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Votes at a glance: Gadsden Elementary board approves audits, personnel, and program housekeeping on April 14, 2026
Summary
The Gadsden Elementary Board approved consent items (with two abstentions on corrected donations), selected Heinfeld Meech & Co. as auditor, authorized public auction disposal of surplus kitchen equipment, ratified hourly rates tied to a schedule change for the Migrant Jump Start program, created a Media & Recruitment Specialist position, and approved multiple personnel actions.
The Gadsden Elementary School District No. 32 Governing Board on April 14 approved a series of routine and administrative actions, including audit selection, surplus-item disposal, personnel ratifications, and program housekeeping.
Key votes and outcomes - Consent agenda (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6): Approved; Clerk Mark Concha abstained on item 7.6. Later the corrected item 7.5 (teacher appreciation donations) was approved after changing amounts for Cesar Chavez and San Luis Middle School to $1,000 each; Mark Concha abstained on 7.5. - Proclamation: The board approved an Autism Awareness Month proclamation 5-0. - Auditor selection: The board selected Heinfeld Meech & Co. P.C. to conduct the district’s annual independent financial audit, 5-0. - Disposal of capital items: The board authorized disposal of irreparable food-service equipment by public auction, 5-0. - ASBA 2027 policy priorities: The board approved submission of policy priorities for the Arizona School Boards Association 2027 agenda, 5-0. - Ratification of hourly rates: The board ratified adjusted hourly rates for outside contract hours tied to a schedule change in the Migrant Program Jump Start summer schedule, 5-0. - New position: The board approved a Media & Recruitment Specialist position, job description, salary schedule, and calendar, 5-0. - Personnel: The board ratified new employment lists, accepted resignations, approved an FMLA extension, and approved transfers and salary changes as presented, all with unanimous votes.
Vote details: When roll-call tallies were recorded the meeting generally reported unanimous approvals (5-0) except where an abstention was recorded for board clerk Mark Concha on two consent items (7.6 and corrected 7.5). The board’s full membership present for votes was President Tadeo A. De La Hoya, Clerk Mark Concha, Governing Board Members Liliana Arroyo, Lucky Hoyos and Rosa Varela.
What the actions mean: Most items were routine approvals necessary for district operations (audit vendor selection, surplus disposal, staff onboarding/offboarding, and minor financial ratifications). The ratified hourly-rate change was linked to a scheduling shift for the Migrant Jump Start program and does not itself change program structure; the preschool funding question was discussed separately and no vote was taken on program continuation.
Adjournment: The board scheduled its next meeting for May 12, 2026, and adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
