During the Holbrook Unified School District No. 3 Governing Board meeting last Tuesday, the board addressed a number of items as schools prepare for the end of the 2022 school year. As part of that endeavor, the district awarded 108 students a “When One Roadrunner Succeeds, We All Succeed” shirt for various accomplishments throughout the year.

In other business, the board:

* Approved the School District Annual Expenditure Budget revision and final budget for FY 22. The board held a public hearing to allow public comments pertaining to the budget revisions, to which none were made.

* Approved the HUSD revised Support Staff Salary Placement Schedule. The new placement schedule for new employees is aligned to the new requirements for minimum wage increases. The new placement schedule will also reflect current positions hourly rate increases that align with the new schedule.

* Approved the Notice of Appointments for non-exempt support staff for the 2022-2023 school year.

* Approved an updated job description for Dispatch/Print Shop to be renamed Support Services Administrative Assistant. The job description is a combination of the current Dispatch/Print Shop job description with additional duties for support services.

* Approved a Transportation Clerk/Homeless & Parent Liaison job description. This new position will assist in overseeing contracted mileage, parental involvement, and McKinney-Vento Homelessness program assistance. Will begin July 2022.

* Approved an updated job description to the current Data Controller job description. The new job description titled Student Information Systems Administrator will combine the Data Controller job description with new roles in managing student data throughout the district. The job description will remain on the classified salary placement schedule.

* Approved to allocate donated funds through payroll with the Holbrook School District paying any benefits associated with the stipend. The Vince and Libby Budenholzer Family including Mike Budenholzer, Milwaukee Bucks Coach, and siblings donated $200 for each teacher recognized as Teacher of the Year at HUSD No. 3.

* Approved the Holbrook High School, Holbrook Junior High School, Hulet Elementary School, Indian Wells Elementary School and Park Elementary student handbooks for the 2022-2023 school year.

* Approved summer activity plan. Summer activities will follow health and safety guidelines for each school and activity. District liability insurance will cover these events during the summer months.

* Approved the continuation of the Federal Project Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Joseph City School District to share a federal projects manager position.

* Approved the renewal of the Client Service Agreement with Educational Services Incorporated for the 2022-2023 school year. ESI specializes in providing temporary and long-term contract employees in schools. The agreement also allows us to retain highly qualified retired staff which benefits both the district and the employee. Employees are hired through ESI as per the district’s Post Retirement Employment Option plan.

* Approved the annual 2022-2023 IGA with Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology (NAVIT).

* Approved agreements for membership and acceptance of services with Navajo County Special Services Consortium (NCSSC). The contract with NCSSC provides specialized services in meeting students’ Individual Education Plan (IEP) needs when they are not available through District personnel. For the past several years the district has used NCSSC for occupational therapy, physical therapy and some speech therapy services.

* Approved the 2022-2023 inter-agency agreement to provide child nutrition programs with the Navajo County Instruction For Success School (NCIS).

* Approved a 60-day curriculum review for the online science curriculum, Mystery Science. Mystery Science aligns to the Arizona State Standards and is accessible for grades K-6.

* Approved Kelly Hill, Jonah Williams and sponsor Mike Burks to attend the Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference in Chicago, Ill., from June 29-July 2. The cost of registration and hotel for the trip will be paid through career and technical education funds and the remaining costs will be paid through Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club funds or student raised funding with the support of district liability insurance coverage.

* Approved support staff employments of Julie Fields, district federal projects; Kassandra Grabowski, Hulet, A-Team and health assistant; AnaPaula LeSueur, food services, move from sub to regular worker; Tommy McLaws, transportation/grounds; Ben Meeks, Holbrook High School auditorium student worker; Felice Salazar, Park Elementary, A-Team and health assistant; Kyle Smith, support services student worker; and Cordell Yazzie, district substitute custodian.

* Approved the resignations of Shauna DoBell, Hulet/daycare; Horacio Luna, computer services; Breeanna Wahl, cafeteria substitute worker; and Katelyn Willis, Park Elementary computer/library.

* Approved the support staff retirements of Linda Best and Lori Turley, both at HHS.

* Approved the certified employment of Allison Gardner, Park Elementary physical education and long-term substitute half day for SY 22-23; Jennifer Holley, Hulet Elementary third grade for SY 22-23; Shawn Holley, HHS health/physical education for SY 22-23; and Vanessa Morgan, Holbrook Junior High School physical education/health teacher for SY 22-23.

* Approved the certified retirement of Luis Alvarez, Indian Wells Elementary School fifth grade.

* Approved the certified resignations of Ben Coppolo, HHS English; Veronica Karn, IWES second grade; and Noel Reimer, IWES fourth grade.

* Approved extra duty for Gypsi Gover, IWES afterschool softball; Shawn Holley, HHS head football coach; Veronica Karn, IWES afterschool tutoring; McKayla Korkosz, HHS assistant cheer coach; and Stephanie Peters, Hulet STEM gardening.

* Approved professional leave for David Smith, Technical Skills Assessments Program Specialist, cost to the district is $61; Loren Silver, Yikai Yizhchi Conference, cost to the district is $895; Cary Simpson, Leadership Summit & Skills, cost to the district is $90; and Jeremy Madison, MEC START Campus, cost to the district is $170.

* Approved expense and revolving vouchers totaling $744,468 and payroll and expense vouchers totaling nearly $1.3 million.

* Approved personnel pay for fourth quarter class size stipend, $11,880; bus driver attendance for April 22, $4,170; Title II mentors, $1,800; Prop 301 Power of 5 Good Faith, $72,000; 2022 Teacher of the Year, $1,200; Kevin Fosburgh, increase salary to match new salary placement schedule, $3,288; Stephanie Peters, Hulet/Park elementaries professional development, $500; and Beth Self, Park Elementary professional development, $500.

* Approved fundraiser requests by IWES student council for carnival ticket sales, expected to earn approximately $500; Hulet fifth grade poetry contest food sales, expected to earn approximately $100; HHS girls basketball summer basketball league, expected to earn approximately $750; HHS baseball three car washes and food sales, each expected to earn approximately $1,200; HHS wrestling youth wrestling club, expected to earn approximately $1,000; and Class of 2025 candy sale, expected to earn approximately $400-$800.

* Approved donations received from Box Tops for Education to IWES in the amount of $39.

* Approved final adoption of Policy GCCA Professional/Support Staff Sick Leave.