Board of Education - Jan 21, 2025

001GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR SESSION FOR LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE TIME IS 6:05 P.M. AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MR. WAFFORD WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ROLL. MEMBER FRANK. HERE. >> MEMBER NOLAN. >> HERE. >> SECRETARY WAFFORD IS HERE. I BELIEVE VICE PRESIDENT CORT IS ONLINE. YES I AM AND I AM HERE. THANK YOU. AND PRESIDENT TENORIO. >> I AM PRESENT, SO WE HAVE ALL FIVE MEMBERS FOR A QUORUM. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME FELICITY FROM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. HI, WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU ALL. YOU KNOW KIND OF HOW WE DO THINGS. WE LIKE TO GET YOUR INPUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. JUST MAKE SOME EYE CONTACT TO MAKE SURE WE CALL ON YOU. YES, MA'AM. >> NEXT WE HAVE ADRIANA FROM A FIFTH GRADER FROM DONIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

002WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THERE SHE IS. ADRIANA WHEN WE'RE DONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING UP WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU. THANKS. 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. JURO LEALTAD A LA BAND ERA, DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA. Y A LA REPUBLICA QUE REPRESENTA, UNA NACION BAJO DIOS ENT ERA CON LIBERTAD Y JUSTICIA PARA TODOS. I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN WONDERING. THIS TIME I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK THEY WANTED TO KNOW. YES, THANK YOU. GREAT

003JOB. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS MR. JOSE FLOREZ. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT TENORIO AND ALL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. STUDENT ADVISOR FELICITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE HERE THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSE FLOREZ IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE SCHOOL0S ORCHESTRA. EVERY YEAR THE EDUCATORS SELECT THE BEST ENSEMBLE. SELECTED ENSEMBLES ARE INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE ALL STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL. ONE ENSEMBLE IS SELECTED AS HONOR ENSEMBLE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. THEY ARE, BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA, JAZZ AND GENERAL MUSIC. THIS YEAR, NMEA SELECTED CHAMBER ENSEMBLE AS ITS 2025 HONOR ENSEMBLE. HSCS IS THE FIRST TO BE SELECTED AS HONOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE. THEY SELECTED IN ALBEQUERQUE AND THEIR SELECTION WAS OUTOUTSTANDING. WE KEPT TALKING AND BUZZING ABOUT HOW INCREDIBLE THE GROUPS PERFORMANCE WAS AND JUST

004HOW AMAZING IT WAS THAT STRING PLAYERS COULD DO JAZZ. AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS PERHAPS KIND OF CONDESCENDING BUT IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE. ANYONE CAN DO JAZZ AND THESE ARE OUR FOUR RUNNERS FOR STRING ENSEMBLE. TONIGHT, CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WILL BE PERFORMING ONE OF THE PIECES FROM THEIR PROGRAM LIBER TANGO. THERE ARE PROGRAMS I LEFT FOR EVERYONE ON THEIR SEATS. HERE FOR EVERYONE AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AT THE BACK. EVERYBODY PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. [MUSIC ] MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] THAT WAS SO STELLAR. AND I LOVE THIS, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS HARD GO BACK TO BUSINESS. YEAH I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 17, 2024 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES SO MOVED >> SECOND. MOVED BY MR. WOFFORD

005SECTED BY MR. FRANK AND MR. WOFFORD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL MEMBER FRANK >> YES >> MEMBER NOLAN YES >> SECRETARY VOTES YES >> PRESIDENT YES >> YES THE MOTION PASSES 5-0. I HAVE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TWO ITEMS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TWO ITEMS UP TO BE HEARD AFTER THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. ITEM 6A1 AND 6A2 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR AND THE JUNE 30, 2024. AND ONE MORE WOULD BE CURRENTLY IS UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. HE WOULD LIKE, MR. RUIZ WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH MEMBER -RPBS OF THE BOARD SO WITH THOSE AMENDED AS AMENDED IN OPEN SESSION I WILL INTRODUCE A MOTION TO THE REGULAR SESSION AGENDA SO MOVED SECOND THAT IS MOVED BY MR.

006NOLAN, SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. MEMBER FRANK >> YES MEMBER NOLAN >> YES SECRETARY WOFFORD VOTES YES VICE PRESIDENT, CORT. VICE PRESIDENT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I DON'T NO IF SHE'S STILL THERE AND PRESIDENT YES, THERE SHE IS. VICE PRESIDENT CAN YOU HEAR ME YES, MY APOLOGIES I GOT DISCONNECTED >> I CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU AMENDED IT OKAY, SO IT'S UP TO YOU. SUSTAIN >> WOULD YOU VOTE AS ABSTAINED YES, I WILL VOTE AS ABSTAINED SO THAT'S 4 4--0. I'M SORRY I LOST CONNECTION IT HAPPENS. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. THREE VENDOR PAYMENTS, 6A4 PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS. AND 6A5 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS. SO MOVED SECOND THAT'S MOVED BY MR. FRANK, SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD AND MR. FRANK YES >> MEMBER NOLAN >> YES SECRETARY WOFFORD VOTES YES VICE PRESIDENT CORT YES AND

007PRESIDENT TENORIO >> YES, THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. SO THE BOARD MET FROM 4:44 P.M. TO 5:57 P.M. TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-1H2 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SPECIFICALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN UPDATE THE BOARD, LEGAL COUNSEL CAN ADVISE ON CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT. THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN UPDATE THE BOARD ON INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES. AND B, TO DISCUSS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-1H4 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL CAN ADVISE INVOLVES WEAPONS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION. AND C TO MEET WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS THREATENED LITIGATION AS PERMITTED. OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS STEPHANIE LIU VERSUS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT. AND D UPDATE AN DISCUSSION OF

008COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STRATEGIES AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION. WE WILL GO ON TO RECOGNITIONS AND I WILL BRING FORWARD MR. FLOREZ THE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS AGAIN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT TENORIO AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND FELICITY. I SINCERELY THANK YOU. I HAVE RECEIVED A TEXT THAT ASKING MR. WOFFORD WOULD YOU KINDLY BRING DOWN YOUR THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAD NO IDEA EVERY YEAR THE EDUCATORS KNOWN AS MMNEA RECOGNIZES SKWROUTS STANDING INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC, EDUCATION AND MM MEMBERS NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS IN DISTRICTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF AWARD. NOMINEES SUBMIT LETTERS OF SUPPORT. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THOSE AND ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN JULY. AWARD WINNERS ARE RECOGNIZED AT THE EARLY JANUARY ALL STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL AWARDS AND BUSINESS LUNCHEON. WE'RE SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER HERE. AS OUTLINED BY NNMEA FOR MUSIC EDUCATOR OF THE

009YEAR. MNNEA RECOGNIZES ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW MEXICO. THE AWARD E SHOULD BE WIDELY RECOGNIZED ESTABLISHED AN OUTSTANDING MUSE MUSIC EDUCATOR WHO CURRENTLY TEACHES IN NEW MEXICO. JENNIFER ROGERS HAS TAUGHT ORCHESTRA IN LAS CRUCES SCHOOLS AND HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF MARIACHI SINCE 2004. AN ACCOMPLISHED VIOLINIST SHE IS DEDICATED TO CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN HER HOMETOWN. SHE HAS DEVELOPED A RIGOROUS AND DIVERSE CURRICULUM AND UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE DISTRICT RECEIVES OUTSTANDING. HER JAZZ HONOR ENSEMBLE THIS YEAR BUT HAS BEEN SELECTED AS HONOR ORCHESTRA IN THE PAST IN 2015 AND 2020. A SOUGHT AFTER GUEST CONDUCTOR WITH UNWAIVERING NOMINATIONS. TWO TERMS AS ORCHESTRA VICE PRESIDENT JENNIFER SERVES AS THE FINE ARTS FOR LCPS WHERE SHE MENTORS EMERGING EDUCATORS AND CONTRIBUTES TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTS FOR THOSE AREAS. SHE

010HAS BEEN NAMED THE SOUTHWEST DISTRICT NMEA TEACHER OF THE YEAR. A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE WROTE TO JENNIFERS CREDENTIALS ARE IMPRESSIVE. SHE EMBODIED THE PERFECT BLEND OF TALENT, COMMITMENT, PASSION, COMPASSION, LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION. EVERYONE PLEASE HELP ME TO CONGRATULATE NMMEA MRS. JENNIFER ROGERS. ALSO AS OUTLINED BY NMM A RECOGNIZES ONE INDIVIDUAL RETIRED MUSIC EDUCATOR WHO CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC EDUCATION COMMUNITY OF NEW MEXICO. THE AWARDEE MUST BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER WHO HAS CHANGED OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF THEIR ACTIONS. THE AWARD E SHOULD BE WIDELY RECOGNIZED, RETIRED MUSIC EDUCATOR. AND ARE A RESOURCE WITH MANY YEARS IN THE PROFESSION. AND HAVE MUSIC EDUCATION REMAINING A PASSION AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR LIFE, EVEN AFTER RETIREMENT. BETH THOMAS SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS THE CHOIR

011DIRECTOR WHERE HER STUDENTS EARNED LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION. MANY OF HER STUDENTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUED INTO THE MUSIC PROFESSION. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I WROTE THIS SCRIPT I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW MANY TIMES BECAUSE IT WAS SO MANY HER GROUPS WERE SELECTED AS HONOR CHOIR. FOLLOWING HER RETAOEUFRPLT, BETH DIRECTED SCHOOLS IN EL PASO AND DURING THE EARLY RECOVERY FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC BETH STEPPED IN IN LAS CRUCES ENSURING SUCCESS DUE TO TEACHER SHORTAGES. A SOUGHT AFTER CLINICIAN AND EDUCATOR IN TEXAS, BETH REMAINS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING MUSIC EDUCATION THROUGH HER WORK WITH EL PASO INDEPENDENT COOL DISTRICT, AND OF COURSE NNMEA. COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND DELL WROTE, THOUGH SHE OFFICIALLY RETIRED FROM HER JOB, SHE NEVER REALLY RETIRED. THE GOOD ONES DON'T. THIS AWARD WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A CULMINATING ACT BECAUSE AS HEAVEN KNOWS, THOMAS

012WILL SURELY CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO CORE PROGRAMS IN SOME CAPACITY WELL INTO THE FUTURE. I KNOW THAT SHE HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE, MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, AND THOSE OF MANY OF OUR TEACHERS THAT CURRENTLY WORK FOR LCPS AMONG OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE NMMEA, MRS. BETH BARKER THOMAS. [APPLAUSE ] NOW I HAVE, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, AS OUTLINED AGAIN BY NMMEA, RECOGNIZES ONE OUTSTANDING SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNUALLY WHO'S DEMONSTRATED SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS DISTRICT WIDE. THE PRIORITY A DISTRICT PLACES ON MUSIC EDUCATION IS REFLECTED IN THE QUALITY OF ITS PROGRAMS AND QUALITY OF ITS ENSEMBLES AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE SHOWN COMMITMENT OF ITS MUSIC PROGRAMS. THIS LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT IS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH FUNDING, FACILITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE IN RECOGNITION IT PLACES AMONG

013MUSIC EDUCATION. THE LCPS SUPERINTENDENT EXECUTIVE CABINET AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PRIORITIZE SUPPORT AND FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD MAY PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC. AND CAN DO SO UNDER THE BEST CIRCUMSTANCES. EACH TEACHER AND SCHOOL RECEIVES RESOURCES TO MEET THE MUSICAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENT SO THAT TEACHERS MAY TEACH AND STUDENTS MAY THRIVE. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE BUDGET FOR FINE ARTS SUPPORTS FUNDING FOR TEACHERS AND MEMBERSHIPS. MUSICAL EVENTS PARTICIPATION, ALL TRANSPORTATION AND HOTEL AND MEAL EXPENSES FOR ALL OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL. THIS SUPPORT IS ON TOP OF WHAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES FOR MUSIC, SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, INSTRUMENT REPAIR, EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORM REFRESH CYCLE AND MORE. THIS FUNDING HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ELIMINATE CLASS FEES AND HELP THE ELIMINATE THE STRAIN OF FUND RAISING UPON OUR STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. LCPS IS THOROUGHLY

014COMMITTED TO MUSIC EDUCATION AND FUNDING FOR ITS MUSIC TEACHERS. LCHS ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AS YOU'VE ALREADY MET, JENNIFER ROGERS SHE WROTE IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO TEACH IN A DISTRICT THAT MAKES MUSIC EDUCATION A PRIORITY. PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EARNING THE NMMEA AWARD OF DISTINCTION. I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MARISSA PRENTICE AND WE WILL TAKE PHOTOS AT THE CONCLUSION OF ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS WELCOME MRS. PRENTICE THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT TENORIO AND THE *F SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND TONIGHT IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE AN EXTRAORDINARY STUDENT FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL WHO'S CREATIVITY AND TALENT HAVE BROUGHT EXCELLENCE TO HER SCHOOL AND TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HER DEDICATED ADVISORS, MR. ANDY PLACENCIO AND CORAL.

015SHE HAS WON THE PIN DESIGN CONTEST THAT EMBODIED THE UNIQUE SPIRIT OF NEW MEXICO WHILE INCORPORATING THE NATIONAL HOSA THEME OR LOGO. THE DESIGN IS THEN TRANSFERRED ON TO AN ENAMEL PIN WHICH WILL REPRESENT NEW MEXICO AT THE HOSA CONFERENCE IN JUNE. AN EVENT WHERE STUDENTS ACROSS THE WORLD WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CHERISHED TRADITION OF PIN TRADING. SO ISABEL'S DESIGN BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF NEW MEXICO AND ALIGNING WITH THE VALUES AND VISION OF HOSA. HER DEDICATION, CREATIVITY AND HARD WORK WILL SOON REPRESENT HER STATE SERVING AS A SYMBOL OF PRIDE FOR HER SCHOOL, OUR DISTRICT AND THIS GREAT STATE OF NEW MEXICO. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING ISABEL SANCHEZ. WE ARE IMMENSELY PROUD OF HER INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND EXCITED TO SEE HER WORK REPRESENTED THIS SUMMER. ISABEL SANCHEZ. AND ALSO THEY MISS SPELLED HER

016NAME ON THE AWARD SO WE WANTED TO PRINT THE AWARD FOR HER WITH HER NAME SPELLED CORRECTLY. SO THIS IS FOR YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE PHOTOS AT THIS TIME. SO STARTING WITH YOURS JOSEPH. DID YOU WANT TO, DID YOU WANT TO DO THE CUTTING NOW. BEFORE WE DO THE PICTURES YEAH, YEAH. >> OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER. OKAY ON THE COUNT OF THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE. CONGRATULATIONS. % MR. RUIZ FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T CONNECT WITH ME THAT WITH THE THRIVE WITH CARINO AND ALSO I WAS LIKE, I SEE A LOT OF THESE CITY PEOPLE. I'M LIKE, A LOT OF THESE FAMILIAR, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE WATCHED THEIR MEETINGS. YEAH. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. YES, YES. THANK YOU PRESIDENT TENORIO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ALSO

017FOR CONSIDERING MOVING THIS UP. WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE IN OUR BOARDROOM. AND AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES, LCPS IS PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES ON OUR THRIVE WITH CARINO CAMPAIGN. EARLIER TODAY I WAS AT CITY HALL TO KICK THIS OFF WITH OUR CITY COUNSELORS AND MAYORS. REALLY A GREAT WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE WONDERFUL THINGS AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE AND, FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO KELLY JAMESON DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION. AND COMMUNITY LIAISON WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EXCITING INITIATIVE. GOOD EVENING MA'AM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MR. SUPERINTENDENT. OUR STUDENT ADVISOR, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING MAYOR EN ENRIQUEZ I ALSO

018WANT TO SAY WE HAVE MANDY McCLURE IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. AS MR. RUIZ ELUDED TO, THE KICK OFF HAPPENED TODAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, MAYBE COLLIN CAN GET US BACK. SORRY. SO WE DID KICK IT OFF WITH THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES AT THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND JUST LET'S DO A LITTLE TERMS OF OUR DEFINITIONS HERE. CARINO IS A SPANISH TERM THAT MEANS AFFECTION, CARE OR FONDNESS. IT'S OFTEN USED AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT TO SHOW GENERAL WARMTH AND KINDNESS. THRIVE IS TO GROW OUR SUCCEED. OFTEN IN VIGOROUS OR HEALTHY WAY. IT IS COMMONLY USED TO DESCRIBE FLOURISH AND OVERCOMING CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS. IN A NUTSHELL I JUST DESCRIBED THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHAT

019A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR STUDENTS. THRIVE WITH CARINO IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS WHO EXEMPLIFY KINDNESS. THEY ENBODY THE DISTRICT'S GOAL TO THRIVE, GROW, AND SUCCEED. AND THEY PROVIDE A POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF. JUST TO SUMMARIZE IT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE VIDEO THEN WE'LL GO IN FURTHER THIS YEAR THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS VISION THRIVE IS JOINING FORCES WITH THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES CARINO INITIATIVE TO HONOR AND SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION. TOGETHER WE ARE ALL CELEBRATING OUR YOUTH AS THEY THRIVE WITH CARINO. THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THRIVE AND THE CITY CAME ABOUT WITH MAYOR ERIC ENRIQUEZ AND IN TALKING ABOUT THE GOALS WITH OUR DISTRICT AND HOW WE WANTED OUR KIDS TO THRIVE. AS I HEARD MORE ABOUT THE CARINO CAMPAIGN IT REALLY ALIGNED

020AND MADE PERFECT SENSE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS TO ALSO SHOW CARINO THROUGH THRIVING WITHIN OUR REGION. THROUGH CARING, COMPASSION THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE OUR FUTURE. IF THEY LEARN EARLY ON TO THRIVE AND TO DO IT WITH CARINO IS VERY VALUABLE. AS THEY GROW UP, WHETHER THEY ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE PLAYGROUNDS, AT HOME OR IN THE COMMUNITY THE WAY WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS IS FIRST OF ALL, KEEPING AN EYE ON SOME OF THOSE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR KIDS DO, RIGHT. I HAD A STORY OF A STUDENT ALWAYS WALKING HER SIBLINGS TO CLASS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY GOT THERE. EVERY SINGLE MORNING BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL HERSELF. THAT TO ME SHOWS CARI IN, C ARINO. SO WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING THEM WITH A T-SHIRT. WITH A CERTIFICATE FOR THOSE STUDENTS

021WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE SCHOOL BUT ALSO BY THE CITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN ATTENDING SCHOOL. THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY. IT ALSO ADDS THAT LOVE AND AFFECTION AND CARING THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE IN THRIVING AND HAPPY COMMUNITY. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME TO THE PODIUM MR. MAYOR ENRIQUEZ. WELCOME >> THANK YOU. WELL GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT TENORIO AND DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE BELIEVE IN. WE BELIEVE IN OUR FUTURE. WE BELIEVE IN OUR STUDENT, WE BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE AND TO DO IT WITH CARINO, IT JUST ADDS SO MUCH EXTRA OF WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. SO I

022THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. I THANK YOU ALL. I THANK OUR CITY STAFF THAT'S HERE TODAY. THEY'RE SITTING BACK THERE. THEY ALL BELIEVE IN THIS. ADELANTE CON CARINO WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR SCHOOL AND OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND CASSIE McCLURE I WANT TO THANK HER, OUR COUNSELOR, AS WELL. MAYBE SHE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I EMBRACE THIS PARTNERSHIP. IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LEADERS TO SHOW OUR YOUTH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO THRIVE WITH CARINO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTIALLY BECAUSE IN DECEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO KIDDOES FROM BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND THEY HAD GIVEN, FOUND AND GIVEN BACK A WALLET FULL OF MONEY. THAT ACTUALLY BELONGED TO THE JANITOR AT

023BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BEING ABLE TO POINT OUT, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING, YOU BELONG TO THIS COMMUNE TIP WAS COMMUNITY DOING THE BEST THING. AND ALSO DOING THE VANNAH WHITE THING WITH THE GREAT SHIRT. THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO DO VANNA'S WITH YOUR CHOICE. YOU WILL BE JOINING US STARTING IN FEBRUARY AS WE START RECOGNIZING STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL. CITY STAFF ARE GOING TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND GO INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND CELEBRATING OUR KIDS. WE'LL START DOING THAT BASED ON THEIR FEEDER PATTERNS. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING VERY HARD AT GETTING ALL THAT ORGANIZED. AT THIS TIME I ASK BRING YOUR SHIRTS, COME ON DOWN AND LET'S CELEBRATE THE KICK OFF OF THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP AWESOME. %C1

024THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO IT THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND PRESIDENT TENORIO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT, MAKE SURE YOUR MIC'S ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM 3, PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THESE ARE BY THE ORDER THAT THEY WERE SUBMITTED. SO FIRST IS SARAH SMITH. GOOD EVENING, YOU CAN START. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TENORIO, SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. I'M SARAH SMITH, THERE ARE MANY DOZENS OF BOOKS THAT ARE AGE INAPPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS. THESE ARE BOOKS THAT CONTAIN GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF SEX ACTS INCLUDING BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. DETAILED PASSAGES OF CHILDREN BEING ASSAULTED, MOLESTED AND RAPED. TEENS ENGAGING IN SELF-HARM, CUTTING AND MUCH MORE. PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM EXPLICIT CONTENT IS NOT

025BOOK BANNING IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE. ONE STUDY FOUND THAT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL. ANOTHER STUDY FOUND THAT WHEN KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN DATING VIOLENCE. YOU ARE AWARE THESE BOOKS ARE PRESENT IN YOUR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL OF YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO DISCUSS THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE FILED FORMAL COMPLAINTS AND PRESENTED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE BOOKS AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. INSTEAD OF TAKING COMMON STEPS TO MAKE SURE SCHOOLS ARE NOT PROVIDING THESE BOOKS. WE HAVE CREATED A PARENT GUIDE TO EXPLICIT BOOKS. THIS BOOKLET IS FOR PARENTS WHO WANT TO PROTECT STUDENTS. IT LISTS THE WORSE BOOKS IN EACH SCHOOL. GIVES EXAMPLES OF THE CONTENT OF EACH BOOK AND HELPS PARENTS UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN OPT THEIR KIDS OUT FROM THIS SCHOOL USING

026LCPS FORM IJL-1. THERE ARE DOZENS OF ADDITIONAL BOOKS THAT PARENTS MAY FIND AGE INAPPROPRIATE BUT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THE WORSE OF THE WORSE. LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL HAS PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF MEN AND WOMEN CONDUCTING SEXUAL ACTS ON EACH OTHER. WHICH INCLUDE IMAGERY OF CHILDREN WITH MACHINE GUNS IN THE CLASSROOM, POINTING THE GUNS AT THEIR TEACHER WHO THEY WANT TO KILL. THE BOOK TRICKS WHICH IS AT ALL FOUR OF THE MAIN HIGH SCHOOLS IN LAS CRUCES HAS DETAILED PASSAGES OF KIDS USING COCAINE AND HEROINE AS WELL AS BEING RAPED. PARENTS CAN ACCESS THE GUIDES OF THE WORSE BOOKS AT THE WEBSITE NMFA.US/SCHOOLBOOKS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION TO MAKE SURE YOUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT EXPOSING CHILDREN TO AGE INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. CLEARLY IT IS NO LONGER APPROPRIATE TO

027RELY ON BOOK LISTS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OR SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN UNDER YOUR CARE IN YOUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. BETH BUSKET. >> GOOD EVENING BETH BUSKET DISTRICT FOUR. THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON ON EARTH IS SEX. ONCE AN IMAGINE IS IMPRINTED ON A CHILD'S BRAIN IT CANNOT BE. SCHOOLS ARE USHERING CHILDREN INTO CONVERSATIONS AND PRACTICES THEY ARE NOT EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR. RESULTING IN POOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, EARLY SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, INCREASED SEXUAL AGGRESSION AND TOO OFTEN ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE. SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING CENTERS THAT TRAIN CHILDREN TO BE SOCIAL ACTIVISTS. THEY ARE OFTEN ADVISED BY TEACHERS THAT PARENTS DON'T KNOW BEST. AND ARE NOT THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY IN THEIR LIVES. I PLAYED A SMALL PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOOK LIST YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. THERE'S A WIDE

028RANGE OF EXPLICIT CONTENT THROUGHOUT THESE BOOKS FOR EXAMPLE PUSH HAS VIVID EXAMPLES OF CHILD AND INFANT RAPE AND INSIST AND SELF-CUTTING. THIS NOVEL INSPIRED AN R RATED MOVIE CALLED PRECIOUS. ANY STUDENT UNDER 17 WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO VIEW IT WITHOUT A PARENT. THE BOOK IMPULSE IS LISTED IN LAS CRUCES SCHOOLS PLUS SIERRA AND CAMINO REAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS. KIDS 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD CAN READ THIS BOOK THAT INCLUDES DRUG USE BY MINORS OF DOWNERS, POT, CRYSTAL METH AND HEROINE AS WELL AS CUTTING AND SELF-HARM. HERE'S A QUOTE FROM IT. MY TRUSTY RAZOR BLADE IS IN MY CUBBY CALLING FOR ME. I TOUCH ITS STAINLESS TIP TO MY INDEX FINGER. PEEL BACK MY SLEEVE AND AFFECTIONALLY PLACE THE BLADE BENEATH MY THEFT THUMB. THIS IS THE BEST RUSH OF ALL. THE MOMENT BEFORE THE FIRST CUT.

029I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, A TEXAS ANTI SEX TRAFFICKING, REPORTED ON AN 11-YEAR-OLD. HE WAS WATCHING PORN, HE WENT HOME AND NEVER HEARING THE TERM, HE GOOGLED IT, WENT INTO YOU TUBE AND CAME OUT ANAL SEX. WHAT CAME UP IS GANG RAPE. HIS YOUNG BRAIN COULD NOT TURN IT ON. IT SET THE CHILD ON A PATH OF DESTRUCTION WHICH ALL STARTS IN THE CLASSROOM. GIVING A CHILD A GRAPHIC NOVEL DEPICTING SEX ACTS IS ACTIVELY SEXUALIZING THEM. PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU. EDWARD THOMAS. >> GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS EDDY THOMAS. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PLAQUERED AT CONVENIENCE STORES AND SUPER MARKET CHECK OUTS THAT PROHIBIT THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 21. THAT'S THE LAW BECAUSE THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO WANTS TO

030PROTECT MINORS FROM CONSUMING HARMFUL PRODUCTS. THE SAME GOES FOR PORNOGRAPHY. YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING AN ADULT STORE UNLESS YOU'RE 21 OR OLDER. THE SAME GOES FOR CANNABIS STORES. SOCIETY IS TRYING TO PROTECT OUR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THINGS THAT ARE KNOWN TO BE BAD FOR YOU. BUT INSTEAD OF GUIDING THEM AND STEERING THEM AWAY FROM THIS ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR YOU ARE VINDICATING SEXUAL EXPLORATION THAT THEY MAY NOT BE READY FOR. THAT BELONGS IN THE PARENTS PURVIEW NOT YOURS. YOU ARE IN EFFECT USURPING PARENTAL AUTHORITY. YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY TELLING THEM IT'S OKAY TO EXPERIMENT SEXUALLY WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT. YOU'RE ENCOURAGING UNPROTECTED SEX. SOME OF THE CHARACTERS IN THESE NOVELS PORTRAYAL NONCHALANT ATTITUDE TOWARD SEX THAT ENCOURAGING MINDLESS, NAMELESS. SOMETIMES WITH MINORS THAT THEY HAVE BLURRY RECOLLECTION OF BECAUSE THEY WERE HIGH ON DRUGS OR

031DRUNK ON ALCOHOL. THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS HIGH RISK AND DANGEROUS. IT'S HIGH RISK FOR STDs, IT'S ALSO RISKY BEHAVIOR BECAUSE OF THE UNWANTED PREGNANCY. KIDS CURIOUS ABOUT SEX OFTEN TIMES GO TO THE WRONG PEOPLE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NAIVE. THIS CURIOSITY IS OFTEN SPARKED BY PORNOGRAPHY. THE TYPE OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THEM IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES. SOME OF THESE NOVELS ARE GROTESQUE AND UNNATURAL. THEY CONTAIN DEPICTIONS OF INSIST OF ALL KINDS. BESTIALITY. MULTIPLE PARTNER, SEX WITH INFANTS, SEX BETWEEN UNDER AGED TEENAGERS AND ADULTS. A COMMON THEME IS SEX WITH UNKNOWN PARTNERS WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE UNDER DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. CHILDREN TEND TO MIMIC. THEY ALSO SUCCUMB TO PEER PRESSURE OR TAKE ORDERS FROM IF THEY WANT TO BE ACCEPTED. IMAGINE THE REGRET AND SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES A YOUNG GIRL CAN HAVE

032AFTER GETTING RAPED, GETTING PREGNANT AND GETTING AN ABORTION. THIS CAN LEAVE A YOUNG 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL MENTALLY SCARED FOR LIFE. THIS IS THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT PORNOGRAPHY FOSTERS AND PROMOTES. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PORNOGRAPHY IS TO ENTICE AND AROUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY. WE SHOULD BE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN FROM THIS. CORY BUFFORD. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM CORY BUFFORD I'M HERE ACTUALLY ON BEHALF OF ALL THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS. I AM HERE TO ASK THREE QUESTIONS. ONE WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE A PART OF THE SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT. TWO, DO WE HAVE THE CALENDAR FOR THE NEW YEAR READY FOR WHAT OUR BASICALLY DAYS OFF ARE GOING TO BE. AND THE THIRD ONE, ARE WE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BUT BASICALLY AS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE A PART OF

033THE SCHOOLS. WE'RE A PART OF THE SCHOOLS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU EVERY DAY. WE TRANSPORT THE CHILDREN AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT AS PART OF YOU GUYS. AND BEING FUNDED BY YOU GUYS AS WELL. SO, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR. SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ATHENA HUCKABY. GOOD EVENING GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT TENORIO. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OTHER GUESTS. MY NAME IS ATHENA HUCKABY AND I'M THE SOUTHWEST NOLOXONE FOR THE HEALTH AUTHORITY. I CONDUCT OVERDOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AND NEW MEXICO AND I AM HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR ENHANCED NOLOXONE DISTRIBUTION AND EDUCATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. NOLOXONE IS A LIFE SAVING MEDICATION THAT CAN REVERSE OPIOID OVERDOSES. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STANDING ORDER EMPOWERS SCHOOLS TO BE PROACTIVE IN OVERDOSE PREVENTION

034EFFORTS. IMPORTANTLY, NOLOXONE IS NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE NURSES OFFICE. IT CAN BE ADD ADMINISTERED BY ANY TRAINED INDIVIDUAL AS LONG AS IT IS. WHILE THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS DO NOT FALL UNDER THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL'S DISTRICT BUT AS I LEARNED WILL SOON, MY PAST EXPERIENCE TRAINING ALL OF THE BUS DRIVERS DURING MY TIME AS THE OVERDOSE PREVENTION COORDINATOR AT DONIA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SERVES AS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW OVERDOSE PREVENTION TRAINING CAN BE EXPANDED TO UNEXPECTED BUT CRUCIAL GROUPS. WITHIN SCHOOLS, OTHER GROUPS LIKE SECURITY PERSONNEL, ATHLETIC COACHES, EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAM STAFF OR EVEN CAFETERIA WORKERS CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE OFTEN PRESENT IN DIVERSE SCHOOL SETTINGS AND MAYBE IN POSITIONS TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES EFFECTIVELY. I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER OUTREACH ON EDUCATION EFFORTS FOR FAMILIES

035AND YOUTH. MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SOMEONE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND PROVIDING FAMILIES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY AND PROPER USE OF NOLOXONE CAN HELP TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES AT HOME. THIS KIND OF FAMILY FOCUSED APPROACH, EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES AND EXTENDS THE SAFETY NET BEYOND THE CAMPUS. FURTHER EXEMPLIFYING HOW WE CAN THRIVE WITH CARINO. BY EXPANDING NOLOXONE TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO A WIDER RANGE OF SCHOOL AFFILIATED GROUPS AND ENGAGING FAMILIES, LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OVERDOSE PREVENTION. TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO MORE. THE NEXT IS PAUL FORD. THANK YOU, HI. PRESIDENT TENORIO, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I LEARNED THAT I AM PAUL FERTH, AND I LEARNED RECENTLY THAT THE

036MOTTO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS IN GOD WE TRUST. I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND WE ALSO GOT TO MENTION IN THE PLEDGE ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND TWO THINGS I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU THAT I BELIEVE ARE FROM HIM. THE FIRST THAT GOD IS GOOD AND THE SECOND THAT HE'S NOT MAD AT YOU. I'M HERE MAINLY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TRANSFER POLICY AND I FIRST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, COMMEND THIS BOARD FOR ALL THAT YOU DID BEFORE MAKING YOUR DECISION ON THE DISTRICT. IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S WORK AND YOU BROUGHT THE PUBLIC TOGETHER. ON THE TRANSFER POLICY, WHAT I'M SEEING IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN HAS BIGGER IMPACT THAN THE REDISTRICTING, THE REDISTRICTING WAS LIMITED TO ABOUT

0376-1/2%. BUT I THINK THIS TRANSFER POLICY WILL BE OVER 8% OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY IT. AND WHAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IS THE SAME KIND OF TOWN HALLS, COMMITTEE THAT CAME TOGETHER TO HELP BRING ABOUT A GOOD DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO LOOK AT DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. ON THE HEADER LINE OF THE POLICY IT'S TO ACHIEVE BALANCE. AND SO, WHEN I THINK ABOUT ACHIEVING BALANCE I BROUGHT THIS WATER BOTTLE. IF I HOLD THIS UP WITH ONE ARM I'M DEFINITELY NOT BALANCED. BALANCE COMES WHEN YOU ARE HOLDING TWO THINGS. I ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT THE TRANSFER IN RATE NOT JUST THE TRANSFER OUT RATE. I'VE ALWAYS URGED YOU, I SENT A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT, TO SECRETARY WOFFORD AND TO THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. I'VE URGED YOU TO DO THIS KIND OF

038GRADUALLY OVER TWO YEARS. AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE, UPCOMING 11th AND 12th GRADERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE GIVEN A TRANSFER, EXEMPTION IF YOU WILL. AND THEN, THOSE THAT ARE COMING UP IN TENTH GRADE WHETHER IT'S SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES THEY'RE ALSO GIVEN EXEMPTION S. AT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, CENTENNIAL AND CRUCES HIGH WHERE THE TRANSFER RATES ARE LIKE 28%. I THINK THE 15% ARE ALREADY TAKEN. AND THAT MEANS THAT ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER TRANSFERS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR AN UPCOMING NINTH GRADER FOR EXAMPLE. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND LASTLY WE HAVE JOHN FAZINI. WELCOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU MRS. TENORIO, MR. RUIZ IF REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE STUDENT ADVISOR. I'M HERE TO JUST KIND OF COMMENT ON POLICY YOU GUYS ARE MAKING FOR GIFTED

039EDUCATION. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW OF MANY DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE EVEN TRYING TO COMPLY WITH WHAT'S IN STATUTE. SO THAT'S A BIG, BIG THING. THERE ARE A FEW EDITS YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO GO BUT OVER ALL, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO TO LOOK OUT FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE FOR SURE ACADEMIC NEEDS. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT SOCIO EMOTIONAL NEEDS AS WELL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, IS RARELY THOUGHT ABOUT. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO DO THIS. ONE THING I DID NOTICE IN THE DOCUMENT, FORGIVE ME, I READ. YOU KNOW. SO THERE YOU GO. IS IT MENTIONS PROGRAMS. AND I WANT TO TRY TO AVOID THE WORD PROGRAMMING IN ALL MEANS. I WOULD LIKE TO INSTEAD SUGGEST SERVICES.

040SERVICES IMPLIES CENTERS, PROGRAMMING SUGGESTS ONE FITS ALL. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START THINKING THAT ALL GIFTED STUDENTS NEEDS ARE ACADEMIC. THEY ARE NOT. WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE GIFTED IN CREATIVITY. CRITICAL THINKING. STUDENTS WHO MAYBE GIFTED IN ONLY MATH. OR ONLY READING. SO BY JUST SAYING WE'RE PROVIDING COURSE WORK OR SERVICES IN READING OR MATH, OR WHATEVER IS NOT GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS ACADEMIC NEEDS OF THESE KIDS. AND IN TERMS OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NEEDS I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO FOR EXAMPLE, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY USES A RUBRIC FOR THEIR, NOT THEIR PHK THEIR MD PROGRAM TO RATE A PERSON'S CRITICAL THINKING AND CRITICAL CREATIVE THINKING ABILITIES USING A RUBRIC. AND IT WOULD BE, IN OUR BEST INTEREST FOR OUR KIDS WHO ARE GIFTED IN AREAS OF CRITICAL THINKING. AND CREATIVITY TO ASSESS HOW

041THOSE THINGS ARE BEING HELPED IN THEIR AREA OF NEED. SO, AND ALSO, I WILL OFFER MY VOLUNTEER SERVICES. I HAVE HAVE PRETTY EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND GIFTED EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION. YOUTH AT RISK. PSYCHOLOGY, LITTLE DABBLE IN A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY AND JUST DAD JOKES IF THAT MATTERS TO YOU. SO, ANYHOW. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT THANK YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AS WE BRING UP THE PRESENTATION HERE. AGAIN I JUST WANT TO, REITERATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CARINO AND THE, AND ALSO OUR CITY PARTNERS AROUND THAT AS WELL. SO I WILL CONTINUE ON MY REPORT IN DECEMBER, JOINED SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT WERE BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR RAISING THEIR VISTA DESIGNATION. THIS

042WAS THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE FOR OUR SCHOOLS. FOR OUR STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT. AND THIS WAS FOR DESIGNATION IN 2024. IT WAS AN HONOR TO, AND JUST A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR PRINCIPALS FOR THEIR HARD WORK. YOU WILL ALSO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM DR. MILLER TOMLINSON. WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ZIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, FAMILY SPELLING BEE ON JANUARY 16th. IT WAS FUN TALKING TO THE STUDENTS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ASKING ME FOR SOME HINTS ON HOW THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE ACCENTS ETC SO I MADE SURE I DIDN'T GIVE THEM ANY CLUES ON THAT. IT WAS GREAT TO BE AT ZIA. LAST WEEK I ALSO ATTENDED A PACACIO MEETING. THEY WERE REVIEWING DATA AND MAKING EXCITING PLANS FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER. THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL DANA LEE FOR YOUR WORK AT

043PACACIO AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF EXCITING WORK OVER AT YOUR CAMPUS. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I'LL BE ATTENDING A NUMBER OF PLC MEETINGS AT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING LENT COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. ORGAN HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WALKS TAKING PLACE IN LATE JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY. THESE WALKS DONE BY MEMBERS OF CENTRAL OFFICE AND MYSELF ARE A CONTINUATION OF THE SECOND INSTRUCTIONAL WALK CYCLES THAT WERE THE TWO THAT WE HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY. WE'VE ALSO FINALIZED MY INSTRUCTIONAL WALK SCHEDULES AND THOSE DATES HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH ALL OF THE BOARD. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN ME, IT'S JUST A GREAT CHANCE AGAIN FOR US TO SHOW, SHOW YOU THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN ACTION. AND WITH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. ON DECEMBER 20th I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING

044OF ENDING THE FALL SEMESTER AT THE LCPS MIGRANT EDUCATION POSADA HOSTED BY HERMOSA HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M HONORED FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THERE WAS A BAND, EVEN GREAT MUSIC, DANCING, JUST A GREAT WAY TO END THE SEMESTER AND THANK YOU TO DR. LOZANO, THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS DIVISION FOR THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN. ON JANUARY 7th, DR. LOZANO, MRS. BARELLA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND MYSELF MET WITH SECRETARY GROGINSKI AND MICKELSON FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. DR. LOZANO THE EARLY CHILDHOOD ATTENDED A RECEPTION FOR DR. GROGINSKI. IT WAS GREAT TO SIT WITH THE TEAM AND WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AND REALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR THOUGHTFUL PROBLEM SOLVING AND OPTIMISM THAT THEY HAVE STATEWIDE AND REALLY THE DEPARTMENT IN BRINGING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND NEW

045MEXICO INTO THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO CONNECT WITH OTHER DEDICATED EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVOCATES AND WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF. WE'RE GLAD WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH STATEWIDE LEADERS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS FINANCE DIVISION WAS HONORED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION THE GFOA BUDGET AWARD. THE FIRST EVER RECOGNITION OF ITS KIND IN LCPS. THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT UNDER SCORES A DIVISIONS COMMITMENT TO FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE AND TRANSPARENCY IN MANAGING PUBLIC FUNDS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ALEX LIU, MELISSA ZUNIGA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ENSURING WE PROVIDE RESOURCES TO LCPS STUDENTS THRIVING. I BELIEVE MR. LEWIS HERE, ANYONE FROM YOUR TEAM HERE TODAY? JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. STAND UP, STAND UP. >> THE WHOLE FINANCE TEAM. PLEASE.

046FINANCE TEAM STAND UP. I HAVE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SHY OUT THERE. MELISSA YOU WANT TO STAND UP THERE THEY ARE. >> THANK YOU. ALSO IN HONOR OF NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRESIDENT TENORIO AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT ENSURING ALL OF OUR LEARNERS THRIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR LCCP SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU MR. RUIZ, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. ON BEHALF OF THE CHAPTER I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AS WE CELEBRATE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MONTH. OUR SCHOOL BOARD PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL PART IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS GUIDING OUR DISTRICT TOWARD SUCCESS AND ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVING THE EDUCATION THEY

047DESERVE. TODAY WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR MAYFIELD STUDENTS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE EFFORTS OF MR. PATRICK NOLAN WHO'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. MR. ED FRANK, WHO'S THOUGHTFUL DECISION MAKING AND VISION HELP PAVED THE WAY FOR OUR BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US. PRESIDENT TERESA TENORIO WHO'S LEADERSHIP AND TIRELESS ADVOCACY FOR OUR SCHOOLS HAVE MADE A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE IN OUR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. VICE PRESIDENT PAMELA CORT WHO'S DEDICATION AND COLLABORATION ENSURED THAT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DECISION. SECRETARY ROBERT WOFFORD WHO STEADFAST SUPPORT AND PASSION FOR EDUCATION MAKE HIM AN INDIVIDUAL ASSET TO OUR DISTRICT. TOGETHER THEY WORK TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS OF LAS

048CRUCES ARE PROVIDED WITH THE RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES AND GUIDANCE NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS. WE KNOW THAT THEIR WORK EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM AND THAT LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO US EVERY DAY. WE UNDERSTAND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, QUALITIES THAT OUR SCHOOL BOARD EXEMPLIFIES. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR UNWAIVERRING SUPPORT IN OUR AGRICULTURE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY PROVIDE FOR US TO GROW AND SUCCEEDS. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT EACH OF YOU WITH A GIFT AS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION. THIS IS A SMALL WAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AND TO CONTINUE YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR DISTRICT. TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR HARD WORK DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. YOU ARE TRULY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF

049ALL STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DEDICATION AND PASSION FOR OUR EDUCATION. PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR AMAZING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS >> THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME YOU GIVE ME FAR TOO MUCH CREDIT THOUGH. FABULOUS. >> THANK YOU. HEY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WOW, THANKS SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT. VERY KIND. THANK YOU. YEAH, CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM. THANK YOU, WAY TO GO. AWESOME >> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TENORIO. >> MRS. CORT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MAYFIELD FA FOR THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND KIND WORDS. I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT THERE TO THANK THEM IN PERSON. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ALREADY LEFT THE ROOM. THEY HEARD YOU BUT IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. >> WE'LL TRY

050TO KEEP YOUR FLOWERS FRESH FOR YOU MRS. CORT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, MA'AM CORT, I WILL TAKE YOUR FLOWERS I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT WE GOT A PRESENT. SO I'M WATCHING YOU. I KNEW THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG, BUT I KNOW, BUT OKAY. >> OKAY. PRESIDENT TENORIO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR LAS CRUCES PRESIDENT FOR A REPORT. WE DO NOT HAVE A REPORT FROM CECEG LAS CRUCES TODAY. THAT WILL ALSO BE FOLLOWED BY OUR STUDENT ADVISORY REPORT AS WELL. MRS. WACO. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TENORIO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, TRAIL BLAZER EXTRAORDINARY. LAST WEEK, WE HELD A MEETING AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND GREAT INFORMATION WAS GIVEN. DENISE SHIHEEN DID A GREAT JOB ORGANIZERS SPEAKERS FOR THE EFFERENT. THANK

051YOU PRESIDENT TENORIO, BOARD MEMBER FRANK AND BOARD MEMBER NOLAN FOR ATTENDING. THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ FOR THE REPORT AND FOR TAKING QUESTIONS. WE'RE ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE AS THOUGHT PARTNERS ON THIS TOPIC TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SAFE. WE BEGAN INTENTIONAL BARGAINING WITH THE DISTRICT LAST WEEK AND WE ALREADY HAVE TWO TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS. THIS YEAR THE ENTIRE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS AN EXCITING TIME. AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THANK YOU TO MR. FRIZZINI FOR SUBSTITUTING FOR ME SO THAT I KNOW THAT MY A.P GOVERNMENT CLASS WITH FELICITY IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU TO TOMLIN FOR ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE BRINGING THEM TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. TO WORKING WITH US TO MAKE THE CHANGES NEEDED. THANK YOU AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT WERE THE

052SPECIFICS ON THE DRAFT CALENDARS THAT YOU DISCUSSED. WHAT WAS IT? RIGHT NOW, ALL THREE CALENDARS HAVE DAYS. AND IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THERE'S 183 DAYS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE MANDATED SAFE, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING, BECAUSE IT MIGHT CHANGE SOME DAY. BUT MANDATED TRAININGS TO BE A SET ASIDE DAY AND THAT'S NOT IN THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW. SO WE TALKED TO MILLER TOMLINSON AND SHE WAS GOING TO RUN IT UP THE CHAIN. THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THE EVENT. I COULDN'T ATTEND BUT APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU. >> I THINK THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU PRESIDENT WACO. FELICITY. AWESOME. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MA'AM PRESIDENT TENORIO, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS FELICITY AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIME BEING

053HERE UNFORTUNATELY. IT HAS BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE AND IT WILL FOREVER BE IN MY MEMORY HAVING MET ALL OF YOU AND BEING UP HERE WITH YOU GUYS. SAC HAD ADDRESSED SEVERAL CALENDAR OPTIONS. THE CALENDAR THAT WAS LIKED THE MOST WAS CALENDAR PLAN B. IT ALLOWS STUDENTS ENOUGH TIME TO REST AND RETAIN INFORMATION WORK THAT THEY HAD LEARNED IN THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER OR BEFORE THEY WENT ON BREAK. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW IT TO RUN MORE SMOOTHLY WITH THE SPORTS SESSIONS. FOR DRAFT A SOME OF THE CONCERNS IT WAS TOO LONG OF A BREAK. IT LIMITS OPPORTUNITIES KIDS COULD HAVE FOR THE SUMMER. COULD POSSIBLY NOT ALLOW FOR PROPER SANITATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOLS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE TAKING COLLEGE COURSES IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE STUDENT SCHEDULE. WHILE STUDENTS ARE ON BREAK, THOSE WHO

054ARE TAKING COLLEGE CLASSES STILL HAVE TO GO TO CLASS. THERE WAS NOT SUMMER BREAKS WHILE NOT ENOUGH BREAKS DURING SCHOOL. THIS LAST YEAR SAC HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF JOINING WITH ACTIVITIES TO HOST LOVING LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY. THIS GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THAT THEY MAY NOT USUALLY GO TO. WE WERE ASKED TO HOST THE CONFERENCE DURING THE INTERSESSION OF SPRING BREAK. WE FEEL THIS WOULD RESULT IN A VERY LOW ATTENDANCE AND WILL NOT GAIN THE TARGET AUDIENCE SINCE IT WOULD BE OFFERED DURING THE INTERSESSION AND NOT DURING A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY. BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME AWESOME NEWS, THERE WILL BE SEVEN SAC MEMBERS GOING TO THE IN APRIL. IT IS WHEN YOU HAVE A MOCK LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH OTHER YOUTH LEADER IN NEW

055MEXICO WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY TO GET EXPERIENCE FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR TONIGHT AND TO BE THE VOICE OF STUDENTS ONCE AGAIN. SO I WILL NOW BE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANYTHING I HAVE STATED. WELL DONE FELICITY. I WISH YOU COULD COME ONE MORE TIME. BUT I KNOW HOW IT WORKS I COULD COME BACK AND WATCH >> WE'LL BE THERE TO SHAKE YOUR HANDS. CONGRATULATIONS AND MAYBE ALL THE AWARDS ASSEMBLIES AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF I WILL DEFINITELY BE SENDING EVERYBODY AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ INVITATIONS FOR THAT BOARD MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR FELICITY OR COMMENTS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT ON THE CALENDAR. APPRECIATE THAT OF COURSE WITH CALENDAR OPTION B WAS IT YES. >> SO WITH THIS YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE THAT'S IN, WHERE IS IT AT? SANTA FE?

056YOU SAID IN THE STATE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ASSUMED IT WAS NEW MEXICO I BELIEVE SO. YES IT IS. AND IT'S SEVEN OF OUR ADVISORS, YOUTH ADVISORS YES, MA'AM >> IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE GONE SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE. OKAY. YEAH. >> VERY COOL. WELL, AS WE GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, WE WILL LOOK FOR YOUR INPUT THANK YOU. >> MR. RUIZ THANK YOU FELICITY AND, PRESIDENT TENORIO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WITH LEGISLATIVE SESSION OPENING UP TODAY I BELIEVE, AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FROM ATTENDING THE LAS CRUCES DAY IN SANTA FE. FOR THE LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY PIECES. OR EVENTS I'LL BE ATTENDING MYSELF. MR. BRYAN, MR. RODRIGUEZ AND MR. FRANK WILL BE REPRESENTING THE BOARD AS WELL. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY REVIEW, GO OVER OUR CAPITAL REQUEST AND

057LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AGAIN YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THIS. OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR IS TO COMPLETE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE WORKS TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE SKILLS, LEADING TO JOB STUDENTS. BE ABLE TO GREAT ADVISORY PANEL OR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OF COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. ALSO OUR PARENT PHASE THREE. PHASE TWO WILL BE BEGINNING HERE FROM LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND SO AGAIN, 2.2 MILLION TO COMPLETE PHASE 3 OF THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING WRAP AROUND SUPPORTS OF HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND CENTRALIZED STUDENT INTAKE SERVICES AND REALLY FOR OUR PROVIDERS TO HAVE A SPACE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT WE ARE, WITH OUR GOAL OF PROVIDING FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND LASTLY, OUR MERCADO PHASE TWO, WHERE WE PROVIDE SPACE FOR

058OUR STUDENTS WHO SHOWCASE MARKET THEIR PROJECTS THROUGH OUR CT PROGRAMS AND BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PART OF OUR PROGRAM. AS WE ADVOCATE FOR SEG TO LOOK AT AND FUND THE FACTORS FOR BILINGUAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. THIS WILL PROVIDE US ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE REQUIRED SERVICES FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM AND KIDDOES AS WELL. AND INCREASE THE FUNDING LEVEL AROUND THAT. ALSO SALARY INCREASES THAT NEED TO BE THAT FALL WITHIN YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR PERSONNEL HERE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND ALSO INCREASING THE AT RISK FUNDING TO ADDRESS STUDENT BEHAVIOR HEALTH. OUR CURRENT FUNDING DOES NOT FULLY COVER TO AND FROM. AND ENSURING THAT OUR LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING OUR TO AND FROM LEGISLATION AROUND 1.5 MILLION ALSO FOR ACTIVITIES, ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS. FELICITY

059JUST TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEM THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION OUT OF OUR OPERATIONAL FUNDS AS WELL. AND SO, AGAIN THAT'S, THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES, UNDER INSURANCE FOR OUR 8020 THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR PERSONNEL IS FUNDED AT THE 80-20 ACROSS THE BOARD AT THE STATE LEVEL. CURRENTLY AS A DISTRICT WE DO THIS. AND WE BELIEVE HIGHLY IN INVESTING IN OUR STAFF, AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORT, SUPPORT PROGRAMS PERSONNEL. AND AGAIN JUST TO RIGHT SIZE THAT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. CTE TO EXPAND OUR CTE PROGRAMS. ALSO PROVIDE RECURRING FUNDING NOT ONE TIME FUNDING FOR CTE PROGRAMS AND THAT IS FACTOR TO THE SCG, TO MAKE SURE TO CONTINUE FUNDING. OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, PROVIDING TRAINING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAINING, AND TO BE

060ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE WITH GRANT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO ROLL OUT OUR ELECTRIC BUSES THIS YEAR. BUT AGAIN AS A STATE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT AND FUNDING AND THE RECURRING FUNDING AROUND THAT. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. JUST WANTED TO AGAIN REVIEW SOME OF THESE ITEMS AS WE HEAD INTO LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS JUST A QUICK, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT FIGURES BUT THE CITY DEMONSTRATED SOME SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BUSES VERSUS DIESEL BUSES ON GAS MAINTENANCE COST. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ASK THEM DEFINITELY NOTED AND WE'LL GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. THAT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE I'VE HEARD FROM MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT THEY PREFER WORKING ON THESE

061ELECTRIC VEHICLES BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS, MESSY AND COMPLICATED. IT DOES PROBABLY INVOLVE MORE OF THAT COMPUTER TYPE STUFF PRESIDENT, MEMBER, OF THE BOARD AND MR. NOLAN TO YOUR POINT TO REALLY JUST POINT OUT THE COST SAVINGS AROUND THAT AS WELL. DEFINITELY WILL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AS WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE 6A AREA. WE'RE MOVING THOSE UP BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME GUEST PRESENTERS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE BONDING CAPACITY PRESENTATION WITH OUR CFO ALEX LIU AND MR. ERIC HERRIGAN. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT TENORIO AND MEMBERS AND STUDENT ADVISOR. I'M HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE MR. ERIC HARRIGAN MANAGING PARTNER WITH OBVIOUSLY CAPITAL MARKET TO GIVE US SOME UPDATED INFORMATION RELATED TO BONDING ISSUANCE AND A BONDING CAPACITY WITH OUR CPS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU.

062ERIC GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. MA'AM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT AGAIN ERIC TARRIPEN WITH CAPITAL MARKETS. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S USUALLY LATER IN THE YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE UPCOMING BOND ELECTION. SO YOU ARE NEARING THE END OF THE LAST AUTHORIZATION THAT VOTERS GAVE YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR NEXT AUTHORIZATION. I THINK I ALWAYS SCREW THIS UP SO I'M TRYING, I GOT IT ACTUALLY THIS TIME. SO, YOU KNOW BEFORE WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUR TAX BASE. THE DISTRICT HAS SEEN GOOD GROWTH IN ITS TAX BASE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. MOST RECENTLY THIS YEAR, YOU SAW JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 7%. REALLY BEEN SUPPORTED BY STRONG

063GROWTH IN YOUR RESIDENTIAL TAX BASE. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE GROWTH IN YOUR TAX BASE IS REALLY DETERMINES ONE, I MEAN, A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FIRST ONE BEING WHAT IS YOUR LEGAL CAPACITY THAT YOU CAN BORROW AT. AND SO FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEW MEXICO YOU'RE CAPPED AT 6% OF YOUR ASSESSED VALUATION. YOUR NET TAXABLE VALUE. GIVEN THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE DISTRICT'S TAX BASE, YOUR YOU KNOW STATUTORY BONDING CAPACITY IS 279 MILLION. RIGHT NOW, THE DISTRICT HAS ABOUT 147 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING BONDS. WHICH LEAVES YOU WITH 132 MILLION OF LEGAL CAPACITY. WE'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT A PRACTICAL CAPACITY IS WHICH IS WHAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN YOUR EXISTING SERVICE TAX RATE THAT YOU'VE HAD IN PLACE AT SOME TIME. THE OTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT IS THE FASTER YOUR

064TAX BASE GROWS THE FASTER YOU'RE ABLE TO RETIRE YOUR DEBT AND THE MORE CAPACITY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO CREATE IN THE FUTURE. YOU DO HAVE A SLIDE ON YOUR HISTORICAL TAX RATES. YOU HAVE VARIOUS MILL LEVIES, YOU HAVE YOUR TWO LEVY 18343 AND YOUR DEBT SERVICE MILL LEVY. AS WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING GEO BOND ELECTION. I WANT TO, PASS ALONG THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS BONDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AT $4.61 TAX RATE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD IN PLACE FOR MANY MANY YEARS NOW. WE HAVE PROVIDED ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT THE DISTRICT HAS. YOU DO HAVE SEVERAL LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS DO COUNT TOWARD YOUR LEGAL CAPACITY AND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 147 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING BONDS THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDES THOSE THREE LEASE PURCHASE

065AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY MONITOR THE DISTRICT'S DEBT FOR ANY POTENTIAL REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THE ABILITY TO LOWER YOUR INTEREST COSTS, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF VERY LOW INTEREST COST BONDS OUTSTANDING. GIVEN WHERE CURRENT MARKET RATES ARE. AT THIS TIME IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO TRY TO LOWER THE INTEREST COSTS ON YOUR DEBT. WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE THIS SLIDE. THIS IS ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS OUTSTANDING AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED 2025 BONDS WHICH WILL USE UP THE AUTHORIZATION THAT VOTERS GAVE FOUR YEARS AGO. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS BECAUSE YOU DO PAY YOUR DEBT OFF VERY, VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO LAYER IN NEW DEBT AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT TAX RATE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT

066A LITTLE BIT BUT YOU PAY OFF YOUR DEBT VERY, VERY RAPIDLY. THERE WERE TWO, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PASSED THAT WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON NET TAXABLE VALUES AROUND THE STATE. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. BUT AS I TALK ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY, YOU KNOW FOR YOUR NEXT ELECTION, WE HAVE THE BEST EXTENT THAT WE CAN FACTORED THAT INTO, INTO YOUR CAPACITY. SO YOU KNOW AS PART OF YOUR LONG TERM PLAN OF FINANCE, YOU KNOW THE DISTRICT HAS GONE BACK TO VOTERS EVERY FOUR YEARS TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION. THE LAST TIME THE DISTRICT DID THIS WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. SO FAR IN THE AMOUNT OF 50 MILLION, SO FAR THE DISTRICT HAS SOLD 37-1/2 MILLION. WE HAVE 12-1/2 MILLION REMAIN AND ALL OF THOSE VOTER AUTHORIZED BONDS WILL HAVE BEEN ISSUED. SO

067WE ANTICIPATE OR EXPECT THAT THE CAPACITY FOR THE DISTRICT IS 65 MILLION. SOME 15 MILLION FROM THE LAST ELECTION. AGAIN A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT YOUR TAX BASE HAS GROWN STRONG OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AS WE WERE PLANNING FOR THAT ELECTION BECAUSE YOUR TAX BASE WASN'T REALLY GROWING TERRIBLY FAST. WE WERE PROJECTING ABOUT 3-1/2% AT THAT TIME OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS YOUR TAX BASE HAS AVERAGED CLOSE TO 5% AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY CREATED THAT CAPACITY. WE DID WANT TO BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE ON THAT ASSUMPTION BECAUSE OF THOSE RECENT AMENDMENTS THAT VOTERS HAVE PASSED THIS LAST NOVEMBER. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND ELECTION WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE DISTRICT ASKS VOTERS TO EXTEND HB33 THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION

068OF THIS EXISTING MILL LEVY. THIS MILL LEVY IS USED FOR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE DISTRICTS. AND THEN THE NEXT, THE NEXT ELECTION WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE DISTRICT ASKS VOTERS TO CONTINUE THE, THE SB9 OR WHAT WE CALL THE SB EXCUSE ME THE 2 MILLION LEVY IN NOVEMBER OF 2027. WE DID PUT TOGETHER THIS CHART JUST THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR IN TERMS OF PLANNING TOOLS FOR WHEN YOUR BOND ELECTIONS, YOUR MILL ELECTIONS. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ALL THREE MILL LEVIES AND ELECTIONS COMBINED. BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU WILL HAVE SB33 AND TWO MILL LEVIES ALIGN WHICH WILL HAVE HB33 AND BONDS COMING UP FOR THIS ELECTION. SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE WERE TWO FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY VOTERS THIS LAST ELECTION.

069THE FIRST ONE WHICH HAS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO PROPERTY TAX OR NET TAXABLE VALUES FOR YOU KNOW BASICALLY ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THAT IT WIDENED THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO VETERANS TO DISABLED VETERAN. THAT IS TO THE PERCENT THAT VETERAN IS DISABLED. UNDER CURRENT LAW IF YOU'RE A 100% VETERAN YOU CAN EXEMPT 100% OF YOUR HOME VALUE FOR PROPERTY TAXES. AS AN EXAMPLE AT THIS HAS NOW PASSED, A DISABLED VETERAN THAT IS 50% DISABLED WILL BE ABLE TO EXEMPT 50% OF THEIR PROPERTY FROM PROPERTY TAX. FROM PROPERTY TAXES. THE SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WAS PASSED IT INCREASED THE VETERAN EXEMPTION WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ALL VETERANS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR DISABILITY. FROM 4,000 TO 10,000. AT THIS POINT, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THIS WILL BE. NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY

070DISABLED VETERANS ARE OUT THERE, HOW MANY PROPERTIES THEY OWN. THE LEGISLATURE DOES NEED TO ENACT THROUGH STATUTE THIS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO MEMORIALIZE THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PASSED. TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHEN THESE WILL GET IMPLEMENTED. WE THINK AND ANTICIPATE THIS WILL OCCUR IN THE 2027 FISCAL YEAR WHICH IS THE 2026 TAX YEAR. THIS UPCOMING TAX YEAR WILL BE THE 2025 TAX YEAR. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION TO MEMORIALIZE THESE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. WE WILL NOT NECESSARILY KNOW WHEN THEY WILL COME IN. JUST TO SORT OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF YOU KNOW WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THERE ARE 6,000 AND 98 PROPERTIES THAT DID APPLY FOR THE VETERANS EXEMPTIONS AND THERE WAS 1,281 PROPERTIES THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE 100% DISABLED VETERAN EXEMPTION. AND THAT WAS, THAT RESULTED IN,

071THAT WAS ABOUT 132 MILLION OF PROPERTY VALUES THAT EITHER THE VETERAN EXEMPTION OR THE DISABLED VETERAN EXEMPTION APPLIED TO. SO WE TOOK SOME NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND APPLIED IT TO GET KIND OF A ROUGH, A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE. WE DID APPLY IT TO THE DISTRICTS YOU KNOW MODEL IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH YOUR CAPACITY. AND WE FEEL, WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ASK VOTERS FOR 65 MILLION AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT. DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IMPACT IS, IT WILL IMPACT THE NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT FOR FOR AN ELECTION. IF YOU HAVE A SORT OF HIGHER IMPACT THAN ANTICIPATED, WE MIGHT BE ASKING VOTERS FOR LESS THAN 65 MILLION IF IT IMPACTS LESS THAN WHAT IS ANTICIPATED. MAYBE THAT ELECTION AUTHORIZATION

072MIGHT GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE IN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. AND WITH THAT, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU MR. HARRIGAN. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS. WHEN IT SAYS THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I DON'T KNOW, ARE THEY DOING IT RIGHT NOW? THE CURRENT, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. AND I GUESS WE DON'T, BASED ON THIS ESTIMATE WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO BOND OUT SIMILAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST? AND THE VETERANS THAT IS ROUGH ESTIMATES I WON'T HOLD YOU TO IT THAT IS CORRECT. BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF HOW QUICKLY YOU PAY OFF YOUR DEBT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO STRUCTURE THAT 65 MILLION WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW ISSUE THAT DEBT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND SORT OF LAYER IT INTO YOUR EXISTING DEBT

073AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT TAX RATE. ULTIMATELY THE IMPACT WILL ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW AFFECT THE NEXT ELECTION FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. IF THERE'S A LARGER THAN EXPECTED EXEMPTION THAT COMES INTO PLACE. YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A LESSER AMOUNT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT RATE. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. HELLO MR. LUI. ARE YOU HERE FOR THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE YEAR YES, MA'AM ALL RIGHT. >> SO PRESIDENT TENORIO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERVISOR AND STUDENT ADVISOR. WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THE THE RESULTS OF THE AUDITED FINANCIALS THANK YOU MA'AM PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT. WHAT I HAVE HERE IS A PRESENTATION ON THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EXIT CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD AND A FEW OF YOU ATTENDED BACK IN NOVEMBER. THE AUDITOR HAS APPROVED YOUR AUDIT IS NOW A PUBLIC DO

074YOU DOCUMENT. SO WE CAN FREELY DISCUSS IT IN A PUBLIC FORUM. WHAT THE EXIT CONFERENCE REALLY GOES OVER AUDIT REQUIREMENTS HAVE US TALK ABOUT CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION EXACTLY WHAT AN AUDIT IS. SO I'VE JUST GONE THROUGH AND TAKEN SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT PRESENTATION TO GO OVER. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE INTERRUPT ME. I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THERE WE GO. SO AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION EXACTLY WHAT WE DO AS YOUR AUDITORS. IN NEW MEXICO, THE STATE AUDIT RULE REQUIRES NOT ONLY DO WE FOLLOW REGULAR AUDITING STANDARDS WHICH ARE THE TOP TWO BOXES ON THIS SLIDE. WE ALSO EVERY AUDIT IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO HAS TO FOLLOW WHAT WE CALL GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS OR

075MORE THAN COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS YELLOW BOOK STANDARDS. I WILL EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY THE STATE A AUDITORS DO THAT. UNDER NORMAL AUDITING STANDARDS WHAT WE WERE HIRED TO DO IS EXPRESS AN OPINION. WHAT THAT MEANS IS, LOOKING AT THE TOP RIGHT BOX IS WE GIVE WHAT'S CALLED REASONABLE ASSURANCE. THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT EVERY TRANSACTION SO WE LOOK AT STATISTICAL SAMPLES. WE TEST CONTROLS. THERE COULD BE EDITS IN THE REPORTS YOU HAVE BUT THOSE ERRORS MAY NOT BE BIG ENOUGH. YOU GIVE THAT AUDIT TO A BANKER AND HAVE THEM ANALYZE YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THOSE ERRORS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE BANKERS OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER REGULAR AUDITING STANDARDS ARE. UNDER THOSE TOP TWO BOXES UNDER REGULAR AUDITING STANDARD. WHEN IT

076COMES TO INTERNAL CONTROLS, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PICK ONE TRANSACTION FROM EACH SIGNIFICANT CYCLE. AND A SIGNIFICANT CYCLE IS LIKE PAST DISBURSEMENTS OR PAYROLL. WE DO NOT HAVE TO TEST VERY MANY TRANSACTIONS UNDER THOSE STANDARDS. THE REASON THEY REQUIRE US TO DO YELLOW BOOK AUDITS IS THEY WANT US TO TEST. YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT WE ACTUALLY PICK STANDARDS TO TEST INTERNAL CONTROLS BUT WE'RE NOT PICKING SAMPLES BIG ENOUGH TO GIVE AN OPINION ON INTERNAL CONTROLS. WHAT WE DO IN THAT REPORT IS WE SPELL OUT WHAT WE DO DIFFERENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AUDITING STANDARD. WHAT THEY REQUIRE AND WE SPELL OUT WHAT WE DO. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT TESTING. WE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT BOX. WE COMMUNICATE SIGNIFICANT MATTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE YELLOW BOOK

077STANDARDS. STATE AUDITOR KIND OF CHANGES THESE RULES A LITTLE BIT. NUMBER ONE, THEY EXPAND THE TESTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THERE ARE 21 ITEMS THAT THEY WANT US TO ADD TO NOT ONLY TESTING INTERNAL CONTROLS BUT THEY WANT US LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TRAVEL AND PER DIEM. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT YOUR DEBT LIMITS THAT'S ON ONE OF THOSE AOEU ITEMS WE HAVE TO TEST. WE EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF CONTROLS AND THE AMOUNT OF POPULATIONS WE HAVE TO TEST IN NEW MEXICO. THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THAT SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLD OR SIGNIFICANT MATTERS THEY TAKE THIS THRESHOLD TO THE BOTTOM MODEL. WHETHER IT MEETS THAT SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLD IT DOESN'T MATTER. IN NEW MEXICO, THEY WANT US TO REPORT THOSE AS FINDINGS. THE WHOLE REASON IS, IS THEY WANT US TO BE TRANSPARENT. I MEAN THE PURPOSE

078OF AN AUDIT IS TO LEARN AND GET BETTER AND TO INCREASE YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS IF WE HAVE SOME DEFICIENCIES. SO THEY WANT US TO TALK ABOUT, SO THAT WAY THE BOARD IS MADE AWARE OF ANY FINDINGS. WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THOSE THRESHOLDS. THOSE ARE THE TWO STANDARDS WE FOLLOW WHEN WE DO YOUR AUDIT. THE NEXT REQUIRED COMMUNICATION IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT. WE ISSUED WHAT'S CALLED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD EXPLANATION. SO I PUT CLEAN OPINION IN BRACKETS. IN ESSENCE THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF REPORT THAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE. WE ARE STATING THAT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS. AGAIN THE TYPE OF REPORT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE. THE OTHER TWO REPORTS IN YOUR AUDITS THAT ARE Rs. THE

079ONE TO THE LEFT IS THE YELLOW BOOK REPORT. AGAIN WE DON'T GIVE AN OPINION WE JUST SPELL OUT WHAT WE DO AND THE RESULTS OF THE TESTING. WE HAVE ONE FINDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AT THE VERY END. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT WE CALL THE SINGLE AUDIT. BECAUSE THE DISTRICT SPENDS MORE THAN 750,000 OF FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS YOU'RE SUBJECT TO REQUIREMENT OVER THOSE GRANTS. WE GO THROUGH AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THE LARGER GRANTS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. AND LARGE ARE DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT $750,000. SO ANY GRANT THAT'S ABOVE 750 HAS TO BE LOOKED AT EVERY THREE YEARS. WE GO THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT. WE PICK THE GRANTS AND THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES US A COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT. WHICH SHOWS FOR EACH

080GRANT, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH. WE GO THROUGH AND TEST THOSE AND WE ISSUE AN OPINION AND AGAIN, WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OR A CLEAN OPINION ON THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. SO BOTTOM LINE, THE TWO OPINIONS ARE EXACTLY WHAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO RECEIVE. AND WE WILL HAVE ONE FINDING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. THIS NEXT REQUIRED COMMUNICATION, THE WHOLE REASON FOR IT, IS TO LET THE BOARD KNOW HOW ARE YOUR FINANCIAL RECORDS BEING MAINTAINED. ARE THEY BEING MAINTAINED WELL, SO THAT WHEN THE AUDITORS ARE COMING IN WE'RE GIVING GOOD REPORTS OF YOUR TRANSACTIONS, THAT THEY'RE BEING PROPERLY APPROVED AND THAT THEY'RE KEEPING DOCUMENTS IN GOOD ORDER. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY CONDUCTING THE AUDIT. WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, THERE WAS GOOD SUPPORT GIVEN. THE DISTRICT

081OVER ALL WAS FOLLOWING THE POLICIES THAT. BOTTOM LINE COMMUNICATION HERE IS YOUR FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE BEING WELL MAINTAINED. THIS ONE IS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT. I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN OUR STATE BECAUSE YOU SEE ADJUSTMENTS ON HERE. IF AUDITORS COME IN AND MAKE LOTS OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT REALLY SHOULD CAUSE THE BOARD CONCERN. BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE EVERY YEAR ARE AS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT PED REQUIRES YOU TO AS A BOARD ADOPT A BUDGET ON A CASH BASIS ACCOUNTING. THAT'S HOW YOU REPORT TO THEM QUARTERLY AND THAT'S HOW YOU MAINTAIN YOUR RECORDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WELL, CASH BASES ACCOUNTING IS NOT GENERALLY ACCEPTED. PED REQUIRES YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR RECORDS ON A NONBASIS. NEED TO CONVERT THE NUMBERS

082BY OUR METHODOLOGY WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. BOTTOM LINE AND THE WHOLE REASON FOR THIS DOCUMENTATION IS DO YOU HAVE A GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE, DO YOU HAVE A GOOD THAT YOU GET DATA. WE DID NOT CHANGE A SINGLE NUMBER. THE COMMUNICATION HERE IS YOUR CONTROLS ARE WORKING. YOU HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM. SO THAT YOU SHOULD FEEL CONFIDENT AS A BOARD MEMBER WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT IT IS GOOD ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR, IF WE HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT WE HAD TO LET THE BOARD NOW AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T. AND IF MANAGEMENT BECAUSE OF DISAGREEMENT OR WHATEVER REASON THEY WENT OUT AND NEEDED TO GIVE AN OPINION BECAUSE THEY DISAGREED WITH US, I HAD TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH YOU. I'M HAPPY TO SAY AGAIN THIS DID NOT

083HAPPEN. I WOULD CALL THIS OPINION SHOPPING. IF THEY'RE GOING OUT TRYING TO GET A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN OURS WE WOULD HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW. AND AGAIN THAT DID NOT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT PROCESS. THE LAST ONE, WE DID HAVE ONE FINDING. I'M PRETTY SURE THE BOARD IS PRETTY AWARE OF THIS SITUATION. WE HAD A BREAK DOWN IN IT CONTROLS. WE HAD A VENDOR THAT UNFORTUNATELY GOT HACKED. THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PAYMENT TO A HACKER, LUCKILY IT GOT STOPPED AND IT DID NOT FULLY GET PAID OUT. LUCKILY YOUR FINANCE TEAM WAS ON TOP OF IT AND CAUGHT IT AND PREVENTED IT FROM HAPPENING. IN TODAY'S WORLD, WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL THE TIME. I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A TRAINING PROBABLY IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. WE HAVE TO DO TRAINING EVERY, PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH ON

084IT SECURITY. AND THEY HAD A VIDEO AND THEY WERE SHOWING IT TODAY OR, WITH TODAY'S WORLD, IT HAD SOMEBODY THAT WAS TALKING TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEY WERE ON A SCREEN, SO THEY WERE SEEING THEIR FACE. WELL THAT PERSON WAS IN THE ROOM AT THE WHOLE TIME. THEY WERE ASKING TO TRANSFER MONEY. IT LOOKED LEGIT BUT IT WAS AI. THEY WERE FOOLED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE PROCESS THAT THEY NEED TO VERIFY OVER THE PHONE THAT A NUMBER THAT IS LEGITIMATE NOT BEING GIVEN TO YOU. YOU DO HAVE THAT POLICY AND AGAIN LUCKILY IT GOT CAUGHT AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I'M SURE THE BOARD WAS VERY AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR FINDING. WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXPANDED TESTING THAT STATE AUDITORS REQUIRE. WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR INTERNAL CONTROL TESTINGS THAT YOU DID. WE

085HAD THE THRESHOLD OF NO FUNDING. WHAT THAT COMMUNICATIONS OTHER THAN THIS ONE ISSUE, IT DOESN'T JUST TAKE YOUR FINANCE TEAM IT ACTUALLY TAKES THE ENTIRE DISTRICT BECAUSE WHEN TEACHERS GO OUT AND THEY'RE COLLECTING FUNDS. ARE THEY GETTED DEPOSITED WITHIN THE STATE LAW, THE ANSWER IS IS YES. WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOING PURCHASE, SOMETIMES WHEN IT GETS TO FINANCING IT'S TOO LATE. WE'VE SEEN A CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES AND ADHERING TO WHAT'S BEING REQUIRED OF THEM. SO OVER ALL, WE SAW A VERY GOOD CULTURE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS. WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU MR. GARNER. BOARD MEMBERS. I'M JUST GLAD WE CAN FINALLY SAY IT. I KEPT THAT SECRET FOR. MY WIFE ALWAYS TELLS ME I HAVE A BIG MOUTH. SO I KEPT IT

086FOR TWO MONTHS, SO THAT'S GOOD. YAY. I DO HAVE KIND OF A QUESTION. I THINK WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THAT THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PDE FOR THAT REPORTING IS NOT STANDARD FOR YOU ALL, I WAS CURIOUS IF YOUR FIRM WORKS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEW MEXICO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO HAS THE SAME ISSUE THAT YOU DO. YOU ALL ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A BUDGET ON A CASH BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. CASH BASIS IS WHAT WE CALL ACABOA. IT'S ANOTHER COMPREHENSIVE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. IF WE GAVE AN OPINION ON THAT WE COULD NOT GIVE A CLEAN OPINION. WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE A MODIFIED OPINION SAYING THAT, THERE'S CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOUR BUDGETARY STATEMENTS ARE ON THAT CASH BUT THERE'S A

087RECONCILIATION AT THE BOTTOM THAT GETS US TO THE GAP BASIS AND THEN, WE JUST DO CONVERSIONS. BUT THAT IS, THE SAME FOR NOT ONLY YOUR DISTRICT BUT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO. THAT IS A PDE REQUIREMENT THAT YOU DO A CASH BASIS BUDGET CAN WE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT. IS THERE SOME UTILITY IN IT OR DO YOU THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY? SO, NOT ONLY DO SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO DO THIS. ALSO, COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES. ALSO HAVE TO ADOPT A BUDGET ON A CASH BASIS. YOU'RE ACTUALLY YOUR LOCAL CITY HERE IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT DOESN'T. THEY HAVE TO DEAL INSTEAD OF PDE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE STATE. THE STATE WILL TELL ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, ALL THE COUNTIES YOU HAVE TO BUDGET ON

088A CASH BASIS. BUT, I DID RESEARCH, I ACTUALLY TAUGHT AT THE COUNTY ASSOCIATION. THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO AND I COULDN'T FINE FIND IT. IT HAPPENED TO BE A FORMER EMPLOYEE WHO HAD JUST LEFT WHO SAID, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT POLICY. THEY JUST TELL YOU THAT. THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES ACTUALLY CONFRONTED THEM AND SAID WE DON'T WANT TO BUDGET ON THIS BASIS AND THEY WON. YOU HAVE PDE WHICH IS A STANDARD SETTING ENTITY THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND YOU HAVE TO DO CASH BASIS ACCOUNTING. THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW ENTITIES LAS CRUCES IS ONE. BUT I BET THERE'S LESS THAN 10 IN THE STATE THAT DON'T DO A CASH BASIS ACCOUNTING. I AM NOT SURE WHY THEY DO THAT. BUT THAT HAS BEEN THE STANDARD IN

089THE STATE FOR MANY MANY YEARS. I DON'T LIKE KNOWING THIS. IS IT BETTER THAT WE CAN'T DO IT CASH BASIS ACCOUNTING IS CLOSE TO FUND WHAT IS REQUIRED IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FUND BASIS ACCOUNTING. I CALL FUND BASIS LIKE CHECKBOOK ACCOUNTING. SO IF THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO GET CASH FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES TONIGHT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES WITHIN 60 DAYS, IN MOST OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT AS AN ASSET. SO THERE ARE OTHER ASSETS THAT ARE SHOWING UP, THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S CONSIDERED TO, IT'S GOING TO GET IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT CLOSE ENOUGH AFTER YEAR END WE'RE GOING CALL THEM AN ASSET. ITEMS YOU INCURRED BEFORE YEAR IN. BUT YOU DON'T PAY UNTIL AFTER YEAR END. WE HAVE TO SHOW THOSE IN OUR REPORT.

090THERE'S A FEW VARIANCES THEY'RE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. BUT YOU'RE FOLLOWING WHAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW YOU KEPT MY INTEREST, SO THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THAT RECORD. MR. LIU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. MY TEAM. GOOD JOB YAY >> ONE QUESTION, WE HAD SOME FINDINGS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE MATERIAL, MEANT TO SPENT SIGNIFICANT. IN HR THE WAY SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE MAY BE ONE IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS. IS THERE A MECHANISM TO LOOK AT PREVIOUS AUDIT FINDINGS TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT ALL OF THAT STUFF IS IN ORDER NOW. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. EVERY YEAR, WHEN WE HAVE PRIOR TO YOUR FINDINGS IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK. SOMETIMES WE PICK SAMPLES AND WE TEST THOSE SAME CONTROLS OR YOU KNOW WE LOOK AT, WHAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WE

091TEST THAT. BUT WE DO BEFORE, A FINDING CAN BE RESOLVED. AND REMOVED WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT BASED UPON OUR TESTING YES, IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AND IT'S BEEN CORRECTED. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FINDINGS THAT COME UP YEAR AFTER YEAR. I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY TRANSACTIONS THAT GO THROUGH THE DISTRICT. WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE AS A BOARD, IS HOW IS MY FINANCE TEAM DEALING WITH THEM. TO BE DEALT WITH. SO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB , AUDIT TEAM. AND FINANCE. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT . NEXT WEEK HAVE THE BOARD ITEMS OLD BUSINESS WITH THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF POLICY JFB WITH DR. WENDI. GOOD AFTERNOON , PRESIDENT TENORIO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND MR. RUIZ. WE'VE COME TO THE STUDENT TRANSFER POLICY AND JUST TO REMIND YOU WHERE WE

092LEFT OFF, LAST TIME OR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE FIRST TWO READINGS. WE PREORDERED THE PURPOSE STATEMENT TO ELEVATE ENSURING BALANCED ENROLLMENT IN SECTION 4D WE'VE ADDED THE PRIORITIES THAT THE BOARD DISCUSSED LAST TIME AND WE CAN REFINE THOSE HERE AND THERE IS ONE --THERE ARE TWO PLACES WHERE I WILL ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IN ADDITION OF LANGUAGE . THE CLARIFICATION REGARDING REGARDING CONTINUATION OF TRANSFERS WAS ADDED AND LANGUAGE REGARDING CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AS A FACTOR AND TRANSFER APPROVAL WAS ADDED IN RESPONSE TO PRINCIPAL INPUT. SO WE ACTUALLY DID ASK THE PRINCIPLES FOR INPUT REGARDING THIS POLICY. THEIR FEEDBACK CONSISTED OF TWO THINGS. THIS CHANGE AROUND ATTENDANCE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF STUDENTS TRANSFER , TRANSPORTATION IS NOT PROVIDED IN THEY CANNOT GET TO SCHOOL AND THAT CREATES AN ATTENDANCE ISSUE. SO PRINCIPLES

093NOTE AND THEY NOTED THAT THEY APPRECIATED THE CENTRALIZATION OF ALL TRANSFERS . IT TAKES A LOT OFF THEIR PLATE. SO THEY APPRECIATED THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OF THAT AS WELL. AND I ALSO PROVIDED THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED REGARDING THIS POLICY IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR YOUR REVIEW. IN THE POSITION STATEMENT IN 4A , WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IS AT THE END . JUST ADDING A SENTENCE THAT SAYS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT THESE PERCENTAGES MAY BE ADJUSTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT . THAT ALLOWS SOME LATITUDE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS AFTER REDISTRICTING , OUR SCHOOLS WILL TAKE SOME TIME AND TELL THE STUDENTS WITH THE EXCEPTION CYCLE THROUGH AND THERE ARE UNFORESEEN THINGS THAT WE MAY

094FACE IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST THESE PERCENTAGES. THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE THAT LATITUDE WHILE STILL STAYING IN BOUNDS OF THEIR POLICY. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT CONSIDERATION AND THE OTHER CONSIDERATION IS IN THE PRIORITIES IN SECTION D3 . RIGHT THERE. WHERE YOU SEE NEXT TO NUMBER 3 IT SAYS ALL OTHER APPLICANTS . WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE LANGUAGE IN THIS ORDER SO THOSE ARE CONSIDERED IN ORDER BECAUSE AS WE SET A CAP ON TRANSFERS, WE NEED TO KNOW A RANK ORDER OF THOSE , WHICH WOULD BE APPROVED FIRST AND THEN THE NEXT PRIORITY AND SO ON. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO EDITIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO POLICY IN LIGHT OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE LAST WEEK. AND WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR

095QUESTIONS. MR. FRANK IS READY. CAN WE GO TO 4A? SO THE REGULATION WILL INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO MAINTAIN BALANCED ENROLLMENT TO NO MORE THAN 15% OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF THE DISTRICT. CORRECT. THERE WOULD BE AN OVERALL CAP IN TRANSFERS DISTRICT WIDE. THAT INCLUDES INBOUND AND OUTBOUND TRANSFERS. SO A 15% CAP AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL , AND THEN , MONITORING AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL NO MORE THAN 15% AT ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITES . AND JUST LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS WORKING WITH MS. MARTINEZ, WHO FACILITATED THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS , THOSE CAPS SEEM TO BE THE PLACE WHERE WE WANT TO BE TO MAINTAIN THAT BALANCED ENROLLMENT THAT IS ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS POLICY. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT MORE CLEAR. AND CAN WE DEFINE TRANSFER RATE --ANY SCHOOL WILL BE LIMITED TO A TRANSFER

096RATE OF NO MORE THAN 15%. WHAT IS TRANSFER RATE? IS IT BASED ON STUDENTS COMING IN , STUDENTS COMING OUT? OR BOTH? IT HAS TWO PARTS. AND IT'S THE OUTGOING RATE . SO THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL THEY HAD A STUDENT POPULATION OF 100 STUDENTS AND IF 15 STUDENTS REQUESTED A TRANSFER OUT , THAT WOULD BE 15% , AND THEN , IF YOU HAVE 20% TRANSFERRING IN , YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE AVERAGE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INBOUND AND THE OUTBOUND AND YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN 15%. IF WE HAVE 15 GOING OUT AND 20 GOING IN , THE INBOUND IS TOO HIGH. SO WE WOULD WANT TO LIMIT THAT. SO THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THE EQUILIBRIUM WITH ENROLLMENT. SHOULD WE PUT THAT IN THERE. WHAT EXACTLY IT MEANS . IT'S THE AVERAGE OF THE

097IN AND OUT , AND NOT JUST SOME. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE AVERAGE. IT'S ON BOTH ENDS WE WANT TO MAINTAIN 15%. SO BASICALLY IT IS A ZERO-SUM SO WE DON'T HAVE MORE STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT OF THE SCHOOL THEN TRANSFERRING INTO A SCHOOL OR VICE VERSA. ON EITHER SIDE THAT WOULD BE LIMITED THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE AN AVERAGE. YOU HAVE ZERO TRANSFERS OUT AND MAYBE 3% TRANSFER IN. AND MONITOR TO ENSURE THERE IS THAT BALANCE. AND THAT NEITHER SIDE IS EXCEEDING 15%. BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL WITH 100 STUDENTS. WE GET 15 THAT WANT TO COME IN . SO WHAT IS THE TRANSFER RATE? WE WOULD LIKE BOTH SIDES. THE INCOMING TRANSFER PERCENTAGE WOULD BE A PERCENTAGE OF THAT SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT. IS THE IDEAL ENROLLMENT OF THAT SCHOOL IS 100 AND WE

098HAD 15 REQUESTS IN BUT KNOW REQUESTS OUT, I THINK WE WOULD SAY THAT WE WERE AT CAPACITY FOR THAT SCHOOL. BUT WHAT IF THAT SCHOOL HAS ROOM FOR MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS? THAT IS SOME OF THE WORK OF SETTING THE CAPS AND LOOKING THAT MAY BE --THE SCHOOL MIGHT BE UNDER ENROLLED AND WHERE THAT DISCRETIONARY PIECE THE ENROLLMENT DROPPED FOR WHATEVER REASON AND MAYBE WE WANT TO GO ABOVE 15% UNTIL WE MAKE THOSE MICRO ADJUSTMENTS. A RECOMMENDATION MAYBE I COULD SUGGEST IS A RATE OF NO MORE THAN 15% WOULD BE IN PARENTHESES IN OR OUT. THE POINT IS THAT IT IS BOTH AN WE ARE LOOKING AT BOTH. WE DON'T WANT MORE THAN 15% TO COME IN AND MORE THAN 15% TO GO OUT. DOES THAT WORK? DOES IT GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO KEEP

099OUR SCHOOLS BALANCED --YOU KNOW -- APPROXIMATELY CLOSE TO THEIR CAPACITY? I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A DEFINITION THAT HANDCUFFS US. SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PRACTICE THE 12 TO 15% TO MAINTAIN ACROSS BUT ADDING THE LANGUAGE IN THE FLEXIBILITY UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND AS DR. WENDI STATED WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE OUT OF BALANCE AND UNDER ENROLLED, WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT --WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS IF IT'S 700 CAPACITY --WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE PIECES. WITH THAT FLEXIBILITY , ONCE WE GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE CUT THEN WE CAN LOOK AT 15% OF PRACTICE A PROCESS. WE COULD JUST ADD IN OR OUT. IT'S NOT A LIMITING THING , AND GIVING THE

100ADDITIONAL SENTENCE IN THEIR , IT DOES GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY , AND I THINK WE ARE OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT THIS. WE HAVE PARENTHESES. >> WHERE IS IT GOING? (, PRESIDENT TENORIO , WOULD BE LIMITING TRANSFERS TO NO MORE THAN 15% IN OR OUT. THAT PERCENTAGES IN AND OUT . INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT IN OR OUT -- YEAH. LET'S JUST BE SUPER CLEAR. I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION FOR HAVING THIS 12 TO 15% WAS TO HELP US , I GUESS , BRING MORE EQUITY TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES. CENTENNIAL'S MUCH BIGGER. MAYFIELD NEEDS TO BE REBUILT TO BIGGER PICTURE CAPACITY. SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE HEALTHY COMPETITION AND --WHAT YOU CALL IT -- RIVALRY , AND FOR MAYFIELD --THEY ARE DOING GOOD. ANYWAY. MR. FRANK . LET'S TAKE

101A LOOK AT C. THE FIRST PART IS COVERED IN B. THE FIRST PART REQUESTED AS SPECIFIED IT'S RIGHT THERE IN B . STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED --WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARIES UNLESS THEY HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL. TRANSFER REQUESTS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE SPECIFIED TRANSFER PERIOD. SOME JUST SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE WE COULD JUST CHANGE C TO INCLUDE THE LAST PART . TRANSFERS MAY BE REQUESTED AT ANY TIME DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR DOCUMENTED EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? INCORPORATED? >> TAKE OUT THE FIRST PART OF C. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE CHANGE WOULD BE TRANSFERS MAY BE REQUESTED, AND THEN , WE WOULD STRIKE AT SPECIFIED PERIODS AS DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT WOULD READ TRANSFERS WOULD MAY BE REQUESTED DURING OTHER TIMES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR DOCUMENTED EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT CORRECT. OR

102YOU COULD PUT IT IN B YOU CAN GET RID OF C ENTIRELY. BECAUSE IT'S UP THERE IN B ALREADY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT I LIKE HAVING IT AS ITS OWN -- LIKE --FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE TIME PERIOD. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF B AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF C? IF YOU THINK THAT ONE CAN GET RID OF AND WE ARE NOT EXPANDING B -- PRESIDENT TENORIO, I BELIEVE THAT B SPEAKS TO THE PROCESS OF HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT APPLYING FOR A TRANSFER AND WHEN AND C , IF WE STRIKE OUT THAT REDUNDANT PIECE WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU COULD SUBMIT A REQUEST AT ANOTHER TIME OUT SIDE OF THAT AND THE PURPOSE OF THE TWO ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. BUT AS MR. FRANK NOTES, IT IS A LITTLE OVER

103REDUNDANT. SO STRIKING OUT THAT ONE PIECE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT REDUNDANCY BUT STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO POINT TO , IF I WANT TO SUBMIT A REQUEST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW, WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS. SO YOU'RE KEEPING C BUT JUST WARDING IT DIFFERENTLY? CORRECT. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND IF WE DO THE DEDUCTION , THAT WE HAVE , MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED. SPOKE MR. FRANK. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. STUDENT ATTENDANCE MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED. WAS THAT A SUGGESTION FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS? YES. THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM PRINCIPLES. THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE. IF THEY HAVE BEEN ABSENT A LOT AND ARE NOW REQUESTING A TRANSFER WOULD WORK AGAINST THEM. IF THERE IS AN ATTENDANCE ISSUE , YOU KNOW, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SOMETIMES POINT TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES HER PARENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO

104GET THE STUDENT TO SCHOOL OR TRANSPORTATION IS NOT PROVIDED. ONE SOLUTION MIGHT BE IF THE STUDENT ATTENDS THEIR ZONE SCHOOL, THEY COULD RIDE THE BUS. WHEN YOU THINK OF THOSE PRIORITIES FURTHER ON IN THE DOCUMENT, WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED , THAT IF THE STUDENT IS MISSING A LOT OF SCHOOL AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S SOMETHING AT THAT SCHOOL IS KEEPING THEM FROM GOING. BUT THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY, THEN YOU HAVE TWO THINGS BUTTING HEADS. YOU HAVE LOW ATTENDANCE AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR HARDSHIP CONSIDERATION. THAT IS A GREAT POINT . ONE OF THE THINGS IS WITH THE ATTENDANCE FOR SUCCESS ACTE IS THAT THOSE TIERED INTERVENTION FOR --IF A STUDENT IS ROUTINELY ABSENT, I THINK THE SCHOOL'S DO A GOOD JOB AT IDENTIFYING

105WHAT IS THE ISSUE. ARE YOU SICK , IS A TRANSPORTATION , ARE YOU TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS GOING ON AND COMING UP WITH INTERVENTIONS. SO THIS MAY BE GOING TO THE ZONE SCHOOL MIGHT BE AN INTERVENTION OF LAST RESORT IF OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN TRIED. IF THE STUDENT JUST CANNOT GET TO THE SCHOOL , SO THAT'S WHAT THE PRINCIPALS WERE ASKING. I GET IT . AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DILEMMA FOR THE PERSON THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE MAKING THESE DECISIONS. I THINK IF YOU DECIDED TO INCLUDE THIS , IT'S NOT JUST --WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE STUDENT IS ABSENT , BUT IF FOR LOOK INTO WHY. IF TRANSPORTATION IS A PIECE, THEN WE WOULD RECONSIDER THE ZONE SCHOOL. IF THERE OTHER THINGS , WHATEVER THAT IS, WE WOULD CONSIDER A SOLUTION.

106BUT MANY TIMES KIDS CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL BECAUSE PARENTS CAN'T GET THEM THERE AND SO A SOLUTION WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BE CUT WITH THE ZONE SCHOOL BE A BETTER SOLUTION . I GUESS THAT IS ALL TO SAY IT WOULD NOT BE AUTOMATIC. IF YOU HAVE LOW ATTENDANCE, THAT'S NOT HOW WE ARE ENVISIONING THAT WOULD WORK. DOCTOR, WENDI, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT INTO THE POSITION ABOUT FLEXIBILITY AS WE MOVE TOWARD A LESS FREE CHOICE SYSTEM. WOULD YOU CONFIRM FOR ME -- CHILDREN ARE NOT SUBJECT TO 15%. CORRECT. JUST AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BANDIT PROGRAMS WE WORKED SENDING A CAP ON THOSE MAGNETS AND IT FEEDS INTO THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL AND THAT WILL CONTINUE . I WAS CONFIRMING WHAT THE PUBLIC CONCERNS. THE OTHER THING I

107WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS WE HAD ONCE YOU ARE --TELL US WHAT YOU THINK THE IMPACT OF THIS POLICY WILL BE ON STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT HAVE THAT GUARANTEE. WELL , INITIALLY FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT REQUESTING A TRANSFER BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW THAT IT MAY BE FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS , YOU MAY CHOOSE, I DON'T WANT THAT DISRUPTION BECAUSE IT IS DISRUPTIVE FOR THE STUDENT TO HAVE TO CHANGE SCHOOLS . I THINK IN THE WORK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND PRESIDENT TENORIO MENTIONED HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WERE ALSO CONSIDERING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OVERCROWDING AND SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MECHANISM TO KEEP THE ENROLLMENT THRESHOLDS INTACT OVER TIME , AND IF THAT MEANS THE UNKNOWN

108IS ALWAYS KINDERGARTEN. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW MANY KINDERGARTNERS BECOME. SOME YEARS THERE ARE A LOT AND SOME YEARS THERE ISN'T. SO JUST HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO SERVE THE STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE ZONED TO THE SCHOOL FIRST I THINK IS IMPORTANT. AND WILL WE BE ABLE --THE PEOPLE TEACHER RATIO IS MORE EFFECTIVE. THAT WILL BE A CONSIDERATION ? THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE GET TO STAFFING WE LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT SO WE STAFF OFF OF WHAT THE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT WAS AND THE UNKNOWN IS THOSE KINDERGARTNERS. SO I BELIEVE IF WE HAVE , YOU KNOW, THE THRESHOLD STAYING WITHIN THESE BOUNDS, I THINK I WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON STAFFING. THANK YOU. MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE ON THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO

1094A . THESE PERCENTAGES MAY BE ADJUSTED AND JUST IMAGINING , LET'S SAY , IDEALLY EVERYTHING IS IN STASIS AND THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON RECOMMENDATION THIS, WELL, --I'M HORRIBLE AT THIS COUPLE LET'S SAY ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE NEED TO BUMP UP SOMEHOW SO YOU START DUMPING IT UP AND IT'S 20% OR 25%. THAT KIND OF IS MESSED UP AND NOW THE WHOLE DISTRICT --UNLESS THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WERE BELOW THAT. ARE YOU GUYS THINKING THAT'S A POSSIBILITY? YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT WE DON'T. SO THERE IS AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE THIS WOULD APPLY TO AND THAT IS WHITE SANDS BECAUSE OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND WHITE SANDS BUT DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE ON POST. SO BY ALLOWING MORE STUDENTS AND CHILDREN OF CONTRACTORS THAT WORK OUT THERE TO GO TO WHITE SANDS IT MAY EXCEED THAT 15%

110, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THE ENROLLMENT OF WHITE SANDS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS THRESHOLD THAT MAY NOT BEST APPLY TO THAT SITUATION. AND THE PRIORITY OF MILITARY FAMILIES. I GUESS I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS MORE FROM IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING IN AND THINGS THAT ARE VERY TELLING , LIKE WE NEED TO GET MOVEMENT GOING THIS DIRECTION , IT SEEMS TO ME THAT -- NOT EVERYTHING IS CAN BE PERFECT. AND A GREAT POINT. AS YOU LOOK AT THE A SCENARIO THAT YOU EXPLAINED, WE ARE TO BE MONITORING THIS ON THE YEARLY BASIS AND WE WILL DETERMINE IS A MICRO ADJUSTMENT , BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT UNBALANCING SCHOOLS INADVERTENTLY BUT MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A MICRO ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE WE SEE A PATTERN. THE OTHER THING

111I HAD WAS IF YOU CAN SHOW US RIGHT HERE ON D WHERE YOU ASKED FOR THESE APPLICANTS TO INCLUDE THE WORDS IN THIS ORDER. WHEN I WAS READING IT , NUMBER ONE WOULD BE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES, TWO CHILDREN OF A STUDENT ALREADY INTENDING., DOCUMENTED EXTREME HARDSHIPS , PERFORMANCE ACADEMICALLY , AFTER SCHOOL, AND CHILDCARE. I WANTED TO RAISE THAT TO THE BOARD. ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT ORDER? I LOOK AT C, AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE THERE? WHY AREN'T THEY NUMBER ONE? THIS IS WHAT YOU GET TO DECIDE , AND AFTER THE LAST MEETING AFTER THE SECOND READING I WENT BACK AND REVISITED THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD IN THAT CONVERSATION. BUT WE ARE AT THE THIRD READING AND WE CAN ADJUST BASED ON YOUR CONVERSATIONS THIS EVENING .

112IF YOU WANT TO REORDER THIS, I THINK ADDING THE PHRASE IN THIS ORDER IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO THAT -- WHEN I READ THIS WITHOUT THE WORDS IN THIS ORDER , I WAS ALREADY QUESTIONING HOW THEY ARE GOING DO THIS. AND IT'S NOT MY JOB. I APPRECIATE MAKING THAT POINT. IT DOES MATTER AND WE TALKED ABOUT A MATRIX IN REGULATION TO HELP US WITH THIS PROCESS , AND WE DEFINITELY NEED AN ESTABLISHED ORDER TO DO THAT. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY OF THESE CASES THERE ARE? JUST BASED ON TREND DATA, AND I ONLY HAVE DATA FOR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY ARE HANDLED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. THE HIGH SCHOOL PROBABLY ONE THIRD TO A HALF OF TRANSFER REQUESTS FALL INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES. SOMETIMES THE OTHER TWO

113THIRDS THEY WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY CONVENIENT BECAUSE MOM AND DAD WENT THERE OR OTHER REASONS LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD SAY 1/3 TO 1/2 OF TRANSFER REQUESTS WOULD FALL INTO THESE PRIORITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT C, THOSE COME TO OUR OFFICE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE AND IS THE SMALL NUMBER. IT DOES HAPPEN, BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER. I GUESS MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IF THOSE ARE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIP , AND IF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THEM, THEN IF THEY ARE BUMPED TO THE TOP IT'S NOT REALLY CAN AFFECT CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES AND SIBLINGS OF STUDENTS. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. ANYONE ELSE? IT'S NOT SOMETHING --AGAIN, IT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. AND THEY HAVE TO PROVE IT. IF I MAY , PRESIDENT

114TENORIO , TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S POINT, THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE JUST IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT OR WHATEVER REASON TO ATTEND A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. HOWEVER , I WILL ADD THAT PEOPLE DO ASK AND SAY THAT WE HAVE THIS HARDSHIP THAT I NEED TO GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION , TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM, AND , AGAIN, A LOT OF IT GOING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL DOES NOT NECESSARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AND SOMETIMES THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INTERVENTION AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO UNCOVER THAT AND GIVE THE SCHOOLS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT OR IF IT'S AN UNKNOWN LEARNING DISABILITY SOMETIMES THAT THOSE THINGS SOMETIMES ARE REVEALED AS WE START LOOKING IN TO EXACTLY

115WHAT IS THE ISSUE THAT THIS STUDENT IS HAVING. SO I HAVE A HYPOTHETICAL ANOTHER QUESTION. LET'S PRETEND WE KEEP THE PRIORITIES AS IS . I'M CURIOUS HOW THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO APPLY THIS POLICY IN REGULATION. I KNOW NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN, BUT I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE , DO EXHAUST ALL THE APPLICATIONS OF CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES FIRST BEFORE YOU GET TO THE NEXT ONE? IF WE ARE ORDERING THESE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN --SO IF C BECOMES A AND THAT'S THE FIRST PRIORITY , THEN THOSE WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF FIRST. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE. WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE HAVE LEFT IN A PARTICULAR SCHOOL TO ADD STUDENTS, SO WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE EXTREME HARDSHIPS FIRST , AND THEN , IF WE STILL HAVE CAPACITY WE WOULD MOVE TO B WHICH WOULD BE

116CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES, AND IF WE STILL HAVE ROOM, IT WOULD GO TO THE NEXT --THE NEXT GROUP. SO THAT'S HOW I AM IMAGINING THIS WOULD WORK. I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE 15% OF A TRANSFER RATE OF ALL HARDSHIPS. AND WHEN I ASKED, IF YOU'RE GOING WITH CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES FIRST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS OR HOW MANY WOULD BE REQUESTING. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL , IT'S A HANDFUL. MAYBE TWO OR 3 PER YEAR PER HIGH SCHOOL. SO IF YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL WITH 1600 STUDENTS , THERE MIGHT BE TWO OR 3 THAT ARE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES AT THAT SCHOOL. AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A SIBLING THERE. SO IT'S NOT A GREAT NUMBER. SIBLINGS OF OTHER STUDENTS? USUALLY -- THERE'S PROBABLY MORE SIBLINGS THAN CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES.

117SO SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT , BUT STILL NOT A GREAT NUMBER. IF YOU'RE JUST SPEAKING TO HIGH SCHOOL ONLY, MAYBE 15 SIBLINGS REQUESTING A TRANSFER. ANY THOUGHTS ? [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] SOMETIMES THERE ARE CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS OR COURT ORDERS WHERE THERE IS THAT DOCUMENTATION. THERE SOMETIMES RESTRAINING ORDERS OR SAFETY PLANS IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS WHERE STUDENTS NOT BE IN PROXIMITY AND SAFETY PLANS ARE HARD TO ENFORCE AT A HIGH SCHOOL . SO SOMETIMES IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST. SOMETIMES THERE ARE LETTERS FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT SPEAK TO STUDENT HARDSHIPS THAT THEY MAY BE HAVING WHY THEY RECOMMEND A CHANGE OF PLACEMENT MAY BE BETTER FOR THE STUDENT. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ON SIBLINGS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT APPLIES TO CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES. WITH SIBLINGS I'M WONDERING IF YOU

118HAVE AN EXTENSIVE FAMILY WITH MORE THAN TWO KIDS , --ARE YOU SAYING THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR TRANSFER APPLICATION EVERY YEAR? AND FOR EVERY STUDENT THERE CAN BE TRANSFERRING? CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT THIS POLICY WOULD DO. IT WOULD MAKE THE RENEWAL OF TRANSFERS ANNUALLY. SO IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY WITH FOUR STUDENTS THAT ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY WANT TO TRANSFER ALL THOSE STUDENTS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT --FOR WHATEVER REASON WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THAT TRANSFER AND THE NEXT YEAR SINCE THEY'VE ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO THE NEXT SCHOOL, IS THERE CONSIDERATION OF WELL, THEY ARE ALREADY THERE. SO IT WOULD BE A DISRUPTION TO MOVE THEM TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. THAT IS IN NUMBER TWO AND STUDENTS WHO PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOL --STUDENTS CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE SCHOOL WOULD FALL INTO THAT? THE WAY I HAVE

119SEEN IT APPLIED IS THAT'S A HIGHER PRIORITY . LET'S SAY THE STUDENT CAME IN UNDER A LOWER PRIORITY AND WERE ACCEPTED AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR, AND NOW THEY ARE IN THE CATEGORY THAT THEY ARE ALREADY ATTENDING IT. SO THE PRIORITY LEVEL HAS BEEN ADVANCED. IF THE CAPACITY IS NOT THERE , THE CAPACITY IS NOT THERE. BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING IN UNDER THAT CAPACITY IS HIGHER ONCE THEY ARE THAT ARE. IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT NUMBERS OF LOOKING AT THIS , LIKE 30% AND 20% ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT WE ARE CUTTING THAT DOWN TO 15%, DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE ESTIMATION OF WHAT'S COMING YOUR WAY AS FAR AS TRANSFER APPLICATIONS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY ZONED.

120THAT'S THE FIRST LAYER IS LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE REZONED AND WHO ARE THE EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE IF YOU NEED AN EXCEPTION, ONE IS TAKING CARE OF THOSE FIRST, I THINK FOR THIS YEAR THAT REALLY IS THE FIRST STEP OF THIS GETTING TO WHAT WILL THAT CAPACITY ACTUALLY BE AN SET THOSE THRESHOLDS. AND , AGAIN , THIS WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR ALL OF THIS TO REBALANCE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THESE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE ARE ALLOWING TO SAY THEY HAVE A SIBLING THERE AND WE ALLOW THE SIBLING TO STAY, SO IT WILL BE CRUCIAL TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR . BUT THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING NOW AND INFORMING FAMILIES WHERE THEIR NEXT SCHOOL BE AND ASKING THEM TO LET US KNOW IF THEY ARE REZONED

121AND THEN WE CAN START REALLY LOOKING AT TRANSFER NUMBERS. I GUESS WHEN WE PASSED REDISTRICTING AND WITH THOSE EXEMPTIONS , IT WAS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGH REDISTRICTING, AND THEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN STUDENTS THAT ARE EXEMPTED, THEN IT HAS TO KIND OF SEE ITSELF OUT. THIS TRANSFER POLICY IS LIKE TAKING THE PLACE OF THE OLD ONE BUT ALSO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK OF REDISTRICTING IS NOT UNDONE. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF ACCEPTANCE FOR PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD HERE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED. I GUESS WHERE THERE IS 50% OR WHATEVER OTHER LATITUDES ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. THAT THOUGHT GOT TO SAY. MADAM CORT, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? THANK YOU. AS WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS, I WANT TO

122MAKE SURE WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS. THAT THE SCHOOL THAT THEY GO TO , SOMETIMES THAT ENVIRONMENT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THEIR LEARNING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. AS FAR AS ORDERING THE PRIORITY , AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE STAND AT THIS POINT, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF MOVING C TO A AND MOVING THE REST DOWN OR IF WE FEEL LIKE CHILDREN OF STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, WE LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS AND MAKE SURE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US FEEL THAT WAY THAT WE NEED TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A VERY FRUITFUL

123CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I THINK THE ONLY THING --IT'S IN HERE BY INFERENCE BECAUSE THE POLICY DOES CLEARLY STATE THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH STATUTE , BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS 15% MAY ADDRESS THE ISSUE , BUT WHAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS YOU ARE WITHIN THE 15% , PERHAPS THE REQUESTS ARE FOR A GRADE LEVEL WHERE THE CLASS IT HAS THE CLASS SIZE HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. SO I DON'T IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INCLUDE THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE. BUT I WILL READ IT. IT SAYS AS LONG AS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CLASS SIDE ESTABLISHED BY LAW OR BY RULE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD, THE RULE BEING YOU CAN SET A LOWER LIMIT THAN THE STATE LAW. BUT ASSUMING YOU HAVEN'T , IT WOULD BE AS LONG AS THE

124MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CLASS SIZE ESTABLISHED BY LAW IS NOT MET OR EXCEEDED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL BY ENROLLMENT OF FIRST AND SECOND PRIORITY PERSONS , THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHALL ENROLL OTHER PERSONS APPLYING IN THE PRIORITIES STATED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RULES. ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION E AND F. IF THE MAXIMUM WOULD BE EXCEEDED BY ENROLLMENT OF AN APPLICANT IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIORITIES, THOSE WHO THOSE DISCRETIONARY PRIORITIES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL ESTABLISH A WAITING LIST AS CLASSROOM SPACE BECOMES AVAILABLE, PERSONS HIGHEST ON THE WAITING LIST WITHIN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY LIST SHALL BE NOTIFIED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL. SO THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW THESE DECISIONS GET MADE AND HOW YOU END UP IN THE QUEUE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT NEEDS

125TO BE A PARAGRAPH . AND SO THE SUBSECTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSLATED. BUT IT SPEAKS TO A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN THE 15%. IT SPEAKS TO THE CLASS SIZE. THANK YOU. IN JEST IN PRACTICE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SITUATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS WHEN PRINCIPALS RECEIVE TRANSFER REQUEST , THEY DO JUST THAT. THEY LIKE CLASS-SIZE. DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR 1st GRADER AND SECOND GRADERS AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WAITING LISTS. IF THE STUDENT COMES REQUESTING A TRANSFER OUT OF THE TRANSFER WINDOW , IF IT'S A HARDSHIP , WE STILL LOOK AT CAPACITY BECAUSE ALL THE ENGLISH CLASSES ARE FULL FOR 10TH-GRADERS THEN WE MIGHT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF A DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IN PRACTICE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO AND WE CAN CERTAINLY WRITE THEM INTO THE POLICY

126IF YOU WISH. DOES IT BELONG IN POLICY OR REGULATION? I THINK IT'S POLICY. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] WHAT ABOUT AN OPPOSITE SITUATION AND THEIR 15% AND THOSE FIRST-GRADERS THEY HAVE ROOM IN THAT SPECIFIC FIRST GRADE LEVEL AND IS THERE SPACE HERE ? I THINK THEN --AND THEN PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, IS THE 15% WOULD BE THE PRIORITY. SO IN MY MIND I WOULD THINK --SO WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY CLASS-SIZE BUT IF WE ARE AT 15% , THEN WE ARE CAPPED , EVEN IF THERE IS CAPACITY AT A CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL OR CLASSROOM. SPOKE CLASS-SIZE CAN ALSO BE THE OTHER WAY. YOU CAN HAVE 3 VERY SMALL CLASSES SPOKE BIGGER FACTOR -- HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THERE ARE OUT DOING THEIR OWN THING. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT. BUT WHAT WERE

127ALSO TRYING TO DO, IS TO PREVENT REHAB TOO MANY STUDENTS ENTER HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO OPERATE THE TEACHERS AND STILL AT THE PROPER CLASS-SIZE, BUT WE ARE DOING ANY JUSTICE TO ANYONE BY KEEPING THEM IN PORTABLES THAT DON'T HAVE THE BEST AMENITIES THAT A BUILDING WOULD HAVE. SO I'M NOT SURE -- IT'S ALREADY COMPLICATED. BUT IF I MAY. IN MY MIND WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD IT IN HERE IS A CONSIDERATION THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR GUIDANCE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS STATUTE THAT WE WOULD INCLUDED IN HERE . IT WOULD STILL BE THE 15% BUT IN MY MIND WHAT I ENVISION , B BECOMES THE STATUTE PIECE AROUND CLASS-SIZE AND THEN B BECOMES C , ET CETERA. I'M HEARING STATUTE BEING THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF WHAT

128WE ARE DOING. BUT THEM WHAT I HEAR IS THE PARENT TRYING TO USE IT IN A WAY THAT'S , WELL, THERE'S ROOM IN THIS CLASS. THIS CLASS-SIZE IS UNDERSIZED. GIVES ME SOME CONCERN. I THINK THE PRIORITY AND IT WOULD BE REALLY EASY AS A PARENT MYSELF TO SAY I REALLY WANT MY KID IN THAT SCHOOL AND WORKING TO COME UP --AND NO OFFENSE AGAINST PEOPLE THAT OF HARDSHIPS BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH HARDSHIPS AND WHOEVER YOU HAVE THAT SKIN HAVE TO DECIDE THE DECISION, ARE WE ALLOWING ALL OF THESE AND AT THE SAME TIME OR HOW DO YOU QUALIFY THAT? WHAT IS A REAL HARDSHIP AND THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH STORY. SPOKE NOT THAT BECOMES A GUIDING FACTOR. THAT WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE. WE SAY THAT AND

129DOES THAT INCLUDE THE STATUTE? WHAT ABOUT PERHAPS INSTEAD OF DOING THE ENTIRE. GRAPH IN A SAY --SHOW PROMULGATE THE REGULATION --IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE MAYBE YOU ADD , INCLUDING CLASS-SIZE. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS 15% IS NOT CREATING SOMEHOW A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN STATE LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO EXCEED CLASS-SIZE. YOU STILL HAVE TO MEET THE CLASS-SIZE REQUIREMENT. BUT DO YOU HIRE LESS TEACHERS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN? IT LOOKS LIKE THE 15% IS LIKE A POLICY THAT APPEARS TO DISREGARD CLASS-SIZE. SO MAYBE JUST ADD THE PHRASE, INCLUDING CLASS-SIZE. SO RECOGNIZES THAT THE COMPONENT OF THIS STATE LAW THAT YOU'RE SAYING THE REGULATION HAS TO ABIDE BY. 15% DOES NOT REPLACE THE LEGAL CLASS-SIZE LIMITS. ARE YOU ADDING IT TO AFTER THE PARENTHETICAL? INCLUDING CLASS-SIZE. THE OLD POLICY HAD

130A REFERENCE . IT DID. I'M IN BACK ONE MORE TIME THE PRIORITIES AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT HOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY LISTED IN IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT. I MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE C TO A. I COULD EASILY JUST MOVE IT TO B. OUR KIDS ALWAYS HAVE TO COME FIRST. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH C BECOMING A. BUT I THINK SCHOOL STAFF , THERE'S A CERTAIN EXPECTATION THAT'S A FAIR EXPECTATION THAT IF YOUR TEACHING AT THE SCHOOL OR WORKING AT A SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER THERE. AND THAT'S NOT AN UNFAIR EXPECTATION. BUT THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT KEEP THAT THERE AND MOVE HARDSHIPS TO B AND MOVE SIBLINGS TO C. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> I WANT TO GO HOME. WE ARE NOT EVEN HALFWAY. BUT

131JUST ADD MY TWO CENTS , I AGREE. SPOKE OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THIS POLICY READING. SO WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY JSB. SOME OOMPH. SECONDED. [ ROLL CALL ] THIS POLICY IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. YOU ARE HERE AGAIN FOR THE THIRDREADING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF POLICY IHBB, GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION. I THINK THIS WILL GO REAL FAST. WE ARE HERE FOR THE THIRD READING OF POLICY IHBB. THIS IS A NEW POT SEE, AND NO REVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND A PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN RECEIVED SINCE THE SECOND READING. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. WANTS TO GO FIRST? THE GENTLEMAN THAT SAID THAT THE PROGRAMS VERSUS SERVICES , IT COULD BE SEMANTICS. IN YOUR MIND IS A SOMETHING THAT DISTINGUISHES THOSE TWO THINGS? SURE. I THINK IN

132THE REGULATION ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A GIFTED PROGRAM PLAN IN THE GIFTED PROGRAM PLAN WILL PROVIDE MORE OF ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE AND I THINK THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PROGRAM PIECE IS HOW ARE WE SUPPORTING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS ON THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SIDE AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY WITH GIFTED SERVICES COMING OUT OF THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION UMBRELLA AND GIVES US THE UP OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND IS THE BEST WAY RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS WE ARE PUTTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER TO SUBMIT TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS ALSO THROUGH OUR SUPPORT MODELS AND WHAT'S THE

133BEST WAY TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND ALSO THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES. IF AS YOU SAY GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAM -- THE PURPOSE STATEMENT --THE THIRD LINE DOWN STUDENTS HAVE PROGRAMS THAT MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. AT THAT POINT , WHAT WITH THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR MIND BE? WELL --I CAN SEE THE DISTINCTION AND WE CAN EASILY ADD , AND SERVICES. BUT THE PROGRAM IS ALL OF IT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE AND MORE WE THINK OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM BUT IT'S ALSO SUPPORT AND OTHER SERVICES THAT COME AROUND TO THAT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT DISTINCTION THAT IT TWO THINGS IN THE PROGRAM. BUT THIS MIGHT BE VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE. WE TALK ABOUT SERVICES. I'M GLAD HE GIVES HIS PERSPECTIVE. I WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING SERVICES WHERE WE CAN. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. WITH AN IEP -- NO. THERE IS

134A GIFTED IEP IN THE WORKS AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE REGULATION AND OUR PLAN THAT WE SUBMIT. AND THAT'S IN SECTION 5 PROCEDURES THAT THERE IS A GIFTED IEP. I'M NOT GIFTED. SO I READ THIS AND DID NOT READ EARLY. MY DAUGHTER HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS IEP AND IT MAKES ME CURIOUS IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE AT ALL OR 20 BE THE SAME. I AM EAGER TO SEE. 'S BUT I DID HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TOP PARAGRAPH WHERE IT SAYS THE PURPOSE OF POLICY --POLICY IHBB IS TO FROM THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO PROGRAM THE IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. I GUESS I SUMMONED MY INNER MR. FRANK AND I THOUGHT, WHERE NOT IDENTIFIED AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. BUT DO WE COMMIT THE DISTRICT TO THAT? I PUT THE PURPOSE

135OF POLICY IHBB IS TO CONFIRM THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT THAT THE DISTRICT PURPORTEDLY IDENTIFIES GIFTED STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND MALL BACKGROUNDS. WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT . TO ME THAT IS IMPLIED BECAUSE THE BOARD IS SETTING THE POLICY OR THE DISTRICT. BUT I CAN ADD THAT LANGUAGE IF YOU WISH. I THINK IT'S MORE CLEAR. DID -- IT'S JUST WARDED FUNNY AND I COLLIDING CATCH IT UNTIL JUST NOW. TO CONFIRM THE COMMITMENT IDENTIFY [ INAUDIBLE ] --I THOUGHT IT WAS TO APPROPRIATELY IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE. SO COMMIT --COMMITMENT TO APPROPRIATE THE IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS AND I ADDED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS OR FOR GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS. IS THAT WAS NOT IN THERE BEFORE. AND THEN WHERE IT SAYS TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

136I PUT LCPS PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS THAT MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. AND THE RIGHTS OF GIFTED STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE PROTECTED. OKAY. SO WE WANT TO ADD HIGHLY CAPABLE AFTER GIFTED IN THE SECOND LINE ? THAT MEETS THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. IN THE THIRD LINE GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS HAVE PROGRAMS AND WE ARE CAN ADD AND SERVICES. LIKE THIS IS WHAT I HAD WRITTEN. LCPS PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR GIFTED STUDENTS AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS THAT MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. WHAT IF IT'S WORDED ALREADY -- OKAY. FOR GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS BY ENSURING THAT ALL GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS HAVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE PROTECTED. THAT'S THE PART I

137DIDN'T KNOW. ARE THEY PROTECTED? IT REALLY IS DEPENDENT ON THE IEP HOW WE WRITE THE GIFTED PLAN. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXAMINE AS WE ARE PUTTING THE PLAN TOGETHER. THE GUIDANCE FOR THE PLAN HAS BEEN REALLY CAN'T DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. GUIDANCE WE'VE RECEIVED, SO WHETHER MEANS IF WE HAVE HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS IN OUR POLICY ARE WE COMMITTING TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS AS WELL? HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS ARE GIFTED. BUT TECHNICALLY THEY DID PASS TESTS TO BE GIFTED BUT THEY WERE JUST BELOW THAT. SO THERE STILL CAPABLE HIGHLY CAPABLE. WILL CERTAINLY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THEM. WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. MY SECOND DAUGHTER I TESTED HER WHEN SHE WAS A FIRST GRADER AND SHE WAS TOO YOUNG. AND WHEN THEY TOLD HER TO DO THIS PUZZLE, SHE SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE SHE

138LOVED IT. SO SHE DID PASS AS GIFTED AND QUALIFIED AS HIGHLY CAPABLE. I THOUGHT THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH AND WE NEVER WENT BACK TO TEST AND SHE GOT ALL THE SAME SERVICES AND IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH. I FEEL LIKE SHE NEEDED ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT AN IEP WOULD PROVIDE. SO WE GO THROUGH THE DIAGNOSTICS AND STUFF. BUT MY KID IS PROBABLY GIFTED. LCPS MEETS HER NEEDS AS IS. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND I THINK BY INCLUDING HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS IN YOUR POLICY, YOU ARE ENSURING THAT SUPPORT FOR HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THE LANGUAGE FROM THE STATUTE SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO GIFTED STUDENTS. PRESIDENT TENORIO. I CANNOT CATCH HER EYE AS

139EASILY AS I USUALLY DO. WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ASKED THAT SINCE I HAVE THE REGULATION OF ENEMY , THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK IT IMPLICATES THE POLICY AT ALL BUT IT MIGHT HELP YOU FEEL REASSURED. THE IEP -- A GIFTED IEP IS STILL DEFINED IN STATE LAW. IT HAS -- IT HAS -- LET'S SEE , IT HAS LEGALLY REQUIRED ELEMENTS . STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, AREAS OF ORIGINAL QUALIFICATION, QUALIFICATION DATA USED TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY, EDUCATIONAL NEED FOR GROWTH IN AREAS OF STRENGTH, EDUCATIONAL GROWTH IN AREAS. LONG-TERM GOALS TO ADDRESS AREAS OF NEED, TEACHER AND PARENT INPUT, STUDENT INPUT, PLAN COURSE OF STUDY, ACCOMMODATIONS, SCHEDULE OF SERVICES, TRANSITION INFORMATION AND PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE OF ACTIONS PROPOSED EITHER ACCEPTED OR

140REJECTED. THAT'S ALL STILL THERE. THAT WOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED OF GIFTED. BUT I THINK YOUR PURPOSE STATEMENT IS A BROADER PURPOSE STATEMENT THAT YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT HIGHLY CAPABLE WOULD GET EVERYTHING YOU'RE REQUIRED FOR GIFTED BUT IT WOULD GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION IS THEY ARE DOING THEIR PLANNING SOME LATITUDE TO INCLUDE HIGHLY CAPABLE AS APPROPRIATE. AS FAR AS REALLY WHAT MR. WOFFORD WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THE GIFTED GUIDANCE HAS SAID SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. THAT INCLUDING GIFTED WITH GIFTED CAN BE LESS RESTRICTIVE RATHER THAN MORE RESTRICTIVE AND IS ENCOURAGED. GROUPING HIGHLY CAPABLE WITH GIFTED NOT BE CONTRARY TO THAT GUIDANCE. [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] MADAM CORT COTTAGE OF ANYTHING SHARE? NO. I DON'T. I APPRECIATE THIS RICH DIALOGUE. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD EVEN THOUGH I'M ADDING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.

141BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN. SO DR. WENDI, I THINK I'VE SAID ENOUGH WORDS FOR THE PURPOSE THAT LATER ON YOU CAN DISTILL WHAT I WAS SAYING. YOU HAVE IT. AND I CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT AGAIN. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS UNDER POSITION. WHERE IT SAYS CROSS NEW MEXICO DISPROPORTIONATE IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENT GROUPS BASED ON RACE ALONG WITH SIMILAR DISPARITIES IN IDENTIFYING ENGLISH LEARNERS AND STUDENT ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED PRICE LUNCH IN. I THINK THAT'S MISSING THE FOCUS. WANT TO ADD DATA REVEAL DISPROPORTIONATE IDENTIFICATION OF GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENT --HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS ALONG WITH SIMILAR DISPARITIES IN IDENTIFYING ENGLISH LEARNERS -- AM I WRONG? STUDENTS IN CERTAIN POPULATIONS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AT THE SAME RATE AS OTHERS. SO THE BOARD IS AFFIRMING ITS COMMITMENT

142TO IDENTIFYING ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD. SPOKE TO INCLUDE THE ONES IN THIS. BUT THAT IS WHAT OUR IDENTIFICATION TEAM IS FOCUSING ON SCHOOLS WITH LOW NUMBERS OF GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE AND FINDING THOSE STUDENTS FROM SOME OF THESE STAINED GROUPS. AND THEN , WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BOTTOM. WE TALK ABOUT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IS THAT OF THE DISTRICT LEVEL? CORRECT. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WE ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT THE REGULATION OF WORKING ON THE REGULATION. AND WE WILL GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND PARENTS WHETHER THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHOULD BE ONE OR MAYBE AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY . I WAS KIND OF IMAGINING ONE AND THINKING ABOUT THE CONTINUUM, BUT OTHERS HAVE SAID WE NEEDED TO BE LEVELED . SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE

143WILL THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF REGULATION. SPOKE WITH SOME OF THOSE SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS BE FACILITATORS OR PEOPLE WHO KNOW THAT BEST? I THINK MS. GALLEGOS IS TRYING TO SPEAK. IF I MAY JUST JUMP IN TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT DR. WENDI JUST SAID. STATE LAW DOES REGULATE THE NUMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THE MEMBERSHIP. IT SAYS THAT EACH DISTRICT SO CREATE A GIFTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF PARENTS , COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN CREATE AS MANY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AS OUR HIGH SCHOOLS OR MAY CREATE A DISTRICTWIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO NO MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOLS OR A SINGLE DISTRICTWIDE ADVISORY. THE MEMBERSHIP SO REFLECT THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE ENROLLMENT OF THE DISTRICT OR THE SCHOOLS WHICH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPRESENTS. REPRESENTATION FROM ALL SCHOOLS , THE COMMITTEE

144IS ADVISING IS REQUIRED AND THEN , QUITE A FEW ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPHS ABOUT WHAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SUPPOSED TO DO. CORRECT. AND THAT WILL BE SPELLED OUT IN THE REGULATION. THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE OR COMMITTEES , EXACTLY WHAT THE TASK OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS WILL ALL BE PART OF THE REGULATION. VERY COOL. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE PURPOSE STATEMENT READ THROUGH. THE PURPOSE OF POLICY IHBB IS TO AFFIRM THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMITMENT TO APPROPRIATELY IDENTIFY AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS BY ENSURING THAT ALL GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS HAVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND THAT THE RIGHTS OF GIFTED STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE PROTECTED. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT WE WERE CHANGING IDENTIFYING TO IDENTIFY. AND PROVIDING

145TO PROVIDE. SPOKE TO APPROPRIATELY IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE. SPOKE TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATELY AND I WANT TO ADD -- IF WE HAVE ONE AFTER IDENTIFY. 'S BUT CAN'T WE JUST SAY IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE . TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE IS IT APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. LIKE WE COULD PUT APPROPRIATE THERE IF YOU WANTED. SHORE. SO LET'S READ THAT THE PURPOSE OF POLICY IHBB IS TO AFFIRM THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMITMENT TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES -- BY ENSURING THEY HAVE PROGRAMS BY ENSURING THAT ALL GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS HAVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. SO WE ADDED AND SERVICES. BUT I THOUGHT SINCE WE ARE SAYING PROVIDING APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR GIFTED AND HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS. BY ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MEET THEIR

146INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY IHBB WITH THE AMENDMENTS AS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING. SO MOVED. AND -- [ ROLL CALL ] PASSES 5-0. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. BECAUSE THE POLICY IS ENHANCED. WAY TO GO. GOOD JOB. WE DON'T DO THIS TOO OFTEN. WILL TRY TO SPEED UP. WE ARE DOING SECOND READING OF POLICY GBEA EMPLOYEE CONFLICT OF INTEREST . WE ARE HERE FOR THE SECOND READING I DO HAVE FEEDBACK BASED ON THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED AT THE FIRST READING AND IF I MAY ASK YOU TO GO TO PAGE 2 UNDER POSITION WE DISCUSSED THE WORD HONORARIUM. AND WE TALKED ABOUT DEFINITIONS AND WHERE THEY MAY BEST FIT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND EMBED IT IN THE POLICY. THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES MAY NOT REQUEST OR RECEIVE HONORARIUM AND

147THAT GOES ON TO DISCUSS THE DEFINITION. MOVING ALONG , WE DISCUSSED WHERE THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR CLARIFICATION BEYOND THE DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST. THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT USE THE POWER OF THEIR POSITION OR THE DISTRICTS RESOURCES SUCH AS TIME, EQUIPMENT, OR PROPERTY, FOR PERSONAL BENEFITS FOR PRIVATE INTERESTS. AND WITH THAT IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION REGARDING OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT, WHAT DO'S AND DON'TS INDICATE UNDER GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT. IT'S RECOMMENDED BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE ADD F AND IT GIVES SOME SCENARIOS TO CLARIFY IN MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT HELP MAY CONFLICT. THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT SOME FULL OR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES FOR THE DISTRICT TAKE SECOND JOBS PRIVATE SECTOR TO HELP SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT ACTE PROHIBITS SUCH OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT ONLY WHEN IT INTERFERES WITH PERFORMANCE WITH THE EMPLOYEES

148JOB WITH THE DISTRICT SUCH AS WHEN THE EMPLOYEE CANNOT FULLY ATTEND TO THEIR PUBLIC DUTIES BECAUSE OF THE OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT, WHEN THE EMPLOYEE USES PUBLIC RESOURCES TO CONDUCT OUTSIDE WORK OR WHEN THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIVATE WORK CONFLICTS WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST SUCH AS FINANCIAL INTEREST CONFLICT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO SERVE. THAT IS THE LANGUAGE RESPONSE TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE FIRST READING. AND I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE ONE THING. IT IS 3. E4 WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS MAYBE TAKING OUT THE END ON NUMBER FOUR. --UNLESS THEY BENEFIT LESS THAN THE PUBLIC. JUST PUTTING A PERIOD AFTER FINANCIAL INTEREST. COMMERCIAL THEY TAKE OFFICIAL ACTIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THEIR OWN FINANCIAL INTEREST. UNLESS YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT LAST PART TO ME. WE WORKED VERY

149CLOSELY ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP CLARIFY THIS. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. I DO THINK THAT THAT PARAGRAPH IS CONFUSING AND THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE EMPLOYEE WILL DECIDE WHETHER THEY BENEFIT LESS OR MORE THAN THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. BUT THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THE GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT ACTE WHERE IT WOULD ALLOW, FOR EXAMPLE , THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO DECIDE THAT SOMEONE WHO IS DOING SOMETHING WHILE THEY MAKE SOME PROFIT FROM IT, THEY HAVE A BUSINESS INTEREST , THE NEED OF THE DISTRICT OUTWEIGHS WHAT FINANCIAL BENEFIT THEY HAVE. THAT WOULD NOT BE THE EMPLOYEE MAKING THE DECISION. THAT WOULD BE THE DISTRICT MAKING THAT DECISION THROUGH ITS PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES. AS I LISTENED TO YOUR COMMENT DAY I UNDERSTAND IT NOW. SO MAYBE WHAT WE SAY IS UNLESS THE DISTRICT

150DETERMINES THAT THE BENEFIT TO THE EMPLOYEE --WE COULD JUST TRACK THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW. I THINK THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE IT MORE MORE SIMPLE. BUT I DO THINK IT CREATES SOME CONFUSION. I WILL LOOK IT UP WHILE YOU TALK. I THINK IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION. LET ME LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW. CAN I MAKE AN EXAMPLE TO SEE IF IT APPLIES ? BUT WOULD IT BE LET'S SAY AN EMPLOYEE WE'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT TEACHER AND THEY'VE BEEN INVITED TO GO DO A PRESENTATION SOMEWHERE. THERE CAN A MEAL PAY FOR AND THE HOTEL. AND A DINNER. TO THE HAVE TO REPORT ALL THAT. THAT SHOULD BE SEPARATE, RIGHT? SO HOW WOULD IT BE WHEN IT'S THROUGH LCPS THAT IT BECOMES A CONFLICT? A CONFLICT OF

151INTEREST WOULD BE A CONFLICT FROM SOME KIND OF POLICY. WITH THE SCENARIO YOU JUST REFERENCED, WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING THAT AND PROMOTING IT THAT THEY ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT LCPS STAND FOR. A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WOULD BE THERE IS SOME KIND OF BUSINESS THAT'S IN VIOLATION WITH MORAL TURPITUDE ARE GOING TO THE EXTREME. THAT WOULD BE IN LINE WHERE IT DOES NOT GO IN LINE WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, WITH THE DIRECTION WE GO WITH INSTRUCTION. PERHAPS THEY MOVED TO A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM THAT IS IN SUPPORTING WITH THE CURRICULUM IS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. THAT'S WHERE THERE WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. WE ACTUALLY PROMOTE THAT IN THE LANGUAGES THERE THAT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT AND DO THOSE ENGAGEMENTS AND REPRESENT US. THAT'S A GOOD THING. IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN. ANYONE

152ELSE? IF YOU WOULD LIKE WE CAN HOLD THE RECOMMENDATION UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING . SPOKE WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER READING. WE CAN PREPARE IT FOR THE NEXT READING IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD VOTE AFTER THE SECOND. I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THE PRESSURE WAS ON. BUT THAT'S GREAT. BUT NOBODY TOLD ME. SPOKE WE WILL COME BACK FOR THE THIRD READING. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. NEXT WE HAVE FIRST READING OF POLICY IKF, GRADUATION/CREDIT REQUIREMENTS . WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU. I AM HERE TO PRESENTS FOR THE FIRST READING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THE REVISION TO THIS POLICY IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE STATUTORY CHANGE THAT CALLS FOR SCHOOL BOARDS TO SET THE ELECTIVE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DID BACK IN DECEMBER. THE ONLY CHANGE TO THIS POLICY IS ADDING A PHRASE IN SECTION E THAT SAYS

153IT SHALL IDENTIFY COURSES THAT WILL MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR A NEW MEXICO DIPLOMA OF EXCELLENCE AS SET FORTH BY THE STATE AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS OUTLINED IN THE STATUTES -- THE STATUTE. WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. I THINK THIS ONE IS FINE AS IS. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE. MR. FRANK. ALL IT IS SAYING IS WE ARE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. WHICH IS , OF COURSE, NECESSARY. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. WE STILL CALL IT DIPLOMA OF EXCELLENCE. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE --I SKIPPED AHEAD. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT . IT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS"THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARD," AND IT'S REQUIRED THAT THE BOARD ADOPTS THIS ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT , AND THEN , WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH THIS INFORMATION IN

154THE NEWSPAPER. THIS INFORMATION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARD IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND JUST TO REMIND YOU THE DESIGNATIONS SPOTLIGHT IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION TRADITIONAL MEANS A SCHOOL IS IN GOOD STANDING AND YOU HAVE THE OTHER DESIGNATIONS BASED ON LEVELS OF SUPPORT USUALLY AROUND CERTAIN STUDENT GROUPS. AND I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUE IS GOING TO ASSIST WITH THIS PRESENTATION. BREAKING DOWN THE SCHOOLS BY LEVEL AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN, THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN YOU SEE THE DESIGNATION LAST YEAR AND IN THE RIGHT-HAND COLUMN YOU SEE THE DESIGNATION THIS YEAR. SO TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS ARE IN GREEN . SPOTLIGHT SCHOOLS ARE IN BLUE AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS A SPOTLIGHT SCHOOL. LAST YEAR WE HAD A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS WITH DESIGNATIONS AND ALL OF OUR

155SCHOOLS ARE IN SPOTLIGHT OR TRADITIONAL DESIGNATION STATUS. AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU SEE CAMINO HAD A TRADITIONAL DESIGNATION. AND ALL THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD SOME KIND OF TARGETED SUPPORT DESIGNATION. THIS YEAR ALL SCHOOLS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ZIA MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE MOVED INTO TRADITIONAL AND ZIA MIDDLE SCHOOL IS STILL WORKING ON PERFORMANCE FOR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DESIGNATION MEANS. IN HIGH SCHOOL , WE MAINTAINED DESIGNATIONS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL , WE HAVE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AS A SPOTLIGHT SCHOOL AND RIO GRANDE HAS A DESIGNATION GRADUATION RATE. SO WHEN THEY HAD THESE DESIGNATIONS PUT SPECIFIC ATTENTION AND INTERVENTION TO THOSE STUDENT GROUPS OR AREAS WHERE THERE IS ROOM FOR GROWTH. JUST LOOKING OVERALL THE DISTRICT AND COMPARING 2023 TO 2024, LAST YEAR WE HAD SEVEN IN THIS YEAR WE HAD SEVEN.

156LAST YEAR WE HAD 23 TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS . THIS YEAR WE HAVE 30. WE ARE ALMOST 77% THERE. WE HAVE NO TARGETED SUPPORT SCHOOLS. LAST YEAR WE HAD SEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE ADDITIONAL TARGETED SUPPORT. THIS YEAR WE HAVE ONE. LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE IN COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT STATUS. THIS YEAR WE HAVE ZERO. AND IN THE MORE RIGOROUS WE HAVE ONE . WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. FABER . HELLO. THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND TO BE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD , SUPERINTENDENT . ARE STUDENT ADVISOR FELICITY, BUT SHE PROBABLY NEEDED TO GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FOR SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE LAST SLIDE REGARDING TIERED SITE SUPPORT. WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WE

157HAVE A SYSTEM OF TIERED SUPPORT FOR ALL CAMPUSES. THIS SYSTEM CATEGORIZES CAMPUSES BASED ON THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS USING MULTIPLE DATA POINTS. MAXIMUM SUPPORT CAMPUSES RECEIVE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT , WHICH INCLUDES FREQUENT COACHING , DATA REVIEWS AND TARGETED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE MODERATE SUPPORT CAMPUSES RECEIVE ONGOING SUPPORT BUT AT A REDUCED FREQUENCY. THE CAMPUSES THAT MAY REQUIRE MORE MONITORING OF SUPPORT ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ON DEMAND. THERE ARE FOUR LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND A SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAM EACH ASSIGNED TO A FEEDER PATTERN TO ENSURE THAT SUPPORT A STRATEGIC AND ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GOALS. --TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT PROVIDES A BROAD PICTURE OF EACH SUCCESS. WE ALSO REVIEW ATTENDANCE DATA , WHICH IS USED AS AN INDICATOR OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND A TOOL TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS, FAMILIES

158, AND SCHOOLS. BY UNDERSTANDING PATTERNS IN ATTENDANCE WE CAN PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE A WELCOMING AND ENGAGING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL MOTIVATED TO THRIVE . WE ALSO REVIEW BEGINNING TEACHERS AND PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE THAT CAN INDICATE POTENTIAL NEED FOR LEADERSHIP SUPPORT AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. LASTLY WE LOOK GRADUATION RATES THAT REFLECT LONG-TERM STUDENT OUTCOMES. TOGETHER WITH THESE METRICS THIS ALLOWS NOT ONLY THE L.E.D.S BUT THE SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS TO DEVELOP AN HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF CAMPUS NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE THIS TARGETED SUPPORT. IF I MAY, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE GONE TO THIS. FIRST WE WENT TO SITE SUPPORT AND WITHIN THAT IS DETERMINING HOW WE ARE THE BEST SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND THIS IS THAT STRATEGIC PIECE OF HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. ALL

159SCHOOLS RECEIVE SUPPORT AND YOU HAVE IT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT SCHOOLS THAT NEED THE MAXIMUM SUPPORT GET THAT SUPPORT. SO LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE ARE ALLOCATING RESOURCES STRATEGICALLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SPOKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. MY MEMORY IS THAT THERE WAS FROM RAREFIED SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE . DID THEY CHANGE --IN MY NOT REMEMBERING? NO . THERE WAS ANOTHER LEVEL EXEMPLARY AND THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SYSTEM. SPOTLIGHT IS NOW THE HIGHEST. AND MORE ENCOMPASSING. SO WE HAVE RIO GRANDE . HOW LONG CAN THEY STAY THERE? I BELIEVE IT'S 3 YEARS. SPOKE OF THOUGHT THEY GO TO M. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY 3 YEARS DURING THOSE 3 YEARS -- [ INAUDIBLE ] THE METRICS THAT GOT US OUT

160INTO THE TRADITIONAL, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE THINGS THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE? WAS IT ENGLISH TEST SCORES? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS HEAVILY WEIGHTED IN THE SYSTEM STUDENT GROWTH. IF YOU ARE SHOWING GROWTH AMONG ALL DIFFERENT STUDENT POPULATIONS WITHIN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS . THAT IS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT EMPHASIS ON GROWTH IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR DESIGNATIONS BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET STUDENTS TO PROFICIENCY HAVE TO GET THEM GROWING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FIRST. THANK YOU FOR GOOD NEWS. WE SAW THEM VISITING THE SCHOOLS AND GIVING THEM A BANNER. I THINK WHAT I APPRECIATE HERE ALSO IS MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE METRIC OF GROWTH BUT HOW DO YOU GET THAT GROWTH? JUST MY OPINION. BUT IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER SUPPORTS AND MAKING SURE THOSE BEGINNING TEACHERS ARE HAVING

161THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED OR THE INSTRUCTION THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND FOR ME IT'S LIKE THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE DISTRICT ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. MOVED. SECONDED. [ ROLL CALL ] WE DID THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WE ARE NOW TO THE TITLE IX FACILITIES UPDATE. GOOD EVENING . I'M HERE TO GIVE A TITLE IX FACILITIES UPDATE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TWO PEOPLE FOR WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER AND BEING A BIG PART OF THIS THING. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. THIS IS LOOKING AT HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE. A LOT OF THAT IS INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND LOOKING AT THE ADDITION OF GIRLS WRESTLING , WHICH HAS TAKEN OFF IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

162AND ALSO WITH POWERLIFTING. THERE IS THE ADDITION OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES , BUT WHAT WE HAVE ARE THESE OLDER FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED OR HAVE LOCKER ROOMS OR OTHER AREAS FOR THE SPORTS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEWER , BUT WITH MAYFIELD BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES THERE AND WITH ORGAN MOUNTAIN. WE NEED UPGRADES TO CURRENT STANDARDS SO THE OFFERINGS WE HAVE FOR DIFFERENT SPORTS AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. AS WE LOOK AT THAT WE LOOK AT THE OLDER FACILITIES THAT NEED UPGRADES LIKE THE NEWER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OUTDOOR SPORTS AS FAR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL . WE CAN TAKE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT WE HAD. SOME BOYS SPORTS HAVE WHAT GIRL SPORTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. THAT'S FOR WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND ISSUES

163THAT WE HAVE BUT LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE OPPORTUNITIES BUT ALSO SAFETY. WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SPORTS LIKE SOCCER AND SOFT BALL AND HAVING FACILITIES FOR THAT TO SHELTER IN WILL WE HAVE WEATHER-RELATED INCIDENTS. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. BUT ALSO THAT SAFETY FOR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT FACILITIES MEET THE NEEDS AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. IF YOU RECALL, THIS CAME TO THE FOREFRONT FROM THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PART OF THE REPORT OF WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS. WITH THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION , BUT I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BRINGING THIS AND HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD AROUND THIS TOPIC. A LOT OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK HAS BEEN IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL BETWEEN INSTRUCTION AND ATHLETICS AND OPERATION TEAMS. WE ARE GATHERING TOGETHER

164TO MEET WITH THE SCHOOLS AND DO WALK-THROUGHS AND IDENTIFY THE NEEDS BUT LISTEN TO THE STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. FROM MAYFIELD , ORGAN MOUNTAIN AND CENTENNIAL BUT ALSO THE STUDENT BODIES IN THE COACHES AND PARENTS WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PARENTS REACH OUT WITH CONCERNS THEY HAVE. AND SOMEONE FROM OPERATIONS HAS GONE OUT TO SEE THE FACILITIES TO SEE WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE. WE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH THE PRINCIPALS ON THAT PIECE TO MAKE SURE PARENTS NO WE ARE WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING. WHEN WE FIND ISSUES IN THE BUILDING WE FIND WORKAROUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE -- THINGS ARE NOT EQUITABLE FOR ACCESS. SCHOOL ADMIN HAS PROVIDED INPUT AND DIFFERENT AREAS WE'VE REACHED OUT TO. IT IS ONGOING SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EVER GOING TO STOP. WE CONTINUE TO DO IT ON A MONTHLY

165PART WHERE WE WORK WITH THEM. WE CAME TOGETHER WITH THE LIST AND ASK COACHES AND ATHLETIC COORDINATORS AND THE TEAMS TO COME UP WITH A PRIORITY RANKING FOR THE LIST OF WHAT THEY HAD AND PRIORITIZE THEM SO WE CAN GET ESTIMATES OF WHAT THOSE COSTS WILL LOOK LIKE FOR EACH ONE SO WE CAN BUDGET AND DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT A BOND ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUES THESE ISSUES. SCHOOL PRIORITIES. FOR LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL WE'RE LOOKING AT $6.2 MILLION TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE ADDITIONAL LOCKER ROOMS SPACE , POWERLIFTING, SOCCER, TRACK, CROSS COUNTRY, TENNIS. LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS FOR SOFTBALL . BOYS BASEBALL HAS THE BUILDING BUT THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY AND OTHER THINGS. THAT'S MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COACHES AND THE

166BOOSTER CLUB TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT THAT WE ARE BUILDING THOSE KIND OF FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT CREATING WHERE THEY HAVE IT AND THE OTHER ONES DO NOT. SO WE WANT TO INCLUDE THEM IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND THERE WAS A GRANT GIVEN TO ORGAN MOUNTAIN. MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT CREATING MORE ISSUES TO GO BACK AND FIX LATER ON. ELECTRICITY FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. ACCESS TO RESTROOMS IS ANOTHER BIG THING OUT THERE. ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $6.5 MILLION . THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL GIRLS LOCKER ROOM, SOFTBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS. AND POWER TO THE PORT WAS BEING USED AS LOCKER ROOMS WHETHER IT IS SOCCER OR SOFTBALL . THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW SO THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED FOR ADDITIONAL LOCKER ROOMS AND GIRLS SPORTS. MAYFIELD

167HIGH SCHOOL WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $5 MILLION KNOWING WE ARE GOING TO GO IN TO A BUILD FOR MAYFIELD. A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES WE CAN ADDRESS BUT MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THOSE NOW SO AS WE DO THE PLANNING FOR THE BUILDING WE ARE LOOKING ON INCORPORATING THE NEEDS OF WHAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE FACILITIES. LOOKING FOR RESTROOMS FOR SOFTBALL , WHICH WOULD GIVE ACCESS TO THE BAND AS THEY PRACTICE FOR MARCHING BAND AND GIVE THEM ACCESS TO BATHROOMS AS WELL. AND ADDITIONAL UPGRADED LOCKER ROOM SPACE FOR THE GIRLS ATHLETICS AND HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. NOT LEAVING OUT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL , BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY AS FAR AS THEIR NEEDS. THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TITLE IX ISSUES BUT THEIR NEEDS. AND THEY HAVE THE SOME THINGS THAT THEY

168WANT . THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THEY CAN SHELTER IF THEY HAVE LIGHTNING OR WIND OR OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED. DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT'S FOR CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT STEPS. REALLY LOOKING AND WORKING WITH THE FINANCE TEAM AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS. WE HAVE ROUGH ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT THE COST IS BUT STARTING TO BUDGET. WHETHER IT'S AN OPERATIONAL BUDGET, OR BONDS, BUT LOOKING AT THE CURRENT SPACE WE HAVE AVAILABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO NEW CONSTRUCTION AND BEING CREATIVE WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE RENOVATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN FACILITIES . I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LAS CRUCES AND IDENTIFYING WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND MAKE SURE WE PRIORITIZE WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. IMPORTANT THING IS IDENTIFYING A

169FUND SOURCE AND ADDRESSING TITLE IX. FOR ISSUES WE NEED TO ADDRESS. WITH THAT, I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. HAVE A FINALIZED OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE WILL BRING TO VOTERS ? WE HAVE NOT TOLD THEM WHAT SPECIFICALLY WE ARE DOING. THIS MIGHT BE A PART OF THAT IS YOU WORKED TO PRIORITIZE EVERYTHING. I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE LCHS AND THERE. IT'S THE INCLUSION OF THE NEW SPORTS. SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BUILT NOT LONG AGO , IT'S THE INCLUSION OF GIRLS WRESTLING , WHICH IS REALLY PICKED UP AND THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED. MAYFIELD IS AN INTERESTING SPOT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL THAT HER. AND DO WE INVEST --THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS. 5 MILLION. SO ANYWAYS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT. YES. DEFINITELY TAKING THAT

170INTO ACCOUNT WHO . AS YOU PREPARE THIS PLAN , YOUR BEING MORE PROACTIVE. I KNOW YOU USE THAT WORD A LOT IS HOW WE'RE GOING BUDGET THIS AND WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES. IF IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE AVAILABLE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, I WILL BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE THEY ARE WONDERING, IS THIS EVER CAN HAPPEN AND NOBODY CARES AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION [ INAUDIBLE ] THE ORCHESTRA. BRINGING CONCERNS THAT HE HAD AN TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THEM AND TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE USING THOSE FACILITIES. AND SHARE WITH THE PARENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN BUILD BUT WE HAVE TO ALSO MAINTAIN. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION OF HOW WE'RE

171GOING TO MAINTAIN THEM ONCE WE BUILD. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND. WE ARE DOWN TO OTHER REPORTS. BOARD REORGANIZATION. BEFORE WE START I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE LAST POINT OF PRIVILEGE . AS YOUR PRESIDENT I COULD NOT SEE WHERE I COULD INCLUDE THIS, SOME IN A PUT THIS IN THEIR THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SERVING AS PRESIDENT OR ANY OTHER OFFICE. BUT IT'S TIME TO SHARE THE LEADERSHIP. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHOEVER WILL BE NOMINATED FOR WHATEVER OFFICES, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT , IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AS YOUR PRESIDENT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHO IS NEXT AT THE HELM. MADAM CORT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TWO YEARS OF INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO THE BOARD AND FOR BEING AN AMAZING SPOKESPERSON

172AND ALWAYS HAVING YOUR THUMB ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WRITING THE BUSES. I STILL RIDE THE BUSES. THANK YOU FOR WANTING TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL CHILDREN. I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE A PRESIDENT FOR 2 YEARS. I'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS WITH A GREAT BOARD BEHIND ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >> I'VE ONLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR 1 , BUT I AM GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR PASSION AND DEDICATION TO MAKING EDUCATION BETTER IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. IT IS A TOUGH GIG. AND I'M READY TO PASS IT ON. I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD TO MIX IT UP. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MADAM CORT. HAVING WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOU ON

173AGENDA SETTING THAT SHE WOULD BE A LOGICAL NEXT PRESIDENT. BUT I WOULD SECOND THAT. OKAY. I WANTED TO DO ONE OF THOSE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. WOFFORD. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? MR. FRANK. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT? I SEE NONE. NOT AFTER THAT LOOK. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. WE HAVE AS THE NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT THE FOLLOWING. THE ORDER RECEIVED. MADAM CORT . WE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT UNTIL WE HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MADAM CORT FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT . THIS CAN BE WEIRD, ISN'T IT. YOU CAN SAY NO. IT'S OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION. [ ROLL CALL ] THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. DID YOU WANT TO SAY

174ANYTHING? I HAVE SOME REALLY BIG SHOES TO FILL AND I DO HAVE SOME HESITATION. DO YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE WITH THE SCRIPT FOR THE NEXT OFFICER? BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE, JUST CONTINUE AND BANG THE GAVEL ONE LAST TIME. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT TENORIO? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE PATRICK NOLAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT. I WOULD SECOND THAT. SO WE HAVE PATRICK NOLAN NOMINATED BY MADAM CORT AND A SECOND BY MR. WOFFORD. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT? DO YOU ACCEPT? I DO EXCEPT. YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK ME. >> IT'S NOT IN THE SCRIPT. I WAS WAITING TILL WE VOTE. >> IT'S NOT IN THE SCRIPT. MISS GALLEGOS? WHAT IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT? MAYBE YOU DON'T GIVE THEM A

175CHOICE. THAT'S AWESOME. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS. OKAY. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. WE HAVE AS OUR NOMINEE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE FOLLOWING, MR. PATRICK NOLAN. WE'RE NOW GOING TO VOTE FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR MR. NOLAN, VOTE ACCORDINGLY. MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> MEMBER NOLAN? YES. VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT COURT? YES. AND SECRETARY WALLFORD VOTES YET AND PRESIDENT TENORIO? I WAS GOING TO SAY I'LL STEP DOWN AND NOT RUN. IT WILL MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO MEMORIZE A WHOLE NEW TITLE, BUT WITH MUCH HESITATION, YES. OKAY. SO THAT IS 5-0 VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I WILL NOW --DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THE CONTRACT? AS VICE PRESIDENT, YOU CAN CONTINUE. I CAN DO THIS. YEAH. LET'S HAVE

176YOU GO OUT ON A HIGH NOTE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE GAVEL. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SECRETARY WALLFORD FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY. THAT WAS SIMPLE. >> I WOULD ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO NOMINATE YOU IF YOU WANTED ME TO. MR. WALLFORD IS NOMINATED FOR SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND. FRANK WITH THE MOTIONS AND TENORIO AS SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY IN THE ORDER THE NOMINATION WAS RECEIVED. SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED TO MR. WALLFORD FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY, PLEASE

177VOTE YOUR PREFERENCE. MEMBER FRANK? YES. MEMBER NOLAN? >> YES. SECRETARY VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT COURT? AN ENTHUSIASTIC YES. AND PRESIDENT TENORIO? I KNOW, BUT I'M NOT, YES. YOU ARE TILL THE END OF THIS MEETING. OKAY. SO THIS MOTION PASSES 5-0. CONGRATULATIONS, SECRETARY WALLFORD. YOURS WILL BE EASY. OKAY. SO OUR NEW OFFICERS FOR THAT WE HAVE, PRESIDENT MADAME CORT, VICE PRESIDENT PATRICK NOLAN AND SECRETARY WALLFORD, WELL DONE. THE BOARD ELECTS A CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND A CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE ENTIRE BOARD SERVES ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD THEN APPOINTS ONE ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, ONE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO IS A PARENT OF A STUDENT ATTENDING THE DISTRICT ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ONE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MATTERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE

178WILL PROCEED WITH NOMINATIONS IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE OFFICERS. EACH NOMINATION WILL REQUIRE A SECOND. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF FINANCE CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE CURRENT FINANCE CHAIR, SECRETARY WALLFORD. NO. NO BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE -- I THINK HE WAS ASKING YOU IF YOU WANTED TO CHAIR. I THINK YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB OF IT, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CONTINUE. I WOULD BE MORE THAN GLAD TO BE YOUR VICE-CHAIR. OKAY. >> IF PRESIDENT TENORIO SO DESIRES. I'M NOMINATING SECRETARY WALLFORD. GOT IT. OKAY. VICE-CHAIR. >> I'M GOING TO NOMINATE ED TO MAKE THIS INTERESTING. THANK YOU. WE NEED A SECOND FOR WALLFORD ON FINANCE CHAIR. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SECONDING THE FINANCE CHAIR AS MR. WALLFORD? I SECOND IT. >> OKAY. SO WE HAVE FRANK

179-- IF HE WANTS IT. I DON'T KNOW. AND WE HAVE COURT AND THEN YOU'RE NOMINATING -- NO. I WILL WITHDRAW MY NOMINATION. OH, THAT WAS FUN. SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE NOMINATION, MR. WALLFORD, OUR CURRENT CHAIR, AND WE HAVE NO OTHERS. SO I WILL CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR MR. WALLFORD FOR FINANCE CHAIR. PLEASE VOTE ACCORDINGLY. MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> MEMBER NOLAN? >> YES. SECRETARY VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT COURT? YES. >> AND PRESIDENT TENORIO? YES. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. FINANCE CHAIR CONTINUES TO BE MR. WALLFORD. THE NEXT WILL BE -- I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF AUDIT CHAIR. I WOULD NOMINATE ED FRANK. DO YOU ACCEPT? I WOULD ACCEPT. >> NOLAN IS NOMINATING. I WILL SECOND THAT NOMINATION. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER

180NOMINATIONS? OKAY. I'M CLOSING THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE POSITION OF AUDIT CHAIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MR. FRANK FOR THE POSITION OF AUDIT CHAIR OR OPPOSED VOTE ACCORDINGLY. MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> MEMBER NOLAN? >> YES. SECRETARY VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT COURT? YES. AND PRESIDENT TENORIO? YES. THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS CHAIR? YES. I WAS. KILL THAT. I NAILED THAT. YOU GOT A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. NAILED IT. HE NAILED IT TO THE WALL. WE HAD A CLEAN AUDIT, DIDN'T WE? OH, YOU DID THAT? ALL IN A DAY'S WORK. OH, MY GOSH. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO NOMINATE THE AUDIT POSITIONS FOR APPARENT AND FOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER WITH A FINANCIAL OR -- PRESIDENT TENORIO? >> YES. >> I THINK THAT

181WE STILL HAVE THE SECOND BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO THE CHAIR, NUMBER 4, C4. OH, OKAY. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS --DO WE NEED TO DID IT FOR FINANCE VICE-CHAIR? WE DIDN'T DO THAT BEFORE. YOU KIND OF PICKED YOUR NUMBER TWO. THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. OKAY. BUT FOR AUDIT WE HAVE TO OFFICIALLY DO THAT? ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF AN AUDIT VICE-CHAIR. I WOULD NOMINATE NEWLY ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN FOR THAT POSITION. HERE'S WHERE THINGS GET SPICY. I WOULD NOMINATE PRESIDENT TERESA TENORIO FOR THAT POSITION. I WITHDRAW. NO ARM WRESTLING TODAY. SO I WILL ACCEPT --ARE YOU NOMINATING ME? YES. >> AND I'M SECONDING. >> I WILL ACCEPT THAT. PRESIDENT TENORIO, IF I MAY JUST FOR

182CLARITY. YES. >> IT'S NOT FOR VICE-CHAIR. THERE ISN'T A VICE-CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, JUST THE FINANCE. IT'S JUST THE SECOND MEMBER BECAUSE STATUTORILY THERE HAS TO BE TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO IT'S JUST THE SECOND BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SO THAT WAS NOMINATED BY NOLAN, SECONDED BY FRANK. I'M GOING TO CLOSE -- SECOND IT. I'LL SECOND THAT, YES. DID YOU? SORRY. NO. YOU RESCINDED IT. I BUMPED HIM TO SECOND. >> HE RESCINDED MINE. I'M NOT GOING TO SECOND FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T -- NO. I SECONDED YOUR NOMINATION. GOOD CATCH, OKAY. FOR AUDIT SECOND MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, SECOND BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NOMINATED BY NOLAN AND SECONDED BY WALLFORD IS MYSELF AND I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION IF VOTED APPROVED.

183ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TERESA TENORIO FOR THE POSITION OF SECOND BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OR OPPOSED, PLEASE VOTE ACCORDINGLY. MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> MEMBER NOLAN? >> YES. SECRETARY VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT? YES. >> AND PRESIDENT? >> ABSOLUTELY. MOTION PASSES 5-0. NOW DO WE ASSIGN THE PARENT AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBER? SO WE'LL SATURDAY WITH THE PARENT. I HAVE ONE PARENT WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST AND THEY SAID YES. IF I GIVE THEIR NAME AND YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO THAT OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER PARENT, WE'LL DUEL IT OUT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANYBODY. OKAY. >> I DO NOT HAVE A PARENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO NOMINATE EITHER. MANY

184OF YOU KNOW THIS PERSON. SHE IS MICHELLE ADAMES. SHE RUNS -- AND HAS A DAUGHTER IN LCPS. SO SHE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE AUDIT. I WILL GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION. DO WE HAVE TO VOTE THIS? PRESIDENT TENORIO, SOMETIME IN THE PAST, IN YEARS PAST WHEN THE NAMES HAVEN'T BEEN READY, YOU'VE TABLED IT AND JUST REMINDED EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT IT AND COME BACK PREPARED. OKAY. >> BUT IF THERE ARE NAMES AND YOU'RE READY, THEN YOU COULD VOTE TONIGHT. IT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO ARE THE YOU DISCUSS IT AND TABLE THE VOTE OR YOU GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT TONIGHT. WELL, I'M PUTTING IN A NAME FOR PARENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ONE. WE'LL HAVE THAT READY AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY NAMES FOR A COMMUNITY MEMBER

185WITH THE FINANCE EXPERIENCE. MOVING ON TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER, DOES ANYONE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED? I HAVE A POSSIBILITY, BUT I HAVEN'T CONFIRMED IT YET. I GOT ONE FOR US LAST YEAR AND IT'S HARD TO FIND ANOTHER CONSECUTIVELY. CAN YOU GET THE SAME PERSON TO DO IT AGAIN? I DON'T KNOW. THE PERSON I HAD IN MIND I ASKED PREVIOUSLY AND THEY REJECTED IT. SO I DON'T HAVE GREAT OPTIMISM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT IT THE SECOND TIME I ASK THEM, BUT THEY'RE HIGHLY QUALIFIED. THEY SERVED IN VERY HIGH LEVEL FINANCIAL POSITIONS IN BIG ORGANIZATIONS. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE WOULD ACCEPT. I KNOW THE LAST TIME WHEN THEY WERE GETTING THE CONTACT INFORMATION FROM ME, IT WASN'T LIKE IMMEDIATELY THAT THEY NEEDED IT, RIGHT, MR. LU? YEAH. WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME. YOU

186WANT TO TABLE THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE -- SO WE ARE IN SEARCH OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE A PARENT OR HAVE ANY PARTICULAR ATTACHMENT TO LCPS? CORRECT. YES. OR WE COULD VOTE FOR ONE AND TABLE THE OTHER ONE. LET'S DO THAT, A BIRD IN THE HAND. DOES THAT MEAN YES VOTE? I WANT THE BIRD IN MY HAND. LET'S DO IT. IS THERE ANY OTHER ONES HERE? OH, IT'S BOARD PRESIDENT APPOINTS BOARD MEMBERS TO OTHER COMMITTEES. MADAME CORT, DID YOU WANT TO HELP WITH THAT? I'D LIKE TO DO IT THE WAY WE DID IT LAST TIME, PEOPLE SELF-APPOINT. I FEEL WEIRD APPOINTING PEOPLE TO COMMITTEES. WE'RE A PRETTY CONGENIAL BOARD AND CAN COME TO AGREEMENT WHO WANTS TO SERVE WHERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? AS A LOWLY BOARD MEMBER,

187THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE, MY OPINION IS -- WELCOME TO MY LIFE. >> --I FEEL IT WOULD BE NICE FOR TO US MIX IT UP, LIKE IF YOU'VE BEEN IN ONE COMMITTEE A WHILE AND SOMEONE ELSE HASN'T, OPEN THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE PROBABLY DONE EVERY COMMITTEE IN FIVE YEARS EXCEPT FOR AUDIT AND FOUNDATION? SO WE'RE DOING AUDIT, FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY SCHOOL, EQUITY -- AUDIT, FOUNDATION, LCPS FOUNDATION, EQUITY COUNCIL AND THE MNSDA, WHICH IS USUALLY TO THE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT, THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR CONTINUITY IN SOME OF THESE COMMITTEES. THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WORKS EXTENSIVELY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES THE CHAIR WITH CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, THOUGH I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT STUDENTS MIGHT BEST BE SERVED BY CONTINUITY IN SOME OF THE COMMITTEES. I ALSO

188HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CHAIR THE DACC. SO THOUGH I'VE BEEN ON THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS, I'D BE WILLING TO DO IT AGAIN. OKAY. >> I'VE ENJOYED THE DACC COMMITTEE. IT IS IT AN INTERESTING ONE. YOU DO LEARN QUITE A BIT, BUT I'VE ENJOYED SERVING ON IT, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SERVE ON THAT ONE. I'M CONTENT WITH THE FOUNDATION. I MEAN IT DOES INVOLVE A MONTHLY MEETING. I'VE BEEN DOING THE TRIVIA THING. I'D LIKE TO GET THE WHOLE BOARD TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRIVIA THING, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. YEAH. I'VE DONE IT SOME WITH MY FAMILY AND SOMETIMES THE SCHEDULING DOESN'T -- RIGHT. I WOULD BE MORE THAN GLAD TO CONTINUE WITH THAT IF THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT CORT SO CHOOSES. OKAY. >> EQUITY IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT OR --WELL, NO.

189AS PRESIDENT, PAST PRESIDENT TENORIO, DO YOU SERVE ON ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT --I MEAN SO CURRENTLY I'M ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND EQUITY AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS. SO YOU SAID I HAVE TO DO MN SBA. RIGHT. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO, BUT IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE WHERE ANYTIME WE GO UP FOR THE CONFERENCE AND THEY HAVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE PRESIDENT'S USUALLY THE ONE ATTENDING. GOT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE SOME OF THOSE OTHER ONES AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER COMMITTEES THAT YOU SERVED ON . I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT PROTOCOL WORKS, SO I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP ON THAT. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE ON EQUITY, SECRETARY WALLFORD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE. MY HEART IS WITH BOTH COMMITTEES.

190I THINK YOU'D DO A FABULOUS JOB. I THINK IT'S A CORE VALUE OF SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ON THE EQUITY. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO WHO IS LEAVING EQUITY? ME. >> SO IT'S MADAME CORT TO MR. WALLFORD. YOU'RE ALSO ON THAT COMMITTEE, CORRECT, TERESA OR PRESIDENT TENORIO? I AM, YEAH. I WAS WILLING TO BARTER FOR THE FOUNDATION, BUT YOU SOUND VERY HAPPY. I'LL STICK WITH THE COUNCIL AND THAT'S FINE. BRUSH UP ON YOUR TRIVIA. I WOULD SWAP OUT A COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR AN EQUITY. YOU WOULD BE ON COMMUNITY SCHOOL? I ENJOY THAT COMMITTEE OR DACC. THINK ABOUT IT. I'VE DONE BOTH. MAYBE MY EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WOULD BE DIFFERENT SINCE IT WAS ALL DURING THE REMOTE LEARNING TIME. IT WAS A REAL STRUGGLE FOR THOSE SCHOOLS TO

191ENGAGE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THERE ARE TWO, OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO SWAP? YEAH. SO WHAT, I'M ON EQUITY AND YOU'RE ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS? DEAL. OKAY. >> DO YOU ALL WANT TO LEAVE ME ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOR THE MOMENT? I AM CURRENTLY CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S UP TO YOU, MISS CORT. I'D LIKE TO STAY ON IT. THAT GIVES ME TWO COMMITTEES ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE SO THAT IT'S EVEN, AS IT WERE. OKAY. SO WHO DO WE HAVE ON THE DACC IS STILL YOU AND MR. WALLFORD? MR. NOLAN? I DON'T MIND STAYING ON DACC. OKAY, NOLAN AND WALLFORD. AND I'M ON EQUITY? >> YOU ARE. I'M OFF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. YOU ARE OFF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. SO I GOT TWO, ALL RIGHT. WHO IS AUDIT? >> AUDIT IS MYSELF AND MR. FRANK. THAT'S RIGHT. WE GOT THAT CLEAN

192AUDIT. YES. AND FINANCE IS YOURSELF AND MR. FRANK, RIGHT? YEAH. WE'RE ALL ON FINANCE. JUST TO READ THROUGH THIS, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR IS MR. FRANK AND I AM THE SECOND MEMBER ON THE AUDIT. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS MR. WALLFORD AND LCPS FOUNDATION IS MR. FRANK. DACC ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MR. NOLAN AND MR. WALLFORD. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ARE TENORIO AND MISS MADAME CORT. EQUITY COUNCIL IS MR. WALLFORD AND MR. NOLAN AND MSNBA IS MADAME CORT. THEY'RE LINING UP THE STARS. PRESIDENT TENORIO? >> YES, MISS GALLEGOS. IF I MAY JUMP IN, IT MAY BE I LOST TRACK, BUT WHEN YOU WERE DISCUSSING THE PARENT VOLUNTEER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WITH EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MATTERS, IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE GROUP WANTED TO TABLE THE DECISION ON THE VOLUNTEER

193MEMBER WITH EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MATTERS. IF YOU WANT TO TABLE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO VOTE ON THAT AND THEN I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT MR. WALLFORD WAS SUGGESTING BECAUSE YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A VOLUNTEER PARENT THAT YOU MIGHT GO AHEAD AND ACT TONIGHT ON THAT VOLUNTEER PARENT. SO YOU WOULD EITHER NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT OR TABLE THAT AS WELL. CORRECT. >> AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE VOTES. YES. I'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, BOARD, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION --NO. I NOMINATE MICHELLE ADAMES FOR THE PARENT OF STUDENTS, FOR PARENT TO SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. SECOND. >> OKAY. THAT'S NOMINATED BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY MR. WALLFORD AND THEN WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. MEMBER FRANK? >> YES. >> MEMBER NOLAN? YES. >> MEMBER WALLFORD VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT CORT?

194YES. PRESIDENT TENORIO IN YOUR LAST PRESIDENTIAL VOTE? YES. SO THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO -- NO. I MOTION TO TABLE THE NOMINATION OF A VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCE MATTERS FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. SECOND. THIS WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO THAT IS MOVED BY MR. FRANK. MOVED BY YOU. OH, YEAH, SORRY. SEE, IT'S WHY I NEEDED TIME OFF. OKAY. SO IT'S MOVED BY MYSELF, TENORIO, SECONDED BY MR. FRANK AND I NEED A ROLL CALL. MEMBER FRANK? >> YES. >> MEMBER NOLAN? YES. >> SECRETARY VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT CORT? YES. >> AND PRESIDENT TENORIO? >> YES. THAT MOTION PASSES TO TABLE 5-0. NOW WE ARE DOWN TO BOARD REPORTS. I'LL START SINCE I'M ONLINE IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY. YES. MADAME CORT. THANK

195YOU. FIRST, I'M VERY HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN ME FOR BEING THE NEXT PRESIDENT. I HOPE I DO HALF AS GOOD OF JOB AS TERESA DID AND I APPRECIATE MR. LUIS, MR. SILVER, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND ALL YOUR HELP TO ALLOW ME TO ATTEND THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY SO I COULD HELP MY PARENTS AND THANKS, EVERYONE, APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S IT, MY BOARD REPORT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT. WHO IS NEXT? I'LL GO NEXT. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING UNDER PRESIDENT CORT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE GREAT. WE'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD YEAR AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE'RE ELEVATING THEIR STATUS IN THAT REPORT. THAT'S JUST EXTRAORDINARY I MEAN THAT SO MANY, YOU KNOW, IMPROVED FROM WHERE THEY WERE. SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THOSE KIDS AND THOSE ADMINISTRATORS

196AND ANYBODY THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. THAT IS WONDERFUL. I MET WITH SOME TEACHERS DURING THIS LAST MONTH ABOUT ATTENDANCE. THEY WERE VERY KEEN ON WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT. I THINK SOME WERE GOING AFTER THEIR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AND KATHY FACILITATED THAT AND APPRECIATED THE DISCUSSION AND THE VOLUNTEER THESE TEACHERS WANTED TO HELP WORK ON CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. GREAT. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THE START OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION, GOOD VIBES TO OUR FOLKS UP IN SANTA FE, PASSED SOME GOOD EDUCATION POLICY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HEADING TO D.C. WITH MOST OF YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS HERE TO BETTER OURSELVES. ON THE --WHAT IS IT, EQUITY AND ADVOCACY INSTITUTE. YES. VERY EXCITING. I HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE UP TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE NMMEA, NEW MEXICO MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. MY OWN DAUGHTER IS IN --SHE

197MADE IT TO ALL STATE CHOIR AND SO I GOT TO ENJOY THE TWO DIFFERENT LIKE --ONE WAS LIKE A TREBLE CHOIR AND THE OTHER ONE IS MIXED CHORUS WITH BOYS AND GIRLS, MALES AND FEMALES, AND IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. I KIND OF NEEDED THAT LIKE -- YOU KNOW, YOU GET THREE HOURS TO YOURSELF IN THE CAR AND YOU GO SOMEWHERE AND JUST THESE KIDS JUST CREATED BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND IT WAS VERY SOOTHING. I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE GIVE OUR KIDS AND THEN ALSO WE RECOGNIZED THEM TONIGHT EARLY ON, THE TEACHER, THE DISTRICT, AND THE FORMER EDUCATOR. IT TAKES THAT COMMUNITY TO CREATE BEAUTY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT JUST STICKING IN THE CLASSROOM, RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES BEYOND THAT. SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT THAT OUR DISTRICT

198DOES. WHAT ELSE? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND THE POLICY WORK THAT WE DO AND WHAT ELSE? AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO D.C. OH, THE OTHER THING WAS WHEN WE ATTENDED THE NMSBA CONFERENCE, THERE WAS A GUEST PRESENTER WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO WHETHER YOU'RE A SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR OR A BOARD MEMBER AS FAR AS DEFENDING YOUR SCHOOLS AND HOLDING YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT UP? AND HE TALKED ABOUT CHARLOTTE'S WEB AND ABOUT BEING THAT SPIDER, RIGHT? TO ADVERTISING THE BEST OF WHAT YOUR SCHOOL IS AND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS. SO I KNOW THAT EVEN TONIGHT DR. WENDY MENTIONED LIKE OKAY, YOU GUYS GOING TO APPROVE THIS OR NOT SO WE CAN GO AND GET IT IN THE MEDIA, RIGHT? TO SELL THE GOOD NEWS, TO MARKET WHAT WE DO

199RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT LIKE WHAT ARE EITHER THE SMALL THINGS OR EVEN THE BIGGER THINGS WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING OUT THERE SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT LCPS HAS GREAT SCHOOLS, RIGHT? IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT TO YOUR VISTA DASHBOARD, BUT WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE ALL CAN --I WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE OUT THERE, BUT IT'S LIKE MAYBE IT'S MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH PEOPLE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY OF WORD OF MOUTH, DID YOU KNOW? YEAH. LISTENING TO THEM, TOO, WHAT ARE THE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING FOR YOUR CHILD. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR US. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.

200WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MR. WALLFORD, SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. THE TIME IS 10:29 AND I CALL THIS MEETING, WHAT? CLOSED? ADJOURNED. >> ADJOURNED.