001thank you foreign thank you foreign good evening and welcome can I call the meeting to order and have a roll call please Dr Lopez here Mr Holt president Mr Carlson here MS mccrones MR post could I have a motion to adopt the agenda I moved off the agenda as presented hi second all those in favor all right we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in a moment of silence nomination thank you we move on to item D item D1 is the adoption resolution honoring the Marana Unified School District retirees whereas the governing board of Marana Unified School District believes these individuals have made a significant difference in the lives of students and staff whereas the governing board of Morana Unified School District recognizes that those individuals have made invaluable employees and whereas the governing
002board of Marana Unified School District recognizes the following employees for their years of service now therefore be it resolved that the governing board expresses its sincere appreciation to these outstanding individuals for their contribution to the academic mission of the Marana Unified School District and further be it resolved that the governing board of the Marana Unified School District extends their best wishes to our retirees for the future thank you [Applause] okay next item is Marana unified 2023 District employees of the year down below thank you okay we have a there's a great evening we just had an opportunity to celebrate our outstanding retirees and now we get to continue the celebration as we recognize our employees of the Year this is the 2023 Miranda Unified School District employees of the year that were previously recognized at
003our 2340 Foundation celebration of Excellence luncheon so the first person that we would like to recognize is Mr Alvin Ramsey so Alvin I'm going to have you join me yes I'm gonna stay right here with me so this year supports staff of the year is Alvin Ramsey bus driver Alvin Alvin has been with the district since 2003 and in so many ways Alvin is an absolute hero to the transportation department his team and our community Alvin gets to know all of the students on his route and he cares deeply about each and every one of them he has been recognized multiple times by parents regarding his safe driving skills and has been a requested driver from multiple schools for field trips or outings he knows his students so well that if one leaves an item
004on the bus he automatically knows who that student is that's missing an item Alvin has been known to go out at any hour to look for students who maybe didn't make it home after drop off he has helped search the tortolita middle school campus for a student has driven neighborhoods and checked Parks until the student was found every summer or vacation break Alvin asked to work in the garage instead of taking a break he stays busy fixing bus seats and helps run buses back and forth from dealerships and shops for a warranty and repair work over the summer one District employee stated the following in Alvin's nomination Alvin is such a joy to be around his positive attitude is contagious to staff and students as a parent of former bus riders I am appreciative of
005how Alvin treats the students greeting them each with a smile and a dose of encouragement for the day he truly impacts the lives of the students he interacts with in summary Alvin Ramsey is an amazing District employee he is always the first to step up to any task whether it's cleaning a bus moving equipment or taking on a last-minute field trip which happens from time to time or last minute activity bus route Alvin is the consummate District employee hard-working dedicated selfless and humble he's an incredible person and we are honored to recognize him as our 2023 support staff of the Year congratulations [Applause] for you card for you and where's that I hope we're gonna go this way out where do you want us [Applause] I have Charlie proper up front please [Applause] thank you
006if you know Charlie you know that she's thrilled to be up front in the center of the 2023 Miranda Unified School District teacher of the year is Road Runner elementary schools physical education teacher Charlie proper this is Charlie's eighth year in education as well as a member of the Roadrunner staff during this time she has built an incredible physical education program that Roadrunner Scholars love and look forward to each day her program embodies physical activity while promoting how to live a healthy lifestyle furthermore she creates opportunities for Scholars to participate in other physical activities such as Skipper of the school competition lunchtime running club The District track meet field trips and competition for school Fitness records additionally Charlie's PE program is part of the daily rotation in the summer school program Charlie's influence reaches Beyond
007her incredible PE program she's an active member of the building leadership team and positive behavior intervention and supports leadership committees and she has spent several years as a student council advisor Charlie is one of the school's 21st century Grant coordinators and a member of the student health advisory committee one example of how her leadership has been vital to the Roadrunner community and improved the school's culture is as the 21st century Grant coordinator in this role she has helped create before and after school classes that include almost two-thirds of the student population think about that impact her strong relationships with parents and members of the local Marana Community have opened up more Staffing positions to offer additional opportunities for the scholars that they would not otherwise have this includes access to archery tumbling dance a variety
008of outdoor games and sports and gardening just to name a few Charlie not only serves as a coordinator but she teaches these classes Charlie motivates and inspires others through her dedication and actions she is an outstanding colleague to the rest of the campus and a model for all of our teachers she makes others around her better Charlie is an invaluable member of the Roadrunner Community congratulations on being named Randy Unified School District's teacher of the year [Applause] thank you [Applause] where's Michelle Burgess our next recognition is Michelle Bergeson the 2023 exempt employee of the year a master collaborator a critical and strategic thinker a powerful change agent unparalleled professionalism and commitment these are just a few of the superlatives included in the nomination of Michelle Bergeson for exempt employee of the year Michelle began her
009career in musd as a teacher at Desert Winds Elementary 24 years ago and she's continued to enrich the learning environment of musd teachers and students in her current role as an instructional coordinator the ed services department will say Michelle knows that leading is about investing in people she is committed to building strong relationships the moment new teachers set foot in the district and connects personally to every single one of them all 100 plus Michelle greets them by name and knows where they are teaching and honors their time by differentiating the instruction that they received during the first five days of induction in her role of instructional coordinator Michelle supports all of musd this includes instructional coaches at every site administrators and their building level instructional leadership teams her leaders Learners and innovator colleagues ed services
010team and individual teachers she built the teacher leadership program in musd and her training in teacher leadership has changed practices at every school throughout our district this has had a foundational impact on everything from student achievement to teacher development refinement and retention Michelle's tireless contributions have helped make musd what it is today she plays a foundational role in every pillar of the district Michelle guides the instructional coaches in introducing implementing and maintaining District initiatives she inspires students by empowering their teachers instructional practices and she constantly grounds us all in the belief that change initiatives rely on data-driven approaches and Collective action Michelle Bergeson is a pilot of positive change in the district and is everything good in the world of Education we are lucky to have her as a leader Advocate and Champion for MUSC
011congratulations Michelle [Applause] thank you [Applause] next item is e-board Communications foreign so a couple weeks ago the um Rana High School um Auto Club had their annual car show well used to be annual then it wasn't and now it it back is again so and they did an awesome job I don't know if anybody was out there um I know some of the shot you know all the teachers were there but um it was I don't know how many cars were there but it was it was a lot not all of them student cars um but those students um coordinated and arranged all the logistics and everything for that for that show so they got sponsors they got the Army out there they got I don't know who all um an insurance company and just
012all kinds of different sponsors that contributed money and um thing went off without a hitch it was awesome and the purpose of it is well I mean to showcase the cars from the students of course but also so they can raise money um so that the um so the club can go to the auto show up in Vegas over the summer so um plug for that so if you want to if you have some extra you know 20 bucks in your pocket send it over to the auto club and they would very much appreciate it but it was an awesome job so please pass that along thanks go ahead thank you Dr Streeter president Lopez vice president Holt and my fellow board members it was my pleasure to attend the induction celebration at tortolita Middle
013School it was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate so many of our teachers I want to thank the 2430 foundation for supporting the Marana winds and the fat jazz band the concert was amazing and I could I encourage all those interested to join and others to come out for their performance it was a privilege to attend the honors night in Mountain View High School last night and to celebrate the excellent and achievements of the class of 2023 May looks to be a very busy month and I'm looking forward to promotion ceremonies honor conclaves and graduation celebrations I hope I hope everyone has a great summer and I look forward to seeing everyone in the fall on the first day of school I encourage everyone to come out and support our schools our students and our staff
014thank you all right thank you next item is item F remarks from the public we do have one Ray New York foreign good evening president Lopez members of the governing board Dr Streeter senior staff and community members first I want to congratulate all of our teacher retirees your dedication to your students and our community has an impact long Beyond your last day of school and as your peer and a parent I am grateful for your service you have and will continue to make a difference in our community no matter what your next steps are you have been an integral part in making Marana an exceptional district and I hope your next adventure brings you Joy I am also here to congratulate and thank Dr dumler so I'm gonna face this way a little bit I'm
015not sure if most people are aware of how much Dr Dumber does but it is a lot um she has been the administrator that I have spent the most time with through negotiations and advocacy and the many many many many many committees that provide space for Teacher voice in our district I don't know anyone that has more knowledge about policy and historical practices than Dr dumler I have relied on her on many occasions for that knowledge and she has always helped with Grace and kindness she has been a fierce advocate for the Marana school district and we have all benefited from her dedication Dr dunler you have made a difference in so many lives and many people don't even realize all the ways you have impacted Our Lives as educators your advocacy leadership and voice
016will continue on in the many policies and documents you have authored the Marana Education Association thanks you for working alongside Educators through the years and of course I must personally thank you you've been my administrator my mentor my friend over these many years we have argued we have negotiated we have left and we have even cried a few times that you have been a consummate professional and a voice of reason during moments that I struggled I am grateful for your leadership and your Humanity I will miss you I wish you a wonderful retirement and I hope you take the rest that you have earned and I hope this small gift that we made for you reminds you of how much we appreciate you thank you [Applause] you turn it around so we can see it
017oh thank you sweet next item is item G superintendent comments Dr Streeter Dr Lopez governing board members members of the audience I think we're all looking forward to these next couple of weeks where we enter celebration season celebrating promotions and and graduations and just really all of the successes of our students along the way there's been several events over the last month I'd like to Echo some of the sentiments that have already been shared um as Mrs macronas mentioned the induction the induction uh program promotion and I want to thank our incredible instructional coaches for their hard work dedication and support that has been essential in guiding our new teachers as they continue our journey in our district through that event we were able to honor and recognize our we called them our novice teachers
018I think it was teacher event intermediates and it's I will say the passion and the enthusiasm of our newest colleagues is truly inspiring and I'm excited to see the positive impact that they will continue to have on our students I also want to thank Monica Harper and the entire HR team for the incredible job that they did organizing last weekend's job fair the professionalism and attention to detail were much appreciated and I just want to acknowledge the significant effort that went into making it happen I also want to thank our principals and directors who participated in the job fair and it's their presence and their engagement that are essential in creating a welcoming and informative environment for all the candidates that came through thank you everybody for a job well done also had the opportunity
019to attend the Marana wins concerts and I just want to thank the Miranda winds team for yet another outstanding concert uh this is always a highlight for the community uh just the collaboration between our students our staff and the community coming together to provide an exceptional musical performance I look forward to next year's performance and I would highly encourage everybody out there to to make this a priority next year it is truly a great event and finally thank you to our Educational Services team who has already begun the rollout of our literacy trainings across the district and also a tremendous thank you to our teachers who have jumped into this training and during what is already a busy busy time of the year for our staff so thank you to all involved in that and
020this concludes my report thank you next item is item H consent agenda can I have a motion I move we approved the consent agenda as presented I second certain questions the consent agenda includes some bad ger reports personal reports philosophy student Club at Marana High the One That I Found is interesting was the Marana High anime and we have that at our school and that the kids love it so I was kind of excited to see that even at a high school because the elementary kids that classroom was full so we'll move on to item I unfinished business there's none so we'll move we need to vote oh I'm sorry cycle um all those in favor aye vity yes item eyes unfinished business there is none so we're going to move to item J thank
021you and Mr contoro yeah thank you the State of Arizona requires governing boards to revise expenditure budgets for the school year to reflect actual carry forward forwards prior year expenditures and actual student enrollment and interest earnings these are mirror estimates at the time of adoption in July the last opportunity to revise this this budget is May 15th which obviously is four days away at this time the district is making final adjustments to the 2023 expenditure budget reflecting actual tuition and current 100th day enrollment data this budget was revised in December um by the governing board and so there's only small fluctuation between revision two and revision number three the impact of this revision is a decrease of our maintenance and operation fund for of 565 thousand dollars and increase it of our Capital our district
022additional assistance of just over a million dollars I will submit this to the state um probably tomorrow morning if approved I think can I have a motion I moved out the governing board approved the 2022-2023 school district annual expenditure budget revision number three hi second do we have any questions I have a couple okay so so um so half million dollars Less in mno so correct what's that yeah um so the district at the at the um the district has an opportunity to take their Capital dollars um any dollars generated by formula for district additional assistance at the beginning of a school year um we grew a little bit more than we anticipated so we had moved some of our money from Capital into maintenance and operation and after looking in analyzing where I feel
023we're going to be at the end of this school year we're not going to need that excess money from capital in mno so I was able I had the ability to move the money back to Capital which is um where it was generated so then is that okay so that was a half million but then we had a million increase in incredible yeah well it's it's 475 thousand dollars difference so um as you know our budget's about 110 million dollars so that's like 0.5 um there was if I remember right there was there was uh growth in our 100th day from the previous year which impacted our carry forward um and that's mostly what generated that X because in theory we grew 500 or 472 000 in this budget I just moved it to Capital
024so that's why those numbers look different right okay all right thank you okay all those in favor aye this item is J esus Reedy good evening Dr Lopez members of the board Dr Streeter members of senior staff and members of our in-person and virtual audience in order to support the needs of our preschool and early elementary students it is essential that we adapt to provide effective to support to address their behavioral regulation needs over the past year we have to address this need we have increased Staffing and implemented various programs and initiative initiatives we would like to further support this need by partnering with a cell DBA bista to make sure our preschool and early elementary students received needed behavioral supports this partnership would allow us to expand our services and provide assistance that is
025even more specialized to meet the needs of our students sell dbab stat will utilize one classroom at the elrc and work closely with our pal and school teams to identify students who would benefit from their services outside of the space at the elrc as well as the utilities that it would cost in order to keep that space open to this program and to our students no additional costs would be incurred by the school district can I have a motion I move that the governing board approved the memo of understanding between Accel at ADB Vista and Marana Unified School District hi second is there any questions yes I will ask three of the ones I asked before okay who is Excel so Excel is uh they are a well can I go ahead and bring the
026representative from Excel up to introduce themselves to you sure great so we have Dylan from Excel as well as Sarah Clem our director of exceptional student services Dylan and Sarah can you share exactly who Excel is cell is I'm Dylan through Excel Excel is a special uh a special needs School based out of the Phoenix um area with two two locations and then a satellite location um Excel is a non-profit um K through um H I think up to age 21 um Special Needs school okay and so so why are these Services needed here now sure so one of the things that we have seen as we have continued to identify students that require special education services that are of a preschool age within our community we so we've increased the rate that we've identified
027students that require additional behavioral assistance in addition one of the reasons that we're seeing decreased abilities of our earliest and youngest Learners to regulate their behaviors we attribute it to a lot of the time that they spent during at home during covid those students were not able to interact with other young students that they may have been able to do so had they not been at home in addition many of our earliest Learners had to stay at home and but their parents had to stay at home with them and had to work when they were there so we are seeing an increased rate of exposure to technology which again has manifested in a decrease in their their ability to regulate their behavior okay and then what cost is there to parents so it will depend
028and so one of the ways that this program works with all families is they they work through parents Insurance in order to be able to provide the services so whether that's access or a more private insurance we work individually with each family the program would work individually with each family to secure the resources to provide the services on site to their children okay all right thank you thank you for being here thank you yes thank you president Lopez Dr Streeter members of the board and the community I am bringing an agreement of cooperation with the University of Idaho uh the district has been contacted by a representative with a request for us to provide a placement for an intern in their athletic trainer program and since we view accepting interns just like student teachers as
029a recruiting strategy we are asking the governing board to approve this agreement it has been reviewed and approved by our legal counsel as well I remember that the governing board approved the agreement of cooperation in a clinical experience program between the University of Idaho and the Miranda Unified School District my second hi thank you this is a master Energy Services agreement that we're going to ask for your approval Rana Unified School District approached amaresco and sitting here to explore possible projects to help replace aging equipment save energy and reduce future Capital replacement costs the single most beneficial aspect of an energy savings project is the ability to replace aging equipment proactively and pay for them with the savings generated by reducing our utility costs Arizona revised Statute 15 213 0.01 allows school districts to enter
030into this guaranteed energy cost savings contract with a qualified provider of which amaresco is if it determines Energy savings can be paid during the expected life of the um of the of what will end up being released the school district shall retain the savings achieved by the guaranteed Energy savings contract and these costs obviously be used to repay that debt the district has successfully utilized this process to improve our facilities in the past the issue we are currently facing as a district has is that we've taken such a proactive and successful approach to Energy savings and solar producing arrays that many of our many of the potential projects that need to be addressed um do not pencil out there's not enough savings we're producing almost at a point of where we become net energy and
031Net Zero Energy which means that we are the power we're using is being produced by the solar arrays so there's not much to save from the utility powers from Trico or tep um because of this we had to find because of this for this project we're going to use a mix of funding sources to include Esser dollars we'll use about a mil um no 850 000 of Esser dollars for some of the qualifying HVAC systems um proceeds from the recently passed bond which is about six hundred and fifty thousand dollars and I believe the remaining will be um in the form of a lease um the project contained in here is about as 202.3 million dollars worth of equipment upgrades um coming from those sources that I just mentioned and then there will be a
03220-year lease that will be repaid by the savings the highlights of this package that was put together is is replacing all the HVAC systems so the air conditioning and heating for MCAT administrative services Rattlesnake Ridge and Foster Center the neat thing about this is that's something that the sfv or Os whatever the school facilities board they will not fund these type of projects because those were Bond funded and then their administrative offices so this is a great opportunity to utilize this type of a program to to accomplish that in addition there will be a lighting upgrade to LED in the administration area of Marana High School and all of Roadrunner Elementary the reason we again didn't do all of Marana High School was we can't we're generating so much solar over there there's not an
033opportunity to justify it with saving so this is the that was the basis of of what this master agreement is I asked for you to approve Master agreement so we can get started with this work I move that the governing board approved the master Energy Services agreement between ameresco Incorporated and Miranda Unified School District and authorized Dan contorno Chief Financial Officer to execute contracts on behalf of the governing board hi second couple okay so so 2.3 million uh um worth of expenditures and so if I understand right so it's HVAC at one two four sites correct and then some Led street lights um Okay so so how are we going to realize savings I mean at least you know super high efficiency HVAC units correct um and Lenny can explain the actual details of the
034program I like Rattlesnake Ridge and Roadrunner they specifically don't have enough solar to cover all of their energy use so we actually are saving energy dollars at those sites the some of the administrative sites like MCAT and the district offices solar actually covers all of the electricity use for those facilities that's why the additional funds came in so we had some places we could save dollars which led to here's what we're going to do work versus the other places where the work's needed but Capital dollars or other funding sources were required okay and what about adding solar at those two places to you know so currently um those sites are constrained by property and availability to where you can put the solar okay and the also the agreements specifically in MCAT and uh the district
035office area that was done in your phase one project as a solar service agreement and to try to amend that now they're basically halfway through it would probably be very problematic so you know you can only allow one interconnection to the utility for the site so you really don't have a choice there yeah and I can give an example of it it's not always just about Energy savings um the age aging equipment and be having the ability to replace and get new equipment and not fund that with District dollars is I mean that's at its Pinnacle we had procurement in our in our wings over in administrative Services we were six or eight six months I believe six months of procurement being in my office because we were waiting on a replacement unit and um
036so we're worried about this is get this gives us an ability to to replace those equipments before they break down and yeah a lot of the units that were targeted for this were units that I haven't been up here about before right I think at least three of you I've I've been here since 2009. you're very familiar but the units that that we're looking at in this case most of them are still R22 freon which you can't get anymore uh they're eight greater than 15 years of age at this point so getting getting maintenance parts of them is starting to become problematic Etc so there was a very targeted effort to maximize the value to the district okay how much money have you saved us over the years oh God you have to ask that
037um I should have known we've paid we actually haven't I don't know that we've actually targeted or came up with a total I can tell you we were talking about this at lunch a few weeks ago you guys haven't adjusted your utility budget since we started doing work for you yeah you haven't had to increase your utility budget the entire time even though you've added square footage to square footage and rating increases rate increases right it's been a great thing unfortunately I have to say this might be the last time I get to come and find you guys because the next time we the only thing we can think of that we will be able to do is when you build a new school similar to what we did for uh the mountain and for
038uh Glenn Gladden will build the solar when you build the building so right yeah it's been a great partnership and we're now at the point we're going to try to get you some award recognition too because I'm we're pretty darn sure you're the most efficient School District in Arizona right now cool and a little bit left between the things we're not doing we looked at but aren't doing if the district does those with the remaining bond funds you have over the next couple years you will reach that Net Zero Energy use so I think you're you're under five percent as a result of this project so yeah all right it has done great work we'll see in a year or two then all right thank you thank you 2009 seems like yesterday so I'm going
039to just saying thank you um next item is item J5 and that's to conduct an executive session can I have a motion please I move that the government board document executive session presumed to ARS 38-431-03 A5 for the purpose of Consulting with Slash and or slash instructing the board to representative regarding negotiations I second all those in favor aye aye thank you for coming thank you