January 10, 2023 at 6:05 PM - Governing Board Meeting

A. Opening of Meeting

A.1. Call to Order

B. Student Report

B.1. Report from Flowing Wells High School Student Representative

B.1.a. A student representative will provide a review of events and activities at Flowing Wells High School in academics, sports, and other extracurricular programs.

C. Superintendent’s Report

C.1. Recognition of January Building Blocks for Character Students

C.1.a. Superintendent Dr. Kevin Stoltzfus will recognize the January Building Blocks for Character Student from each school.

C.2. Recognition of Richardson Elementary School Support Staff Employee of the Year

C.2.a. Superintendent Dr. Kevin Stoltzfus will recognize the Richardson Elementary School Support Staff Employee of the Year, Tiffiny Delgado.

C.3. Recognition of Richardson Elementary School Outstanding Volunteer of the Year

C.3.a. Superintendent Dr. Kevin Stoltzfus will recognize the Richardson Elementary School Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Heather Ganzhorm.

C.4. Recognition of Richardson Elementary School Teacher of the Year

C.4.a. Superintendent Dr. Kevin Stoltzfus will recognize the Richardson Elementary School Teacher of the Year, Laura Miller.

C.5. Update on District Events and Activities

C.5.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, January 10, 2023.

E.2. Approval of Minutes of Governing Board Meetings

E.2.a. The following Governing Board meeting minutes are presented for Governing Board approval: December 13, 2022 (Open Session Minutes and Executive Session Minutes).

E.3. Approval of District Expense and Payroll Vouchers

E.3.a. Sign vouchers for upcoming check batches. None for this meeting. Expense and payroll vouchers are presented for Board approval: Expense vouchers #6639-6642 and 6645 and Payroll vouchers #2412 and 2413.

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 Student Trips

E.5.a. Student trip requests are submitted for approval.

E.6. Approval of Requests for Staff Travel

E.6.a. Staff travel requests are submitted for approval.

E.7. Approval of Personnel Actions

E.7.a. Personnel Actions are submitted for approval.

E.8. Approval of Asset Retirement and Disposals Through January 5, 2023 

E.8.a. Approval is requested for the retirement and disposal of assets no longer used by the district.

F. Business and Finance

F.1. Recommend Approval of Contract with Logicalis to Purchase E-Rate Category 2 Network Electronics

F.1.a. District Administration recommends approval to award E-Rate Category 2 Bid 470 #230006181 for network electronics to Logicalis. This bid award would approve Logicalis as the vendor from whom the District would purchase network electronics equipment, specifically firewalls, switches, wireless access points, and licensing, for our current E-Rate Category 2 project. Logicalis’s bid for the network electronics project is $181,869.26. Of this cost, eighty percent would be reimbursed to the District through the E-Rate program.

F.2. Recommend Approval to Purchase Walk-In Freezer from Arizona Restaurant Supply

F.2.a. District Administration recommends approval to purchase and install a walk-in freezer at Flowing Wells High School from Arizona Restaurant Supply, Inc. The current freezer is over 25 years old and has required several recent repairs. The purchase would utilize pricing through the Mohave contract # 22G-AZRS-0715 and would be funded with Food Service Funds. The estimated total cost is $164,016.

G. New Business

G.1. Recommend Approval of Team Name and Logo for Flowing Wells Digital Campus

G.1.a. District Administration recommends approval of a team name and logo for Flowing Wells Digital Campus. If approved, the team name would be the FWDC Knights, and the logo would be a gold and blue stylized image of a knight. The logo is included for reference in the attached memo.

G.2. Discussion of Draft 2024-2025 School Year Calendar

G.2.a. District Administration will present a draft of the 2024-2025 school year calendar. No action will be taken regarding this item during the current Board Meeting to allow public review and comment prior to a request for approval in February.

G.3. Recommend Approval to Adopt McGraw Hill Exploring Civics and Economics Curriculum

G.3.a. District Administration recommends approval to adopt the McGraw Hill curriculum entitled Exploring Civics and Economics. This resource has been tabled for public review for a sixty-day period, and no comments or concerns were submitted during this time. Pending approval, the District would move forward with purchasing the resource for use in eighth grade Social Studies classes beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.

G.4. Review of Revision to Policy CBI - Evaluation of Superintendent

G.4.a. A proposed policy revision to CBI - Evaluation of Superintendent is presented for review (no action to be taken at this meeting). The revision simply entails changing the timeframe by which the evaluation must take place to "not later than January 31" (from the current December 18). This would allow the evaluation to align with the mid-year presentation of Goals. The accompanying policy draft includes strike-through text to indicate deletions and underlined text to indicate additions.

H. Executive Session

H.1. In accordance with A.R.S. §38-431.03.A.1, an Executive Session may be called for discussion or consideration of employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, demotion, dismissal, salaries, disciplining, termination or resignation of a public officer or district employees. 
     - Concerning Personnel Issue - Director of Early Childhood Candidate

I. Adjourn