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Marana Unified board approves consent agenda, staffing, reorganization, policy updates and enters executive session
Summary
The governing board approved the consent agenda, a data-sharing statement of work with ASU Helios (VISTA), an Educational Services reorganization, new staff positions for 2025-26, revisions to multiple district policies, and voted to convene an executive session on negotiations under ARS 38-431.03.
The Marana Unified School District governing board approved a series of routine and policy items during its meeting, including a data-sharing statement of work with Arizona State UniversityHelios (VISTA), a reorganization of the Educational Services Department, new staffing for the 2025-26 school year, policy revisions, and a motion to enter executive session on negotiations.
Votes and outcomes recorded in the public meeting transcript included:
- Consent agenda: Approved by voice vote.
- J1: Approved statement of work number 1 for the VISTA longitudinal student-performance study with the Arizona Board of Regents and ASU Helios Decision Center for Educational Excellence (voice vote after clarification on de-identified data).
- J2: Approved reorganization of the Educational Services Department to convert specialist positions to coordinator roles and retitle the instructional technology coordinator position to Alternative and Innovative Learning Coordinator (voice vote).
- J3: Approved new staffing effective 2025-26: one special-education clerk split between Powell and Tangerine Farms K-8, one nurse at Tangerine Farms K-8, and one half-time Spanish teacher at Tortolita Middle School (voice vote).
- Policy revisions: Approved revisions to Policy AA (School District Legal Status), Policy ABA (Community Involvement in Education), Policy ABAA (Parental Involvement), and removal of Policy AD (Education Philosophy/School District Mission) as redundant (voice vote).
- J5: Approved a motion to convene an executive session pursuant to ARS 38-431.03 for the purpose of consulting with and instructing the board's representative regarding negotiations; the board left the public meeting to hold the executive session.
The public transcript records voice votes for most items and does not include roll-call tallies for individual trustees. Several motions were seconded and passed without recorded dissent. Where board members asked clarifying questions at the microphone, staff responded and the items proceeded to votes.
No formal budgetary figures associated with the staffing changes or the ASU Helios agreement were read into the public record during the meeting, and the transcript does not provide a detailed implementation timeline for the approved items.
