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Prescott Unified District board meeting, Aug 4, 2026

1 h 48 min

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Prescott Unified board approves donations including $25,000 for K-4 curriculum supplements 17:54

  • The board heard an annual review of the education foundation and a district staff member's report on onboarding 37 new staff members. 21:31
  • Jane Robertson announced 5⁠-⁠0 results on several votes, including accepting the consent agenda. 1:15:12
  • Jane Robertson announced that the vote on having a representative for the board passed 5⁠-⁠0. 1:33:43
  • No motion was made on the association's draft 2027 political agenda, and the board moved on. 1:45:16

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Item by item (13)
  1. Opening, agenda and minutes 16:24
    • Jane Robertson led the pledge and called for approval of the agenda and of the minutes from the July 7th regular study and voting session. 16:24
    • Jane Robertson announced that the agenda and the minutes each passed 5⁠-⁠0. 17:25
  2. Monthly donations 17:46
    • Jennifer Bergamini read the month's donations, including $25,000 from an anonymous donor for PUSD K-4 curriculum supplements. 17:54
    • A district staff member said the donors' gift would provide $400 and change per teacher, with each team getting anywhere from $850 to $1,600 and art, music and PE each getting $1,000. 18:55
    • Jane Robertson announced that the motion passes 5⁠-⁠0. 21:19
  3. Education foundation annual review 21:19
    • Jane Robertson said the Amazon warehouse in Prescott Valley would set up the teacher's closet with a budget of $500 a month. 26:10
  4. New staff onboarding report 33:57
    • A district staff member said the district welcomed 37 new staff members, including 20 general education teachers and 10 special education teachers. 34:59
    • The staff member said 4 new teachers joined the Keystone program this year, all of them special education teachers. 34:59
    • One board member said the dedicated time given to new staff stood out and asked that it be kept intentional. 53:25
  5. Summary of current events 55:25
    • A district staff member said the district plans a Facebook series asking graduates to share photos and updates on what they are doing. 1:00:03
    • Brett Mangum said the Granite Mountain schedule pickup and meet the teacher night went smoothly. 1:04:13
    • Andy Fraher said Mingus Union High School District plans to host the ASBA Yavapai County meeting, with the Granite Mountain Library as a backup. 1:05:16
  6. Consent agenda 1:09:33
    • Stan Goligoski said the city contributes 50% for the Prescott High resource officer and that the Mile High agreement is a 75⁠-⁠25 split. 1:11:47
    • A district staff member said the officers at Mile High and Granite are 100% grant funded through the state. 1:12:05
    • A staff member said the county health department offered to help with student sports physicals. 1:13:47
    • Jane Robertson announced that accepting the consent agenda passes 5⁠-⁠0. 1:15:12
  7. Public comment 1:15:20
    • A staff member said no one from the public wished to speak. ~1:15:20
  8. Early kindergarten entrance 1:15:35
    • A district staff member said one additional student applied for early kindergarten enrollment after the last meeting and qualified. 1:16:22
    • A speaker announced the item passed 5⁠-⁠0. 1:17:07
  9. Overnight athletic travel requests 1:17:09
    • The board considered overnight travel for a golf tournament at Grand Canyon University and the state swim team trip November 5th through 7th in Mesa, Arizona. 1:17:45
    • A speaker suggested a policy requiring 2 adults on trips, and one board member said they would be in favor of that as well. 1:18:49
    • A staff member suggested adding an item to the travel form on how lodging was chosen and said new field trip policy language could come as early as next month. 1:23:50
    • Jane Robertson announced that the item passes. ~1:27:36
  10. Alcohol waiver for community event 1:27:40
    • A district staff member said the Boys and Girls Club asked to have alcohol at a reception after its Dancing for the Stars event, outside school hours and with no children involved. 1:28:11
    • The motion was amended to cover Mile High Middle School rather than only Hendricks Auditorium. 1:29:52
    • Jane Robertson announced that the motion passes 5⁠-⁠0. 1:30:45
  11. State school boards delegate appointment 1:30:44
    • Andy Fraher said the ASBA Law Conference is September 9th through the 11th at the Camelback Inn in Phoenix and that Andy Fraher is not able to attend this year. 1:31:14
    • The motion was to appoint Jane Robertson as district delegate to the Arizona School Boards Association Delegate Assembly on September 9th, 2026. 1:33:14
    • Jane Robertson asked for any opposed and announced that the motion passes 5⁠-⁠0. 1:33:43
  12. State association draft political agenda 1:33:58
    • A staff member said 3 of the 5 board members would need to vote to direct the delegate to express support for the agenda. 1:38:57
    • A speaker suggested the delegate propose renaming it the advocacy agenda, and one board member said they liked that better than political agenda. 1:40:05
    • No motion was made on the draft 2027 political agenda, and the board moved on. 1:45:16
  13. Budget summary and future agenda items 1:45:52
    • A staff member said there would be no budget summary presentation unless there were questions, and none were asked. 1:46:08
    • Jane Robertson said the next study and voting session will be at 5 on September 1st and that the first day of school is this Thursday. 1:47:46

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Video: posted by the district as “PUSD Governing Board Meeting - August 4, 2026”