The Holbrook Unified School District Governing Board met on Jan. 10 and approved all items on the agenda. Included was the support staff employment of Jerry Joe as a substitute bus driver; Ciara Brown, Holbrook High School Spiritline assistant coach; Nolan Chee, bus driver and grounds worker; Vanessa Chee, bus driver and custodial worker; Maria Saiz, special education bus driver; Rochelle Nez, Indian Wells Elementary School bus monitor; Rhonda Liddle, Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology driver; and Reanna Chee, Park Elementary School special education special needs assistant support staff.
In addition, the board:
* Approved a memorandum of understanding with the Navajo Nation Head Start program and the district through June 30, 2019.
* Authorized the governing board president to sign the teacher evaluation system verification to be submitted to the State Board of Education.
* Approved student teaching placement for Karissa Paddock in the preschool and kindergarten at IWES Jan. 11 through May 5.
* Approved a leave of absence for bus driver Tim Dixon through Jan. 27.
* Approved the extension of math mentor Rick Hurst’s position at HHS at a rate of $30 per hour, to be paid with Title II mentoring funds.
* Approved the resignation of Patrick Lewis as a bus driver; Ciara Brown, daycare assistant; and Eric Baldonado, HHS student cafeteria worker.
* Approved professional leave for Jeff Meeks to attend the 2017 AZCASE Conference scheduled Feb. 24 in Phoenix at an estimated cost of $329, plus use of a district vehicle; Jeff Meeks, annual Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference April 27-29 in Tucson; Beth Self, Arizona Music Educators Association Conference Feb. 2-4 in Phoenix at an estimated cost of $295; and Sylvia Jackson, Brady Pond and Loren Silvers, Strengthen Your World Language Instruction, Feb. 3 in Glendale at an estimated cost of use of a district vehicle.
* Approved expense and revolving fund vouchers totaling $402,664.26, and payroll and expense vouchers totaling $1,402,717.04.
* Approved a fundraiser for the HHS Drama Club, Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre on Jan. 26 for estimated earnings of $340.
