001[Music] Let's see who went teacher for a point for pop when you're not supposed to. I get a point. Here we go. Get [Music] ready. They're trying to trick you. [Music] They always wear that when I [Music] It is 6:31 and I would like to call the meeting to order. Um, can we get another round of applause for Sajid and her strings performers? And do we have any parents here? I presume, of these very fine artists. Could you stand up so we can thank you for sharing them with us tonight? And I should have said please stay up because I would ask everybody to rise and please join me in the pledge of allegiance. stands for nation. Thank you again. That was lovely. And now, may I have roll call, please? Mrs. Christensen, here. Mr.
002Pantara here. Mrs. Greenberg here. Dr. Lim here. Miss Wani here. Thank you. Next on the agenda is approval of agenda. Dr. Reynolds. Thank you. President Greenberg, governing board, cabinet, and all of our guests this evening. Items approved by consent will not come up for discussion during the meeting, but will be approved when the agenda is adopted. This is possible since members of the governing board received the agenda along with backup materials at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and have had time to review and consider all items. Prior to the agenda being adopted, members of the governing board may ask that an item be removed from the consent agenda and brought to the floor for discussion at the appropriate place on the agenda. Any member of the audience who submitted a blue public card
003prior to the start of the meeting will be recognized to speak on that agenda item under items for approval. I would like to offer the agenda as posted. Uh but I would ask that the board remove item F13 so that we can bring it back for a later discussion. F13. Thank you, Dr. Reynolds. Um prior to the meeting, we received um one card, but it was on that issue on that item. said, we have no blue public comment cards. Uh, does any member of the governing board wish to have an item removed from the consent agenda? Seeing none, Mrs. Christensen may have a motion to approve the meeting agenda and recommended consent agenda items. So moved. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. Any oppose, say nay. Any abstensions? The motion passes unanimously.
004Next on the agenda is governing board statements. Mr. Panta, do you have anything? Well, yes, I do. Thank you. Uh, hello everyone. Welcome. I had a very busy time between the last time I was here at a board meeting and this time. One of the things I attended was a football game, a flag football game, girls flag football. It was fantastic. Uh, Pinnacle against Shadow Mountain, I believe. It was great. It occurred to me that there seem to be a lot more sports now in high school than when I was in high school. Maybe, maybe it's just perception thing. Maybe it's a type of sports. It was really exciting to see. Uh, another thing I did was go to PV voice. Um, I think who? Mr. Christian, you were there, right? So were you. Yeah.
005They were talking about um AI, not A1. Okay. So they were talking about how to get that um the students were working on getting recommendations and they really took their work very seriously. you know, they had solid recommendations and I'm really proud of the students we we have here that they they take these kind of tasks seriously. They're not just there for a free meal like I am. Uh, also one of the coolest thing I did was just the other day was at Shadow Mountain High School, right? They had the North Valley Arts Associations. I think it's their inaugural version of this where everyone that did these projects showed up and and they were all in this in the gymnasium demonstrating showing like a dissertation I was told. Excellent program. I wish I could have
006gotten to every single one of them from music to dance to visual arts, graphic arts, all kinds of technical things. One student I saw her whole project was about how art helped her become a growing person to get through her grief and another person was about how they um oh I've got it right here because I think I need it. It's uh senior somatics. Okay, it's dancing and movement for seniors. Uh so maybe I'll be investing in this. At least I'll turn my mother on to this. It's an excellent program and from what I understand um I think Mrs. Slater was telling me about it. Did I say it right? Her last name. Yes. That of this program is an honors arts program. There's only like the only one in the state that we're aware
007of. That's a four-year honors art program. And I was talking to these students. They were tell they were talking about their sixth year in the program because they're talking about when they were in middle school or in the school before they got into high school. And correct me if I'm wrong, uh, Miss Medic, it's there's three type of seals the state can give you. Is she still here? Marine, there's there's four type of seals that the state gives for um arts and arts kind of recognition and just this one program, if these students go through it successfully, they get two of the four just on doing that program. I'm very much impressed. It's so great to see all these different pathways our students can take to learn and yet still be themselves and retain that
008that ownership of their own personal uh space. I look forward to seeing many more successes with this in the future. And that concludes my comments. Thank you, Mr. Pantara, Dr. Lib. Sure. I'll just take a moment. So, I know we're always taking time to appreciate our staff, but staff appreciation, the actual week is just around the corner. And I know parent organizations at all the schools as well as leadership at those schools as well as many of our local individual community partners as well as organizations are coming together to really support many of our schools and make amazing things like lunch and different opportunities happen to appreciate our staff. So I just want to say a kind of a headed in advance thank you to all those individuals who are taking the time to make
009sure our staff at our schools feel appreciated and supported during what is staff appreciation. I know that our school at Whispering Winds is looking forward to the appreciation we're going to offer and I know that sentiment is shared across the district. So, thank you to those supporting staff appreciation week as it comes up and uh enjoy your staff appreciation treatments that many individuals are going to experience upcoming in May. Mrs. Christensen, good evening everyone. Um, I wanted to first say I don't know if any parents are left from the from the strings performance, but that was very impressive. I Who says that strings can't do choreography? I was I saw that last number and I think the gold star should go to the the musician that had a pink cast on and was fiddling away.
010So, that was impressive. Um, I just want to welcome all community members as as we normally do because um as a constitutional republic, the board represents your voice and um we we love it when community members reach out to us. Um today is the National Day of Prayer. So for those that celebrate that um you know we could we could use some more goodness in the world. So, um, just welcome to those that are celebrating National Day of Prayer. And, um, I did attend Student Voice and I will say this is my my third year of seeing these students and what for those of you that don't know, Student Voice is where high schoolers come and get to speak to the board directly and cabinet members and the superintendent. and the growth that I've seen
011in these students and just these years that you know students that were freshman and sophomores or now upper classmen. It it was just um it's just so great to see the growth. Um and finally, I would just like to say thank you to all of the members of the Pinnacle High School uh parents and students that have reached out to the board. While I can't speak on behalf of the board or or the district, I just want to say thank you. Um, I have read all your emails and while I can't reply to everything, um, I just appreciate you reaching out to us with any concerns you have. Thank you, Mrs. Christensen. Miss Monty, good evening everyone. So, yes, I'll just have to uh the the Suzuki program is fantastic. How cute are those little
012tiny violins? Both my kids went through that program and it's just I'm so excited and happy to see it continue and it's a really special special program that we get to offer. Um, I think it's pretty unique. Um, as we could see tonight, those little tiny first graders. Um, so thank you to to them. They did a fantastic job. And Laura Sen does a fantastic job. And I think she actually tours around and plays. If you ever look her up, you can go see her because we got a little taste of that tonight. And she's pretty phenomenal. Um, and thank you to everyone for being here tonight. I also just kind of want to take a moment um on the heels of um you know I think like national volunteer week and all of that
013kind of coming to a close and just give a tremendous tremendous tremendous shout out to our parent groups across this district. I know I know how hard you all work. I know how much you care and you give your time and your talents and your heart just so effortlessly it seems. But I know it takes a lot of work and a lot of organizing. um and our booster clubs and our United Parent Council who support um those parent groups across the district as much as possible and who are constantly recognizing others. So, I just want to take a moment and recognize United Parent Council for all the hard work that you do. Um, and also our volunteer in paradise program, which is phenomenal and amazing. And we had an opportunity to to go and be
014a part of that celebration, which was just an honor to be in the room with some of those folks because they are incredible human beings who also give so much of their time and talents um just so generously. So, just thank you so much to all of the human beings, all of you good people who do above and beyond for our our students and for our district and because you because you choose to. and um I just I really really appreciate it. I I know we all really appreciate it. That's all I have. Thank you, Miss Montanie. Um I also had the opportunity to do um and a number of um go visit a number of programs and schools over the last couple weeks and um you know most recently with student voice along with
015Mr. Panter and Miss Christensen and just want to give a shout out the students are incredible. Um, as you know, folks have said, we've been looking at the topic of AI and you know, not just looking at it, but really looking at how uh our student experiences can help impact our policies and our protocols and processes because we all know that it's here to stay. Um, and we need to uh be looking at it as the tool that it is and how we can best utilize it. And you know who better to help that than than the students who are impacted you know almost I'm sure on a daily basis. So love that we were able to do that. We also because this was our last meeting of this school year we had our student
016body leaders and our incoming um presidents and so we got to meet those folks as well and a big shout out to the leaders on our campuses. Um also had the opportunity uh last week to visit at North Canyon High School because um Mr. Harshfield has uh started a chapter of Quill and Scroll which is a journalism honorary and they initiated two members last week and I was honored to ask to speak a little bit as a you know former high school editor and chief and um journalism major in college. It was near and dear to my heart. So I want to thank Mr. Harsheld and and Miss Locer for that invitation and then had to rush home because um I was asked to uh speak to Troop 316, the fourth grade weebos, all of
017whom are are PV students. Um we're completing a badge requirement to speak to an elected official. So we had a great conversation about what it means to serve on a governing board in Arizona and what we do. And um yes, we are we are elected officials. And so they had some really great questions. Couple I couldn't answer. Um really had more to do with budgets. So Miss Bergen, I may flip those questions over to you, but um it was they really knew a lot about the district. They had some really terrific questions. So it was a lot of fun to do that. Um also had the opportunity to visit the PDA prom boutique on its last day. And I'm not going to steal their thunder, but I know they because I know they'll be here
018next meeting is my understanding, but I know they um they were able to work with uh I think probably more kids more students than they have in the past and um just had some phenomenal outfits and some phenomenal outcomes for the kids. So, it was great. And um along with Miss Wani was able to be at the VIP volunteer recognition on Monday. And um I think there were some updated numbers. I I wrote about uh the program in in the president's message in our newsletter, but I think since then we've had something like 12,000 volunteer hours and it's still growing because the school year isn't over from our VIP program alone. And that's incredible. And a huge shout out to VIPs and as everybody has said to all of the volunteers in our district. we
019could not do this without you. That there's there is absolutely no way. And and every single, you know, presence in a classroom or, you know, chaperoning a field trip or, you know, helping out at a field day or, you know, the the countless other opportunities and everybody steps up all the time and it is we thank you from the bottom of our hearts because we couldn't do it. So, thank you. I know that was a lot of comments, but it's May and there's a lot of things going on in a school district. There always is. So, next on the agenda is another fun topic and that's awards and recognitions. Dr. Reynolds. Thank you, President Greenberg. At this time, I'd like to invite the governing board to join me in front of the DAS. Good evening,
020President Greenberg, governing board members, members of cabinet, and attendees both in person and virtual. Tonight, we have several recognitions to share with you. This evening, we'll be inviting our honores to the front of the room for the recognition and photo. Please make your way to the front of the room when I read your name or when your group is called. The Jerry L. Morgan Volunteer Award honors volunteers who display dedication and service to the community as exemplified by late UPC member Jerry Morgan. Tonight, UPC chairperson Megan Star is here to make a presentation. Hello, and thank you very much for having UPC here tonight for this really important opportunity to recognize our volunteers. I'm going to invite my president of UPC, Julie Bremick, up with me to help because she I don't have enough hands.
021So, tonight we are recognizing all of the amazing volunteers that we have in our district. And these span every single campus and off of our campuses. We have volunteers who volunteer their time coming into classrooms, volunteer their talents, raising money, volunteer their time helping teachers, and we ask every year for our schools to nominate exceptional volunteers to be considered for the Jerry Morgan Award. Jerry Morgan was a volunteer in our district who gave everything to her schools. She was phenomenal. She unfortunately passed away in a car accident on her way back down the mountain on the I17 and in her honor we established a award so that we can acknowledge volunteers going forward. This award um is uh presented by UPC and it comes with a monetary donation to the recipients charity or organization of
022choice. This year we had three finalists for the Jerry Morgan Award. They were all exceptional individuals. Glennon Burton from Sonorin Sky Elementary. This is actually his second year being nominated. I promise he will not always be a bridesmaid. Um um Rebecca from Fireside Elementary School and Donna Lockach who was uh nominated from the Little Cubs program at James P. Lee Child Development. And the recipient of this year's Jerry Morgan Award is Miss Donna Lockach. So we'd like to have her come up here. Miss Lach is a retired teacher who couldn't quite get enough of being here on our schools and our campuses. She's come back and she comes back and volunteers at James Ple every single day for several hours a day. She works with uh children from the infant room uh kinderg or sorry
023not kindergarters from the infant room first one year olds two-year-olds three-year-olds everybody and in addition what makes her exceptionally special is in addition to working with our children in their classrooms she also works with the staff helping to motivate and mentor new teachers and young teachers and bringing her expert ertise back into the classroom. So, we are exceptionally grateful to Miss Loach for the amount of time that she has dedicated to our district and thank you for recognizing her tonight. So, for the rest of you, these are our previous year's uh nominees. This lives in the district office on the wall. And thank you um Miss Lock and the rest. If you guys want to go outside for pictures, we can. Thank you. Our next honores won first place in mathematics and best of fair
024at the Arizona State uh science and engineering fair for their project based on par uh partial differential equations. Each student received $2,500 scholarships to the University of Arizona and will have the opportunity to compete at the international science and engineering fair next week. Join me in wishing these students the best of luck at their next competition from Paradise Valley High School. Tahas duipala and montank parasar. Our next recipient was named the 2025 Flynn scholarship recipient. The senior is one of 20 students in Arizona to win this prestigious merit-based scholarship. This recognition highlights exceptional academic achievements, leadership potential, and a commitment to community service. If this recipient chooses to attend a public state university after graduation, he'll receive funding for his tuition, room, and board, study abroad opportunities, and other enrichment activities. Please put your hands
025together from Paradise Valley High School, Oliver Horth. Next, 11 of our high school students were selected to complete to compete. compete in the all-state choir and band competition hosted by the Arizona Music Educators Association. To earn this prestigious honor, students must participate in a very competitive and rigorous process. Musicians who are selected take part in auditions, intense rehearsals, and master classes led by expert conductors and instructors. One of our honores tonight has been an all-state choir participant during all four years of her high school career, which is truly remarkable. Please help me welcome from Horizon High School, Sadi Benvitz, Mile Miles Gustoen, Chase Harris, Ethan Heatherington, Faith Isa, Alex Tyrie from Paradise Valley High School. Cameron Forest, Ethan Nuen, Ana Ram, Jack Senac, and from Pinnacle High School, Lauren Carney. Next is a Paradise Valley
026Education Support Professional of the Month. PBSCA President Miss Michelle Courtright is here this evening to make the presentation. President Greenberg, Governing Board, Dr. Reynolds, and Cabinet. My name is Michelle Courtride and I am the president of the Paradise Valley Support Employees Association. And this is one of the highlights of what I get to do. And it's very ironic that this month, excuse me, that we are um recognizing an instructional assistant. Holly Hunter works at Greyhawk Elementary. And many times people ask me, "What is an instructional assistant?" Or when it was a PAR educator, what are they? And a lot of people think we cut out papers and make copies and we do that for a little tiny bit of time. But most of the time we work one-on-one with our students. We work with some
027of our most vulnerable students. We meet them exactly where they are. We are the support they need to be successful. We help teachers with behaviors. We do whatever is needed at that moment in time. And Holly, I hear, is very, very good at what she does. She has an energy that she brings from as early as 8:30 in the morning to all students. She meets people by name with a smile. And I guess sometimes she brings bubbles. But she is an inspiration in the classroom. She is always willing to help anywhere she needs to. The kids love seeing her and she has a passion that comes out of her every single day. So, it is with great pleasure that we recognize Holly Hunter from Greyhawk as employee of the month for May. is here nominated
028my mom teachers I have lots of people And lastly tonight, as we bridge our way into superintendent comments, Dr. Reynolds, if I may, for a special recognition, I'd like to invite Dr. Missy Martin to the podium. President Greenberg, governing board members, Dr. Reynolds, and cabinet. My name is Missy Martin, and I am the one of the directors here for human resources for our ESP group. And on behalf of COA, PVP, and PBEA, it is my distinct honor and pleasure to recognize an extraordinary leader whose unwavering dedication in PV schools, especially our support personnel, has been a cornerstone of our district's success. Recognizing the person who organizes all the PBSCA nominations for employee of the month posed a unique challenge for us. Therefore, we took a non-traditional approach to ensure that our collective gratitude was fully
029conveyed. It is with great pride we celebrate Michelle Courtright, PVSEA's leader for the past eight years. When we invited members across our schools and departments to submit reflections on Michelle's contributions, the response was both immediate and overwhelming. Every message underscored the same truth. Michelle's leadership has made a profound and lasting difference in the lives of our employees and the overall well-being of our educational community. Michelle's dedication is evident in countless ways. She is a full-time employee whose commitment often begins before dawn, fielding calls as early as 5:00 a.m. Her work continues long after traditional office hours, often answering urgent evening calls from me and other administrators, always responding with patience, problemolving, and compassion. Regardless of the time or challenge, Michelle follows through, never waving wavering in her advocacy for her classified group. Beyond her responsiveness,
030Michelle has been instrumental in promoting fairness, equity, and professionalism across all departments. She has played a critical role in resolving employee concerns with dignity, championing for additional professional development opportunities for classified staff, and fostering a culture of respect and inclusion. She has served as a bridge between administration, administration, and employees, ensuring communication is clear, transparent, and rooted in mutual respect. common themes emerged and I have a few of them here in our base um with heartfelt submissions, unwavering advocacy, tireless work ethic, integrity, compassionate leadership, and an unfailing commitment to service. Michelle's efforts have created a ripple effect that extends to students, family, and the larger PV schools community, reinforcing a culture of excellence, care, and support. We are deeply grateful for Michelle's exemplary service and enduring legacy within the Paradise Valley United Unified School District.
031Her leadership has not only strengthened PBSA, but also enriched the entire district. Leaders like Michelle remind us that the dedication, compassion, and advocacy are the true hallmarks of excellence in education here in Paradise. Thank you all. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to honor such an exceptional leader today. And with that, President Greenberg, I'll turn superintendent comments over to Dr. Reynolds. All right. In Pey schools, we engage, inspire, and nurture students through highquality instruction, meaningful educational opportunities, and dynamic learning experiences. One of those opportunities is uh and as evidenced by tonight's recognitions, we truly do live up to our word. Student Success in Paradise is made possible by the hard work of our students, the support of our parent and guardian community, the generation support of our taxpayers, and our incredible, incredible staff. And
032May is a time to celebrate our staff, specifically through a couple of big days next week, school principal day, school nurses day, and teacher appreciation week. PB Schools recognizes the hard work and dedication of our teachers, principles, and nurses and all of our staff. And we are grateful for the unwavering commitment to student success. As we wrap up the school year and the days get busier and busier, PB Schools want to encourage you to take a moment to show your appreciation for these staff members who are vital who are a vital part of our journey of excellence. I'd also like to take a moment tonight to say congratulations to Greyhawk Elementary School for being recently certified as a blue zone school. Students and staff have been working hard over the past year to achieve this
033rare and unique certification. Blue Zone certified schools promote healthy habits by encouraging physical activity, nutritious eating, and social connection among students and staff. And tonight is a special night because Pey Schools takes great pride in growing our own leadership and capitalizing on the capacity we build with our employees. For more than 40 years, we have been identifying, developing, and nurturing aspiring administrators in our administrative internship and management training program. Each year we select a small group of teacher leaders and provide them with experiences to continue to prepare them to be administrators in our district. So tonight we would like to recognize the 2025 AIM class. Uh and I would like to point out I was in the 2002 AIM class just a few years ago. Uh but we would ask our AIM uh our AIM
034class to stand and be recognized. These are the faces of our future district leaders. President Greenberg, that concludes my comments. Thank you very much. Next on and congratulations and thank you. Next are items for approval and first up uh is approve is consideration approval of administrative employment personnel actions. Dr. Holmes. Madame President, members of the board, uh Kimberly Cota Winganger is currently the assistant principal on a special assignment at JPL. Uh she earned a bachelor of science and cross categor a bachelor of science and crosscategorical special education from UVA and a master of arts and educational administration from GCU. If approved, she will receive salary and benefits in accordance with the PVP bargaining agreement or pardon me the COA bargaining agreement and we recommend you approve Miss Cottowinger to be the next assistant director of
035special education. Thank you. Mrs. Christensen, may I please have a motion to approve the recommendation to hire Kimberly Kota Wanger for the position of assistant director of special education as presented. So moved. Does any board member have any questions or comments? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. I. I. Any opposed say nay. Any abstensions? Motion passes unanimous. Congratulations. Nice go to Wanger. Do you have any family to introduce? Addison Fimres is currently the assistant principal at Manzanita Elementary School in the Washington Elementary School District. uh she earned a bachelor of arts in elementary education and crosscategorical special education from ASU and a masterers of arts in educational leadership from GCU. If appoint uh if approved, she will receive salary and benefits in accordance with the PVP bargaining agreement. And we recommend you
036approve Miss Fimbras to be the next principal at Cactus View Elementary School. Mrs. Christensen, may I please have a motion to approve the recommendation to hire Addison Bimbras for the position of principal of Cactus View Elementary School as presented? So moved. Does any member of the board have any comments or questions? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. I. I. Any oppose say nay. Any abstensions? Motion passes unanimously. Congratulations, Mr. Ferez. Welcome. Do you have anybody to introduce? Jessica Ston is currently the interim principal at Larksburg Elementary School, so she won't even be moving offices. She earned a bachelor of arts in elementary education from ASU and a master of arts in educational administration from GCU. If approved, she will receive salary and benefits accord in accordance with the PVP bargaining agreement. and
037we recommend you approve Miss Sexon to be the next principal at Larkur Elementary. Thank you, Mrs. Christensen. May I please have a motion to approve the recommendation to hire Jessica Ston for the position of principal of Larksburg Elementary School as presented? So moved. Does any member of the board have any questions or comments? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Any abstensions? Motion passes. Congratulations, Miss Ston. Do you want to introduce anybody? [Laughter] Thank you. Moren Minnik is currently our director of fine arts. Uh she earned a bachelor of arts in in music education from UVA and a master of arts uh in secondary education from ASU. If approved, we will be three for three in appointing principles who have graduated from ASU. So, a high quality
038class of principles we have for you this evening. And she uh will receive salary and benefits consistent with the PVP bargaining agreement. We recommend you approve Miss Midik to be the next principal at North Ranch Elementary. Mrs. Christensen, may I please have a motion to approve the recommendation to hire Morin Minnick for the position of principal of North Ranch Elementary as presented? So moved. Does any member of the board wish to make a comment? Have Mr. Pantera, just just go Devils. Mrs. I'm very happy for you, but I'm very sad because I love you as our our director of arts. So congratulations. Anybody? Well, we have to vote first. Um, we're getting there. Yeah. Seeing no one else. All those in favor, please say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Any abstensions? Motion
039passes unanimous. Congratulations, Miss Net. Thank you all. Thank you, Dr. Holmes. Next on the agenda is consideration approval to award RFQ25-017 for construction construction manager at risk or semar for Indian bend elementary school rebuild. Miss Bergen, take a minute. Okay, we'll vamp for a moment while the room clears. Congratulations. Okay. Thank you, President Greenberg and Dr. Reynolds. They always leave before I present the budget. It's so weird. Uh but actually before I present the budget this evening uh have something very exciting to bring to the board and that is the RFQ award for our construction manager at risk or what you hear us refer to as SEMAR. It is the next very important step in the rebuild of Indian Bend and uh we issued a request for qualifications on March 10th. We received seven submissions
040and following a thorough review and our ranking process, we invited the three highest ranking firms back for interviews which we held on April 9th. Based on those evaluations and successful fee negotiations, the committee is recommending Chase building team for the award. And tonight's uh proposal includes the pre-construction services which includes working with us as the district as well as the architecture firm that we've selected for the Indian Ben rebuild or cut Winslow uh to perform value engineering, constructibility reviews, budget development and scheduling. So upon completion of the pre-construction phase then the uh selected GC the general contractor Chase will develop and submit a guaranteed maximum price. We expect to bring that first GMP to the board in the June 19th board meeting and or excuse me uh August board meeting and on June 19th we
041will have our architects Orcut Winslow present with us to let you know where we are at and what has been a very collaborative process with the Indian Ben community so far um working on the rebuild. And I'd like to point out tonight if uh Mr. Barry Chase and uh Mr. Patrick Shepard will stand up. They are with Chase building team. Um and they can answer any of those constructiony type questions if you have any of those because I cannot answer those questions. Uh but uh I bring to you this recommendation this evening and happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you, Mrs. Brian. Uh Mrs. Christensen, may I please have a motion to award RFQ25017 for Seymar for Indian Ben Elementary Rebuild as presented? So moved. Does any member of the board have
042any questions? Miss Monty, thank you. And thank you. Um, if I had known we were going to be able to ask construction questions, I would have brought some, but I did not know we would have this opportunity. So, thank you for being here. Um, I I have just a few questions. C, can you tell us, Miss Fergen, who's so who's on the the committee? So, we had I think it was four or maybe five people on the committee. Mr. Mr. Drew Davis was on the committee. Um, help me out, Mr. Drew Davis. Dr. Drew Davis, just rolls is fine. I don't need names. I'm just Yeah. Okay, thank you. And um since we have the experts here c and I am so not could you just tell us a little bit about the like this
043phase that we're talking about like like how long does it last? Um how like what's what's sort of the regular anticipated period of time we're talking about for the pre-construction phase only? Yeah. Dr. Davis, do you want to answer that or would you like Mr. Barry Chase to answer that? I think he wants Mr. Barry Chase. would you please come up here and do that please? Yes, I would say whoever's answering gets to come come to the mic. Uh Madame President Greenberg and members of the section panel. It's an honor to be here tonight. So, um, I would love to answer this question and say like the next phase is when our team now can join and collaborate with Paradise Valley School District staff and their leaders in the construction side and work with the
044architect or Winslow and really try to refine design, make sure we're bringing as much value as we can with construction expertise, what's the best materials to use, what's the best systems to use, what's the best sequencing to use in order to execute the project. And uh that's really where we are right now. I'm going to say it's going to be how many months, Patrick? Would you say we're looking at about three months? Three to four months? About three to four months of that process of pre-construction. Then we'll be coming back in front of you for the actual GMP, which is the construction budget u that we'll be proposing August. Yes. Okay. Thank you. I just have one one more quick one. I I swear. Um and you said that there's been an opportunity to collaborate
045with Indian community. Could could you just speak a little bit about what what that process has been like so far or like how that has gone what that you know have you kind of all sat together looked at designs that kind of thing? Yeah so we uh Dr. Davis uh um and Heidi Lindsay and I we have all sat with the principal and then we originally uh invited everyone from the school to attend whoever wanted to attend to talk to them about the process and of the staff excuse me and then we developed a steering committee of about 15 people I believe it is. So that is parents, teachers, any staff members that want to participate and we even have community members and our next meeting next week will include children. I was just going
046to say and students. I'm super excited about that one. Um, and it's more conceptual design. It's more about rather than presenting a design and saying, "This is what your building should look like." It's a process of collaborating with everyone to say, "What are your needs? What does the building you're currently in not serve for you and what do you need a new building to serve?" Um we the three of us did get a little bit of a glimpse today into some potential site plans and we believe that by the June 19th board meeting when we have or cut Winslow present um it will not be final design by any means but we'll have a much better more of a 3D conceptual design of what some of the pieces will will look like for Indian Ben.
047But it's incredibly exciting. The staff has been over the moon. They beyond positive. Um, we had to get them over the hump of understanding that don't worry about the smell. The smell will go away. Don't worry about all of that. You get a whole new building and with that comes what what comes with a new building. Um, smells. What's that? Better smells. Better. You're right. There smells, but still better smells. Um and uh just as a reminder to the governing board, the November 2023 uh bond that passed um when we worked with the committee on that side of this, we um talked about having two elementary school rebuilds and a middle school rebuild in there. So that was a planned uh expenditure within within this uh bond program that we have from November of 2023.
048Thank you. And thank you, Mrs. Christensen. Thank you for being here today. Um so in terms of risk management this is this is an older site and in planning and looking at the holistic approach of this new build. What is different about um doing something with with an older building that may potentially have asbestous and things of that nature? What kind of safety precautions are made for the comm the surrounding community? um because I know it's very different than just a flat land and then you know pre-construction is very different. So what sort of uh risk mitigation plans are going to be in place for just safety in general for the surrounding community? Great question. Uh so our team will collaborate instantly with Drew and the PV team and Orca Winslow to really get a
049deeper assessment. We have not until tonight. Hopefully, we can get approved tonight. Be able to thoroughly engage with the plan logistics on what we need to do to make sure this school uh what components of that school is going to be demolished, if there's going to be anything saved. It's really too early for us because we haven't been part of those two too many of those meetings. So, we're eager to be a part of it. Uh but there'll be a thorough plan and our firm has done 20 plus uh rebuild type elementary school projects where you're taking down existing schools and rebuilding schools. So our team Patrick's far better than I am um at really developing a very comprehensive plan to make sure the community staff and students are incredibly safe. We don't see that
050overlap happening with this one because the students are going to be moved, but the community is right there and it's surrounded by houses. So, it's going to take a very thoughtful plan. And might I add, my wife graduated Larksburg and Shadow Mountain, so this is really special to me. Yeah. Very cool. Does anybody else have any questions or comments? Thank you. Um, all those in favor, please say I. I. I. Any opposed say nay. Any abstensions? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Thank you both for being here. Very much. Appreciate it. Now, next on the agenda is consideration approval of revised number two version of the fiscal year 202425 state of Arizona school district annual expenditure budget. Mrs. Bergen. Thank you, President Greenberg, Dr. Reynolds, and governing board. I have before you our final revision of
051the budget for the 2425 school year. Uh this is I won't go through this in great detail again, but this is just a reminder of the fact that those three different colors represent different fiscal years that we're always working in. Um so most times of the year, I'm operating off of where we've closed out for last year, where we're at this year, and where we're planning to be for next year. And uh while we're already planning for next year and waiting on our uh legislature to approve a budget so that we know where things land so that I can present a fiscal year 2526 budget to you in June. Uh we are finishing out this year's budget and making any final revisions in accordance with changes to ADM and other any other changes we have
052in our budget. So with that, when I review this, I um refer to the two uh largest funds, our maintenance and operation fund and our unrestricted capital and compare that against the adopted budget, just so that you're aware of the changes. The May revision is about 1.2 million less than the adopted budget. We will uh I expect every year always see that for the December and May revisions because as a reminder we adopt that uh budget high in the June time frame so we don't lose out on any budget capacity for our M override. And um we we know that there's always going to be a revision down when we plan the budget. The budget that we talk about that's uh do we have money to work with or do we have to cut from
053the budget? It's a little bit different than this. This is really just the forms and the technical or bureaucratic side of it that has to be uh presented to the Department of Education. And then with our unrestricted capital budget, just a slight decline of $45,000. Those budget factor differences are primarily also due to the ADM decrease. And as a reminder, our ADM, our average daily membership, our um enrollment of our students isn't even final until October or November of the following year. So, I am closing out a budget that I won't even know what the final ADM is on until October or November of of next year or next fiscal year. Uh, the M additionally, the M carry forward decreased from an estimated $19 million when we did the budget adoption to 17.4 on the
054May revision. That's just where the um operating funds landed. One of those operating funds or the primary one obviously being our M, our uh maintenance and operation fund. Um, and as I said, these are just changes to our budget form. The real impact on the operating budget is what I present throughout the fall and the winter time frame. Um, along with other budgetary changes, namely expenditures and changes to staffing. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions on our final budget revision of the year. Thank you, Mrs. Berrian. May I please have a motion in accordance with Arizona revised statute 15905 to approve the fiscal year 202425 state of Arizona school district annual expenditure budget revision number two as presented for Miss Bergen or for me. That's for you Mrs. Christensen. So moved. Does
055any board member have any questions or comments regarding the revised budget? I just I just have one question. Um, and it's probably in the very detailed materials that you sent us, but it's kind of a little bit in another language than the language I speak. So, I'm just gonna ask you, um, speaking just in terms of this year's anticipated budget, was are there were there any, um, like one-time funding, um, uh, buckets or sources, whether it would be state or grant or federal that, um, are expiring or that we won't have access to. Was there was there anything like that just in our budgeting? Yes, if I remember correctly, this was our final year of our Esser 3 grant where we made a payout at the beginning of the year. Um, so that is a
056place where and that was I want to say 8 to9 million. It was a pretty significant amount of money. So when I present the 2526 budget, you'll see a pretty big decline in our federal funds overall. Um, and that's going to be the primary reason. Okay. And so I I mean I'm ass sure there's already conversations and planning about adjustments that need to be made. So that particular great question particularly with ESSER funding we um two things we worked primarily to ensure we were spending on things that were not going to be ongoing costs and anything that were potentially ongoing costs like staffing positions is made very clear from the beginning that when these funds expire these positions expire and we have to find other uh staffing for that and that was there was no
057staffing in it in this fiscal year's budget. The staffing ended at the end of last fiscal year. The payout this year was a onetime payout, like a retention payout for all staff. So, it was perceived as a onetime payment. And thank you. You're welcome. Does anybody else have any questions or comments, Mrs. Christensen? Yeah. As always, thank you for um presenting the numbers to us. Um, I was just wondering if if you have any updates on anything from coming in from the federal I know it's kind of a moving target. So any of the federal concerns that we've discussed in prior uh board meetings. I'm hoping there's no issues and we and and if there are any changes um are there any mitigation risks that you're looking into? Yeah. So, there's kind of two pieces
058to that. Um, Mrs. Christensen, there's the piece of the asurances that were signed and and then a court order that sort of put a stay on that, but we complied with that anyway. So, I don't see any freezing or holding back of funds for that reason either way. Um there we do have a reduction to our federal funding, namely due to title uh a decrease in our title um percentage. Our our percentages have gone down. Um and so with that obviously the funding is reduced correspondingly and our federal programs folks are working on adjustments to positions. We do have some carry forward in our title funding that can bridge the gap for a year and until we know what our final allocations are, it's probably more important to bridge bridge it for that time frame.
059Thank you. You're welcome. Does anybody else have any questions or comments? Miss Yeah. So, so um the decrease in for title funding is that that's because there are a lesser percentage eligible or because criteria changed or no not not because criteria changed but because we have fewer who qualify. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. You're welcome. Anybody else? Nope. All those in favor please say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Any abstensions? Motion passes unanimously. And I just want to remind the board, don't leave before signing the budget documents. Thank you. Next on the agenda is acceptance of gifts and donations. I'd like to review a few. We've had some various generous donors um and donations come in since our last meeting. Uh Dorito Partners gave uh uh rewards for students worth $1,000 at Echo Mountain
060Intermediate School at Horizon. Three natives. Uh Joe Thumpky uh gave $1,000 to the athletics department at Larkspur Cyber Grants LLC donated $1,000 for fifth grade. At Liberty, Andrea Hersy um donated $1,000 to resolve lunch debt for students. At Paradise Valley High School, we had an anonymous donation of $1,881 for the lead club for a trip. And at Shadow Mountain, uh the PTC donated six benches, three gold, three blue, and media center door wraps worth $3500. So again, thank you to all of our very generous donors. Um, I don't think we could do this without you and it certainly supports our students. Uh, Mrs. Christensen may have a motion to accept gifts and donations, please. So moved. Does any board member have any questions or comments? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say I. I.
061I. Any oppose, say nay. Any abstensions? The motion passes unanimously. Next on the agenda is call to the public. So I ask that you turn your attention to the video monitor. Call to the public is about to convene. This portion of today's meeting allows the public the opportunity to address the governing board. Although state law does not require that the governing board hold a call to the public, the Paradise Valley Unified School District and its board have chosen to do so because we believe it's important to hear about concerns and issues from our community. While call to the public is not designed to be a discussion, the board is here to listen. Due to Arizona open meeting law, the governing board cannot respond to, discuss, or take any action on items brought up during this
062time. However, staff members may be directed to get back to you and address individual concerns. As a reminder, the point of this and every board meeting is to accomplish the business at hand and to be able to do so in an open and collaborative way. All in attendance are expected to observe meeting rules as well as rules of politeness and decorum so that we may serve as an example to our students that issues can be discussed in a respectful and civil manner. [Music] Thank you. Tonight we have seven people who have submitted comment cards prior to the start of the meeting. So each speaker will have three minutes for remarks. As a reminder, we ask that you please direct your comments to the board. As we noted on the um the video that uh we
063cannot respond, please state your first and last name when you come to the podium. Our first speaker will be Jennifer Orza, followed by Emily Elbert. Hi, my name is Jennifer Riza and I stand here tonight as a concerned parent in the Paradise Valley School District and I appreciate the opportunity to speak. I would like to thank each of our board members for the time that you put into your positions. I also want to thank you for your professionalism in how you present and conduct yourselves in these board meetings. Tonight I stand here as a concerned parent in the Paradise Valley School District and I do appreciate the opportunity to speak. My concern as a parent is in this district is the education and welfare of our students and teachers. So I'd like to talk about
064two topics tonight. First, tonight I stand here to advise you that pornography should not be allowed in our schools. And I'm hopeful that this will be the school board that stands with our community to take a stand against approving any additional pornographic material for our schools. Our community is concerned about the increasing sexualization of our students, particularly as it's being pushed to lower and lower grades. Have any of our board members researched the effects of pornography on children? because pornography is used to train and desensitize people and increase demand for human trafficking. Do you know that Arizona is home to the largest human sex trafficking recovery program? And do you know that we are taking elementary age children into this program? I wanted to highlight this for the board and ask each of you to
065consider if increasing the sexualization of material is helping to protect students. Has anyone checked on our libraries recently? Do you know how many books we currently have in our libraries with pornographic material? When I checked today, we still have 60 books. I will tell you it's lower than it was last month. So hopefully we can get into the 50s next month. What if this board was known for putting an end to pornographic material being approved in our schools? What if each of you drew a line in the sand and said no more on your watch? I would encourage you to give this serious thought as you continue to review material to approve this year and the future years you serve. Secondly, I would like to ask the board to start thinking outside the box when
066it comes to our district. Let's start with a conversation on health benefits for teachers. I heard at the meeting last month how the same health benefits are costing more. And I just want to ask, has anyone even had the thought to look into other options? I'm just curious because there's definitely a lot of innovation happening in the health space and it we could uh provide better alternatives for our teachers that could potentially provide more for them and maybe even at a lower cost to help them get and stay healthy. And so in summary, I just want to say let's stop putting more pornographic material in our schools and let's start thinking outside the box so we can make Paradise Valley the district of choice in the state of Arizona. Thank you. Next is Emily Elbert
067followed by Patty Gonzalez. My name is Emily Elbert and I am here to stand with the Pinnacle baseball team. I am a parent of athletes at Pinnacle and I have had my own disappointing experiences with principal Chad Smith. I found my interactions with him lacked integrity and fell short of the standards I am familiar with at the Paradise Valley Unified School District. But it's not about me and this is actually not my fight. What these senior boys and their families have endured is unimaginable. They have risked so much in these last few weeks at Pinnacle and in their baseball careers. I do not think that the message we want to send to our youth is one where neither integrity or accountability is upheld. What those boys did took courage and it was the right thing
068to do. I believe it is imperative that we hold our leaders to the same level of expectations that we hold our children to. And unfortunately, Principal Chad Smith has repeatedly not met those standards. Thank you. Next is Patty Gonzalez, followed by Karen Conway, Patty Gonzalez, and I too am here to speak about the Pinnacle baseball team. I am on the other side of this spectrum and this ball. Um, my son is a freshman that is playing on the team and the bullying from the seniors because he is a freshman playing on the team has been unspeakable. My son comes home every night, "Mom, do you know what it's like to go out there and play every day with a team that absolutely hates me? They talk about me. They say that I don't deserve to
069be here. It's not his choice. He didn't choose to be on the varsity team. He was chosen to be on the varsity team. I just think this has nothing to do with Dr. Smith. He's not He's the principal. He's not the coach. None of this has to do with Dr. Smith. They're saying that he didn't handle things appropriately. He handled things the way that they needed to be handled. These seniors were one time the freshmen that took over the seniors before them position. So the fact that they are bullying the team, the freshmen that are coming in now is not tolerable. I don't feel that they should have been gifted anything and their actions physically, mentally have been abusive to the younger teams. And it's not just my son, it's any of the players that
070are younger than them that took their positions. And I just feel that there has to be some kind of standard put in place for these students that feel that they deserve a spot on the team based on their their grade level and not their their performance or their merit. And that's where this stands. My son comes home every single day and goes outside and practices for another two hours. Do those boys I don't know. I'm just a mom in the stands. But I know what my son does. So to say that they're better than he is just because he's older, I don't think that's acceptable. And I think Dr. Smith handled things appropriately, I'm not so sure that the school board addressed the situation that transformed at the school because seniors were threatening the younger
071students and seniors walked out because they weren't getting their playtime. And I just don't think that that's that's how things should be run. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Karen Conway, followed by Natalie Marquez. Good evening board members. My name is Karen Conway and I'm reading this statement on behalf of Dr. Jill Bessemer who could not be present tonight as she is at the Pinnacle High School academic awards dinner for her son Joseph. This is from Dr. Bessemer. I am writing to express my deep concern regarding Dr. Chad Smith, who is currently under investigation. I am formally requesting that he be immediately relieved of his duties, either through paid administrative leave or suspension until the investigation is complete. It is unacceptable that Dr. Smith remains on campus following an incident in which he aggressively confronted
072my son, Joseph, threatened suspension, and had to be physically held back. This behavior was witnessed by multiple students and parents and has been documented in at least 20 incident reports. While it has been announced that Dr. Smith will resign at the end of the school year, that is not adequate or a fair resolution. Allowing him to remain in his position until then after such a serious incident sends a message that this behavior is tolerated. These students are expected to continue seeing him every day, even at graduation, as if nothing happened. This is not accountability. Dr. Smith told me directly that he would absolutely suspend my son, Joseph, not for any threat or rule violation, but simply because of a look that Chad Smith interpreted as defiance. He even stated he could go as far as
073preventing my son from walking at graduation. This abuse of power sparked a chain reaction. 10 seniors chose to leave the baseball team, and it had nothing to do with athletics. but because their concerns expressed respectfully and through the proper channels were completely ignored by Chad Smith, the rest of the administration, and the coaching staff. These students deserve better. They deserve to finish their final year and their last couple of weeks without fear and intimidation, and they should not have to walk the graduation stage with someone who used his position to threaten and silence them. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Dr. Jill Bessemer. Thank you. Next is Natalie Marquez followed by Key Hall. Governing board. My name is Natalie Marquez and I'm the mom of a senior on the Pinnacle High School baseball
074team. I wasn't sure if I'd get to speak tonight, but I just couldn't sit quietly. My son walked away from a program he loved and I'm here to make sure what happened to him and his teammates isn't ignored. I was going to state tonight that I had not had any communication from anyone besides Cory Nuland. Until today, I did have a lengthy conversation with Dr. Corson about the course of events that have occurred over the last two weeks. While I appreciated the communication, it was two weeks too late and I can't help but feel it was damage control. I have sent emails, submitted formal complaints, and I have followed the chain of command. In 2017, Principal Smith left his previous district under similar scrutiny. Parents were speaking out and his departure came amid controversy. And
075now we hear again with the same exit, the same pattern, and the same lack of accountability. Quietly removing him does not help the students. The students now are the future. It passes the damage to the next district. What happened here wasn't about one coach or one game. Not here to slander. is about what happens when adults are supposed to be protecting kids they are entrusted to care for. The intimid intimidation the students faced after walking away. The culture that allowed bullying to go unchecked. That's a failed system. My son was on that team. He watched it fall apart. He walked away from something he loved. And we're supposed to be grateful that the principal gets to leave quietly. Who knows how long it would have gone. What else would have happened? Who else would have
076been hurt? What happened was not normal. It's not a misunderstanding. It was wrong. I know there are people here who do don't want anyone to lose their job. And I get that you had a different experience. This is about what happened to these boys, the ones who were hurt, pushed aside, and they didn't make it up. And I'm not standing here, trust me, because I want to, but I want to make sure it doesn't happen again. Thank you. Next is Key Call uh followed by Nisha Shawing board members. My name is Keley Cole and I am the proud mother of Ryland Cole, a senior at Pinnacle High School. This is Ryland's first and only year at Pinnacle. And while transferring schools as a senior can be incredibly hard, one person made all the difference and
077that is Dr. Chad Smith. When we had to make the switch, Dr. Smith st stepped in personally. He met with us, introduced our family to teachers, assistant principles, and coaches, and made sure we felt supported from the very beginning. He invited Ryland to stop by the front office anytime. even offered to eat lunch with him until he found his footing. He had his own son reach out to Ryland and made sure that the students included him. That's not just administrative support. That's character and that's heart. Dr. Smith made every student feel seen, valued, and important. So, let me be direct. The fact that we are here tonight discussing his resignation frankly makes me upset. We all read his public letter and yes, it was gracious, professional, and pure Dr. Smith. But we can't ignore the
078whispers, the grumblings from a few disgruntled individuals who seem to have forgotten what real leadership looks like. If that noise had any influence over this decision, then we need to take a serious look at the kind of culture that we're allowing to take root. Dr. Smith led Pinnacle with integrity, compassion, and a student first mindset. He created a culture of excellence and inclusion. My son, who was new, vulnerable, and just trying to find his place, was immediately embraced because of Chad's leadership. And while I support any man choosing to prioritize his family, I can't help but feel this resignation is a loss. Not just to the students, but to the very foundation of what makes Pinnacle exceptional. Dr. Smith built a culture rooted in compassion, excellence, and inclusion. And now that he stepped down, we're
079not just facing a leadership change. We're tasked with preserving the standard he set and the culture he kept he helped create because leaders like Dr. Smith aren't replaced, they're remembered and they're missed. Thank you. Thank you. The last uh card we have is from Nisha Shaw. Hello and thank you for letting me speak today. I am here also on behalf of supporting Dr. Chad Smith. I am a parent who has been at Pinnacle High School for the entire time that he has been there. I had a kid that graduated a couple of years ago and a current junior. I have had the honor of working with Dr. Smith for the last six years and more specifically for three as I have been the treasurer of the POP um the big booster there. He is always
080at everything and I wanted to make sure that we knew that he represents an entire school of quite a few students not just a small faction. Wanted to remind that he is always at pop meetings even if there's only three people there to answer any questions to listen to whatever we had to say. My child has always said that he has felt very included and um heard. He is not an athletic child, but knows that he is um gone to DECA and he is always at those. He's at fine art performances. I wanted to make sure that everyone realized that it's a smaller portion of folks who are very upset, but there's a large large school. He has the right to see the rest of the year through. His resignation is his own choice, but
081we should not uh tarnish his reputation. Thank you all. So, next on the agenda are um items for discussion. So, first is consideration of recommended 712 fine arts supplemental resource list in addition to the K12 supplemental resource list. This is a first read and Dr. Miss Copen. Good evening, President Greenberg, governing board, Dr. Reynolds, cabinet, and guest. Tonight's presentation is the first read for the 712 fine arts supplemental curriculum resource recommendations. Marine Minnik, director of fine arts and committee facilitator and future principal of North Ranch, will present the committee process and recommendations and will address any questions you may have. Following that presentation, Amber Strang, secondary math curriculum specialist, will present the first read for additional K12 supplemental curricular resources and address any questions. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Moren Minnik. Um I'm
082the fine arts director here in PV schools. And the purpose of this um presentation is to share with the governing board a first reading of the process and recommendations of the fine arts secondary supplemental resources committee. As a reminder, this encompasses several courses. Um in music, we have band orchestra, choir, music technology, piano, guitar, AP music theory, and survey of pop music at PV online. dance courses, theater courses such as drama and theater production, and visual art courses including drawing and painting, as well as ceramics. To remind you, last year we completed this process for elementary fine arts special areas, and if approved, these resources presented tonight will now provide our fine arts teachers with K through 12 options. Tonight we begin by acknowledging our committee members and the purpose of their work on this
083committee. Then I will present the timeline and process and highlight the work that was completed to make this recommendation. We also had an opportunity to gather community feedback which we will explain. And finally, we will end the presentation with a recommendation and next steps pending board approval. Before we begin our presentation, I'd like to take a moment to introduce the dedicated individuals that served on the committee. In this group, we have representatives from various stakeholders, including parents, administrators, and fine arts teachers. Every member on the committee brought their own individual experiences and insights, providing us with a comprehensive vetting process of the resources being considered. Fine arts teachers each brought in an area of expertise related to their specific discipline. This process started in September of this school year and concluded in late April. We
084truly appreciate this group and their work. Thank you to all our members for their willingness to participate in this process. The purpose of this committee was to assist the curriculum and instruction department in creating a recommended list of secondary fine arts supplemental resources for governing board approval so that the district meets the requirements of Arizona revised statutes and governing board policies. Board policy JJ textbooks materials selection and adoption states that the board will approve and adopt all new textbooks and supplementary books. This is supported by ARS15-721 and ARS15-722 which also states that supplemental materials in classrooms require board approval. Since almost none of our secondary fine arts courses have an adopted tier one curriculum, the exception being secondary band, strings, and choir who use music first for site reading. Our courses are taught mainly through
085the professional expertise of the teachers in their discipline as well as supplemental resources to complement the mastery of standards at each grade level. It's important to note that students in fine arts courses are taught by teachers skilled in their craft in ways that are best learned through original creation and interactive performance or portfolio work, not necessarily through materials read, memorized, or lectured. That said, many of them do utilize quite a few supplemental resources to ensure that students are learning context, history, and artistry of their art form with many ways to engage, practice, appreciate, and create. In an increasingly digital world, we want to ensure that the websites and resources students are engaging with are appropriate to the course and grade level, and that they do not replace the benefit of in-person and real world application
086and exploration. We used a rubric to assess every resource and anything digital is reviewed for security and privacy. Throughout this process, a variety of stakeholder viewpoints and perspectives were considered. Understanding the value of diverse input in improving our recommendations. The committee adhered to a structured process to involve stakeholders, provide loopout communication, and comply with open meeting regulations. In September of 2024, we submitted a call to committee to PVEA, UPC, and PVP. Our committee was formed and represented a variety of stakeholder groups. The committee met three times, followed open meeting guidelines, and posted agendas and notices physically and online at least 24 hours before the meeting. Meeting minutes are posted within 3 days of each meeting. Additionally, committee meetings were open to public attendance. Each meeting includes dedicated time for community members to express their thoughts
087to the committee. This inclusive approach aimed to involve the broader community in the decision-making process. The task of inventorying and evaluating more than 700 supplemental resources was very intensive. This project involved the collaboration of about 60 teachers who teach 12 unique disciplines across 13 schools. The process began with teachers inventorying supplemental materials being used in their courses. And after the inventory was complete, I sorted the submissions into four different categories. books, magazines, websites, digital lessons, or edtech tools. From there, redundancies or items not used for curricular purposes were eliminated, and the list was narrowed to 350. Once the sorting, categorizing, and redundancy were completed, myself and the district arts integration specialist, Leslie Mashbbitz, evaluated each resource according to a rubric. These were reviewed for appropriateness to the grade in the course and to ensure a
088clear connection to the skills articulated in the Arizona State Standards. Supplemental resources that met all criteria advanced to committee review. Supplementals that did not fully meet the criteria were reviewed by the committee to give input. Teachers were notified which supplements on the inventory lists did not meet the criteria and were asked to provide further explanation or advocacy. The committee then reviewed that teacher input and made final recommendations. Once the final list was complete, it was posted on the district website for 60-day community review. A feedback form was also provided so that the committee could consider any stakeholder input as it completed its process. UPC membership was informed and included information to their stakeholders through their newsletter. Teachers were also asked to send out a message to their parents regarding the survey for their input. You
089can see there is a link in the slide which provides you the entire list which is organized into four broad fine arts areas and then includes information on the type of the resource. There were few comments provided but they were positive. One I'd like to highlight expressed the importance of keeping the arts an interactive and interpersonal space where reliance on technology takes a backseat to creation and hands-on experiences. I'm sure all of us in the artistic and creative space would wholeheartedly agree. In light of all that has been presented, the recommendation to the governing board is to approve the recommended list of supplemental resources. Appreciate your attention to this presentation and the second reading for this adoption is scheduled for May 15, 2025. At this time, we are happy to address any questions you may
090have. Does any member of the board have any questions regarding the supplemental fine art resources under review? Mrs. Christensen. Yes. Um, I just wanted to thank the committee. I'm I'm always so impressed with the amount of work that goes into these curriculum reviews and um, fine arts is is not disappointing here. I just I just wanted to say thank you at this point. It it seems like everything was very thorough and transparent and um I just appreciate I I know this is a lot of work and even even putting all of this together, the findings from the committee. So I I personally really appreciate all the work that you all are doing. So please thank the other committee members. Thank you, Miss Christensen. Miss Monty. Yes. Amazing. Thank you. I'm I've been scrolling through this
091never- ending list of resources with links. That is really impressive. Um so, um all of the supplemental material like links and and um resources. Will they be so teachers will then have access to all of them like within their so you know I see you know you have them categorized right? So by you know um I guess like like engineering for example right or like music composition and so they'll have access to to all of the different resources. Yes. Essentially this is to allow our teachers to utilize what's on this list. Many of them don't util well obviously don't utilize all of them um but might pick or choose even among the resource what's appropriate to their subject area and are they I'm just curious I mean are they um like free are there subscription
092based? How does most I would say 80% of what we're looking at with the websites we're talking about accessing free materials. There was actually going to be um a comment on the curriculum website that states that login and student accounts are not supported. This is for the free resources and the context and the a lot of it is practice music theory practice and song practice and that's um essentially the the idea. Okay. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It's great. Thank you for all your work, Dr. Lim. So, I I just want to say a quick thank you for reviewing all these materials. So, I marched drum corps back in the day and know many many music teachers who teach at every age group. And I know on top of doing their regular education curriculum, they're
093also skilled performers that had to do all of the things for performing. So, they all fit within their own genres and sit in their own spaces. I manage in every arts, you've got every professional in that. So, I appreciate you going through the breath of their material so that they can continue to work in the space that they feel most comfortable and not be forced to use one set of material because we're doing a limited thing. So, I appreciate you going through what sounds like an extremely large amount of resources and vetting all of these so that we can use them within our district while allowing those professionals to utilize the space that's most appropriate for them. So, thank you for putting so much effort into this. Dr. Lim, do not ask um a room
094of band teachers what method book is the best book. No, I have learned that firsthand. Mr. Panta, yes, great work on this. Frankly, I thought thought the list was a little too short. Uh based on some of those projects I saw, like I said, at the North Valley Arts Academy, these students were using multiple sources and and and and various online things, offline things, books, and it was just amazing. and in each project and they're all different. So, I'm surprised it's this short actually from what I saw there, but it's it's pretty cool. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Pter. If I can make a comment about that. Um, when students are doing kind of independent work, they may be pulling from more sources than this or their teachers may even be supporting that they're exploring um
095outside of of this. this is really specific to um classroom use and uh materials that will be in front of the kids to enforce the standards. So hopefully that helps a little bit with that. Yeah, I just want to say thank you. I actually think it's a great list. I mean, looking through it and the the depth, the variety, um, you know, the fact that we've got digital tools that we've got, you know, books and magazines and, you know, a lot of different ways for a lot of different learners. Um, I think it supports a a very broad uh, swath and I I too want to thank you because that's a lot of work you guys put in. So much appreciated. Anybody else have anything else? Because this is first read, we are not approving.
096We're just looking and listening. I think we're good. Thank you, Miss Minn Greenberg. We need the presentation up. Thank you. My good evening. Hi, my name is Amber Strang and I am the secondary math curriculum specialist. The purpose of this presentation is to share with the governing board a first reading of the process of recommendations of the K12 supplemental curriculum resources committee to add additional supplementary resources. Tonight, we will begin by acknowledging our committee members and the purpose of their work on this committee. Then I'll present the timeline and process and highlight the work that was completed to make the recommendation. I will end the presentation with the committee recommendation and then answer any questions. I want to take a moment to recognize the individuals that served on this committee. I want to publicly thank
097them for the extra time they dedicated to help with this important work. This process started in November of this school year and concluded in April. We truly appreciate this group and their work. Thank you to all our members for their willingness to participate in this process. The purpose of this committee was to assist the curriculum and instruction department in creating a recommended list of supplemental resources for governing board approval so that the district meets the requirements of Arizona revised statutes and governing board policies. Last year, the governing board approved K12 supplemental resources to support our classrooms. As part of next steps in that process, curriculum created a supplemental resource request form for principles to request consideration of additional supplements. This year, we received requests for 27 resources. These supplemental resources support our district multi-tered system
098of supports initiative. If you look at the visual, the green represents our tier one core adopted curriculum. This curriculum already goes through the committee process and governing board approval. The tier 2 and three, which are the yellow and peak pink pieces of the triangle, provide intervention instruction in addition to the tier one. They provide more support for students who need additional interventions. Often schools need supplemental resources to fill these needs. The purple triangle which represents enrichment is often supported with supplemental resources as well. Supplements used for these purposes need to be evidence-based standards aligned and complement to our curriculum um that's already adopted. We want to adhere to the same transparency with supplemental resources that we have with the core curriculum. In addition, many supplemental resources have an online component. It's important to recommend resources
099that meet our privacy and security standards developed by our IT department. This approval process is a piece of IT's overall approach to online safety. Throughout this process, a variety of stakeholder viewpoints and perspectives were considered. The committee adhered to a structured process to involve stakeholders, provide loopout communication, and comply with open meeting regulations. In November of 2024, we submitted a call to committee to PVEA, UPC, and PVP. Our committee was formed and represented a variety of stakeholder groups. The committee followed open meeting guidelines with agendas and notices posted physically and online at least 24 hours before the meeting. Meeting minutes were posted online within three days of each meeting. Additionally, committee meetings were open to the public attendance. Each meeting included dedicated time for community members to express their thoughts to the committee. This inclusive
100approach aimed to involve the broader community in the decision-making process. The process began with school principles submitting additional supplemental material requests that were not included on last year's committee process. Following submission, the curriculum department and IT review the requested resources using a rubric to confirm they enhance student understanding, provide further information, or offer extra support. This applies to both electronic and non-elronic materials. Additionally, the resources must support the Arizona state standards, have evidence supporting academic results when used with fidelity, complement the pedigogy of PBUSD adopted tier 1 curriculum, and be compatible with IT technology guidelines for system compatibility and security. Supplemental resources that met all criteria criteria were advanced to committee review. Supplementals that did not fully meet criteria were reviewed by the committee and gave input. Schools were notified if requested supplementals did not
101meet criteria and they were asked to provide further explanation or advocacy. The committee reviewed school input and then made final recommendations. Once the finalist was complete, it was posted on the district website for 60-day community review. A poster with a QR code was posted inside and outside the district office lobby. As stakeholders entered the site, they received information about supplemental materials and a link to provide feedback. A total of 27 resources were displayed on the district website. Each resource was hyperl uh to information about that resource. Targeted grade and subject were listed and a brief description. The committee had two pieces of community feedback to consider. Both comments were advocating for the get more math resource. The board has also been provided a link to the complete list of resources. The committee recommendation to the
102governing board is to approve the recommended list of supplemental resources. We appreciate your attention to this presentation. The second reading of this adoption is scheduled for May 15, 2025. At this time, we're happy to address any questions you have. Thank you very much. Does any member of the board have any questions or comments? Dr. Limb, I think it's just a comment. I I appreciate the district doing this ongoing review process and continuing to allow our schools to bring forward the resources they're using. We know it's a constantly changing climate and what's available publicly can sometimes shift and change. So, I appreciate that we're constantly reviewing and allowing the schools to bring forward what they need because I bet these are coming from different schools that have different needs. So, I appreciate that this is an
103ongoing review process in our district. Miss White. Okay. So I'm just dying to know. So have have you done this before this process where to to solicit in that sort of way from principles where they can up like click and upload their you know suggested or requested additional supplemental. Is this a new thing or have you guys been doing this? Um Missy this came out of the process uh last year. So last year was the first year that we um inventoried all K12 supplementals u and approved. And in that process, we realized there were probably some resources that were going to miss because that was a huge process. Uh so we created a process where principles can if teachers bring resources to the principles that I can speak with them about those, they can submit
104them um and they have uh an opportunity to bring them to a committee. I love that. I wish that there were like virtual suggestion boxes everywhere that I went. So I think that that's really great. Um, and I'm just curious, did you see um from like many different schools? Did a lot of them come from one or two schools? Like just kind of curious about what that how that shook out. I don't have the list right in front of me, but we did get a variety and some of them were program specific. They needed some resources for the program, but they came from all over all all K12. Great. Thank you, Mrs. Christensen. I just want to say ditto and kudos when I'm not going to repeat what I said earlier, but it applies to
105this process as well. So, thank you for all your hard work. Anybody else have I ditto as well. Thank you very much. Yeah, yeah, we should the next one. Um, that is the end of our agenda. Before we adjourn, I'd like to remind you that the next regular board meeting will be held Thursday, May 15 at 6:30. Mrs. Christensen, may I have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. All those in favor, please say I. I. We're voting. All those in favor, please say I. Any opposed say nay. Motion passes unanimously. We are adjourned. Thank you.