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Prescott Unified District board meeting, Oct 6, 2026

2 h 38 min

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Prescott board approves girls badminton team travel to Disneyland 1:58:25

  • The board discussed proposed changes to the trust model policies on second reading, including chaperone ratios for field trips and how board members request agenda items. 1:17:31
  • The board voted on a motion to adopt the policy changes as presented with the 2 exceptions discussed, covering the field trip policy and the board agenda request language. 1:54:43
  • The board approved the fiscal year '26 school-level annual financial reports 5⁠-⁠0, and a motion was made to approve the sole source procurement of Gervasio and Associates consulting engineers. 2:14:37

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Item by item (14)
  1. Opening, agenda and minutes 14:09
    • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 14:55
    • The board considered the agenda and the minutes of the Sept. 1 regular study and voting session. 15:10
    • The agenda and the minutes each passed 5⁠-⁠0. 15:33
  2. Approval of donations 15:59
    • Jennifer Bergamini read the donations, including $12,000 from Exceptional Community Hospital for the Prescott High School football scoreboard sponsorship and $7,385 from Prescott Sunrise Lions Foundation for Discovery Gardens preschool tuition. 16:14
    • Stan Goligoski said the $1,000 from the Desmond Doss Foundation Scholarship Fund came from a national foundation. 18:02
    • The donations were approved 5⁠-⁠0. 18:34
  3. Student presentations and recognitions 18:34
    • The Prescott High School varsity Spirit Line was recognized for awards earned at a summer camp in Tucson, and members received challenge coins. 19:33
    • Mile High broadcasting students showed a promotional video, and a staff member said the program had been built since 2017, about 11 years. 25:59
    • A student described the high school promotional video, and a staff member presented the student a challenge coin. 34:44
  4. Staff reports on district events 41:54
    • A district staff member reported on convocation, Patriot Day commemorations at several schools and a countywide administrators meeting. 43:37
    • The staff member said a water main at Lincoln burst and the main building was without water for the better part of a week, and that an old HVAC unit there was leaking. 55:18
    • A student reported that about 3/4 of the Prescott High School student body attended the homecoming dance and listed upcoming events, including a band concert and a choir concert. 1:07:38
  5. Consent agenda 1:16:32
    • No items were pulled from the consent agenda. 1:16:42
    • The consent agenda passed 5⁠-⁠0. 1:17:13
  6. Trust model policy changes 1:17:13
    • One board member said two bullets on chaperones for overnight or out-of-state travel contradicted each other, and board members and staff discussed requiring same-gender chaperones for overnight trips. 1:18:43
    • A staff member said the mandatory reporting policy matched current statute, and another staff member said the Department of Child Safety website stated there was no required order for contacting police or the department. 1:34:28
    • A staff member said the updated model policy did not include the district's past practice on board agenda requests and that the board appeared to want to continue it, and a staff member said a retirement policy change would use a percentage, including 85% of salary and the 301, for retirees who continue to work through a third party. 1:45:07
  7. Girls badminton out-of-state travel 1:55:37
    • A staff member said the PHS girls badminton team, which was 12⁠-⁠0 and ranked number 2 in the state, would travel to Disneyland in Anaheim November 8th through November 11th. 1:56:05
    • The staff member said the team would not play badminton on the trip, which was an end-of-year wrap-up the team had raised money for. 1:56:29
    • The motion passed. ~1:58:53
  8. Fiscal year 2026 annual financial report 1:59:00
    • A district staff member said the report put the district's carryforward at about $2.5 million, down from $3.3 million the previous year, against a target of around 8%. 2:00:35
    • The staff member said over 70% of spending would be in instruction, student support and instructional support, with administration at about 9.2%. 2:04:24
  9. School-level annual financial report 2:07:50
    • A district staff member said the state-required report distributes district revenue and expenditures to schools by each school's ADM. 2:08:08
    • The staff member said preschool spends about $1.2 million and receives ADM revenue of about $80,000, and that the district is about $2.3 million in the hole on special education spending versus funding. 2:11:56
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 2:14:39
  10. Building renewal grant for Prescott High 2:14:53
    • A district staff member said a broken sewer pipe at Prescott High School needed repair and the quote to fix it was $18,000. 2:15:21
    • The staff member said the pipe would need hydrojetting at $1,800 every 2.5 to 3 weeks until the project is funded. 2:17:31
    • The motion passed. ~2:21:04
  11. Sole source construction procurement 2:21:09
    • A district staff member said the Granite Mountain bridge and part of the overhang in front of the cafeteria needed replacement, and the project received $1.3 million in funding. 2:21:25
    • The staff member said auditors advised the board could deem Robert E. Porter Construction Company a sole source, and the work probably would not happen until next summer. 2:22:19
    • The motion passed 5⁠-⁠0. 2:26:23
  12. Sole source engineering procurement 2:26:23
    • A district staff member said Gervasio and Associates designed the project and was the most qualified firm to provide construction administration. 2:26:42
    • The motion passed. ~2:28:41
  13. Badger logo copyright license 2:28:44
    • A district staff member said the district would pay $1 to use the Badger head logo for 25 years, with an option on both sides to extend for another 25 years. 2:29:09
    • The staff member said the agreement requires observing design criteria, granting no sublicenses and not selling Badger artwork online. 2:31:04
    • The motion passed. ~2:36:01
  14. Information items and upcoming dates 2:36:01
    • The school board summary budget was an information item only. 2:36:18
    • Speakers said the next meeting is November 10th, and the alumni awards are October 9th. 2:36:47

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