240319 Regular Meeting - Mar 19, 2024

001GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION. THIS IS OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION. TUESDAY MARCH 19th. THE TIME IS 6:00:02 P.M. AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [ ROLL CALL ] >> WELCOME, MADAM CORT. AT THIS TIME I WOULD ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE OUT OF RESPECT FREE STUDENT WE LOST. GIVE ME A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [ SILENCE ] THANK YOU. I WILL LEAVE WORDS FOR PEOPLE THAT KNEW HER BEST. I WILL CALL UP MELANIE. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS THE ADVISOR TO THIS -- THESE AMAZING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF LCPS STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE. WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME SO WE MAY

002HONOR ONE OF OUR OWN MEMBERS AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A FELLOW MEMBER AND STUDENT PRESIDENT TO SPEAK A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR BELOVED MEMBER. GOOD EVENING. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING SAM FOR A WHILE. WE GREP IN THE SAME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I GOT TO KNOW HER ON A DEEPER LEVEL AS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL HER MY FRIEND. AT A FIRST MEETING SHE CAME WITH HER OVERSIZED BACKPACK EACH EVENT HAD A DIFFERENT COLOR. AS I GREW CLOSER, WE ALWAYS ARRIVED FOR MEETINGS AND EVENTS EVEN IF I DROVE US BOTH. SHE MANAGED TO BRIGHTEN MY DAY WITH HER ABILITY TO COMMAND POSITIVITY FOR EVERY PERSON OR SITUATION AND ALTHOUGH SHE WAS ONLY A FRESHMAN, SHE HAD HER MINDSET TO ATTENDING GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. SHE BROUGHT THE POSITIVITY AND PASSION TO THE

003MOCK TRIAL TEAM AS SHE DID TO THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL. SHE WAS COMMITTED TO MAKING A CHANGE IN LEAVING HER MARK. SHE TAUGHT ME AND SO MANY OTHERS TO LEAD WITH POSITIVITY AND PASSION. I'M THANKFUL FOR WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM HER AND I'M PROUD TO CALL HER MY FRIEND. THAT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARED ABOUT HER AND HOW MUCH IT HURTS. I WISH I COULD GIVE EVERYONE A HUG. BUT YOU HAVE EACH OTHER AND THAT IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. IT MAKES IT HARD TO MOVE ON. NEXT WE HAVE OUR OTHER STUDENT ADVISOR. GERM ISA JEREMIAH IS VISITING US. HE'S FROM ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. ANYTIME THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE INPUT, JUST GET OUR ATTENTION. NOW WE WILL HAVE

004ADELAIDE WHO WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WELCOME. WE WILL HAVE THE WORDS BEHIND US. WHEN WE ARE DONE, CAN YOU COME AND VISIT ME AFTERWARDS? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A LEADER. NEXT I WILL INTRODUCE OUR FINANCE COORDINATOR. GOOD EVENING DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. I AM THE COORDINATOR OF FINE ARTS FOR A WONDERFUL DISTRICT. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBERS OF STRINGS. THEY RECENTLY PERFORMED THIS PIECE AS PART OF THE STAGE PROGRAM FOR ANNUAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT. EVERYONE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER STRINGS. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC

005] [ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS LIKE IN A MOVIE. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE TWO ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE EARLIER IN THE AGENDA DUE TO SOME GUEST PRESENTERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE YEAR CUT TYPICALLY FINANCES ARE TOWARD THE END AND I'M ASKING TO PUT IT AFTER THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. FOLLOWING THAT IS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM OPERATIONS, WHICH GOES TOWARD THE END OF OUR AGENDA. THAT WILL BE ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT. IF THAT'S OKAY I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 64 AND ITEM 6D 2 TO FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT AND APPROVED AS AMENDED IN OPEN SESSION. SO MOVED. I THINK WE WILL

006HAVE TO -- >> [ ROLL CALL ] THAT MOTION PASSES. MOVING TO G, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. NOVEMBER 16, 2021 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. I WILL STOP RIGHT THERE. MR. FRANK, THE LAST TIME YOU ABSTAINED FROM SOME OF THESE MINUTES THAT WOULD BE FOUR-YEAR TERM, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING AGAIN? YES. THE ONES THAT YOU CAN DO ARE THE ONES FOR 2024. SO I WILL READ UNTIL 2022 AND WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THOSE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTE THE OCTOBER 25th, NOVEMBER 16th, 2021, DECEMBER 14th, 2021, APRIL 21st, 2022, AND MAY 3rd, 2022 WORK SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. [ ROLL CALL ] SO THAT WILL PASS 4-0. L ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 30th, 2024 SPECIAL SESSION AND FEBRUARY 20th CUT TREE

0072024 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. IT IS MOVED BY MR. FRANK AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. [ ROLL CALL ] THAT PASSES 5-0. MOVING ONTO APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE 6A2 POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF HEADSTART CONTINUATION GRANT , POSSIBLE APPROVAL -- POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF HEADSTART PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PLAN, POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF HEADSTART SELF-ASSESSMENT, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUEST, PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS, VENDOR PAYMENTS AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF FIRE HYDRANT LINE EASEMENT. SO MOVED. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. [ ROLL CALL ] THAT MOTION PASSES. REPORT ON CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION OF MARCH 19th , THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, MARCH 19th, T 24. TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONNEL MATTERS AS COMMITTED UNDER THE CODE OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACTE. SPECIFICALLY SO THEY COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL CODIFIES AND

008CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION OF CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES AND TO MEET WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS PENDING OR THREATENED LITIGATION SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS CASE NUMBER [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. I AFFIRM THAT THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS CLOSED MEETING WITH LIMITED TO THOSE STATED HERE. NOW I WILL INTRODUCE MARISSA PRENTICE. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT TENORIO, THE SING WAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND STUDENT ADVISOR, JEREMIAH. I WILL BE RECOGNIZING TWO GROUPS TONIGHT FOR STATE EVENTS . I WILL START WITH EDUCATORS RISING. IT IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ABOUT CULTIVATING AND CULTIVATING ASPIRING EDUCATORS. IT PROVIDES MENTORSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PURSUING CAREERS IN EDUCATION. IT OFFERS VARIOUS EVENTS TO HELP STUDENTS EXPLORE TEACHING AS A PROFESSION, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS

009AND GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS. IT AIMS TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON CLASSROOMS AND COMMUNITIES. THEY COMPETED IN SEVERAL EVENTS. TONIGHT WE RECOGNIZE THE FIRST PLACE MEDALIST WHO WILL GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C., TO REPRESENT NEW MEXICO. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAND. IF YOU ARE IN THE BACK, YOU CAN WAVE. FOR ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS, WE WILL HAVE TO COME UP TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AS SOON AS I'M DONE ANNOUNCING EVERYBODY. FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, THE STUDENT TOOK FIRST PLACE IN LESSON PLANNING AND HUMANITIES. AND WE HAVE THE STUDENT WHO TOOK FIRST PLACE IN LESSON PLANNING AND DELIVERY STEM , AND SHE WAS ELECTED THE 2024 /2025 STATE VICE PRESIDENT. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE --THEY DEVELOP

010LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR THE FCCLA. THEY EMPOWER STUDENTS TO BECOME STRONG LEADERS BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THEY PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS RELATED TO FAMILY AND IT ENCOMPASSES TOPICS SUCH AS PARENTING, FINANCE, AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. THEY LEARNED VALUABLE LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. STUDENTS ATTENDED THE COMPETITION IN ALBUQUERQUE FEBRUARY 29th THROUGH MARCH 2nd. THEY BROUGHT HOME SEVERAL GOLD AND FIRST PLACE AWARD WINNERS WHO WILL REPRESENT NEW MEXICO IN SEATTLE FOR THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. AS I CALL YOUR NAME STAND OR WAVE TO THE AUDIENCE. FROM ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE DARIAN HERRERA AND FIRST PLACE FOR SPORTS NUTRITION. [ APPLAUSE ] FROM LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL OUR STATE STAR EVENT WE HAD THE STUDENT. FOR THE NATIONAL STAR EVENT FIRST

011PLACE GOLD IN TEACH AND TRAIN. FIRST PLACE GOLD IN REMOTE AND PUBLICIZE AND FIRST PLACE IN NUTRITION AND WELLNESS. [ APPLAUSE ] FOR CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE START EVENTS PIERCE DAVIS TAKE FIRST PLACE FOR CHAPTER CREED. MAYOR GARCIA FIRST PLACE GOLD FOR PASTRY ARTS. THESE STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE . FIRST PLACE GOLD IN INTERIOR DESIGN . TWO STUDENTS FIRST PLACE GOLD AND EVENT MANAGEMENT. FIRST PLACE GOLD IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THREE STUDENTS TAKE FIRST PLACE GOLD IN HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, AND RECREATION LEVEL 3. THREE STUDENTS TOOK GOLDEN HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, AND RECREATION LEVEL 3 AND TO STANCE GOLD FOR HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, AND RECREATION LEVEL TWO. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE PROCESS INVOLVED IN BECOMING A STATE STUDENT OFFICER. INVOLVES SEVERAL KEY STEPS THAT INCLUDE DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP IN GOOD

012ACADEMIC STANDING. THEY COMPLETE AN APPLICATION, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. IF SELECTED CAMPAIGNING MAY BE REQUIRED WHERE DELEGATES CHOOSE OFFICERS. ONCE ELECTED THEY UNDERGO TRAINING AND TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS MAY VARY, THE STEPS OUTLINED THE GENERAL PROCESS , WHICH WE RECOGNIZE. THIS YEAR FOR FCCLA, WE HAD SIX OF THE SEVEN POSITIONS ELECTED COME FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] SUSANNA IS FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND VP PARLIAMENTARY LAW. JULIAN VP OF PROGRAMS. JACOB, VP PUBLIC RELATIONS. MADISON VP COMMUNITY SERVICE. VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIP. AND IS HERE MICHAEL WILL REPRESENT US AS A NATIONAL OFFICER CANDIDATE. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS AND FOR ALL OF THOSE OFFICERS THAT WERE ELECTED . THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE EDUCATION

013REISING COME UP [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL HAVE OREGON MOUNTAIN FCCLA COME UP. [ APPLAUSE ] >> LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL FCCLA. WE WILL HAVE CENTENNIAL COME UP. WE ARE NOW AT THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I FOUND IN OUR BOARD POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER IN FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH GROUP SPOKESPERSON, HOWEVER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THE BOARD DOES NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM OR COMMENT ON PERSONNEL MATTERS, HOWEVER, ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF HIS OR HER COMMENTS. THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS OR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC

014COMMENT SECTION ABOUT THE BOARD MEETING. TODAY WE HAVE FOUR COMIC CARDS. GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION FOR DODGING THE ISSUES WITH THE AGE INAPPROPRIATE MATERIAL IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND MAKING CHANGES. THE TOPIC HAS BEEN CONTENTIOUS AT TIMES. I BELIEVE WE ALL WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR KIDS. I BELIEVE THE WEDGE CAUSING THE CONTENTION IS THE IDEOLOGY SOME SUBSCRIBE TO. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE ANYONE, EVEN THE MOST PROGRESSIVE THINK IT'S OKAY WITH OUR KIDS GROWING UP BEING EXPOSED TO MATERIAL THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SHORTCOMINGS. BY THE GLAMOUR STATION OF RANDOM SEX ACTS AND POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK, I'VE LISTENED TO YOUR COMMENTS AND HOW YOU DEFEND YOUR DECISIONS. I STILL BELIEVE IN A NA?VE FASHION MOST PARENTS WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR KIDS. SEXUALIZATION

015AND EXPOSURE OF KIDS TO DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IS NOT WHAT WE STRIVE FOR. DOWNFALL, IN MY OPINION IS THE PERVERSE IDEOLOGY THAT SAYS IT'S OKAY FOR THE STATE TO RAISE OUR KIDS AND PARENTS ABDICATING RESPONSIBILITY AND ALLOWING IT TO TAKE PLACE. THERE'S A PUSH TO MAKE ANY AND ALL SEX ACTS BY KIDS APPEAR TO BE NORMAL. I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST ANYONE. WHEN I SEE A STRONG PUSH TO NORMALIZE WHAT IS PLAIN WRONG IN THE NAME OF EQUITY, THEN I HAVE A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE THE POSSIBLE EFFECT ON ALL OF OUR KIDS. I BELIEVE THE INITIAL REACTION BY THE BOARD AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PUSHBACK. I'M NOT EXCUSING ANY BOARD MEMBERS BEHAVIORS OR ACTIONS. WHEN IN REALITY WE WANT THE SAME PROTECTION FOR ALL

016OUR KIDS. I REPEAT, ALL OUR KIDS. THANK YOU AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF OUR KIDS. GOOD EVENING. I WAS A TEACHER AND A PRINCIPAL OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS MANY YEARS AGO. THERE'S BEEN A CALL BY THE BOARD TO BAN CERTAIN BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THERE'S EXPLICIT CONTENT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SEXUALIZATION OF CHILDREN. QUESTION FOR ME IS ABOUT WHETHER IT SHOULD BE BANNED? HISTORICALLY IT HAS REALLY BEEN EFFECTIVE AND IT ALMOST ALWAYS BRINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THE MOST EXTREME EXAMPLE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES I CAN THINK OF IS THE BIBLE, WHICH ITSELF HAS BEEN BANNED AND PULLED FROM THE SHELVES OF SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA, MISSOURI, UTAH, AND TEXAS, DUE TO ITS EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT. A MILD EXAMPLE IS IN LOT WHERE HIS

017TWO DAUGHTERS INTENTIONALLY SLEPT WITH HER FATHER TO GET PREGNANT BY HIM. ALL OF THIS IS GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYED, AND THERE IS MORE. THERE ARE 30 OTHERS THAT ARE VERY EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT ORIGINATING IN THE BIBLE. IF WE DON'T WANT OUR CHILD TO READ A CERTAIN BOOK, IT IS OUR TASK AS RESPONSIBLE PARENTS TO NOT READ THAT BOOK AND TELL THEM WHY WE DON'T WANT THEM TO READ THAT BOOK. THAT IS A PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY. DEMANDING THE RIGHT TO BAN THIS DOES NOT PUT PARENTS IN CONTROL. IT GRANTS SMALL GROUPS OF ACTIVISTS THE AUTHORITY TO SUPERIMPOSE THAT SELF-APPOINTED MORAL AGENDA ON THOSE LEGITIMATELY ELECTED TO THE BOARD AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. IT'S NOT ABOUT BANNING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS. IF IT WERE, THE BIBLE WOULD BE FRONT

018AND CENTER THAT CONTAINS MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE AND EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT. IT'S NOT ABOUT PROTECTING PARENTAL RIGHTS. IT'S USED TO MAKE CENSORSHIP APPEAR TO BE RIGHTEOUS AS A MORAL CRUSADE. IN ORDER TO IMPOSE ON EVERYONE ELSE A SET OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IS TO DIMINISH THE LARGER COMMUNITY SAY. CENSORSHIP IS NOT ABOUT THE SEX OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN. IT IS A CODE WORD. IS ABUZZ WORD WITH WHAT I CALL [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THE LAST TIME THE WORLD WITNESSED BOOK BANNING ON A NATIONAL SCALE THEY LISTED THE AUTHORITY OF INSTITUTIONS TO DO SO FIRST THEY BANNED THE BOOKS. AND THEN THEY BURNED THE BOOKS. AND THEN THEY BURNED THE PEOPLE. 8 1/2 MILLION. ALL THIS DONE UNDER A PERVERTED SENSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. TIME. I THINK THE BOARD FOR MY TIME AND ALLOWING ME THE

019OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY VIEWS. I DOUBT VERY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS. THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT, SCHOOL BOARD, STUDENT ADVISOR, AND SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR REVISING REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE THE PROCESSES FOR FUTURE BOOK COMPLIANCE. THERE MANY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, CLEAR DEFINITIONS AND THE ALLOWANCE FOR DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION BY THE BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEES. THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN WHICH I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS. THERE ARE NO SAFEGUARDS FOR RANDOM SELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THE NEED FOR RANDOM SELECTION WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE COMPLAINT FILED IN JANUARY. IT'S GOOD THAT THEY CALL FOR RANDOM SELECTION, BUT THERE ARE NO SAFEGUARDS BUILT INTO ENSURE THAT THE POOL FROM WHICH THESE PEOPLE ARE CHOSEN IS ALSO RANDOM . HOW WILL PARENTS FIND OUT ABOUT THIS TO BE CONSIDERED

020AS PART OF THE RANDOM SELECTION? ALL PARENTS SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT IN. PARENTS ARE SEVERELY OUTNUMBERED ON THE BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEES. THEY ARE THREE OUT OF NINE OR THREE OUT OF 11 . IT'S UNBALANCED AND IT IS AN AFFRONT TO PARENTS. THEY ARE AT LEAST AS QUALIFIED AS EDUCATORS IN KNOWING WHAT IS AGE-APPROPRIATE. THEY SHOULD COMPRISE HALF THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THERE JUDGMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS. TEACHERS WILL NOT BE RANDOMLY SELECTED. THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE IS STACKED AGAINST PARENTS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED. REGULATION KDC WILL EXPOSE MINORS TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOK WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING IS AN ADULT BOOK , WHICH IS NOT SOLD FOR MINORS BUT FOUND IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SEVERAL HIGH

021SCHOOLS. FINALLY, THERE IS A RUSH TO THE FINAL DECISION FOR LIBRARY BOOK COMPLAINTS. IF THEY DECIDE TO RETAIN THE BOOK, THAT DECISION IS FINAL AND CANNOT BE APPEALED. THE SAME IS NOT TRUE FOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT CURRICULUM RESOURCES. THIS SEEMS PUNITIVE. IT ALSO SEEMS INTENDED TO SHIELD THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD FROM EVER HAVING TO VOTE ON KEEPING THE BOOK. THERE SHOULD BE A FULL APPEAL PROCESS IN ORDER FOR THIS PROCESS TO HAVE INTEGRITY. THESE ARE IMPORTANT CONCERNS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL FULFILL THEIR INTENT. CALL FOR THE REGULATIONS TO BE REVISED. PARENTS NEED TO COMPRISE AT LEAST HALF OF THE BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. BUT THANK YOU PRESIDENT TENORIO. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LAURA BRYANT TO REPORT AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. GOOD EVENING.

022I AM HERE TO DELIVER THE REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THEIR UPDATES WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE BEGINNING WITH BARGAINING. THEY ARE BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE DISTRICT. THEY MET WITH THE FEDERAL [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IN OUR DISTRICT. WILL BE MEETING IN PERSON TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS TRAINING. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] TRADITIONAL BARGAINING PROPOSALS ARE EXCHANGED IN THIS CONVERSATION AROUND INTEREST OF BOTH PARTIES. WE ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATIONS AND WE NOTICE EFFECTIVE. ON FRIDAY WE WILL GO STRAIGHT INTO GO SHE HAITIANS. IS ALWAYS WE INVITE THE BOARD TO STOP BY DURING TRAINING AS OBSERVERS. AS YOU KNOW [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IN ORDER TO GATHER INFORMATION ON TOPICS OF BARGAINING. SOME OF THE ISSUES CONCERNED WITH COMPENSATION, PLANNING TIME, SAFETY, AND MENTAL HEALTH. ONE OF THE

023TOP CONCERNS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] INCREASE IN INSURANCE PREMIUMS MEANING AN EMPLOYEE WITH SEE AN INCREASE OF $58 PER MONTH. THE INCREASE IS APPLIED TO THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HERES COMING FROM LEGISLATURE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE SURVEY RESULTS, CONTACT DENISE. THIS THURSDAY THERE WILL BE THE LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ANY LAS CRUCES PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, SECRETARY, AND FOUR DIRECTOR SEATS. THE BALLOT WILL BE FINALIZED AND SENT TO MEMBERS. THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORT. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. IF I COULD ASK A FAVOR THAT THE SURVEY RESULTS BE SENT TO THE BOARD. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ON FEBRUARY 23rd WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HOSTING THE NEW MEXICO EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL COMPASS

024CONFERENCE. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MADE VERY NICE REMARKS WELCOMING OUR ATTENDEES AND IN ATTENDANCE WAS A FABULOUS PERSON NAMED PAMELA JOHNSON, WHO CURRENTLY IS THE NEA EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. A FABULOUS ADVOCATE, A WONDERFUL PERSON. WE GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOWARD VARIOUS SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE PURPOSELY TOOK HER TO THE LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY VERY GRACIOUSLY WELCOMED HER. SHE WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND WHAT IS OFFERED AT THE SCHOOL. SO BEING THE ADVOCATE THAT SHE IS CUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTS TO START IN WASHINGTON STATE, WHERE SHE'S FROM. SHE HAS CONNECTED WITH THE PRINCIPAL, AND ALSO SHE HOPES TO BRING A TEAM FROM WASHINGTON STATE TO TOUR THE FACILITIES IF SHE DOES CONNECT, SUPERINTENDENT, I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN SHE'S COMING BACK TO NEW MEXICO. WHEN I FIRST CALLED HER

025TO WELCOME HER, SHE SAID IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL HERE. SHE WAS AMAZED AT THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE SKIES AND THE WEATHER. AGAIN, IT WAS A PLEASURE HAVING HER HERE. ALSO CUT THIS PAST WEEKEND ON PBS, THERE WAS A DOCUMENTARY [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AT THE END OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MONTH AND THE BEGINNING OF WOMEN_S HISTORY MONTH, I THOUGHT -- I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THE PRESENTATION AND BE REMINDED OF THE FABULOUS WORK THAT SHE DID HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEING REMINDED OF THE STRUGGLES THAT SHE WENT THROUGH BECOMING AN EDUCATOR AND ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID. AND DOING THE WORK THAT SHE DOES IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. I WAS THRILLED AND BEING --SO MUCH WELL-DESERVED. I HOPE THAT THEY PRESENT AGAIN AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE DOCUMENTARY AND THIS

026AMAZING PINER EDUCATOR THAT WE HAD HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'VE SENT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT A REQUEST FOR BARGAINING. WE ARE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE AND I REQUESTED VARIOUS DOCUMENTS. AND, OF COURSE, THE MINDS OF THE STAFF IS --AS YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL YOU THE LAST TIME IT WILL BE CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE ONLY APPROPRIATED 3%. AS YOU HEARD, OUR COLLEAGUES FROM NEA LAS CRUCES, INSURANCE IS GOING UP CONSIDERABLY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. MANY OF THE CLASSIFIED STAFF IN THE DISTRICT IS PAYING 80% OF THEIR INSURANCE PREMIUM, HOWEVER, IT IS STILL 3% IS NOT ENOUGH FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF TO HAVE A LIVING WAGE. MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A LIVING WAGE IN THE PAST AND WE ARE

027NOT THERE. WE HAVE COME A WAYS, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH INFLATION AND THE ECONOMY, IT IS CHALLENGING FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF TO MAKE ENDS MEET. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT. I EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AS TO WHERE WE CAN BEGIN BARGAINING. THERE ARE MANY ISSUES ALONG WITH WAGES AND ALLOWANCES AND INSURANCE. I WILL TELL THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT TO REALLY DIG INTO THOSE. ANYWAY, AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING , I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES AND THEY ARE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES AND A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EXIST. I HAVE INVITED MR. JUSTICE TO GIVE YOU AN AWARENESS OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MR. JUSTICE TO

028COME UP. I'M ONE THE CURRENT PATROL OFFICERS. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DO FOR OUR DISTRICT. MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME IN THE UNIFORM . WE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT HAVE NO IDEA WE EXIST. WE WORK OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. WE START OUR SHIFTS AT ABOUT 5:00:02 P.M. AND WE END AT ABOUT 5:30 A.M. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS THAT WE EXIST. WHAT WE DO FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR PEOPLE WE ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN OUR STRUCTURES AND SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AND STAFF, INCLUDING YOURSELVES. YOU'VE SEEN US ALL HERE. THAT IS A SMALL PART OF WHAT WE DO. OTHER THINGS WE DO IS WE ARE NOT JUST IN FANCY CARS AND UNIFORMS RUNNING AROUND DOING THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE WHAT

029WE ACTUALLY DOING? FOR THE MOST PART WE RUN A FIVE-MAN GROUP MOST OF THE TIME WE WORK ALONE. ON THE ROAD AND OUR SHIFTS ARE STAGGERED BECAUSE WE ARE SHORT ON STAFF. THERE ARE ONLY FIVE US. WE HAVE OPENINGS FOR TWO OFFICERS, WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE FILLED. WE PROBABLY NEED THREE MORE. THAT WAY NONE OF US ARE ON DUTY BY OURSELVES WITHOUT SOMEBODY THERE FOR BACKUP. WHAT WE DO IS I START MY SHIFT AT 5:00:02 P.M. I WILL BE BY MYSELF AND PICK A ZONE I WANT TO WORK IN THAT DAY. I PICK SOMETHING THAT IS CENTRAL TO OUR DISTRICT. I CAN GET FROM ONE PLACE TO THE OTHER. I PICK MY ZONE IN THE NEXT OFFICER WILL COME ON AND ADVISE WHAT ZONE AND HE WILL PICK A ZONE. WE HAVE A TOTAL

030OF FOUR SONS THAT COVER ALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND YOUR PROPERTIES. WE WILL GO TO OUR FIRST LOCATION LIKE HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GO TO THE LOCATION AND I LOOK AROUND THE PARKING LOT. THERE SHOULD BE NO ONE THERE EXCEPT CUSTODIANS OR TEACHERS RUNNING BEHIND. IF WE SEE A LARGE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES, WE CHECK IT OUT. WE MOVED NEXT TO CHECK THE FENCE LINES AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SECURE. NO ONE THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY. WE MAKE SURE IT IS SECURE AND WE EXIT OUR VEHICLES AND WALK AROUND THE SCHOOLS. IN THAT WALK WE TOUCH EVERY DOOR, WE PULL EVERY DOOR AND LOOK AT EVERY GLASS WINDOW TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO SIGNS OF BREAKING AND ENTERING AND THAT EVERYTHING IS SECURE. WE MOVE TO THE NEXT LOCATION IN OUR DISTRICT. THE

031FLIPSIDE TO THIS IS WE ARE ALSO ALARM RESPONSE OFFICERS. OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS THE ALARM RESPONSE, WHETHER IT IS AN INTRUSION ALARM ALARM OR FIRE ALARM. FIRE ALARMS, WE DON'T SEE SMOKE, OKAY, WE WILL LOOK AROUND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO HEAT. WE ARE HELPFUL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE GIVE THEM ENTRY IF THEY CANNOT GET IN. INTRUSION ALARMS ARE DIFFERENT. WE ARE DISPATCHED THROUGH THE DISTRICT PHONE FROM THE ALARM COMPANY THAT TELLS US THIS LOCATION HAS A BURGLAR ALARM. THE SAME THING AS RANDOM PATROL. WE WILL LOOK AROUND AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. DOORS ARE NOT HANGING WINDOWS ARE NOT BROKEN. THEN WE GO INSIDE AND TURN OFF THE ALARM. THEN WE WILL DO AN INSIDE WALK AROUND. IF WE FIND NO ONE THERE WE ARE GOOD. THEN WE CHECK EVERY DOOR OUTSIDE

032TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE HAS GOTTEN IN THERE. THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT WE DO FOR THIS DISTRICT. DURING THAT CHECK WE ALSO LOOK FOR THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. SOMETIMES MAINTENANCE MIGHT HIT A SPRINKLER HEAD AND IT MIGHT BE SHOOTING IN THE AIR. WE HAVE SAVED THE DISTRICT A LOT MONEY BY FINDING AND REPORTING THESE AND SHUTTING OFF THE WATER AND PREPARING THOSE. OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE HAVE ONE THING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THIS IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. THIS IS OUR HEARTFELT REASON FOR BEING THERE. EVERY NIGHT WE CHECK ALL OF THESE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING IT SAFE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO COME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY. AND GIVE THEM THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY CAN COME TO WORK

033AND TEACHERS CAN BE SAFE AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO BE WHILE THERE BEING EDUCATED. THAT IS WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I CAN'T ALWAYS SEE YOUR. I WILL REMIND YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT WITH US TO SEE WHAT WE DO, I CAN TELL YOU, BUT TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I WOULD TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OFFER. DID YOU SAY 5:00:02 A.M. OR 5:00:02 P.M.? I START AT 5:00:02 P.M. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING HIM TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT , AS I MENTIONED, THEY ARE NOT ARMED AND THEY DO THIS WITHOUT BEING

034ARMED AT ALL. AND MR. JUSTICE HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. LAST TIME I MENTIONED IT HE GOT A LITTLE EMBARRASSED, BUT HE'S FROM DETROIT. ME TO. BUT DO NOT PUT THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK MR. JUSTICE AND THE REST OF THE MOBILE PATROL OFFICERS FOR THE SERVICE THAT THEY DO. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JEREMIAH FOR A STUDENT ADVISORY REPORT. I AM A JUNIOR . BEFORE I BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ME LIGHTS REPRESENTS THE STUDENTS. I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO SIT HERE WITH THE BOARD. I KNOW THAT WHEN I GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND MOVE ON, I WILL LOOK BACK AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT APPEAR AND TO DO THIS. WE ARE

035HONORED FOR YOU BEING HERE GET TO SHAKE YOUR HAND WHEN YOU GET YOUR DIPLOMA. WE FINISHED OUR TWO-WEEK BREAK. SO WE ARE READY TO FINISH OUT THE YEAR. WE DISCUSSED TWO TOPICS AT OUR LAST MEETING. THE FIRST BEING INAPPROPRIATE BOOKS. WE DON'T FEEL THE CENSORSHIP IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THIS IS A NUANCED TOPIC AND WE WANT TO RESEARCH MORE. THE SECOND TOPIC WAS ON REDISTRICTING. SINCE TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING, WE WOULD LIKE TO MENTION WHAT STUDENTS FEEL IS IMPORTANT. LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AS FAR AS WE CAN BEING AROUND SCHOOL INNOVATIONS AND I ASSUME THEY ARE ALREADY. WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP SIBLINGS TOGETHER. LIKE AN EIGHTH GRADER GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OLDER SIBLING IS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO EVEN IF THEY ARE

036IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, THEY CAN GO TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL AS THEIR SIBLING AND PROTECTING ATHLETES FROM TRANSFER PENALTIES. WANT TO PROTECT ATHLETES SO THEY CAN STATE ELIGIBLE. WE WHAT RECOGNITIONS OF OUR OWN. I WANT TO THANK THE ORGAN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER STRINGS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN THE MOVIE. I CAN TELL IT TOOK HOURS OF HARD WORK TO DO THAT PERFORMANCE. THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WAS RUNNER-UP AT STATE. THEY PLACED THE DANCE PLACED FIRST IN TWO CATEGORY. AND THE CENTENNIAL MOCK TRIAL TEAM PLACED THIRD AT STATE COMPETITION. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING IT AND THERE ARE ABOUT 40 TEAMS. THE NORTH HAS DOMINATED MOCK TRIAL FOR A LONG TIME, SO PROUD TO SEE CENTENNIAL DO THAT. LAST YEAR TWO TEAMS REPRESENTED US. WE HAD

037SIX TEAMS. SOME EXCITED TO SEE IT GROW. SAM STARTED THE MOCK TRIAL PROGRAM AT HER SCHOOL. I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT GROW BECAUSE WE CAN SHOW THE NORTH WE ARE TALENTED DOWN HERE AS WELL. FINALLY WE WILL TALK ABOUT SAC BUSINESS. WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE A SET OF BYLAWS. WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS GRADUATING THIS YEAR SO WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THE APPLICATION PROCESS. WE ARE PLANNING OUR AND FEAR CELEBRATION. WE ARE HAVING DINNER AT SUNSET GRILL. THIS YEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT A FEW SCHEDULES PERMIT. I WOULD AGAIN LIKE TO THANK MATA PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT THE BEST IT CAN BE. IF IT IS AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE STUDENTS. I MAY HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF LATER IN

038THE MEETING. THANK YOU. I CAN NOW ACCEPT QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GOING OVER SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE UNDERMINES. THAT INPUT IS VALUABLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW IT EVERY SCHOOL HAS BEEN UP TO. I AM PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO HAVE THE. I LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT UPDATE NEXT MONTH. AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] UP AND WE HAVE A FEW MORE PRESENTATIONS. AS HE GETS READY TO PRESENT, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SPECIFICALLY FOR US AND LCPS. WE WERE ALLOCATED ABOUT $5 MILLION WITH CAPITAL OUTLAY AND THE GOVERNMENTAL REOCCURRING FUND, WHICH IS KNOWN AS A JUNIOR BILL. SO A GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. AND WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON

039THAT PROCESS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US. GOOD EVENING. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW . THE GOVERNOR CONTROLS THE TIME, THE LENGTH, AND THERE ARE A FEW OF THE RULES THAT AFFECT THE SESSION. NUMBER ONE IS THAT IT CONVENES ON EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS, CANNOT GO OVER 30 DAYS, WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION CUT BUDGETS, AND BILLS ONLY. BILLS WITH A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR AND ANY BILL THAT'S ON THE VIDEO SESSION. A REMINDER AS WE SEE SOME OF THE MEMBERS IS VERY SHORT LINKED PERIOD WITH A LOT GOING ON. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR YEAR. WE JUST HAD THE FIRST FINANCE COMMITTEE AND STATE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND SANTA FE. THE NEXT WILL BE ON MAY 15th. I WILL BE PART OF THOSE MEANING SINCE HE WILL BE THE TOPIC

040FOR THE INTERIM COMMITTEES IN PREPARATION TO THE 60 DAY SESSION. A MAY 15th DATE --JULY 15th IS WHEN IT OFFICIALLY STARTS. MY JOB AS THE LIAISON COULD HAPPEN THIS YEAR OR THEY MAY ASK US CAN YOU HOST US , WE WILL FIND THAT OUT IN MAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN. DECEMBER 16th IS WHEN THE FINAL HEARINGS TAKE PLACE. THE ENDORSEMENT OF LEGISLATION, THE BUDGET IS COMING TO AN END AND THE FORMALITIES OF THE SESSION. EACH ONE OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. ANOTHER REMINDER IS YOU SHOULD'VE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM US IN THIS REPORT HAS THE GOVERNOR'S SUPPORT WITH WHAT SHE HAS SIGNED AND VETOED AND A FULL ANALYSIS OF A PD BREAKDOWN AS WELL. THE GOVERNMENT RECURRING OPPORTUNITY FUND AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THE BILLS AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING THIS IS WHAT WE

041ARE LOOKING AT DURING THE SESSION. YOU CAN SEE 777 BILLS WERE INTRODUCED. 54 RELATED TO EDUCATION AND 55 IS THE TOTAL WE WERE TRACKING. THIS IS A STATISTIC OF THE SESSION. AND HERE A 6.8% INCREASE COMPARED -- REDUCTION IN SPENDING OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT WE SEE IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION AND IS ALSO IN THE REPORT AND THE ANALYSIS BREAKING DOWN FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL RESEND IT TO YOU. ANOTHER IS THE LEGISLATURE PASSED 3 BILLION SURPLUS INTO TRUST FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTS. WE KNOW THAT THE ECONOMY RELIES ON OIL AND TO KEEP THE REVENUE STABLE, A LOT OF TRUSTS WERE CREATED. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NIGHTMARE THAT WAS 2016 WHEN WE TRY TO

042TAKE CASH BALANCES. I THINK IT WAS SMART FROM THE LEGISLATURE ON DOING THAT. STATE HIGHLIGHTS WHEN COMES TO EDUCATION, 3% RAISE FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 86 MILLION FOR LITERACY INITIATIVES. THE 41 MILLION WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NOT A LINE ITEM FOR THREE MEALS. COST A LOT OF MONEY. SO I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE. 15 MILLION FOR PAY DIFFERENTIALS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HARD TO STEP SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS. 5 MILLION FOR ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENT INTERVENTION. YOU THINK, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT LAS CRUCES? ALL THAT IS IN YOUR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT THAT I SENT WITH THE BREAKDOWN. SOME OF IT COMES THROUGH THE FORM OF SEG ABOVE THE LINE BELOW THE LINE. BEFORE I GO AND TALK ABOUT CAPITAL OUTLAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING TIME INVESTING THE

043TIME AND SANTA FE AND KNOCKING ON DOORS OF EVERY SINGLE DELEGATION . YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB ADVOCATING AND THE COMBINATION OF YOU GUYS ADVOCATING CUT MYSELF DOING LOBBYING AND A CABINET HAVING ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, I BELIEVE THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMPARED TO ANY MY CLIENTS, GENERALLY LEGISLATURES YOU HALF OF WHAT YOU ASK. AND WE GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE ASKED. WHEN THE OFFICIAL LIST THAT SUPPORTED LAS CRUCES COMES OUT SO WE CAN THINK EACH ONE OF THEM. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CALLING THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND SENDING TEXT MESSAGES. I THINK THE EFFORT CUT THIS IS WHAT GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IS ABOUT WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM TOGETHER -- $950,000 WAS SECURED AS THE $1 MILLION REQUESTED. 2.3 MILLION FROM THE 4.6 THAT WE REQUESTED. AND YOU

044CAN SEE THE LOCATION IN THE REPORT WE CAN CLICK AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE BILL SO YOU CAN SEE THE LANGUAGE. IT IS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. GOT 250,000 SECURED OF THE 500,000 FOR THE TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER. 300,000 THAT WE REQUESTED FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX AND STAFF WELLNESS CENTER. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE JUNIOR BILL, WE RECEIVED 400,000 OF THE 800,000 FOR THE SUPPORT CENTER. THIS WILL HAPPEN TWICE. SO IT WILL HAPPEN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR WE WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT. THE CTE CENTER $200,000. AN ADDITIONAL FOR THE AVIATION CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE CENTERS 320,000. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL, I THINK IT IS 5 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL COMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO OFFSET I MATCHING. THIS IS GREAT FOR US

045RIGHT NOW. HIGHLIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO LEGISLATION , WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF LEGISLATION. IT WAS NOT LIKE A SIX-DAY SESSION. WE HAD A LOT OF MEMORIALS AND ENDOWMENTS AND TRUSTS, BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. YOU HAVE HOURS OF TRAINING THAT WILL COVER FINANCE, CREATIVE STRATEGY, AND BEST PRACTICES OF HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR SUPERINTENDENT. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRIBUTIONS. YOU NEED TO RECORD CONTRIBUTIONS ANY MORE THAN $1000. IF YOU NEED A FULL ANALYSIS, I CAN TRY THAT. THEN WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 153, WHICH IS A TRUST MAKING SURE THAT THE STATE OF THAT FUNDING BEING REVERTED INTO THE GENERAL STATE BUDGET ACTUALLY GOES BACK INTO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE FUND. AND HOUSE BILL 171, WHICH IS THE STANDARD'S

046THESE STANDARDS AND COURSES IF A STUDENT CAN GRADUATE AND I DID SUBMIT THAT TO THE BOARD AND CABINET. ONLY STUDENTS IN THE NINTH GRADE IN THE 2025 AND 2026 SCHOOL YEAR THEY WILL MAKE CHANGES THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE REMOVING THE APTITUDE TESTS, AN ADDITIONAL SEMESTER ON SOCIAL SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS HAVE TO PUT THAT RULE ON LOCAL DISTRICTS ABOUT REVISING THOSE COURSES. BAILOUT ELECTIVES. LAST YEAR IT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF DEBATE THROUGH INTERIM COMMITTEES. INTERNSHIPS, PROJECT-BASED CLASSES COUNT TOWARD CORE REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION. FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE THEY LINE ITEM THERE. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIX THE DENSITY FACTOR ON THE TRANSPORTATION FORMULA. THIS IS VERY POWERFUL. I SPOKE TODAY WITH ALEX AND HE WILL MAKE SURE HOW THAT IS REALLY IMPACTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE LEGISLATOR FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL BE DISCUSSING CHANGES

047THIS YEAR, AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING A BILL COMING UP ON THAT . FINALLY, HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS NEXT. WE HAVE ON MAY 15th AND ORGANIZATION MEETING ON JUNE 16th EFFECTIVE DATE OF LEGISLATION OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PASSED RIGHT NOW. JULY 1st THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS. COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON JULY 17th AND WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW ON SCHEDULING THE ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE FORUM. LAST YEAR THE ONE WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT. DIRECT DISCUSSION STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT AND CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER. THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION. YOU HAVE THAT AS WELL AND YOU ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD , AS YOU SAW WITH THE ALLOCATION OF SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, WE WILL

048BE BRINGING AN UPDATE AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR US AND WHAT IS THE PLAN ON THE CTE CENTER IN THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER AND OTHER PIECES THAT WE WERE AWARDED AS WELL AS LOOKING AT AN UPDATE ON GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE TRANSPORTATION DENSITY THAT WILL BE WORKED ON FOR THE 60 DAY SESSION. JUST A QUICK RECAP THAT IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SHORT 30 DAY SESSION PRESS AND LOOKING FORWARD AS JULY 1st HITS THAT WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED. SO WE WON'T GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE DENSITY FORMULA AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS? NOT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT SOON HOPEFULLY. I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN WHERE THAT WILL GO. WHEN YOU WRAP YOUR HEADS AROUND THAT OR WHEN IT BECOMES

049REAL -- THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS? MR. WOFFORD. HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT 171 COULD COUNT TOWARD CORE REQUIREMENTS. HAVE WE CHANGED -- WILL WE BE CHANGING ANY CORE REQUIREMENTS , WHAT WILL WE SUBSTITUTE OUT? WE WILL BE STUDYING EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS IN REGARD TO WHAT STAYS AND WHAT GOES. WHAT IT DOES OFFERS MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CTE AND OTHER PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION. TOWARD MATH OR SCIENCE? DR. WENDI? A COUPLE OF THINGS THERE WE GO. BOARD MEMBERS, WHAT IS THE QUESTION AGAIN? SPINNING OUT OF THE 777 THAT WERE INTRODUCED, 107 MADE IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK? NO, IT WAS A TOTAL OF 72 BILLS. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS, LEGISLATION PASSED, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE BILLS BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT GOT TO HER DESK. THAT IS INTERESTING. BUT,

050THEY DIDN'T HAVE -- 69 OF THOSE, SHE SIGNED, OF THOSE 107, OKAY, THEN ONE WAS VETOED, WHICH SHE SIGNED IT AND THE OTHER ONE SHE LET IT JUST BE ON HER DESK. SO, WHEN YOU HAVE A BILL THAT IS NOT GERMANE, IS IT IN THE PART OF THE 777? CORRECT. >> OKAY, SO A LOT OF THE BILLS WERE NOT GERMANE, AND I DON'T KNOW, THEY ARE NOT IN ANY OTHER PART OF THIS PRESENTATION HERE. NO, THEY JUST STAYED IN LIMBO, ALL OF THE BILLS, PART OF THIS 777. AND, THE RULES ARE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MESSAGE BEFORE YOU CAN INTRODUCE THE BILL, BUT AS THE YEARS HAVE PASSED, IT HAS CHANGED, LET'S INTRODUCE THE BILL AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET A MESSAGE. SO, YOU SEE BILLS BEING INTRODUCED, AND THE DIFFICULTY IN

051THE COMPLEXITY OF TRACKING THAT IN THE SESSION THIS YEAR AND I TALKED A LOT WITH MRS. O'BRIEN ABOUT THIS, THAT LET'S ONLY SPEND THE TIME ON THE BILLS THAT WERE SCHEDULED IN THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEN WE KNOW THEY WERE GERMANE, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE INTRODUCED AND FILED. EVEN IF, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE, ALSO YOU SAY LEGISLATION PASSED, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SENATE AND NOT THE HOUSE OR VICE VERSA. IT PASSED BOTH. ALL RIGHT. AND FROM THAT 107, SHE SIGNED 69 OF THOSE. THAT'S STILL A LOT UNACCOUNTED FOR. YES, CORRECT. WEIRD.>> I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND I THINK THE SAME THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME INTERRUPT. ANYONE ELSE? JUST THANK YOU, I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE SESSION, THE EMAILS AND COMMUNICATIONS, ALL THAT WAS

052GREAT, DIRECTING US ON THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF O'BRIEN, GIVING US THOSE HANDOUTS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO OUR LOBBYING SO A REAL TEAM EFFORT, GOOD TO SEE SOME SUCCESS COME OUT OF THAT. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE GET TOGETHER, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT DOING THAT EARLIER, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNING OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST STRATEGY BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALWAYS GOOD. WE ALWAYS NEED TO INVEST, SO LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CAPITAL HOURS AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLIER. PERHAPS THESE STRATEGIC PLANNING WE ARE GOING TO GET DONE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT, THANK YOU, IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT SESSION, INTERESTING WITH POCKETING THE MONEY AWAY, THAT $3 MILLION THAT IS OUT THERE, INTERESTING NUMBER. I HAD A QUESTION, BASED ON

053-- THE DIFFERENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE SLIDE. OUT OF CURIOSITY, IS IT IN THE REPORT THAT YOU SENT US? YES, IT IS IN THE REPORT. OKAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT PART OF THE REPORT IT IS IN? SO, IT SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY AN ANALYSIS ON THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY. BUT IT IS ON THE SAME EMAIL? IT SHOULD BE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT, AND IF NOT I CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. WE APPRECIATE THE REPORTS AND YOUR WORK IN SANTA FE. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. DEFINITELY, MEMBER NOLAN, STARTING OUR PROCESS, WE WILL BE PREPARING DURING THIS TIME FOR THE SUCCEEDING SESSIONS SO WE ARE NOT DOING OUR INITIAL REPORTING OR ASKS WHEN THE SESSION STARTS, OR RIGHT BEFORE, SO THANK YOU ABSOLUTELY, THAT IS THE PLAN FOR THIS

054YEAR. AND REALLY IDENTIFYING AND MAYBE EVEN NARROWING THIS A LITTLE BIT TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE FUNDING PIECE, BUT REALLY BE MORE STRATEGIC ON WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR. AND THEN WE HAVE MORE TIME, LIKE 60 DAYS, SO THAT WILL HELP AS WELL. ALSO, JUST I QUICKLY WANTED TO DO A QUICK STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING RECAP FROM FRIDAY, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING ON FRIDAY, OUR SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, AS WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PREPARING AND IDENTIFYING OUR PRIORITIES AND GOALS AND MOVING OUR DISTRICT FORWARD, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR PRESENTERS THAT CAME IN AND WE HAD SOME GREAT INFORMATION TO WORK WITH, LOOKING AT A LOT OF OUR DATA, ALSO OUR COMMUNITY INPUT INFORMATION, TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AS

055A BOARD ALSO AND LOOKING AT OUR VISION, VALUES AND ESTABLISHING SOME OF THOSE TOP PRIORITIES . WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES AND ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE WELL AWARE OF THE WORK THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY AND THE GREAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF, AND LOOKING AT THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR VISION STATEMENT, AND PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS SOMETHING WE CAN REMEMBER, IF I'M IN AN ELEVATOR AND SOMEBODY ASKED ME, WHAT IS LCPS ALL ABOUT? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORD THRIVE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON FRIDAY, WE SAW IT TODAY, WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS, ALL THOSE PIECES, OBVIOUSLY THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, THE OUTCOME PART IS SUPER IMPORTANT BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO OUR

056STUDENT SUCCESS AND HOW THEY THRIVE IN OUR DISTRICT, SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE WENT WITH THAT AND IT IS WHERE ALL LEARNERS THRIVE. OUR MISSION STATEMENT AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF OUR PRIORITIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DATA SHOWS THIS, THAT WE ARE KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS SAFE. AND THAT WE ARE EQUITABLE, ALWAYS STUDENT CENTERED IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE, AND WE CULTIVATE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE ARE PROMOTING EXCELLENCE AND ALSO HONORING DIVERSITY. AND OUR VALUES, GREAT CONVERSATION AROUND THAT, TO DISCUSS WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS. ALSO FOR GROWTH AND INNOVATION, KEEPING UP WITH BEST PRACTICES, RESEARCH-BASED, EVIDENCE-BASED, OUR DECISIONS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO COME THROUGH A LENS OF EQUITY, THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN IT AND ALSO WE HAVE

057THAT RESPECT. THE SUCCESS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO, WE JUST HAD A PRINCIPAL MEETING THIS MORNING AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE COMMITTED TO THIS AND WE ARE COMMITTED ESPECIALLY IN THE WORK AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR AUDIT REPORT, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED THAT WAS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RESULTS OF THAT REPORT. ALSO, OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, STAFF, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER, THE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AND ALSO COLLABORATION, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE A PART OF THE DECISION-MAKING AND THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY HAS A VOICE AT THE TABLE. THANK YOU AGAIN, I WANT TO DO A QUICK RECAP OF THAT, THE LAST PIECE WE HAVE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS ALSO THE IDENTIFICATION OF OUR

058GOALS. WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE BASED ON OUR DATA AND INPUT. I TALKED ABOUT MY FIRST 90 DAYS HERE, WHAT DID OUR COMMUNITY TELL US THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, ALSO IN OUR LATEST BUDGET SURVEY, SO AGAIN, OUR THREE MAIN GOALS IS INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THOSE PIECES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZING. AND OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS, A SAFE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT ALSO EMPLOYEES POINT ALSO ENGAGEMENT AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ALSO INCLUDED STAFF IN THIS. THE OTHER PIECE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE CAN SEE HERE, WITHIN EACH ONE OF THESE IS MARTINEZ-YAZZIE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT EVERY ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE, THAT MARTINEZ-YAZZIE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC.

059THAT CONCLUDES MY RECAP OF OUR STRATEGIC MEETING, STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING. YOU CAPTURED IT WELL, THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, OR COMMENTS? THE VISION AND MISSION AND VALUES, WERE THOSE REWRITTEN, IS THAT NEW? YES, GREAT QUESTION, JEREMIAH, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE HAVE NOW, AND ALSO AGAIN LOOKING AT OUR DATA AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, SO SOME OF THOSE WORDS ARE SOMEWHAT THE SAME BUT OVERALL THEY ARE NEW. OKAY, I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THE STATEMENT ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I PERSONALLY REALLY LOVE THAT PART, BEING IN THIS SCHOOL BUILDING IS WHERE WE LEARN A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT BEING ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY IS WHERE MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM, GROWING UP AND WANTING TO BE AN ADULT IN SOCIETY, I APPRECIATE THAT

060PART OF IT. THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT, JEREMIAH. WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE, I WILL INVITE DR. TOMLINSON TO PRESENT. AGAIN, THESE ARE UPDATED, JUST TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE REGULATIONS MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU MADAME PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THESE REVISED REGULATIONS AND JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD, OF COURSE THE POLICY IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ADMINISTRATION. SO, THE GOAL WITH REGULATION IS TO IMPLEMENT THE BOARD'S POLICIES. SO, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THESE REGULATIONS ALIGN WITH POLICIES KEC AND KEF. WE WILL START WITH POLICY KEC, WHICH IS THE REGULATION, OR I'M SORRY, WITH REGULATION KEC WHICH ALIGNS TO PUBLIC CONCERNS, COMPLAINTS ABOUT LIBRARY RESOURCES, SO THESE ARE THE MAJOR

061CHANGES TO THE REGULATION, FIRST OF ALL THE PROCESS SECTION WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE POLICY AND NEW SECTIONS WERE ADDED. THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS A DEFINITION SECTION THAT EXPLICITLY DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN LIBRARY MATERIALS, LIBRARY RESOURCES UNDER THIS POLICY SO KEC IS DEALING WITH MATERIALS AND RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY THAT STUDENTS CHOOSE TO READ. THEY ARE NOT REVIEWED, DEPENDING ON WHAT MATERIAL IT IS, THEY ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS. WHEN WE GET TO KEF, THAT DEFINITION SHIFTS TO MATERIALS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO POLICIES AND TWO REGULATIONS, WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING AND WHAT ARE THOSE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS. THE NEXT SECTION, FILING A COMPLAINT ENSURES THAT THE APPROPRIATE POLICY IS APPLIED TO EACH COMPLAINT AND THE APPROPRIATE FORM IS USED.

062ONE OF THE MAJOR SIXES WITH THIS WAS A NEW FORM WAS ADDED, KEC FORM E1, REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, THAT WAS ADDED AND IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE ALONGSIDE THE POLICY AND REGULATION. THE COMMITTEE SECTION OF THE POLICY PROVIDES GUIDELINES ON COMMITTEE COMPOSITION, CRITERIA THE COMMITTEE REALLY IS TO EVALUATE LIBRARY MATERIALS AND CRITERIA FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, SOME IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE, THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A ROLE IN COMMITTEE SELECTION AND IT CLARIFIES UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES A LIBRARY MATERIAL MAY BE REMOVED. AND AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS REGULATION IS TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY AND THE POLICY, KEC SAYS THERE MUST BE CONCURRENCE AT EACH LEVEL. SO, THIS REGULATION ALIGNS TO THE BOARD'S POLICY. THERE IS ALSO A SECTION ADDED, PARENTAL RIGHT TO CONTROL A CHILD'S EDUCATION, WHICH OUTLINES THE PROCESS

063FOR PARENTS WHO WISH TO RESTRICT THEIR OWN CHILD'S ACCESS TO SPECIFIC LIBRARY MATERIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION IJL-R AND THAT IS THE REGULATION ABOUT SELECTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS AND UNDER THAT REGULATION, THERE IS ALSO A FORM FOR PARENTS TO USE TO RESTRICT THEIR OWN CHILD'S ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS AND RESOURCES. THE SECOND REGULATION THAT WAS REVISED IS REGULATION KEF, THAT ALARMS -- ALIGNS WITH POLICY, THIS SERVES COMPLAINTS ABOUT CURRICULUM AND LIBRARY MATERIALS, INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OR PRESENTATIONS. AGAIN, THE PROCESS SECTION WAS ELIMINATED AND NEW SECTIONS WERE ADDED, DEFINITIONS AGAIN DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MATERIALS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE ELECTED MATERIALS CHOSEN BY STUDENTS. THE OBJECTION TO CURRICULAR MATERIALS, INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OR PRESENTATIONS IS THE SECTION THAT OUTLINES THE STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN A PARENT OR GUARDIAN HAS A CONCERN

064IN RELATION TO POLICY KEF AND THAT STILL STARTS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. FILING A COMPLAINT SECTION ENSURES THAT THE APPROPRIATE POLICY IS APPLIED TO EACH COMPLAINT, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF IT IS ELECTIVE MATERIAL, WE ARE FILING UNDER KEC, IF IT IS A CURRICULAR MATERIAL, THAT IS BEING REVIEWED UNDER KEF. AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES CLEAR GUIDELINES ON COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AND CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING LIBRARY MATERIALS AND WHETHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE SELECTED RANDOMLY ARE WILLING TO SERVE. THE COMMITTEE HEARING PROCESS DETAILS THE HEARING PROCESS, THE PROCESS FOR APPEAL AND THE APPEAL HEARING. AGAIN, ALL OF THE STEPS ALIGNED TO THE LANGUAGE AND THE INTENT OF THE BOARD'S POLICY. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS? YES. I SAW THE WORD RANDOM USED A LOT, CAN YOU GO INTO MORE DETAIL

065ABOUT HOW THAT RANDOM PROCESS WILL PLAY OUT? SURE. SO, MADAME PRESIDENT AND MEMBER FRANK, THE PARENTS ON THE COMMITTEE ARE SELECTED RANDOMLY, SO IF A COMPLAINT IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THE NAMES OF ALL PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WILL COMPRISE THE POOL. AND FROM THAT, THE NAMES WILL BE SELECTED, THE PARENTS WILL BE CONTACTED AND IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, THEN THEY WILL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE. IF NOT, THEN ANOTHER NAME WILL BE SELECTED RANDOMLY. SO, THIS REALLY TAKES OUT ANYONE APPOINTING OR CHOOSING WHO GOES INTO THE POOL. IT IS ALL PARENTS OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED THAT GO INTO THE POOL FOR RANDOM SELECTION. YOU WON'T BE REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS, YOU WILL BE SELECTING PEOPLE AND FINDING OUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO SERVE OR NOT.

066THAT IS CORRECT. I BELIEVE THAT IS ABOUT AS RANDOM AS YOU CAN GET. WE JUST CAN'T MAKE IT LIKE JURY DUTY, RIGHT? I DON'T REALLY KNOW. THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF WILLINGNESS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY? NO, WE DON'T. ANYONE ELSE? THE OLD REGULATION HAD THE COMMITTEE SERVING FOR A FULL YEAR. HOW DOES IT WORK THEN? SO, THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE CONSTITUTED WHEN A COMPLAINT -- MUCH BETTER. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THE FORMS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS A MAJOR FLAW LAST TIME AND THE REMEDY ON THE SELECTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE WILL THE SAME HAPPEN WITH STUDENTS, IS IT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL ONLY, OR JUNIOR OR SENIOR? CORRECT, THE REGULATION STATES THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, TWO STUDENTS MAY BE SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY

067WILL COME FROM THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, NOT JURY DUTY, STILL HAVE TO BE WILLING TO SERVE AND WITH PARENT PERMISSION. OKAY.>> YOU ARE SPELLING OUT THE PARENTAL RIGHT TO CONTROL THE CHILD'S EDUCATION AND THE NEW REGULATION, I WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THAT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT PARENTS CAN OBJECT TO CERTAIN MATERIALS AND KEEP THEM FROM THEIR CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE IT. AND MY LAST QUICK UPDATE HERE, NEXT MONTH, OUR AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL COME TOGETHER TO HOST ANOTHER CHATTER EVENT, THIS TIME AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WILL RE-CREATE A DRUNK DRIVING CRASH INVOLVING STUDENT ACTORS TO REINFORCE THE MESSAGE THAT DRINKING AND DRIVING SHATTERS THE LIVES OF MORE THAN JUST THE VICTIMS INVOLVED, THIS WILL BE STAGED ON APRIL 4th IN THE NORTH

068PARKING LOT OF THE SCHOOL AND WILL INCLUDE A MULTIAGENCY RESPONSE FROM LAS CRUCES POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AMBULANCE SERVICE AND THE AIR AMBULANCE THAT WILL LAND IN THE NORTH PARKING LOT, TO MOVE ONE OF THE ACTORS TO MOUNTAINVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, ALSO REMEMBER THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY HOSTED AT MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH AND LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS A VERY VISIBLE EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE THE WEEK BEFORE PROM, REMINDING STUDENTS OF THE VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES OF DRINKING AND DRIVING. OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE SENDING OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND USE RELEASES, FOR NOW JUST TAKE NOTE THAT TRAFFIC ALONG SONOMA RANCH BOULEVARD WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC THE MORNING OF APRIL 4th. THAT CONCLUDES MY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. THANK YOU MR. RUIZ POINT MAY I SAY, THAT IS JUST

069A VERY POWERFUL PRESENTATION THAT YOU PUT ON. YES, I CAN IMAGINE THIS WOULD BE MY FIRST YEAR BUT I HAVE SEEN VERY SIMILAR EVENTS AND IT DOES SEND THE MESSAGE . OKAY, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WAS MOVED FROM THE BOTTOM WILL BE NEXT, IT IS THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR, ENDING JUNE 30th, 2023. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, JEREMIAH AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. JESSE OLIVER, AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT COMPANY APPROVED BY THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO SHARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, JEREMIAH AS WELL. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR ASSISTING WITH THE AUDIT. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR AUDITING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH

070THAT COMES A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION. THE AUDIT TAKES A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING THE 2023 AUDIT RESULTS AND REQUIRED COMMUNICATION. FIRST OFF, LET'S LOOK AT OUR RESPONSE ABILITY AS AN AUDITOR UNDER U.S. GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. OUR RESPONSE ABILITY IS TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT, FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS AND IN CONFORMITY WITH U.S. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. WE ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS OPINION BY PLANNING AND PERFORMING THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, WE DESIGNED THIS TO OBTAIN REGIONAL -- REASONABLE ASSURANCE ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS. IT DESCRIBES A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE WE OBTAIN WHILE PERFORMING THE AUDIT. IN ADDITION, OUR AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSIDERATION OF INTERNAL CONTROLS. WHEN DESIGNING THE

071PROCEDURES, TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNAL CONTROLS, WE OBSERVE, INQUIRE AND PERFORM THE INTERNAL PROCEDURES, WE DO NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE CONTROLS. WE SIMPLY STATE THE FINDINGS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING SIGNIFICANT MATTERS RELATING TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE BOARD OVERSIGHT. FOR THE 2023 AUDIT, WE HAVE EXPRESSED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, THIS IS THE BEST OPINION YOU CAN RECEIVE AND WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL A CLEAN OPINION. GREAT JOB ON THAT. THERE ARE TWO OTHER REPORTS, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE GAGAS REPORT. WE WOULD DOCUMENT ANY INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS, OR NONCOMPLIANCE AND THERE WERE NO FINDINGS AS WE NOTED ON THE SLIDE. WE HAD THE REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM AND INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE. BECAUSE THE

072SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENT OVER 750,000 OF FEDERAL AWARDED MONEY FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS, A SINGLE AUDIT IS REQUIRED. A SINGLE AUDIT IS UPON ITSELF WHERE WE PERFORM AUDIT PROCEDURES TO OBTAIN REGIONAL REASONABLE ASSURANCE TO EXPRESS OPINION WITH THE LETTER OF AWARDED CONTESTANTS. NEXT, I WILL DISCUSS REQUIRED MATTERS TO BE COMMUNICATED WITH THE GOVERNING BODY. WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ALL ANY DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERS IN PERFORMING THE AUDIT, LIKE A SAID THERE WAS GREAT MEDICATION WITH MANAGEMENT, WE DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY DIFFICULTIES. IF THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS OR DIFFERENCES CONSIDERED BY MANAGEMENT TO BE IMMATERIAL TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD SHALL BE INFORMED. AN EXAMPLE IS CASH TO ACCRUAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. FOR INSTANCE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES FEDERAL MONEY AFTER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YEAR AND, HOWEVER THESE ARE EXPENDITURES THAT HAPPENED DURING THE SCHOOL

073YEAR AND AN ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE MADE TO REFLECT UPON ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE EVEN THOUGH WE RECEIVED AFTER THE YEAR ENDED. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE NO MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO COMMUNICATE. WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO COMMUTE -- COMMUNICATE ANY DISAGREEMENTS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE, AND LASTLY, MATTERS TO BE COMMUNICATE WITH THE GOVERNING BODY, MANAGEMENTS CONSULTATION WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS. CURRENT YEAR FINDINGS, WE HAVE NONE, AGAIN, THAT IS A GREAT THING TO SEE, AND IN THE PRIOR YEAR, THERE WERE NINE AUDIT FINDINGS, THESE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN ORDER TO CLEAR THESE FINDINGS, WE DISCUSSED WITH MANAGEMENT AND RE-PERFORMED AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT ADDRESSED THESE FINDINGS SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. SO, YOU ARE THE ONES THAT ADDRESSED THE 2022 FINDINGS? SO, WE LOOK AT

074THE 2022 FINDINGS. BUT, WE DO NOT PERFORM THE 2022 AUDIT. BUT, YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS THOSE FINDINGS? YES, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? SO, THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND BY A DIFFERENT AUDITING FIRM AND YOU JUST CLARIFY THAT THEY HAD ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AUDITING SCHOOL DISTRICTS? AS THIS FIRM, I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM FOR TWO YEARS MYSELF, AND THE PREVIOUS FIRM BEFORE THAT FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. SO, IT IS NOT A LACK OF EXPERIENCE THAT CAUSED YOU TO FIND NOTHING. YEAH -- THAT WAS MOSTLY A JOKE. I WANTED TO COMMEMORATE YOU, THAT IS GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR TEAM, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MADAME PRESIDENT,

075MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TONIGHT WE ARE COMING BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT, TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF OUR STRONGER CONNECTION GRANT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT, OR LOOKING AT FIREARM DETECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND AS A PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, I HAVE DR. DENNIS CARPENTER WHO IS WORKING WITH US TONIGHT, HE'S GOING TO JOIN ME UP HERE AND DO PART OF OUR PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WITH THAT, JUMPING IN, JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR GRANT, THIS IS THROUGH THE SAFE AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS BUREAU, AGAIN THROUGH NEW MEXICO, IT WAS A SECOND ROUND OF REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS, THE SECOND ROUND CAME OUT AND THE FOCUS ON FUNDING, THIS WAS THE LANGUAGE FROM THE GRANT. PRIORITY WILL BE GRANTED TO THOSE DISTRICT STATE CHARTERS TO IMPLEMENT FIREARM DETECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT CITED SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE

076PREVENTION, SO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE DID APPLY IN THAT SECOND ROUND AND WE ARE AWARDED $1.7 MILLION FOR EVOLV EXPRESS FIREARMS DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT WAS TWO UNITS AND EACH ONE OF OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THIS SYSTEM EMPLOYS ADVANCED SENSOR AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETECT FIREARMS, AND THE TIMEFRAME FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRANT, AS WE HAVE TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY SEPTEMBER 30th, 2026. AND OBVIOUSLY IF THE BOARD IS IN APPROVAL OF THIS TONIGHT, THEN WE WILL BEGIN WORK IMMEDIATELY BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT TIMELINE WITH YOU. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO INVITE UP WITH DR. CARPENTER TO SHARE HIS PRESENTATION AND WE WILL WRAP UP AFTER THAT AND STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

077HAVE. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN NEW MEXICO TODAY, I STARTED MY TRIP EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT I MADE IT. YOU ALL HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE ORCHESTRA AND ALL OF THE AWARDS, IT JUST GETS ME EXCITED. NOT EXCITED ENOUGH TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT AGAIN, BUT IT GETS ME PRETTY EXCITED. I SERVED AS A SENIOR EDUCATION ADVISER AS A PART OF MY CONSULTING FIRM, I GET TO GO OUT AND TALK THROUGH THE SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I DON'T LIKE THE SHOCK VALUE BUT THESE ARE JUST FACTS, 2022 FOR EXAMPLE, GUN VIOLENCE SURPASSED CAR ACCIDENTS FOR PEOPLE UNDER 18. 2023, 618 MASS SHOOTINGS. 120 PEOPLE

078ARE KILLED BY GUNS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS A PART OF WHAT IS HAPPENING UNFORTUNATELY IN OUR WORLD AND OUR COUNTRY. SO, I HAVE A FEW COMPANY CLIENTS BUT I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT EVOLV BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS GRANDIOSE MISSION AND THEY ARE REALLY DOING THE WORK, THAT IS MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND PLAY. SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE NOT FIRST FOR EVOLV, IT STARTED WITH A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, AND NOW EDUCATION HAS BECOME THE LARGEST VERTICAL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK IN OUR NEWSPAPERS AND AROUND OUR COMMUNICATIONS ENOUGH TO KNOW WHY. BUT, THE BEAUTY OF EVOLV, IT IS NOT A METAL DETECTOR, IT IS WEAPONS DETECTION, THAT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. I LIKE TO CALL WHAT THEY

079DO AND WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM IMPLEMENT ACROSS SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS THEY ARE DOING THIS THING THAT WE CALL WEAPONS DETECTION AT THE SPEED OF LIFE. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OVERALL CULTURE AND CLIMATE OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THAT GETS ME EXCITED AS A FORMER SCHOOL LEADER. I SERVED ONCE AT A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHEN I WALKED IN, THERE WERE TRADITIONAL METAL DETECTORS AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A STERILE ENVIRONMENT THAT WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KIDS FORMING LONG LINES OUTSIDE, AND HOW IT JUST HAMPERS THEIR THOUGHT AROUND LEARNING AND THE ABILITY TO KICK OFF A GOOD DAY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING RADICALLY DIFFERENT, THAT IS WHY WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO GET BEHIND IT. FIRST OFF, YOU CAN

080LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE FOREMOST SAFETY EXPERTS IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE SYSTEM YOU ARE CONSIDERING IN YOUR DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR SYSTEM IN 2019, THERE WERE OVER 1 BILLION VISITORS SCREEN, 2+ MILLION PEOPLE SCREENED PER DAY AND OVER 4000 HOSPITAL VISITORS. THESE ARE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE MANY BRANDS THAT YOU KNOW AND LOVE AROUND OUR COUNTRY THAT OUR CUSTOMERS USE, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE EDUCATION SPACE WHICH IS HERE. AND I JUST READ TODAY THAT WE ARE NOW OVER 800 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE AND THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOGOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT INSTITUTE OUR PROGRAM AND THE MOST EXCITING THING IS WHEN I SEE THE EMAILS ABOUT DISTRICT PARTNERS WHO ARE EXPANDING, THEY GET IN SUCH POSITIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

081AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR SYSTEMS ACROSS THE DISTRICTS. GOING BACK TO THE POINT THAT I RAISED EARLIER, THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL PARADOX, I WILL TRY TO DEMONSTRATE IT TO YOU HERE. THERE IS SAFETY, THE FIRST THING I SAW IN YOUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN MISSION STATEMENT , SAFE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE KNOW IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED, WE HAVE TO HAVE A POSITIVE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. ON THIS CONTINUUM, YOU HAVE ORGANIZATIONS I CAN DO NOTHING AND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE MIGHT BE HIGH BUT, THEN SAFETY IS VERY LOW. OR YOU CAN GET VERY STERILE IN YOUR APPROACH, ALL THE WAY UP TO A FULL BODY FRISK BUT THEN THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE IS LOW. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVOLV HAS FIGURED OUT, HOW DO WE GET BOTH? SO IN A NUTSHELL, I KNOW FOUR OUT

082OF FIVE BOARD MEMBERS.THE CHANCE TO SEE THE SYSTEM IN OPERATION TODAY, AND I TALKED WITH A FEW STUDENTS AND THEY EXPERIENCED THE SYSTEM AND GAVE US VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND A SMALL SNAPSHOT. WHAT WE DO THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM METAL DETECTION IS WE ARE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THOSE THINGS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CARRY EVERY SINGLE DAY, OUR KEYS, OUR CELL PHONE, CHANGE IN OUR POCKETS, AND THOSE THINGS THAT CAN DO MASS HARM IN A HURRY. AND THE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENTIATION, ALLOWING THE STUDENTS TO ENTER SCHOOL AT THE SPEED OF LIFE, ALLOWING THE ADULT TO HAVE A HEADS UP GREETING TYPE ORIENTATION VERSUS CONFRONTATION, AND THAT IS THE DIFFERENTIATOR, ONE OF THE KEYS IN THE MARKETPLACE. ALSO NOTICE THE RED BOX, THAT IS SOMETHING WE

083DO DIFFERENTLY FROM ANYONE ELSE. HERE IS THE SYSTEM, THIS IS THE DOUBLE LANE, TRADITIONAL DETECTION, STOPPING EVERY STUDENT, CHECKING EVERY BAG, LONG LINES, THE SYSTEM CAN GET ABOUT 4000 STUDENTS THROUGH PER HOUR, WHICH IS WHAT MOST SCHOOLS NEED AT EACH ENTRANCE, ABOUT 2000 STUDENTS PER HOUR. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE SYSTEMS DEPLOYED IN ONE OF OUR DISTRICT PARTNERS. YOU WILL SEE PINPOINT SEARCHES FOR THE THREE, THAT RED BOX AGAIN. SO, HE WALKS THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND IT GOES OFF, WE ARE GOING TO SEE A BOX, IT IS GOING TO TELL US WHEN HE GOES OVER THE SECONDARY SEARCH, EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK. WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK THROUGH HIS BELONGINGS, UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE WARRANTS THAT DOWN THE ROAD. WE ARE NOT PUTTING THE STUDENT IN ANY DOUBLE JEOPARDY. THAT DIFFERENTIATES

084US IN THE MARKETPLACE. AND THIS REDUCES ANXIETY AMONGST STUDENTS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE FOUND, THOSE CLAMSHELL EYEGLASS BOXES, THE VERY LARGE ONES, THIS SYSTEM WILL DETECT IT. IN A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION, THEY WILL FIND ANOTHER BOX TO BRING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP GOING, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE SECONDARY SEARCH NO MORE THAN WE WANT TO. IT IS FREE FLOWING AT THE SPEED OF LIFE, NO LINES, AND DISTINGUISHED IN BETWEEN THOSE THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE A THREAT AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE MORE BENIGN, CAUSING THE INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THAT POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT. I'M ONLY LOOKING FOR A RED LIGHT AND A BOX, IF THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, KIDS ARE FLOWING THROUGH AT THE SPEED OF LIFE. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND THERE IS RESEARCH THAT TALKS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE

085IMPACT THAT GOES ALONG WITH TRADITIONAL METAL DETECTION AND IN MANY CASES, WHEN YOU DIG INTO IT AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT, I HAVE COINED THE TERM, IT FEELS LIKE SECURITY THEATER BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACCURACY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WHERE IS ON THE SIDE, WE CAN GET PRETTY ACCURATE. HERE IS A VIDEO, I WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS BY WAY OF THIS VIDEO AND YOU CAN SEE THE LADIES COMING IN, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO STOP, THEY ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE AND THEY CAN WALK THROUGH. SO, THEY ARE BOTH COMING THROUGH, THE RED LIFE IS --RED LIGHT IS GOING TO GO OFF. I'M GOING TO PRESS THE BUTTON, LET ME GO BACK. OKAY. THEY ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH. THE RED LIGHT GOES OFF AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE

086BOX BY HER SHOE, THERE IT IS, AND WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. YOU WILL SEE THE STAFF MEMBERS, THE KIDS COMING IN, I LOVE THE PANELS ON THE SIDE, YOU CAN HAVE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO PURCHASE THAT SPACE FOR ADVERTISING, THOSE INSERTS WOULD CAUSE --COST A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM RURAL DISTRICTS, SMALL DISTRICTS, URBAN AND SUBURBAN. SOME OF THE LARGEST DISTRICTS AND SOME OF THE SMALLEST IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS ANOTHER DIFFERENTIATOR, BECAUSE WE ARE A SMART SYSTEM, REAL-TIME ANALYTICS, BACK OFFICE DASHBOARD WITH EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW, HOW MANY ALARMS DID YOU HAVE ASKED THE PERSON IS INPUTTING WHAT THEY FOUND, ALL THOSE ANALYTICS CAN BE UP DATED IN REAL TIME. CHANGING THE SETTINGS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE DONE BY THE APP

087AND IN REAL TIME, ALL OF THAT REPORTING CAN COME TO YOU DURING IMPLEMENTATION. HOW MANY FALSE ALARMS, THEY ONLY WANT 10% OF KIDS GETTING SEARCHED EVERY DAY. YOU JUST SEE IT DROPPING, THE KIDS ARE FLOWING IN AND YOU ARE CREATING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM AND ALL THAT REPORTING IS AT THE FINGERTIPS OF WHOEVER IS DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE IT. THAT IS THE SYSTEM IN A NUTSHELL, MANY OF YOU EXPERIENCED IT TODAY, ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE AROUND IT? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EXCUSE ME FOR SPEAKING OVER YOU, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY I'M OUT OF TOWN AND WASN'T ABLE TO EXPERIENCE YOUR SYSTEM FIRSTHAND, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE

088GRANT FOR $1,700,000, WHAT DOES THAT GET US FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? I'M GOING TO LET THIS YOUNG MAN TAKE THAT. MADAM CORT, THAT GIVES US TWO OF THOSE SINGLING SYSTEMS FOR EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, FOR OUR FOUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS AND SEVEN OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SO, THAT INCLUDES, THAT IS ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE HARDWARE AND IT IS SOFTWARE SUPPORT THAT GOES WITH THAT, SO THERE'S SOFTWARE UPDATES, SOME OTHER THINGS, ALSO A WARRANTY, AND ALSO ANOTHER PIECE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY, WE TALKED ABOUT, IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION, THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE ROLLOUT SO THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS, THE TEAM WILL DO SITE VISITS AND WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPLES, OUR SECURITY STAFF, TO LOOK AT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THAT AND GIVE US THE BEST

089PRACTICES AND IDEAS, AND ALSO THEY WILL PROVIDE US WITH SOME INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, PARENTS, NEWS RELEASES AND THE COMMUNITIES, TALKING ABOUT WHY WE ARE DOING THIS AND HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK. THANK YOU, I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE TWO SINGLING UNITS FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MY CONCERN IS ENTRY POINTS, ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A SHIFT IN HOW WE DO THINGS IN GENERAL. AND DR. CARPENTER SAID NO LINES, AND I CAN'T VISUALIZE IT, ONE SINGLE ENTRY POINT FOR HIGH SCHOOL OF OVER 2000 KIDS WITH NO LINES AND NO APPEARANCE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE SEARCHED AND THOSE KINDS OF

090THINGS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ENTRY POINTS. SO, I WILL TALK ABOUT A PIECE OF THAT AND DR. CARPENTER WILL HELP WITH THAT AS WELL. WE DID HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TODAY AS WELL AND OF COURSE IS NOT HAVING THOSE SYSTEMS IN PLACE, MY MIND IS EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AT. AND IN OUR SAFETY PLANS THAT WE HAVE, SECURING OUR SCHOOL SITES, AND WE USE THE TERM HARDENING, SO MAKING SURE THE EXTERIORS ARE LOCKED AND CONTAINED, THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE DOING. OUR CAMPUSES ARE BIG, I WILL JUMP TO MESA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAD DIFFERENT FLOW, SO IT IS REALLY LOOKING AT THAT WITH EVOLV WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS, TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IN A LOT OF CASES, I THINK ABOUT THE BUSES COMING IN, WE HAVE THEM STAGGERED, WE ARE ABLE TO MONITOR THOSE

091KIDS THROUGHOUT, IT IS NOT LIKE EVERYBODY GETS THERE AT THE SAME TIME. AGAIN, IN MY HEAD, I'M WITH YOU AS WELL, THOSE ARE THINGS WE WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH POINT THEY ARE ALSO IN SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MEXICO THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THEM OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THOSE. IT WILL BE US CONNECTING WITH THEM AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WORKED, DEFINITELY GETTING OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN CONTACT WITH THERE'S, TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GETTING THAT FLOW IN MAKING THAT WORK AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER AND I HAVE THOSE SAME QUESTIONS IN MY HEAD. THAT IS HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AS IT RELATES TO OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND ENGINEERS LOOKING AT FLOW PATTERNS AND DOING THAT ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO ALIGNING WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PLACE THE

092SYSTEMS, THAT IS A KEY PART OF WHAT WE DO. ALSO THAT IMPLEMENTATION, WE DON'T DROP AND LEAVE. ONE OF MY ROLES IN ADDITION TO ALL THE FOLKS ON THE TEAM IS WHEN WE DO IMPLEMENTATION, WE ARE LITERALLY IN THAT DISTRICT FOR A WEEK, HELPING THE DISTRICT MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING THE WAY IT IS OUTLINED TO GO. WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE VIDEO, AND REALLY THAT NEEDS TO BE A PERSON THAT KNOWS THE DISTRICT. SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS THE KIDS SO THEY CAN GREET THEM. BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IS THE SECONDARY SEARCH LOCATION IF IT GOES OFF, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT IS MANNING THE AREA. THE KIDS WANT TO FLOW IN, THE RED BOX GOES ON, THEY GO TO THE SECONDARY SEARCH AND ANOTHER ONE COMES THROUGH. MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM

093UTILIZES THE SYSTEM AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF FANS, THEY ALWAYS THINK I'M CRAZY BECAUSE I STOP AND DO A SELFIE WITH MY SON AND DAUGHTER BUT I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT STOPS THE LINE, EVERYONE ELSE JUST KEEPS GOING. AND HE IS RIGHT, WE HAVE PARTNERS ALL AROUND, AND I KNOW EVOLV WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU THIS IN ACTION AS WELL. MY LAST QUESTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE NEED FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY, ARE WE LOOKING AT PULLING SOME EMPLOYEES FROM OTHER THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING TO MONITOR THIS SYSTEM, SO ARE WE LOOKING AT ONE PERSON THAT IS GREETING THEY ARE GOING THROUGH INITIALLY AND ONE PERSON AT A SECONDARY SEARCH? YES, ONE PERSON IS LOOKING AT THE MONITOR AND ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT THE SECONDARY LOCATION. OKAY, AND THOSE PEOPLE

094WILL BE TRAINED? ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL BE A PART OF THAT TRAINING PROCESS AND TALKING ABOUT PRACTICES WE HAVE SEEN AROUND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LOOKING AT ANY DIFFERENCES WITH THE CHILDREN. ALSO, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE EDGE, IF THERE IS A CAMPUS SRO, THAT PERSON CAN BE A PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU, THAT IS ALL MY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS. MADAM CORT, I ALSO HAD THE SAME CONCERN AS YOU ABOUT THE FLOW COMING IN, AND THEY PRETTY MUCH CONVINCED ME THAT THEY CAN HANDLE IT. AND ALSO, YOUR CONCERN ABOUT DEPLOYING STAFF. I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF SOMEBODY GREETING STUDENTS AS THEY ARRIVE, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE WELCOME. SO, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT AFTER WE PAY FOR THIS, WILL THERE BE REOCCURRING COSTS, THAT

095WE WILL HAVE TO FUND OURSELVES? AND WHAT CAN WE ANTICIPATE IN THAT REGARD? MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND LOOKING AT PURCHASING THAT, THAT DOES INCLUDE SOFTWARE, BUT THERE COULD POSSIBLY BE FUTURE SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES THAT GO WITH THAT, I THINK THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS WE FLOATED AROUND AS WELL, IF YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, THERE'S OPTIONS TO UPGRADE THE SYSTEMS, SO ON AND SO FORTH BUT I BELIEVE IT IS THE SUBSCRIPTION PIECE FOR THE SOFTWARE, THE INTELLIGENCE PIECE WOULD BE A POSSIBLE FUTURE COST TO US. OKAY, AND ONE OTHER THING, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT JEREMIAH THINKS OF THIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND? IF IT ALL WORKS THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. I KNOW IT WON'T BE IMPLEMENTED AT MY HASKELL SINCE IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE

096AT THE OTHER FOUR, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY DIFFICULT AT MY HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS EIGHT DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, YOU ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO TALK TO MY OTHER FRIENDS AND SEE HOW OFTEN THEY ENTER THROUGH THE SAME DOOR EVERY DAY OR HOW MUCH THE STUDENT BODY ENTERS THE SAME DOOR EVERY DAY. AND LISTENING TO THE STUDENTS AND SEEING HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO HAVE THE WHOLE STUDENT BODY AN THROUGH TWO POINTS. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT CAME TO MY MIND. I JUST WANTED TO ADD, BACK TO MADAME CORT, YOUR COMMENTS, IN MY MIND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LEVERAGING STAFF, THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE, MANY TIMES IT IS A CHALLENGE TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, I'M

097JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL'S, THE OTHER DAY, YES THEY HAVE GREAT STAFF, BUT TO BE VISIBLE, THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP US TO LOOK AT THAT AND REVISIT OUR SAFETY PEACE AND ALSO OUR ENTRY POINTS AND I GET THE FACT THAT WE ARE LIMITED TO TWO BUT THE FULL PIECE, I REALLY FEEL THE FLOW WILL BE FINE BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP US LEVERAGE THE STAFF AND BE ABLE TO FEEL A LOT BETTER AS FAR AS THE SAFETY PEACE. I THINK THAT WAS THE IDEA. AND IF I MAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE AWESOME, AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS IMPLEMENTATION, IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION, TO ABSOLUTELY INCLUDE THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THAT BECAUSE IT IS YOUR HOUSE AND THAT IS WHERE YOU ALL LIVE. WE WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT

098POINT JEREMIAH, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE IT IN PERSON, IT IS IN THE LOBBY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA, SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM EVOLV. I WILL DEFINITELY CHECK IT OUT ON MY WAY OUT AND BE ABLE TO REPORT TO MY STUDENTS. SOMETHING CAME UP THAT I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT, ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY IN THIS SPACE IS WE ARE AN EDUCATION TEAM, WE ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT REALIZING THE DIFFERENT NUANCES WITH EDUCATION. ONE THING WE FOUGHT FOR AS AN EDUCATION COMPANY, YOU CAN'T CHARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHAT YOU CHARGE SPORTS VENUES, SO WITH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A 30% SUBSCRIPTION PRICE REDUCTION FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I'M SORRY, FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT CLIENTS. ALSO, WE PROVIDE SOME MEMBER, UNITS THAT HAVE BIGGER

099WHEELS, A STRONGER BASE AND THEY CAN EASILY BE MOVED TO YOUR FOOTBALL STADIUM OR IN THE BASKETBALL GYM ON THOSE NIGHTS. THE MOST VIOLENCE WAS STARTING TO HAPPEN DURING FOOTBALL GAMES, SO NOW WE HAVE EMPLOYED A UNIT THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND AND ALSO USED IN THAT WAY, NOTHING FANCY IN TERMS OF A HOOK UP, JUST PLUG IN AND WATCH THE LIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL AS A COMPANY ABOUT GETTING EDUCATION RIGHT AND THAT GOT ME EXCITED. WE HAVE TWO SINGLE ENTRIES FOR EVERY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS THE SAME NUMBER QUESTA MARK WE WILL BE PURCHASING TWO OF THESE, IN OUR SAFETY PLAN, WE HAVE ENTRY POINTS WE ARE WORKING ON. I'M NOT SAYING THEY ARE LIMITED, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE DOING THAT AS THEY ARE MONITORING THE STUDENTS COMING. WITH

100CENTENNIAL, THIS ISN'T JUST A LIMITED DROP OFF, AND ON THE BOTTOM YOU HAVE THE STUDENT PARKING LOT AND THE BUS LOT ON THE BOTTOM, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. SO WE MANAGE THAT PIECE. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS BUT IN OUR HEAD, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. SURE, THE BUS DROP OFF AND THE STUDENT PARKING LOT. DR. CARPENTER, HOW MANY OF THESE UNITS DO YOU FIND IN MOST OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU HAVE CONSULTED WITH -- GENERALLY TWO UNITS, THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW TRYING TO ELIMINATE ALL THESE ENTRANCES AND REALLY GET DOWN TO THAT ONE. BUT GENERALLY THE BUS LANE IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, SO TWO UNITS IS VERY COMMON AND I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY COMING IN THROUGH THE FRONT ENTRANCE.

101WE WERE IN RHODE ISLAND NOT LONG AGO, IN EAST PROVIDENCE, PEOPLE WANTED TO WATCH EVERYBODY IN A SINGLE LOCATION, AND THAT IS STARTING TO COME BACK. DOES OUR GRANT REQUIRE THAT ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE THEM, IF WE MOVE THEM AROUND, WOULD WE HAVE PARAMETERS TO DO THAT, OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE TWO OF THESE MACHINES AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL? WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN THE GRANT THAT WE SAID, FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST LIMITED TO THOSE, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER US SPECIFICALLY CITING THOSE, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION AND REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A FOUR-YEAR GRANT? SO, IT IS

102A ONE-TIME GRANT, IT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY 2026, NO GUARANTEE ON MONEY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. THEY ARE OFFERING IT THIS YEAR, I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN, AND I HUFFED --WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THE PARAMETERS. I THINK I HEARD THAT IT WAS A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT, WOULD WE BE ENTERING INTO A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT? I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, THEY TALKED ABOUT IT FOR YOUR SUBSCRIPTION, THAT WAS WITH THE LEASE PROGRAM AND I BELIEVE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PURCHASING PROGRAM. WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT SOFTWARE AFTER THAT. WHAT THEY SHARED WITH US IN THE DEMO WAS THE LEASE OPTION, SO AFTER THAT, WE COULD EITHER KEEP THEM, TRADE THEM, OR DO AWAY WITH THEM. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU DR. CARPENTER. I HAVE MR. NOLAN HERE. I WANT

103TO THANK THE TEAM, THEY HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. THE TECHNOLOGY, IT IS CUTTING EDGE, DIFFERENT FROM YOUR AVERAGE METAL DETECTORS. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AROUND THE LONG-TERM STABILITY, AGAIN, THE WARRANTY IS FOUR YEARS, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS LIKE A COMPUTER, IS THE COMPUTER GOING TO BE OBSOLETE IN FOUR YEARS QUESTION MARK PROBABLY NOT, BUT IN SIX OR SEVEN, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE WORKING AS WELL. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET AT $1.7 MILLION AGAIN? THAT IS CERTAINLY A CONCERN. AND JUST IN A GENERAL SENSE, THE IDEA OF PUTTING THESE IN SCHOOLS, IT CHALLENGES MY VALUES. WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE CREATING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IS IT MAKING STUDENTS FEEL SAFE? I KNOW SAFETY HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW, HAVE

104WE DELVED INTO WHAT SAFETY MEANS IN OUR SCHOOLS? AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF JEREMIAH MEETING WITH STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PARENTS AND REALLY HONING IN ON WHAT THAT SAFETY ASPECT IS, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. ARE WE VOTING ON THIS TODAY? IT DOESN'T SAY ACTION ITEM. IT IS IN RED. VISITATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL. WHAT IS THE FIRST PAGE? IT HAS SOMETHING ELSE CHECKED. SO I WAS CONFUSED. THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE MISSING AS WELL IN THIS PACKET. IT JUST SAYS REPORT INFORMATION, I ASSUME -- THE AGENDA TAKES PRECEDENCE. AND WE GOT THIS HONEY, GREAT, GOOD TO GET RESOURCES INTO THE DISTRICT, AND $1.7 MILLION WOULD PROBABLY FUND ABOUT 20 SOCIAL WORKERS, MAY BE MORE, I DON'T KNOW. SO, WHERE ARE OUR VALUES BEING REFLECTED IN SOME OF THIS? IF I MAY, THE FIRST

105THING IS THE TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT. ANY TECHNOLOGY, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS, EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CAMERAS, SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, AS WE ARE UPGRADING THESE THINGS, BUT WITHIN FIVE YEARS, OUR TECHNOLOGY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T BUILT IN OUR BUDGET, SO THINKING ABOUT THAT FROM THE DISTRICT PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL, WITH THE SAFER SCHOOLS BUREAU, FOR US TO MAINTAIN THESE, EITHER AGITATEDLY, THROUGH P.E.D. AND EVEN OUR LOCAL BUDGET, WE EVEN HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT, DOES IT BECOME PART OF CAPITAL PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITY AUTHORITY. I DO HEAR YOU. THANK YOU, PART OF THIS PROCESS, A PART OF THAT WAS ALSO THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, PART OF THE GRANT, WE DID APPLY FOR THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PEACE AS WELL AS THIS, THIS WAS

106THE ONLY PIECE THAT WAS AWARDED BY P.E.D. YOU RAISED A VERY GOOD POINT. I HESITATE TO TELL A STORY BUT I'M GOING TO TELL ONE. WHEN I SERVED AS SUPERINTENDENT AT ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WALKED IN AND THEY WERE TRADITIONAL METAL DETECTORS AND I TALKED TO KID AFTER KID, AND DID NOT GET GOOD FEEDBACK. SO MUCH SO, I COULD TELL YOU THE STORIES, THAT WOULD PROBABLY WASTE OUR TIME, BUT I MADE A HUGE STEP TO GET RID OF THEM. AND WHEN I GOT RID OF THEM, THIS FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY HAD PERMEATED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY THE VERY PEOPLE I WAS TRYING TO HELP, I FELT LIKE I WAS HARMING THEM BUT THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS EVOLVING, AS I'M DATING MYSELF. IF IT WAS ANYTHING THAT WOULD DISTURB THE EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF THE STUDENT,

107YOURS TRULY WOULD NOT BE HERE. IT IS THE OPPOSITE, I CAN SHOW YOU VIDEO ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE KIDS ARE SAYING IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT WE DO IT, IF WE CAN BE SAFE AT THE FOOTBALL GAME, WE HAVE TO BE SAFE AT SCHOOL. THAT IS A PASSION OF MINE AND I JUST FELT COMPELLED TO SAY THAT AND I DIDN'T COME HERE TO SAY THAT, BUT I WANTED TO. I APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WHEN BOARD MEMBERS MET EARLIER TODAY WITH SOME OF THE EVOLV PEOPLE, IT WAS ON A TWO BY TWO BASES, THERE WASN'T FOUR BOARD MEMBERS TOGETHER AT ANY TIME, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE. SECONDLY, --ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME? I'VE GOT TO DO WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO. THAT MACHINE MADE SOME NOISE

108AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IT USES, OUT OF CURIOSITY, DOES IT CHANGE THE ELECTRIC BILL? AND IT IS RUNNING ALL DAY UNLESS WE DECIDE TO TURN IT OFF. I DON'T KNOW THE TOP-SECRET TECHNOLOGY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IT IS USING. IF YOU CAN REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OF THAT. HE WASN'T ON THE MICROPHONE. YES, IT IS A VERY SMALL, MINUTE AMOUNT, IT DRAWS TWO AMPS, THAT IS A SMALL AMOUNT. PER DAY, PER OUR? IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A LIGHTBULB. IT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT, ALL OF OUR USERS DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY INCREASE THAT SCARES THEM. AND THE NOISE YOU HEARD TODAY WAS THE FAN. CAN I RESPOND? WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP IS VERY IMPORTANT IN A VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PIECE

109AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, YOU GUYS HAVE TEACHERS THERE AND KEEPING THE SCHOOLS SAFE IS VERY IMPORTANT, TO RETAIN GOOD STAFF, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND THE WAY THE WORLD IS MOVING UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS AREN'T AS SAFE AS IT USED TO BE. IT IS EASIER FOR STAFF TO RETAIN GREAT MEMBERS WHEN THEY KEEP THE SCHOOL SAFE AND ALSO RECRUIT STAFF, SO THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT REALLY DETERRENT FOR PEOPLE, IT IS A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. THE TEACHERS FEEL SAFE. THERE IS A PIECE OF THAT THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TODAY, THAT I REALLY WANTED TO BRING UP, THE SAFETY OF THE FACULTY AS WELL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. I GUESS THE NEXT POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS ORIGINALLY I ASKED HOW DID LCPS GET AWARDED? IT WAS A GRANT,

110AND THEY DECIDED TO APPLY FOR IT, TO ME I THINK IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE TO GIVE YOU THAT AWARD AND NOT EVEN GIVE YOU ENOUGH TO COVER FOR A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT OR FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT YOU HAVE THE MACHINES AND THE SYSTEM IN PLACE AND YOU HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION. I FEEL A LITTLE BIT UNEASY THAT THIS -- I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 1.7 MILLION COVERS, YOU SAID THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, BUT FOR HOW LONG? I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE BREAKDOWN FOR YOU, THE COST PER MACHINE AND WE CAN GET TO THE SUBSCRIPTION RATE. BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE ON OUR BILL AT SOME POINT AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE. ABSOLUTELY, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. THAT IS A GREAT POINT IN REGARDS TO

111THE SUSTAINABILITY BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO A PART OF OUR GOALS AND MISSIONS, PART OF THAT HAS BEEN US ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS AS WELL, THAT WE KEEP DATA, SO I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, REALLY LEVERAGING THE DATA AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT IS HAVING NOT ONLY FOR US BUT OTHER DISTRICTS, WE TALKED ABOUT LARGER DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALSO IMPLEMENTING THIS SO WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS SUPERINTENDENTS GATHERING THE DATA AND ALSO MAKING A POINT TO PRIORITIZE THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE OTHER PIECE WOULD BE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND FUNDING AS WELL, BRINGING BOTH INTO PLAY. 100%. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY ARE JUST EXPANDING THIS LIKE A BIGGER PILOT STUDY TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK IN MORE DISTRICTS IN NEW MEXICO

112BUT THEY DO NEED TO FUND IT. AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, AND I KNOW THAT ASIDE FROM BUDGET, WHY NOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? IS THERE ANY OTHER REASON? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING, WE NEED TO KEEP ALL SCHOOLS SAFE, TO ME STARTING WHERE WE ARE STARTING AND GOING HERE, I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GOOD START FOR US IN WORKING OUR WAY DOWN, IDEALLY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. BECAUSE BUDGET WISE, THE SAME ARGUMENT IS THE SRO'S, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER REASON WHY --AND THIS GOES INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHAT IS THE FREQUENCY OF WEAPONS THAT ARE REPORTED, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT WE DON'T KNOW, WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REPORTED CURRENTLY WITHOUT THE SYSTEM? I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD,

113BUT I CAN ABSOLUTELY GET WITH MISS MULLINS AND HER TEAM TO GET SOME DATA. I CAN IMAGINE, IT WAS KIND OF SMALL. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER. I CAN IMAGINE IT IS ON THE SMALLER SIDE BECAUSE TYPICALLY YOU GIVE US A NOTICE WHEN IT HAPPENS AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ONE IN A WHILE, KNOCK ON WOOD. MR. WALKER? NOTWITHSTANDING THE EVENT, THE KINDERGARTEN IN NORTH VIRGINIA, A CHILD BROUGHT A GUN, I THINK IT IS STATISTICALLY MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, SO IF THEY WERE SCREENING ADULTS WALKING INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THEN THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, I STILL HAD TO ASK. AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS, I THINK THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GET THAT DATA BUT MY OTHER BIG QUESTION FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IS OUT

114THERE AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S MORE OR LESS, BUT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE THE NUMBERS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. BUT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US ELIMINATE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW IS OUT THERE? AGAIN, THAT IS JUST SPECULATION BUT AS A PRINCIPAL, SOMETIMES YOU STUMBLE ON THINGS , BUT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING SUPER POSITIVE BECAUSE I THINK TODAY WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DETERRENT EFFECT AS WELL, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE CHECKING FOR THIS AND EVEN WE LOOK FOR SPORTING EVENTS, THAT LESSENS THE CHANCE OF THEM WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO SCHOOL OR AN EVENT. SO, IF SOME KID FINDS IT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, CARRIES ON BUT DOESN'T HAVE INTENTIONS OF USING IT, THEY MAY BE DETERRED FROM BRINGING IT. I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID YOU SEE A TREND AS FAR

115AS FINDING HIGHER DETECTIONS, OR WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? YES, WE HAVE A GAMUT OF CUSTOMERS, WE HAD THOSE THAT HAD NOTHING, WE HAD THOSE THAT HAD METAL DETECTORS THAT ARE DOING THIS, SO WE FIND THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST MONTH, WE ABORTED TWO MAJOR TRAGEDIES IN TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTRY AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE AT A TIME WHERE THE TEAM CELEBRATES BECAUSE WE ABORTED SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY. SO, IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY. ONE OF OUR LARGEST CLIENTS, CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS, THEY HAD PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY DID THEIR OWN STUDY, IN ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT THE WEAPONS AND MAJOR ISSUES, THEY FOUND THAT LAST YEAR THEY RECOVERED 60,000 ADMINISTRATIVE MAN-HOURS TO THE POINT I WAS JUST RAISED,

116AND CHILDREN KNOW YOU ARE DETECTING, THEY STOP DOING OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING POINT THROUGH THEIR REPORTING, THEY SAID THEY REGAINED 60,000 SCHOOL LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE MAN-HOURS TO DO OTHER THINGS. THAT WAS THEIR OWN REPORTING. MR. WOFFORD AND I WERE AT A WORKSHOP TOGETHER AND I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT THE SECURITY OFFICER WAS SHOWING WITH US BUT, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TALK WITH PALMS OR LOOK INTO THE WAITING LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE I JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU ARE FUNNELING PEOPLE, WHAT IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IF IT DOESN'T BECOME BOTTLENECKED, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAPPENS OR IF THIS IS JUST AN EASIER FLOW OF TRAFFIC. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE DO CURRENTLY WORK WITH PALMS IN SEVERAL AREAS, AND AS A MATTER OF

117FACT, I WENT TO A WORKSHOP AND IT COULD BE THE SAME PERSON THAT DOES THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, HE IS WORKING WITH US TO DO SOME SAFETY AUDITS. SO WE WILL -- EXCUSE ME? CAN YOU SAY HIS NAME FOR US? I CANNOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL BE FOMENTING IN OUR SAFETY PLAN, BUT ALSO FOR THE REVIEW AS WELL. I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO PREVENT LONG WAITING LINES. OKAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THREE PEOPLE NEEDING TO MAN THIS MACHINE AS A SINGLE UNIT, WHEN YOU DOUBLE IT, DO YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE? THIS WILL CREATE A DOUBLE LANE, YOU'RE JUST FLOWING MORE KIDS. SO WE HAVE AN SRO, SO WE HAVE TO TRAIN SOME OTHER STUFF TO BE A PART OF THAT. WHEN THEY ARE COMING IN

118AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE DAY, WHO IS SUPERVISING THAT? WHAT WE FIND MANY DISTRICTS DO, THEY WILL KEEP THE SYSTEM THERE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT OR SECRETARY IN THE FRONT OFFICE WILL BRING THE iPAD INTO THEIR DESK AREA AND WORK AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHERS THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF, BUT THAT IS THE ONE THAT SEEMS TO WORK WELL. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FOR EXAMPLE THE STUDENT ENTRANCES, ONCE IT IS TIME FOR SCHOOL TO START, THEY WILL REMAIN OPEN. SO NOW YOU'RE POINT OF ENTRY IS AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BASICALLY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT OR DID YOU WANT ME TO CALL WHEN I'M DONE? YOU

119HAVE THE FLOOR, I WILL ASK WHEN YOU ARE DONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU WANT ME TO LOWER MY HAND? AND NOW THAT WE KNOW, WE ARE GOOD. I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SROS HELPING, ONLY BECAUSE IF SOMETHING IS DETECTED, AND THAT PERSON HAS SOMETHING IN MIND, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE TRAINED TO SUBDUE THAT PERSON? THAT IS A LOCAL DISTRICT CONVERSATION AND IT GETS US INTO YOUR SAFETY PROTOCOL PROBABLY MORE THAN I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH, I CAN GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES BUT IT IS TAKING ME INTO THE SAFETY PROTOCOL. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE UTILIZE, WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SRO, BUT AS A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, IF WE HAVE SOME STUFF WE ARE

120MISSING, THAT IS INVOLVING TRAINING, AND ENSURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT JOB, SO I YOU SEE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FRIENDLY FACE, THE BACK END OF THAT, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE OF A COUPLE THINGS, THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW IT WORKS AND I THINK IN PART OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY, THERE WAS THE EXAMPLE GIVEN, IF YOU ARE GOING AND BLINDLY, THAT COULD POSSIBLY CREATE AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS SOMETHING HERE AND HOW WE APPROACH THAT, IT IS WORKING WITH OUR SECURITY GUARDS, I'M GOING TO SAY ALL OF OUR SECURITY GUARDS, ARE RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS, IT IS MAKING SURE WE KEEP UP WITH THE TRAINING AND HAVING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SPOTS, IDENTIFYING THOSE PLACES. MY FEAR IS PEOPLE

121HAVING EVIL INTENTIONS, BECAUSE THERE IS ONE PART, THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE WILL NOT GO THROUGH THAT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND THERE'S OTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH SPECIFICALLY TO ACT ON IT IN THAT SPACE. THERE IS A FUNCTION IN THE SYSTEM THAT I'M HESITANT TO TALK ABOUT HER HERE THAT COULD SUPPORT YOU IN THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT HERE, BUT IF YOU DO -- IF IT IS A SECURITY THING, IF IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN SHARE LATER, I UNDERSTAND THAT. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GREAT QUESTION WITH THE PERSONNEL, WE HAVE OUR SRO, OUR SECURITY GUARDS, SO IT IS LEVERAGING THE STAFF THAT IS ALREADY THERE FOR THE SUPERVISION BUT ALSO THE TRAINING THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS. IN REGARDS TO SUBDUING IT, WE DON'T WANT TO

122GET TO THAT POINT, THE GOAL IS THAT WE ELIMINATE THAT PIECE. BUT, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE TIME, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW. SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE SCHOOL BUT NOW WE HAVE POTENTIALLY SOMEBODY RUNNING AROUND THE SCHOOL, OR A POTENTIAL DETERRENT AS WELL, TO DETER THAT PIECE IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BUT IT WOULD BE LEVERAGING THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, SUPERVISING IN THE MORNINGS ON CAMPUS, ET CETERA. I JUST WANT TO BRING UP A FEW LEGAL PIECES THAT CAN GET AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, SO IN THE VIDEO, THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN OR, SO EVERYBODY WOULD GO THROUGH AND IF IT INDICATES THERE IS A RISK, THERE IS A SECONDARY AREA FOR THE ACTUAL SEARCH. AND THE EXAMPLE OF THE FALSE POSITIVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT

123PERCENTAGE, BUT I ASSUME THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST RUNNING THROUGH THE SCREENER, ANYBODY THAT THE MACHINE DETECTS THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE SEARCH. AND UNDER STATE LAW, THE SEARCH OF THE STUDENT HAS TO BE CONDUCTED BY AN AUTHORIZED PERSON OF THE SAME SEX OF THE STUDENT, AND ALSO IN THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER AUTHORIZED PERSON OF THE SAME SEX. SO BASICALLY, ON THE SECONDARY SEARCH, WHEN THE MACHINE GOES OFF, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PREPARED TWO MALES WHO ARE TRAINED AND TWO FEMALES THAT ARE TRAINED TO COMPLETE THE SECOND PART OF THE PROCESS. IT IS NOT JUST THE PERSON THAT IS LOOKING AT THE iPAD THING AND IDENTIFYING THERE IS A SUSPICION, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE SUSPICION, IT IS GOING TO LEAD TO A SEARCH AND THE SEARCH HAS

124TO BE DONE UNDER STATE LAW IN THIS MANNER. IS THAT A SEARCH OF THE BACKPACK OR THE PERSON ITSELF? IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE PERSON POINT BUT A BACKPACK COULD BE SEARCHED. RIGHT. ONE MORE QUESTION, THEN A COMMENT. , HANG IN THERE. YOU SHOWED A SPECTRUM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL IT UP ON THE SLIDE. OF BASICALLY DOING NOTHING, AND BEING REALLY RESTRICTIVE. THERE IT IS. WHERE ARE YOU ALL? AWARE IS EVOLV? YES.>> SO, WE FIGURED OUT WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY HOW TO MAKE SCHOOLS A LOT SAFER AS COMPARED TO THOSE THINGS THAT CAN DO A LOT OF HARM, LARGE TECHNICAL KNIVES, BUT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, THAT IS WHY I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SEE IT IN ACTION, TO SEE THE RESPONSE. THE FIRST WEEK IS IMPLEMENTATION AND THE KIDS DON'T

125WANT TO GO TO THE SECONDARY SEARCH MORE THAN YOU, SO IF THE KID FINDS OUT THEY HAVE AN EYEGLASS CASE THAT IS KEEPING THEM FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES, THEY GET RID OF IT. SO, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY ARE ABLE TO KEEP THAT HEADS-UP ORIENTATION, SO WE LIKE TO BELIEVE OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE IS HIGH AND WE ARE A LOT SAFER THAN WE ARE OTHERWISE. OKAY, SO IT IS STRATEGICALLY PLACED OVER THERE. MY LAST COMMENT IS BASED ON MR. NOLAN'S UNEASY FEELING ABOUT GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF SECURITY AND I KEEP THINKING OF ALL THE SURVEYS WE HAVE DONE, THANKFULLY THESE BUDGET COMMITTEE SURVEYS ARE REALLY CAPTURING THAT INFORMATION, THEIR RESPONSE FROM FAMILIES OF PRIORITIZING SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND EVERY DEVASTATING TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENS IN OUR COUNTRY, TO ANY KID IN ANY SCHOOL, EVEN WHEN IT

126IS AT HOME WITH A FIREARM, I FEEL LIKE I GET COMPROMISED AS FAR AS THE PUSH AND PULL, OF WANTING TO MAKE OUR KIDS SAFE AND YET NOT WANTING FOR THEM TO HAVE A COMPROMISED SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD FEEL LESS FREE, IF THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS COMPARED TO WHAT WE USED TO FEEL WHEN WE WERE GOING TO SCHOOL. AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO DO BOTH FOR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T CHANGE GUN LAWS RIGHT NOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO, WHEN THAT CAN HAPPEN, I KNOW THE GOVERNOR IS WORKING ON THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT BEFORE THAT CAN HAPPEN, THE GUNS ARE OUT THERE. IF THIS MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SECURE, I'M MORE WILLING TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL SECURE IF IT HELPS THEM LEARN AND I LIKE THAT THIS IS

127NOT A METAL DETECTOR. I WOULD HAVE HAD A BIGGER PROBLEM IF IT WAS MORE INVASIVE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN OR IF WE IMPLEMENT THIS AS FAR AS HAVING TO CHECK STUDENTS ON THEIR BODY FOR A WEAPON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO BE LIKE. IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR SYSTEM LOOKS TO CAPTURE ACTUAL WEAPONS. YES, AND TO THE GREATEST DEGREE, WE HAVE THAT EXTREMELY WELL, SO YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD, IT IS WEAPONS DETECTION AND NOT A METAL DETECTION. IT IS ANOTHER ELEMENT, AND DARE I SAY ACCENTUATING THE PIPELINE TO PRISON POINT I THINK IT IS STILL ON US, IT IS ON US IN THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS REALLY GETTING THESE KIDS TO UNDERSTAND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM

128WITH THE KIDS NOT KNOWING HOW TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. YOU DON'T WANT TO COMPROMISE THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ASPECT OF THIS. WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THESE, DO KIDS FEEL SAFE , OR DO THEY FEEL LIKE WE DON'T TRUST THEM? THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE DIFFERENT LENSES. AS A WHITE WOMAN, I MIGHT FEEL SAFER BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOCIETAL ISSUES OF TRUST OF ME. BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SAY YOU DON'T TRUST ME, AND THAT'S WHY YOU ARE PUTTING THIS IN , AND IT DAMAGES THE ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU FOR ELEVATING THAT. I WOULD TELL YOU THAT QUALITATIVE INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT STUDENTS FEEL SAFER AND THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFER. STUDENTS ARE TIRED. THEY ARE TIRED OF READING ABOUT WHAT

129IS HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES. I THINK WHAT EVOLVE HAS FIGURED OUT IS IT'S NOT SOMEBODY --HE GOES TO MIGHT DISH THAT IS A HUMAN MAKING A DECISION. WITH EVOLVE IT WILL TELL YOU HAVE TO LOOK HERE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO HE IS OR THE BACKGROUND HE COMES FROM OR WHAT CHURCH HE ATTENDS. YOU ARE ELIMINATING THE BIAS AND SUBJECTIVITY. DR. CARPENTER, HAVE YOU SENT OUT SURVEYS TO KIDS SAYING, WITH THESE KINDS OF SYSTEMS, HOW ARE YOU FEELING ? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SAFE OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T TRUST YOU? A GREAT QUESTION. INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS HAVE DONE THAT, AND WE ARE EXCITED BECAUSE WE JUST GOT PERMISSION TO GO TO TWO SPORTS VENUES AND SURVEY PARENTS. WE WILL START CONDUCTING SOME OF OUR OWN. CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG DID A BIG STUDY. I

130WILL FIND OUT FROM THE TEAM AND SHARE IT WITH THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT INTO YOUR HAND. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> JEREMIAH, WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR STUDENTS AND WHEN YOU TALK TO SAC, HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THAT? I THINK IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT. AND GET AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. I CAN ONLY GIVE THE WAY I FEEL. BUT WE WILL TRY TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THIS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. SURELY SET OFF THE DETECTOR THEY. IT WAS JUST A CLOSE-FITTING JACKET. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WINTER WHEN KIDS GO THROUGH THESE DEVICES? YOU SAID THERE WERE UP TO 10% PER DAY FALSE. SO

131200 KIDS ARE BEING PULLED ASIDE? AND SOME OF THIS --JUST TO LEAVE THE CHROMEBOOK AT HOME. THEY ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT SET OFF THESE DETECTORS. WHAT DO WE DO IN THE WINTER? JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING IS WE WERE ADJUSTING --THERE WERE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SENSITIVITY. I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. WHEN WE ADJUSTED IT, IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. AND LIKE THE EYEGLASS CASE CUT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS THEY DO SOFTWARE UPGRADES AND THEY CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND CHANGE THAT. I THINK THEY TALKED ABOUT UMBRELLAS ARE SOMETHING. THE GLASSES CASE WHERE THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADJUST AND TAKE OUT OF THE SYSTEM. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR CHROMEBOOK AT HOME. WHAT WE SEE IN DISTRICTS IS IT'S A PART OF THEIR POSTURE IN

132THE SYSTEM , THEY WALK THROUGH THEY HANDED. AND THEY DO THAT IN SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE SYSTEM IS CONSTANTLY UPDATING AND USING AGGREGATED DATA , BUT I WILL STRESS TO YOU THAT KIDS ARE SOCIAL CREATURES. IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING, AND YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE FIRST WEEK, IF IT'S CAUSING AN ALARM, THEY DON'T WANT IT EITHER. AND THAT WILL START TO SELF-CORRECT PRETTY QUICKLY. FINALLY, WHAT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO PD? WOULD WE HAVE TO SATISFY? SO ACCORDING TO THE GRANT WE SAID WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THEM BY 2026, AND I DON'T BELIEVE DISH I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE AWARD LETTER THERE OTHER SPECIFICS. WE HAVE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO FULLY IMPLEMENT, BUT THEY ARE OPEN FOR DIALOGUE. WE'VE --WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND THEIR CORE GROUPS

133TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS FOR FUTURE PLANS. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE TEAM AND DR. CARPENTER. IF ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS, IS THERE AN OPTION, THE SYSTEM IS DOWN FOR THE DAY, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS SOMETHING AVAILABLE THAT'S EITHER A LOANER OR ADDITIONAL ONE THAT WOULD NOT INTERRUPT THE FLOW? OUR PARTNER HAS AN OFFICE HAS A DEMO SYSTEM THEY CAN BRING AS A LOANER. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE SYSTEM IS PRETTY STURDY, AND IF THERE IS EVER AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED OVERNIGHT PARTS, THEY WOULD OVERNIGHT THE FAN TO YOU AND THEY WOULD UPDATE THAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THAT INCLUDES ALL THE MAINTENANCE. IF THAT FAN GOES OUT YOU DON'T GET A BILL FOR A FAN. I HAVE ONE MORE THING. IN MY PREVIOUS TIME ON THE SCHOOL

134BOARD I PARTICIPATED IN SOME SCHOOL SAFETY THINK. THEY WANT US TO THINK NOT LIKE IF A SCHOOL SHOOTING OCCURS, BUT LIKE WHEN A SCHOOL SHOOTING WILL OCCUR. AND WE JUST WANT TO PREVENT THAT ONE INCIDENT. IF WE DO THAT, IT'S ALL WORTH IT. MY FINAL THOUGHTS WOULD BE IF AT SOME POINT WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NEED THESE, THAT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT FIREARM DETECTION INFRASTRUCTURE. I WILL SECOND IT. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT FIREARM DETECTION STRUCTURE AND MR. FRANK WILL SECOND. PRESIDENT, DO WE HAVE AN OPTION TO MOVE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION? YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. I NEED TO WAIT DAY IF YOU WANT TO NOT VOTE ON IT? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL

135WE HAVE A STUDENT VOICE IN HERE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO VOTE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WHAT I CAN DO IS SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER MOTION. OKAY. IF WE WANT TO POSTPONE THE VOTE DISH THAT WILL HAPPEN IF SHE MAKES THE MOTION. BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT HOW WE VOTE ON THE FIRST MOTION? IT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST. I THINK I UNDERSTAND. MA'AM, MAKE A SUGGESTION? SINCE THERE IS TIME FOR DISCUSSION, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MADAM CORT IS ASKING IS A QUESTION WHAT THE TIMETABLE IS AND MAYBE IF THAT QUESTION IS ANSWERED, IT COULD ELIMINATE HER DESIRE TO HAVE IT TABLE. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING. SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MADAM

136CORT IS ASKING FOR? MY ONLY DISH ONE THING I WANT TO BRING UP IS THE DATE TO ACCEPT THE GRANT HAS PASSED. WE HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION AND RECEIVED AN EXTENSION TO GET US THROUGH THE NEXT FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE . SO THAT IS THE TIME WE'VE ASKED FOR SO FAR. EVEN IF WE APPROVE, IF WE VOTED TO APPROVE THE GRANT, NOT UNTIL YOU MAKE A PURCHASE DOES ANYTHING HAPPEN, RIGHT? THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. THEORETICALLY, MADAM PRESIDENT, IF YOU VOTED TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, THEN WE WOULD -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE ON THE HOOK. THIS ACTION IS ONLY TO ACCEPT A GRANT. SO IF THE BOARD WANT TO ACCEPT A GRANT RIGHT NOW AND LISTEN TO MORE INPUT LATER, WE CAN PAUSE THE PROCESS AND WAIT FOR THE BOARDS GO AHEAD. MADAM CORT, DID

137YOU HEAR THAT? SORRY. I DID. I DID HEAR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. SO I'M AT AN IMPASSE RIGHT NOW WHAT TO DO. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A TIMING PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO ACTE TONIGHT. I THINK SO TOO. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WE HAVE UNTIL 2026 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT? WHICH WOULD GIVE US TIME TO NOT ONLY HAVE A STUDENT VOICE BUT HAVE OUR STAFF BOYS INCLUDED IN THIS. ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE, HOW DOES IT IMPACT IF WE HOLD OFF ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WE GATHER THIS DATA? YES. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME. RIGHT NOW THE TIME ISSUE IS TO ACCEPT, BUT WITHOUT THE BOARDS GO AHEAD, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME BASED ON THE GRANT AGREEMENT. IF WE DON'T APPROVE, THEN WE LOSE

138THE OPPORTUNITY ALTOGETHER? YES, MA'AM. BUT DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND? WHAT EXCEPTING THE GRANT NOW GATHERING MORE INFORMATION AND WE DECIDE WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS AFTER ALL, WOULD THAT POSE A PROBLEM WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S ON SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER, I DON'T THINK. THEY MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY WITH US. JUST A THOUGHT. SUCKS SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE WILL TAKE A VOTE. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THIS STRONGER CONNECTIONS GRANT. [ ROLL CALL ] THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US THROUGH THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEREMIAH, FOR YOUR INPUT. WE ARE MOVING TO NEW BUSINESS. MY APOLOGIES. WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A FIRST DRAFT OF THE NEW POLICY AND WE ARE CURRENTLY NAMING IT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONE AND REDISTRICTING. JUST

139WALKING US THROUGH THIS PIECE , THE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH AN EQUITABLE PROCESS FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS AS WE LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND, IT TALKS ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT WILL ESTABLISH THIS. IT TALKS ABOUT EXCEPTIONS THAT MAY BE MADE OR ALLOWED. UNDER B IT TALKS ABOUT AS WE OPEN NEW SCHOOLS OR THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR A SHIFT, OVERALL ATTENDANCE ZONES AND C TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THE BOARD WOULD USE AND IT WOULD BE THROUGH AN OPEN PROCESS THAT WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT AND ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WHEN YOU MOVE TO POSITION IT TALKS ABOUT AREAS THAT THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT MAY CONSIDER IN ESTABLISHING THESE ATTENDANT ZONES AND MAKING BOUNDARY CHANGES. THERE ARE 10 SUGGESTIONS. AND B THEY WILL PROMULGATE THE REGULATION. IT'S A BRAND-NEW PROPOSED POLICY, AND

140IT IS --THE REFERENCES ARE THE STATUTE 22 -1-4 AND THAT IS A STATUTE THAT IS CHAPTER 22'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EXCEPTIONS WITHDRAWING AND ENROLLING IN OPEN ENROLLMENT. MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH THAT I STAND FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS NEW POLICY? I THINK FOR THE FIRST READING IT READ WELL. I'VE NEVER GONE THROUGH REDISTRICTING. I JUST GOT THE HINT OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M GUESSING WHERE IT SAYS OPEN PROCESS WITH COLLABORATION, THAT'S WHERE IT EXPLAINS A COMMITTEE POSSIBLY? WE WOULD ALIGN OUR REGULATION TO THE POLICY TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD IS LOOKING AT THAT OPEN PROCESS THAT WE HAVE STAKEHOLDER -- YES, MA'AM. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION IS NUMBER THREE POSITION. I RECALL WHEN I READ IT DAY I HAVE THAT IS A NOTE TO INCLUDE. IT'S

141MISSING AN EQUITY PIECE. I THINK THEY ARE ALL IN THE EQUITY NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN WE USE THE EQUITY LENS. IT LOOKS GOOD. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT SPELLING IT OUT. CAN YOU PULL IT UP? PERFECT. OKAY. PRESIDENT TENORIO? MADAM CORT. ARE WE INCLUDING THINGS THAT JEREMIAH BROUGHT UP ABOUT REDISTRICTING AND KEEPING SIBLINGS TOGETHER AND PROTECTING ATHLETES WITH ELIGIBILITY? THERE IS FEEDER SCHOOL ALIGNMENT. IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER POLICY. IT MIGHT BE UNDERREGULATION. IF I MAY, I JOTTED DOWN JEREMIAH'S COMMENTS TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BASED ON DATA THAT WE HAVE -- WILL YOU QUOTE AND CREDIT HIM? AND JEREMIAH MENTIONED NEW BUILDINGS AND I THINK WE'VE CAPTURED SOME OF THAT IN PROGRAM OFFERINGS. KEEPING SIBLINGS TOGETHER. I THINK THAT IS IN STATE STATUTE. TO MADAM CORT'S COMMENTS, I THINK THE REGULATION SPELLS

142OUT THE WHY. AND IT WILL HELP US TO ESTABLISH THOSE PROCESSES OF WHO GETS GRANDFATHERED IN WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS. AND SIBLINGS IS SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT. AND AS WE'VE WRITTEN OUT JUST JUMPING BACK TO THE ROUGH DRAFT OF OUR IDEA IS LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. AS WE ROLL THIS OUT, IS THERE A GRACE PERIOD AND WE HAVE A FIFTH GRADER AND SOME OF THAT WORK IS DONE THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR DATA AND TRY TO BALANCE YOUR SCHOOLS BASED ON UTILIZATION AND AVAILABILITY, THAT'S PART OF THE COMMITTEE WORK THAT WE HAVE THAT COLLABORATIVE GROUP WORKING ON THIS PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM. IT LOOKS DIFFERENT WHEN WE ARE JUST

143REDISTRICTING FOR A NEW SCHOOL. AND THERE MAY BE OPTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD SAY THESE ARE THE THE CRITERIA BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS SCHOOL CAN ONLY HAVE 500 STUDENTS. PART OF THAT IS IN THE REGULATION , BUT WOULD BE GLAD TO CONSIDER THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT WE EXPECT RELATED ENTRIES IN THE SECOND READING AS FAR AS OTHER STATE STATUTES THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED? AT THE TOP WHERE HE REFERENCED WHAT THEY ARE RELATED TO? ABSOLUTELY. WITH DONE HOMEWORK WITH THAT. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT. AND ALSO THE ACTUAL REGULATION . WE STARTED TO PULL SOME OF THAT TOGETHER AND WE WILL SHARE IT WITH OUR BOARDMEMBER PARTNERS AS WELL. SOMETHING JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD. WHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT DOES A TALK ABOUT BALANCING SCHOOLS WHICH IS SOMETHING WE THINK

144IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. I THINK AS WE LOOK AS --WHEN WE LOOK AT NUMBER ONE UNDER BUILDING CAPACITY --LET ME SEE -- IT SHOULD BE NUMBER EIGHT . SCHOOL CAPACITY TO SERVE STUDENTS -- I'M SORRY >> CAN WE GET THE WORD BALANCE IN THERE SOMEWHERE? SO THAT EACH SCHOOL IS THAT SIMILAR CAPACITY? I KNOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WE ALWAYS WANTED THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO BE ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE. I THINK THAT THEY ARE. WITHIN THE RELATIVE CAPACITY. I TAUGHT IN THE DISTRICT WHERE ONE HIGH SCHOOL WAS TWICE AS BIG AS THE OTHER AND THERE WAS ALWAYS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO FIX THAT. WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY TO DO. IT INVOLVED REBUILDING BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS AND REDISTRICTING, WHICH UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE. IF THEY AT IS ONE OF OUR IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS,

145WE BETTER HAVE IT IN THERE SOMEWHERE. IF I MAY SUGGEST, I CAN'T ASSURE THAT IN ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS MIGHT BE NUMBER THREE TALKING ABOUT BALANCING CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENTS. I WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND MAYBE WE CAN DRAFT SOMETHING OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD YOU WOULD USE. CENTRAL CAN ONLY HAVE 200. SO I'M TOTALLY MAKING THIS UP BUT IT HAS TO REFLECT THE CAPACITY OF THOSE SPECIFIC BUILDING SITES. AND THAT'S BALANCE. BUILDING CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION WITH AND WITHOUT PORTABLES. AND THAT UTILIZATION PIECE WITH OR WITHOUT IS THINKING ABOUT WE WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PORTABLES BUT BE COGNIZANT OF THE CAPACITY FOR THE SCHOOL AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU NEXT WE HAVE FIRST READING OF POLICY JICFA - BULLYING, CYBERBULLYING, HAZING AND HARASSMENT I COME BEFORE YOU WITH THE FIRST READING. I

146AM WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PRESIDENT AND MADAM CORT ON THIS POLICY. I HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MAJOR CHANGES. TO POINT OUT A FEW, A LOT OF THE WORK DONE WAS FOR MORE CLARITY AND ADDING LANGUAGE THAT'S MORE SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN GROUPS AND ADDING DEFINITIONS THAT WERE MORE INCLUSIVE. IT WAS A SECTION ADDED THAT OUTLINES WHEN STUDENTS ARE SUBJECT SCHOOL CONTROL. NEW ADOPTED THE POLICY LAST YEAR WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU DECIDED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEARLY OUTLINED. IT OUTLINES EXACTLY WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE CONTROL OVER WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT BEHAVIOR. AND WITH THAT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? THE REASON THIS IS COMING UP TO US IS WE PASSED THIS POLICY IN 2022? AND WE HAVE SOME CONCERNED PARENTS WHO HAVE A GOOD I WANT TO OTHER THAN WORKING AT THE

147SCHOOL LEVEL BECAUSE OF THEIR STUDENT, THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT OTHER WAYS THEY COULD PARTICIPATE SO THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THIS AND HAD SOME REALLY HELPFUL INPUT. WE USED THAT AND A LOT OF IT IS PARENTS WANTING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT HOW IT IS IMPLEMENTED IN THE REGULATION. I THINK THAT ASPECT IS MISSING AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY AND REGULATION. THE OTHER PART IS THE PARTS IN BLUE ARE PARTS WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO THE POLICY. MADAM CORT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? NO, YOU SAID EVERYTHING. I LIKE THE ROOM. I'M ACTUALLY IN THE HALLWAY. I LIKE YOUR HALLWAY. WE MISS YOU HERE. EVERYONE IS GOING TO BED. SO HAVE TO BE IN THE HALLWAY. UNDER DEFINITIONS, YOUR INCLUDED SPOUSAL AFFILIATION -- MAY BE BASED

148ON THE STUDENTS ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED SPOUSAL AFFILIATION? THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS THERE BEFORE DOES THAT MEAN MARRIED STUDENTS? IT DOES REFER TO STUDENTS. I HAVE A VAGUE MEMORY IT WAS SOMETHING IN THE REGULATION OR MAYBE I'M REMEMBERING -- I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. WHERE IS IT? ABOUT LINE NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER ONE. THERE WAS ONE OTHER LINE IN THERE I COULD NOT MAKE SENSE OF. I GUESS --THERE WAS A LIST . THERE ARE EIGHT PAGES. SHOULD HAVE PRINTED IT. GO TO PAGE 2. I DO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR SPOUSAL AFFILIATION. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT MR. WOFFORD SAID WHO YOU ARE DATING. RIGHT? I DON'T RECALL THAT SPECIFIC DISCUSSION, BUT I WILL TELL YOU UNDER NEW MEXICO STATE LAW SPOUSAL AFFILIATION IS A PROTECTION. SO WHETHER YOU NEED IT IN STUDENT POLICY

149OR NOT, AS PART OF THE DEFINITION IS UP TO THE BOARD, BUT IT IS PROTECTED UNDER NEW MEXICO LAW. I SUSPECT THAT IN THE DRAFTING OF IT , THAT LAW WAS LIFTED AND INSERTED INTO THIS DEFINITION. WHETHER YOU KEEP IT , IS UP TO YOU. I IMAGINE WE HAVE MARRIED STUDENTS. IT'S POSSIBLE. IF WE DON'T HAVE IT AS A DEFINITION, IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT DOESN'T HURT TO INCLUDE IT, RIGHT? IT DECREASES THE CONFUSION . IF I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR WHO YOU WERE DATING OR WHO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH WHATEVER, SECONDLY DIFFERENT? MADAM PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE THAT THIS LANGUAGE WAS IN POLICY JBC , AND I BELIEVE IT WAS OFF OF STATE LAW WHERE IT WAS PROTECTED CLASSES CHARACTERISTICS. I CAN VERIFY THAT. SO PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE LEGALLY MARRIED BUT NOT PEOPLE

150ARE DATING? I CAN CHECK ON NOT. I AM HAPPY TO LOOK UP THAT TERM. THAT IS A TERM IN STATE LAW AND IS A PROTECTED CATEGORY AND PAYMENTS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SPOUSAL AFFILIATION. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD EXPANDS THE DEFINITION BEYOND THE LEGAL DEFINITION TO CREATE A WIDER GROUP OF PROTECTED CLASS. WHAT WE CAN COMMIT TO DO IS LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT BY REGULATION IT HAS BEEN INTERPRETED, I'M GUESSING THAT, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE CASE LAW THAT INTERPRETS IT AND WE CAN BRING IT FORWARD HOPEFULLY AN OPERATIONAL DEFINITION. CAN WE GO TO PAGE 3? OKAY. PAGE 2. THIS IS THE FIRST? FORGET IT. I WILL LOOK FOR IT ANOTHER TIME. MY OTHER CONCERN WAS --I MEAN, THIS IS A POLICY THAT BASICALLY SAYS WE HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR BULLYING . AND THAT

151IS GOOD. BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS INSTILLING IN OUR STUDENTS THE VALUES THAT REDUCE BULLYING. VALUES THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHER PEOPLE. THAT'S PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ACADEMIC STUFF. AND OUR RESULTS ON BIG TESTS. WE WANT TO GRADUATE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND NOT THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD HURT OTHER PEOPLE. THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY THAT INSTILLS THESE GOOD VALUES. VALUES THAT ARE ANTI-BULLYING AT ALL LEVELS. WHERE CAN WE DO THAT AND WHAT COURSES WILL IT EXIST IN AND WHEN DOES IT OCCUR? I THINK IT'S ONE OF OUR BOARD GOALS. BUT IF I MAY, SOMETHING THAT COMES TO MIND IS WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH DR. WENDI IS ESTABLISHING GRADUATE PROFILE AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT FROM

152OUR STUDENTS. BEING HONEST, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND. AND I THINK THIS POLICY DOES ALLUDED TO THAT IN THE PURPOSE. IT DOES AT THE END. I WANT ACTION TAKEN ON THAT. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A POSITION, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO THAT WE TRY TO INSTILL IN OUR KIDS THAT THEY SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. THANK YOU. A GREAT POINT. PART OF THIS IS WE ARE STILL EXPLORING AS WE LOOK AT OUR DATA THERE IS SOME PANORAMIC DATA PROVIDED THAT WE ARE STILL ANALYZING TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS , SPECIFICALLY SECONDARY SCHOOLS AROUND THE HARASSMENT AND STRATEGIES WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS THAT WE CAN BUILD CAPACITY AND INVOLVE THEM IN THE SOLUTION TO

153SOME OF THIS THINGS LIKE CONFLICT RESOLUTION . SO THERE ARE THOSE THINGS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT PIECES WE ARE LOOKING AT AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS BUT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS TO ENSURE THEY ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION. AS WE ESTABLISH AND WE LOOK AT OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE WOULD INCORPORATE. JEREMIAH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? I HAVE A COUPLE. I MEANT TO EMAIL YOU TODAY. THERE ARE SOME PARALLEL STRUCTURE THINGS AND OTHER USAGE I WILL SENT TO. THERE'S THE QUESTION OF MEANING ON II LETTER B. THE ADDED PART IN THE MIDDLE. I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT. AS WELL AS IMPLICIT BIAS CAUSES THE SAME DAMAGES TO YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH RACIAL PROFILING. MAYBE IT'S A SEPARATE

154SENTENCE THAT SAID IMPLICIT BIAS AND RACIAL PROFILING DOES SOMETHING. I'M NOT QUITE SURE IT MAKES SENSE WHERE IT IS. PERHAPS IT'S THE SENTENCE THAT GOES AFTER THE PURE PRESSURE. AND IN THE DEFINITIONAL PART B, ALL OF THESE THINGS. IT CAN BE PREDICTED TO CAUSE A SUBSTANTIAL DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON STUDENTS PHYSICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH OR SOCIAL HEALTH, WHICH THE ABILITY TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS IN CONNECTED I THINK IS WHAT IS MISSING. IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SENTENCE. CAUSES DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH. JUST MAKE IT A SEPARATE SENTENCE. WE COULD DISH SOCIAL HEALTH WE COULD PUT THAT AS A DEFINITION BECAUSE IT IS DEFINING WHAT SOCIAL HEALTH IS. PUT A DEFINITION, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT UNDER THAT SECTION. WHAT WE DID HERE WAS PUT A DEFINITION EMBEDDED. I CAN JUST MAKE

155SOCIAL HEALTH ANOTHER DEFINITION. THERE ARE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE TARGET BECOMES VICTIM. AND RACIAL SLURS WAS OUTLINED. O UNDER DEFINITIONS. PAGE 4 AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. AND THERE ARE SO MANY --THE NUMBER OF WORDS WE HAVE TWO MEAN WOMEN PERMEATES OUR LANGUAGE. EVEN IN WAYS WE DON'T PERCEIVE. AND I WONDERED ABOUT THAT. THAT WE CAUGHT RACIAL SLURS AS WE SHOULD. THEIR HOMOPHOBIC SLURS . I WONDER ABOUT US CALLING ATTENTION TO HATE SPEECH , AND THE TARGET BECOMES VICTIM. WHEN YOU HAVE TWO KIDS YELLING AT EACH OTHER , THEN WHICH ONE IS THE VICTIM. HOW DO WE KNOW? THERE'S ALSO A SENSE OF PEOPLE ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER TO CONSIDER IN THE POLICY. THOSE WERE DISCUSSIONS . WE HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT TARGET. I THINK IT WAS JUST

156TO HUMANIZE THE PERSON RECEIVING THAT BEHAVIOR. INSTEAD OF CALLING THEM A TARGET WAS HUMANIZING THEM. I SEE YOUR POINT. BUT BOTH ARE PLAYING WITH BAD WORDS IN THERE BOTH TARGETS, THEY ARE INTENDING TO VICTIMIZE THE OTHER PERSON. INTENT IS TO HURT. WHILST WITH THEY DO? MATA PRESIDENT, MASK JUST TO CLARIFY GOING BACK TO AGGRESSION AND SLURS, DO YOU WANT TO ADD MORE OR WAS THE QUESTION POSED? ALL THE OTHERS HAVE THE TERM IN QUOTATION MARKS AND THE NEXT WORD MEANS AND I WOULD MAKE CAPITAL AND PARALLEL TO THAT. RACIALIZED AGGRESSION MEANS AND I FOUND SOMETHING WHERE THERE WAS A QUOTE LIFTED . SO THEN YOU DON'T NEED PROHIBITED AT THE END OF N BECAUSE WE ARE JUST DEFINING THESE THINGS. LET ME NOT TAKE ANY MORE OF THE TIME. ANYONE ELSE? I AM A LITTLE

157CONFUSED ABOUT 4 B. I THINK I NEED TO LOOK AT THIS. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] MISCONDUCT. I DON'T KNOW. SOMETHING BOTHERS ME ABOUT THAT. CONDUCTS -- DIRECTED AT STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEERS. WHICH VICTIMIZES DAY I THINK YOU CAN BE IMPROVED. VICTIM BASED MISCONDUCT. WE CAN DEFINITELY REPHRASE THAT. GOOD CATCH. I'M TOO TIRED TO COME UP WITH ANYTHING. IT IS A GOOD START AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE 2024 NMSBA SCHOLARSHIP NOMINATIONS . THEY INVITE US TO NOMINATE A STUDENT AND IT GOES TO THE HEADQUARTERS AND REGIONAL DIRECTORS . OUR NOMINEE IS NOT GUARANTEED TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP. WE JUST PUT THEM UP. LAST YEAR WE NOMINATED A STUDENT AND THAT STUDENT WAS AWARDED. I THINK IT IS $1200. THE RULE IS WE CAN SUBMIT A STUDENT THIS YEAR.

158THEY MAY NOT BE PRIORITIZED IF THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER STUDENTS IN REGION NUMBER SEVEN TO CONSIDER. I STILL THINK IT'S WORTH PUTTING A NAME IN AND THINKING OF THE PROCESS LAST YEAR, IT GOT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS AND THEN GET NAMES AND DISCUSS THEM. SO WE HAD A COMMITTEE READ THROUGH THEIR APPLICATIONS AND SUGGEST A NAME FOR US, AND WE NOMINATED THAT STUDENT. THAT'S THE SAME PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS YEAR. WE ALREADY SENT THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO HIGH SCHOOLS . IT'S UP TO THE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS TO SHARE WITH SENIORS AND WE CAN GET SOME APPLICATIONS FROM STUDENTS. WE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT LAST YEAR AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO APPLY. AND THEN IT WILL COME TO US AS THE ONE WHO IS RECOMMENDED BY

159OUR COMMITTEE. WE WORK BACKWARDS. IT IS DUE APRIL 15th, BUT OUR CLOSEST MEETING IS APRIL 5th. SO WE HAD TO ACTE EARLIER. IT IS ALREADY CIRCULATING AND THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TIME IN MY TIME TO NOMINATE A STUDENT. NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSION OF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF DONATION FROM LA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER TO LYNN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL . HERE FOR A DIFFERENT TOPIC ABOUT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS BEEN AFFORDED TO THE SCHOOL TO REVITALIZE THEIR COURTYARD TO ENGAGE STUDENTS. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE SCHOOL. . I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WHO HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. GOOD EVENING. WITH ME TONIGHT I ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND OUR PARTNER. WE ARE HERE TO SEEK THE ACCEPTANCE OF A

160$35,000 DONATION FOR THE COURTYARD REVITALIZATION AT LYNN COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S DRIVEN BY STUDENT FEEDBACK AND IT WILL TRANSFORM IT INTO SPACE. THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS INCLUDING CONSULTATIONS, IT WILL REFLECT THE NATIVE ASCETICS WITH INPUT FROM ALL INVOLVED PARTIES. GOES DIRECTLY TO LA SEMILLA FOOD CENTER. AND THE FUNDS WILL NOT COME THROUGH THE DISTRICT. THEY DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY PARTNERSHIPS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS STEM OUTREACH CENTER, CHRYSALIS CREATIVE'S AND THESE COLLABORATIONS ARE KEY TO CREATING A VIBRANT AND ENGAGING SPACE FOR STUDENTS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DONATION . SO MOVED. MOVED BY MR. WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY MADAM CORT. [ ROLL CALL ] THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. WE NOW HAVE THE SCHOOL

161DISTRICT REPORT CARD. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE WITH MR. LIU WHICH IS CALLED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARD. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT AND PUBLISH THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT IT ALSO HAS FINANCIAL DATA AS WELL AND MR. LIU WILL SHOW US THAT PART. I WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION THAT THE REPORT CARD IS HOUSED ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU SEE THE PURPLE AERO THAT INDICATES THE LINK. AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH IS THE PEG DASHBOARD . I THINK THEY WILL PULL THAT UP. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I KNOW WE HAVE SHARED THE STAGE WITH YOU BEFORE. THIS IS LAST YEAR'S DATA. IT IS 22-23. IT HAS THE OUTCOMES IN MATH AND READING AND ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE DISTRICT'S REPORT CARD. MUCH OF THE DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

162AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN ANSWER AS TO WHY IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. ONCE IT IS RESTORED, IT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. LIU FOR THE FINANCIAL PORTION. PRESIDENT , MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SENATE BILL NINETY SIX ALLOCATED $3 MILLION TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND MANDATE ORDERED TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY PORTAL. IT DISPLAYS APPROVED ACTUAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DATA FOR ALL STATE, LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOLS AND REGIONAL EDUCATION COOPERATIVE'S. IT IS VERY ACCURATE BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND THEY HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE DATA. AND THEY CREATE A VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND PORTAL TO THE PUBLIC. SO IF YOU CAN PULL UP THE WEBSITE, IT SHOWS THE DETAILED INFORMATION . INCLUDING COUNSELORS SO THAT IT GIVES THE PUBLIC A

163VERY CLEAR OVERVIEW OF HOW THE DISTRICT IS DOING. IT'S A VERY GOOD TOOL, BUT ALSO IN THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS GO TO THE FINANCE DIVISION WE HAVE OUR OWN PORTAL FOR TRANSPARENCY TO ENSURE MAXIMUM TRANSPARENCY SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON . ALSO THE QUARTERLY BANK RECONCILIATION AND ACTUAL REPORT AND THE SAME THING WITH BUDGET INFORMATION. ALSO WE HAVE A BUDGET DASHBOARD DATA THAT REFRESHES EVERY NIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. MOVED BY MR. FRANK AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. THE MOTION PASSES 5-0. I BELIEVE WE ARE DOWN TO BOARD REPORTS. ANY VOLUNTEERS? I WILL GO FIRST. I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND JOBS. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE PLACES I VISITED. AND I'M SURE

164IT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR THE STUDENTS. WHAT A HUGE PROJECT. IT WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE GROUP DISH I CANNOT PRONOUNCE IT. PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND I DON'T REMEMBER THEM THAT THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT LGBTQ STUDENTS I THINK IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND I WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE INFORMED ABOUT THAT ALSO. IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING. BUT IT INDICATED TO ME I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MR. FRANK. I KNOW THAT YOU DID SHARE WITH ME SOME THE LIST OF QUESTIONS AND I SHARED THAT WITH MR. RUIZ AND WE CAN EXPECT MAYBE A MEMO ON THOSE QUESTIONS. AND SEE

165WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. I KNOW, I'M SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE THAT. YOU KNOW THEY ASKED ME TO COME. I FORGET WHAT TIME. AND WE BROUGHT THE CAT IN TO BE LOOK AT AROUND 10:30 AND WE DIDN'T GET TAKEN UNTIL A QUARTER OF 12:00. SO I JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT. UNDERSTANDABLE. NEXT? WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO? SURE. >> THANK YOU MR. WOFFORD. SO REMEMBER, FRANK, THAT WAS NOT THE MEETING AT MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ANOTHER MEETING. THEY DID LIKE MEET AND GREET. BUT THEN THERE WAS A SATURDAY TRAINING. I UNDERSTAND THAT IS 60 PEOPLE ADMINISTRATORS AND WHATNOT. WE ATTENDED A SIMILAR CONFERENCE A YEAR AGO. I WAS OUT OF TIME FOR THAT MEETING. I WONDER, IS THAT SOME OF THE TRAINING OUR STAFF WAS RECEIVING? YES. OKAY. >> I BELIEVE PART OF THAT DAY'S TRAINING

166WAS FOR THEM TO DEVISE TRAINING TO THEIR BUILDINGS. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT WATER USAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY . AND SO THAT PROGRESSES. NOLAN AND I WERE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEETINGS. THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR NORTH CENTRAL REVIEW. IT IS NOT CALLED NORTH CENTRAL FOR THEM ANYMORE. IS IT CALLED NORTH CENTRAL FOR US? THE ACCREDITATION? SO IT IS INTERESTING TO DELVE INTO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT BRANCH. LEARNING A LOT FROM THOSE ASSESSMENTS. SO. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ANYTHING MR. NOLAN? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICKLY. I WAS ABLE TO VISIT CONLEY ELEMENTARY. THESE SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT. THEY ARE REDEFINING WHAT WE WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO LOOK LIKE. THAT FORMED MY VOTE TODAY. I THINK EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS WANTS THE BEST. AND ALL GOOD THINGS, BUT I THINK IT IS

167REALLY IMPORTANT THAT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WERE REALLY REPRESENTING THAT VISION. REPRESENT THAT ELEVATED WAY WE WANT OUR SCHOOLS TO LOOK AT. AS THE PROJECT SEASON COMES AROUND. HAWKING SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET. BUT YOU ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. YOU KNOW. BUT WHEN WE START TO GET THAT, JUST SEEING THAT THE VALUES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BUDGET. AND IT BEING A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, THE BEST IRISH BUSING I COULD FIND. WILLIAM BUTLER BATES. EDUCATION IS NOT THE FILLING OF THE PAIL BUT THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE. WHICH MIGHT NOT BE HIM. BUT EITHER WAY, WE'LL GO WITH IT. BECAUSE HE IS A FAMOUS IRISH AUTHOR. WE WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF IT. CAN YOU SOUND IRISH? NO.

168MY WIFE TELLS ME WHEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF WHISKEYS I DO. JUST A WEE BIT. [ LAUGHTER ] YEAH. PARTICULARLY THE IRISH WHISKEYS. SO HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. AND YEAH. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THAT'S COOL. THANK YOU. MS. CORT? THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE I AM IN THE HALLWAY. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT SOFTER. SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WE WERE WORKING ON THE LOGIC MODEL AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE ARE JUST REALLY MOVING FORWARD AND DOING SOME EXCITING WORK ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF KIDS AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY. AND SPEAKING OF THAT, I WILL JUST SAY, I DID ATTEND THE BUDGET TOWN HALL. AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS DOING GREAT THINGS AND BEING TRANSPARENT AND OFFING OUR STAKE HOLDERS SO MANY

169OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN ABOUT THE BUDGET AND SET THOSE PRIORITIES. SO IT IS AMAZING. I WENT TO LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE I GOT TO MEET PAMELA JOHNSON. THE COURT PERSON OF THE YEAR. WE WERE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS LOOKING AT AN ORCAM. A DEVICE THAT HELPS EMERGENT BILINGUALS READ AND UNDERSTAND TEXT. AND THERE ARE JUST THESE COOL LITTLE WAND KIND OF THINGS AND THE KIDS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND I JUST LOVED IT. OUR VISION IS WHERE LEARNERS THRIVE. AND HOW OUR DISTRICT IS PROVIDING ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY LEARNER THRIVES. SO YAY, YAY LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Y'ALL ARE ROCK STARS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAME CORT. SO, I GUESS SOME OF THE THINGS, I DON'T REMEMBER I MENTIONED IN OUR LAST MEETING,

170THE CAMINO REAL HAD A MARQUEE WE CUT THE RIBBON ON. AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A CONCERNED RESIDENT THAT SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEIR MARQUEES ARE NO LONGER WORKING. AND SO, LOOKED INTO THAT, THANK YOU MR. RUIZ. AND THESE THINGS HAVE A LIFELINE ON THEM. TERMINATION. A LIFE TERM. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY LAST. BUT THERE'S TWO, TWO HIGH SCHOOLS. WHERE COST IS GOING TO BE COST PROHIBITIVE. SO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. NOT AS A BOARD, BUT AS THE ADMINISTRATION. BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF LIKE THE FACE OF THESE SCHOOLS. AND WHETHER IF THEY WANT A FUNCTIONAL SIGN OR IF THEY DON'T WANT A SIGN AT ALL. AND, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DO. LIKE DIGITAL? YEAH. WE HAD AN EQUITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PROBABLY THE

171THING THAT WAS SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP IS WORKING WITH US TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR STUDENTS. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PARTNERSHIP. I WASN'T ABLE TO SIT IN THROUGH A COMPLETE WORKSHOP. IT WAS REALLY A LONG WORKSHOP AND THEN, TWO MORE WORKSHOPS AFTER LUNCH. AND I SAT IN WITH WHAT I COULD, SANDWICHING THAT WITH THE FINANCE OF COMMITTEE. THE ONE I ATTENDED WAS ON PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND THE OTHER WAS INTERACTIVE LEARNING WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. JUST TO ME, IT IS MORE ABOUT JUST THE ENERGY OF THE TEACHER. RIGHT? AND MAKING IT FUN AND, IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PART OF ME WAS LIKE MY IMAGINATION WAS JUST AWAKENING IN THAT ROOM. IT WAS REALLY COOL. I WANT TO THANK MR. SILVER AND HIS TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I JUST LOVED IT. TOMORROW,

172I'LL BE AT THE DONA ANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY FAIR. I HAVE A BANNER THAT I MADE. AND BOARD MEMBER AT YOUR SERVICE. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO USE IT, I LEND YOU MY BANNER. I WAS GOING TO GO INCOGNITO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. LASTLY, WE HAVE THE LCPS FILM SHOWCASE. I THINK IT IS TOMORROW AND THE DAY AFTER. AT ALLEN THEATER. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. IT WILL JUST FILL YOU WITH SUCH PRIDE AND JOY WITH WHO THESE KIDS ARE DOING. AND, THAT IS AT THE ALLEN THEATER. WHAT TIME? 5:00 P.M. GET THAT RED CARPET EXPERIENCE. AND THEN, MOCK IT UNTIL YOU ROCK IT. I DON'T HAVE THE DATE I SIGNED UP TO DO IT. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE DATE? YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK I WAS CONFLICTED. SOMEWHERE IN MY EMAILS.

173OH. DONA ANA BRANCH. IT IS ON THE 25th. MARCH 26th. AND THAT IS ALL. OKAY. WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL AGAIN. >> MEMBER FRANK? >> YES. MEMBER NOLAN? >> YES. SECRETARY? VICE PRESIDENT IN THE HALLWAY? YES. >> IT WAS WOFFORD WHO MOTIONED AND FRANK WHO SECONDED AND I VOTE YES. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL.