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Ajo Unified highlights grants and student achievements; Channel 13 segment spotlights CTE
Summary
Superintendent reported multiple grants — a $6,500 Desert Diamond Casino award for a kindness program, a $60,000 ADE school-safety grant, and a $66,000 playground grant — and showed a Channel 13 segment about the district’s CTE architectural drafting class and a $50,000 Puma JTE pass-through grant.
The Ajo Unified District superintendent used the district report to announce several grants and to recognize student achievements at the board meeting.
Administrators announced a $6,500 Desert Diamond Casino grant to support the district’s kindness program and thanked local staff for their work on the initiative. The superintendent also described a $60,000 Arizona Department of Education school-safety grant that will fund additional recorded cameras (including for buses), improved office windows, automated steel sliding gates, solar motion-sensor exterior lighting, upgrades to classroom and restroom locks, and security monitoring panels for the school safety team and campus security guard.
The board also heard about a $66,000 primary playground grant from the Freeport Foundation and related operations funding to install new primary playground equipment for the campus. The superintendent credited staff and facilities teams with arranging the installation and thanked the grant writers who secured the support.
As part of the superintendent’s report the board viewed a Channel 13 news segment on the district’s career and technical education (CTE) architectural drafting program. The clip noted that Ajo is one of five districts receiving a $50,000 Puma JTE pass-through grant to build CTE capacity; the reported segment included students using AutoCAD and a teacher, Antonio Romo, describing hands-on skills development. Senior Princess Montes told the reporter that CTE classes gave her direction and helped improve her engagement and attendance.
The board paused to honor students: middle- and high-school students were named superintendent students of the month, and 12 student council leaders who attended the University of Arizona Eller College High School Ethics Forum were recognized. Student leaders Morgan Contas and Kelli Mendes described ethics exercises and cross-school collaboration at the forum.
No visitors spoke during the public-comment period; the board moved forward with the agenda and then proceeded to business and personnel items.
