(Revised 6/3/10)

FLORENCE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #1

JUNE 2010 BOARD REPORT

Tony Jimenez, Assistant to the Superintendent (Administrative Services)

FUSD Staffing

Anthem 2 Positions needed: 1-Music, 1-6th grade

Circle Cross Ranch 2 Positions needed: 1-4th Grade, 1-Speech

Magma Ranch 2 Positions needed: 1-Orchestra, 1-Social Studies

Copper Basin All Positions Filled

Florence K-8 3 Positions needed: 1-4th Grade, 1-6th/7th Reading/Writing, 1-Music

Skyline Ranch 1 Position to fill: 7th/8th Grade Math

Walker Butte All Positions Filled

FHS 2 Positions need: 1-English, 1 Anatomy/Biology/Phys. Science

PBHS 5 Needed needed: 3-Science, 1-SPED MIMR, 1-SPED Resource

EDP 1 EDP Teacher Needed

STEP 1 Reading/Writing/Math Teacher needed

19 Positions to fill District-wide

Board Action on Personnel

Requesting the Board accept the following:

·  Approval to hire the following certified teachers for the 2010-2011 school year :

Margo Bonin, Jeff Brennan, Gretchen Cheney, Taralyn Curtis Rogers, Kathleen Gonzales, Alyssa Nelson, Jeremy Sanchez, James Sebourn, William Smith, Tony Watson, Mary Smith, Christine Arcieri, Kelly Shanahan, David Carpenter, Angelique Barnard, and Lawrence Williams.

·  Accept resignation from the following certified staff members effective May 28, 2010: Nicole Burdett (CB), Crystal Blackwell (PB), Francella Rhoades (WB), Barbara Cooper (WB), Casey Berquist (CCR), Mikki Hardt (CCR), and Becky Ramirez (FK8) without application of liquidated damages.

·  Approval of a revised coaching salary schedule that includes the addition of a chess coach and a Drama coach. The K-8 salary schedule reflects the addition of Soccer and a reduction in the number of weeks in the other sports. Football was reduced from a 10 week season to an 8 week schedule. All other sports were reduced from the 10 week schedule to a 7 week schedule.

·  Approval to revise the classified and nursing salary schedules to reflect payment for substitutes at Step 1 in the column of the job they are performing. In addition the substitute nurses will also be paid at Step 1 but it will be in the column to match the substitute degree’s of certification.

·  Approval to change the substitute teacher pay for $110 to $100 per day. Emergency subs are currently paid $100 per day and will remain the same. Long term pay will remain at $120 per day.

·  Approval to change insurance benefits eligibility from full-time 30 hours per week to full-time 35 hours per week. Employees currently benefit eligible und the 30 hour per week provision will remain grandfathered in until such time that they separate from the district.

·  Approve the recommendation to compensate Mr. Shawn Cluff $5000 for duties as the K-8 Athletic Director. Mr. Cluff’s teaching load for 2010-11 has been increased and we are adding Soccer and Wrestling to our K-8 programs. Mr. Cluff did not receive a stipend for his K-8 AD duties during the 2000-10 school year.

Insurance Committee Report

Effective 7/1/2010, FUSD’s insurance benefits package will be structured as follows:

Health Insurance coverage will continue with ASBAIT (AZ School Board Association Insurance Trust) with all claims processing to continue through AEI (Administrative Enterprises Inc.). We will continue with the A-15 Plan as the upgraded health coverage at a cost to the employee of $780.00 per year and the B-25 Plan as the employer sponsored health coverage at no cost to the employee. The District’s expense for these two health plans will be $4308.00 per year per employee. We have elected to drop the Secure Care Plan which had only 1 participant for the 09-10 SY and replace it with the HDHP-1200 w/ HSA (High Deductible Health Plan w/ $1200.00 deductible including a Health Savings Account). This plan will be no charge to the employee and they will receive a health savings account which the District will fund $1080.00 per year for the employee’s medical expenses. The employee will also have the option to contribute funds to the account on a pre tax basis if they so choose. The District’s expense for this plan will be $3228.00 per year per employee along with $1080.00 contributed into a health savings account per year per participating employee. As of today’s date we have 35 participating employees for the HDHP-1200 w/ HSA health plan.

Dental Insurance coverage will continue with TDA (Total Dental Administrators). We will continue with the PPO and DHMO coverage’s at no cost to the employee. The District’s expense will be $366.12 per year per employee for the PPO dental plan and $127.56 per year per employee for the DHMO dental plan. As of today’s date we have 211 DHMO participants and 603 PPO participants.

Vision Insurance coverage will continue with SightCare at no cost to the employee. The District’s expense for this plan will be $59.88 per employee per year. As of today’s date we have 828 participants on the Vision plan.

Life, AD&D and voluntary Life Insurance coverage will terminate with LifeWise as of 6/30/2010 and the new carrier will be The Hartford Group. The plan structure will remain the same. All full time employees will receive a Basic Life and AD&D (Accidental Death and Dismemberment) policy of 1x their annual salary up to $75,000.00 at no cost to the employee. The District’s expense will be roughly $22,457.00 per year for all participants. The Voluntary Life policy will be at the employee’s expense only, with no expense to the District. This plan will allow for a Guarantee Issue amount to the employee of $80,000.00, their spouse at $35,000.00 and children at $10,000.00. To elect a higher amount the employee will have to issue a Personal Health Application which is evidence of insurability.

Short Term Disability coverage will terminate with American Fidelity Group as of 6/30/2010 and the new carrier will be LifeWise. The plan structure will remain the same. All full time employees will receive a short term disability policy with a benefit amount of 60% of their annual salary with a 30 day elimination period and 150 day duration. This plan will be no cost to the employee and the District’s expense will be roughly $58,301.00 per year for all participants.

We are also requesting that the Board approve the insurance eligible work hours change from 30 hours per week to 35-40 hours per week for all eligible employees effective 7/1/2010. All current employees who work 30 hours per week will be grandfathered into the insurance benefits policies that they currently hold. This change can easily be modified through all of our carriers.

Out of District Application Figures

As of Thursday morning, June 3rd, our number of out of district applicants was 201. This leaves us 99 students short of our goal of the 300 goal. Here is the breakdown per school:

Anthem 5

Copper Basin 2

Florence K-8 13

Skyline Ranch 31

Walker Butte 4

CCR 27

Magma Ranch 5

PBHS 103

FHS 9

SPED 2

Total 201

Athletic Directors Reports

Find attachments from FHS and PBHS plus Mr. Cluff will report monthly on our K-8 athletic events.

Personnel Report

For Personnel Report, see Consent Agenda items, June 9, 2010.