The Holbrook Unified School District Governing Board met Nov. 8 and agreed to changes to the Administrator Salary Placement Schedule to reflect the minimum annual salary range for all exempt status administrators and directors. As of Dec. 1, the Fair Labor Standards Act sets the standard salary level at $913 per week, $47,476 annually for a full-year worker.
In other action, the board:
* Approved stipends for highly qualified teachers whose class sizes exceed the district’s class size limits.
* Approved the adoption of Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing, Modern Welding, Modern Carpentry, Working With Young Children, and Business, Marketing and Finance, all published by Goodheart-Wilcox. Each will be used as part of the Holbrook High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) class curriculum.
* Approved the proposed Arizona School Board bylaws changes.
* Approved the Elementary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) coordinator job description for Park and Hulet elementary schools.
* Approved Brian Gohl as director of facility services, Jimmy Lano as director of Indian Wells support services and Jacob Boyle as director of support services following the approval of those positions and the positions of director of facilities and director of transportation services.
* Approved the support staff employment of Patsy Barela as a Hulet Elementary School Daycare assistant; Martha Blosser, cafeteria substitute; Winona Gilmer, bus driver; Jeff Font, substitute bus driver; and Linda Best, substitute school secretary.
* Approved the resignation of Jeff Font as transportation director.
* Approved the certified staff employment of Florence Trujillo and Janie Sandoval as substitute teachers; Rachel Weeks, in-district substitute teacher; and Martha Blosser, Hulet Elementary School Daycare substitute.
* Approved extra duty for Louann McLaws, Adicia Paschal and Virginia White as Holbrook Junior High School Intervention Assistance Team members; David Tremonti, special education restraint training; Louann McLaws, HJHS assistant volleyball coach; Daniel Nielson, HHS Gear Up mentor; Don Davis, HHS head wrestling coach; Daisy Gohl, auditorium; Bernice Gover, IWES basketball coach; and Daisy Gohl, Stanley Chester, Laurie Jones and Tim Dixon, transportation trainers.
* Approved volunteers Odessa Baloo for HHS boys’ basketball; Mary K. White, Park Elementary School classroom; Juanita Mann and Donald Mann, Hulet and Park elementary schools Backpack Food Program; Shantina Kinlicheenie, HHS girls’ basketball; Marcos Serna, HHS wrestling; Jonathan Nells, IWES basketball; and Paula Kelley, Park School classroom and special projects.
* Approved gifts and donations, including those from Donors Choose.org, four Dickies coveralls valued at $209.08; Dairy Council of Arizona, Fuel Up to Play 60 Equipment Grant in the amount of $19,690 to purchase food service related equipment for the schools; Holbrook Lions Club to Park School for year-end awards totaling $320; Holbrook Lions Club to Hulet School for year-end awards totaling $320; and Holbrook Lions Club to HJHS for year-end awards totally $200.
* Approved professional leave for Native American Christian Academy to attend the Association of Christian Schools International in Phoenix Nov. 3 and 4 at an estimated cost of $2,128.23; Jeff Meeks, Advances in Reading Intervention Oct. 21 in Mesa at an estimated cost of $230, plus use of a district vehicle; Teri White, Arizona Department of Education (ADE) CTE Enrollment Data Reporting Workshop Oct. 20 in Flagstaff at an estimated cost of $11, plus use of a district vehicle; and Teri White, Career Tech meeting, Oct. 11 in Snowflake at an estimated cost of use of a district vehicle.
Also, Charles Haussman, ADE-CTE Administrators Meeting Nov. 3 in Prescott at an estimated cost of $189, plus use of a district vehicle; Robin Stradling, A Gathering of School Counselors Nov. 14 in Tucson at an estimated cost of $124; Cheryl Carlson, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Adviser Training, Dec. 9 in Glendale at an estimated cost of $180, plus use of a district vehicle; and Teri White, Career Tech meeting, Nov. 7 in Snowflake at an estimated cost of use of a district vehicle.
* Approved expense and revolving fund vouchers totaling $510,698.57, and payroll and expense vouchers totaling $1,265,660.25.
* Approved fundraisers, including HJHS Student Council hot chocolate sales before school for earnings estimated at $700 and February concessions for HJHS basketball games earnings estimated at $650; and HHS girls’ basketball popcorn sales Nov. 4-14 for earnings estimated at $3,000.
* Approved updating the long-term substitute salary rate to $155.
