Board of Education Meeting Highlights
January 28, 2026
The Centennial School District Board of Education met on January 28, 2026, for its regularly scheduled meeting at the Centennial School Library. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the agenda and prior meeting minutes. The 2024-25 Audit (10.b) was removed from the agenda, along with Negotiations (10.i). 10.i was replaced with Water Heater purchase and item 10.n: Substitute rates were added. The Board approved the minutes for the meetings held on Nov. 19, Dec. 15, Dec. 17, and Jan. 7.
Board members shared that the next BOCES meeting will be on February 18. Renee will find out more information about the obligations for our Board's CASB rep. Director Apodaca asked to remove the Principal's and Superintendent's reports from the consent agenda, but later decided to keep them part of the consent approval.
The Board received reports from the superintendent, administrators, and district committees, including recognitions and celebrations highlighting student accomplishments and staff contributions across the district. Key highlights were the January students of the Month and the Golden Apple recipient, Board Appreciation, the Principal PLC, and the fantastic job the PLC Leads did with their panel. The admin team recognized Andrea Goodenough for excellence in the classroom; Sam Qureshi for timely and outstanding tech support; Raphael Maestas for dedicated support to staff; Nikki Quintana for outstanding 2nd-grade math growth on STAR MOY benchmark testing; and Evans Opoku for his success with the first semester of the data science certificate pathway.
Several important topics were discussed, including school board governance policies (Policy B review), current negotiations, substitute teacher pay rates, restroom facilities, and the Xcel Energy and Honeywell solar project. Importantly, the district has received the outstanding rebate from Xcel Energy and has finally been placed at the correct rate, which will provide significant savings and an ongoing rebate from the project. Board members also shared individual discussion items related to district priorities and ongoing work. Director Gettel gave appreciation to Roxann Serna and Amanda Herrera-Herrera-Payne for their work in providing core instruction to 2nd grade moving forward. Director Hubbard raised a concern for further discussion about political organizations using school facilities. Director Apodaca raised discipline concerns and voiced the need for strengthened communication between admin and staff about the outcomes of consequences after incidents are reported.
The Board entered executive session, as permitted by state law, to conduct the superintendent’s evaluation. The outcome of the evaluation will be adopted as part of the action section at the February Board meeting.
During the action portion of the meeting, the Board approved the consent agenda, which included reports from Student Council, Food Service, Maintenance, Transportation, Athletics, Counseling, the K–8 Principal, and the Superintendent. The Board also approved the amended 2025–26 budget, staff computer purchases, a critical staffing shortage declaration, and facility maintenance needs. Additional actions included policy readings, designation of a Title IX Compliance Officer (Renee Gallegos), and approval of staff resignations and new hires. During the discussion, the substitute rate was added as an action item to ensure that the sub daily rate meets new minimum wage requirements for both an 8.5-hour and a 10 hour shift. The daily rate will change to $136/day for an 8.5-hour day and $160/day for a 10 hour day. The Board will continue its discussion about substitute pay at the next meeting to look at the rate for long-term subs and to remain competitive in our wages.
The meeting concluded with a discussion to reschedule the Board retreat.
