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Casa Grande board celebrates students and staff, praises attendance gains and new finance hires
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Summary
Board meeting featured extended recognitions of students and staff across district schools, Superintendent Dr. Lecky highlighted progress on attendance (saying chronic absenteeism was nearly halved) and introduced a newly promoted business manager.
At its regular meeting, the Casa Grande Elementary District board recognized multiple students, staff and volunteers from Desert Willow, Cholla, and other schools and heard a superintendent report outlining instructional priorities and attendance gains.
Superintendent Dr. Lecky said the district has focused on raising expectations and aligning instructional systems; he told the board the district has "cut our chronic absenteeism rate nearly in half" over the past three years and described an ongoing "14 for 14" attendance incentive and raffle program to encourage students to attend the remaining days of the semester.
The board recognized several schools and staff members: Desert Willow Principal Melissa Davey introduced student-of-the-month awardees (Aaliyah Garcia, Nicholas Portillo, Peyton Dobkan, Miranda Cardenas and Kasong Carwish) and spotlighted staff and volunteers including Juanita Key, Crystal Smith, and Rose Robertson. Cholla and other schools presented student recognitions and described family engagement events and attendance incentives (golden bolt award, quarterly incentives).
District leadership also announced finance staffing updates. The district said it filled its CFO position in July and promoted an internal candidate, Christy Manford, to business manager; Manford briefly addressed the board and thanked district leaders for the opportunity.
The recognitions concluded and the meeting moved on to routine business including the consent agenda and the budget public hearing later in the session. The board adjourned after routine closing remarks.
