Governing Board

President
Mary Belle McCorkle, Ed.D.

Clerk
James N. Christ

Members
Joel T. Ireland
Carolyn Kemmeries
Rosalie López

Superintendent
George F. García, Ed.D.

For more information on any item reported, contact the Governing Board Office, 617-7447, or the Communications Department, 617-7303.

May 11, 1999 Regular Board Meeting

ACTION ITEMS HIGHLIGHTS

• Approved revision of the FY 1998-99 TUSD budget
• Adopted hearing officers' recommendations regarding the expulsion of three students
• Approved the administrative appointments, transfers or reassignments of: Barbara Wayne, principal, Palo Verde High Magnet School; Judith Carlsten, principal, Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School; Helen Grijalva, principal, Richey Elementary School; Maria Figueroa, principal, Tolson Elementary School
• Approved contracts for members of the TEA Bargaining Unit for the 1999-2000 school year
• Approved contracts for certified and classified administrators for the 1999-2000 school year
• Approved the non-renewal of contract for classified administrator
• Approved the appointment of a hearing officer to conduct teacher dismissal hearing pursuant to A.R.S. §15-541

CONSENT AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

• Authorized the disposal of administrative records from Tolson, Van Horne and Wrightstown elementary schools
• Approved funding proposals:
  1. Arizona Department of Education: Emergency Immigrant Education Program (P.L. 103-382)
  2. U.S. Department of Education: Challenge Grant Application
  3. Arizona Department of Education: Technology Literacy Challenge Grant (continuation)
• Approved resolution to continue Dropout Prevention Program, 1999-2000 school year
• Approved the revised version of TUSD Flexible Benefits Plan
• Authorized staff to sign for federal and state surplus property
• Awarded Request for Proposals (RFP):
  1. No. 6701 - Comprehensive Insurance Program and Broker Services - Mahoney Group
  2. No, 6741 - Unemployment Insurance for TUSD - Sheakley Uniservice, Inc.
  3. No. 6747 - Treatment of Industrial Injuries and Medical Examinations - Concentra Medical Centers and Southwest Occupational Health Network
  4. No. 6752 - Financial and Compliance Audit Services - Heinfeld and Meech, P.C.
• Awarded Bids:
  1. No. 99BR - bread bid for Food Services - Holsum Bakery, Inc.
  2. No. 99PD - produce bid for Food Services - Tucson Fruit & Produce Co.
  3. No. 99SN - snack bid for Food Services - Tomdra, Inc. dba Tucson Tom's Co.
• Approved change of Regular Board Meeting for July from July 13 to July 6, 1999
• Awarded attorney's fees: James v TUSD
• Ratified salary and non-salary vouchers for the period beginning April 1, 1999 and ending April 30, 1999
• Approved Intergovernmental Agreement between TUSD and:
  1. the Pascua Yaqui Tribe
  2. Northern Arizona University for Excellence on Education, Student Enrichment Program

Superintendent's Honor Roll Nominees:

• Morgan Schafer - THMS student
• Justin Blake Horne, Sara Bustamante - Booth-Fickett students
• Jose Luis Baca - Maxwell student
• Sherif M. Latif - University student
• Gloria Kauffman, Richard Foster - Duffy Elementary School
• Brian Lambert, Derek Hersha - Jefferson Park Elementary School
• Carl and Mickie Weinert - volunteers at Robins Elementary School
• Beverly Elliott, Charles Payne, Evelyn Cassidy, Gloria Myers, Tanae Morrison, Amy McDowell, Camille Knighton - African American Studies Black History Month committee

STUDY/ACTION ITEM HIGHLIGHTS

• Approved uniform dress code for Hohokam Middle School
• Approved dress code for Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School
• Approved K-12 social studies textbook adoption

STUDY/ACTION ITEM HIGHLIGHTS

• Review of fiscal year 1999-2000 budget

INFORMATION ITEM HIGHLIGHTS

• Student Advisory Council (SAC) report from Aaron Ireland, student liaison
• School Community Partnership Council (SCPC) end of the year report
• Instruction Item - Technological Careers Programs in TUSD
• Update on School Safety issues
• Summary of Selected Financial Activity and Supplemental Information for the nine months ending March 31, 1999

Upcoming TUSD Governing Board Meeting: Regular Meeting, June 15, 1999 - 6:30 p.m., Robert D. Morrow Education Center, 1010 East 10^th Street

Tucson Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment, in its educational programs or activities. 

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