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- Approve agenda as submitted: motion made and seconded; roll-call vote recorded as Aye from Mr. Bustamante, Ms. Hernandez, Mr. Jaramillo, Mr. Rodriguez and Mrs. Quintero. Outcome: approved.

- Approve consent agenda as submitted: motion made and seconded; roll-call vote recorded as Aye from Mister Bustamante, Miss Hernandez, Mister Jaramillo, Mister Rodriguez and Missus Quintero. Outcome: approved.

- Enter executive session: motion to enter executive session pursuant to \"ARS 30 eight-431.03A discussion or consideration of employment, assignment, appointment, disciplining or resignation of an appointee or an employee of the district\" (text as read in the meeting); motion seconded; roll-call votes recorded as Aye from the five board members present. Outcome: approved; the board recessed to executive session.

- Adjourn meeting: motion made and seconded; roll-call recorded Aye from each board member and the meeting was adjourned. Outcome: approved.

All roll-call tallies in the meeting packet were unanimous among the five board members present for each procedural vote; no recorded No/Abstain/Recused votes were shown in the transcript for these motions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Governing Board Meeting - March 25, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Procedural motions at the April meeting were approved by roll call: the agenda and consent agenda passed unanimously, the board voted to enter executive session under the statute cited in the motion, and the meeting was adjourned by roll call.","taxTitle","Sunnyside Unified District (4407), School Districts, Arizona","taxId",13629,"location","Arizona","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6592774,"Sunnyside board hears update on spring assessments and new third-grade oral-reading requirement",75,1787000,1862000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2769701-19975dd169546c4e14492106ee208416&start=1787&end=1862","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2769701-19975dd169546c4e14492106ee208416/thumbnail_1787000.jpg","/articles/6592774/Arizona/Sunnyside-board-hears-update-on-spring-assessments-and-new-third-grade-oral-reading-requirement","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6592774-6f87b3b3d996e51e546990a62f451679/orig.mp4?Expires=1775494304&Signature=RZAceQwtJHHCDmQJpNH~RdCQCqgsIaW08uIS7uZkLeXUCt7psRHfwGrD2WHD9DsOXc8IlZZH6Ct8sEq8WY8Ou~isV~KeqH54zzjj3GfD3xiYjVkJ7xhoRYzMpd7Q6XlJ4ZvLsJi1E-gtww0GEQFJZe6zx3VMDp2hIvEfrigmXuVMeP~arwU4E60wedf5geKnAOZnzyvVSSALrZ~G3vhU29Erjz-ohIm6tBgfVIOU15UEJNPrggbvkKoiu7WqWqYt8QvEc4i1o5KJNoeJyvMd0sz2lrFZv9zZhVaYXslfQiGWOL6z5OFTaoCWRWzq1EDLB2IQsJbzlfJ5gMmxoaMVtw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District staff updated the Sunnyside Unified School District governing board on spring state assessments and a newly counted oral reading fluency measure tied to the Move On When Reading requirement for third graders.

Pam Benton and curriculum staff said the district has started statewide testing, including AZELLA language-proficiency tests and statewide achievement tests across grade levels. Benton told the board the state introduced an oral reading fluency component that will be administered this year in small groups (about six students at a time) and recorded on district devices; this is the first year the oral reading fluency score will count toward Move On When Reading determinations.

Miss Castro explained the small-group test: students start the testing program on a computer, record themselves reading an assigned passage, and stop the recording; practice tests have been used to familiarize students and teachers with the process. The district will use the results along with other assessment data to determine which third graders meet the threshold to advance; students who do not meet the threshold are subject to retention and are typically offered intensive summer programming.

Benton said the Department of Education provides embargoed files of state achievement-test results; letter grades for schools are not released until the fall (October–November) when final calculations are posted. The board heard that the district will report later on the number of third graders who require summer school and how many attend.

Board member Rodriguez asked whether the oral-reading recordings are retained; staff explained the tests are done individually on devices and teachers and students have practiced the recording process. No vote was taken; the item was informational.

\"This year there's a new test that's being given that's a part of the Move On When Reading scores, and that's an oral reading fluency test,\" Benton said during the presentation.","District leaders briefed the board on spring state assessments, a new small-group oral reading fluency measure added to Move On When Reading, testing logistics and timelines for results; summer-school retention rules for third grade were discussed.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6592780,"Sunnyside board hears bond scenarios, timeline for possible November 2025 election",2234,2110000,4344000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2769701-19975dd169546c4e14492106ee208416&start=2110&end=4344","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2769701-19975dd169546c4e14492106ee208416/thumbnail_2110000.jpg","/articles/6592780/Arizona/Sunnyside-board-hears-bond-scenarios-timeline-for-possible-November-2025-election","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6592780-229350699785ea593548effdb239c53f/orig.mp4?Expires=1775494304&Signature=GVuAWaB14wZqZQU55vxWN03cz0FGrPQbn3aVb~xQiA0t75BHzUgdzDPVaBvqUsf00dchjqNEoi-UIUWgQTfxyepPdNe25YfH~rKWS9XU70CTIIMLWaRrLkrtIVS8xxetMEEHjs91l1HUKQvVMJ~Rr8XbwIJV~hFyUCxMIPrqFs3RLydeydbURB6wGzDqVCJF64MlSqx1QUx~CxnReGYvbzvbw60fTBHcL3p0JZourZKVMMLps3AiMfQ-ZJYnQw9oaNX6pL4ua8PAll2zDWEatlx4VRFdC5KagkV~GTWulYO9aOdAqazQoRR~oybWLRDkQKr-fpMUI3sSh4n-6suH6g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Sunnyside Unified School District governing board heard a presentation on the district's capital needs assessment and three bond funding scenarios during its April meeting, and discussed next steps toward a possible bond election in November 2025.

The district's capital needs assessment, produced by H2 Group, is nearly complete and will inform a five-year capital improvement plan to prioritize repairs, renovations and potential new construction, district staff said. Financial advisor Randi Stein of Stifel Public Finance presented three example programs: $95 million, $105 million and $130 million, each structured as four bond sales over several years.

The presentation showed the district currently receives $7,000,000 per year from a recently passed district additional assistance capital override but may need extra funding from a bond if the assessment's prioritized needs exceed override funds. Stein said bonding capacity is governed by state rules tied to the district's full cash assessed value; at the time of the presentation the district's unused bonding capacity was roughly $124 million, projected to rise to about $127 million on July 1 and to about $142 million after county valuation adoption in September.

Stein described estimated tax-rate impacts for each sample program and said the voter pamphlet must follow statutory constraints on assumed property-value growth. For the $95 million example she gave an average bond-program tax-rate impact of $0.73 per $100 of assessed value, which she translated into an estimated average residential cost of $83.39 per year (about $6.95 per month) using the district's typical assessed residential value used in the example.

Stein reviewed the election logistics and calendar provided by Pima County: the county requests notice of interest by May 8 to assist planning; a formal board resolution calling the election and supplying required project categories and the maximum bond authorization must be delivered to the county by July 7 (earlier is preferred); the statutory deadline for mailing the voter pamphlet is September 30; and mail ballots are typically sent by October 8. She emphasized that a successful November election only authorizes the district to borrow up to the approved amount; the board must later take separate actions to actually sell bonds and may choose to issue in multiple series rather than all at once.

Board members and staff asked practical questions about election costs, the mechanics of selling bonds, and how to present project categories to voters. Board member Gaston and others raised Sunnyside High School as an example of a campus the board might prioritize, and asked staff to seek community input on priorities. Superintendent Gastelum said he would obtain county estimates for holding the election (including whether it would be a county-run mail ballot/VEIL election) so the board could assess the logistics and cost.

No binding action was taken; the presentation was labeled information only. Board members discussed the need for clear project categories to present to voters and the importance of community engagement before the board would commit to calling an election.

\"The county would like to know, by May 8 if you're thinking about calling an election,\" Stein said during her remarks on election timing. \"By July 7, the governing board will have to have acted to call the election and have provided a signed copy of that document to the county.\"","District staff and financial advisors presented a capital needs assessment and three bond funding scenarios ranging from $95 million to $130 million, and outlined tax-rate impacts, statutory deadlines and next steps; the board took no vote but asked staff to get election cost estimates.","actionData","errors"]

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