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Administrative appointments and transfers for: Joan Richardson, acting executive director, Human Resources; Paul Felix, acting assistant director, Human Resources; Louise Young, assistant director, Magnet Schools; Ed Arriaga, interim principal, Sahuaro High School; Kelly Langford, director, African American Studies Department; Elizabeth Thompson, principal, Townsend Middle School.

Adopted/modified Hearing Officers' recommendations regarding the expulsion of five students

Adopted resolution in support of March as Social Work Month in TUSD

Adopted resolution to continue Dropout Prevention Program in TUSD during the 1998-99 school year

Tucson Unified School District
Governing Board

Regular Meeting
March 10, 1998

Governing Board

President
Joel T. Ireland

Clerk
Gloria C. Copeland

Members

James N. Christ

Brenda B. Even, Ph.D.

Mary Belle McCorkle, Ed.D.

Superintendent
George F. García, Ed.D.

Approved the alternative program, Project T.E.E.A.C.H.

Approved funding proposals:

• Arizona Supreme Court: Students Extended Experiences for Learning, Doolen Middle School Alternative to Suspension Program (new)
• City of Tucson: Manzo Community Park, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Manzo Elementary School (new)
• Reader's Digest: American Heroes in Education Award, accept award for the GATE/PLUS Program (new)
• Tucson Community Foundation and the Tucson Junior League: Pueblo Gardens Parents of Young Children, Pueblo Gardens Elementary School, Utterback Family Resource and Wellness Center and the Tucson Community Nursery (new)
• U. S. West Foundation: Parent Resource Center, Blenman Elementary School (new)
• Arizona Commission on the Arts: Artist-in-Residence Program, 1998-99 application
• Arizona Department of Education: Emergency Immigrant Education Program (P.L. 103-382) (ongoing)

Approved TUSD's 1997/98 Student Absence Request for submission to Arizona Department of Education

Authorized expenditure of remaining Capital Reserve for reroofing Sahuaro High School classroom buildings

Approved extension of lease of improved parking lot for Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School, with authorization for the Executive Manager of Fiscal and Operational Support to negotiate and execute the agreement for three years

Approved intergovernmental agreement between TUSD and Pima County Juvenile Court, Safe Schools Programs (new)

Authorized permission to bid Cold Storage for Food Services (Food Services Capital)

Ratified salary and non-salary vouchers for the period beginning February 3, 1998 and ending March 2, 1998.

Study/Action Agenda Highlights

Authorized submission of proposal for Magnet Grant

Approved school uniforms for students at Grijalva and Keen elementary schools and Valencia Middle School

Approved Option I of proposal for Health Partners Medical Insurance for FY98-99

Information Items Highlights

IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association) Report

Bilingual Education/Hispanic Studies and Second Language Acquisition Review Committee final report

Student Advisory Council (SAC) report from Ellen Davis, student liaison to the Governing Board

Presentation by America Israel Friendship League Student Ambassadors

Summary of Selected Financial Activity and Supplemental Information for the seven months ending January 31, 1998

Upcoming TUSD Governing Board Meeting:

Special Meeting, March 24, 1998, 6:30 p.m.,

Regular Meeting, April 14, 1998, 6:30 p.m.,

at Robert D. Morrow Education Center, 1010 E. 10th St.  

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