Governiing Board Meetiing Summary December 8, 2021

At the December 8, 2021 Regular Governing Board meeting, items addressed included several issues of importance to the upcoming legislative session and 2022-23 school year. In addition, several acknowledgements were made for students, staff and community members, as well the following special acknowledgement for TVUSD Superintendent, Dr. Scott Hagerman.

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Hagerman has been selected as the ASA 2021 All Arizona Superintendent of the Year for Medium Districts. Dr. Hagerman will receive his award at the 2021 ASA/ASBA Annual Conference in Scottsdale on December 16th. We hope you’ll join us in wishing him congratulations on this very well-deserved recognition. More details are included in the board summary items below. Please see our official media release here.

Student Board Member Report

Student Board Member Lilyana Brummitt reported on activities at Emily Gray Jr. High School and Tanque Verde Elementary School. This is Lilyana’s last meeting as the first semester student board member representing TVUSD students. Thank you, Lilyana!

Student Board Member Report

Superiinttendentt’’s Reportt

Dr. Hagerman reported on several items, including:

COVID Data Update

Data from the Arizona Dept. of Health Services was shared. The level of community transmission in Pima County continues to be “High” according to the CDC metrics for Pima County. The number of cases in TVUSD schools has remained relatively low since the ACES outbreak occurred in late October. The current TVUSD COVID-19 Dashboard information may be viewed here.

Upcoming Legislative Session

Dr. Hagerman stated to the board that it is expected to be a very rough legislative session for schools, so we need to be watchful and prepared to address possible concerns. Following are several issues that are already known to be brought for consideration:
Board members partisan election Ability to sue school districts Constitutional limit

The following information from theSuperintendent’s Report presentation details the current issue of the Constitutional Budget Expenditure Limit that is of concern to Arizona school districts. For TVUSD, there is $1.3M at stake. The budget would have to be reduced by that amount by April 1st to avoid going over the constitutional expenditure limit as it is currently written.

Please see thepresentation for additional slides and information.

Dr. Hagerman remarked that there needs to be a permanent change made so that school districts don’t face this issue on an annual basis. This could be addressed through a complete change to the school funding formulas, which would allow all issues to be dealt with simultaneously.

2022-23 School Year Planning

Positions for the 22-23 school year are being posted now to find new teachers to meet growing program needs as follows:
New Elementary STEAM teachers New HS World Language
New HS Math

Other Open Positions

Ellecttiion off Offffiicers

The Election of Officers for the 2022 board year was held. Unanimously elected to the following positions were:

President - Anne Velosa Clerk - Susan Fry

Outgoing President Susan Fry was thanked for her outstanding leadership throughout the past, very challenging, pandemic year. Incoming President Anne Velosa was commended by Susan Fry for her thorough preparation for meetings, and her willingness to attend training and seek opportunities to further her knowledge of school board governance.

New Consttructtiion Updatte

Dr. Hagerman reported on the progress of the new construction, renovations and remediation projects that are underway at all district campuses.
Timelines (See presentation)

Site by site status updates (See below) Photos of work (See presentation)

Please see the presentation for photographs depicting the following construction progress described by Dr. Hagerman.
The building at EGJH is progressing in a timely manner. The steel for the high school classroom building is arriving Monday.
A lot of ground work and moving of utilities is in progress at most sites. There have been profound challenges due to working over and around existing utilities.
The high school science building pad has been poured.

The Library renovation is underway for the new HS Administration building. The Tanque Verde Elementary retaining wall has been completed. The building pad has not yet been poured as site prep work is still ongoing.

Superintendent Update:New Construction Update Presentation

EstimatingPlus Consulting Report:TVUSD November Overview and Business Report

Sttudentt Learniing Updatte

TVHS Biology Teacher, Mr. Hunter Jones presented detailed information on the new science classroom and equipment updates that are being made to expand and enhance the Science Department Programs at Tanque Verde High School.

Three major questions formed the Department Objectives in acquiring new equipment:
1. What equipment and classroom facilities are out of date?

2. In what areas do we have a low quantity of equipment which is preventing student progress?
3. Can we acquire new or different measurement devices to better show student learning, and how can we upgrade lab equipment to the level that students would see in university classroom labs, for example - balances that are becoming out of date and losing calibration.

Mr. Jones remarked that one of his goals is to upgrade his classroom equipment and technology, allowing him to build a progression of experiences which allow students to conduct higher level experiments and use advanced materials from one year to

the next. He drew a distinction between education grade vs. professional grade materials. Better materials and equipment will produce results that will be much more accurate and consistent, and will improve student outcomes over time.

Another example given wasprobeware, which is scientific equipment that allows probes to be interfaced with computer software to collect data to support students in interpreting and analyzing data.

Dr. Hagerman stated our funding has been dramatically improved through the passage of the bond coupled with the restoration of education funding. The Bond has allowed us to regain funding to more optimal levels. We are currently in a place to make these improvements, and to support a future refresh cycle from the restoration of our annual school funding.

Dr. Cislak added that the new classrooms were designed to be flexible to support future program changes and/or growth.

Mr. Jones thanked the board for the opportunity to improve the equipment and the science classrooms and labs for TVHS students.

Important Dates & Informatiion

Friday, December 17 - End of 2nd Quarter/Grading Day NO SCHOOL Monday, December 20 - Friday, December 31 - Winter Break NO SCHOOL Monday, January 3 - Return from Winter Break CLASSES RESUME Wednesday, January 12 - Governing Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 26 - Governing Board Meeting

January Events Calendar

Next Governiing Board Meetiing Date:

The next Regular Meeting of the TVUSD Governing Board will be held on Wednesday, January 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Tanque Verde Elementary School Library.

A Call to the Public will be held at the first meeting of each month. The Virtual Call to the Public Form is available from 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before the meeting and closes at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, unless otherwise noted.

Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes

TVUSD Board Meeting Livestream Link

TVUSD Virtual Call to the Public Form

Student, Staff & Communiity Acknowlledgments

			
	
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