Prescott Unified School District’s governing board took several formal actions at its Jan. 14 meeting. Key outcomes included adoption of an updated board operations manual, approval of intergovernmental agreements to permit consideration of special-education placements and to provide a school resource officer (SRO) at Granite Mountain, and election of board officers. The board tabled adoption of new mission and vision statements for discussion at an upcoming retreat.

Votes and formal actions recorded at the meeting (motions and outcomes as recorded in the minutes):

- Approval of the meeting agenda — motion moved and seconded; the board voted in favor and approved the agenda.

- Approval of minutes from the Dec. 3, 2024 regular study and voting session — motion moved and seconded; approved.

- Consent agenda (including the month’s donations and routine items) — motion moved and seconded; approved. The board pulled donation detail for separate recognition earlier in the meeting.

- Election of governing board president — a member nominated Stan Gologoski for a one-year renewal as president; the motion carried and Gologoski was elected by voice vote.

- Election of governing board vice president — a motion to re-elect Jane Robertson as vice president was made and seconded; the motion carried and Robertson was elected.

- Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Kirkland Elementary School District No. 23 — the board authorized an IGA that would allow Prescott Unified to consider enrolling Kirkland students in Prescott’s emotionally disabled/private placement (EDP) program when capacity, student needs, transportation and other conditions are agreed; the board approved the IGA.

- IGA with the City of Prescott for a school resource officer at Granite Mountain (Upper Elementary/Middle School references corrected by board) — the board approved the city-district agreement to station a City of Prescott officer at the campus, asking that references to Prescott High School or “GMMS” in the city’s template be corrected to the Granite Mountain Upper Elementary naming used by the district; the motion carried.

- Adoption of the Prescott Unified Governing Board Operations Manual — the board adopted a condensed operations manual intended to replace a longer prior document, with the explicit exclusion of final mission and vision wording (the board requested mission/vision be discussed at a future retreat); the motion to adopt the manual (except mission and vision) passed.

- Mission and vision statements — the board discussed proposed mission and vision language and voted to table adoption and discuss the topic at a board retreat before bringing a finalized proposal back for a vote.

Several of the items above included staff presentations and clarifying discussion. Where the meeting record included no roll-call tallies, the board recorded approvals by voice (“Aye”) and no roll-call vote list was entered in the transcript.