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CFSD Star Award The governing board honored the Catalina Foothills High School (CFHS) planning team for its contribution to the high schools designation as an A+ School of Excellence by the Arizona Educational Foundation. Board President Carole Siegler honored the following individuals: Eric Arellano, Sergio Camacho, Angela Chomokos, Jay Christopher, Cheryl Joseph, Julie McCrea, John Moes, Mark Rubin-Toles, and Pam Short.

Superintendent Mary Kamerzell shared the following student and staff achievements. Catalina Foothills High School The following social studies students qualified for State History Day competition: Natalie Aaronson, Atharva Deshmukh, Nizar Hadeli, Ingrid Heim, Calvin Holst, Sarah Kaddoura, Adian Jackson, Ryan Kemmer, Jordan Knope, Gia Longo, Nadia Louri, Rebeca Moreno, Tess Nakonechy, Elyssia Salamanca-Fernandez, and Alexander Reich. Their advisor is Summer McCall, CFHS social studies teacher. Orange Grove Middle School The OGMS Chess Team placed second in the K-9 section at the Regional Scholastic Championships. The K-9 team consisted of Rueshil Fadia, Justin Fritz, Preston Martin, Ryan Thompson, and Jacob Waitt.

Preston Martin received a medallion for scoring 3 points. Rueshil Fadia received an individual 10th place trophy, and Ryan Thompson received a trophy for being regional co-champion. Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation (SARSEF) Many CFSD students were award winners at this year's SARSEF science project competition. Note: Their teachers are shown in parentheses. Canyon View Elementary School 2nd grade, 1st place

Ella Wiegand, How does my flower get power? (Jocelyn Dubs)

3rd grade, 1st place Felix Fan, Good wipe, bad wipe, gentle wipe,

harsh wipe (Melissa Schantz) 3rd grade, 2nd place

Julia Beskind, Is Ultraviolet-C light as effective as alcohol for cleaning your cell phone? (Melissa Schantz)

Sahasrakshi Dasika and Harini Rajendra, Shoo away pesticides? (Mary Clark)

3rd grade, 3rd place Sahasrakshi Dasika and Harini Rajendra, Acid

rain: germinators or terminators? (Melissa Schantz)

5th grade, 1st place Aiden Baruch, Improving thermal performance

of emergency shelter for hot climates (Cheryl Williams)

Bhargav Ghosh, Point of Parabola (Libby Hays)

5th grade, 2nd place Emily Kamp, Germ in a Shepherd (Josef

Torres) 5th grade, 3rd place

Rohini Ghosh, Experimenting with Tsunamis and Wavedepth (Libby Hays)

Catalina Foothills High School 1st place

Sylvia Zarnescu, A novel approach to treatment for ALS through metabolomics in a Drosophila model (Terry Fortunato)

Manzanita Elementary School 5th grade, 1st place

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Nathaniel Cross, What if Ringo's mom had made him play the violin? (Elizabeth Pagels)

Simone Gelety, Oh say can you sing? (Kelly Taylor)

Nathan Kuo, pH-antastic sourdough! (Julie Stigler)

Noah Wellman, What lives in the holes outside? Can Raspberry Pi help? (Julie Stigler)

5th grade, 2nd place Brianna Brinkley, Ant Pheromones (Nina

Hernandez) Natasha Myer, Project wind (Kelly Taylor) Maggie Probating, Soils that foil? The effect of

soil type on radish growth (Jennifer DeBenedetti)

5th grade, 3rd place Emmeline Close, The search for the

Goldilocks ball (Kelly Taylor) Melina Leonard, Hydroponic vs. organic

growing systems (Elizabeth Pagels) Elliott Liu, Viewing stars with filters under light

pollution (Julie Stigler) Sunrise Drive Elementary School Kindergarten, 1st place

Class of 24, How to sink a marshmallow (Maura Baker)

1st grade, 2nd place Basil Wood, Going the distance: which folded

airplane design will fly the farthest? (Allycyn Jacobs)

2nd grade, 2nd place Vivianna Colson and Ella Franklin,

Hydrodynamics of swimming (Natani Sundstrom)

Reid Park Zoological Society Award, Madeleine Hazzard, Do animals adopt? (Tieyan Gonzalez)

4th grade, 3rd place Shaurya Chauhan and Travis Dover, Free

power and energy from the sun (Denise Ybanez)

5th grade, 3rd place Class of 4, Snazzy Sudoku - Can Sudoku help

improve memory? (Michelle Luff) Max Hagerty, Wild fire (Michelle Luff) Michael Lee, The case of the blue garlic (Teri

DeFoor);

Ventana Vista Elementary School Kindergarten, 1st place

Ezra Mandel, How does your Jack-O-Lantern stay fresh the longest? (Leah Mandel)

1st grade, 3rd place Ethan Bialis and Annalise Runyon, Which

sunscreen is best? (Jennifer Olson),

2nd grade, 1st place Zoe Wung, Traffic during morning drop-off and

possible improvement (Shu-Fen Wung) 3rd grade, 1st place

Zoe Iacomini, Do you want a fluffy pancake? (Christie Iacomini)

3rd grade, 2nd place Diana Klestadt and Steven Klestadt, Gabions

save the soil (Ingrid Klestadt) 4th grade, 2nd place

Renee Li, Dull or shiny (Yan Lin). Odyssey of the Mind The Manzanita Odyssey of the Mind team placed first in Arizona. The team will go to World Finals in May. Team members are Dillan Douglas, Logan Douglas, Keana Kuo, Brendan Miller, Maggie Proebsting, Savannah Sarah, and Bethany Zashi. Their coach is Jae Fagan, MZ music teacher. Special Olympics At the March 28 track and field Special Olympics competition, the following athletes earned medals.

Shan Donau, 4th place, Running Long Jump & 1st place, 100 Meter Run

Emily Dong, 2nd place, Running Long Jump & 3rd place, 100 Meter Run

Maggie Johnson, 3rd place, Running Long Jump & 3rd place, 100 Meter Run

Brennan Polito, 1st place, Running Long Jump & 1st place, 400 Meter Run

Chad Preble, 2nd place, Tennis Ball Throw Paul Gravina, 2nd place, 25 Meter Assisted

Walk Niko Tax, 2nd place, 50 Meter Dash

Their coaches were Melody Bailey, Sabina Satpathi, and RoseMarie Cress. Speech and Debate Competition The following Catalina Foothills High School speech and debate team members recently competed in state and national qualifiers. The state qualifiers are:

Elana Quint - 1st place Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1st place Impromptu, and 2nd place House 2 Congress

Max Quint - 3rd place Lincoln-Douglas Debate; Alexander Relich - 1st place Public Forum Debate and 2nd place Impromptu

Sumhith Aradhyula - 1st place Public Forum Debate and 1st place Original Oratory

Sena Maruflu - 1st place Dramatic Interpretation and 1st place Prose

Erin Chapman - 5th place Dramatic Interpretation

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Natalie Tedards - 5th place Prose Madeleine Owens - 5th place Humorous

Interpretation. Congratulations to Elana Quint who took 1st place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate to qualify for National competition. Their coaches are Chris Lambert and Taylor Johnson, CFHS teachers. Approval of Professional Salary Schedule for 2015-2016 Assistant Superintendent Denise Bartlett presented the proposed 2015-2016 professional salary schedule. The proposal included supporting one vertical step movement for current certified employees returning next year. The cost increase to the Maintenance and Operations budget is $295,572.00. The governing board approved the salary schedule and step movement. Approval of District Contribution to Cafeteria Plan of Employee Benefits Dr. Bartlett presented the proposed benefit renewal options for qualifying employees for 2015-2016. Employees are offered three options for medical insurance plans. The Plan A Copay Gold medical plan is currently covered by the districts contribution to benefits for full-time eligible employees. For the 2015-2016 school year there will be an 11% increase to this plans premium rate. The district contribution necessary per full-time qualified employee will increase from $4,200 to $4,644. The administrative recommendation was to continue to pay for the full cost of the employee only Plan A Copay Gold plan. Dental plan rates for Employer Dental Services will increase by 3%, and Delta Dental rates will remain the same.

The rates for SightCare services will remain unchanged.

Other benefits under the CFSD cafeteria plan that will continue to be offered at the same premium rate as this years are Basic and Voluntary Employee and Dependent Life Insurance, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, and United Pet Care.

P & A Administrative Services, a third party administrator, will continue to provide COBRA and Flexible Spending Account management with no increase in cost.

The governing board approved the list of benefit providers, and approved $4,644 toward a cafeteria

plan of health benefit options available from July 1, 2015, until June 30, 2016. All employees working between 30-40 hours will have the amount of district contributions toward these benefits prorated based on their respective full-time equivalencies. Approval of Certified Contracts for 2015-2016 Dr. Bartlett presented a list of professional staff being offered contracts and addenda for the 2015-16 school year. This was the first round of contract offerings for next year. The governing board approved the issuance of these contracts. Administrative Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Budget Proposal Superintendent Kamerzell presented the administrative budget proposal for the FY16 Maintenance and Operations Budget. She reviewed revenue and expenditure planning assumptions and presented an at-a-glance budget summary of revenues and expenditures that highlighted anticipated changes to large budget categories. Dr. Kamerzell reported that five (5) state funding adjustments will occur for 2015-2016 that will net a decrease in revenue for CFSD. The proposed budget sustains program offerings for students and maintains the current staffing formula that defines student-to-teacher ratio. The proposal reallocates funds from multiple areas of the budget in order to fund a modest increase to employee compensation, support contractual cost increases for outsourced services (e.g., student transportation, food service, groundskeeping, custodial), and pay for a November bond/capital election. There are also a myriad of other adjustments to expenses both positive and negative that are required each year. Dr. Kamerzell cautioned that this budget proposal spends down reserves and that without an increase in revenue next year, we will face difficult decisions about necessary expenditure cuts in 2016-2017 that may negatively affect student programs and services. March 27 Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) Spring Legal Webinar Report Board Members Eileen Jackson, Amy Krauss, and Carole Siegler shared information from the March 27 ASBA Spring Webinar. Consent Agenda Items The governing board approved the following consent agenda items. March 24, 2015, regular governing board meeting

minutes March 24, 2015, executive session governing

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March 26, 2015, special governing board meeting minutes

March 26, 2015, executive session governing board meeting minutes

Expense voucher memorandum Personnel memorandum Gift and donations memorandum Fund raising request memorandum Field trips request memorandum 4th quarter tax credit eligible fees Award of IFB#15-05-16 cooling tower removal and

replacement at CFHS Upcoming Board Meeting The next regularly scheduled governing board meeting is Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 6:30 p.m., Catalina Foothills High School, Building 4, Room 712. The tentative agenda is: Super Volunteer Recognition Student Recognition Fiscal Year 2014 Audit Report Fiscal Year 2016 Maintenance & Operations

(M&O) Budget Discussion Consideration of smartschoolsplus Phased

Retirement Program (first reading) Consideration of Proposed Revisions to Policy

GCQE Retirement of Professional/Support Staff Members (first reading)

Consideration of Proposed Revisions to CTE/JTED High School Courses (first reading)

Consideration of New Middle School World Language Course (first reading)

April 20 Pima County Board / Superintendent Collaborative Meeting Report

Please welcome these new hires/rehires: Adam Norzagaray, Computer Technician 1, Canyon View Elementary