During the September 1 Douglas Unified School District Governing Board meeting, two items attracted much of the public’s attention, but were either handled quickly or in executive session.
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The second was the evaluation of Superintendent Earl Pettit in executive session. This was a continuation of a previous meeting. The executive session lasted about one hour, and no action was taken.
Most of the other action involved the hiring of teachers, substitute teachers and others.
In other action, the board:
√ Approved the hiring of Tabatha Crigger, elementary school teacher, base salary of $28,400; Albert Lomeli, CTE Auto Technology , $30,400; Kelly Ann Showalter, elementary school teacher, $28,400; James Riske, science teacher, $33,500; and Elizabeth Smith, special education pre-school teacher, $29,600.
• Approved the hiring of Eric Mapp, assistant middle school boys basketball; and Tredale Kennedy, Wellness Center Supervisor.
• Approved extending Henry Beumler’s contract an addition five days in the amount of $1,010.
• Approved substitute teacher hires at $100 daily - Louie Tartaglia, Norma Loreto, Eric Valenzuela, Andrea Daniels, Bethany Ramirez, Doug Spooner, David Saspe, Angle Ortega, Elizabeth Fraijo, Ray Novoa, Leslie
Moreno, Javier Fimbres, Lizzette Valenzuela, Jacqueline Durazo, Carlos Perez, Florencio Arciniega, Yasmin Martinez, David Melendez, Tredale Kennedy and Jose F. Zepeda.
• Approved sponsors for the 2009-10 school year - Lorena Tapia, David Campas, Teresa Gallardo, Gail Ames, Norma Ramos, Richard Acosta, Albert Young, Gilbert Rojas and Lourdes Mora, Douglas High School class sponsors; Ron Ellsworth, Andrea Arnejo, Bianca Hernandez, Jill Forsythe, Ruth DeBoer,Albert Young and David Campas, department chairs; Susan Molina, student council; Emilio Gonzales, band; Bianca Hernandez, National Honor Society; Chaelyn Fredrickson, Academic Decathalon; and Richard Paun, Fine Arts Department Chair.
And, Mitch Lindemann, Band director and flag and twirler sponsor; Richard Ross, Student Council; Vicki Payne, National Honor Society, Virgina Melendez, Pat Kehl, Michelle Hurtado, and Monica Lumier, Yearbook; Rosemary Owen, National Honor Society; Edmund Garcia, Erica Vasquez, Dora Mendoza, Eduardo Molina and Eve Brown, Student Council; Mark Silverstein, Stardust Journalism; Lourdes Mora, Testing Coordinator/Facilitator; Luis Luna and Albert Young, CTE Internship Supervisor; and Teresa Gallardo, D-PASS Math Teacher.
• Approved extra Teacher on Special Assignment compensation for OSI employees in lieu of 301 pay.
• Approved volunteers Veronica Salcido, Clawson; Susan Kramer, Huber Middle School; Martina Ayala and Darrrel Kennedy, Douglas High School; Sharon Lively, Sarah Marley; Angelina Cornidez, Faras; and Steve and Dyana Ortiz, Carlson.
• Approved hiring Kimberly Valencia and Mysti Anaya, instructional aides for Stevenson, $9.31 and $8.87 respectively; Jaqueline Durazo, instructional aide for Carlson, $9.12 per hour; Giselly Arvayo, special ed instructional aide at DHS, $8.87 pert hour; Allison Vaughn, Sergio Aguayo, Ramon Cordova, Mara Zavala, and Ondrea Estrada, CTE student interns, $7.25 per hour; Kristian Gamaz, Food Service student intern, $7.25 per hour.
• Approved classified staff resignations of Tamara Martinez and Artemisa Ruiz.
• Approved fundraising activities for Huber Middle School and Faras, Sarah Marley, Clawson and Carlson elementary schools.
• Accepted the donation of 100 backpacks for Sarah Marley students from Buckner International.
• Approved Sarah Marley school continued participation with Cochise College’s “Cookies” service learning project.
• Conducted first reading of policy revisions for Graduation Requirements and Class Rankings/Grade Point Averages.
Approved adoption of Benchmark Education PK-12 supplementary reading materials designed for Differentiated Instruction, Reader’s Theater, Content Literacy, RTI Solutions, ESL/ELD and Staff Development.
• Approved Declaration of Curricular and Instructional Alignment to the Arizona Standards.
• Approved an interngovernmental agreement for the EXCEL Leadership development program with Arizona State University.
• Discussion and completion of Board Self-Evaluation.
The next regular board meeting is October 6.
Comments
Cup-o-Joe wrote on Sep 16, 2009 6:41 PM:
dumbfounded wrote on Sep 15, 2009 9:10 PM:
If Mr Ortiz and Mr Pettite get reassigned to home over the ELL incident, why has nothing happened Ms. Toland who is the administrator over ELL?
Why is the board so eager to waste so much money in an effort to get rid of the man they hired as superintendant, especially when district employees did not get a raise?
Who is holding the board accountable and why are the families of Douglas not signing petitions to remove board members?
When the board removes Mr. Pettite and begin their search for a new "puppet" will they be willing to sign an agreement stating that they will step down if the next superintendant doesnt work out?
There are more questions but the bottom line is I haven't seen much done by the board that shows they have any regard for what is best for the people of the district they claim to serve. I do see a group of people working feverishly to win their own personal battles even if it means the children of Douglas lose the war! "
Its just SAD wrote on Sep 12, 2009 9:32 AM:
WOW wrote on Sep 9, 2009 10:25 PM:
These kids are supposed to look up to you as elected leaders??
HE WAS NOT HIRED BACK AND CRIED.... WHAT DOES THIS TEACH OUR KIDS???
YOU ALL SHOULD BE FIRED! THANKS FOR HAVING YOUR OWN AGENDA AND FOLLOING THE THE REST OF THEM AND NOt DOING YOUR JOB!!!! "