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Meeting Minutes 10/5/17

The Governing Board of the Tanque Verde Unified School District #13, Pima County, Tucson, Arizona held a Regular Board Meeting on October 5, 2017 in the Board Room, at the Tanque Verde School District Administrative Office - 2300 N. Tanque Verde Loop Rd., Tucson, Arizona 85749.  The meeting was called to order at 6:58 p.m.

1.	ROLL CALL
	Board Members present:
	Mr. Carlos Ruiz, President 		     		Mr. Jeffrey Neff, Board Clerk	                  Mr. Steven Auslander, Board Member		Mr. Jeremy Schalk, Board Member  (Absent)     
 	Ms. Susan Fry, Board Member      			Taylor Nye, Student Board Member 
    			        	
	Administrative Staff:
	Dr. Scott Hagerman, Superintendent 
	Mr. Adam Hamm, Business Manager  
		
2.	APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
MOTION:  Mr. Neff made a motion to approve the agenda.   Mr. Auslander seconded; the motion carried unanimously.

3.	REPORTS
	• Student Board Member Report – Taylor Nye
Taylor Nye submitted the following written report in advance of the board meeting.  This month the focus is on the elementary schools:
	
Agua Caliente Elementary School
•	What Has Happened
o	Back to School BBQ and Splash Party
o	2nd grade tie dye project
o	After school movie event hosted by STUCO
•	What Will Happen
o	10/16-20 ACES Book Fair
o	10/17 STUCO Skate Country Night
o	10/20 2nd grade Arthropod Zoo
o	10/26 3rd grade Halloween Music Performance
o	10/27 Halloween Howl
Tanque Verde Elementary School
•	What Has Happened
o	Chalk Art Marathon
o	 100+ students participated
o	Skate Country Fundraiser
o	Muffins with Mom
o	1st grade visited by Tucson Village Farm 

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o	Activities relating to composting, harvesting, pollination, nutrition, and making 
            healthy choices
o	STUCO elections on 9/29

•	What Will Happen
o	9/19-20 Parent Teacher Conferences
o	9/20 Fall Festival
•	Unique Recognition Programs
o	Mini Ben’s Bell
•	Each month two students nominated by teacher or peer for their efforts to spread kindness on campus
o	Echo the Gecko Award
•	Each week a staff member is nominated 
•	Receives certificate describing how they contribute to the success of TVES, as well as possessing the Gecko mascot for the week and having a specifically assigned parking spot

•	Superintendent’s Report – Dr. Scott Hagerman
•	AZMerit Update – The ‘new’ letter grade system developed by the State Board of Education has strong a focus on student growth.  We have already begun to look at areas for improvement and change in all of our schools; including:
•	Advanced Math at Jr. High and High School - ensuring that students have access and are encouraged to take 8th grade Geometry and 12th grade B/C Calculus.
•	Tanque Verde Elementary - Increase the focus of the Title 1 program on math intervention.
•	Emily Gray Junior High School - Implement the use of “Newsela.”  This is an electronic instructional content platform that will provide students with  ELA, Social Studies and Science curriculum that is aligned to the current standards    and expectations. 
•	Principals will work with teachers on ways to adjust schedules to support their instruction. 

•	Enrollment Report – Mr. Adam Hamm 
Mr. Hamm reported we are up approximately four (4) students from last month and our total enrollment this month is 2117.  This fluctuation is considered normal.  

	•   District Report Card – Mr. Adam Hamm 
Mr. Hamm submitted his report in advance. Board members did not have any questions. Mr. Hamm added next month the District Report card will reflect numbers from the Annual Financial Report (AFR).        

	•   Legislative Update – Mr. Jeff Neff
	 Mr. Neff indicated there is nothing to report.     

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	•   Facilities Report – Mr. Adam Hamm 
	Mr. Hamm reported the new tractor arrived today.
	   
	•   Board Comments – Mr. Carlos Ruiz
Mr. Ruiz shared with Board Members that he, Mr. Neff and Ms. Place attended the ASBA Pima County meeting earlier in the week.  Mr. Ruiz said the Arizona School Boards Association introduced the proposed changes to ASBA Bylaw and Voting Instructions at the meeting, as well as a new Board Self Evaluation tool.  

4.	CALL TO THE PUBLIC
Ms. Carrie Radomsky and Ms. Ellie Radomsky requested permission to address the Governing Board on the following item that does not appear on the agenda: 
•	When the program development / evaluation and master planning occur, please consider the inclusion of dual enrollment Chemistry 152 (2nd semester) and BC Calculus.  They noted Dr. Zreda wants Chemistry 152 added and Mrs. Kirkendall is willing  to teach BC Calculus, per their conversations with them.

5.	CONSENT AGENDA (see attached personnel report)
MOTION: Mr. Neff made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda.  Ms. Fry seconded; the motion carried unanimously.	

6.         ACTION ITEMS
A.	AFR 16-17 Annual Financial Report (AFR) - Mr. Adam Hamm
MOTION: Mr. Ruiz made approve AFR 16 –17 as presented. Mr. Neff seconded; the motion carried unanimously.

7.   	FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS
	Climatec Update – Sept. / Oct.
TVES – Student Presentation - Bucket Drums – October
New Teacher Support - October
Superintendent Actions - October
District Emergency Operation Plan - October
Bond Refinance – Oct. / Nov.
Master Plan - November
 	Community Facility Usage Report - December
	
	Board members requested the following future agenda items be added:
	ASBA Amendments to the Bylaws
	Preschool

8.	ANNOUNCEMENTS
	None

9.	ADJOURNMENT
              	Mr. Ruiz adjourned the meeting at 7:11 p.m.	
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	 						      				Respectfully submitted by,								                          	 		     	Judy Bower, Governing Board Secretary 	

___________________________		           		_________________________
Carlos Ruiz, Board President				Jeffrey Neff, Board Clerk

___ _________________________  	                        	__________ABSENT_________
Steven Auslander, Board Member			Jeremy Schalk, Board Member

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Susan Fry, Board Member

Personnel Report 10-5-17
Administrator Contracts	Position	Reason	Site	FTE	Date	
						
Administrator Resignations	Position	Reason (Replace / New)	Site	FTE	Date	
						
Certified Contracts	Position	Reason (Replace / New)	Site	FTE	Date	

Certified Resignations	Position	Reason (Replace / New)	Site	FTE	Date	

Classified Contracts	Position	Reason (Replace / New)	Site	FTE	Date	

Classified Agreements	Position	Reason (Replace / New)	Site	FTE	Date	
Miranda Soeder	Paraprofessional I	Replace Lakota Duprey	ACES	0.75	9/29/17	
						
Classified Resignations	Position	Reason	Site	FTE	Date	
Lakota Duprey	Paraprofessional I	Family Obligations	ACES	0.75	9/22/17	
						
Other Continuations		Reason (Replace / New)	Site	FTE	Date	

Other  Discontinuations	Position	Reason	Site	FTE	Date	

Other New Hires	Position	Reason	Site	FTE	Date	
Lisa Nowacki-Hubble	Assistant Boys Soccer Coach	Replace Jesse South	TVHS	Varies	9/28/217