Votes at a glance: Prescott Unified board approves IGAs, operations manual; tables mission and vision

The Prescott Unified School District governing board took a series of formal actions at its Jan. 14 regular meeting, approving intergovernmental agreements, re‑electing officers and adopting a condensed board operations manual while deferring action on proposed mission and vision statements.

Key outcomes

• Governing board leadership: The board re‑elected Stan Guglakovsky to a second year as governing board president and re‑elected Jane Robertson as vice president by voice vote during the meeting. No rolls were recorded on the public transcript other than unanimous “ayes.”

• Intergovernmental agreement with Kirkland Elementary School District No. 23: The board approved an agreement to allow Kirkland to place students in Prescott Unified’s emotionally disabled (EDP) private‑placement program in cases where Prescott Unified has capacity and the placement fits the student’s needs. The agreement includes provisions that transportation must be arranged to a mutually agreed pick‑up location and that additional one‑to‑one services would carry extra cost. The board approved the IGA by motion and voice vote.

• Intergovernmental agreement with the City of Prescott for a school resource officer: The board approved an IGA through which the City will provide a police officer Monday–Friday during the school year to serve Granite Mountain Upper Elementary (document template used PHS in one clause; the board requested that the final IGA be updated to show Granite Mountain Upper Elementary and related internal name corrections). The district also secured state grant funding to support a social worker at Mile High and used the grant to expand safety resources; the board approved the IGA with the requested edits.

• Board operations manual: The board adopted a condensed, 15‑page governing board operations manual (with links to existing policies and statutes) intended to be a practical guide for new and returning members. The board adopted the manual but explicitly reserved the mission and vision statements for separate consideration.

• Mission and vision statements: Board discussion produced a motion to table adoption of proposed mission and vision statements and to discuss them in detail at an upcoming board retreat; the motion passed.

• Consent agenda and other routine items: The consent agenda, which included donations, minutes and other routine matters, passed by voice vote.

Board members and staff said the votes were taken by voice; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the public transcript.

Why this matters: The IGAs expand Prescott Unified’s ability to serve neighboring districts and provide additional school safety resources; adoption of the operations manual is intended to clarify board procedures and expectations. Tabling mission and vision statements ensures broader board discussion before formal adoption.