approve the
074certified teacher contract for 2025 2026 we have a motion with some like the second yes second Mrs Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'm yes that motion passes 4 to zero 6.5 possible action on a 1% salary increase to certified teachers for the 2025 2026 school year any discussion Mrs Ross any questions no Mrs Garcia I don't have questions on this Mrs lean no Dr papalardo anything you want to add on that I would I would love to give more this time but I don't think we can but in order to retain our folks and show that we appreciate them we have to give something so I think this is the start until um Miss Pascal and Miss Salazar and I went to a budget meeting today and they're
075so far apart that U we're going to be waiting a long time okay so and unfortunately we have to act in the best interest of our kids so we have to put something out there that's at least reasonable to retain people and attract people when you say far apart you're talking about the state I am talking about the state and the governor and what they want to get done is nowhere close Okay M Pascal is there anything you want to add no I like I follow what Dr papal letter said we wish it was more at this time but um that's where we're at financially and and we can give an increase if the budget allows we're gonna talk to Melle as our next meeting also I feel like with the trajectory of the school
076with the way that things are going that we're going to be getting you know we're finally starting to see some student growth and I I just feel like next year we'll really be able to make up for this shortfall of this year I really feel that in my heart I agree okay someone like to make a motion on the 1% salary increase for the teacher for 2526 school year Madam president I'd like to make a motion on 1% salary increase to certified teachers for 2025 2026 school year have a motion would someone like to second second Mrs Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'm yes that motion passes 4 to zero thank you Miss Pascal 6.6 possible action on the funding agreement between resolution copper mining LLC and PR
077to Trail Elementary School to pay for their nature Learning Center renovation which is so exciting I can't wait to come visit would some like to make a motion mam president I'd like to make a motion on the funding agreement between resolution copper mining LLC and paral to traal elementary school to pay for the nature Learning Center renovation we have a motion with somebody like to second second M Ross seconds Mrs Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs is lean yes and I'm yes it motion passes four to zero on to information items request for future agenda items does anybody have anything I'd like to request for the um ADM report specifics to be included in the March budget okay anything else I would like to discuss um the reopening of SM okay you want to update
078on that yes okay I'm just going to ask for an Abid update happen Mr R anything no all right some like to make a motion to adjourn mad president i' like to make a motion to adjourn have a motion somebody like the second second M Ross seconds Mr Ross Yes Mrs Garcia yes Mrs lean yes and I'm yes it motion passes 4 to Z