The Boarder
A Summary Report of the February 13, 2018
C F S D Governing Board Meeting
CFSD Star Award
The governing board honored the Star Award
recipients. Board Member Eileen Jackson presented
Ms. Tiffany Wiley, Manzanita teacher, with a certificate
and star pin in recognition of her outstanding
performance obtaining her National Board Certification
in Early Childhood Education. Ms. Jackson also
presented Ms. Sheryl Castro, Director of Global
Citizenship Education, with a certificate and star pin in
recognition for her outstanding performance renewing
her National Board Certification in Early Adolescence
Through Young Adulthood/World Languages.
Superintendent Mary Kamerzell shared the following
student and staff achievements.
CFSD Spelling Bee Winners
We conducted our district spelling bee on January 18
with the following results: 1st Place - Ravindu
Vithanachchi (Canyon View), 2nd Place - Stephen
Henderson (Canyon View), 3rd Place - Nathan Kim
(Manzanita). Other finalists representing their schools:
Joshua Kim (Manzanita), Hannah Levin (Sunrise
Drive), Naysa White (Sunrise Drive), Amanda Blava
(Ventana Vista), Ariana DuPont (Ventana Vista), Haha
Abdurrasheed (Esperero), and Gryphon Hanes
(Esperero).
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Catalina Foothills High School
Tennis
CFHS Coach Kristie Stevens was one of the recipients
of the 2017 National Federation of State High School
Association's (NFHS) national award for girls sports. A
US coach from each of the twenty-three girls high
school sports was named. Ms. Stevens was honored
for tennis.
Pomline
On February 3, the CFHS Pomline competed at the
Cheer for Charity competition in Phoenix. Falcon
Pomline won in the Varsity Jazz Dance category. The
Pomline members are Irma Almada, Molly Amado,
Leyla Craven-Glenn, Alexa Dorf, Alexis Feder, Audrey
Ganem, Allyson Hadley, Rebecca Larson, Annalise
Mendoza, Megan Mokhtarian, Kyle Myers, Sydney
Myers, Kristin Nelson, Dylan Sadowsky, and Juliet
Webster. Their coach is CFHS teacher, Miriam
Frieden.
DECA
The CFHS DECA students earned several awards at
the Southern Arizona District Competition and will be
moving onto State Competition. The following students
placed first in their category (Entrepreneurship series,
Marketing Communication, Principles of Finance
series, and Sports and Entertainment Marketing):
Miriam Arden, Maria Gorbunova, Gabriela Grodski,
and Shivansh Srivastava. These are the students who
placed second in their category (Business Services
Management, Principles of Finance series, Quick
Service Management series, Travel and Tourism
event): Samantha Dickson, Brittany Hum, Ashley
Lamb, Kira Ogola, and Izabella Ortiz. The following
students placed third in their category (Buying and
Merchandising, Sports and Entertainment Marketing):
Emiliano Flores, Creston King, Sam Mulay, and Ishan
Shah. Their Teacher Coach is Jason Reinhardt.
FIRST Lego League (FLL)
Two of our FLL teams brought home awards from the
state championship held on January 14 at Arizona
State University. The Snow Brainers earned third place
for the Champions Award (best all-around team). Team
members are Geronimo Barela (EC), Nicole Benito
(CFHS), Ethan Blakely (OG), Danil Clayton (OG),
Bhargav Ghosh (EC), Zak Gruber (OG), James
Kickham (OG), Josh Tint (CFHS), and Noah Wellman
(OG). The H2Flow won the Teamwork Award. Team
members are Sa'id Badereen (OG), Connor Bates
(OG), Braden Canter-Goldner (OG), Sam Moreno
(OG), Luke Sadalla (OG), Spencer Schiller (OG),
Bridgett Walters (OG), and Lily Wood (EC). Their
coaches are Charlotte Ackerman and Jennifer
DeBenedetti, Elementary Teacher Leaders of Science
and Engineering Practices.
Canyon View
Two Canyon View fifth grade students, Zachary Pittner
and Ella Wiegand, won the Arizona General Music
Teachers Composition Festival in the Elementary K-6
grade category. Their piece is entitled "Carnival Nights"
written for piano and flute. Their music teacher is
Patricia Moore.
Sunrise Drive (SD)
Orly Liu, a SD fourth grade student, played “Variations
on a Theme of Paganini” as a guest solo pianist at the
Civic Orchestra of Tucson on Tuesday, February 6.
Approval of Revisions to Policy KB Parental
Involvement in Education (second reading)
Associate Superintendent Mary Jo Conery reviewed
the changes to the current policy pertaining to the
display of high textbooks for a 60 day period and the
posting of related information on the district website
due to the passing of Senate Bill 1204. Dr. Conery
highlighted board recommended revisions discussed at
the first reading on January 23. The proposed revisions
were minor wording adjustments. Dr. Conery
recommended one additional modification, the removal
of the word “guardian” throughtout the policy. All other
recommended revisions from the first reading were not
modified. The board approved the policy as amended.
Approval of Revisions to Policy JRR Student
Surveys (second reading)
Dr. Conery reviewed the board recommended revisions
discussed at the first reading on January 23. There
were minor wording adjustments and punctuation
corrections. All other recommended revisions from the
first reading were not modified. The board approved
the policy as presented.
Approval of Revisions to Policy JFAA, Exhibit
JFAA-EA and Exhibit JFAA-EB Admission of
Resident Students (second reading)
Assistant Superintendent Denise Bartlett reviewed the
necessary changes to the policy based on legislative
action. The passing of House Bill 2107 allows military
families to begin the enrollment process prior to arrival
in the state. A statement was added to include
students as a resident if the parent is active military
duty and transferred to or is pending transfer to a
military installation in the state. At the first reading on
November 14, 2017 the board discussed the
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implications of this statement and requested
clarification regarding residency and open enrollment
requirements for military transfer families. Dr. Bartlett
consulted with legal counsel and the Arizona School
Board Association (ASBA), and the consensus was to
add language to the policy regarding providing proof of
residency to the Local Educational Agency (LEA) within
ten days after the arrival date provided on official
military documents. Dr. Bartlett proposed that the
additional language be approved so that it becomes
effective during the district’s enrollment period for
school year 2018-2019. Dr. Bartlett also highlighted a
few minor word structure modifications to the policy
and exhibits recommended by the board after the first
reading. Board members recommended to omit
“School District or Charter Holder” and replace with
“Catalina Foothills School District” in a few areas of
exhibit JFAA-EA. All other recommended revisions
from the first reading were not modified. The board
approved the policy and exhibits as amended.
Student and District Climate Study Report
Dr. Bartlett presented a report on the 2017 school and
district climate study results and highlighted the survey
format. A district’s climate is the main leverage point
for school culture. If a school leader wants to shape a
new culture, it should begin with an assessment of the
climate. Dr. Bartlett reported that the district
administered the survey using the Organizational
Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ) tool. She
reviewed information that compared school climate
results over the past two years by indicator. She then
compared each school’s overall openness scores. A
comparison of the themes from the comments was
also presented. Questions to assess climate for each
district department from a teacher’s perspective as well
as an administrator’s perspective were added to the
2017 climate study. An overview of the results of the
teacher and administrator responses was provided. Dr.
Bartlett provided information regarding the use of the
results and follow-up: 1) distribute results to each
school or department supervisor; 2) share results with
the school or department personnel; 3) create an
action plan to address areas of needed improvement;
4) administer the climate survey a third consecutive
year; and 5) administer the retention survey to monitor
progress toward work on climate and retention.
2018 Arizona Legislative / Governmental Activity
Board members shared information regarding Monday,
February 12’s ASBA legislative session update.
Specifically, the following bills - House Bill 2158, the
extension of the Proposition 301 tax rate, which
expires June 30, 2021; House Bill 2435, English
Language Learners (ELL), altering the minimum
amount of time ELL students are required to be in a
structured English Immersion class each day; House
Bill 2502, Child Abuse Prevention Education. This
requires school districts to establish education and
training for employees and students in the 2018-2019 CFSD
school year; and House Bill 2524, School Facilities
Board (SFB); Underutilized Schools. This requires the
SFB to take ownership of a district school where
current enrollment is below 25% of capacity.

Consent Agenda Items

The governing board approved the following consent Please welcome new CFSD staff members:
agenda items.
John Downs, Security Monitor, CFHS
• January 23, 2018, regular governing board
meeting minutes Melina Taylor, EA Classroom, VV
• Expense voucher memorandum Foster Bunce, Elementary Program Coordinator, CS
• Field trip request memorandum Debra Wild, EA Classroom, VV
• Fund raising request memorandum
• Personnel memorandum
• Gift and Donations memorandum
• Approval of RFQ #18-04-19 for the CM at Risk for
Manzanita elementary school restoration and field
improvement project memorandum
• Approval of RFQ #18-05-20 Phase I for the CM
Risk for Catalina Foothills high school restoration
and field improvements memorandum
• Approval of high school CTE/JTED business
management program memorandum

Upcoming Board Meeting

The next regularly scheduled governing board meeting
is Tuesday February 27, 2018, 6:30 p.m., at the
Professional Learning Center at Valley View Early
Learning Center.

The tentative agenda is:

• Super Volunteer Recognition
• Pima County Board / Superintendent Collaborative
Meeting Report
• Consideration of the Adoption of a Resolution
Authorizing the Issuance and Sale of School
Improvement Bonds
• Consideration of revisions to Regulation IHB-R
Special Instructional Programs and Regulation
IIB-R Class Size (Special Education) (first reading)

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