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Pomerene School Board approves FY2025 audit, superintendent pay and returning teacher contracts
Summary
The Pomerene School District Governing Board on April 13 approved the district’s FY2025 audit, performance pay for the superintendent, a FY2027 continuing resolution, an updated FY2026 certified salary schedule and several returning teacher contracts; Paul Walker was absent.
The Pomerene School District Governing Board on April 13, 2026, at the district library approved the district’s FY2025 audit, awarded performance pay for the superintendent for FY2026, adopted a FY2027 continuing resolution and approved updates to the FY2026 certified salary schedule and multiple returning teacher contracts.
The actions took place during a regularly scheduled meeting that convened at 6:25 p.m. Board members Janelle Blaschke, Don Fenn and Danna Judd participated in votes; Paul Walker was recorded absent. Lianna Contreras is noted in the minutes as present only for action item 5, the returning teacher contracts.
The board accepted the FY2025 audit after a motion by board member Danna Judd, seconded by board member Janelle Blaschke. The minutes record the motion as approved (vote recorded as 3-0).
Board members approved performance pay for the superintendent for FY2026 after a motion by Janelle Blaschke, seconded by Don Fenn; the minutes record that motion as approved (vote recorded as 3-0).
The board also unanimously adopted a FY2027 continuing resolution to keep district operations funded into the new fiscal year pending final budget approvals, following a motion by Danna Judd and a second from Don Fenn (vote recorded as 3-0). The board approved an updated FY2026 certified salary schedule on a motion by Janelle Blaschke, seconded by Don Fenn (vote recorded as 3-0).
On personnel, the board approved returning teacher contracts. A motion by Danna Judd to approve returning teachers Dennis Unger, Debbie Barney and Shelby Brittain was seconded by Don Fenn and recorded as approved (vote recorded as 3-0). Separately, board member Janelle Blaschke moved to approve contracts for Stacy Moore and Jershon Rodriguez; that motion was seconded by Lianna Contreras and recorded as approved (vote recorded as 3-0). The minutes explicitly note that Contreras was present for that item.
The minutes list a consent agenda that included approval of the March 2, 2026 meeting minutes, ratification of payroll and expense vouchers (Memo #2), personnel items and the 2026-2027 board meeting dates; the consent agenda is recorded as approved in the minutes (vote reported as 4-0). The minutes do not provide roll-call detail tying every yes vote to individual board members for that consent vote beyond the summary tally.
Under information items the Student Council balance was reported at $3,266.83. The superintendent’s report is listed on the agenda but no substantive content from that report is recorded in these minutes. The board set its next regular meeting for May 11, 2026, at 6:15 p.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
The meeting agenda and minutes note public-comment procedures and cite applicable open-meeting statutes; the minutes also state the board reserves the right to meet in executive session under A.R.S. 38-431.03 for personnel matters, with no action taken in executive session.
