Hackberry Elementary School District board approves full-time secretary contract; executive session held

The Hackberry Elementary School District #3 Governing Board approved a contract for Sythnia Mariscal to serve as the district’s full-time secretary for the 2025–26 school year at a special meeting Sept. 29, 2025, at Cedar Hills School in Kingman.

Governing Board Member Pam Adams moved to approve the contract; Governing Board Member Charla Loomis seconded. The motion passed by a 4-0 tally, as recorded in the minutes. The minutes do not specify the contract’s salary or other terms.

Earlier in the new-business discussion, Governing Board Member Valerie Grimes moved that the board go into executive session for personnel matters; Tammy Herrera seconded. The executive-session motion also passed 4-0. The minutes record the board’s action to enter executive session for "personal matters" but do not disclose further details about the personnel discussion, consistent with standard practice and state law on confidentiality for personnel deliberations.

The meeting opened at 9:00 a.m. and included roll call listing Tammy Herrera, Pam Adams, Charla Loomis, Valerie Grimes, Sam Dell and Superintendent/Principal Christina Ramirez present. The board approved the meeting agenda by a 4-0 vote earlier in the session and adjourned at 9:25 a.m. on a motion by Valerie Grimes, seconded by Charla Loomis. The minutes list a future meeting on Oct. 14, 2025, and provide instructions for submitting items to the next agenda by emailing Christina Ramirez at cramirez@hesd.net at least five business days before agenda creation.

The minutes include a certification of posting dated Sept. 25, 2025, signed by Leanne Donason, Governing Board President. The posted minutes do not record individual roll-call votes for the motions (they record only the 4-0 tallies) nor do they provide the monetary or term details of the approved contract.