PRESCOTT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
146 South Granite Street
Prescott, Arizona 86303
GOVERNING BOARD
Voting Session – 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
District Office Board Room
146 South Granite Street, Prescott, Arizona
Members of the Governing
Board will attend either in person or by telephone conference call.
Copies of agendas and
supplementary documentation relative to public meetings are available from
the Superintendent’s Office during normal work hours 24 hours prior to
meeting and on the evening of the meeting.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to strengthen our community
by providing a dynamic and safe educational experience that challenges and
encourages every student to succeed through a comprehensive program of
academics, arts and athletics.
VISION STATEMENT
Our vision is to be the most innovative,
effective and respected educational organization in the Prescott area,
fulfilling the public’s trust.
AGENDA
Item A. Call to Order – President Andy
Newton
Item B. Opening Ceremony – Miss Justine
Bunger
Item C. Welcome and Introduction –
President Newton
Item D. Approval of Agenda
1. Consider approving
the agenda as presented – President Newton
Item E. Presentations
1. Recognition of the Yavapai
Shrine Club for their Dress-A-Child Program (Mr. Charlie Greenfield,
President, and Mr. Jack Vance, Treasurer) – Mr. Kevin Kapp
2. PDST Presentation
to Board – Mr. Kevin Kapp
Item F. Superintendent’s Report
1.
Superintendent’s Current Events Summary
Item G. Voting Session
Voting Item:
1. Consider holding a formal student expulsion hearing in open
session, if so requested by the student’s parents/guardians, or the
student, if emancipated – Mr. Kevin Kapp, Superintendent. (Please refer
to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 1.)
1a. Consider
approving a lease/purchase of a substitute
teacher finder system – Mr. Arn Lavington, Director of
Purchasing. (Please refer to Board
Briefing #290A, Item No.
1a.)
2. Consider
approving the selection of _______________________ as Principal of Taylor
Hicks Elementary School for the 2005-2006 school year – Dr. Chris
Reynolds, Assistant Superintendent. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290,
Item No. 2.)
3. Consider approving the expansion of the Partners for
Healthy Students Program to Prescott High School - Mr. Kevin J. Kapp,
Superintendent. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 3.)
4. Consider approving
the following expenditures $____________ utilizing 2004-2005 sudden growth
monies – Mr. Kevin J. Kapp, Superintendent, and Mrs. Renee Raskin,
Director of Business Services. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item
No. 4.)
5. Consider approving
a method of distribution for the Instructional Improvement Fund money
(Proposition 202) for teacher compensation – Mrs. Renee Raskin, Director
of Business Services. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 5.)
7. Consider ratifying
a mini-grant of $5,000 from the Foundation of the Sunup Rotary – Mrs. Mary
Anne Kapp, LEA Grants Manager. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item
No. 7.)
8. Consider ratifying
two mini-grants from the Education Foundation of Yavapai County – Mrs.
Judy Paris, Director of Preschools. (Please refer to Board
Briefing #290, Item No. 8.)
9. Consider approving
a 60-day preview of textbooks and materials for Science K-12 – Ms. Linda
Ryan, Curriculum and Testing Coordinator. (Please refer to Board Briefing
#290, Item No. 9.)
10. Consider approving
the submission of legislative action proposals for the Arizona School
Board Association for the 2006 Legislative Session – Mr. Kevin J. Kapp,
Superintendent. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 10.)
11. Consider the
approval of the following staff members request for a full or partial
Leave of Absence for the 2005-2006 school year – Dr. Chris Reynolds,
Assistant Superintendent. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item
No.11.)
11a. Consider
approving the recommendation for termination of Mrs. Cindy Brown, the
Director of Transportation, effective April 12, 2005 – Mr. Kevin J. Kapp,
Superintendent. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290A, Item No. 11a.)
ALL THOSE ITEMS LISTED BELOW MAY BE ENACTED BY
ONE MOTION AND APPROVED AS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WITH OR WITHOUT
DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, ANY ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IF A GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER SO REQUESTS.
THE RESOLUTIONS INCLUDED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA
HAVE BEEN POSTED IN ORDER TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE BODY OF THE
RESOLUTIONS.
Item H. Consider approving the Consent
Agenda as presented.
12. Consider approving the certified and
classified personnel actions as presented – Dr. Chris Reynolds, Assistant
Superintendent. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 12.)
13. Consider accepting the donations as
presented – Mrs. Renee
Raskin, Director of Business
Services. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 13.)
14. Consider ratifying the vouchers as
presented – Mrs. Renee Raskin, Director of Business Services. (Please
refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 14.)
15. Consider approving the Auxiliary
Operations and Student Activities Fund Statement of Receipts and
Disbursements for the month of February 2005 – Mrs. Renee Raskin, Director
of Business Services. (Please refer to Board Briefing #290, Item No. 15.)
16. Consider approving the previous
minutes from the Governing Board Study Session of March 1, 2005, the
Executive Session of March 9, 2005, and the Voting Session of March 8,
2005 – Mr. Kevin J. Kapp, Superintendent (Please refer to Board Briefing
#290, Item No. 16.)
INFORMATION ITEMS
17. Ms. Raskin has prepared the School
Board Summary Budget Report for your review. (Please refer to Enclosure
#8.)
18. Attached for your review is an article
that appeared in the Daily Courier regarding Michael Owens, Jr., a
student at Prescott High School. (Please refer to Enclosure #9.)
19. Attached for your review is a letter
from the Arizona Department of Education regarding the approval of our
district’s NCLB Final LEA Consolidated Plan. (Please refer to Enclosure
#10.)
20. The following are continuation grants
that have been awarded to Prescott Unified School District and submitted
by Mary Anne Kapp.
Compensatory Instruction for
English Learners (ELL) Grant - 2003-2004 Allocation: $9,763.67; 2004-2005
Allocation: $7,497.47
The Flores Consent Order and State
Legislation have established that compensatory instruction should be given
to English Language Learners (ELLs) who are not progressing toward
achieving proficiency in the English language or making progress toward
the Arizona State Standards. The Compensatory Instruction for English
Learners Grant is to provide salaries for supplemental education, after
school, before school, intersession, and summer school. Please refer to
Enclosure #11.
Title IV (Safe and Drug Free
Schools and Communities)
2003-2004 Allocation:
$26,728.00; 2004-2005 Allocation: $31,600.00
To support comprehensive
school and community-based programs designed to make the nation’s schools
safe and free of drugs in order that the climate is conducive to the
achievement of high standards for all students. Please refer to Enclosure
#12.
State Chemical Abuse – 2003-2004
Allocation: $1,664.00; 2004-2005 Allocation: $1,767.00
To support the Title IV (Safe
and Drug Free Schools and Communities) in the tobacco and drug use
prevention program. Please refer to Enclosure #13.
Johnson O’Malley Indian Education
– 2003-2004 Allocation: $9,360.00; 2004-2005 Allocation: $9,360.00
The Johnson O’Malley Indian
Education Grant provides educational opportunities for Native American
children to learn challenging content through supplemental programs,
serving such children who are enrolled in schools. This grant supports
professional development, tutoring and the employment of a liaison to
coordinate services in order to better serve the Native American
population. Please refer to Enclosure #14.
Career and Technical Education
Priority Grant
2003-2004 Allocation:
$25,817.41; 2004-2005 Allocation: $23,950.59
The Career and Technical Education
Priority Grant provides funds to enhance supplemental vocational education
programs at Granite Mountain Middle School, Prescott Mile High Middle
School, and Prescott High School. Please refer to Enclosure #15.
Item I. Adjournment
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