September 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Governing Board Meeting

A. Opening of Meeting

A.1. Call to Order

A.2. Pledge of Allegiance

B. Student Report

B.1. Report from Flowing Wells Junior High School Student Representatives

B.1.a. Student representatives will provide a review of events and activities at Flowing Wells Junior High School in academics, sports, and other extracurricular programs.

B.2. Report from Sentinel Peak High School and Flowing Wells Digital Campus Student Representatives

B.2.a. Student representatives will provide a review of events and activities at Sentinel Peak High School and Flowing Wells Digital Campus in academics, sports, and other extracurricular programs.

C. Superintendent’s Report

C.1. Update on District Events and Activities

C.1.a. Superintendent Dr. Kevin Stoltzfus will provide an update on Flowing Wells School District Events and Activities.
BREAK- The brief break provides an opportunity for families and friends to leave the meeting.

D. Public Comments
Flowing Wells School District welcomes public comment. As outlined in A.R.S. §38-431.02, no action will be taken on issues raised in Public Comments unless items are found on agenda below. Other than this, the response to public comments will be limited to directing staff to study the matter or scheduling the matter as a future agenda item.

E. Consent Agenda
These items of Board business that are addressed routinely at every meeting are presented as a Consent Agenda. The Board may elect to take action on all items collectively in one motion or may individually consider any item(s) as separate agenda subjects for action.

E.1. Approval of Agenda for this Meeting

E.1.a. Request approval for the adoption of the agenda for this meeting, September 24, 2024.

E.2. Approval of Minutes of Governing Board Meetings

E.2.a. The following Governing Board meeting minutes are presented for Governing Board approval: September 10, 2024 (Open Session Minutes and Executive Session Minutes).

E.3. Approval of District Expense and Payroll Vouchers

E.3.a. Sign Payroll vouchers #2611 and 2616 for upcoming check batches (to be reviewed at the next Board Meeting). Expense and payroll vouchers are presented for Board approval: Expense vouchers #7010-25 - 7013-25 and Payroll vouchers #2605 and 2606.

E.4. Approval of Requests for Use of District Facilities

E.4.a. District facilities use requests are submitted for approval.

E.5. Approval of Requests for Open Enrollment Students

E.5.a. Requests for open enrollment students are submitted for approval.

E.6. Approval of Requests for Student Trips

E.6.a. Student trip requests are submitted for approval.

E.7. Approval of Requests for Staff Travel

E.7.a. Staff travel requests are submitted for approval.

E.8. Approval of Personnel Actions

E.8.a. Personnel Actions are submitted for approval.

F. New Business

F.1. Recommend Approval to Table Health Textbook for Grades 9-12

F.1.a. District administration recommends approval to table the Glencoe Health 2022 textbook for a sixty-day period to allow for two public hearings and public display of the curriculum. The Board-approved curriculum evaluation committee identified this resource as its top choice to address the Arizona state standards for health, including family life curriculum, for students in grades 9-12.

F.2. Information and Discussion regarding Proposed Revision to Policy IKA Grading / Assessment Systems

F.2.a. District administration presents for review proposed revisions to the Policy IKA Grading / Assessment Systems, with no action to be taken at this meeting. The revisions clarify that written reports of student grades will be provided to parents at least every quarter (revised from every nine weeks), and that grades for students with disabilities who are not in general education classes shall be based on their progress relative to their IEP goals. The accompanying policy draft includes red strike-through text to indicate deletions and blue text to indicate additions.

G. Business and Finance

G.1. Recommend Approval to Contract with Instrumental Music Center to Purchase and Repair Musical Instruments for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

G.1.a. District administration recommends approval to contract with Instrumental Music Center to purchase musical instruments for student use. Instrumental Music Center will also be used to repair district-owned instruments and purchase related supplies. The purchase would utilize pricing through the Tucson Unified School District SAVE contract IFB 21-71-C25. The cost of the instruments, repairs and supplies is estimated to not exceed $150,000. The funding sources for the expenditures are Maintenance & Operations, Unrestricted Capital and Auxiliary funds.

G.2. Recommend Approval of Student Club Fundraising Activities for FY2024-2025

G.2.a. District administration recommends approval for student clubs to participate in fundraising activities for the 2024 - 2025 school year. All individual fundraising requests are required to be approved by the Superintendent. Following is an example list of the types of student fundraisers: food, candy and catalog sales; car washes; restaurant percentage nights; snack bars; social media donation requests; messages such as candy-grams and Valentine's Day notes.

G.3. Review of Maintenance and Operations Budget Override

G.3.a. Presented for review is information related to the Maintenance and Operations Budget Override.

H. Unfinished Business

H.1. Recommend Approval of Policy Revisions

H.1.a. District administration recommends approval of revisions to the policies listed below. Summaries are presented in the attached memo, and the full revisions are attached with red strike-through text indicating deletions and blue text indicating additions. These revisions were presented as information items for discussion during the Governing Board Meeting on September 10, 2024. No concerns have been raised regarding the draft policies.

• Policy GDF Support Staff Hiring
• Policy JFABC Admission of Transfer Students
• Policy JFABDA Admission of Students in Foster Care
• Policy JIH Student Interrogations, Searches, and Arrests
• Policy JII Student Concerns, Complaints, and Grievances
• Policy JJE Student Fund-Raising Activities
• Policy KEC Public Concerns/Complaints about Instructional Resources

I. Adjourn