001Good evening everybody. Welcome to the September 11th meeting for the Glendale Elementary Governing uh board. Miss Sagata Jones, are there any changes to the agenda this evening? >> Good evening, President Martinez. Members of the board, no, there are not. >> Is there a motion to adopt the agenda? I'll make a motion to adopt the agenda as presented. >> I'll second. >> All right. >> Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? Hi. >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Fmentel, how do you vote? >> I. >> And the chair votes I. Please join me in a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Moving right into our special recognitions, Miss Sagata Jones. >> Yes, President Martinez, members of the board, we're going to step out into the courtyard to
002do the Superintendent's Excellence Academic List uh awards. People in the audience, if you would like to join us, you can. It's a little warm out there, but you're welcome to join us or uh you can remain in here. After we finish that celebration, we will come in and we will continue with the rest of our awards for this evening. Okay. Thank you. Okay, thank you for your patience as we um had the opportunity to celebrate uh 39 of our incredible students who did 100% on the ASA. So, we couldn't be more proud of them. Uh for those of you that are joining us for the first time, um I've already said who I am. I'm Cindy Scott Jones, proud superintendent of Glendale Elementary School District. Thank you for choosing us. We've been voted the number
003one school district six times in a row because of you and we appreciate that. We're going to begin with our next awards and they're called just because awards on we have a Gust Foundation educational foundation on behalf of Gusto. They allow us to acknowledge students and staff throughout the year. We call it just because. We're happy that you have chosen GSD just because and we want to say thank you to you. So with that, we choose a student randomly and a staff member ran randomly. They go into a computer system, we hit the button, we select one of each and their names appear. So the student this year or this month is Ross from Mensic. Is where are you? Come on. [Applause] On behalf of Gust Island family and friends, come on up. Mensic family,
004come on up. Come on up, Island. I told you when I met you the other day, we had more things for you. Gust gives them a $50 Walmart gift certificate. And with in addition to that, we have a lot of things in the box for you. We have a new magnet of GSD that you can place on your cars or your refrigerators. We have chocolate for you. That's the GSD logo, kindness crayons because we pro promote kindness. We have taffy for you because kids love to eat candy. And we also have this board member has a just because award. Do you know what you do with this sign? Okay, let me tell you how it works. Okay. What time you go to bed? 7. 8. Okay. That's what That's what's happening. 8. Here's the deal.
005This is going to go outside or out by your door or window. 8 o'clock. Run out there in your pajamas. I'll honk three times and I'll take a picture and you smile real big. Sound good? All right. Make sure you have your jammies on. Got it? All right. That's how it works here. Okay. Here you go. island. We're going to take some pictures in a minute. And then also, there's one more surprise. That's a treasure box over there. As soon as we snap a picture, you get one more gift and you can choose whatever you would like, Island. Okay. All right. So, let's do photos >> and just just family, friends. All right, Island, come this way. And you get to choose whatever you would like from there. Okay. Thank you for coming out. We
006appreciate it. [Applause] Oh, I would have chosen that island. >> Good choice. Thank you so much. Thank you. I'll see you in your classroom soon. Okay. Thank you so much. [Applause] Okay, next up we have selected one staff member and that staff member is Roxanna Gonzalez from Jack. So Roxanna, come on up. Jack family, come on up. And friends, >> come on up. Roxanna, do you go to bed before 8? You try. Okay. Well, give me until 8:05. All right. Same thing. Jammies, no Tony's. Sign. Smile. Got it. Got it. All right. Let's take some pictures. Got it. And then how about Jack family with them? Got it. [Applause] our Kowanas student of the month and with us we um each month uh Kowanas is here with us and Roger is here from Kowanas and
007he is the current um president of Kowanas and each month what they do is they um recognize for us a Kowanas student that has really um shown great servant leadership. And so with that, Roger, would you please do the honors? Well, I guess that'll work. Cindy Sagata Jones, board members and staff. My name is Roger Coulter, president of Glendale Towanas Club. I'm here today to recognize and reward the September student of the month. It is with great enthusiasm challenger school nominates 8th grade student Cynthia Farnsworth. Cynthia go and stand right there if you would. Are you nervous? I I'm nervous so don't worry. Okay. Cynthia has demonstrated the qualities of a truly exceptional and well-rounded student. Balancing academics in extracurricular involvement, leadership, and service with remarkable maturity and dedication. She has been a valued member
008of both the soccer team and the cheerleading squad, showing commitment, teamwork, and school spirit. Right. In addition to her academic contributions, she has also served on the student council for the last two years, positively impacting our school community. Academically, Cynthia challenges herself by taking rigorous coursework, including algebra as a seventh grade student and currently geometry, showing both aptitude and a desire to grow intellectually. Equally impressive is her role as a junior teacher where for the last two years she has supported first and second grade students. Her patience, leadership, and ability to connect with younger students speaks volume about her character and sense of responsibility. Furthermore, Cynthia is an active participant in the girls club on campus, reinforcing her commitment to personal growth and community involvement. In every setting, she exemplifies respect, responsibility, and integrity. Qualities
009that make her not just a role model to peers, but also a young leader our school is proud to have. And Cynthia, I have a couple things for you. One is a certificate signed by the the superintendent and a $50 Walmart gift card. Right. And not finished. I have an egg for you. All right. This is an egg. That's a real goose egg. A lady in my community where I live makes these. And uh they're really they're delicate, so be careful. It will break. And in the bottom there's a little message about what the egg represents. And that's yours. >> All right. Can we have family and friends come on up? So proud of you. Okay, let's just do family and friends. Challenger, where are you? Mr. Hartzman, I'm sorry. Let Mr. Hartzman get in
010after and then do Roger, the whole family, all of them. There you go. >> Great. Thank you. And then one more surprise. You get to choose from the treasure basket as well. Don't take her chocolate. >> Okay, now we're going to go on to our next award. And our next award also comes for Kowanas. And each month we recognize a school that has been exceptional in servant leadership. So please, Roger. >> Thank you. The Kuanas Inspiring Change School of the Month is Challenger School. [Applause] This magically appeared about five minutes ago. So that's yours. >> So stay up here, >> right? Got some good things to say about your school and your work. >> Challenger School has clearly embraced their signature program of exercise sciences and athletics. As a community, Challenger has worked to create
011partnerships with businesses and organizations to provide lasting opportunities for students to experience content and develop skills in martial arts, golf, tennis, soccer, esports, and grade level exercise, and athletic content focused on teamwork, sportsmanship, and strategy. All important athletics in athletics and school whether extracurricular or co-curricular. That was one sentence folks and it was 56 words long. Just saying. Increased parent, student, and community involvement can be seen and felt at Challenger. The excitement is palpable. We look forward to seeing what other innovative ways Challenger School can capitalize on their signature program to not only continue to increase involvement but continue to increase AC academic achievement as it is abundantly shown in at least the past two years showcasing the balance and connection between extracurricular and co-curricular activities. Thank you very much. Congratulations. [Applause] It's in the
012mail. >> Okay. Challenger family. Got it. >> Roger. >> Challenger family. >> Oh yeah. >> This is because of all of your work. Come on. >> Come on Melissa. Come on. >> Come on. >> Oh. If you're a challenger, be proud. Come on. >> Yep. Be proud. >> There you go. >> Thank you so much. [Applause] >> Thank you. We have one more recognition and what we do is we recognize each month the school that has the best attendance and this month's attendance for August goes to Discovery. [Applause] >> Congratulations Discovery family and friends. Anybody else? >> It's just you. All right, test you. That's good enough. >> Great. Thank you. All right. Congratulations to all of our award winners this evening, but we are going to be moving on on our agenda since we
013are on a tight schedule. Mr. Jones, are there any calls to the public this evening? >> President Martinez, members of the board, no, there are not. >> All right, we're going to move on to the consent agenda. Are there any comments on the consent agenda items? >> Hearing none. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I'll second. >> Mr. Harm, how do you vote? I >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? I >> Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? I >> And chair votes I. Thank you. We are now going to be moving into executive session. So it is recommended a government governing board recess to regular meeting in order to convene to executive session for the following purpose. In
014accordance with ARS 38-431.03A3 and Arizona revised statutes 38.43103A4 43103A4 for discussion or consultation with the attorneys of the public body to obtain legal advice and to consider its position and instruct its attorneys regarding the public's body position related to pending litigation. 23F1 ADM CV 202423145 1 CASA250023 and 2 CACV 20250077. Is there a motion to adjourn to executive session? I make a motion to adjourn to executive session and I'll second. >> Mr. Hardmia, how do you vote? Hi. >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? Hi. >> Miss Fmentel, how do you vote? I >> chair votes eye. We are now in executive session. We'll see you shortly. Is there a motion to re reconvene to public session? >> Make a motion to reconvene to public session. I'll second. >> Mr. Harmio, how do you vote?
015>> I. >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Fmentel, how do you vote? >> I. >> And chair votes I. We are now back in regular session. Moving on in our action items or first action item polish policy revision second reading Miss Sagata Jones. >> Yes. President Martinez, members of the board, the second readings are from the safety program. >> The discipline suspension student health services and medicines as well as student records. Are there questions about those? No questions. Is that is there a motion to approve the second reading? >> I will make a motion to approve the second reading and adoption of the revisions to the following policies. EB safety program GCQF discipline suspension and dismissal. JLC student health services and requirements. JLCD medicine administering medicines to students. And JR
016student records. I'll second. >> Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? >> I miss Wilson. How do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Fmentel, how do you vote? >> I. >> And chair votes I. Moving on to action item 8B, policy revision first reading. Miss Sagato Jones. >> Yes, President Martinez, members of the board. That's support staff qualifications and requirements regarding fingerprints and they've removed um one section of that and updated it to um identified verified IV fingerprint clearance card requirements and those are listed for you. >> Any questions from the board regarding policy? We have added different that all employees are required to have an IBP um card. >> Is there a motion to approve the first reading? >> I will make a motion to approve the first reading as presented. I'll second. >> Mr.
017Hardmio, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? >> I. >> And chair votes I. Moving on to action item 8 C, the 20 fiscal year 26 expenditure budget revision number one. >> Yes, M. Martinez, members of the board, I'll turn over to Mr. Mike Barrian. >> Uh, Mr. President, members of the board, uh, Super Scott Jones, I apologize. We apparently need to fix a light bulb in the uh, projector. So, please bear with us on your screen. I believe the other screen is just fine. >> It looks like a ray of sunshine. >> I like it. I know our folks online won't see the yellow. Uh they'll see whatever is on Glattus's screen. You can go ahead and play that
018a little louder. Nice little introduction for me. Yeah, a little music. Just wanted to give you uh just a a visual of how the ADM has changed for this year. We've projected an ADM of 7,720. So for the proposed, the adopted and the revision remains the same. I do anticipate that in the next revision that that number is probably going to drop. To what extent, I'm not sure. Uh so I don't want it to be a surprise if that number decreases, but I looking at just data, I believe that it's going to slightly de uh well, it's going to decrease. What we wanted to do is just kind of show you how the budget has changed. When the board approved of the adopted budget, that was at 77.3 million. The revision tonight reflects 79 almost
01979.6 million. And I'm going to walk you through specifically why it's gone up. And perhaps this one's a little bit better if you have that on your uh devices. But we also wanted a highlight. So what we wanted to do is show you the last revision for last year. Do you see column B? I can't I can't even read it. It's like $2 million. Uh and then I think it's $4.4.5. A portion of the revenue that the district receives was being budgeted in capital. You can see column A. So it's in the middle. It's about $12 million figure. And then on the bottom right you see I think it's 13 million. So what we're trying to do is show you what it was and what it is today. There are no longer any amounts of
020the revenue control limit or the DAA in capital. Those monies have been put and left in column A. So, do you see on the left? You see those figures circled? On the right, they're zeroed out. And that's because they're all falling in that column A. So, that's a big difference. You're looking at about six plus million there. The carry forward in the previous year was a $12 million figure. We revised it from what we presented to you 5 million to that $7.1 million figure. And then on the bottom right you see it's 13 million to about 6 million. So those are just the fluctuation and the changes that we made. And the reason we moved money from capital to M was to attempt to have continuity of services. So if we hadn't done that, you
021would have a a smaller workforce because it just wasn't enough. It wouldn't have been enough. The idea is consistent with on the capital side. So you're going to see uh the changes what we did for this revision and we won't know the final numbers, but this document or these budget forms reflect all the changes that the legislature made for K12. And so you're going to see that 516,000, the 160,000, and the 275. Those are our projections. We don't know what that final number will be. Our best guess is as we get closer to May, we'll know what those numbers are. So just know that those will fluctuate, but we think it's within a 90% accuracy on that. We wanted to show you the capital sheet from last year to this year. Just to kind of
022point that out, one of the biggest changes is the carry forward. So from 24 into 25 was 1.9 million, but we were also budgeting a total of $13 million towards capital. So that gave us the ability to spend almost 14.8 million. We don't have that for this year. What might have saved us or given us a little bit of breathing room is we actually spent less than what we projected. So you can see that the unexpended balance from last year into this year is that almost $6 million figure. And so the changes from 13 to 6.9 million uh in the end the district should nothing change, we could only spend up to 12.8 million. But if you look at the agenda item itself, you look at it and you you can think or conclude that
023there's not much change. But when you look at last year and compare it to this year, there's still a decrease of about $1.7 million between those two funds. So there are ongoing financial challenges. We're just trying to balance it, continue as best as we can as we try to address some of those efficiencies, increase revenues. So it's a short-term solution until we figure out what that long-term plan is. uh I decided to uh reduce or to just modify and simplify for tonight's meeting at least just want to reiterate that as we decline the revenue declines. This year's budget between the M or what's called the general budget limit and the unrestricted capital budget limit is 1 point almost $1.7 million less this year than it was last year. The budget balance carry forwards you're going
024to see those amounts decrease. You saw from 12 million to 7 million. We projected that that amount is going to decrease from 26 into 27. And then just I think it was today or yesterday we got the what the minimum wage was going to be. Uh we got the August data finally. So I believe the number is $15.15 is what we understood. And then we're just going to continue to focus on cost saving opportunities, try to increase revenues. There's things that we're that we've been working on that we hope uh if the timelines are met to bring you in about December and then just continue with that robot robust marketing plan. Uh Mr. President, members of the board, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Any questions from the board? Thank you, sir.
025There's no questions. Is there a motion to approve the FY26 expenditure budget revision one? >> I'll make a motion to approve the 2025 2026 expenditure budget revision number one. >> I'll second. >> Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? >> I. >> And the chair votes I. Moving on to action item 8D, the square footage reduction. Yes, President Martinez, members of the board's recommended coming to board to approve the square footage reduction as presented. >> Mr. Veran, you have some clarifying comments. >> Mr. President, members of the board, uh, Superintendent Gata Jones, just wanted to talk briefly about what this item really means. And so what we're attempting to do is really updating the square footage that is no longer
026being used by the district for educational purposes by the district. So for example, I'll use the Coyote Ridge. And if you look at the agenda item if you in your devices, you'll see there's an attachment and it's broken down by by campus or by location. So it's going to reflect some of the school closures, your signs, your IMS. It's also going to reflect Coyote Ridge. Yes, Coyote Ridge is being used, but it's not being used for the traditional public school classroom instruction. The district has partners. It's leasing it, but the law requires that we remove that square footage because it's not being used by us for educational purposes. Uh so if the district is working with another outside entity and providing educational services, that too would have to be removed from the the state's um
027database. And so all it really is is an attempt to clean up and then reflect the space that is being used by the district directly by the district. And if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer those. >> Thank you for that clarification. >> That makes sense. Thank you. >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve the square footage reduction? >> I will make a motion to approve the square footage reduction as presented. I'll second. >> Mr. Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Wilson, how do you vote? >> I. >> Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? >> I. >> And the chair votes I. Moving on to item nine, future meeting and agenda item requests. Miss Sagata Jones, what's coming up? >> Yes, President Martinez, members of the board. Um,
028September 25th. At this time, we do not anticipate needing a meeting, a special meeting for that. However, October 2nd, we will we will do the annual financial report. That deadline is October 15th. And then we also have on there our study session on uh school calendar to have that discussion. >> Thank you. Any comments from the board? >> All right, we'll move on to summary of current events. Miss Sagetta Jones, if you will start us off. >> Yes, President Martinez, members of the board, a lot of things going on um this month, so I went ahead and put it in a short video. Thank you to Adriana and Carlos. [Music] Heat. Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hey everybody. [Music] So, a lot of things going on and
029um that with other other than that I just want to say that the artwork from the back on the back is from Sunset Vista and Challenger. but many things going on. Proud of all the work that our our staff is doing and our students and our families and really making those connections. So, um and of course really looking forward to that color run that's coming up. Notice we changed the time of that date of that. So, it's it'll be nice cool weather for us to be full of paint. With that, it concludes my report. >> All right. Thank you. Looks like it's been a busy couple of weeks. We'll go ahead and start with our board member updates. We'll start down at the end. Mr. had a meal. What's new with you? >> My brain
030is very tired, so I have no update. I'll pass. >> Miss Wilson. >> Well, congratulations to all our uh 100% uh club students and um thank you to all the parents who supported them and teachers as well. Um it's always a a great time to seems like we had more this year than we've ever had. I was just really impressed. Um football season, um I, you know, it just seemed like it's here and then all of a sudden we're in tournaments because it was very short, but um good luck to all those involved. Um we were at a law conference um this last week, not this week, last week. And uh so I miss grandparents day and I was really sorry to miss that. Um, but I hear it was wellreceived and I hope all
031the schools um got to see a lot of grandparents out there. Uh, color run, please, if you have an opportunity, uh, come join us for the color run. It's always a lot of fun over at Landmark. So, that's all I have. >> All right. Thank you, Miss Pimementel. >> Well, ditto on the congratulations and the color run. That's a good one. And you can always have the people throwing the powder to throw more powder on certain people and dogs because we had a dog last year that got covered in lots and lots of color. Um, we have a lot of fall festivals coming up and so I invite everyone to attend those. this is Hispanic Heritage Month and I just want to say that I watched Justice Sonia So Sto Soayor speak the other day
032and she says she her mother took every opportunity she could to turn the simplest thing into a teaching moment and she says the biggest thing her mom taught her was to read. She says don't ever take anybody's word for anything. You go out there, you find the information and you read it and form your own opinion. And uh that really stuck with me the other day. So, um, that was really impactful for me. So, uh, have a great couple of weeks. >> All right. Uh, again, congratulations to all the 100% kids. The fact that you can get 100% on an academic test like this actually just blows my mind. Um, again, congratulations to Samara who that I legit pulled her name out of there or Cindy pulled her name out there. I I hope you
033enjoy that switch. If you have any problems, let us know and we'll make sure we get you taken care of. Um, thanks to everybody who helped out. Thanks to you all the parents. Thank you all the teachers. Um, thank you to my fellow board members. It was great meeting you and having you down over at the ASBA law conference last week. That was very informative. Um, there's been a lot of uh new legislation and new laws and things that we need to be aware of as board members. So, it was great having everybody down there so we're kind of on the same page. Um, and Brenda, if you're listening to this, um, stay on vacation. Uh, we're good without you. >> Just kidding. We love you, Brenda. Come back, please. All right. With that, is
034there a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> All those in favor? I >> I have a great evening.