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Board ratifies hires, transfers and pays out accumulated sick leave after executive session
Summary
The Douglas Unified School District board approved certified and classified hires (including summer staff and a Spirit Line head coach), several transfers and resignations, and authorized payouts of accumulated sick leave for named employees after an executive session for personnel.
The Douglas Unified School District governing board approved a slate of personnel actions on consent and in open session after an executive session for personnel matters.
In a series of roll-call votes, the board approved emergency certified hires (two teachers for Joe Carlson and RBMS), classified hires (including one ESS instructional aide and a health aide specialist), and ratified three classified summer-school hires funded by Title I. The board also approved a transfer of an ESS teacher to Paul Puma Middle School, a classified HR transfer to replace a retiring staff member, and accepted two classified resignations submitted in May.
The board approved an athletic hire for Spirit Line head coach (candidate Erica Urquijo Reese addressed the board after the motion was approved). "I am very excited that I was chosen for the Spirit Line head coach," Erica Urquijo Reese said after the board motioned her approval.
Following a closed executive session to consider personnel matters under ARS 38-431.03(A)(1), the board returned to open session and approved the superintendent's recommendations to accept a teacher retirement (Lucy Rosario Rosario) and to authorize payout of accumulated sick leave for Anna C. Samaniego, Denise Cox and Cesar Soto pursuant to policy GCQE. Backup numbers and payout details were referenced as available from the superintendent's office.
Why it matters: these approvals finalize staffing for upcoming programs and establish payout obligations tied to personnel retirements and separations. The superintendent noted that several summer hires were presented as ratifications because the staff had already started work.
Next steps: the board set its next regular meeting for July 7 and indicated a special meeting will be scheduled as needed to address additional items when the relevant administrators return.
