Hackberry Elementary School District No. 3 board approves full‑time secretary contract

The Hackberry Elementary School District No. 3 Governing Board met at 9:00 a.m. Sept. 29 at Cedar Hills School in Kingman and voted to approve a full‑time secretary contract for Sythnia Mariscal for the 2025–26 school year. The contract approval followed a board motion to enter executive session for personnel matters.

The meeting began with roll call naming Tammy Herrera, Pam Adams, Charla Loomis, Valerie Grimes, Sam Dell and Christina Ramirez. Pam Adams moved to approve the board agenda; Charla Loomis seconded and the motion passed, recorded as 4‑0. Under new business the board considered "Discussion and possible action on approval of Full time Secretary contract for SY 25‑26 for Sythnia Mariscal." Valerie Grimes moved and Tammy Herrera seconded a motion to go into executive session for personnel matters; the motion passed 4‑0. After the executive-session motion, Pam Adams moved to approve the secretary contract and Charla Loomis seconded; that motion was recorded as passed 4‑0.

The minutes list Business Manager Sam Dell and Administrator Christina Ramirez under reports but do not include text of their remarks. The agenda also explained public‑comment procedures (three‑minute limit, written form to the clerk) and the consent agenda process. Board President Leanne Donason certified that the meeting notice was posted at the district office on Sept. 25, 2025. The board adjourned at 9:25 a.m. on a 4‑0 vote (motion by Valerie Grimes; second by Charla Loomis). The board listed a future meeting for Oct. 14, 2025; the district website is posted as www.hesd.net.

No public comments or additional debate about the contract appear in the minutes provided; no vote-by-name is recorded in the transcript, only the 4‑0 tallies.