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Window Rock Unified Board reorganizes leadership, designates hearing officers and approves consent agenda
Summary
At the Jan. 13 meeting the board elected Yvonne Kee-Billison president and Dr. Jacquelyne Wauneka clerk, approved official posting sites, designated Elissa James as primary hearing officer for student expulsions, and approved a consolidated consent agenda including vouchers, travel and donations.
The Governing Board of Window Rock Unified School District reorganized leadership and approved multiple administrative items during its Jan. 13 meeting.
Board members nominated and elected Yvonne Kee-Billison as Board President and Dr. Jacquelyne Wauneka as Board Clerk during the reorganization portion of the agenda. Both motions were seconded and recorded as carried. Patrick Lynch joined the meeting telephonically at 6:21 p.m.; the vote records show him listed as unavailable during the president nomination vote but present elsewhere in the minutes.
The board approved official posting sites for board agendas: the WRUSD district website, the District Administration Building, and the use of email and/or fax to Fort Defiance, Sawmill, Oak Springs, St. Michael’s and Red Lake Navajo Chapters.
For student expulsion matters, the board designated Elissa James, HR Director, as the primary hearing officer, with William Horsley and TRUST named as secondary hearing officers as needed. The board also authorized use of the Arizona State Board of Education Procurement Hearing Officer list for teacher dismissal matters.
A consolidated consent agenda was approved by motion of Stephanie Calabaza and seconded by Dr. Jacquelyne Wauneka. Items included approval of district vouchers and payroll (voucher numbers and amounts were listed in the minutes), overnight/out-of-state travel (including designated staff to attend the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools conference in Washington, D.C.), the Window Rock Unified School District SY 2025-2026 Indian Policies and Procedures, the district’s SY 2027-2032 Scope and Sequence Criteria, and several donations: $400 to Window Rock High School Robotics/STEM Club (Apache Behavioral Health Services), $840 to the Window Rock High School Wrestling Club (Action Screen Print), $130 to the wrestling club (Inventory Trading Company), $100 to cheerleading (Lititia L Bradford) and $1,600 to Tsehootsooi Middle School athletics (Farmington Municipal School). The minutes note an abstention reported for item #3 on the consent agenda and state the overall motion carried.
In personnel business, the board approved the SY 2025-26 personnel schedule after tabling item #16 and amending item #15 to add additional CTE teachers; the board recorded discussion on item #3. The board also voted to enter executive session under A.R.S. 38-431.03 for personnel and legal advice and later returned to open session.
The board adjourned at 8:31 p.m. and scheduled its next regular meeting for Feb. 3, 2026.
