Board approves consent items, most donations and several personnel and evaluation actions

At its Nov. meeting, the Yuma Union High School District governing board approved multiple formal actions: routine consent items, acceptance of itemized donations (with one service excluded pending legal review), a new communications and marketing manager job description, and the superintendent—s evaluation and performance-based pay.

Consent agenda: Board members moved and seconded approval of routine consent items; the chair called for the vote and members voiced "aye," with the motion carrying unanimously.

Donations: Staff read a multi-page donations list with itemized gifts to district schools totaling $73,018.39 for the month and a year-to-date total of $381,703.43. Gifts ranged from classroom supplies and booster-club support to services and equipment; examples included a $36,000 professional master-class donation for Cibola High School—s aesthetics program, multiple $1,500 athletic donations from the Thunderbirds Foundation and others, and donated transportation services from Grand Canyon University for CoFA High School students (value not listed). The board moved to approve the listed donations but explicitly excluded the Grand Canyon University transportation service pending legal clarification; the motion to approve the donations (without the Grand Canyon item) was moved by Christie and seconded by David and carried unanimously.

Personnel and executive session: The board approved a new communications and marketing manager job description effective Nov. 13, 2025; the job posting is intended to open in-house first. The board then voted to enter executive session as listed on the agenda. After returning to regular session, the board moved and unanimously approved the superintendent—s November evaluation and the associated performance-based pay provided by the superintendent—s contract.

Votes at a glance: All recorded board votes in the public record at this meeting were voice votes and carried unanimously. The transcript records the following motion makers and seconders by name: consent items motion (Carlos; second by Christie), donations approval motion (Christie; second by David), communications job description motion (mover not named in call for motion; recorded motion text shows Shelley moved and Carlos seconded), executive session (Carlos moved; Shelley seconded), superintendent evaluation (moved by Christie; seconded by Shelley). The transcript lists board members President Kravitz, Carlos, Christie, Shelley and David participating during motions and votes. The transcript did not provide a numeric roll-call count; this article lists these names as recorded in the meeting minutes.