The Holbrook School District Governing Board met on Tuesday and passed a $21 million budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year. Following a public hearing that went without comment, the board approved the budget, which includes a 3.9 percent increase in the maintenance and operations budget, a 1.2 percent increase in the regular education instruction budget and a 1.3 percent increase in the special education classroom instruction budget.

The unrestricted capital budget will be decreased by 47.4 percent from $1,641,667 in fiscal year 2011 to $864,150 in fiscal year 2012 due to cuts made by the state legislature, and the soft capital allocation budget will be decreased by 59.7 percent from $86,523 to $34,842.

According to Business Manager Gary McDowell, it will be federal funding that will allow the district to continue to provide critical services in spite of state imposed budget cuts. Impact aide that the federal government provides will be key to providing classroom instructional programs and services for overall student social and academic progress, and will also be used to keep local taxes at their current overall level. The funds will also provide critical capital needs like classroom space, safety improvements, textbooks, instructional materials and buses.

In other action July 12, the board:

* Approved all five bids from Duane Gagnon, Linda Blansett, Michael Gerner, Gary Plane and Eleutheria LLC to provide student psychological evaluation and testing services.

* Authorized the board president to sign the desegregation verification report form in compliance with state mandates.

* Approved the list of authorized check signers and student activities treasurers.

* Authorized McDowell to submit the fiscal year 2011 projected funding cash balance school district certification form to the county superintendent.

* Approved The Tribune-News as a sole source vendor for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

* Approved the capacity levels of classrooms in determining the acceptance of out of district students for K-12 and special education programs.

* Approved CableOne to continue as the district Internet service provider for fiscal year 2011-12.

* Approved Dell as the sole source provider for specific Dell parts.

* Approved Frontier Citizens Communications as the sole source vendor for district telephone services.

* Approved a memorandum of understanding between the district and Greasewood Springs Community School Inc., to jointly provide services for special education students ages 3 to 5 years old.

* Authorized temporarily setting aside the policy pertaining to first and second readings of policies, based on immediate need to implement a statue regarding student violence, harassment, intimidation and bullying outlined by House Bill 2415.

* Authorized the hiring of the following support staff: Debbie McKee, Holbrook High School ticket seller; Diana Thomas and Linda Crumrine, HHS game help; Joe Hernandez, Education Services Inc. (ESI); Adrian Tubbs, on-call maintenance; and Tyler Foree and Zach Smithson, student technicians.

* Authorized the support staff resignations of Wayne Haught, night custodian; and Kristen Jacobs and Raymond Scott, substitute custodians.

* Authorized the hiring of the following certified employees: Ashley Davis, HHS science; Alisha Schelley, Hulet third grade teacher; Carey Kester, HHS/Holbrook Junior High School low incidence special education; Barry Silverstein and Virginia Arthur, ESI; Mary Whitten, Sue Wischmann, Ann Darling, Barbara Foree, Les Rumpca, Vincent Bifano, Linda Fox, Janice Holyoak, Paul Jaster, Melissa John, Wayne Jones, Cloetta Keams, Kelly Martin, Linda Parker, Adicia Paschal and Debbie Shumway, substitute teachers; Linda Blansett, testing; Mary Koury, Dynamic Indicators of Basic Literacy Skills (DIBELS); Lois Jeffers and Kathy Smedley, substitute teachers and DIBELS; and Stacey Wilt, Indian Wells Elementary School sixth grade teacher.

* Authorized the resignation of certified employee Barry Silverstein, IWES teacher.

* Authorized extra duty for the following individuals: Debbie Wehrman and Suzanne Powell, IWES Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) coordinators; John Bokker, HHS summer weights, assistant football and head wrestling coach; Dave Wright, HHS head boys’ soccer coach; Cary Simpson, HHS head girls’ soccer coach; Delmar Johnson, HHS game help and boys’ intramurals; Tim Yazzie, HHS game help, head cross country coach and assistant girls’ basketball coach; Kelly Buckwalter, HHS game help and assistant volleyball coach; Daniel Mitchell, Monty Flack, Brian Long, Lou Ann McLaws, Lois Jeffers, Dwayne Hawk, Saraphania Benally and Richard Peterson, HHS game help; Curtis Berger, HHS game help and assistant track coach; Greg Perkins, HHS game help, girls’ intramurals and head girls’ basketball coach; Delwinn Novell, HHS head golf coach and HJHS athletic director; Leland Billie, HHS assistant football coach; Jody Good, HHS assistant football coach and head track coach; Raul Mendoza, HHS head boys’ basketball coach; Jim Stevens, HHS head baseball coach; Brenda Mangum, Teri Tafoya and Annie Heathman, HHS ticket sellers; Leslie Baldonado, HHS head volleyball coach; and Sarah Meeks, HHS wrestlerettes coach.

* Approved gifts and donations in the amount of $325.

* Authorized professional leave for the following individuals: David Wright and Cindy McDaniel, Phoenix, Structured English Immersion training, July 12-13, estimated cost of $942; Perci Lee and Brenda Mangum, Springerville, user group training for Enterprise Payroll software, July 11, estimated cost of a district vehicle; and Garry McDowell, Tucson, 58th annual Arizona Association of School Business Officials Conference, July 20-24, estimated cost of $740.

* Approved expenses and vouchers totaling $478,787.05.

* Approved car wash and Navajo taco sale fundraisers for the HHS volleyball team.