September 9, 2025 5:15pm (Doors open at 4:30 pm) - Regular Study & Voting Session

1. CALL TO ORDER - Governing Board President, Stan Goligoski
  

2. OPENING CEREMONY
  

2.A. Welcome - Governing Board President, Stan Goligoski
  

2.B. Pledge of Allegiance 
  

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Governing Board President, Stan Goligoski
  

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

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

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Governing Board President, Stan Goligoski
   

4.A. Consider approving the minutes from the Study Session/Book Study and Regular Study and Voting Session meeting of August 5, 2025, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION: Board policy requires the approval of minutes.
  

5. INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS
  

5.A. Summary of Current Events
  

5.A.1. Superintendent
  

5.A.2. Governing Board Members
  

5.B. Community Comments shared with the Governing Board (what comments/concerns do Board members hear from the public in general).

Presenter: Governing Board President, Stan Goligoski
  

6. ACTION ITEMS
  

6.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.
  

6.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: Andy Binder, Assistant Superintendent/HR Director
  

6.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
   

6.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
  

6.A.4. Consider approving the Student Activities Fund Statement of Receipts and Disbursements for FY25 Ending Balance and FY26 August, as presented. 

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

6.A.5. Consider approving an amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Arizona Department of Economic Security Rehabilitation Service Administration, and Prescott Unified School District, as presented

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
This is an amendment to an agreement executed July 1, 2022, with a five-year term, ending on June 30, 2027. The original agreement is a third-party cooperative arrangement for the purpose of facilitating a seamless transition of students with disabilities from high school to the world of work in order to maximize their employability and integration into the workforce and community.

Presenter: Clark Tenney, Superintendent
  

6.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, Request for Public Participation in Governing Board Meeting to Sarah Torres, Administrative Assistant to the Governing Board prior to the study and voting session of the agenda. This document can also be found under the Governing Board tab on the PUSD website: https://www.prescottschools.com.

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 prior to the study and voting session of the agenda.
  

6.B.1. Consider approving Shae Moore and Jaxon Kleinman to serve as Student Representatives on the PUSD Governing Board for the 2025-2026 school year, as presented.
  
RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Every year, students are interviewed by the Principal of Prescott High School, along with the Superintendent and Governing Board President, to select Student Representatives to serve on the Governing Board to represent students, as well as to give a student perspective on the resolutions presented to the Governing Board. 

Presenter: Clark Tenney, Superintendent
  

6.B.2. Consider approving an international travel request from Ms. Katherine Hammer, Teacher at Prescott High School, to take PHS students to Japan over Spring Break, 2027, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Ms. Katherine Hammer is asking for board approval to take PHS students, along with Chaperons (one for every 6 students), to Japan, specifically Tokyo and the Kansai region, over PUSD's scheduled Spring Break in March 2027. The number of students participating/traveling can be anywhere from 15-70 students. 

This experience is made possible through EF Educational Tours. Ms. Hammer will work with an assigned tour consultant on all aspects of the trip. The group will have a full-time tour director during the trip. 

The cost for the trip can be found in the price details outline attached to the board packet.

Presenter: Adam Neely, PHS Principal
  

6.B.3. Consider approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the Arizona Department of Education and Prescott Unified School District for Project Momentum AZ Support, as presented.

RELEVANT INFORMATION:
The State and the LEA’s desire to improve student achievement in Math and ELA by increasing the effectiveness of teachers through targeted and collaborative action. To achieve this goal, the State will fund district coaches, school principal partners, aligned professional training, and virtual collaborative team support needed to implement the school improvement actions specified within the Project Momentum Arizona Framework. The parties recognize that the agreement will require collaboration, guidance and support from qualified service providers with specific knowledge, skills and experience aligned with the Project Momentum Arizona Framework to ensure fidelity of implementation. The intention of Project Momentum Arizona is to ensure that Arizona educators will have developed the shared understanding and full capacity to close gaps in student learning and advance academic outcomes in Math and ELA into the future.

Presenter: Kelsey Secor, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction
  

6.C. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS  
  

6.C.1. Brian Moore, Chief Financial Officer, has prepared the School Board Summary Budget Report for your review. 
  

6.C.2. ASBA and The TRUST Model Policy Program Discussion

Presenter: Andy Binder, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources.
  

6.C.3. Requests for Future Agenda Items

Presenter: Governing Board President, Stan Goligoski
  

6.C.4. Meeting Dates: 
Study Session/Book Study: October 14, 2025, at 5:00 pm in the PUSD District Office Boardroom.

Regular Study and Voting Session: October 14, 2025, at 5:15 pm in the PUSD District Office Boardroom.
  
Other Dates:
9/11 Ceremony at PHS: Thursday, September 11, 2025, 7:15 am.

Patriot Day - 9/11 Ceremony at Taylor Hicks Elementary School: Thursday, September 11, 2025, 9:00 am. 

Distinguished Alumni Ceremony — Presentation of Plaques: Friday, September 26, 2025 — Before PHS Homecoming Game @ Bill Shepard Field.
 
Fall Break: October 6 - 10, 2025.
  

7. ADJOURNMENT