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Votes at a glance: Marana Unified board approves staffing adds, grants, policy updates and appointments
Summary
The Marana Unified School District governing board approved a slate of staffing additions, a grant MOU, a policy update and several appointments at its recent meeting, with most motions carried by unanimous voice vote.
The Marana Unified School District governing board took a series of votes on staffing, grants, policy revisions and appointments. Most motions carried by unanimous voice votes; the board recorded the following outcomes and key details.
Key approved items (motion text condensed):
- Consent agenda: Approved as presented (voice vote).
- Additional staffing (J3): Approve new positions to respond to enrollment increases. Additions include: DeGrazia Elementary (first-, second-, and third-grade teachers); Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary (kindergarten and third-grade teachers); Tangerine Farms K-8 (kindergarten, third grade, behavioral cluster teacher, 0.25 FTE PE teacher, 0.5 FTE teacher's assistant); Twin Peaks K-8 (first-grade teacher). Funding source: district M&O.
- 21st Century grant staffing: Approve a 0.6 FTE grant site coordinator at Ironwood Elementary to be paid entirely from 21st Century grant funds.
- Transportation staffing (J4): Add three special-needs bus drivers and four special-needs bus attendants to support increased special-needs ridership and two new schools. Funding source: M&O budget.
- Marina High girls flag football coach (J5): Approve an additional coach to support an expected roster of over 40 participants. The cost will be covered by tax-credit funds raised for athletics/pay-to-play; staff said increased participation should generate sufficient tax-credit contributions to cover the expense.
- Arizona Reads kindergarten home library grant MOU (J7): Approve an MOU with Arizona Humanities to accept AZ Reads grants for Ironwood and Roadrunner elementaries. The program provides kindergarten home book packs and family literacy activities; the district will partner with Scholastic for materials and will share non-identifiable kindergarten achievement data consistent with FERPA and grant requirements.
- Policy GCBD (J8): Approve revisions to policy GCBD (professional and support staff fringe benefits) to align district practice with the district insurance policy and to increase policy clarity. Legal counsel reviewed changes.
- Appointment to Marana Schools 23-40 Foundation board (J9): Appoint Thomas Bogart (district CFO) as a Class 2 director for a three-year term to the Marana Schools 23-40 Foundation; foundation bylaws require at least one Class 2 director to be a district employee.
- ASBA Delegate Assembly (J10): Appoint Catherine Micronas as district delegate and Kathy Raymond as alternate delegate for the Arizona School Boards Association Delegate Assembly on Sept. 6, 2025.
- ADE entity profile change for MCAT High School (J11): Approve updating MCAT High School's entity profile with the School Finance Unit at ADE to include the school's alternative-school mission statement; staff said the mission statement itself did not change but the entity profile needed to be updated to satisfy an audit.
Most of the above motions passed by voice vote with "Aye." Funding sources, where stated, were district M&O, the 21st Century grant for the coordinator position, and tax-credit funds for the girls flag football coach.
