The Douglas Unified School District met last Tuesday in a meeting that will determine the ability ofthe district to meet its budget demands next year.
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Moving to the self-contained model provides $630,000 in savings for the district .
Currently, the district has 1,000 sixth through eighth grade students . Studies indicate that these schools work because “elementary settings benefit students from low social backgrounds as does having instruction provided by a limited number of teachers.”
The plan also keeps Rauy Borane Middle School open.
The plan also calls for charging $12 a day for ELC students and charging for extracurricular activities including sports. No family would be charged more than $250 during any school year and that money could be used as a tax credit.
For more information on the plan, see the Douglas Dispatch website at www.douglasdispatch.com
In other action, the board:
• Approved a donation in the amount of $400 to Douglas High School from the AZ Community Foundation.
• Approved fundraising activities for spring semester for the District-Qwest One Percent Back To Schools program; and Douglas High School - girls tennis team.
• Approved the hiring of Special Ed teacher, Jane Cinnamon, $37,300; School psychologist, Amy Paulmeyer, $55,422; Summer School social studies /drivers ed teacher, Ron Ellsworth, $150 a day; David Campas, Jaime Tadeo, Ken Cornier and Ray Shelton.
• Approved volunteeers Gary Ackley and John Vaughn for the DHS Ag program
• Approved for the Summer D-PASS program $3,600 each for John Mariscal, Teresa Gallardo, Abigail Griffin, Juanita Almader, and Michael Molina,; $1,800 for Barbara Downey for half time and $600 for AIMS Intervention to Chaelyn Fredrickson.
• Approved hiring of band director Emilio Gonzales for 2009-10.
• Approved Arizona State Unjiversity interns Priscilla Cordova, Maira Gonzalez, Patricia Valdez, Melane Molina, Daniel Noriega, David Hurtado, Leyla Secheslingliff, Hannah Hurtado, Luz Badgero, Sasha Taylor, Amanda McFarland, Gricelda Hernandez, Alvina Hughes, and Naideny Urquijo.
• Approved new job descriptions for behavior Interventionalist and Instructional Coach, School Improvement and Instruction Speicalist.
• Renewed contract of IT Javier Baca and Child Nutrition Diorectoor Beverly Jackson.
• Approved revision to job descriptions for GFA/Procurement Clerk, preventative Maintence technician and Title data specialist.
• Accepted the resignation of Susie Rodriguez, instructional aide at the Early Learning Center.
• Approved budget revisioon for 2008-09.
• Approved school caqpacities for Open Enrollment.
• Approved revisions to policies on “Administrative Salary Schedule,” “Professional Staff Salary Schedule”, “ Counselor Salary Schedule,” “Nurse’s Salary Schedule,” “Support Staff Salary Schedule.”
• Approved naming Mario Ramos as an alternate delegate to respresent DUSD with the AZ School Board Association.
• Approved renewal of intergovernmental agreement with Cochsie College for the Tech Prep programs.
• Approved amendments for the Youth Transition Program contract wit the Arizona Department of Economic Security-Rehabilitation Servic es Administration.
• Approved the 2009-10 revised Gift Scope & Sequence for submission to the Arizona Deparmtent of Education, Gifted Education Division.
• Support the Arizona State University EXCEL Asopiraing Principals program and two DUSD candidates, Melissa Rodriguez asnd Sandy Uterhardt.
• Approved revisions to the district calendar.
• Adopted previously agreed upon Schooll Attendance Areas. They have been in effect for the last nine years.
• Approved renewal for medical , dental and vision insurnace contracts.
• Approved out-of-state travel for Biomedical Project Lead the Way Teachers for Donna Savill and Andrea Arnejo to attend training in Baltimore in July; Earl Pettit to attend Eduication Week Leadership forum “Powering through the Recession” in Newport Beach, California; DHS teacher Diego Gonzales to attend Pre-Advance Placement conference in Las Cruces; and DHS Advanced Placement teachers Jill Forsythe, Bianca Hernandez, Sophie Renoult and John Mariscal; Counselor Gail Ames and coordinator Bonnie Lopez to attend the Advanced Placement Conference in San Antonio.
•Approved employment contract for Denise Evans, Business Manager.
• Approved first reading sof revisions to policies on “Professional Staff Vacations and Holidays,” and “Support Staff Vacations and Holidays.”
The next regualar board meeting is June 2.
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