REGULAR BOARD MEETING Peoria Unified School District No. 11 District Administration Center 6330 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ 85306 May 28, 2015

Mr. Matthew Bullock, Board President, called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. in the Call to Order District Administration Center Board Room. Other Board members present were Mrs. Beverly Pingerelli, Board Clerk, Mr. David Jonagan, and Ms. Judy M. Doane. Mrs. Kathy Knecht was absent. Also present were Dr. Denton Santarelli, Superintendent; Dr. Heather Cruz, Deputy Superintendent; Mr. Kenneth Hicks, Chief Financial Officer; and Mrs. Dana McCarty, Secretary.

There were approximately 50 people in the audience.

Mr. Bullock called for a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Opening Exercises Alyssa Santa Cruz, a graduate of Sunrise Mountain High School.

PUSD’s 2015 graduates earned $54.5 million dollars in scholarships. Mrs. Danielle Airey, Board and Staff Director of Communications and Public Relations, recognized the guidance counselors, Recognitions career specialists and principals who were present and who play such an integral part of each student’s success.

The following students were introduced. They represented only one among many talented students from each high school:  Patricia Palade (not present), , collectively received $2.9 million in scholarships  Hatem Smadi, Centennial High School, received $13.1 million in scholarships  Matthew Marquez, Ironwood High School, received a total of $8.4 million in scholarships  Tiffany Riley (not present), Liberty High School, received $7.5 million in total scholarships  Jeremiah Whiteside, Peoria High School, received $6.7 million in scholarships  Diamond Dominguez, Raymond S. Kellis High School, received $6.4 million in scholarships  Alyssa Santa Cruz, Sunrise Mountain High School, received $9.3 million in scholarships The students answered questions and received commendations from Board members.

Also recognized by Mrs. Erin Dunsey, Media Specialist, were the following top PUSD student athletes participating in winter and spring sports:  James Dietz, Liberty High School, who took the individual state title in for his division and weight class  Marcus Parker, Centennial High School, who is the Division I state champion in the 200-meter dash and the runner-up in the 100-meter dash  Jessica Shinkle, Raymond S. Kellis High School, who is the state shot put champion for the second year in a row  Sasha Barrett, Raymond S. Kellis High School, who won the state title in the 400-meter race The students and their parents were congratulated and responded to Board member questions.

Other acknowledgements by the Board and Dr. Santarelli:  Positive atmosphere and talented students at elementary promotion and high school graduation ceremonies  Peoria Student Broadcasting Network (PSBN), a PUSD marquee program

Minutes Page 2 of 5 5/28/15 The Public Comment agenda item allows individuals the opportunity to address the Public Comment Governing Board on any issue within the jurisdiction of the Board. Comments are limited to three minutes per person. There were no requests to speak.

There were no requests to reorder the agenda. Reorder of Agenda Items

Voters approved a $180 million bond authorization in November of 2012. PUSD has issued Adoption of Resolution $71,200,000 of that authorization in two previous sales. Administration now recommends a Providing for Bond third sale of school improvement bonds in the amount of $26,000,000. In addition, to the Sale and Refunding of issuance of school improvement bonds, the District has the ability to refund bond debt at its Certain Bonds discretion within the limits of state and federal law to create savings which transfer to taxpayers in reduced debt service and increases the District’s bonding capacity. The District’s outstanding bonds and associated interest rates have been reviewed and approximately $68,575,000 in bonds have been identified for refunding. Savings from refunding are estimated to be $5,000,000.

Administration’s recommendation was for the sale of PUSD School Improvement and Refunding Bonds in an amount not to exceed $96,000,000. The sale of School Improvement Bonds will fund the purchase of additional school buses, facility upgrades and technology. Mr. John Gay, Administrator for Information Management and Technology, further defined technology to include the purchase of student and wireless devices, replacement of aging computers, data center upgrades, expansion of wireless capacity and modernization of classroom projection systems.

Mr. Hicks and Mr. Bryan Lundberg with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and the District’s counsel on municipal bond sales, responded to questions from the Board regarding the market for bond sales, the District’s bond rating, and how bond dollars are spent.

It was moved by Mr. Jonagan to adopt the resolution providing the sale and issuance of certain refunding bonds of the District not to exceed $96,000,000, including approval and authorization of execution and delivery of all necessary documents and the delegation of the determination of certain matters to the superintendent or the chief financial officer of the District. The motion was seconded by Mr. Bullock, and carried unanimously.

A review of research-based universal screener programs was conducted per Board approval Update on Review of in December of 2014. The intent of the review was to identify research-based assessments Universal Screeners that provide detailed information on student need and student risk. The District uses Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) as the universal assessment tool, but does not currently have a universal screener to assess students on math skills. This type of assessment program would allow the District to reduce the number of assessments currently administered as part of the District Assessment Plan.

Although funding is currently not available for a Districtwide purchase, the Curriculum and Instruction Department has taken a proactive approach and completed the review in the event that funding becomes available in the near future. As a result of feedback and data received as part of the review process, Administration recommends iReady as the universal screener for math and reading for kindergarten through 12th grade. Because there is no funding available for a District-wide purchase, the program has been added to the supplemental materials list enabling schools to use site-based money when available to purchase materials.

A review of research-based math programs was conducted per Board approval in December Update on Review of 2014. The intent of the review was to identify math resources that are aligned to the Math Resources College and Career Ready Standards. As with the review of universal screener programs, there is no funding currently available for a District-wide purchase, but the Curriculum and Instruction Department has taken a proactive approach and completed the review in the event that funding becomes available in the near future.

Minutes Page 3 of 5 5/28/15 The last adoption of textbooks and instructional materials occurred in 2004 for high schools and 2005 for elementary schools and these are not directly aligned to the new standards. In addition, teachers need additional resources to meet the varied levels of their students and to provide differentiated and tiered instruction.

As a result of feedback and data received as part of the review process, Administration recommends the following math programs for kindergarten through 8th grade:  EUREKA Math K-8  iReady Common Core K-8  McGraw Hill My Math K-5 and Glencoe Math 6-8

At the high school level for Algebra I, II and Geometry, Administration recommends:  EUREKA Math Algebra I and Geometry and Algebra II and Trigonometry from Wiley & Sons Publisher  HMH Big Ideas for Algebra I, II and Geometry  HMH Algebra I, II and Geometry

Because there is no funding available for a District-wide purchase, the programs have been added to the supplemental materials list enabling schools to use site-based money when available to purchase materials.

A committee of high school teachers, guidance counselors, site and District level Update on College and administrators was formed last year to review PUSD course offerings and determine their Career Readiness alignment with Arizona’s College and Career Readiness Indicators (CCRI) and to revisit Initiative PUSD’s Class Rank Index formula, which is the high school course value system. The committee work is ongoing, and the purpose of this agenda item was to provide an update of their work. Ms. Ali Bridgewater, Administrator for K-12 Academic Services, facilitates the committee and provided the update.

Focus areas for the committee have been to take a look at program (course) completers as a CCRI and to reward those students for being program completers through the Class Rank Index formula. The committee is also focusing on aligning student course offerings and pathways with CCRI, ensuring that courses are the same level of rigor from campus-to- campus, and to increase the number of students taking advantage of advanced placement opportunities, Career and Technical Education capstone courses and elective courses.

Ms. Bridgewater gave a brief overview of the current Class Rank Index formula. Work will continue to modify the formula and build a communication plan so that the new formula can be implemented with the freshman class in 2016-2017.

It was moved by Ms. Doane to appoint Board President Matt Bullock and Jared Reynolds, Appointments to Valley Administrator for Facilities Planning, Construction and Maintenance, to serve on the Valley Schools Insurance Trust Schools Insurance Trust Board for the term of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The Board motion was seconded by Mr. Jonagan, and carried unanimously.

It was moved by Mr. Bullock to appoint Board Member David Jonagan and Tahlya Appointments to Valley Visintainer, Administrator for Human Resources, to serve on the Valley Schools Workers’ Schools Workers Compensation Pool Board for the term of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The motion Compensation Pool was seconded by Mrs. Pingerelli, and carried unanimously. Board

It was moved by Mr. Bullock to appoint Board Member Beverly Pingerelli and Tahlya Appointments to Valley Visintainer, Administrator for Human Resources, to serve on the Valley Schools Employee Schools Employee Benefit Trust Board for the term of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The motion was Benefit Trust Board seconded by Mr. Jonagan, and carried unanimously.

Minutes Page 4 of 5 5/28/15 It was moved by Mr. Jonagan to appoint Board Member Beverly Pingerelli to serve on the Appointment of Board Peoria Unified School District Employee Benefit Trust Board for the term of July 1, 2015 Representative to PUSD through June 30, 2016. The motion was seconded by Mr. Bullock, and carried unanimously. Employee Benefit Trust Board

Board members reviewed the legislative priorities proposed by the PUSD Community Approval of Action Legislative Network (CLN) for submission to the Arizona School Boards Association for Agenda Items for the development of their 2016 Political Agenda. The priorities were as follows: Submission to Arizona  Restore funding for CTE/JTEDs so that students have the opportunity to be exposed to School Boards career fields and/or certification completion Association  Oppose vouchers/ESAs  Restore capital funding in the baseline to funding allocations  Restore Building Renewal funding to ensure school facilities are adequately maintained  Change “override” language to “local support” to better reflect what voters are being asked to support  Eliminate recently passed current year funding mandate based on ADM (Average Daily Membership)  Allow districts to conduct additional minor boundary adjustments for parcels split by two districts or communities that straddle two districts.

The Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) requests that items submitted by member school districts be identified as long-term (5-10 years), short-term (3-5 years) or 2016 session-specific issues. Board members discussed the individual items and directed Mrs. McCarty to earmark all items as 2016 session-specific with the exception of the item related to restoration of Building Renewal funding, which they asked be placed in the short-term category.

It was moved by Mr. Jonagan to adopt the legislative priorities of the CLN for submission to the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) by the May 29 deadline as directed. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Pingerelli, and carried unanimously.

Mr. Hicks was congratulated for being selected to serve on Governor Ducey’s Classrooms Legislative Report First Initiative Council.

The District is looking into holding a mail-in Maintenance and Operations Override election. The City of Glendale will be having a recall initiative and are not showing any real interest in a mail-in election. Since all entities that have initiatives on an election must agree to a mail-in, the prospects do not look favorable.

There were no requests for future agenda items, written reports or information. Requests for Future Agenda Items, Written Reports, Info

It was moved by Mrs. Pingerelli, seconded by Ms. Doane, to approve the items on the Consent Agenda Consent Agenda. The motion carried unanimously. The following items were approved: Approved

The minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held on May 14, 2015. Minutes

The Human Resource Report containing the hiring of new employees, requests for leave of Human Resource Report absence, resignations, retirements and terminations.

The ratification of the Donations Report containing donations in support of the District from Donations Report students, parents, staff and community members.

The following requests for out-of-state travel were approved: Travel Requests

Darrell Kidd, MET Engineering instructor/MET Professional Academy to attend the 2015 High Impact Technology Exchange Conference in Portland, Oregon on July 27-30, 2015.

Minutes Page 5 of 5 5/28/15 Laurie Eldridge and Kayce Blanchette, teachers/Ira A. Murphy Elementary and Alice Cushing, principal/Ira A. Murphy Elementary to attend the Ron Clark Academy Training in Atlanta, Georgia on September 17-19, 2015.

Cactus High School girls’ team and Justin Shaver, coach/CHS; Terry Short, teacher/coach/ CHS; Jake Sullivan, teacher/coach/CHS to attend an athletic competition in San Diego, California on July 16-19, 2015.

Sunset Heights Elementary students and Staci Ramirez, teacher/Sunset Heights Elementary to attend an academic field trip in Chicago, Illinois on July 22-25, 2015.

The ratification of the Voucher Report for the Month of April 2015. Voucher Report

The ratification of the Student Activity Report for the Month of April 2015. Student Activity Report

The ratification of the Food Service Report for the Month of April 2015. Food Service Report

The Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with West-MEC for joint technical education IGA with West-MEC for courses at satellite locations in Peoria Unified School District and authorization for District Joint Technical Administration to execute the document on behalf of the Governing Board. The agreement Education Programs becomes effective July 1, 2015 and will be for a period of three (3) years.

The following informational reports were included in the meeting packet: Informational Reports  Budget, Facilities Planning and Construction Report  District Enrollment Report for the month of April 2015 showing a total enrollment of 36,512 students  Report on Upcoming Meetings and Events (listed below) June 1, 2015 Four-Day Work Week Begins (High schools and district offices closed on Fridays) June 4, 2015 Elementary Schools Close for Summer June 9, 2015 5:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, District Administration Center Board Room June 11-13, 2015 Arizona School Boards Association Summer Leadership Institute, Flagstaff June 25, 2015 5:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, District Administration Center Board Room July 2-3, 2015 (All schools and district offices closed) July 6, 2015 Independence Day Observed (All schools and district offices closed) July 9, 2015 5:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, District Administration Center Board Room July 29-31, 2015 New Teacher Induction August 4, 2015 All Teachers Return August 10, 2015 First Day of 2015-2016 School Year August 13, 2015 5:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, District Administration Center Board Room August 27, 2015 5:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting, District Administration Center Board Room

 District Budget Report for the Month of April 2015  Draft Agenda for the June 9, 2015 Regular Board Meeting

There was no readdress of agenda items. Readdress of Agenda Items

It was moved by Mr. Jonagan, seconded by Ms. Doane, to adjourn the meeting. The motion Adjournment carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m.

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