An item that wasn’t even slated for discussion at the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board’s June 25 meeting ended up being one of the most time-consuming discussions and closest votes of the evening.
The CUSD board approved a pair of annual service contracts with Southwest Behavioral & Health Services, Inc. by a 3-2 vote, with board members Ryan Heap and Kurt Rohrs dissenting.
Heap read some significant amount of proposed additions and rewrites to the MOU, or memorandum of understanding, between the district and Southwest Behavioral Health. The proposed changes seemed geared toward both protecting CUSD from being stuck with a bill and also to make Southwest jump through additional services to have the district approve some services.
