By Linda Kor The Holbrook Unified School District Governing Board met on April 14 to conduct monthly business. Those items included the following action items: * Approved the fiscal year 2020 federal grants. * Approved the Arizona Health Zone SNAP-ED Program Memorandum of Agreement with the Navajo County Public Health Services District. * Approve the revised fiscal year 2021 salary placement Schedule. The revision updates the salary placement schedule for new hires that are drawing benefits from the Arizona State Retirement System to be placed on the salary placement schedule with a 15 percent reduction in salary to cover Annual Contribution Rate (ACR) costs; as well as, continuation that current employees transferring from special position schedules will be replaced on the salary placement schedule. This salary placement schedule is limited to new hires only. * Approved policy updates the retirement policies to correct clerical mistakes in matching the numerical wording to the dollar representation in the policies. In addition, the word “credit” has been removed and replaced with “payment.” * Approved an additional 15 contract days for Dr. Jeff Meeks to fulfill duties associated with special education services up to June 30. * Approved the certified employment of Marlena Day as a Holbrook Junior High School sixth grade math teacher. * Approved the certified staff resignations of Josh Raisor, HJHS social studies teacher and Amy Bateman, HJHS seventh grade English teacher. * Approved the certified staff retirements of Robin Stradling, HJHS counselor; Patty Hansen, Hulet Elementary School reading specialist; Dave Wright, Hulet fifth grade teacher; and Vicky Craig, Holbrook High School special education teacher. * Approved extra duty for Nicole Warner, HHS 10 day addendum to 2019-20 contract at end of school and 10 days before and 10 days after school for school year 2020-21; Courtney King, Indian Wells Elementary School assistant softball coach; COVID 19 essential workers including Frank Apodaca, Gishie Arviso, Ronald Attakai, Karen Barela, Patsy Barela, Rachel Benally, Martha Blosser, Ladell Burks, Joseph Burnard, Alfred Clark, Sandi Duran, Jade Espitia, Norma Garcia, Stella Gishie, Daisy Gohl, Crystal Hubbard, Cornelia Iashie, Sharon James, Dominique James, Nora John, Delmar Johnson, Laurie Jones, Courtney King, Earlene Lano, Jimmie Lano, Tawnya Lindsey, Lyndee McLaws, Rebecca Naranjo, Rochelle Nez, Mindy Ohlson, Debora Powers, Maria Quezada, Mary Scott, Wayne Silvers, Margret Smith, Lhindah Straw, Alejandriana Enriquez, Laura Tsosie, Rhiannon Westover, Randi White, Melissa Olson and Pat Freeland. * Approved expense and revolving Fund vouchers totaling $424,708 and payroll and expense vouchers totaling $1.3 million. * Approved donations from the Holbrook Lion’s Club of $320 to Park Elementary School, $310 to Hulet Elementary School and $200 to HJHS.