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Executive Session The governing board held an executive session for the annual performance review of Superintendent Mary Kamerzell. CFSD Star Award

The governing board honored the Catalina Foothills High School (CFHS) All Girls National Championship Chess Team. Board Member Eileen Jackson honored the students and coach with a certificate and Star pin. The students are Aiya Cancio, Amber Fox, Emma Wing, and Coach Robby Adamson.

The governing board honored the Catalina Foothills High School (CFHS) individual 1st place winners in their categories at the State Speech and Debate Tournament. Board Member Amy Krauss honored the students and coaches with a certificate and Star pin. The students are Sumhith Aradhyula, Sena Maruflu, Elana Quint, Alexander Relich, and Coaches Taylor Johnson and Chris Lambert.

Student Recognition

The governing board recognized Catalina Foothills High School 4th Place National Chess Championship Team. Eileen Jackson, board vice-president, honored the following individuals with a certificate: Sumhith Aradhyula, Derek Chen, Aiya Cancio, Amber Fox, Hugh Fox, Patrick Froehlich, Bryan Hu, Lucas Johnston, Nicholas Johnston, Eyad Krunz, Rohan Mittal, Josh Pennock, Jeremy Segal, Udai Singh, Emma Wing, Kinsleigh Wong, Coach Robby Adamson, and Assistant Coach Steven Pennock. The governing board recognized Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Foundation (SARSEF) Science Fair project winners. Board Member Amy Bhola, honored the following students from all four elementary schools and the high school with a certificate. Note: Their teachers names are shown in parenthesis. Canyon View Elementary School

2nd grade, 1st place

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

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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

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 Proebsting, 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)

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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).

Superintendent Mary Kamerzell shared the following student and staff achievements. FIRST Lego League (FLL) - Adult Coach/Mentor of the Year Charlotte Ackerman, FLL coach, was named Adult Coach/Mentor of the Year at the FIRST World Festival Championship held on April 25. The award goes to the coach or mentor whose wisdom, guidance, and devotion are most clearly evident in the team's discussion with the judges. Charlotte has coached over 60 FLL teams in her 12-year history of coaching in CFSD. Several of her former students wrote to FIRST Lego League crediting her teaching as their gateway to studying science at colleges like CalTech, MIT, Stanford, the University of Arizona, and Penn State.

Arizona Department of Education (ADE) World Language Standards Committee Scott Olmstead, CFHS Spanish teacher and department chair, was selected to serve on the ADE's Foreign and Native Languages Standards Revision Committee this past year. Scott was one of 42 representatives from a broad spectrum of K-16 educational institutions. The committee's work product is a new framework for language learning in Arizona. He reports that the new standards will seamlessly integrate into our CFSD curriculum because our world languages program is already focused on the same benchmarks. Business Office Honor Congratulations to Director of Finance Sandra Thompson and the entire CFSD business office staff for earning the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2014. It is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting. FIRST Lego League (FLL) World Festival Championship Local Legends, our FLL team competing at the World Festival Championship, was nominated for four awards: Research, Gracious Professionalism, Innovative Solution, and Strategy & Innovation. Team members are Alex Chiu, Wesley Chiu, Michael Gross, Josh Tint, and Jeremy Wang. Arizona State Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) Four Manzanita students were award winners in the state science fair competition. Simone Gelety and Nathaniel Cross won first place in behavioral sciences. Nathan Kuo won second place in chemistry. Maggie Proebsting won second place in plant sciences. KFC (Kasparov Chess Foundation) All-Girls National Champions Our Foothills team won the All-Girls National Championship sponsored by the Kasparov Chess Foundation of the United States Chess Federation. Team members are Aiya Cancio, Amber Fox, and Emma Wing. This was the 12th year of the competition but the 1st year that we entered a team. CFSD 2015 Poetry Contest The following students are our 2015 poetry winners. At each grade level, the winning poem is listed first, followed by the honorable mention winner(s). Their teachers and schools are also noted. Kindergarten Winter Max Auman Jones MZ The Mop Jillian Bea Sulik MZ

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Winter Giovanni Metzger Jones MZ First Grade Glowing Moon Nathan Kim Hyde MZ Brave Sophia Ledyard Cucciarre MZ Rainbow Bridge Grace Seo Weeks CV Second Grade Piano Recital Addison Levine Jurgenson SD The Pencil Romi Gioffredi Jurgenson SD Third Grade Candlestick Vincent Clark Clark CV Brothers Megan Longnecker Prucell SD Fourth Grade Tomorrow Nick Urbanski Beyer SD Blacks Life Ally Arreola Dodson VV Fifth Grade An Echo Melina Leonard Pagels MZ Natures Quilt Rohini Ghosh Hays CV Sixth Grade A Willow Sits Adam Plante Staton EC Silence Max Rubin-Toles Bindschadler OG Seventh Grade Streetlamp Grace Proebsting Binschadler OG Trench Paradise Malachi Dodge Crocchi EC Eighth Grade Walking Away Maddie McCue Staton EC From a Strom Valentines Day Sophie Holtzman Binschadler OG at Middle School Ninth Grade Things She Left Annika Lauer Hill HS Behind Running Sets Richelle Sandin Wright HS Me Free We Strive for Mitchell Kaufmann Hill HS Perfection Tenth Grade Scarlett Misery Mikelena Panchesin Dennis HS To Waltz Upon Mikelena Panchesin Dennis HS the Breeze Love Meena Venkataramanan Guajardo HS Eleventh Grade The Equal and Hannah Beskind Dennis HS Opposite Reaction

Mistletoe Brendan Scobie Guajardo HS The Sun Is a Natalie Aaronson Johnson HS Tyrant Twelfth Grade Picture a Room Dakota Garcia Kittredge HS Your Eyes to Sandra Muller Hill HS Mine He Will Be All Anthony Delviro Hill HS But Forgotten Young Author's Competition CFHS students, Annika Lauer and Haley Chen, are winners in the 2015 Young Author's Competition held in conjunction with the Tucson Festival of Books. Annika won for her story, "Dear Allen", and Haley won for her story, "The Aspen Leaf, both included in the Anthology of Winning Entries. History Day State Championship CFHS students, Nadia Louri and Elyssia Salamanca, qualified for Nationals in Washington, D.C. at the April 18 state competition. Nadia won for her website on Alice Paul, and Elyssia won for her website on Harvey Wiley. Students Sarah Kaddoura and Aidan Jackson are alternates. Middle School Chess The Orange Grove Chess Team placed 6th in the Arizona State Chess Championship. Team members are Rueshil Fadia, Justin Fritz, Preston Martin, Ryan Thompson, and Jacob Waitt. Elementary School Chess The Ventana Vista young chess team of 2nd and 3rd graders placed 6th in the Arizona State Chess Championship. Team members are Alex Hoover, Zoe Iacomini, Cooper Medvec, and Walter Zacherl. Manzanita Elementary Manzanita's math team that won the county competition also won the state championship for Mathleague.org last weekend. Team members are Jad Bader, Nathan Kuo, Elliot Liu, and Noah Wellman. Elliot Liu was the top scorer among all students in the competition. Individual winners also include Annabelle Samuels - 8th place among Arizona 4th graders; and among 5th graders, Nathan Kuo - 6th place, Eliot Liu - 1st place, and Noah Wellman - 4th place. Their coach is Kelly Taylor. Winter Sports All Stars The following CFHS athletes were recognized by the Arizona Daily Star: Girl's Soccer - Player of the Year - Emily Parker; 1st team - Emily Parker, Alexandria Skidmore, Samantha

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Weisband; 2nd team - Olivia Lai, Sarah Lansey; Honorable Mention - Meaghan Hawkins, Payton Maxwell, Brooke Nelson Boy's Soccer - Player of the Year - Jeremy Siwik; 1st team - Jeremy Siwik, Grant Hubble, Galen Vincent; Honorable Mention - Hagan Hyatt, Brandon Le, Prince Pohi Wrestling - 2nd team - Zachary Davis; Honorable Mention - Jacob Davis, James Dick, Bryan Ellwood, Ryan Martz, Mario Trujillo Girl's Basketball - Honorable Mention - Caroline Schulte, Kelsey Siemons Boy's Basketball - 3rd team - Dakota Kordsiemon; Honorable Mention - Nik Nehls, Michael Pecora State High School Tennis Championship The CFHS boy's tennis team won the Arizona State Championship last weekend. Members of the boy's team are: George Jiang, Mike Lee, Kian Milani, John Miller, Conner Oseran, Bogdan Racolta, Nate Rasmussen, Dalton Reisig. The boy's coach is Bill Wright. The CFHS girl's tennis team were runners-up (2nd place). The girl's team members are: Mari Bangoura, Kirtana Bhat, Morgan Chakroboty, Cierra Colell, Kendall Colell, Tori Hirsch, Cody Hutchison, Deanna Pedrahita,Abby Watson, Katie Watson, Halle Zadro. and Chuck Reisig. The girl's coach is Kristie Stevens. Approval of smartschoolsplus Phased Retirement Program (second reading) Dr. Kamerzell presented and the board approved the service agreement with smartschoolsplus, inc.. The service agreement is a Phased Retirement Program in CFSD. As a retention strategy, the district has been working with smartschoolsplus inc. to design a program whereby retirees can continue working at CFSD as a contracted employee through a third party vendor. Approval of Proposed Revisions to Policy GCQE Retirement of Professional/Support Staff Members (second reading) Dr. Kamerzell presented and the board approved the proposed changes to the policy that match the provisions of the smartschoolsplus phased retirement. Approval of Proposed Revisions to CTE/JTED High School Courses (second reading) Associate Superintendent Mary Jo Conery presented and the board approved the revisions to courses in the two high school CTE/JTED programs of

Entrepreneurship and Media Production (Film & TV) for implementation in the 2015-2016 school year. Approval of New Middle School World Languages Course (second reading) Dr. Conery presented and the board approved the proposed new middle school world languages course, Global Citizens, for implementation at Esperero Canyon Middle School for the 2015-2016 school year. Public Hearing on Revision of FY15 Budget President Carole Siegler opened the public hearing for comments from anyone in attendance. No comments were expressed, and the public hearing was closed. Approval of Revision of FY15 Budget Director of Finance Sandra Thompson presented and the board approved changes that reflected actual vs. projected revenue and expenditures for the fiscal year 2015 budget. Fiscal Year 2016 Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Budget Ms. Thompson gave an update on the FY16 straw budget, incorporating changes in the areas of prepaid legal service, property and liability insurance, and election services fiscal year 2016. Consent Agenda Items The governing board approved the following consent agenda items. April 28, 2015, Regular Governing Board Meeting

Minutes memorandum Expense Voucher memorandum Field Trip Request memorandum Fund Raising Request memorandum Personnel memorandum Gift and Donations memorandum Approval of Administrative Contracts for School

Year 2015-2016 Approval of IFB 15-08-19 Backflow Testing &

Maintenance/Reclaimed Water Inspection memorandum

Approval of IFB 15-07-19 On Call Plumbing Services memorandum

Approval of Estimated Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Cooperative Purchases memorandum

Approval of Authorization of Use of Signature Stamps for 2015-2016 memorandum

Approval of Authorized Check Signers for District Banks Accounts for 2015-2016 memorandum

Approval of Career Ladder Addenda memorandum Approval of Sole Source Vendors for Fiscal Year

2015-2016 memorandum Approval of Delegate Authority for Issuance of

Duplicate Warrants for 2015-2016 memorandum

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CFSD

Approval of Authorization for District Representative for RFP Procurements for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 memorandum

Approval of Student Activities Treasurer and Assistant Student Activities Treasurers memorandum

Approval of Delegation of Authorization to Certify Cash Balances for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 memorandum

Approval of Authorization for District Representative for Emergency Procurement and Bid Protests for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 memorandum

Upcoming Board Meeting The next regularly scheduled governing board meeting is Tuesday May 26, 2014, 5:00 p.m., Catalina Foothills High School, Building 4, Room 712. The tentative agenda is: Executive Session for Annual Performance Review

of the Superintendent Consideration of Revisions to Human Growth and

Development Curriculum (first reading) Approval of Proposed Arizona School Boards

Association (ASBA) Legislative Action Items for 2016

Consideration of Revisions to the CFSD Performance Award Plan (first reading)

First-Year Implementation of Physical Education and Health Standards (2014-2015) Report

Fiscal Year 2016 Maintenance and Operations (M&O) Budget

Review of Capital Needs o District Additional Assistance (Capital)

Override Technology Proposal o Bond Project Proposal

Please welcome new CFSD staff members: Katherine Bindschadler, Kindergarten Teacher, VV Daniela Bober, CS Office Coordinator, CS Devon Inglee, Art Teacher, VV Brenda Rivera Lopez, Office Clerk, SD Kathryn Nizai, History Teacher, CFHS Kevyn Wakefield, Special Education Teacher, OGMS