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Window Rock Unified School District board tables personnel schedule, approves vouchers, travel and consultant renewals
Summary
At its March 24, 2026 meeting the Window Rock Unified School District Governing Board tabled the SY 25–26 personnel schedule pending further review and approved consent items including district vouchers, student/staff travel and consultant renewals; the board also held an executive session for legal advice.
The Governing Board of Window Rock Unified School District met in the Administration Governing Board Room on March 24, 2026. Mrs. Yvonne Kee-Billison called the meeting to order in the evening; board members present included Dr. Jacquelyne Wauneka (Board Clerk), Stephanie Calabaza, Dr. Shayla Yellowhair and Patrick Lynch (telephonic).
The board tabled consideration of the SY 25–26 personnel schedule after an initial motion to approve the schedule with exceptions failed. The board then voted 4–1 to table the personnel schedule pending further review; the minutes record Dr. Wauneka casting the sole Nay. The personnel motion that failed had sought to exclude hiring for positions #11 and #17 and to non-renew position #24; the minutes do not record additional detail about those positions.
On the consent agenda the board approved district expenditure vouchers and payroll and several administrative items, including authorization to participate in the Region VIII Education Service Center Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). Recorded voucher amounts were: #2617 $574,362.92; #2618 $1,094,428.23; #2619 $245,875.84; #2620 $511,944.23. Payroll entries on the agenda included #21 $819,790.03; #22 $873.58; #23 $814,350.13; #24 $813,268.51; and #25 $812,369.13. The consent agenda motion carried unanimously, 5–0.
The board approved a consolidated package of overnight and out-of-state travel for staff and students, covering items such as attendance at the 2026 TESOL International Convention (Salt Lake City), a Navajo Technical University career expo (Crownpoint, N.M.), a Vex Robotics tournament (Mescalero, N.M.), the National School Boards Association conference, multiple summer sports camps for Window Rock High School students, and the Arizona CTE Connection Conference in Tucson. The board added a condition to try to include CTE teachers in the attendance list for the CTE conference if possible. That travel package passed 5–0.
The board also approved a revised preschool calendar for SY 2025–2026 and renewed consultant agreements with Anna-Marie Perry and Theresa Buchanan for SY 26–27; those motions carried 5–0.
Under A.R.S. 38-431.03(A)(3) the board entered executive session for legal advice at 6:47 p.m.; the minutes show an exit from executive session later in the record. The meeting minutes record unanimous procedural votes on several items and log an abstention on the recorded entry vote into executive session (see timeline). The record includes an internal timing inconsistency in the minutes; that inconsistency is noted in the meeting timeline and audit below.
Staff presented informational updates on food services, finance and human resources and received a briefing on the Boys and Girls Club. Superintendent Dan Horsley and Business Manager Anna Marie Perry were listed as presenters for food services. The board set its next regular meeting for Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned later in the evening; the minutes were signed and respectfully submitted by Benita Jay (Administrative Assistant) and Dr. Jacquelyne Wauneka (Board Clerk).
