The Holbrook School District Governing Board gave approval May 9 to offering a contract to Kevin Fosburgh to serve as principal of Hulet Elementary School. Prior to that decision, the board accepted the retirement of Principal Mike McClellan, who has taken a position as an elementary school principal in the Round Valley School District.
According to Superintendent Dr. Robbie Koerperich, Fosburgh was selected from a quality candidate pool. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. The Rodel Foundation of Arizona also recognized Fosburgh as a Rodel Promising Teacher.
Fosburgh went on to attain his Master in Educational Administration degree from Grand Canyon University.
He most recently taught at San Marcos Elementary School, which is part of the Chandler School District. He and his wife Hailey have a 2-year-old daughter.
Fosburgh will be on an administrator’s salary, first year, at $60,998. He will begin his duties as principal at Hulet School on July 3.
In other business, the board:
* Approved a revision of the district’s 2017 annual expenditure budget.
* Approved payment for those staff members who have successfully completed the first part of the district’s Proposition 301 Performance Pay Plan.
* Approved intergovernmental agreements with the Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology (NAVIT) and the Navajo County Community College District
* Authorized Cheri Grau and Suzanne Powell to attend the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Conference scheduled June 29 and 30 in Newport Beach, Calif.
* Authorized Holbrook Junior High School to offer a Robotics course and an audio/visual course.
* Approved revisions to the policies pertaining to student transportation in private vehicles to include the provision that district employees and governing board members must provide primary insurance when using a private vehicle for school business.
* Approved revisions to the policy pertaining to business and personnel transportation services to reflect the district’s policy on using school vehicles to transport family members and overnight stays.
* Approved an increase to the dependent/family insurance subsidy from $80 to $120 per month for all employees who are paying for dependent/family insurance. The current subsidy has not been increased for more than 20 years even though insurance rates have increased by over 23 percent the past six years. The district will continue to pay for a single plan at no cost to the employee.
* Approved the purchase of seven automated external defibrillators from Navajo County Instruction for Success at a price of $500 each.
* Approved a resolution opposing the expansion of Education Savings Accounts.
* Approved the support staff employment of Marr-Rhyzle Nilsson as Holbrook High School student activities coordinator; Kimberly Queen, Hulet School day care substitute; Ryan Fraley, Computer Specialist II; Florence Dinetso, custodian; Stella Gishie, Nora Aguilera, Christina Aguilera and Karen Barela, cafeteria substitutes for the Summer Food Program; and Michael Obrien, temporary custodian.
* Approved the support staff resignations of Kimberly Queen, Hulet day care assistant; Arletta Nez, Indian Wells Elementary School Navajo language lab; Dacey Hendrix, cafeteria worker; and Odessa Baloo, bus monitor.
* Approved the retirement of Nita Black, IWES bus monitor and library assistant; and Ruth Wallace, HJHS paraprofessional.
* Approved the termination of Adrian Aguilera, student cafeteria worker.
* Approved the certified employment of Stephanie Brosius, HHS English teacher; Karissa Paddock, IWES first grade teacher; and Darbie Thompson, HJHS art teacher.
* Approved extra duty resignations from Cheryl Carlson as HHS Spiritline sponsor; and Leslie Baldonado, HHS head volleyball coach.
* Approved extra duty for Luis Alvarez and Karen Estridge for IWES summer reading; Hoby Wilhelm, IWES head soccer coach; and Bernice Gover, IWES head softball coach.
* Authorized receipt of five microscopes, five triple beam balances and a plant slide set valued at $2,631 to HJHS from Donors Choose; $2,500 from Auto Safety House for HHS scoreboard; $191.10 for IWES from Box Tops for Education; $75 from the Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign; bleachers valued at $2,000 from Hon Dah Resort and Casino; and up to $20,000 for the food service program, six movies throughout the summer, $1 coupons for the city pool, 350 backpacks, 2,000 Frisbees, five A-frames, four banners, 30 posters, 5,000 flyers, 5,000 stickers for a total value of $5,166.50 from St. Mary’s Food Bank.
* Approved professional leave for Shawn Tow to attend the Transportation Administrators of Arizona Conference scheduled June 19-22 in Flagstaff at an estimated cost of $822.73, plus use of a district vehicle; Cale Allen and Hoby Wilhelm, Mathematics in the Mountains, May 6 in Flagstaff at an estimated cost of $86, plus use of a district vehicle; Jeff Meeks, Power of One, April 24 in Snowflake at an estimated cost of use of a district vehicle; Janelle Chee, PELL Meeting, May 4 in Phoenix; Beth Baloo and Rasheed Hollins, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Basics, May 6 and 7 in Flagstaff at an estimated cost of $28, plus use of a district vehicle; Julie Fields, Arizona Association of School Business Officials Financial Coding & Reporting Class, May 12 in Phoenix at an estimated cost of $70, plus use of a district vehicle; Audrey Morris, 30th annual School Health Conference, July 6 and 7 in Phoenix at an estimated cost of $455.50; and Jeri McKinnon, Tanya Phaturos, Joy Burroughs and Robin Stradling, Middle Grade Initiative Summit, May 11 in Phoenix at an estimated cost of $1,972, plus use of a district vehicle.
* Approved expense and revolving fund vouchers totaling $389,998.74, and payroll and expense vouchers totaling $1,434,043.
* Approved fundraisers, including a Holbrook Summer Basketball Tournament for boys’ and girls’ teams June 2 and 3 for estimated earnings of $1,000 to $1,500, and Summer Basketball League for boys’ and girls’ teams May 31 to June 13 for estimated earnings of $500 to $1,000, both to benefit girls’ basketball; and a volleyball tournament on April 29 for estimated earnings of $1,200 to $1,600 to benefit the HHS Student Council.
* Approved updating the professional/support staff voluntary transfer of accrued sick leave policy to include intermittent sick leave as an applicable use of the sick leave bank.
* Approved revisions to policies including the Board Review of Regulations, Indian Education, Unsafe School Choice, Transfer of Records, Website Accessibility, Admission of Homeless Students, Communicable/Infectious Diseases, Student Surveys, Every Student Succeeds Act, Professional Staff Hiring, and Support Staff Assignments and Transfers.
* Approved the HHS, HJHS, Hulet School, IWES and Park Elementary School student handbooks for the 2017-18 school year.
* Approved the summer activities for 2017.
