Kay Morris

This document outlines a 3-5 year technology plan focused on building a modern, secure, and fair foundation to support students and teachers. Key priorities include ensuring equity in technology access, protecting student and staff data through enhanced security, establishing future-ready infrastructure with reliable hardware, software, and internet, providing support and training for staff, and ensuring long-term sustainability through responsible funding. The initial year emphasizes planning, gathering feedback from various stakeholders, and forming a planning committee to develop a comprehensive multi-year technology strategy.

The combined meeting included procedural items such as adopting the agenda and recognizing students and staff. Key discussion points covered the Superintendent's Board Report and administrator reports from Sanders Middle School, along with monthly written reports from District Administration. The consent agenda involved the approval of payroll vouchers, expense vouchers, December 2025 disbursements, and specific donations to the Valley High School Senior Class of 2026 and Sophomore Class of 2028. The board also addressed actions related to extra duty approvals, professional development stipends, certified resignations/retirements, and classified employment hiring. New business items focused on approving out-of-state travel for Valley High School Athletics teams, approving overnight travel for Boys and Girls Basketball Teams, approving adult meal price changes with Southwest Food Excellence (SFE), approving Michael D. Wright as Hearing Officer for long-term suspensions/expulsions, and approving the ratification of the Impact Aid Application.

The Sanders Unified School District's guiding principles are articulated through its vision, mission, and core values, which act as a compass for all decisions. The vision centers on student achievement and lifelong learning, while the mission focuses on empowering every individual with a quality, equitable, culture-based education. Key values include Pride, Integrity, Respect, Attitude, Teamwork, Empowerment, and Success, all aimed at creating an optimal environment for students to learn, grow, and achieve their full potential as lifelong learners and future leaders.

The Sanders Unified School District #18 is committed to providing a safe, supportive, and challenging learning environment, empowering every student to succeed and become a lifelong learner and future leader. The plan outlines three key goals: increasing student achievement by 15% annually in reading, mathematics, social studies, and science; providing bi-monthly data-driven professional development for all district staff; and enhancing community outreach through student academic showcases and positive teacher-to-parent contacts.

The school district is having a public hearing and board meeting to revise and adopt its Fiscal Year 2026 Expenditure Budget, as required by A.R.S. §15-905(E)(1). The preliminary budget will be revised after the Governor approves a State Budget for School Districts.