001another question they're working um foreign that's a good morning Dan do you have what you're going to read okay I didn't see it over here so I got a little nervous okay yes it it's been a very long week oh I'm sure yeah I'm looking right exactly no right it's awful hi Mark okay what number are you I'm good hey Janiece I think everybody's falling asleep today we got four minutes I guess we're just gonna wait for whoever gets here okay oh wow you know I'm sure you're wiped out for sure you'll do it okay yeah I'm sure I'm sure all right somebody opened the door for somebody 's holding the door though oh good I need it please to the corn what yeah and then we were talking about it thank you thank you
002forever foreign we're good he's turning in so he's here but let's start and just jump in it's up to you yeah we can start um Catherine Kathleen ready yeah can I call the meeting to order please would you like a real call Dr Lopez here Mr Carlson here MS mccrones MR Holt and Mr post are absent add a motion to adopt the agenda movie about the agenda a second all those in favor aye aye can we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in a moment of silence and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you next item is item D recognitions and presentations Dr Streeter and at this point I will ask the board to join me down below near the podium
003foreign we have a couple of recognitions this evening to start us off I would like to call Martha Bishop up front please [Applause] Factory we haven't told them why yet so Martha Bishop Twin Peaks K-8 kindergarten teacher has been named the 2022 Arizona Science Teachers Association elementary teacher of the year [Applause] Jesus this award is given annually by the Arizona Science Teachers Association to recognize and honor colleagues who exemplify quality Science teaching the award is presented to one teacher from the elementary level middle level and high school level nominees must be a certified full-time classroom teacher and a current member of the Arizona Science Teachers Association Martha is a science teacher leader who has been at Twin Peaks for six years she has been a professional Learning Community leader served as an advocate on the
004child assistance Behavior Team mentored new teachers and facilitated professional learning sessions for her colleagues she is credited with recognizing the importance of creating exploratory opportunities in engaging students in inquiry early and often during their school experience Ms Bishop makes science learning come alive for her young kindergarten students her creativity and excitement shine through said principal Dr loose Martha has also served as a stem amazing teacher leader it's amazing it's kind of a weird play on words but served as this amazing teacher leader in musd where she engaged in professional learning sessions on the three dimensions of science approach to science instruction throughout this program she researched designed developed and hosted quarterly Rock and science collaboration workshops for her teaching peers serving as a mentor for colleagues she implemented high quality science instruction in their respective
005classrooms Martha congratulations on this deserving recognition [Applause] thank you congratulations [Applause] okay thank you [Applause] I'd also like to recognize uh another one of our outstanding teachers that represents another one of my favorite classrooms to visit around the district so can we have Jill Palace join us up front please [Applause] the national board for professional Teaching Standards announced in December that Mrs Jill Palace has achieved national board certification Mrs Palace is a reading teacher at Coyote Trail Elementary School and serves as a member of their instructional leadership team this is her fourth year at Coyote Trail Jill received her national board certification in literacy reading language arts early and middle childhood national board certification was designed to develop retain and recognize accomplished teachers and to generate ongoing Improvement in schools Nationwide national board certification is
006an advanced teaching credential in which teachers have met the profession's highest standards and have the Knowledge and Skills necessary to advance student learning teachers must exhibit a deep understanding of their students content knowledge use of data and assessments in teaching practice the certification process requires that teachers demonstrate standards-based evidence of the positive effect they have on student learning and alignment with the five core propositions the national board five core propositions and standards describe what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do to have a positive impact on student learning the certification identifies teachers who meet those standards through a performance-based peer-reviewed series of Assessments of assessment components currently there are 17 nationally board certified teachers and one nationally certified school nurse in the district attainment of national board certification is one of the most
007prestigious and respected professional certifications available in all of K-12 education we are incredibly proud of our staff and recognize the extensive amount of work that is involved in this rigorous multi-year process please join me in congratulating Jill foreign [Applause] foreign okay next item on the board is item e board Communications yes Dr Lopez thank you Dr Streeter Dr Lopez vice president Holt and my fellow board members I want to thank Dr Streeter for attending the Arizona School Board Association bolts training on January 27th with me it was an informative day and I appreciate the opportunity to learn I also want to thank the Administration staff and students for the wonderful School site visits at MCAT and Quail Run I'm looking forward to visiting other campuses this year I also want to thank Butterfield and Coyote
008Trail Elementary schools for inviting me to their love of reading sessions on February 16th I truly believe the more you read the more you will know thank you go ahead Tom a couple things so we've had a whole bunch of people uh going up to the um building across the street can't think of the name right now to to look at the reading curriculum and I think that's awesome I think um the study session they said like 136 people had been there thus far and there's probably more uh since in the last couple of weeks but so there's been I don't know a dozen or more that people who I know who have gone through and looked at the materials um there's a couple issues with with you know individual texts that we're looking at
009but um by far the the The Impressions have been very favorable and I know that a lot of retired teachers have gone through and looked at everything and they're you know some of the more most frequent comments have have been gosh I wish I had something like this when I was a teacher so so I think that's really positive um also thankfully the AEL uh thing was was extended unfortunately just one more year they didn't they haven't solved it yet but um and I know representative Jones voted against it and she has her specific reasons however she she did uh call out Miranda as being the school district that is the exception you know to um to to why she voted against it so had other school districts in the state been like Marana she
010was she would have been as a board of it um but but um I think that's I think that speaks well for musd that you know lawmakers up there have have taken note of of the the fiscal responsibility that Miranda you know has has displayed over the years and and the um the regard that that the people up there hold us so that's kudos to everyone for that thank you all right next item is item F remarks from the public we do have one Miss York come on up yeah it'll turn okay good evening president Lopez members of the governing board Dr Streeter senior staff and community members my name is Rayna York I'm representing the Marana Education Association tonight first I want to take a second just to congratulate all of the Marana Educators
011being recognized this month for their outstanding contributions in education there have been a ton of them um I was especially thrilled to see recognitions for automotive teacher Mr citro from Marana High School and dance teacher Mrs Andrews from Mountain View because it highlights the needs to the need to invest in our electives and career education courses at all ages and we see such fantastic opportunities in those areas provided by professionals that make it meaningful um I also want to take a moment to thank the administration and specifically Mrs Reedy and for the thoroughness and transparency of the reading and writing curriculum adoption we appreciate the adopt that the adoption of a curriculum is happening because the administration listened to the needs and concerns of our Educators for curriculum and we're responsive in addition Mrs Reedy
012made sure to include a wide variety of Educators in the vetting and selection of the curriculum to ensure that those impacted had a voice we believe that these collaborative efforts that respect the professional input of our Educators is one aspect that makes Marana a great District to work in it's been exciting to hear the very positive feedback from Educators and we appreciate the careful attention and thoughtfulness that this team has put into this thank you thank you next item is item G superintendent comments president Lopez governing board members members of the audience since our last meeting we've had several events in in some of our board members have mentioned these uh so I'm going to Echo some of those sentiments uh just this week we were very pleased to see that the aggregate expenditure limit
013was overridden allowing us to expend the funds that had already been appropriated to us unfortunately we know that we're going to be right back in this same situation a year from now unless we get a permanent fix I am hopeful that work will begin on a permanent fix so that we can continue to put our attention where it needs to be and not have sleepless nights wondering if we're going to be able to use the funds that continue to get appropriated to us I also want to Echo some of the sentiments that Mrs macronas shared on I really want to thank the Quail Run Elementary School team for opening their doors to Mrs mccrones and I on the second this was for another one of our superintendent governing board campus visits we were able to
014see a variety of activities on campus this included just differentiated instruction collaborative math lessons and I'm going to say many examples of guided reading it was many many examples of guided reading at Quail Run additionally we were able to meet with each employee group as well as their student council officers and really the common theme at Quail Run had to do with the strong Community feel and their appreciation for the support that everyone feels at Quail Run certainly the Quail Run team should be incredibly proud of the work that they put into place we had some great conversations we've got great feedback from teachers and students and staff we're very impressed with the level of support that this campus holds for each other and it's very clear that Quail Run is a special place with
015a community oriented culture in place also previous to that I want to thank the MCAT team that opened their doors to Mr Carlson uh Mrs macronus and myself back on January 20th for that superintendent uh board campus visit we had a great albeit very busy uh day with a well thought out agenda that allowed us to get into just about every Camp every classroom on that campus additionally we enjoyed meeting with every employee group as well as their student leadership team and these conversations were both engaging and presented a common theme around the community and family feel that's present at MCAT and I think that really speaks to the true commitment that that staff has to their students and this was felt and reflected back when we met with the students their comments included this
016is a community We are family I I'm seen as a person here I feel heard by my teachers everyone is here to help this is a community the MCAT team should be incredibly proud as they clearly have a dynamic culture in place on that campus also want to Echo Mrs mccrones comments on the bolts training back on January 27th this was really a part of the continued orientation awardsmanship that Mrs macronas has been engaged in I think one of the things that I think we both enjoyed was just the opportunity to share our table with a couple of board members from the Catalina Foothill school district and really what that did is allowed us to compare some of the best practices some of the things that they do in their District some of the things
017that we do in our district and I think that I can speak for both of us when I say that we look forward to sharing some of those insights with our entire board at a at a future date and of course I want to thank the members of the community that joined us on back on January 17th for the bond oversight committee if you're a Community member interested in the bond oversight committee keep an eye out for future announcements as that's a committee that will be ongoing as we move forward with some of the bond projects that we're a part of the November ballot initiative that was approved and this concludes my report for tonight okay thank you next item is item H consent agenda can I have a motion iMovie prove the consent agenda
018as presented uh the consent agenda has uh approval for voucher reports personal reports some gift and donations out of state travel and just some updated open enrollment capacity for school grades and programs all those in favor aye next item is item I and finish business we have none so we'll move to item J new business Mr contorno I was going to read that title but it's like a paragraph So you go for it thank you um in November of 2022 voters authorized the issuance of 90 million dollars of Class B School Improvement bonds for various District projects in order to obtain the dollars to complete these projects the district must issue the first series of 35 million dollars of this of of this authorization another in other words we need to sell the bonds to
019investors to gain that capital um due to statutory constraints ballot language dictated the use of these dollars proceeds from the sale must be used for the following categories campus Improvement and renovation to existing sites new school and facility construction technology and security upgrades and enhancements in student transportation what we're doing what I hope we're doing tonight is there's going to be two resolutions in front of you that allows us to move forward with with the help of our bond consultant and and to sell these issue these bonds so there's two resolutions the first resolution is the issuance of that 35 million dollars the second one is in light of the current Bond and investment rates the district is positioned to refinance several higher rated bonds for a savings to the taxpayers present value savings is
020currently estimated to be over 1.1 million dollars that's considering current Bond rates however this number can fluctuate daily depending on market conditions until the bonds are actually sold for the resolution we will not execute this um if the those numbers fall below 625 thousand dollars we would wait until an uh a different time when we issue different Bonds in order to see where that market is so we're right now anticipating it to be over a million dollars I have all the financed documents in the in the in this in my office um yep so that that's the agenda item there's you're voting on two different resolutions promotion I moved at the governing board adopt the resolution exhibit a authorizing the insurance of school Improvement bonds with the parameters set forth in the resolution providing for
021annual Levy of a tax for the payments of the bonds delegating the authority to approve certain matters relating to the bonds to Dan can Turner CFO and approve in approving the form of Finance documents including the preliminary official statement I further move that the governing board adopt the resolution exhibit B authorizing the insurance and resale of refunding bonds of the district foreign thank you are there any questions I just have a couple okay when do you think the sale will take place um probably it's anticipated we will get the proceeds in April but I don't remember if the sales actually is the week after the sales um late February early March the proceeds will actually come April 10th is what it says okay and for the interest rate okay so it says that I guess
022statute says that says that the interest rate can't exceed five and a half percent all right so um so it's just going to be the market conditions correct now if the market conditions want a higher interest rate then then what happens and then we'll discuss at a later date right now the the interest rate that they're seeing for issuances of similar Bond rating that we're we actually have a bond rating called Amaro but we'll buy insurance to get the double A I guess it is um similar size issues by similar districts in Arizona are seeing about 3.8 to 4. so okay I don't I don't feel that will be an issue right and and the ones that we're going to retire yes what is what's the rate on those those I um Brian I talked
023to Brian from Stiefel this morning those are about 4.86 on average and when we refinance them because they're going to be a shorter term we're looking at the low three threes so it's a different it's a different part right different part so yeah the what we're we're replacing he said mid High fours he said 4.86 actually and um he anticipates low threes okay and the 35 million that's a 20-year maturity most of them are 30 or 30 years or 20 year however some of them um if you buy furniture and equipment needs to be paid off within the first five years so some of that that I think it's eight million it's I think it's eight million dollars of it is going to be paid off in the first five okay thank you foreign next
024item is J2 discussion approval of 2024 2025 Academic School calendar Dr Dunlop yes thank you president Lopez vice president Holt board members Dr Streeter members of the community and bringing forward from the calendar committee uh the attached calendar for the 2024-2025 school year this calendar maintains some of the highlights that our community voted on the last time that we did a survey kind of those highlights would be keeping the two semesters as equal in length as possible same number of days beginning the fall break on the Monday on which Columbus Day is celebrated scheduling winter break to include two full weeks and three weekends people don't like the broken up weeks ensuring that the school year is completed prior to Memorial Day and including the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week as part of the Thanksgiving break
025and of course approving the calendar at this time allows families and employees to plan far ahead for vacations and special events by this time we are already getting calls about the calendar a year from now I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have I moved to the governing board to prove that 2024-2025 school calendar I have a quick question so looking at this your October fall break changed right it went a week later yes originally okay well not necessarily then originally it always it always moves to the to the week that starts with Columbus Day so it just happens that Columbus Day is the second Monday in this particular year that falls as late as it possibly can yeah okay thank you you're welcome does anybody else have questions yeah so so with
026the publication of a calendar once again we we you know raise the Specter from the 2019 survey right and the uh two half days in October and March so um I kind of thought that we were gonna address that with this calendar the 24th you know the 24 25 but we can't we're not so can we I don't know get a committee together we can't we can't change that the way that we had voted on because when covet hit Governor Ducey did executive orders that we couldn't ever go lower than the number of calendar days that we had the year before right let me go ahead yes yeah there's yeah there's more to it but so if I if I'm hearing you're asking for us to convene I mean role proof 24 25 being a
027committee right to re-survey uh parents because the last survey is done in 2019 so you know 2023 years have passed it's time to to go back out to the community and see if those priorities are so I think there was what I'm hearing is the request and probably I think that Ford would agree the direction you know board would be to reconvene a calendar committee next fall to set maybe a three-year calendar cycle right is that accurate it is yeah well it's like Dr Delmer said I mean is that the way it was still in effect yes so the only way to fix that would be to go back and and like play with when you start the beginning of the year I had more days at the beginning that then might mean adding more
028work days for teachers and then that would be a an issue so because half days count as a regular school day so what we would have what we would have been doing that spring when we adopted that calendar when we put that on the survey we would have been going to 176 calendar days right and we're no longer allowed to go lower than 178. right yeah I know I know yeah parents parents hate them I understand that it ruins your work schedule yeah and and there may be other ways to address that right so right so that's what that's what we need to look at I think do you know when do you know when the executive order ends I think what happened then is it rolled into that um a different statute yeah it
029rolled into a different statute but that's what initially because if you remember we had to go back that fall and change the calendar right then right in order to get funding for that year right yeah yeah and so we really don't want to risk funding yeah so quick question on that I thought a full day was up till 2 P.M or is that just for students to be counted I thought if a student gets pulled out at 12 it's considered a full day well I'm just kind of asking it it depends I think depends on the level of the student but then so it's no less than this many days but you must have this many hours and so we well exceed the required number of hours but the required number of hours still has
030to be no less than 178 days it's con it's convoluted you're welcome I know it no don't for a loop that time yep it did we thought we had solved a really meaty problem yes all right I'll lose some favor aye thank you can I clarify Direction yes so the direction that I'm hearing tonight is to it that that's approved 24 25 is approved but it's to reconvene the calendar Committee in the fall of 2023 so this upcoming fall to re-survey our stakeholder and Community to resurve it stakeholder and Community priorities and bring forward a three-year calendar block for approval then at the conclusion of that committee's work correct okay thank you sounds good all right thank you next item is item j3 discussion approval of policy considerations foreign Dr Lopez governing board members members
031of the audience tonight I bring forward um four separate policies um again the following policies like we've like we've been doing the last few meetings these are being revised based on recommendation from the Arizona School boards Association really for two main reasons one some of these policy changes are a result of laws that were passed in the last legislative session and then two some of these uh policy changes or recommendations based on the comprehensive policy review that we did through asba so it would just be bringing some of our policies back in line with asba template policy so tonight you're looking at transportation services which is related to Senate Bill 1246 and specifically uh recognizes some of the statutes that have been approved uh policy ee a e a bus driver requirements training responsibilities again
032is referencing changes to statute based on past legislation policy FF is naming of facilities that's an asba template policy that came out through the policy review this would just put us back in line with what template policy says and then jjia which is intramural sports again this just puts us in alignment with Senate Bill 1165 so those are each in your packet thank you I have a motion I moved to the governing board approved revisions to policy ee transportation services policy e-e-a-e-a bus driver requirements training and responsibilities policy FF naming facilities and policy jjia integral Sports I second yeah I do actually um when interselastic or is that including AIA yes correct yeah yeah okay um so I'll ask this later on I don't know the answer so just if I don't ask tomorrow Dan
033remind me all right all those in favor bye next item is item four it's to conduct an executive session pursuant to ARS 38-431 .03 8 and 5 for the purpose of Consulting with and or instructing the board's representative regarding negotiations okay second I move that the governing board conduct an executive session pursuant to ARS 38-431.03 A5 for the purposes of Consulting it with and slash or instructing the board's Representatives regarding negotiation a second all those in paper aye so we will be conducting an executive session at this point so thank you we will be back foreign