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Board approves personnel schedule, compensation plan, AFR, policies and superintendent goals
Summary
The Maricopa USD governing board voted unanimously to approve the personnel schedule, the 2025–26 performance compensation plan, the fiscal year 2024–25 annual financial report and school‑level financial forms, a master fundraiser list, and several policy revisions and additions including a new assessments policy and AED requirement for athletics.
At its September 24 meeting the Maricopa Unified School District governing board approved a series of consent and action items, including personnel changes, the district’s annual financial reports, a performance compensation plan and multiple policy revisions. All recorded votes on the listed items were unanimous.
Votes at a glance (motions, mover/second and recorded vote):
- Personnel schedule (item 8.a): Motion to approve the HR schedule made during the meeting; mover/second not specified on the record. Recorded vote: Ben Owens — Aye; Carolyn Lopez — Aye; Patty Cutre — Aye; Robert Downey — Aye. Outcome: approved.
- Performance compensation plan for 2025–26 (item 8.b): The staff-recommended plan was presented after a committee review and a staff vote that the presenter said passed 96% in draft form. Motion to approve (mover/second not specified on the meeting audio). Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
- Fiscal year 2024–25 Annual Financial Report and school-level AFR forms (item 8.c): Mr. Harmon presented the AFR summary and requested board approval of the set of reports. Motion to approve (mover/second not specified on the record). Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
- Fundraising master list for 2025–26 (item 8.d): Board-approved master list covering student-activity fundraisers; boosters/PTO joint fundraisers require separate handling. Motion to approve (mover/second not specified). Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
- Revised policy 1-302 (governing board meetings and open meeting laws) (item 8.e): Revision reflects changes cited as House Bill 2231 (as presented). Motion to approve (mover/second not specified). Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
- New policy 5-216-O1 (assessments) (item 8.f): New policy implements provisions described as coming from House Bill 2540 and allows high school students to submit nationally recognized assessment scores (for example ACT composite as discussed) in place of certain state testing if submitted in the required timeframe. Motion to approve (mover/second not specified). Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
- Revised policy 4-410 (interscholastic athletes) (item 8.g): Revision requires automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at all district-sponsored athletic events, including practices. Motion to approve (mover/second not specified). Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
- Superintendent’s goals (item 8.i): Board approved the superintendent’s goals as presented; motion and second recorded in the meeting but mover/second not specified in the audio transcript. Recorded vote: Owens, Lopez, Cutre, Downey — all Aye. Outcome: approved.
What the votes mean: The board approved routine personnel actions, district compensation and budget reports, and several policy updates tied to recent state legislation and safety requirements. Where committee or staff approval was cited (for example, the compensation plan’s 96% staff approval), board action finalized the items for posting and submission to state offices where required.
Attribution and voting record: All recorded roll-call votes in the action items above showed the four voting members on the dais — Ben Owens, Carolyn Lopez, Patty Cutre and President Robert Downey — voting "Aye." Where the transcript did not capture a named mover or seconder, the article labels those fields as not specified; the recorded roll-call votes are included above as the recorded results.
