During the Holbrook Unified School District Board meeting held on Tuesday, Nov. 9, Superintendent Dr. Robbie Koerperich spoke with the board regarding suicide prevention and adding the suicide prevention hotline to the students’ handbooks, since the school does not do student identification cards.

“They want it readily available. They want it so that our students and our staff understand that that is a resource. Right now, they would have to search for that information,” Koerperich stated. “We need to make these kinds of things more visual. There’s a balance there, because you don’t want to plant the seed in their mind, either,” Koerperich added when talking about adding signage for awareness around the school.

In other business, the board:

* Approved the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act minimum wage increase making the hourly rate $12.80 for minimum wage employees beginning Jan. 1, 2022.

* Approved for first reading policies titled Public Participation at Board Meetings, Professional Staff Contracts and Compensation, Reporting Child Abuse/Child Protection, Professional Staff Hiring, Instruction and Training in Suicide Prevention, Instructional Resources and Materials; Promotion and Retention of Students; Family Life Education; and Parental Involvement in Education.

* Approved Sex Education Certification of Compliance.

* Approved the Environmental Services Director job description.

* Approved the job description for Director of Facility Services.

* Approved the Project Manager job description.

* Approved the High School Lead Cafeteria Server and Warehouse Supervisor extra duty positions.

* Approved the Arizona School Boards Association/Arizona School Administrators Association Pilot Superintendent Evaluation Tool to be used for this year’s superintendent evaluation.

* Approved for Matt Weber to present on HUSD No. 3’s participation in the Northern Arizona Vocational Institute (NAVIT) program.

* Approved the support staff employment hiring of Nicolyn Boyd and Shauna DoBell, Hulet daycare Substitute; Alicia John, Holbrook High School student custodian; Alysha Jackson, transportation monitor; Amy Chee, Indian Wells Elementary School substitute custodian; Ashley Attakai, Holbrook Junior High School special needs assistant; Breeanna Wahl, food services substitute worker; Davina Begay, IWES custodian; Jacob Baker, transfer to director of facility services; Jacquelyn Bielefeldt, HHS attendance/registrar; Jesus Luna-Almendariz, transfer to director of environmental services; Jonah Williams, computer services student worker; Telena Begay, HJHS high needs para; and Victor Padilla, transfer to project manager.

* Approved extra duty for Ashley Mitchell, Cindy Perey, David Wallace, Donna Campbell, Ina Overson, Melicia Thompson and Sylvia Jackson, HHS tutor; Gishie Arviso and Leslie Baldonado, HJHS volleyball official; Alshina Nez, district substitute teacher and HHS ticket sales; Arletta Nez, HJHS game official; Cheri Grau, HJHS substitute teacher; Steven Santos, Hulet/Park substitute teacher; Sue Hayden, IWES Acadience testing; Stephanie Bridegam, special education homebound teacher; Patty Singer (Clark), special education liaison; and Shawn Tow, warehouse supervisor extra duty.

* Approved volunteers Morgan Black, HHS sports screenings; and James (Seth) Richins, assistant boys’ basketball.

* Approved professional

leave for Joel Daniels, monitoring training for Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Snowflake, Oct. 8, no cost to the district; Amanda Remos, A Sweet Taste of Language – Arizona Department of Education (ADE), no cost to the district; Ben Coppolo, Northland Pioneer College Reading Day Norming, no cost to the district; Deb Koerperich, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Training, Nov. 4-5, no cost to the district; Nichole Tow, Literacy Coaches Leadership Meeting, Feb. 2 and April 6, no cost to the district; Laurie Jones and Kaylene Bitsilly, Train the Trainer, Oct. 29, Flagstaff, cost to the district use of school vehicle; David Smith, Arizona Construction Career Days, Nov. 4, Phoenix, cost to the district use of school vehicle; Charles Haussman and Michaela Saxton, ACOVA Fall CTE Conference & ADE CTE Meeting, Nov. 4-5, Prescott, cost to the district $1,057; Casey Hancock, Chart of Accounts and Training, Nov. 4, Snowflake, cost to district $246; Casey Hancock and Victor Padilla, Loss Control Summit, Nov. 5, Phoenix, cost to district $190; and Jeri McKinnon and Robbie Koerperich, Helios Data Day, Nov. 10, Phoenix, cost to district, use of school vehicle.

* Approved expense and revolving fund vouchers totaling $1,593,425, and payroll and expense vouchers for $1,296,145.

* Approved personnel pay for professional growth – district wide for $20,877; Proposition 301 performance pay – district wide for $234,000; and performance pay for administration for $21,600.

* Approved fundraisers for Swing Thing Social on Nov. 1 for $2,000; the baseball Krispy Kreme doughnut sale from Nov. 15 – Dec. 3 for $1,500; the baseball BSN apparel locker store from Nov. 10-27 for $1,500; Fusion dessert bar concert on Apr. 14, 2022, for $700; the three-on-three basketball tournament in December for $1,500; HJHS Student Council cocoa sales from November 2021 to April 2022 for $300; and HHS band Cards for a Cause through Usborne Book & More for $1,300.

*Approved $1,000 superintendent performance pay.