The Superintendent Stakeholder Committee isn’t just another meeting: It’s where real decisions happen. As Salt River Schools embarks on a new era of Strategic Planning, we need your input. Attend our meetings!
Join Superintendent Sheryl Houston on FEBRUARY 10, 2026, for the next stakeholder committee.
We hope to see you at the next planned meeting February 10. Are you interested in being on the committee? Click this link and let us know, and we'll send you a meeting reminder! Regardless, the meetings are open to the public. We need collaborators. We need action. We need you.
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Discussion for November 4, 2025, included:
- Update on the Education Board's Priority Areas
- Culture & Language
- Host of 2025 Cultural Teacher Gathering
- Social Dancing as part of PE
- Curriculum & Academic Goals
- Staff Professional Development & Problem of Practice
- Expansion of Programming
- ECEC classrooms
- Food Services changes
- Transportation routes
- Increased enrollment
- The next 90 days
Committee Q/A
- Q: Can charter funds pay for a new elementary school? Short answer: No. Longer answer: We cannot double-dip when it comes to funding. The elementary school is funded by the BIE. We would need to formally close down SRES as a BIE school (not a short process), then request the state charter board approve SRES as a new charter school (not a short process), then get approval for land use, building concepts/designs, permits, etc. (not a short process), all before the actual school is built and opened.
- Q: Will the high school ever reopen? It definitely could. But we need a PLAN. What are the intentions of this school? Who will fund it? Who/how many will attend? The current high school had capacity for more than 500 students and never reached that number - what's to say a new high school would do that?
- Q: Could we create programs to connect SRS students with Community elders? Yes! We have a plan already to partner with Senior Services for World Mother Language Day in February to connect our elementary students with elders to do language activities, and then expand on that partnership for more opportunities.
Superintendent Houston held her first Stakeholder Committee meeting on April 29, 2025; the second meeting was held Aug. 14, 2025. Several staff, guardians, and even a couple of students attended the meetings.
At the first meeting, the committee discussed the new, Education Board-approved I Love U Guys Foundation and its standard response protocol, which were well-received. The rollout timeline still needs to be finalized, but it includes training the trainers, training all staff, training families, and running drills at schools and with students and emergency personnel. The committee also briefly discussed security issues, staff incentives, and family engagement.
At the August meeting, the committee focused its discussion on the school breakfast served at SRES. Caregivers and staff shared concerns about the nutritional content/value of the food and concerns about where the food is served (in the classroom vs. the cafeteria). Questions about the number of security staff were brought up again; it was stated that a new security hire was forthcoming.
