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Board approves ASBA bylaw changes, fiscal report and multiple personnel contract actions
Summary
The Kingman Unified School District board approved proposed ASBA bylaw changes, a fiscal-year 2025 annual financial report, several personnel contract releases and other routine items during the Oct. 14 meeting. Several resignations or contract releases were approved, some with fees and reporting to the state.
At its Oct. 14 meeting, the Kingman Unified School District board approved a set of routine items and several personnel contract requests.
Key approvals
- ASBA proposed bylaw changes and designation of Valerie Coutinho to submit the district’s vote to the Arizona School Boards Association. Board discussion described the edits as mainly language and clarity changes; the motion passed by voice vote.
- Policy advisory items and bylaw/policy cleanups: The board accepted the first and second readings of a series of policy changes; the second reading of advisory items 915–916 carried by voice vote.
- Fiscal-year 2025 annual financial report (AFR): The board approved the AFR and the school-level AFR. During the presentation staff reported a combined M&O and capital budget capacity of $60,260,544 and reported final expenditures of $62,000,736,400 in the AFR and a deficit of $2,475,856; the district said the shortfall will be covered from carryover and that beginning FY26 carryover between funds is approximately $10,253,000. The record shows the board approved the AFR by voice vote.
- Memorandum of Agreement with Wakeog/"Wake Hog" Head Start: The board approved a memorandum of agreement to continue cooperative preschool special-education services with the Head Start provider through 06/30/2027.
- Annual donations list: Approved by voice vote.
- Audit services notice (information only): The district informed the board that its prior audit firm CWDL has reorganized under a new trade name (advizant/Advicent/Advisa Assurance LLP in the packet); staff said the contract award remains unchanged and a new purchase order will be issued under the new name. This item was informational; no approval was required.
Personnel and contract releases
- Sarah Herrero: Board supported a request to be released from her employment contract effective 12/31/2025 and to re-employ her in the same position beginning 01/05/2026 as a leased employee through ESI; the board voted to support the request.
- Kimberly Marroquin: The board voted to accept Marroquin’s request to be released from her 2025–26 contract effective 09/16/2025 and to impose a fee for liquidation damages and to report a breach of contract to the state. The record indicates an abstention by one board member during the vote.
- Vicky Free: The board approved Free’s request to be released from her 2025–26 contract, with imposition of a fee for liquidation damages and reporting for breach of contract.
- Paul (Blake) Paul: The board approved Paul’s release from his 2025 contract without imposition of a fee and without reporting to the board for breach.
- Shannon Stowe: The board accepted Stowe’s resignation with imposition of a fee for liquidation damages and reporting to the board.
- Michelle White: The board accepted White’s resignation without imposition of a fee and without reporting.
Votes were conducted by voice; the transcript records the board saying “All in favor? Aye.” In most cases, the transcript does not record a roll-call tally of individual yes/no votes. For the Marroquin motion the record states, “All in favor? Aye. And I abstain from this particular vote.”
Other actions
- The board approved district representatives who will participate in special-education Individualized Education Program meetings for the 2025–26 school year.
- The board approved the transfer/approval of other routine business items listed on the consent agenda.
No additional detail on vote tallies or the rationale for specific fee amounts appears in the public transcript; the record shows actions were approved as presented or recommended by staff.
