The Douglas Unified School District governing board took a series of routine and substantive actions during its meeting. All recorded roll-call votes listed below passed by unanimous vote (Mister Smith; Miss Salchow; Mister Lindeman; Mister Ramos; Mister Breen):
Votes and key details
- Approve minutes from the March 20, 2025 work-study session. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Consent agenda (payroll and expense vouchers a-c). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Certified hires (correction noted to assignment designations). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Classified hires. Outcome: approved by roll call. Several new classified hires introduced themselves (athletics coordinator Shainitza Cruz; ESS/IA hire Aixa Owen).
- Extra-duty paid ESS tutoring for three teachers. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Classified transfers (three ESS instructional aides). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Increase in hours for food-service workers (incremental increases). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Athletic hire: approval of Martin Paco as assistant soccer coach. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Classified resignations and retirements (three future retirements reported). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Student observers (college course requirement). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Volunteer approvals for various club volunteers across sites. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Donations and gifts: multiple donations approved (DonorsChoose classroom donations, American Southwest Credit Union to DHS girls basketball and Paul Huber softball, county sheriff gift card and other donations). Outcome: approved by roll call. Superintendent delegated use determination for certain gifts to the superintendent.
- Annual Financial Report (AFR), school-level reporting form and food-service AFR for fiscal year 2024-25. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Arizona School Boards Association bylaw change voting direction (vote to give direction regarding ASBA bylaw proposals). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- MOU: WestEd integrated statistics/quantitative-reasoning course pilot (Douglas High participation). Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Amendment to regional cooperative agreement with Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- MOUs for applied behavior analysis services with Positive ABA and Total Care ABA. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- MOU: Cochise Chess after-school program at Rayburn Middle School. Outcome: approved by roll call.
- Temporary suspension of policy BGB to adopt a set of policy advisories on first reading (list of policies provided to the board). Outcome: approved by roll call.
Several items were listed as information only (classified internal transfers, etc.). An executive session was convened for personnel matters; following executive session the board accepted a teacher resignation and assessed a $1,500 liquidated-damages fee.