February 7, 2023 at 5:00 PM - Regular Study & Voting Session

1. STRATEGIC PLAN COLOR KEY:

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 
CULTURE 
COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS 
ENROLLMENT 
RESOURCE ACCOUNTABILITY
  

2. CALL TO ORDER - Governing Board President Andy Fraher
  

3. OPENING CEREMONY
  

3.A. Welcome - Governing Board President Andy Fraher
  

3.B. Pledge of Allegiance 
  

4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Governing Board President Andy Fraher
  

4.A. Consider approving the agenda, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION: Board Policy requires the approval of the agenda.
  

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Governing Board President Andy Fraher
   

5.A. Consider approving the minutes from the Regular Study and Voting Session meeting of January 10, 2023, and the minutes from the Working Meeting of January 27, 2023, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION: Board policy requires the approval of minutes.
  

6. PRESENTATIONS 
  

6.A. Visionary Update

Presenter: Orcutt Winslow
  

6.B. Midterm Galileo update

Presenter: Rene' Steingraber, PUSD Testing Coordinator
  

7. INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS
  

7.A. Summary of Current Events

7.A.1. Superintendent

www.prescottschools.com/calendars
  

7.A.2. Governing Board Members
  

7.A.3. Governing Board Student Representatives
  

8. ACTION ITEMS
  

8.A. CONSENT AGENDA - All those items listed below may be enacted by one motion and approved as Consent Agenda items with or without discussion.  However, any item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately if a Governing Board member so requests.

The resolutions included in the Consent Agenda have been posted in order to waive the reading of the body of the resolutions. 

Consider approving the Consent Agenda as presented.
  

8.A.1. Consider approving the certified and classified personnel actions as presented.
  
RELEVANT INFORMATION: 
A copy of the personnel report is attached for review.

Presenter: Clark Tenney, Assistant Superintendent/HR Director
  

8.A.2. Consider approving the donations as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Board policy requires acceptance by the Governing Board of all donations.  
  
Presenter: Brian Moore, Chief Financial Officer
  

8.A.3. Consider ratifying the vouchers as presented. 
  
RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Arizona Revised Statutes require approval/ratification of all vouchers.
  
Presenter: Brian Moore, Chief Financial Officer 
  

8.A.4. Consider approving the Student Activities Fund Statement of Receipts and Disbursements for January 2023, as presented. 

RELEVANT INFORMATION: Please see the attached reports. 
  
Presenter: Brian Moore, Chief Financial Officer
  

8.B. STUDY AND VOTING SESSION -  If a member of the public wishes to speak to one of the following voting items, please complete and return exhibit BEDH-E, Public Request to Speak (https://www.prescottschools.com/Page/558) to Sarah Torres, Administrative Assistant to the Governing Board prior to the study and voting session of the agenda.

For items with the potential to have many speakers, the overall speaking time may be adjusted by the Governing Board. Speakers will be called to speak in the order in which they signed up, first come, first served.

Requests to speak that are emailed will also be first come, first served. Email requests can be sent to sarah.torres@prescottschools.com at any time.
  

8.B.1. Consider adopting the K-12 Social Studies Curriculum, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Our last social studies curriculum adoption was in 2002/2003. Arizona adopted new social studies standards in 2018. Our 2002/2003 curriculum did not address the new standards. Teachers have been supplementing our current curriculum in order to teach the standards and ensure we are teaching social studies using best practices. A committee of K-12 teachers, administrators, district staff, instructional coaches, parents, and community members was created to review the curriculum. They developed criteria for evaluating social studies curriculum based on state expectations, research, experience, and our current instructional framework. The committee explored 6 social studies curriculum programs, identified their strengths and weaknesses based on our developed criteria, and came to a consensus on a recommendation for a K-12 social studies curriculum adoption. 

The K-12 social studies committee determined they would like to use TCI as their social studies curriculum.  

Presenter: Kelsey Secor, Director of Instructional Support
  

8.B.2. Consider approving an out-of-state travel request for the PHS Challenge Club students & chaperones to travel to the San Juan River in Utah from March 24th - March 28, 2023, as presented. 

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
The Prescott High School Challenge Program has obtained a permit for a San Juan River float trip. Due to the trip traveling to Southeastern Utah and therefore being out-of-state, the District Governing Board needs to give its approval. A total of 20 people will be able to go on the trip (the limit of the permit.) PHS students will be instructed, mentored, and supervised by PUSD staff and volunteers.

Specialized river equipment (rafts, life jackets, and required safety and hygiene gear) will be rented from a river equipment expedition outfitter. Any students who lack basic camping gear will be able to borrow what they need through the Challenge Club equipment pool. 

Trip expenses will include food, PUSD activity bus usage costs, river permit fees, and equipment rental. Total trip expenses are estimated to be $150 per person. We will be asking each participant to make a $50 contribution, with scholarships offered to students with identified financial hardships. Additional expenses will be paid from existing Challenge Club funds. 

Trip dates are Friday, March 24 through Tuesday, March 28th. Students will be given excused absences for any classes missed while on the trip.

A brief itinerary is as follows:

March 24: depart Prescott High School mid-morning and drive to the Sand Island Recreation Site near Bluff, Utah. Camp at Sand Island Group Camp. 

March 25: Pack, rig boats, and launch on the San Juan River. Camp along the river on the nights of the 25th, 26th, and 27th.

March 28: Float to the take-out point, Mexican Hat Utah, de-rig, load up and return to Prescott by mid-evening.

This is an amazing opportunity for kids in the challenge Program to travel and learn history, geology, ecology, and river running in an iconic setting on a classic Southwest river. We are confident that Challenge is up to the Challenge!

Presenter: Adam Neely, PHS Principal
  

8.B.3. Consider approving an out-of-state travel request from Mr. Jason Taurins, Director of Instrumental Music, to take PHS band and orchestra students, teachers & chaperons to Disneyland in Anaheim, California from April 27 - 30, 2023, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
The students are currently planning with the Disney Imagination Campus to attend the studio recording session. The students will be given music, learn it throughout the day, and record the music to a scene from a Disney movie. This will be a valuable experience to show our students exactly what a career as a studio musician entails. 

While the band boosters are still looking into transportation, the anticipated costs should be roughly $600 per student to participate.

Presenter: Adam Neely, PHS Principal
  

8.B.4. Consider approving an International travel request from Katherine Hammer, PHS International Travel Advisor to take students & chaperones to Lima, Peru from July 8 - 16, 2024, as presented

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
This trip is being planned through EF Educational Tours. EF Educational Tours has helped PUSD in the past to plan other international travel. 

The number of students traveling can be anywhere from 15 to 70 with one chaperon spot for every 6 students. Currently, there is no specific class or club related to the trip. Ms. Hammer is looking into the logistics of fundraising or providing scholarships, which may lead to the formation of a club.

Please see the International Travel Program Proposal attached. 
  
Presenter: Adam Neely, PHS Principal
  

8.B.5. Consider approving a new Scope & Sequence for the education of gifted students in Prescott Unified School District K-12, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
In compliance with ADE requirements, the Gifted Scope and Sequence has been modified. It is required that we obtain Governing Board approval of the scope and sequence for education of gifted students in PUSD K-12 before submitting it to the Arizona Department of Education.

A copy of the modified Scope and Sequence document has been attached for your review.

Presenter: Mardi Read, Assistant Superintendent
  

8.C. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS  
  

8.C.1. School Board Summary Budget Report review

Presenter: Brian Moore, Chief Financial Officer
  

8.C.2. Budget Next steps/update

Presenter: Brian Moore, Chief Financial Officer
  

8.C.3. Discussion Item: Review proposed changes in Policy Services Advisory Volume 35, Number 1, No. 739 & 743, from January 2023 as presented.
  
RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Governing Board BGB requires first and second readings of all proposed policy adoptions and approval by the Governing Board. This is the first reading of the proposed policy changes and the Board will be asked to adopt the policies after the second reading. Any Regulations and/or Exhibits have been attached for review and do not require Governing Board approval.

Presenter: Mardi Read, Assistant Superintendent
  

8.C.4. Community Comments shared with the Governing Board (what concerns are Board Members hearing from the public in general).

Presenter: Joseph W. Howard, Superintendent
  

8.C.5. Meeting Dates: 
Regular Study and Voting Session: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 5:00 pm in the PUSD District Office Boardroom.
  
Other Dates:
Friday, February 17, 2023 - NO STUDENTS - Professional Development Day. 

Monday, February 19, 2023 - All PUSD schools/sites closed in observance of Presidents' Day.
  

9. ADJOURNMENT