Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
The Cartwright governing board voted to award RFP No. 26-01-33K to Sabis (Sabas Learning Company LLC) for a K–6 English language arts adoption after a multi-step review; administration said contract negotiations will determine final costs, with a budget estimate of up to about $4.6 million over seven years.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
Superintendent outlined a calendar with increased instructional minutes, fewer early-release days and additional teacher professional-development Fridays; board members requested more review time and raised questions about whether teachers will be paid for a potential fifth work day and about how families were consulted.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
At the Feb. 4 Cartwright Elementary School District board meeting, taxpayers and teachers questioned the district’s finances and the return to a five-day week, citing conflicting data and asking how the district will cover reported costs; the board heard public comment but did not change policy.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
The Cartwright Elementary School District board voted Feb. 4 to enter a cooperative food‑purchasing agreement with Aspen (through Mohave/Aspen) with an annual ceiling of $2.5 million and approved returning $231,729.51 in ARP ESSER set-aside funds that were duplicate reimbursements from ADE.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
Superintendent Watson presented an informational review of a potential attendance-boundary adjustment to move a small area from Manuel Pena Junior Elementary to Frank Davidson Elementary to relieve crowding at Pena; no action was taken and staff outlined public-notice steps.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
At the Feb. 4 meeting, district staff provided details on HVAC procurement: roughly 540 units acquired via a 2020 lease-purchase as part of a $40 million energy-conservation financing package and an additional 444 units purchased with ESSER funds totaling $8.6 million; substantial completion occurred in October 2022.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
After an executive session, the Cartwright School District board voted to adopt a hearing officer's findings and terminate the deputy superintendent of human resources and educational programs effective Jan. 14, 2026; one board member publicly opposed the action and recorded process concerns.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
After more than two hours of public testimony and a district presentation on calendar options, the Cartwright Elementary Governing Board voted to move forward with a plan to return the district to a traditional five-day school week for 2026-27; board members and community speakers sharply disagreed on funding, staffing and special-education impacts.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
The board authorized an increase in expenditure authorization to purchase Houghton Mifflin English 3D and Language Launch materials (Title 3-funded) for a middle-school EL pilot and expansion to additional schools; staff described pilot sites, training and voluntary principal adoption.
Arizona / School Districts / Cartwright Elementary District (4282)
Public commenters and board members raised questions about consultant payments of $10,000 per month to former officials, and assistant principal Brandon West said a signed contract was later replaced with a lower-value version he did not sign; the board promised follow-up and moved two litigation items into executive session.