001thank you okay good evening and welcome can I call the meeting to order and have a roll call please foreign all right thank you let's go ahead and please stand for the pledge in a moment of silence of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you now we're moving on to item D which is recognition and presentations Mr Lewandowski can you join us a little down there foreign in 2007 Mr Lewandowski was reelected in a certain executive league for the last 16. he has served as president five separate times invited with 10 years Mr Lewandowski is a long time member of the community and public education is an integral part of his family both he and his
002wife Judy are retired School teachers their three children have been public school teachers two have taught the Marana Unified School District their grandchildren have also attended Moran schools Mr Lewandowski spent his 24 years on the board advocating for students for parents and staff of the district as a part of a five-member governing board he has also had to make difficult decisions when it came to the district's budget boundary changes policies school closures and of course the kobit 19 pandemic through all the years and the issues that he has faced he has worked collaboratively with other board members the district Administration staff and parents to ensure that our students receive the best educational opportunities Mr Lewandowski has said that every child deserves to have the strongest Educational Foundation possible to cement their success later in life
003and for that reasons his decisions were always based on the best interest of students and staff the Marana Unified School District will truly miss Mr lewandowski's leadership his vision and his guidance on behalf of the governing board and the district I would like to present to you with this engraved clock cheese [Applause] foreign thank you [Applause] okay the next item is item e for communications so anybody well I'm just just a word or two but I promise I want one minute is a long speech for Lewandowski as you know so I just I you know I want to thank the district and thank all of you for being able to serve I mean this is it's it's very humbling actually to go through something like this and I've enjoyed even the hard times I mean
004we've had some good times and some rough times over the years and uh but you know I'll never stop advocating for children if I'm not on the board so but thank you all very much and thank the district appreciate it [Applause] next item is item F remotes from the public so we're going to start with Catherine macronas thank you very much Mr Lewandowski I want to thank you for your years of service to our community and School District you are a rarity of intelligence compassion and empathy it is an honor and privilege to fill your seat for the next four years and I look forward to your continued support may your retirement be filled with lots of love and laughter as you have make new memories with your family enjoy your time [Applause] thank you
005good evening president Lopez members of the governing board Dr Streeter senior staff and community members tonight I am speaking on behalf of the Marana Education Association to say thank you to vice president Lewandowski Mr Lewandowski has been a steadfast advocate for students and Educators as a board member Marana for more than two decades in that time he has made himself available and approachable to Educators and Marana families listening with a compassionate ear and speaking with a powerful voice on behalf of this community he is the embodiment of dignity and strength it has been an honor to stand beside you in some very difficult times over the last four years from the walk out to the pandemic you were a source of strength and courage and we are grateful for your leadership faces behind me are
006here to join me in celebration of your service to our community and friendship to Marana Education Association and all educators on behalf of the Marana Education Association thank you and we look forward to your continued advocacy because we know that the heart of an educator doesn't end when the job ends and that you will continue to impact us all Beyond Your Role on the board we have a little um plaque to honor you so if you could join us for just a second and quickly if you would let me if the teachers would come up really quickly too and just take a super fast picture I think I have a minute left I don't know apologize [Applause] foreign thank you to the teachers my staff I it's been a long time since I've been in
007a classroom but I know the job is not getting any easier and appreciate everything that the teaching staff does and all of the staff does for the kids so so thank you very much thank you Megan Brown basketball good evening governing board members president Lopez members of senior staff and audience um I'm Megan Brown I'm also here to recognize Mr Liu thank you so much for serving on the board um for those who don't know I've taught in very specialized positions and um you are the only board member to have made it into my room in each position I've taught in and I think that that speaks volumes and as Educators we appreciate that so much because you do come in you see what the world is like and you can walk alongside of us
008like we said um you also humanize the board which helps us feel like we have a champion when we come to these events so thank you and um thank you for your continued support for students and Educators and like we've echoed before you know your job's not done but enjoy time with your family thank you thank you students Sandy Park good evening president Lopez vice president Lewandowski members of the governing board senior staff and Community I am here tonight as many roles many hats uh first and foremost Mr Lewandowski as a community member and a staff member in Marana this is a thankless job sometimes and you have done it with Grace and dignity and we appreciate that secondly as an ESS educator um something that I think that we've always connected on near and
009dear to our hearts I appreciate your voice for our our best population actually so thank you for that um and as a leader in mea for eight years um definitely in good times and in bad I always appreciated you and your willingness to put the needs of students and staff first and I know as everybody has echoed that your work is not done but I appreciate you so much and the kindness and Grace that you have enacted in your position as a governing board member and we will miss you very much so thank you thank you [Applause] Ellie good evening Dr Lopez vice president Lewandowski members of the board senior Staffing Community I am also taking a moment to thank Mr Lewandowski uh when I first became so I'm a Miranda I'm a Miranda cage
010well grad um Lewandowski is like a name that we know right uh when I first started teaching in the district uh I was terrified of the board and of uh I was like oh my gosh these people are like intimidating like I am but a wee baby and I don't know what I'm doing and one of the first interactions I had with a board member was actually with you Mr Lewandowski and I remember walking away and being like Oh my goodness like I like of course he's a teacher like it just you have such a warmth and Vibrance to you you really have humanized the board but you've also always worked for the best interest of our students our community and our teachers uh I've never walked away from even hard decisions where I have
011felt like you were not behind us and really considering all stakeholders my sons go to Twin Peaks and I think a year ago when my kiddo was in first grade he reported back that he had seen uh he had seen two famous people they were board members um and Dr Streeter and although you guys will never be as famous as Dr Mandel who he is obsessed with he was like Mr Lewandowski Mr wuen wowski I believe uh like Mike Wazowski that was how he connected um he said that he was like a Santa or a grandpa and I was like you know that is a really good way to describe Mr Lewandowski um you know those are big big shoes to fill um and I'm really glad that you're gonna have the opportunity to spend
012some more time with your family but you're always welcome here we're always happy to have you in our classrooms and we thank you so much for all of your support thank you [Applause] because it's gonna make me cry and I haven't even talked about like um item G superintendent comments Dr Streeter Dr Lopez governing board members members of our audience uh this morning I was able to start my day with uh Santa Grandpa with uh Mr Lewandowski as well as Dr dumler uh miss Lynn Salata Estes principal Colleen Fredericks and members of our El teacher team at the office of English language acquisition Services conference which I think we were there with uh close to about a thousand of our closest friends from around the State of Arizona but we were there to celebrate our
013very own Ms Regina Lewandowski as the 2022 El teacher of the year for the State of Arizona [Applause] so congratulations I look forward to a formal recognition of the future board meeting you have to come back um also yesterday uh Grand Canyon University joined us at our collaborative team meetings where they recognized Butterfield Elementary principal Mr Josh Bain as the Arizona principal of the month so this is our second recognition from the Grand Canyon University in the past two years recognizing or principles so congratulations to Mr Bain also at our last board meeting we were waiting for uh the final election results and so tonight I am pleased to congratulate uh Mr Tom Carlson who was elected to serve another term on the musd governing board congratulations Carlson [Applause] and as well as congratulate Mrs
014Catherine macronas who is joining us in the audience tonight who will be getting her governing board term at our January meeting so congratulations [Applause] uh both Mr Carlson and Mrs macronas will be sworn in officially sworn in at the January meeting also uh during that time we were waiting for some more election results uh and I can tell you that after spending the last couple of years speaking with hundreds of students staff parents and community members regarding what the immediate and future uh Capital needs of the district were and and really after our governing board was able to find a solution that combined using our current budgetary dollars State Grant application funding as well as proposing a ballot initiative that was Proposition 491 in order to meet all of our Capital needs I am pleased
015to announce that the mut School Improvement Bond proposition 491 has passed foreign so the success of this initiative provides us with resources that will allow us to address immediate long-term needs in the district this includes implementing campus specific improvements that ensure our students have access to exceptional experiences in our classrooms updated Fine Arts facilities and athletic fields security remains a key priority and we will be able to proceed with physical and technological improvements that enhance safety and strengthen Communications on our school campuses with our law enforcement Partners additionally we will begin planning the future K-8 school in the Gladden Farms 2 subdivision while identifying ways to expand some capacity at our other campuses to address the increased student enrollment that we're experiencing across the district and then finally we will begin addressing our transportation Fleet
016through the purchase of some fuel-efficient buses and vans I am grateful for the continued support from our community and I want to extend my sincere appreciation to our community members I also want to extend a huge thank you to the musd citizens committee to our governing board members and the many volunteers that put in the countless hours educating our community on what pop 491 is and I would be remiss if I did not single out and acknowledge the tremendous efforts of our teachers and staff who spent countless evenings and weekends knocking on doors and sharing proposition 491 information without question this is the most staff engagement that we have experienced in any election cycle that led to the passage of a bond during what can best be described as a difficult economic time so thank
017you to our staff teachers and staff I look forward to implementing these critical projects with you and supporting you as we prepare our students for the future and this concludes my comments for tonight thank you agenda okay I would move the governing board approve the consent agenda as presented second unfinished business there is none so we're going to move to item J new business Mr contorno thank you the State of Arizona allows governing boards to revise their expenditure budget for um to reflect previous years actual carry forwards prior year expenditures updates in student enrollment and interest earnings these were mere estimates and when this board was adopted in July the district will bring a final revision for approval before the May 15th deadline um that revision will finalize the student enrollment numbers and at this
018time the most impactful Factor affecting this revision was the estimate and current year 100th day average daily membership so student count the district has seen an unweighted an increase in enrollment of about 225 students we have to recall we actually built the budget with some of that anticipated so that this is this is not all new growth or unanticipated growth um also that there was a group b add-on weighting which is our sped population and also this year um a new one poverty and gifted and those numbers became public or presented by the state since July and and I was able to put down the actual numbers the all these are positive impacts that and they're reflected in the revision too which is in your packet the major impact of this revision is an increase
019of about one point just under 1.2 million dollars in mno in a in an increase in capital or District additional assistance of about 1.1 million or just above 1.1 million I ask that you consider approving the the 202-22-23 School District the annual expenditure budget as revision number two and I will submit it to the state if approved okay I would move the governing board approve the 2022-2023 school district annual expenditure budget revision number two second is there any questions yeah I have a quick question um well kind of this is more into Dr Streeter but what are we going to do with the AEL um excuse me considering that it still has not been lifted foreign yeah actually that's a it's a great question I think it's a really important point that that folks need
020to be aware of is that the overriding of the aggregate expenditure limit still has not taken place um and what needs to happen is the state legislature uh either needs to call an emergency session to override that limit so that we can spend funds that have already been provided to us by the state per state formula or in this next legislative session prior to March 1st uh this legislature will have to pass uh the overriding of that limit what's what's important to note here is if this doesn't happen by March 1st the district will be required to return over 19 million dollars so if you think that that's almost 20 percent of our budget will have to be returned with just 25 of the school year left um it's going to have you know I
021I don't want to be an alarmist it will have catastrophic impacts on our district so we do need the legislature to override that limit so that we can't expend the funds that have already been provided to us uh to the point on approving you're you're approving tonight's revision as is um and again Mr contorno will come back throughout the year with various revisions to the budget as we as we go through enrollment um if if AE if the aggregate expansion limit wasn't overridden there would be a significant uh revision to our budget great question it's an impact that's looming out there for all school districts thank you all right all those in favor aye aye next item is J2 discussion approval of policy considerations Dr Dublin uh yes thank you um president Lopez members of
022the board Dr Streeter and members of the community I have two policy revisions tonight both of these are being revised based on recommendations from asba and they are a result of laws passed in the last legislative session the first policy IMD School ceremonies and observances made changes to the requirements for the daily moment of silence in schools the law now requires that school districts set aside at least one minute but no more than two minutes at the beginning of each day and it does specific say that teachers may not tell children what to meditate on but parents should be should be encouraged to tell their children how to use the moment of silence the second policy jlcc communicable and infectious diseases comes from House Bill 2616 which states that school districts may not require a
023minor to wear a face covering without parental or Guardian consent and so this policy was amended to reflect this change okay thank you can I have a motion okay I move the governing board approve revisions to policy IMD School ceremonies and observances and policy jlcc communicable infectious diseases second any questions all those in favor aye aye next item is j3 discussion approval of the new High School courses proposals Miss Reedy good evening president Lopez for the last time vice president Lewandowski governing board members Dr Streeter members of senior staff and our in-person audience tonight I am bringing forward some High School courses for your consideration of approval we are wanting to expand our efforts to in our collaborative efforts with Pima Community College to increase our dual enrollment offerings in must and so this evening
024we are bringing forward multiple courses from Pima that would be dual enrollment courses that would be taught by musd teachers that meet the credentials to teach dual enrollment courses as uh designated by The Higher Learning commission so these classes include college success and career planning personal finance Spanish 102 introduction to politics introductory statistics and Topics in college mathematics Financial algebra and statistics in addition we're also bringing several courses that have been written and developed by musd teachers uh those include Financial algebra and statistics we're really taking the year-long course of financial algebra and the year-long courses statistics and combining it in order to increase the liver the um the rigor in our fourth year Math course uh Japanese one two and three four as well as the foundations of Criminal Justice would and that would
025be an introductory uh CTE course for our criminal justice programs all of these courses have been approved by the district's High School instructional leadership team and we're excited to bring them to musd okay I move the governing board approve new High School courses courses proposal as presented second all those in favor I'm sorry go ahead so um on the the intro to politics class so who's developing the lesson plans for that so Pima Community College provides us with the scope and sequence but it would be musd teachers that would devise the day-to-day lesson plans for the course okay hang on okay and so then so then how are we going to be sure that that um that we don't have things like you know the glorification of Communism or anything like that sure is part
026of this so because these courses are being taught by musd teachers they would be they would fall under all of the policies in must regarding curriculum and so they would be held to that same standard okay thank you I have a quick question really fast um where are these being taught at both high schools or specifically one so it's a it's a combination and so we want to offer these we would love to offer these courses at both high schools uh here's an example we don't have somebody certified to teach Japanese who uh currently working at both campuses we do have a teacher at Marana High School currently teaching English that is certified to teach Japanese but those folks don't come around quite often and so we would want to make sure that we are
027offering that opportunity uh to the students at Marana High School if we choose to go ahead and put that in the course description book and so it's really based on certification and credentials as mentioned all teachers for the dual enrollment courses would have to meet the credentials for the higher learning commission and we're currently serving our high school teachers to find out who may be certified and or who would like to engage in continued coursework in order to become qualified to teach those courses and so if we can offer the dual enrollment we're going to work to do so and to the extent possible we would like to have balanced courses at both campuses but Criminal Justice that criminal that program is really only offered on one of our high school campuses so this can
028be my next question yes find a CT teacher that is certified yes yes sir so are these these classes taught during the day or in the evening all of these would be we're part of the satellite for this for the CTE portion we're a part of the satellite program so all of these would take place during the school day on on musd high school campuses thank you all right all those in favor next item is j4 conduct an executive session can I have a motion okay I move the governing board conduct an executive session pursuant to ARS 3843103a1 Personnel relating to superintendent's evaluation all those in favor aye at this time we are going to have an executive session just the board so I just want to thank everyone for coming we will come back
029after we are done so I don't know if you guys want to stay here there's no new business yeah we're done for the evening but I just want to thank everybody for being here supporting John he's definitely going to be missed but we we have his phone number so yeah yes so everybody have a good night thank you thank you all very much