Thank you teachers and staff of Flagstaff Unified School District for your dedication, commitment, passion, care, excitement, and empathy.

Team FUSD is filled with so many talented educators - certified and classified staff, licensed professionals, administrators, and substitutes who work together to support and prepare our students for success. Each of your contributions is needed and appreciated.

Michael Penca
Superintendent

We want to take this opportunity to thank all the wonderful and dedicated school nurses caring for students and staff within our FUSD schools. It has been a challenging year and you all rose to the challenges and continued to provide excellent care to everyone in your buildings! You worked tirelessly to keep our schools safe and healthy. Nurses are superheroes and FUSD appreciates you all very much!

Watch the video above to see why our students love their school nurse!

Congratulations to Jessica Kitterman, ELL Specialist at Puente de Hózhó Elementary School, for being awarded the AEA Human and Civil Rights Award this year!

Congratulations to Janette Bressler, 21st Century Coordinator and ELL Specialist at Killip Elementary School, for being named the 2022 Outstanding Master's Student in Educational Leadership at Northern Arizona University!

Congratulations to Christine Sapio, Coconino High School science/CIT teacher and CocoNuts FIRST Robotics Team coach, for receiving the 2022 Woodie Flowers Award.

Note that these contracts will reflect your current 2021-2022 hourly rate/salary. The Compensation Committee is currently working on a compensation package for the 2022-2023 school year. Once a package has been presented and adopted by the Governing Board, staff will receive a salary addendum reflecting the appropriate compensation for 2022-2023. Salary addendums will also reflect any salary advancement credit for professional learning submitted in January 2022. Individuals who participated in salary advancement will receive advance communication on your calculation and amount that will be applied.

The 2022-2023 Flagstaff Unified School District annual Open Enrollment period is currently underway for benefit-eligible employees. This year's Open Enrollment period extends from May 17, 2022, to June 3, 2022. Open Enrollment provides you with the opportunity to review your current benefit elections, and decide what benefit options are best for you and your family. Please review your enrollment materials carefully.

If you do not make changes, your current elections, other than Flexible Spending Accounts, will rollover to the next plan year. Your election changes must be received by June 3, 2022, in order to ensure that your benefits are available on July 1, 2022.

Enroll today by visiting the NAPEBT website here.

For more information and help choosing your benefits, utilize ALEX here.

If you have any additional questions about your benefits or the enrollment process, please contact the Employee Benefits Service Center at 1-800-307-0230 Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST.

Thank you to all of our retirees for your many years of dedicated service to our students, families, and community. The retirement class of 2022 has served a cumulative 670 years of passion and commitment to the Flagstaff Unified School District. You all have served in many capacities over the years and we are truly grateful for all you have done and given to our students. For those returning next year as returning retirees, we look forward to many more memories with you. For those moving onto new endeavors, thank you for the memories. You will be missed and thought of often. Congratulations!

Class of 2022 Retirees:

David Alves - Coconino High School

Judy Anderson - Sinagua Middle School

Dina Bangle - Sechrist Elementary School

Bernadette Barela - Coconino High School

Wanda Billings-Reber - Human Resources

Danielle Bradley - Flagstaff High School

Barbara Campbell - Sinagua Middle School

Mary Giannola - Camp Colton

Erik Haarstad - Mount Elden Middle School

Kathleen Hall - Transportation

Deborah Hill - DeMiguel Elementary School

Juanita Hiltner - Exceptional Student Services

Grace Jiron - College and Career Development

Stanley Koplowitz - Sinagua Middle School

Maureen Landrith - Killip Elementary School

Bob Kuhn - Operations and Support Services

Joan McCoy - Cromer Elementary School

Naomi Morrison - Transportation

Pamela Nyhart - Kinsey Inquiry and Discovery School

John Palmeri - Sechrist Elementary School

Donald Penny - Mount Elden Middle School

Tracey Penny - Flagstaff High School

Marsha Reynolds - Knoles Elementary School

Debbie Schill - Accounts Payable

Diann Snodgrass - Puente de Hózhó Elementary School

Suzanne Stephani - Flagstaff High School

Richard Treadway - Mount Elden Middle School

Lorena Vera-Trejo - Coconino High School

Mary K. Walton - Curriculum and Instruction