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Pomerene board approves sick-leave transfer policy, adopts 2025–26 calendar
Summary
At its March 3, 2025 meeting, the Pomerene Elementary District Governing Board approved a policy update allowing voluntary transfer of sick leave, advanced policy advisories 809–818 on first reading, and adopted the 2025–26 school calendar; votes were unanimous among attending members (4–0), with one member absent.
On March 3, 2025, the Pomerene Elementary District (4188) Governing Board met at the district library and approved multiple personnel and administrative items, including an update to Policy GCCG on voluntary transfer of sick leave and adoption of the 2025–26 school calendar.
Governing Board member Lianna Contreras moved to approve the meeting agenda with the elimination of action item iv (the Superintendent evaluation); Paul Walker seconded and the motion passed 4–0, with board member Don Fenn recorded absent. The board then approved the consent agenda — covering the Feb. 10, 2025 meeting minutes, ratification of payroll and expense vouchers (Memo #2), and personnel action items — on a 4–0 vote after a motion by Contreras and a second from Janelle Blaschke.
On action items, the board adopted a Policy GCCG update concerning voluntary transfer of sick leave after a motion from Contreras and a second from Walker; that motion passed 4–0 with Don Fenn absent. The board also advanced Policy Advisories 809–818 on first reading after a motion by Contreras and a second from Blaschke; that motion likewise passed 4–0. Governing Board member Danna Judd moved to approve the 2025–2026 school calendar; Contreras seconded and the calendar was adopted 4–0. The transcript does not record additional detail about the content of the advisories or calendar beyond their adoption and first-reading status.
The agenda-listed Superintendent evaluation (action item iv) had been removed when the board approved the meeting agenda; no evaluation was considered or recorded at this session. The agenda also included a Superintendent’s Report and an informational update that the Student Council activities account had a current balance of $2,697.52.
The board set its next regular meeting for April 14, 2025, at 6:15 p.m. in the Pomerene School Library and adjourned at 6:29 p.m. The meeting notice and executive-session language referenced Arizona statutes (A.R.S. 38-431.02 and A.R.S. 38-431.03.A.1) governing public meeting notice and the district’s ability to meet in executive session for personnel matters; the transcript records that no executive-session action was taken at this meeting.
Superintendent Mike Sherman is listed in the meeting materials as the district ADA contact (phone: 520-586-2407; address: 1396 Old Pomerene Rd., Pomerene).
