Board of Education - Mar 04, 2025

001GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS 6:12 , AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS MARDI GRAS , AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'VE DECIDED TO SPEND MARDI GRAS WITH US THIS EVENING. AS THEY SAY, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL , AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING. SECRETARY, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLL CALL. [ ROLL CALL ] THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM . I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR XOCHITL STUDENT ADVISOR FROMLAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL . WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CHIME IN WITH ANY COMMENT OR ANYTHING YOU NEED FOR US TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE ARE STARTING A LITTLE LATE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU WAITING. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE HAVE

0023 STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO HELP US . PLEASE COME UP AND WHEN THE 3 OF YOU ARE DONE, IF YOU WOULD COME UP HERE TO US, I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. 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. YO PROMETO LEALTAD A LA BANDERA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, Y A LA REPUBLICA QUE REPRESENTA, UNA NACION BAJO DIOS, ENTERA, 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. SALUDO LA BANDERA DEL ESTADO DE NUEVO MEJICO, EL SIMBOLO ZIA DE AMISTAD PERFECTA, ENTRE CULTURAS UNIDAS. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> [ APPLAUSE ]

003YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD 3 STUDENTS COME UP. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOSEPH FLORES, WHOSE THE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE THIS EVENING HERE. MY NAME IS JOSEPH FLORES AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL HAWK STRING QUARTET . TONIGHT THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AMERICAN QUARTET IN F MAJOR. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] THAT WAS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. JOY FROM THE BEAUTY THAT YOU BROUGHT US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SUCH A GREAT WAY TO START THE MEETING. THANK YOU. THAT WAS GORGEOUS. I WILL NOW

004ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH 4th 2025, REGULAR SESSION AGENDA. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM 5A3 . I WONDER IF WE SHOULD DO THAT WHEN WE APPROVE THE ASSENT -- THE CONSENT AGENDA. I MOVE TO TABLE THAT ITEM . I HAVE A QUESTION. WIRE WE TABLING IT? SO IT NEVER COMES BACK. STRIKE IT FROM THE AGENDA . WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY DISBURSEMENTS. IF YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DATE. I RESCINDS THAT I RESCIND THAT. AND STRIKE IT FROM THE AGENDA. THERE WAS NOT A SECOND ON THAT, SO YOU CAN MOVE AGAIN. I MOVE THAT WE STRIKE THAT ITEM FROM OUR AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IS APPROVED 4-0. LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 18, 2025,

005MINUTES WITH THE DELETION OF PROPERTY DISBURSEMENTS. SO MOVED. I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL IN FAVOR . ALL OPPOSED . 4-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS -- ARE WE DOING MINUTES? LET'S DO MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 18th, 2025, REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. PRESIDENT CORT, I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I COULD ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT. NOW IS A GREAT TIME. LIKE IT'S A TINY ONE. ON PAGE 15 OF THE PDF. IT IS DEAD CENTER AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CALENDARS. MAYBE I MISSPOKE AND IT SAYS WE WOULD BE LOSING A TWO-WEEK BREAK IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND I THOUGHT I WOULD'VE SAID SPRING AND FALL. THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. CHANGE THE SUMMER TO FALL. UNLESS IT SOMEHOW SAYS

006THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 18, 2025 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES WITH THE AMENDMENT . SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. THANK YOU. NOW, I WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. TO APPROVE ITEMS 4B1, 4B2, 4B3, 5A1, 5A2. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 4-0. HERE IS TO REPORT ON THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION OF MARCH 4th 2025 THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4th, 2025 FROM 5:OF FIVE UNTIL 6:5 TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONAL MATTERS UNDER SECTION 10 DUTCH 15 DASH ONE SPECIFICALLY SO THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE INVESTIGATIONS OF CLASSIFIED

007AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES TO DISCUSS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS PERMITTED UNDER -- SPECIFICALLY SO THAT ONE THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING STUDENT MISCONDUCT INVOLVING WEAPONS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION. AND MET WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS THREATENED LITIGATION AS PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS -- AND I AFFIRM THAT THE MATTERS DISCUSSED WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED HERE. IF I MAY INTERJECT SINCE MR. NOLAN IS NOT PRESENT , ALL FIVE BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. PERFECT. BEFORE WE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF THE PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH ARE FOUND IN BEDH IT IS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES , BUT THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. WE WELCOME PUBLIC INPUT AND WE DO NOT PROHIBIT

008PUBLIC CRITICISM ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS OR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION OF THE BOARD MEETING. SO WE HAVE NINE COMMENTS . NINE PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY. WE WILL HAVE THE TIMER UP HERE , AND WE WILL START WITH THE FIRST ONE. MR. GARCIA. MY NAME IS JUAN GARCIA. WE FACE A PROFOUND DISCONNECT AND HOW WE ENGAGE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND DIRECT OUR CONCERNS THE PROPER CHANNELS LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD. A PATTERN HAS EMERGED FRIENDS ON THE LEFT HAVE CHOSEN A DARKER PATH OF DELIBERATE MISREPRESENTATION AND FALSEHOODS AND AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE THE SENSITIVE CONTENT IN OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. WHEN REASONABLE PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL

009CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN'S BENEFIT. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS NEVER , HAS NEVER, ADVOCATE FOR BANNING BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES. WE SUPPORT THOUGHTFUL PROCEDURES TO ENSURE AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS ARE IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES. WE ARE CALLING FOR A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO BRING TOGETHER PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP SENSIBLE GUIDELINES. THIS IS NOT ABOUT CENSORSHIP IT'S ABOUT CREATING A FRAMEWORK THAT SERVES OUR CHILDREN'S BEST INTERESTS WHEN RESPECTING THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. THE MAIN CONCERN IS WHAT IS BEST FOR THE KIDS . ALL KIDS. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN [ INAUDIBLE ] THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED TO THE MOMS. DO YOU SEE VALUE IN THE LITERATURE THAT DEPICTS THE --BY A GROWN MAN ? THE BOOK WAS THAT ORGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL BY HER FATHER AS AN

010INFANT AND A YOUNG GIRL. THE FRAGILE BODY OF THE INFANT CHILD STATISTICALLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE HER MOTHER WATCHES IN HER ONLY THOUGHT IS , WHY THE FATHER AND NOT HER. TELL ME HOW THIS AND SIMILAR TYPES OF MATERIALS ARE EDUCATIONAL? I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION AND HAVE YET TO HEAR ANYTHING. EVERY PARENT KNOWS WHEN SOMETHING IS RIGHT FOR THEIR CHILDREN. WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY AND GIVE THEM THE BEST POSSIBLE START TO LIVE. THIS IS NOT JUST A MOTHER'S CONCERN. IT SHOULD BE EVERY LCPS EMPLOYEES CONCERN AND DUTY TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. I WAS STANDING IN LINE AT TARGET ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND HURT SOMEONE MENTIONING THE BOOKS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS NOW. HE

011WAS CONCERNED AND A LITTLE SCARED AND WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IN LINE. ONE LADY WAS SAYING , WELL, DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO REMOVE THESE BOOKS, ARE THEY AGAINST PEOPLE IN THAT KIND OF THING. THAT HAD NOT ENTERED MY MIND. I ACCEPT AND I WELCOME ANY . THIS IS THEIR CHOICE AS I HAVE MY CHOICE. I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. I HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD , I CANNOT. AS AN ADULT I DON'T WANT TO READ THIS MUCH LESS YOUR 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS. CAN YOU IMAGINE YOUR CHILDREN READING THESE THINGS. SEVERAL YEARS AGO SOME OF THE DR. SEUSS BOOKS WERE REMOVED THE LIBRARIES HERE IN TOWN. BECAUSE THEY WERE RACIST. AND

012THEY WERE REMOVED BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT APPRECIATE WHAT WAS IN THEM. HOW ABOUT THIS? WHEN YOU HEAR OF A BABY BE BEING TORN APART WHILE SOMEBODY IS ATTACKING HIM OR HER AND OTHER THINGS, CAN WE TOLERATE THAT? IT'S NOT ABOUT BOOK BURNING OR WHATEVER. THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING SANITY FOR OUR PEOPLE. THE STRING QUARTET TODAY , THEY HAVE A POTENTIAL OF GREATNESS. AND I WANT TO TALK TO EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS. EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE FAMILIES. YOU HAVE CHILDREN . WE SHOULD -- WOULD YOU PLEASE TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE. YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.>> ALL OF US TOGETHER WE ARE A TEAM AND WE ARE NOT SINGLY . WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. WE STAND TOGETHER AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE DIRTINESS --I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SELF. I'M TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT

013ARE DEGENERATE . THERE ARE THINGS IN THESE BOOKS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY , SPIRITUALLY DEGRADING AND IT'S OVERWHELMING THAT THESE COULD BE WRITTEN MUCH LESS PUBLICIZED OUR SCHOOLS. THAT IS YOUR TIME. THAT WAS PERFECT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND THAT IS ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND PROTECTION TO IMMIGRANTS. I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS POLICY BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFULLY ALIGNED WITH THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I SEE AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE , CARING, AND STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND BY PROTECTING STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES MAY COME FROM OTHER PLACES BY PROTECTING INFORMATION ABOUT A STUDENT'S FAMILY AND THEIR STATUS WE ENSURE THAT SCHOOL IS A SAFE

014PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO GO WITHOUT FEAR. I EXPECTED TO ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES, SO I WILL ADDRESS THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD SO FAR. AND REPEAT SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST ONE OF THESE OPEN MEETINGS. BOOKS THAT DESCRIBE HORRIBLE THINGS ARE THE WAY THAT WE PROTECT KIDS WHEN HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN TO THEM. FICTION --FICTIONAL STORIES ARE WRITTEN FROM REAL-LIFE , AND WHILE WOULD RECOGNIZE IT'S NEVER PLEASANT TO READ SOMETHING HORRIBLE, SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE THE BEST PLACES FOR STUDENTS TO ENCOUNTER THAT INFORMATION FOR THE FIRST TIME. IF THE FIRST TIME YOU READ ABOUT A HORRIBLE EVENT THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A CHILD IS IN A SAFE BUILDING IN A PLACE YOU WILL BE PROTECTED AND PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO YOU , THEN YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND IT AND THAT IS WHY IT'S

015IMPORTANT TO KEEP THESE BOOKS IN SCHOOLS. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD A POLICY THAT PROTECTS STUDENTS IN NEW AND IMPORTANT WAYS, AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP BOOKS AVAILABLE THAT KEEP KIDS SAFE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] GOOD EVENING, I WILL START WITH COMMENTS THAT WERE SPOKEN IN ALBUQUERQUE. THEY ARE FROM A CONCERNED FRIEND AND A REFLECTIVE OF THE SAME ISSUE HERE. AS A MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW OFFENSIVE IT IS TO CLAIM THAT BOOKS IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES, THE PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT REPRESENT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY INEXPERIENCE. WHEN I CAME OUT IN THE 1990S CRITICS INSISTED THAT HOMOSEXUALS HAD BAD SEXUAL BROWNED USE WITH MINORS. SOME WOULD NOT LET THEM VISIT MINE AT MY HOUSE. [ INAUDIBLE ] ONLY TO HAVE APS INCLUDE BOOKS WITH OVERT PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT IN SCHOOL

016LIBRARIES IN OUR NAME. IT NOT ONLY PROVES HER CRITICS CORRECT BUT IT IS AN INSULT TO THOSE OF US IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WHO LIVE DIGNIFIED LIVES. REPRESENT THEM AS TEACHERS, THINKERS, SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, ARTISTS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS BEING RESPONSIBLE ADULTS AND GOOD CITIZENS IS WHAT SUPPORTS ACCEPTANCES OF DIFFERENCES. WHAT OTHER GROUP WOULD YOU DEMAND TO REPRESENT TO CHILDREN IN SCHOOL THROUGH PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS. WOULDN'T THAT BE SEXIST? IT'S LIKE REPRESENTING WOMEN TO CHILDREN AS STRIPPERS. LET'S USE COMMON SENSE AND STOP USING LGBTQ INCLUSION AS AN EXCUSE TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT IN SCHOOLS. THE NATIONAL GROUP IS ARDENTLY AGAINST THE INDOCTRINATION AND SEXUALIZATION OF CHILDREN. THEY ARE APPALLED HOW THE LINES ARE BLURRED AND CHILDREN ARE THE LOSERS IN THIS MASS SCALE CHILD ABUSE BEING PERPETUATED ON AN ENTIRE GENERATION. LAST WEEK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT,

017I WATCHED MULTIPLE YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF HOW THE BOARD WAS MANAGING THE AGENDA. YOU RECEIVED A LOT OF PRAISE FOR STANDING STRONG AGAINST A GROUP WHO IS NOT ASKING TO BE AND A BOOK FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO SPOKE THERE WAS ONLY ONE WHO MENTIONED PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR PARENTS BEING ADVISED THAT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CHILD MUST BE OPTED OUT OF ACCESS TO THEM. PORNOGRAPHY IS A MORAL ISSUE TURNED IN A POLITICAL ISSUE BECAUSE OUR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS CANNOT SEEM TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE. AS PARENTS AND CITIZENS, WE ASK YOU TO OPEN YOUR EYES TO SEE THE HARM SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS TO THE CHILDREN . WE CANNOT SEEM TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE CULTURE, BUT FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAKE, LET'S GET IT OUT OF THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU.

018SARAH SMITH. THANK YOU . ARE CONCERNS ABOUT BOOKS IN YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE NOT ABOUT LGBT OR IDENTITY OR RACE OR RELIGION CLASS. OUR CONCERNS ABOUT ENSURING YOU PROVIDE AGE-APPROPRIATE MATERIALS TO THE CHILDREN IN YOUR SCHOOLS. PROTECTING THEM FROM INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT IS NOT BOOK BANNING. A 17 YOU STUDIED CHILDREN BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN IN SEVENTH OR NINTH GRADE FOUND THAT EXPOSURE TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS. UNSAFE SEX AND MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS INCREASING THE RISK OF TEEN PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. COMED BOOKS WITH THE MOST COMMON SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA THAT CHILDREN WERE EXPOSED TO FOLLOWED BY VIDEOS. 23% OF GIRLS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT NOVELS. A STUDY OF BOYS AND GIRLS FROM 14 -19 FOUND THAT READING PORNOGRAPHIC COMMENTS COMICS INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING SEXUALLY HARASSED SOMEONE OR

019FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE SEX. A REVIEW PAPER IN A JOURNAL ANALYZED 43 STUDIES OF ADOLESCENTS WITH REGARD TO EXPOSURE TO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA AND SEXUALLY VIOLENT MEDIA. CHILDREN WHO WERE EXPOSED TO SUCH MEDIA AT HIGHER RATES OF BEING VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AS YOU KNOW THERE ARE DOZENS OF BOOKS IN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE. THEY CONTAIN GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. PORNOGRAPHIC AND VIOLENT IMAGERY . DETAILED PASSAGES OF CHILDREN BEING MOLESTED AND . CHILDREN USING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND TEENS ENGAGING IN CUTTING AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AND MUCH MORE. YOU ARE AWARE THAT THESE BOOKS ARE PRESENT IN YOUR SCHOOLS. IF THEY WERE RATED LIKE MOVIES ARE, THEY WOULD BE RATED TRIPLE X. INSTEAD OF TAKING COMMON SENSE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT ASSIGNING CHILDREN

020WITH AGE INAPPROPRIATE PORNOGRAPHIC CONTENT, LCPS HAS TAKEN NO ACTION. WE ARE WORKING TO HELP PARENTS LEARN ABOUT WHICH BOOKS ARE IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN OPT OUT USING A FORM. PARENTS CAN ACCESS THIS GUIDE TO OVER 95 OF THE WORST BOOKS IN THE LCPS LIBRARY AT THE WEBSITE. I ALSO BROUGHT EXTRA COPIES OF THIS TODAY IN CASE THERE ARE PARENTS OR OTHER CONCERNED MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY AND JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE LABOR AND YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR OUR SCHOOLS. I AM A MOM AND GRANDMOTHER AND A QUEER MOTHER AND QUEER GRANDMOTHER AND I WANT TO SAY WE ARE NOT A MONOLITH NOR ARE WE A MOP. I NOTICE FOLKS DIMINISHING THE INPUT OF YOUNGER FOLKS WHO SPEAK. THEY ARE AMAZING AND POWERFUL AND CLOSER TO THE

021EXPERIENCES AND I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THEIR VOICES. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK AND THEN I SAW WHO ELSE IS SPEAKING SO I'M HERE TO SAY WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION OF ? I SEE NOVELS THAT ARE DESCRIPTIVE OF REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE BEING DESCRIBED AS PORNOGRAPHY. AWARD-WINNING WORKS IN A COUPLE OF THINGS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE I KNOW AND LOVE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE DISCUSS HERE ARE WRITTEN FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES AND AS A PERSON WHO NOT ONLY IN MY GRANDMOTHER, BUT I HAVE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO COME TO ME TO SHELTER WITH ME AND TALK TO ME AND I KNOW WHAT THE LIVED EXPERIENCES ARE AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE LEARNS THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN WHAT THEY HAVE SURVIVED, FEELING NOT ALONE IS SO IMPORTANT. I

022WANT TO SAY, BY THE WAY, GAY OR TRANS IS OFFENSIVE AND I HOPE PEOPLE WILL EDUCATE THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR LANGUAGE. GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS IS TRANS PHOBIC AND IT'S GREAT IF THAT IS YOUR THING, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT THE FACT THAT I'M A QUEER WOMAN MEAN THAT IT SPEAKS FOR ME. IT DOES NOT. SCHOOLS ARE SOMETIMES THERE ONLY SAFE PLACE. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE TEACHERS. I SPENT TIME IN CLASSROOMS. I AM AWARE THAT LITERALLY THIS IS SOMETIMES THE ONLY PLACE THAT IS SAFE AND YES PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS IMPORTANT. I'M INVOLVED AS A FOSTER PARENT AND THE PARENT AND ALSO SOMETIMES THAT IS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THAT THEY GET TO NOT BE UNDER THEIR PARENTS WING FOR JUST A MINUTE AND THEY GET TO HAVE THEIR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCES IN

023THEIR OWN AUTHENTIC VOICE AND LEARN ABOUT OTHER VOICES. FINALLY, 17 YOUR STUDY WAS CONDUCTED IN TAIWAN USING ACTUAL PORNOGRAPHY. AGAIN, WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT A DESCRIPTION OF THAT IS. AND MOST OF THE THINGS BEING DISCUSSED HERE ARE NOT PORNOGRAPHY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS IN CURING FOR THEM AND SHELTERING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] MEMBERS OF THE BOARD , I AM COMING TODAY IN THE CAPACITY -- THE LARGEST [ INAUDIBLE ] I LIVE HERE IN LAS CRUCES AND I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE POLICIES THAT OF GOOD POLICIES TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. IMMIGRANTS , UNDOCUMENTED AND OTHERWISE WITH ACCESS TO SAFE EDUCATION. I THINK LCPS HAS DONE A LOT TO MAKING THIS --I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT

024AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU IN THE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDING BOOKS. I TOOK A QUICK PEEK AT THAT LIST A PREVIOUS MEMBER SPOKE ABOUT . ONE OF THE BOOKS ON THEIR IS THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. IF ANYBODY HAS READ THAT, IT'S NOT PORNOGRAPHY. SOMEONE SAID THE WERE DEGENERATE EARLIER. THAT IS A DOG WHISTLE. THESE ARE PERPETUATED BY PRUDISH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY STAY STRONG . WE SPEAK --I'M SPEAKING AS A BISEXUAL INDIVIDUAL WHO BENEFITED FROM READING THOSE BOOKS IN SCHOOL. EFFORTS TO REMOVE THESE FROM THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES ARE DANGEROUS. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] WELCOME. MY NAME IS TRENT SCRIBNER. I WOULD LIKE TO [

025INAUDIBLE ] I REALLY WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS IN RECENT EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. IT DEPRESSED ME TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I DO MY CLINICAL ROTATIONS AND I'VE SEEN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO GET CARE FOR THEIR KIDS BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE CERTIFICATES. IT WAS DISHEARTENING AND SEEING THE SCHOOL BOARD STAND UP FOR CHILDREN AND DO SOMETHING IRONCLAD FOR KIDS WHO MAY BE FROM OTHER PLACES --IT MEANT A LOT TO ME AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. KEEP I.C.E. OUT OF THE SCHOOLS. IT'S NO WAY TO DO GOOD COMMUNITY AND IT MAKES ME SICK TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT CHILD SAFETY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS. ON THE CONCEPT OF BOOKS THAT ARE BANNED , I ALSO TOOK A

026LOOK AT THE LIST AND NOTICED THE HANDMAID'S TALE WAS THERE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF STRANGE. AS FAR AS PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL DURING MY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE , THE MOST DISTURBING STUFF I READ AN EXPLICIT STUFF I READ WAS OUT OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS, WE ARE NOT GETTING RID OF THAT. I THINK THIS BOARD FOR NOT FALLING INTO THE TRAP OF GETTING STUCK IN THIS HARMFUL RHETORIC. THERE'S MISREPRESENTATION OF WHAT PORNOGRAPHY IS AND WHAT IS HARMFUL BECAUSE IF YOU SPEND ANY TIME TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SURVIVED SEXUAL ASSAULT, A LOT OF THE TIME THE REASON IT HAPPENED FOR SO LONG IS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THEM. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY THE ONLY REASON THEY FIND OUT THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS WRONG IS BECAUSE

027THEY READ ABOUT IT IN THE BOOK. KEEP TOUGH AND DON'T LISTEN TO CERTAIN PEOPLE AT CERTAIN TIMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, , I WANT TO BEGIN BY BLESSING YOU AND I BLESS YOU TO MAKE GREAT DECISIONS TO RECEIVE CLEAR INSIGHT AND LISTEN WELL TO ONE ANOTHER AND SEEK WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT POLICY ECF . ITEM K, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ALTERNATIVE CARBON NEUTRAL TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS, SUPPORT SCHOOL-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS TO WALK OR TELECOMMUTE . I'M WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE STRENGTHENED IN SOME WAYS. WHEN MY KIDS WERE GOING TO SCHOOL I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIND SAFE ROUTES FOR MY CHILDREN TO BIKE TO SCHOOL. TOM BARRETT ELEMENTARY WAS IMPOSSIBLE. THERE

028WERE NO SIDEWALKS AND I WAS WONDERING, MAYBE YOU COULD SUGGEST HAVING SOMEONE FROM LCPS WORK WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY PLANNERS TO CREATE SAFE ROUTES FOR WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL AND THERE MIGHT BE AN OVERARCHING GOAL IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD TO INCLUDE SAFE WALKING AND BICYCLE ROUTES . THE BENEFITS OF WALKING AND BIKING HAVE INCREASED EXERCISE FOR CHILDREN, REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT AND YOU ARE INSTILLING A LIFELONG HABIT OF COMMUTING A FOOT OR BICYCLE. I REPRESENT CHURCH OF THE CROSSES . THE CONGREGATION'S NAME IS A CLEVER PLAY ON WORDS IN SPANISH IT IS WHO I REPRESENT AND I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT JESUS OF NAZARETH A HISTORICAL FIGURE THAT LIVED 2000 YEARS AGO AND THERE ARE MANY ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS DESCRIBING HIS LIFE'S WORK. AND ONE DIALOGUE , JESUS SAID, LET THE CHILDREN COME TO ME AND

029DON'T STOP THEM BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF GOD BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE. I BELIEVE THAT STATEMENT IS FOR YOU AS THE AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS REGION AND IS MUCH AS YOU'RE ABLE, DO NOT FORBID CHILDREN FROM COMING INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS IN LIFE, LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS, FAITH ENJOY OUR INVISIBLE BEYOND DIRECT SCIENTIFIC MEASURE. SO IT IS WITH THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN ANOTHER DIALOGUE JESUS SAID WHOEVER CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES TO TRUST AND TRUST IN ME TO STUMBLE, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM --HE WERE THROWN INTO THE SEA. AND IT BRINGS ME TO THE TOPIC OF PORNOGRAPHIC AND/OR VIOLENT MATERIAL CONTAINED IN OUR LIBRARIES. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE FOR CHILDREN AND I URGE YOU TO REMOVE THEM FROM OUR SCHOOLS. THAT IS YOUR TIME.

030THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU ALL. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JULIE FROM NEA-LC FOR THE REPORT. GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, . TODAY IS THE DAY OF ACTION SEEING SOCIAL MEDIA FLOODED WITH RED TAPE IT WASN'T URGING -- BARGAINING IS STILL IN PROCESS FOR ANY A LAS CRUCES. FUNDING CUTS ARE DISRUPTING OUR NEGOTIATIONS. A MEDIATOR THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE AND IT APPEARS HIS POSITION IS BEING ELIMINATED. WE ARE IN TALKS WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED AND HOPEFUL WE WILL COME TO A SOLUTION THAT FITS THE DISTRICT AND UNION NEEDS. WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS OF LCPS. WE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH LEADERSHIP

031AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. WHERE WORKING AS SITUATIONS EVOLVE TO ENSURE FAMILIES ARE SAFE AND RECEIVE NECESSARY SERVICES. THANK YOU. AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE MEDIATOR WHO WE HAVE USED , HER JOB HAS BEEN CUT. YES. HE EXPECTS AS OF MARCH 14th HIS JOB WILL BE ELIMINATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CSEC-LC I HAVE A REPORT FOR THAT BARGAINING IS TO BEGIN THIS THURSDAY , MARCH 6, BETWEEN LCPS . THANK YOU. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. AND TURN IT TO YOU. GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, . BEFORE I BEGIN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT. WE MET LAST WEEK AND TALKED ABOUT POLICY ECF , CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. WE HAD NUMEROUS QUESTIONS ABOUT IT SUCH

032AS HOUSE BEING PAID FOR , WHAT IS THE PLAN OF ACTION AND THE TIME FRAME , IS IT GOING TO BE A ROLLOUT THROUGHOUT SCHOOL DISTRICT , ALSO IF CLIMATE EDUCATION CLASSES WILL BE ADDED IF THEY ARE ADDED, DOES IT TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER ELECTIVES OR CURRICULUM? IF ONLY OUR DISTRICT HAD THESE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES, HOW WOULD WE USED TO COMMUTE TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN CHARGE WHILE WE STAY THERE? WE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT INITIATIVE , BUT A HUGE UNDERTAKING. WE ALSO APPRECIATE DR. WENDI'S WORK IN FORMING A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CALENDAR OPTIONS . WE FOUND THE PROCESS TO BE BENEFICIAL AND DID OUR BEST TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH OUR FELLOW STUDENTS. WE WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR VOTING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS . SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS WILL BE GOING

033TO SANTA FE ON APRIL 5th THROUGH THE EIGHTH TO COMPETE IN THE NEW MEXICO YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT SESSION. THIS IS WHERE YOUTH FROM AROUND THE STATE GO TO THE CAPITAL AND PARTICIPATE IN A MOCK LEGISLATIVE SESSION BY PRESENTING BILLS ACTING AS LOBBYISTS AND LEGISLATION. THE AIRHEAD TALENT SHOW DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MARCH 21st AT 3:15 PM AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO NOTE THE CHANGE IN THAT YOU ARE ALL INVITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN WE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION THEY PRESENTED QUITE A FEW INTERESTING POINTS, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS THEM. I AGREE. SO HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT DURING THE POLICY DISCUSSION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE ARROWHEAD PARK TALENT SHOW. THANK YOU. SHE MENTIONED THAT OUR STUDENTS ,

034THE COMPETITION GOING TO STATE GROUP WE ARE ALWAYS WELL REPRESENTED IN OUR KIDS DO A GREAT JOB IN REPRESENTING LCPS BUT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. MOVING ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT ALONG WITH SCHOOL VISITS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT ON THE 20th I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . A FEW WEEKS EARLIER STUDENTS WORKED WITH THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE TO DELIVER VALENTINE CARDS TO VETERANS. HE THANKED THE STUDENTS AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE HIS OFFICE TAKING THE TIME TO VISIT WITH OUR STUDENTS AND APPRECIATE THE PRINCIPLE FOR FOSTERING THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES OF OUR VETERANS. IT WAS A GREAT VISIT AND GREAT TO BE OUT WITH THE KIDS. I WAS JOINED BY SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL BY

035THE LAS CRUCES MAYOR TO CELEBRATE THE NAMING OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP COURT. A TRUE TESTAMENT TO DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. MAYFIELD IS RICH IN TRADITION AND AS I HAVE BEEN HERE , I'VE SEEN THAT VERY CLEARLY. A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE LIVES THAT THE COACH HAS IMPACTED. LAST MONTH YOU HEARD MORE ABOUT THE THRIVE WITH CORENOTE VISITS. AND LCPS BOARD MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, HERMOSA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, ALAMEDA, AND CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. THEY CONTINUE NEXT MONTH ON THE 13th --THE MORNING OF THE 13th I VISITED WITH BUS DRIVERS AND THE CHIEF AFTER THEIR MORNING ROUNDS, THEY SERVED BREAKFAST FOR THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SYSTEM. LCPS HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT INCREASING THE PARTNERSHIP IN COMMUNICATION

036AND OUTREACH WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS. LAST FALL WE INVITED ADMIN STAFF TO A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE THE FEEDBACK WAS SO POSITIVE WE MADE THIS AN ANNUAL EVENT. THIS YEAR --CELEBRATION IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT CORT AND THINGS TO OTHERS FOR PUTTING ON THIS EVENT. ORGAN MOUNTAIN HEADED DRUM LINE TO GET THE DAY GOING, AND PRESIDENT CORT AND I WERE OUT THERE AND WE HAD A MINI CONCERT WITH THEM. IT WAS AWESOME. ALSO WE ARE IN SPRING ACTIVITY AND ATHLETIC SEASON. I'M PROUD TO SHARE STUDENTS ARE HAVING SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION SEASONS. WE HAD CHAMPIONS IN SPEECH, DEBATE, MOCK TRIALS, AND THE KIDS DO AN AWESOME JOB IN REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY . I WOULD LIKE TO PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZE THE ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL COED CHEERING TEAM FOR VARSITY COED AND ADVANCED COED DIVISION. THIS IS A NATIONAL

037CHAMPIONSHIP. THE EVENT WILL BE IN OUR SECOND SEMESTER. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM AND THEIR DIRECTOR . FAMILIES WERE ASKED TO PREREGISTER IN THESE NONPERISHABLE KITS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AT THE SCHOOL SITE. THIS YEAR --FOR THIS EVENT OR FOR THIS TIME, WE ARE PROVIDING KIDS TO 4020 STUDENTS, WHICH IS 8040 KITS WILL BE DELIVERED THAT DOUBLES THE WINTER BREAK MEAL KIT EVENT. AWESOME WORK BY THE TEAM IN A GREAT RESOURCE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS GET CLOSER TO SPRING BREAK, I HOPE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TAKES TIME TO REFLECT AND SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO ENSURE THAT THEY THRIVE AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A SAFE BREAK. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. BOARD, DO YOU

038HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE A DATE FOR THE RECOGNITION? WHAT IS THAT? IT IS MAY 21st. AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. WE NOW MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MR. SILVER FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF THE NMSBA EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT NOMINATIONS GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, AND THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBLE EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT NOMINATIONS. IF I COULD REMIND YOU THAT THE DEADLINE FOR OUR OFFICE IS MARCH 7th. THAT MEANS TONIGHT IS IT. SO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I BELIEVE YOU MAY BE READY TO VOTE ON THIS. BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER QUESTIONS

039OR COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE LONG AND THOROUGH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NOMINEES. CERTAINLY SHOWS THERE DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. I WASN'T SURE HOW WE WERE DOING THIS WHEN WE HAD GIVEN THE NAMES AT THE LAST MEETING. SO WE DID HAVE IN OUR PACKET KIND OF , I GUESS , WHAT WE DISCUSSED. I AM NOT SURE IF THERE TWO NAMES THAT DID NOT GET TO THE PACKET. IF THERE WAS A REASON. CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? FOR THE STUDENT SUMMER INTERNSHIP I COMPARED WITH MY LIST AND I BELIEVE -- IT'S MICHELE . AT THE TIME SHE MAY HAVE BEEN WITH -- WE WERE RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS LAST SUMMER. AND THE OTHER PERSON WAS KATHLEEN AT ARROWHEAD. WE CAN GET THOSE ON. >> I KNOW WE WERE

040JUST SAYING IT IT'S HARD TO CATCH EVERYTHING. I DON'T SEE THE NAMES FOR THE PEOPLE -- I KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE THEM SPECIFICALLY NAMED? MY PROPOSAL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP IS WE WOULD HAVE A LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLAQUE , A COUNTY PLAQUE FOR THEM AND A LAS CRUCES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ONCE THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTES, I CAN WORK WITH BOARD MEMBERS ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL NAMES. I WAS NOT SURE. LIKE MAYBE THERE'S A REASON WHY SOME NAMES WERE NOT THERE AND I HAVE THE NAMES FOR THE COUNTY . THE LAST NAME HAS CHANGED. SO LITTLE THINGS. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THOSE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR CONCERNS? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS POINT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE

041THE 2025 EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT NOMINATIONS AS PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING. AND IN OUR PACKET. SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE . ALL OPPOSED? 4-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SILVER. WE ARE NOW --YOU'RE STAYING UP HERE. WE WILL MOVE TO THE SECOND READING OF POLICY BEDB. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON OTHER REGULATION WORKS IN --THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS POLICY. IT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2015 AND FROM THE FIRST READING THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU INCLUDED REMOVING THE REDUNDANT SENTENCE IN THE BACKGROUND STATEMENT. THERE WERE EDITS TO POSITION 3 -- TWO 3-B AND I WORKED ON THE LANGUAGE FOR F AROUND PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND COMMENT AND WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD FOR FEEDBACK IN PREPARATION FOR THE THIRD READING OF THIS. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT STANDS NOW.

042I THINK IT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP A CAN OF FORMS BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME. IN 3-B THE POSITION , WHY DID WE EXCLUDE THE BOARD PRESIDENT FROM THAT. I THOUGHT IF WE JUST HAD THE SUPERINTENDENT IN THAT BUT THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS PRESENT FOR ALL THE AGENDA SETTINGS. IT ADDS ANOTHER THING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PLATE WITHOUT KEEPING THE BOARD IN THE LOOP. AND I WONDER WHY WE TOOK OUT THE BOARD PRESIDENT. IT WAS MY SUGGESTION BECAUSE MISS GALLEGOS HAD SAID SHE FOUND THIS PARTICULAR SECTION PROBLEMATIC. IF THERE ARE TWO BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSSING AN ISSUE AND WOULD DISCUSS WITH YOU AS A THIRD BOARD MEMBER, IT COULD BE A POSSIBLE QUORUM ISSUE BECAUSE -- WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING A VOTE OR ANYTHING OR WHERE WE STAND ON

043A PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT SHE WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT A LITTLE MORE SEPARATED. SO I SAID, DO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT WHEN -- AND YOU COULD BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. IF IT WASN'T THIS BOARD EARNED THE SUPERINTENDENT BUT YOU THINK OF THE SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE AN OPPOSITION OR IT'S HARD TO GET THINGS PASSED -- NOT PASSED IN THE VOTING SENSE BUT GETTING IT THROUGH TO AN AGENDA. I APPRECIATE YOU JOGGING MY MEMORY. IT'S ALL COMING BACK. I'M GOOD WITH THE WAY THAT STANDS AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE THE MEMBERS PLURAL SHALL NOTIFY THE SUPERINTENDENT. DO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT S AND PARENTHESES? THEN THOSE MEMBERS SHALL NOTIFY -- IT JUST STRUCK ME THAT BOTH NEED TO NOTIFY. I GUESS IT WOULD JUST

044-- I DID NOT THINK THIS OUT. I'M JUST THINKING ON-THE-FLY. BUT LET'S SAY IT'S MYSELF AND SECRETARY WOFFORD AND I COPY YOU ON AN EMAIL SO HE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE TWO OF US. IF I DIDN'T , AND IF IT'S JUST FOR ME, AND LET SAY IT'S NOT --LET'S SAY'S A DIFFERENT SUPERINTENDENT. OKAY. DOES THAT HELP? I PICTURED BOTH OF US WITH AN OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY, BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MY THIRD READING WILL BE SMOOTH SAILING. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO SECOND READING OF POLICY ECF WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK IN THERE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING LAST WEEK BUT WE DID ATTEND TO

045MAKE SURE WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS. WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK SO WE FIGURED WE WOULD GET IT TONIGHT AND WE DID. I DID WRITE DOWN HER QUESTIONS . I KNOW YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS --SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE DID HAVE WERE MINIMAL IS MAKING SURE THAT THE POSITIONING WAS CORRECT. IF YOU LOOK INSIDE THE SECOND READING , WHICH YOU DON'T SEE THEIR, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY JUST POSITIONING . THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE. I NOTICE FORMATTING ISSUES. WE DID CORRECT A LOT OF THAT AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THEY WERE NOT IN THERE. THEY SHOULD'VE BEEN. I GUESS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS , WE CAN GO THROUGH AND ANSWER THOSE. ABSOLUTELY. SHE HAD A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND HAD TO LEAVE. HOMEWORK FIRST. SO IF YOU WANT

046--MR. FRANK , IF YOU'D LIKE TO START THE BALL ROLLING OR IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, I WOULD LEAVE IT TO. I DID NOT WRITE THEM DOWN. I DID. I CAN THROW THEM OUT. ONE IS HOW IS IT PAID FOR? WHAT IS THE PLAN OF ACTION. SHOULD I READ THEM ALL OFF OR TALK ABOUT THEM. LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE. AS FAR AS HOW IT IS PAID FOR , THE SAME PROCESS WE GO THROUGH NOW. IT WILL BE GUIDING US INTO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. THE HIGHER UNITS LOOKING IT EV VEHICLES AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT AREAS ENSURING THAT WE ARE CONSCIOUSLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF ADDRESSING THIS AND LOOKING AT COSTS AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN DIFFERENT ITEMS. IT'S GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS BUT OF

047US WERE GUIDING PRINCIPALS OF WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND AS WE CREATE THE REGULATION TO SUPPORT THE POLICY. AND TO ADD REAL QUICK, THERE ARE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AVAILABLE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR LITTLE WHILE. BUT TO THE STATE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND GRANTS THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC AND PLACES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WILL SUPPORT US AND GIVE US REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THINGS. LIKE THE EV CHARGERS WE WILL BE INSTALLING IN THERE THINGS WE CAN APPLY FOR THOSE AND THEY WILL BE PAID FOR IN A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH THESE INITIATIVES ARE NOT GOING TO BE OUT OF OUR POCKET. THERE IS A LOT OF FUNDING OUT THERE THAT WILL HELP US PAY FOR THESE ADDITIONS. JUST BECAUSE G MENTIONED THE CHARTERS, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE

048PROBLEM THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH THE EV BUSES FOR TRANSPORTING KIDS. RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY EV CHARGING BUSES OR CHARTER BUSES WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT ONES THAT WE HAVE, WE LOOK AT ABOUT 85 TO 95 MILES, DEPENDING ON WHAT SYSTEMS YOU ARE RUNNING. IF WE ARE NOT RUNNING ELECTRICITY OR THE HEATER OR THE AIR CONDITIONER, WE INCREASE THE MILEAGE , BUT IT WILL DEPEND AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THOSE INTERCITY KIND OF TROOPS. THAT'S WHERE IT HELPS US IN THAT PART OF THE POLICY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ZERO MISSION VEHICLES THAT IS THE FIRST OF WHERE WE ARE LOOKING. THE GOAL IS TO GET THERE, BUT IT WILL TAKE A PROCESS FOR US TO GET THERE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE TOTAL FLEET. AND WORKING WITH

049YOU WITH THE REALIZATION OF THAT. WE MAY NOT GET TOTAL COMPLETE VEHICLE BUT TO THE BEST OF OUR EFFORTS WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AND IT'S WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE BUT STUDENT SAFETY. WE DON'T WANT TO SET UP SEND A BUS THAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT. LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE BEST VEHICLE, THE BEST OPTIONS AND MILES AND THOSE WILL BE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPALS. TO ADD ON TO THIS POINT, THEY MAY NOT ALL BE EV. WE CAN LOOK AT HYBRID AND MAYBE WE COULD SEND LONG DISTANCE. AS WE ESTABLISH THIS POLICY ONCE IT IS FINALIZED, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS WE ARE MAKING THESE TYPES OF PURCHASES. I THINK SOME OF IT SHE WAS NOT PRIVY TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO THEY ARE LOGICAL QUESTIONS. ANOTHER SHE HAD WAS ABOUT CLIMATE EDUCATION. WE

050TALKED ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE. NONSPECIFICALLY CLASSES PER SE BECAUSE SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD REPLACE AND HOW WOULD WE ADD ANOTHER ELECTIVE. JUST LOOKING AT CLIMATE EDUCATION. WAS INCLUDING THOSE THINGS LIKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF. WE HAD DIFFERENT SCIENCE CLASSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THERE WAS A PART ON RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RECYCLING. TO INCLUDE MORE THE CURRICULUM AND LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES OFFER SOME OF THOSE. AS WE LOOK AT STANDARDS, WE CAN START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN INCLUDE AND WORK ON SOME OF THOSE. NOT CREATING WHOLE CLASSES. INTEGRATING IT. HOW ARE WE DOING? DO YOU ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I HAVE ONE. SPOKE ARE YOU LOOKING MORE AT PHILOSOPHICAL TYPE STUFF? I'M LOOKING AT

051A SILLY LITTLE GRAMMAR THING. I LIKE THIS DASH. A LONG DASH. IT'S USUALLY NEXT TO INCLUDING -- I'M ON A DIFFERENT READING THAT DOESN'T HAVE THOSE. I SEE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS. THE SHOULD BE --THERE SHOULD NOT BE A SPACE BEFORE AND AFTER. THEY ARE NOT NEEDED. IT'S USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A SECOND THOUGHT TO INTERRUPT YOUR FIRST THOUGHT. I HAVE 3 LITTLE TINY SMALL MINUTE THINGS. THEY ARE REALLY SMALL. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WHY THAT WAS THERE. ONE SECOND. DO YOU HAVE MORE? OTHERWISE, I'M STILL CHEWING ON THE THOUGHTS BEHIND THE VALUE STATEMENTS AND THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND IT. I THINK A LOT OF IT IS NICE. I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE INTERESTING AS FAR AS THE GOAL AND HAVEN'T EVEN PROCESSED TOO MUCH THINKING ON THIS. OTHERWISE THERE WAS THE ONE THE GOAL OF POWERING

052OPERATIONS WITH ZERO EMISSION RENEWABLES. WHERE IS THAT? >> IT IS UNDER POSITIONS. B. I GUESS IT'S NOT LIKE THE SAME TYPE OF GOAL THAT WE USE FOR STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S MORE JUST SOMETHING TO ASPIRE TO. IT'S AN ASPIRATION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE THAT SOMEHOW? I DON'T. BUT WHEN I SAW IT CAUGHT MY EYE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SAY GOAL, IT'S ABOUT HAVING A SMART GOAL. SPOKE WE COULD MAKE IT A SMARTER GOAL. POWERING DISTRICT OPERATIONS INCREASING THAT BY SO MUCH FOR YOUR. YOU START PULLING THAT THREAD AND WHEN I THINK OF PRIMARILY IT'S LIKE HOW MUCH DOES THAT MEAN? THAT WAS JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT. I MIGHT DIRECT YOU TO M IN THE SAME VEIN. WHERE WE HAVE OURSELVES SET MULTI-YEAR CONSERVATION GOALS. WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE

053MORE MEASURED SMART GOALS. BUT IT'S INTERESTING LANGUAGE BACK THERE WE COULD SAY INTENTION AND WE COULD USE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FROM COOL. IF I MAY --AS I'M HEARING THIS, THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WE ESTABLISH OUR POLICY BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE GOALS AND REALLY DEFINING IT, I THINK THINKING ABOUT A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IT IS A FLUID DOCUMENT AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS AND DEFINE IT BETTER AND THE MORE MEASURABLE PIECE OF THAT. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD WANT TO CREATE THOSE SMART GOALS IN THE REGULATION? CORRECT. PART OF THE REGULATION AND WE CAN ESTABLISH THAT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I A, WHAT DO WE NEED A THEREFORE.? THERE'S NO B. AND SHOULDN'T WE

054INDENT ALL THOSE LETTERS? MEAN JUST FOR THE VISUAL APPEARANCE. AND ONE MORE THING IS ON 2D. IT JUST NEEDS --THOSE ARE MY 3 LITTLE TINY SMALL, MINUTE MATTERS. AND I AGREE . I THINK IF IT READS OKAY WITHOUT IT, WHY HAVE IT IN THEIR? AGREED. NOW IF I CAN ADD ONE MORE THING. WHEN I READ THIS, THE LANGUAGE TO ME SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THESE ACTIONS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I SEE THAT MORE AS A REGULATION THING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD START. YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS. AND WHEN I READ IT , IS IT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD ITSELF -- STRONG . WHEN YOU LOOK AT TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND JUSTICE ON J , I WOULD LIKE THE READER TO BE MORE EDUCATED ABOUT THAT

055AND INFORMED ON IT BECAUSE WE ARE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND WERE NOT TELLING PEOPLE WHY. COLIN, CAN YOU GO TO J , PLEASE? IF WE PUT THE RESEARCH IN HERE DO WE HAVE OTHER POLICY WE CAN REFER TO THAT ESTABLISHES OUR EQUITY -- YOU ARE MENTIONING THE PEOPLE , BUT THERE'S NO MENTION OF WHY . LIKE WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THAT. WHAT DID HAPPEN , WHY DO WE NEED -- WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE. TO ME IF THAT WAS IN MY POSITION WOULD BE THIS IS WHY. THE FIRST SENTENCE ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT. WOULD SAYS WE WILL PRIORITY EQUITY BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE CLIMATE CHANGE AMPLIFIES EXISTING PATTERNS. OF INJUSTICE. IT ADDRESSES --AND THEN HE GOES INTO WE PRIORITIZE EQUITY . AND POLICY WE NEVER REFERENCE. WE DON'T

056AT THE DOCUMENTATION LIKE IF THERE WAS RESEARCH BEHIND US. IT'S THE OVERARCHING -- SAME THING WITH RESOLUTIONS. WE NEVER REFERENCE A RESOLUTION. I GUESS I LIKE THAT IDEA SOMETIMES. ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS IS UNDER ATTACK. AND WHILE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT, DID YOU RECEIVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM [ INAUDIBLE ] I DID. AND TO ADDRESS PART OF THAT, WE DO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ON THESE THINGS. WE WORK WITH THEM WITH SAFE HOUSE AND SHE MEETS WITH THEM CONTINUOUSLY ON DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE MEET WITH THEM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THEIR ENGINEERS. SO WE DO HAVE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AND WE RECENTLY GOT THE GRANT FOR THE COLUMBIA WALKING BIKE PATH AND WE DID RECEIVE A GRANT FOR THAT.

057SO IT WAS A GRANT THAT THE TEAM WITH GLORIA AND ASHLEY .FUNDING FOR THAT. SO WE EXTEND THE REST OF THAT BIKE PATH ACROSS OUR PROPERTY AS WELL. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WORK SLOWER THAN WE DO, BUT GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THAT ROAD SPECIFIC , -- THAT IS --WE DO WORK WITH AND MDOT. AND WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE AVENUES FOR THAT I DO THE SAFE ROUTES WITH THE KIDS. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO DRIVE YOUR KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL. BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE. TELECOMMUTE SHE HAD A QUESTION ON WHAT THAT WAS. THAT WAS MORE LIKE REMOTE WORK AND SCHOOLING THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE OPTIONS OF THAT RATHER THAN GOING TO THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. LOOKING AT THOSE AVENUES. AND HER ONLY OTHER QUESTION WAS GREAT POLICY

058BUT A GREAT UNDERTAKING. ANYTHING THAT IS DIFFICULT IS WORTH DOING FOR THE FUTURE AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO OUR PART. THOUGH IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT, IT'S WORTH IT AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH IT TO DO PART OF THIS POLICY AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE PLACE . WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. SHE ALSO MENTIONED A TIME FRAME. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. THE ROLLOUT IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS THE POLICY WHERE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A REGULATION OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THOSE THINGS BUT IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WE START TO LOOK AT NEW SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT THINGS COMING UP AND WHETHER IT'S HVAC OR BUILDING MATERIALS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS , IT'S

059AN EASY ROLLOUT ENSURING THAT WE FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE IN THE REGULATION. WE ARE ROLLING INTO GENERAL OPERATIONS. JUST GOING OFF THIS EMAIL WE RECEIVED. TO WHAT EXTENT A RENEWABLES MANUFACTURING -- USING ZERO EMISSION POWER. AND ARE WE JUST MOVING POLLUTION FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE THE BATTERIES IN THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT WILL BE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES HONDA CREATED ONE OF THE FIRST HYDROGEN ENGINES -- THE ONLY THING THAT IT IS IS WATER. AS WE START TO ADVANCE -- BETTER OPTIONS AND NEWER TECHNOLOGY MEANS COSTS AS THOSE THINGS BECOME MORE AVAILABLE , I DEFINITELY IT IS A START. I THINK I COVERED EVERYTHING. I WOULD ADD THAT ELECTRICITY IS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. IT'S ALREADY MORE EFFICIENT AND THE HOPE IS THAT AS WE

060HOPE TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE CLIMATE CHANGE WE WILL HAVE POWER PLANTS THAT ARE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT. PRESIDENT CORT, IF I CAN CIRCLE BACK AROUND SO THE BOARD COULD POSSIBLY DIRECT , MS. TENORIO WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE GOAL STATEMENTS, THE SUPERINTENDENT SUGGESTED REGULATION AND IF THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN THAT, WHICH I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION. I THINK BUILDING GOALS INTO SPORADIC POLICIES INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD HE COULD GET MISSED. WHERE REGULATIONS ARE LITTLE MORE DYNAMIC I ALSO AGREE WITH SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ THAT AS THE BOARD WORKS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT WOULD BE WISE TO LOOK AT, SHOULD THIS BE ELEVATED INTO THAT PLAN, WHICH IS HIGH PROFILE. IN TERMS OF THAT SUGGESTION CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE SCHOOLS ARE DRESSED. ONE THING YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THEY DIRECT THAT THE

061SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PROMULGATE A REGULATION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS POLICY THAT INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND TRAINING FOR STAFF AND IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT THE POLICY TO INCLUDE THE GOALS, YOU CAN ADD, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MEASURABLE GOALS. ARE WE SAYING THAT WE WANT TO TAKE OUT THESE WORDS THE SCHOOL WILL GET THE HEADLINERS --I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LETTERS THERE WERE. 13. AND CREATE A POSITION WITH JUST THE HEADERS OF THOSE IN WITHIN EACH OF THESE PUT THOSE INTO REGULATION . I THINK MR. RODRIGUEZ WOULD NEED A PATH TO GO ON SO IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR , LET'S MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. WE NEED MORE DETAIL THEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL. SOMETHING LIKE WE ENDORSE, WE SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING . I WOULD LOVE THE IDEA OF MAKING THIS

062SHORTER AND HAVING THE BULK OF IT IN THE REGULATION. I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. WE NEED TO FIX THAT SENTENCE. SO THAT IT FLOWS INTO THE LIST. MAYBE I CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND EMAIL IT TO SECRETARY WOFFORD. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? GET AN IDEA OF PUTTING THOSE TITLES INTO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THEN CREATING --USING THE REST OF THIS FOR REGULATIONS. WE HAVE IT MOSTLY WRITTEN OUT. ONE OTHER THING WOULD BE SINCE THERE ARE AT A MINIMUM 13 POSITIONS AND MOST OF THEM HAVE SOME KIND OF ACTION OR GOAL , I AM GUESSING UNDER REGULATIONS THEY WOULD POSSIBLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW THEY WILL TACKLE THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO TAKE ON AT THE SAME TIME. AND OPERATIONS IS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. THIS

063SEEMS LIKE A LOT . A LOT TO PUT ON ONE CHIEF AS FAR AS 13 GOALS. I'M GUESSING YOU WOULD HAVE A TIME LINE OR SCHEDULE OF OKAY , WE WILL GIVE OURSELVES FIVE YEARS FOR THIS OR TWO YEARS FOR THAT. OKAY. CREATING THOSE TIME LINES THAT ARE DOABLE. SUPERINTENDENT. I'M SORRY, SECRETARY WOFFORD -- I'M SORRY. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT CLARITY. LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL, I THOUGHT THEY WERE THERE TO HELP WITH CLARITY. MANY OF THEM OVERLAP LIKE THE ENERGY-EFFICIENT OLD --THOSE ARE OPERATIONAL CLIMATE EDUCATION EQUITY AND JUSTICE AND WITHIN THOSE --I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE CONTRADICTORY GOALS ARE TOO MUCH. IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY SO IT'S INCLUSION HERE AND I DON'T THINK IT'S BURDENSOME AND MAKING SURE THE POLICY IS BROAD. THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ELECTRICAL

064EQUIPMENT. BUT IS A COMPONENT AS IS THE SUSTAINABLE PLAYGROUNDS. THERE COULD BE AN ARRANGEMENT. THE TEXT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE TEXT IS SAYING AND TRY TO THINK ABOUT THE LARGER SECTION FROM EACH PART . OPERATIONS BEING ONE, TEACHING AND LEARNING BEING ANOTHER. BUT I WAS NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I HEARD IN TERMS OF THE TITLES VERSUS THE TEXT ITSELF. WHAT I WAS AFRAID I WAS HEARING IS WE WANTED TO TAKE THE WORDING OUT AND HAVE THE TITLES . SHIRLEY I MISHEARD THAT. I WAS JUST THROWING SOME THINGS OUT. THAT IS WHAT I DID SUGGEST. WHEN I SEE THIS I SEE A LOT OF ACTION WORDS AND THEN THE GOAL TALK. AND, TO ME, WE ARE TELLING ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THESE THINGS. SOMEBODY READS THESE

065POLICIES AND THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND HOW CLIMATE JUSTICE --CAN'T WE OFFER THAT LANGUAGE HERE YOU JUMPED INTO IT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING BUT TO EVERYBODY ELSE THE POLICY IS MORE ABOUT THE POSITION MEETING IS WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? I'M SORRY. I WAS NOT MEANING TO , LIKE, I DID NOT COME HERE WITH THAT INTENTION BUT I WAS LOOKING AT IT INKING THE LANGUAGE SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE WOULD TELL ADMINISTRATION TO DO FOR US. I WAS NOT HERE TO SAY WE NEED TO START OVER. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT YOU COULD TEASE OUT. I GUESS EVEN FOR MY OWN -- LIKE --MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THINGS THAT REMIND ME OR EXPLAIN A LOT OF THESE THINGS AND I CAN THEN GO AHEAD AND IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO LEARN

066MORE ABOUT, I COULD EXPLAIN TO THEM BECAUSE --I DON'T KNOW --I'M NOT A CLIMATE EXPERT. THIS IS NOT MY STRENGTH. SO HOW DO I EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK A COUPLE SENTENCES AND --I DID NOT SUGGEST. YOU SUGGESTED. THE MEAT OF EACH OF THE SECTIONS AND HAVE THEM USE IT FOR THE REGULATION. AND FOR WHAT WE HAVE LEFT WITH THE HEADERS IS JUST YOUR POSITIONS , RIGHT, WITH A COUPLE OF SENTENCES. MAY I? ARE YOU DONE? >> YES. SOME OF THE POLICIES ARE VERY DESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF DO THIS AND DO THAT. THEY ARE VERY -- WE CAN KEEP IT AS IS AND THAT'S FINE. PERHAPS THE POSITION STATEMENT NEEDS TO BE BROADENED OR EACH ONE OF THE SECTIONS IN POSITION WHY EQUITY AND JUSTICE IS IMPORTANT --WE DON'T

067SAY WHY WE BELIEVE IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD HERE. WE JUST ASSERT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE LOCALLY DONE PRODUCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND DECREASE WASTE . I FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN THIS WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STICK THEIR HEELS IN AND NOT WANT TO EVEN GIVE US ANY CREDIBILITY , RIGHT? AND THE REST OF US, WE ARE STILL GOING AND MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS IS RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE ALREADY THERE AND MOVING FORWARD. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ATTACKED FOR THINGS THAT I BELIEVE IN AS WELL. JUST THE DATA OR THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH BEHIND THESE THINGS. THAT'S JUST ME. I CAN DO IT FOR MYSELF AND IF THEY SAY IT'S A GOOD POLICY , I WILL BELIEVE IT AND I WILL SUPPORT IT. SUPERINTENDENT. >> THANK YOU. AS I AM HEARING

068YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE. I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. THE WAY I SEE THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO AND TO GET TO THIS POINT WHAT AND THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WORD WOULD BE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT UNDER POSITION WHERE IT SAYS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS WELL STRIVE TO , OR WILL --SOMETHING TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS AND IN THE REGULATION THAT IS WHERE WE WILL REALLY SPELL IT OUT AND LOOK AT THE NEEDS ANALYSIS AND INCORPORATE WHETHER IT'S A FOUR-YEAR PLAN OR A FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND I'M THINKING STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW WE WILL GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE. AND DO IT ON

069A YEARLY BASIS LIKE WE DO WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. JUST SOME THOUGHTS. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. MR. FRANK? WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE BIG IDEA, WHICH IS TO MOVE THE DISTRICT FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S IN THE POLICY OR IN REGULATION AS LONG AS THE DISTRICT IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I AM IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO MAKE THE POLICY AS CONCISE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND GET THE BULK OF IT INTO THE REGULATION , AND A LOT OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE HERE CAN GO INTO THE REGULATION WITH EVEN MORE DETAIL THAN WE HAVE HERE. AND WITH A TIME LINE ON IT AND AN INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE AT AT THE CURRENT TIME. THAT CAN GO INTO REGULATION. BUT THE

070MAIN THING IS THAT WE WANT TO PASS THIS AND GET THE DISTRICT TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE THINK IS THE WAY TO GO. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. GOING BACK TO ORIGINAL ASK , IF WE WANTED TWEAK SOME THINGS. AND WE WILL GET THOSE TWEAKS TAKING CARE OF. AND SPENT SOME TIME DOING THAT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT ALL ON YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY. WE DO AS WELL. AND I APPRECIATE THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION. IT IS AN IMPORTANT POLICY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF SAYING LCPS WILL UPHOLD AND THEN YOU COULD SAY --LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS, BUT ADD THE WORD , UPHOLD, AND IT GOES TOWARD YOUR SUBHEADINGS OR WHATEVER THESE ARE. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. I THINK YOU ARE STAYING UP HERE.

071DO WE HAVE -- I APOLOGIZE. YOUR ON FOR THESECOND READING OF POLICY ECFA - WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE OTHER ONE. ABSOLUTELY. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE IN ECF, RIGHT? YES. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ARE YOU GOOD, BORED? WE NEEDED THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. RODRIGUEZ. I APPRECIATE IT. NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF A DONATION FROM CITIZENS BANK, OF A DIGITAL MARQUEE FOR CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . MADAM PRESIDENT, MOVERS OF THE BOARD, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, THIS SHOULD BE A STANDING ITEM. WE ARE GETTING A DONATION, SO IT'S A DUTIFUL THING TO BE UP HERE. THIS EVENING, AS PER POLICY, I BRING BEFORE YOU A DONATION OF A DIGITAL MARQUEE FROM CITIZENS BANK TO CENTRAL ELEMENTARY. THE DONATION IS VALUED AT $31,934. THAT RISES

072TO THE LEVEL THAT REQUIRES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE DONATION. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. BOARD? ICEMAN THE INVITATION, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO COME. I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DONATION FROM CITIZENS BANK OF THE DIGITAL MARQUEE FOR CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SOME OF AREA >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MS. TENORIO, AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OF THOSE? UNANIMOUS. WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU FOR WAITING UNTIL 8:00 TO HANG OUT WITH US. IT'S MY FAVORITE BANK. NOW WILL MOVE TO FIRST POLICY JB, ACCESSING PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS BY DR. LOZANO, AND MR. RODRIGUEZ, BACK IN. YOUR REST WAS SHORT . GOOD EVENING, MADAME COURT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT BRUITS. WE BRING YOU A

073READING OF JV. INSTITUTED ON APRIL 30th, 2017. INCLUDING THE BOARD PACKET IS A COPY OF YOUR POLICY WITH REVISIONS. THIS POLICY IS ROOTED IN THE LANDMARK CASE THAT OCCURRED IN 1982, WHICH PROHIBITS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM DENYING EDUCATION BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS UNDER THE 14th MINUTE. THE POLICY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ALIGN WITH RECENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STUDENT POLICY PROTECTIONS UNDER FOR. AT THE HEART OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER. AROUND SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS FROM MADAM CORT FOR POLICY JB AND ALSO FROM BOARDMEMBER WOFFORD. THAT WAS NONSPECIFIC TO JB, BUT IT WAS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER ONE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THIS ONE. KLG. WITH THAT, MADAM CORT , I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY

074HAVE REGARDING THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE MADE TO THE POLICY. SO, DID YOU ADD THAT VERB? YES, I DID. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, MY APOLOGIES, SINCE I SENT THAT TO YOU. I BELIEVE THAT WAS UNDER E THREE . CORRECT, CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. THERE WAS A VERB THAT WAS MISSING. THE OFFICE ALSO BELONGS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. YEAH, SO YOU NEED AN APOSTROPHE. YES, THE'. SO WHERE DO THE WORDS GO? BECAUSE I ALSO HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE YOU PUT THE WORD. WHAT WORD. SO, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD . PRESIDENT CORT, BOARDMEMBER FRANK , IF YOU GO TO SECTION E. NUMBER THREE. RIGHT. >> IF THE ONE PRESENTED REQUEST THE GROUND FOR ACCESS, MAKE NOTES, DENY ACCESS, AND, IF NECESSARY, CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO

075SUGGEST. AND PUTTING THE APOSTROPHE. AND PRESIDENT, IF WE WANT TO DO THE, CORRECTLY, HE GOES BEFORE THE END. YES. I'M SORRY, YES, WEATHER, IS. MADAM CORT, IF I MAY, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT ALL THREE POLICIES COMING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE UNCONNECTED. SO BOARDMEMBER WOFFORD DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION , IF YOU LOOK AT THIS POLICY, SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE. I WILL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT . 718. ADVISED THE AGENTS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE STEPS PRIOR TO ALLOWING THEM ACCESS TO ANY SCHOOL SITE OR STUDENT DATA, IN LESS EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST. SO BOARDMEMBER WOFFORD RECOMMENDED CLARIFYING WHAT THAT MEANS, WHICH I COMPLETELY AGREE. AND THE REASON I AM BRINGING IT UP NOW IS BECAUSE IT IS AND THE OTHER POLICY. SO, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HE

076MADE WAS TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE THERE TO CLARIFY THAT SECTION. YES. WHICH IS , WHICH WOULD BE DATA , UNLESS A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS OR OTHER EXIST . PRESIDENT , I TOOK THAT LANGUAGE DIRECTLY FROM KLG ABOVE, WHERE IT SAID WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD CAUSE THEM TO NEED IMMEDIATE ACCESS. EXCELLENT. >> I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. MADAM CORT? THAT SECTION, SINCE WE ARE ALREADY THERE, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE END OF EACH CLAUSE, MAYBE BEING A SEMICOLON. I FEEL LIKE THERE IS ONE MISSING, AND A PERIOD ON ANOTHER ONE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, FORMATTING, IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE. I HAD , I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A CONCERN, BUT GOING BACK TO E3, NUMBER THREE, WHERE IT SAYS, IF NECESSARY,

077DO WE NEED THOSE WORDS IN THERE? IF NECESSARY? BECAUSE ISN'T IT , DON'T WE CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE BECAUSE OF THIS, NOT IF IT IS NECESSARY, WE JUST DO? MADAM CORT, I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE CAN TAKE THAT OUT FOR SECOND READING. OKAY, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT, I PAUSED ON THE SAME WORDS AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A SCENARIO WHERE IT MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY TO CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE. BECAUSE IT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE, THERE IS A BROAD , LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SO, IF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY COMES WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, THEN IT MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY TO INFORM THE SUPERINTENDENT . IF THERE WAS SMALL, SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE. AND I WASN'T SURE, EITHER. BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN A BROAD TERM

078HERE. WHICH WAS ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN IMMIGRATION AGENTS AND I.C.E. DOWN BELOW, ITEM EIGHT . SO THERE WAS SOME CLARITY. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN BELOW, ITEM F, YEAH, IF YOU SEE, G HAS I.C.E. . SO, JUST SOME CONSIST OF VERBIAGE THERE. YEAH, AND UP ABOVE, IT DID NOT SAY I.C.E., IT SAID IMMIGRATION AGENTS. SO IF WE GO BACK THROUGH AND LOOK AT LANGUAGE SHIFT. PRESIDENT CORT, MR. WOFFORD , JUST TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURED THIS. THE ASK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ANNOTATE THE RIGHT AGENCY? SORRY, I DID TWO THINGS AT ONCE. IS IT ALWAYS NECESSARY TO INFORM THE SUPERINTENDENT? THERE MAY BE SOME EXIGENCE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE INFORMED. MR. WOFFORD? MS. GALLEGOS WOULD LIKE TO THROW SOMETHING IN HERE. PRESIDENT CORT

079AND SECRETARY WOFFORD, IF I MAY POINT OUT, PARAGRAPH E IS NOT WITH REGARD TO ALL AGENCIES, IF I AM READING IT CORRECTLY. PARAGRAPH E IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE WILL PROCESS REQUEST BY IMMIGRANT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. SO THERE WAS A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBER THREE THAT YOU ARE REFERENCING CONTEMPLATES ALL THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS , CIVIL AND CRIMINAL. OKAY. IN THE SAME MANNER IS A REQUEST FROM ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SO IT IS SPECIFIC YOU ARE SAYING, TO I.C.E. AGENTS, OR TO IMMIGRATION . RIGHT, BECAUSE THEN IT EXTENDS WITH AND IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. AND MAYBE THE AND IS WHAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT BEFORE SUBSEQUENT READINGS. SO THAT WE CAN DISTINGUISH IF THE AND IS SUPPLEMENTAL , OR JUST A RESTATEMENT OF WHAT

080WE DO WITH ALL AGENTS. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO CLARIFY, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL AGENCIES. SO WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, FOR SECOND READING. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MS. GALLEGOS. MR. FRANK? I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE IS NOTIFIED AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE UNNECESSARY. WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. SUPERINTENDENT? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION. I WOULD RATHER BE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, SAFE THAN SORRY. TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING OUR PRINCIPLES, AND THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING IN MAKING THAT FINAL DECISION. EXCELLENT. HOW OFTEN DOES THIS OCCUR? DO WE OFTEN HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS DOING SOMETHING TOTALLY UNRELATED IMMIGRATION? WOULD YOU

081WANT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT EVERY -- COURT MEMBER WOFFORD, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE REALLY HAVEN'T, THAT I CAN RECALL, I DON'T KNOW, AS FAR AS NEEDING A SEARCH WARRANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS. NOT THAT I CAN RECALL. BUT I WILL ALSO DEFER TO MR. RODRIGUEZ IF THERE'S ANYTHING I MAY HAVE WRIST. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD, NOT A LOT. USUALLY A LOT OF THAT IS UNDERTAKEN WITH MAURICE, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR , WHERE SHE HAS THAT INFORMATION AND THINGS , WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INSTANCES LIKE THAT. MOST OF THE TIME AS IF THERE IS AN IMMINENT, DIRECT THREAT. THOSE THINGS THAT, OF COURSE, THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE NOTIFIED KEEPING THEM UP-TO-DATE ON THE STATUS OF ITEMS. IT IS NOT THE USUAL. SO, IF I'M HEARING IT CORRECTLY, I THINK

082WE NEED TO TAKE OUT IF NECESSARY AND JUST SAY CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. YES? SOUNDS BETTER. I HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER SMALL THINGS, AS WELL. GO AHEAD, SECRETARY WOFFORD. IF YOU WOULD SCROLL TO K. WHAT WAS IT. IT READS ALL DISTRICT STAFF TREATS STUDENTS EQUITABLY IN THE RECEIPT OF ALL SCHOOL SERVICES, INCLUDING , CORRECT THE, THERE AFTER THE BUT. STICK IT IN FRONT, WOULD YOU? INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FREE AND REDUCED COST LUNCH. THAT IS WHAT MADE ME PAUSE ON HERE. OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT CARE ABOUT THE,, BUT DO WE HAVE A FREE AND REDUCED PROGRAM, OR DO WE NOW JUST HAVE FREE? SO ALL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THEM. PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, CURRENTLY ALL STUDENTS TO RECEIVE FREE LUNCHES. IS IT STATE-FUNDED, OR IS THERE SOME FEDERAL FUNDING? YES, THERE IS

083FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HELPS TO PROVIDE THAT, AND THE STATE COVER SOME OF THE OTHER ONE. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT FORWARD THINKING. AND THE LAST ONE I HAD WAS IN LETTER L. WHERE IS IT? AFTER NUMBER FOUR . IT SAYS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN IN COLLABORATION, AND IT REFERENCES LOCAL UNIONS. NOW, I AM ASSUMING WE MEAN THE SECT AS OPPOSED TO THE GUYS OVER IN THE PLUMBING SECTION? I JUST WONDERED ABOUT CLARIFYING THOSE WITH WHOM WE HAVE THE CBA. AND DUST IS BEEN GETTING TO ME ALL DAY. THANK YOU. THERE IS A DOUBLE: ON L. AND THEN THE FORMATTING IS WEIRD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN. BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THERE WAS ONE THAT I THOUGHT WASN'T MAKING SENSE. WHERE WERE WE? I THOUGHT WHERE IT SAID THE

084DISTRICT SHOULD REFUSE ALL VOLUNTARY INFORMATION SHARING. I GUESS, DOES IT MAKE SENSE. THE DISTRICT WILL REFUSE ALL INFORMATION SHARING WITH IMMIGRATION AGENTS TO THE FULL EXTENT POSSIBLE UNDER THE LAW. I THINK WHAT I SAID OUT LOUD IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN WHEN I AM READING IT, BECAUSE THE WAY THEY SAY SHARING. SHALL REFUSE SHARING ALL VOLUNTARY INFORMATION. I SEE, TAKING THE SHARING AND STICKING IT BEFORE. YEAH. I'M SORRY, REFUSE THE SHARING OF ALL VOLUNTARY INFORMATION. PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBER TENORIO, I THINK THAT IS A TERM OF ART. AND WE CAN CHECK IT FOR SECOND READING. BUT I THINK THE VOLUNTARY INFORMATION SHARING IS A TERM OF ART ACROSS THE AGENCIES. IT MAY BE WRONG, I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK FOR SECOND READING IF IT IS WRONG. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE CHECK UP AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY,

085THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE REFUSED ALL OVER, IN THE RIGHT PARTS. FORD, HOW ARE WE? SECOND READING? FIRST READING? IT IS THE FIRST RATING, MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE THEN READY TO GO ON TO THE FIRST READING OF POLICY KLG, RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. THEY ARE SAYING PEOPLE ARE HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE ARE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE FIRST READING OF POLICY KLG , AN EXISTING POLICY THAT WAS LAST REVIEWED AND REVISED ON JANUARY 17th, 2006. WE INCLUDE IN THE BOARD PACKET A COPY OF THE POLICY WITH IN-LINE REVISIONS. THE GOAL OF THE REVISION IS TO ALIGN WITH JB, PERMITTING ACTIONS NOT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW. TO REQUIRE INCREASED TO GO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE WITH JUDICIAL WARRANTS WHEN APPLICABLE.

086ADDITIONALLY, REVISIONS CLARIFY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES SUCH AS ARRESTS, CITATIONS, AND COURT REFERRAL SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR NONVIOLENT STUDENT BEHAVIOR UNLESS THERE IS A SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO SCHOOL SAFETY. THIS ENSURES THE MAJOR VIOLATIONS REQUIRING LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT ARE NOT MISINTERPRETED TO INCLUDE IMMIGRATION RELATED VIOLATION. REINFORCING THAT IMMIGRATION STATUS ALONE DOES NOT POSE A SAFETY THREAT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LANGUAGE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES INCORPORATES LONG-STANDING LANGUAGE IN THE M.O. USE FOR SROS. THANK YOU. BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS? MR. FRANK? I DO. SO, 2A , THE FIRST SENTENCE, I THINK WE NEED THE WORD THAT A LITTLE BETTER. BUT I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS THING ABOUT STAFF . THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING PROPER ORDER AND CONDUCT IN THE SCHOOLS IS THAT OF STAFF. I THINK WE CAN WORD THAT BETTER. BUT I REALLY

087WANT TO TALK ABOUT STAFF. I MEAN, SUPPOSE, IS THE PERSON THAT IS OUTSIDE MOWING OUR LAWN RESPONSIBLE FOR , I MEAN, THEY ARE PART OF OUR STAFF. ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING PROPER ORDER AND CONDUCT? I DON'T THINK SO. SO I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY STAFF THERE. WHO DO WE WANT IN OUR SCHOOLS, MAINTAINING PROPER ORDER AND CONDUCT? I WOULD ASSUME IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN THE ADMINISTRATORS. THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE. WE WOULD HOPE THAT ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD REPORT THINGS THAT SEEM OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEY ARE NOT REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, I DON'T THINK. YOU KNOW, LET'S KICK THAT AROUND . THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE CLEAR ON THAT. AND TRY TO REWORD IT SO THAT

088STAFF DOES NOT END UP AS THE LAST WORD. THANK YOU, SECRETARY WOFFORD . I SENT A REWORDING TO DR. LOZANO, BECAUSE IT STRUCK ME THE SAME WAY. THAT ALL CPS STAFF HAS THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING ORDER AND CONDUCT IN THE SCHOOLS, AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE. AND THE CUSTODIAN CAN HOLD KIDS ACCOUNTABLE, AND THEY DO. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION. BUT THE CUSTODIANS, THEY DO IT, WE KNOW THEY DO IT. AND THEY DO AMAZING THINGS IN OUR SCHOOLS. BUT DO WE WANT TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTIONS? IS IN THE CBA? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YES, MS. GALLEGOS? PRESIDENT CORT, MR. FRANK, I THINK YOU ARE BRINGING A VERY GOOD POINTS. BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE INTENT IS, THE INTENT IS, AS

089OPPOSED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO , THIS IS RELATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES, AND IS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE CLEAR THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING PROPER ORDER AND CONDUCT IN THE SCHOOLS. IT IS L CPS THAT IS RESPONSIBLE. SO WHAT WE SAY, L CPS EMPLOYEES, BUT IT IS L CPS AND NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS THE INTENT OF PARAGRAPH A. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE OTHER PIECE WOULD HAVE TO BE A CONSIDERATION TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE START DEFINING, JOB DESCRIPTIONS CAN CHANGE. THEN WE LIMIT OURSELVES, POTENTIALLY, JUST THINK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEMS HOW WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT. SO HE JUST WANT TO NOT PUT HERSELF IN A CORNER, KEEPING A JOURNAL IN REGARDS

090TO STAFF. JUST A CONSIDERATION, I APPRECIATE MR. FRANK'S THOUGHT ON THAT, AS WELL. THANK YOU. IT WAS MY INTENT TO GENERATE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT 2B. THE LAST SENTENCE. LET'S SEE , IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING. ANYWAY, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE OUT THE WORD THE AT THE END THERE. I MEAN, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, RIGHT? SO WE COULD JUST USE THE LETTER A. AND DO WE NEED THE WORD AGENCY? SO IT WOULD READ , WHERE SHOULD I START? SUBSTANTIAL THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS, OR OTHERS, SUCH AS BOMB THREATS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WITH THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE . INDIVIDUAL THREATS OF SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM, TRAFFICKING, AND PROHIBITED DRUGS OR THE SCHEDULING EVENTS WHERE LARGE CROWDS MAY BE

091DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WILL BE CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT , YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE THAN ONE. YES, YES. OKAY. MR. FRANK? DO YOU HAVE MORE? MAYBE. OKAY, LET ME SEE. YEAH, IN 2F3 , YEAH, THE SAME THING. THE SAME SENTENCE THAT APPEARED EARLIER, WILL NEED TO PUT IN IF NECESSARY, CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. HOW LONG HAS THAT SENTENCE BEEN ALIVE? A LONG TIME. ONE MORE. >> YES SIR, YOU HAVE THE FOUR. OKAY, THIS WOULD BE II G3. I'M THINKING OF JUST TAKING OUT THE WORDS SHOULD , IN THE EVENT HOMELAND SECURITY AGENTS APPEAR ON CAMPUS, JUST TAKE OUT THE SHOULD. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED THE SHOULD. YEAH. MADAM CORT, WHILE WE ARE ON THAT ONE, CAN I ADD SOMETHING? REMEMBER WOFFORD DID SEND A RECOMMENDATION,

092INSTEAD OF PUTTING HOMELAND SECURITY, JUST TO ENUMERATE AND SAY I.C.E. ALL OR BORDER PATROL. ABSOLUTELY, FANTASTIC. YES OKAY, MR. FRANK, YOU GOOD? YEAH. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE CHANGE, BUT I WILL SEE IT ON THE NEXT RATING ON THIS LAST ONE. SO THIS IS THREE. IN THE EVENT THAT I.C.E. OR BORDER PATROL APPEAR ON CAMPUS, THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROVISIONS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. PERFECT . >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. FOR MEMBERS? YES, SECRETARY WOFFORD? >> WAS A CLARIFICATION ON E ABOVE. IT APPEARED IN THERE AND DID NOT QUITE MAKE SENSE TO ME. IT SPANS BOTH PAGES. DO YOU SEE THE LAST TWO LINES WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN TAKE ACTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL SAFETY OF I WOULD TAKE ITS OUT. IT WAS NOT CLEAR TO

093ME. SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. AND I SAID THAT TO YOU, DR. LOZANO. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER WOFFORD, IT WAS TO TAKE OUT IT'S , RIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE PRONOUN WAS REFERRING TO. WHERE ARE WE AT? E ON THE SECOND PAGE, LAST TWO LINES. MADAM PRESIDENT, MR. FRANK, IT IS AFTER THE WORD SAFETY OF, AND THEN TAKE OUT IT'S , OF ITS STUDENTS AND STAFF. OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. YES. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. GREAT. >> I LIKE TAKING OUT WORDS. AND THEN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK, AGAIN, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, CLARIFYING IT. ABSOLUTELY. IS THAT GOOD, SECRETARY? THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT . ABSOLUTELY. FOR ME, G . 2A. I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WORD SUCH. I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE SHALL IDENTIFY SUCH STUDENTS TO EACH

094INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL, WITH SUCH STUDENTS, I JUST HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT WORD. BUT I DID NOT PROVIDE A SOLUTION FOR THAT WORD. I JUST DID NOT LIKE IT. I FEEL LIKE IT IS A BIZARRELY STRUCTURED SENTENCE, AND I WONDERED IF ANY OF MY LOVELY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOT AT THAT, OR IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT IS SUFFICIENT. MADAM CORT, IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU TAKE IT OUT IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM THE INTENT THAT . THEY ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW. SO THEY ARE NOT IDENTIFYING ALL STUDENTS. THE JVP OFFICE SHALL IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS TO EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL. I REMEMBER PAUSING ON THIS AND WONDERING IS THAT OUR PRACTICE, AND IS THAT HOW THINGS ARE HAPPENING NOW? DOES J PP INFORM US? MAURICE WOULD PROBABLY KNOW

095THAT. YES, PRESIDENT CORT , SECRETARY WOFFORD, THEY DO INFORM US WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE COMING OUT OF SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, AS WELL. OKAY. YOU CAN TALK ME DOWN OFF MY LEDGE OF SUCH . AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IDENTIFYING WHICH STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS WOULD WORK, AS WELL. >> CAN YOU GUYS READ IT ALTOGETHER? TO MINIMIZE CONFUSION AND CONFLICT AS TO WHICH STUDENTS FALL WITHIN THE SUPERVISORY JURISDICTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE JVP OFFICE, THE JVP OFFICE SHALL IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS TO BE EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED, AS WELL AS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT , INSTEAD OF SAYING SUCH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WE GO TODAY FOR THE SECOND REFERENCE. IN WHICH THEY -- EXACTLY, AND

096WE DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT IT AGAIN. I THINK I HAD MORE OF AN ISSUE WITH WE HAD THAT TWICE. THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THAT. I AM STILL STUCK ON THE OTHER POLICY IN THIS TERM OF ART. THE SHARING OF VOLUNTARY INFORMATION. THEY WANT IS A VOLUNTARY INFORMATION SHARING? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T CHANGE IT. BECAUSE THAT IS -- BUT WHO IS A WRITTEN FOR? >> I'M GOING TO HAVE MS. GALLEGOS ANSWER THAT, BECAUSE I CAN'T. SO, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBER TENORIO, AGAIN, I AM HAPPY TO VET IT AND COME BACK TO YOU IN SECOND READING. WHO IT IS WRITTEN FOR, I THINK, ARE THE AGENCIES THE YOU ARE SETTING LIMITS AROUND. IF IT IS A TERM OF ART, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE IT BECAUSE THIS IS

097KIND OF A CROSS AGENCY CONVERSATION. BUT IT'S YOUR CALL . THE ONLY THING I WAS OFFERING AS IT DOES SOUND LIKE A STRANGE PHRASE, AND I THINK IT MAY BE A TERM OF ART. I KNOW AMONG STATES THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT KIND OF COOPERATION, SO I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT RAISE IN THAT CONTEXT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T, PERHAPS, WATER IT DOWN BY MAKING IT NOT RECOGNIZABLE TO THE AGENCIES YOU ARE SETTING BOUNDARIES AROUND I MAY BE INCORRECT, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH COMING BACK AND SAYING NEVERMIND. BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST SUGGEST THAT WE MAY NEED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT. TO BETTER INFORM YOU. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. BOARD, ARE WE GOOD? MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, I DID HAVE A COMMENT

098OR AND ASK FROM SECRETARY WOFFORD REGARDING NUMBER TWO B. THIS, IF YOU READ NUMBER THREE, IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT , SORRY, NUMBER TWO, IT SHOULD NOT ORDINARILY BE NECESSARY FOR JVP O TO CONTACT STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS, DURING SCHOOL HOURS, OR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, EXCEPT UNDER EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN THIS OCCURS THE PRINCIPAL IS RESPONSIBLE TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS. AGAIN, THAT WORD IS THERE, THAT LITTLE PHRASE. SO HIS COMMENT WAS THIS IS IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT, RIGHT? WHERE IS THE OTHER WHEN WE DEFINED IT AS IMMEDIATE THREAT . I JUST CAN'T THINK OF A SITUATION WHERE IT WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT. SO I JUST THOUGHT OF THAT AS A COMMENT FOR WHAT MR. WOFFORD ASKS, FOR DISCUSSION OF HOW WE WANT TO FREEZE THAT STATEMENT. BOARD? SECRETARY WOFFORD? THANK YOU, DR. LOZANO. EXIGENCE, WHEN I SAW

099IT, I THOUGHT WE NEED TO DEFINE CLEARLY WHAT AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD BE. IT IS SOMEWHAT DEFINED UP ABOVE, WHERE IT SAYS IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND OTHERS. BUT THEN WHEN I GOT OUT OF THIS ONE, THAT DID NOT SEEM, IT SEEMED LIKE THE CONTEXT HAD SHIFTED IN WHAT THIS LANGUAGE WAS. SO IT WAS UNCLEAR TO ME WHAT , EXIGENCE IS THAT WHICH CAUSES SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT LATER, A PURPOSE IN WHATEVER EMERGES. I HAVE A RHETORICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THAT WORD. SO IT DID NOT MAKE LOVE SINCE YOUR TO ME. SHOULD WE DEFINE IT, EXCEPT UNDER WHAT TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCES? MADAM PRESIDENT, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL AFTERNOON. I HAD OTHER THOUGHTS ALL AFTERNOON. SO, SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, SO I AM A PRINCIPAL, RIGHT? I KNOW IT OFTEN HAPPENS WHERE,

100FOR WHATEVER REASON, JPL CAN'T MEET WITH THE STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, FOR WHATEVER REASON IT MAY BE. THERE ARE MANY REASONS, BUT THEY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATIONS TO COME UP WITH AN AGREED-UPON TIME , WHICH IT DOES SAY HERE, RIGHT? THAT IS FACILITATED BY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. SO IT JUST DEPENDS. THERE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD OCCUR. BUT TYPICALLY THEY ARE NOT A HAZARD OR SAFETY TO OTHERS, IT IS MORE JUST SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THAT WAS A WORD THAT I KEPT REFERRING TO. OR THINKING ABOUT. BUT THEN WE ASK OURSELVES, IS THAT CLEARLY DEFINED, AS WELL? PRESIDENT, I THINK WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE KID WON'T SHOW UP. YEAH, THAT IS TRUE. SO, BOARD, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MAKING EXIGENT SPECIAL , NOT MAKING THAT WORD SPECIAL, BUT CHANGING EXIGENT

101TO SPECIAL, AND IS THAT TOO VAGUE? WITHIN THE CONTEXT? I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY. ON-SITE FLEXIBILITY. SURE, YEAH. THANK YOU. I MEAN, YOU GUYS LIFTED UP. IT IS ACUTE , CRITICAL, DIRE, URGENT, IMPERATIVE. BUT IN THIS CASE IS NOT SO ACUTE, IT IS MORE SPECIAL. AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO USE IT. TO APPLY IT. YES, FOR CURRENT PRACTICE, WHAT DOES JPL DO IN REGARD TO INTERVIEWING CHILDREN IN SCHOOL? WE DON'T GIVE THEM WILLY-NILLY ACCESS? SUPERINTENDENT? >> MADAM PRESIDENT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, YEAH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING WHERE , AND AGAIN, USING THE WORD SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE. I THINK IT IS NOT, TO YOUR WORD, WILLY-NILLY. PART OF THIS, IF I RECALL, AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, THAT DEALT WITH A LOT OF THIS. WE

102WOULD WORK WITH AGENCIES IF IT MEANT THAT THEY DID NOT INTERVIEW THE STUDENT, POTENTIALLY THEY ARE NOW GOING BACK TO , THEY ARE BREAKING PROBATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT NOW IT'S HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT WITH THE STUDENT, NOW GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER PROVIDE SUPPORT. THAT IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. THEY ARE THERE TO HELP . EXACTLY. THAT IS THE SUPPORT THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING. SO THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION , AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT ACCESS OR THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH A STUDENT DURING , YOU KNOW, ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ADDITIONS , SUGGESTIONS? A BIG THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. YES, I KNOW IT IS BEEN A LOT OF WORK, AND WE ARE STILL GOING.

103WE ARE GOING TO SEE YOU LATER, MR. RODRIGUEZ, AND LESS YOU ARE STAYING HERE TO HELP DR. LOZANO WITH THE FIRST READING OF POLICY JH. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS IS THE LAST OF THE SERIES OF THESE POLICIES. SO THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR DOES FALL UNDER MR. RODRIGUEZ'S DIVISION. WE WORK TOGETHER ALONG WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON SEEING WHAT ARE SOME CHANGES, IF YOU RECALL, I BELIEVE YOU JUST REVISED AND IMPROVED THIS ON DECEMBER 17th, SO ONLY A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS GO. SO I WILL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO G . RIGHT AT THE END, RIGHT BEFORE REVIEW. THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT IS DEFINED AS CRIMINAL DELINQUENTS. JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR IT IS NOT IMMIGRATION RELATED. CONTINUING TO BE

104A THREAT, JUST LIKE IT READS, THIS LANGUAGE IS DERIVED FROM LANGUAGE THAT IS IN EXISTENCE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN M.O. USE THAT YOU HAVE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. NO CONCERNS. PRESIDENT, IF I HAD A STUMBLING BLOCK, IT WAS DEFINING MAJOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW. I THINK I KNOW WHAT THAT PROBABLY MEANS, BUT INFORMATION REGARDING MAJOR VIOLATIONS SHALL BE COMMUNICATED. IS THAT A CLEAR TERM THAT WE UNDERSTAND , WHAT A MAJOR VIOLATION OF THE LAW IS? GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE. YES, MS. GALLEGOS ? PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, I READ THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ENTIRE SENTENCE. SO LAW ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES SHALL NOT BE USED TO ADDRESS INSTANCES OF NONVIOLENT STUDENT BEHAVIOR. THAT DO NOT POSE A SERIOUS AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO SCHOOL SAFETY. SO THAT IS THE BAR ON THAT

105SIDE. SO EVERYTHING BEYOND THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS MAJOR. THERE IS A BOUNDARY AROUND IT BECAUSE OF THE SENATE THAT PRECEDES IT. OKAY, YOU KNOW ME. THIS IS ALL BACK TO THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE AND THINGS, AND PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM TWO FREQUENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. RIGHT, AND IF I MAY, MR. WOFFORD, I KNOW DR. LOZANO BROUGHT UP THE HISTORY OF THIS. WHAT IS CONCERNING IS THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE. WHICH DOES NOT ADDRESS THIS. SO, WHAT WAS DONE IN TERMS OF THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE IS WHERE THIS BOARD'S ATTENTION HAS BEEN ON THAT CONCERN, IT'S BEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF LOTS OF, MANY DISCUSSIONS OVER MANY YEARS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE IN M.O. YOU. IT HAS BEEN IN THE MOUS, IT IS NOT A POLICY. THE POLICY HAS BEEN LAX IN LANGUAGE, BUT THE

106MOUS HAS NOT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING STRUCK AND WHAT IT IS BEING REPLACED WITH. THE LAX LANGUAGE IS BEING STRUCK, AND IT IS BEING REPLACED WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEEN VETTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, ACROSS A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS USED TO SEEING BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR MOUS, BOTH CITY OF LAS CRUCES AND TOWN OF THE SIA. IT IS RECOGNIZABLE LANGUAGE AND NOW IT APPLIES TO ALL AGENCIES. THANK YOU, MS. GALLEGOS. THANK YOU. MS. TENORIO ? ARE YOU GOOD? YEAH. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON ALL OF THOSE FIRST READINGS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND YOU KNOW YOU ARE STAYING APPEAR. OKAY. OF COURSE. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO OTHER REPORTS, AND THAT WILL BE , AGAIN,

107WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ ON OUR WEAPONS DETECTION UPDATE WE SHOULD GET YOU A CUSHY CHAIR OR SOMETHING. IT EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. AN UPDATE ON OUR WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM, AS TO WHERE WE STAND AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT. INSTALLATION CURRENTLY HAS OCCURRED AT OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL, SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL, VISTA, AND LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THE INSTALLATION OF THE WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM IS NOT CURRENTLY ONLINE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT THIS CURRENT TIME. REALLY LOOKING AT NOW MOVING FORWARD WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE STILL PROCEEDING WITH THE OTHER SCHOOLS . CURRENTLY MAYFIELD WAS COMPLETED YESTERDAY, WITH THE ELECTRICAL. THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THERE. ON THE OTHER SCHOOLS WILL BE COMPLETED DURING INTERSESSION BREAK DURING THAT TIME. AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED, WE WILL BEGIN THE INSTALLATION OF THE

108WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS . CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DID PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY WERE INSTALLED. IT WAS HELD AT SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE WE INVITED THE ADMIN, WE INVITED SECURITY GUARDS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME, EVEN THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAD IT INSTALLED. THEY WERE ABLE TO COME SO THAT THEY CAN SEE HOW TO SET IT UP, BECAUSE THESE ARE MOBILE DEVICES. WE CAN MOVE THEM IF NEEDED, TO LEARN HOW TO CALIBRATE THE SYSTEMS. BECAUSE ONCE YOU TURN IT ON, YOU TURN IT ON, YOU HAVE TO CALIBRATE IT TO MAKE SURE THE SYSTEM IS CALIBRATED AND TO DETECT WHAT SHOULD BE DETECTING. SO WE DID PROVIDE THAT TWO DIFFERENT AFTERNOONS. STAFF STAYED , IT WAS A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO

109SEE WITHIN THE DETECTION SYSTEM CAN DO, AND LITTLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THE IDENTIFICATION'S OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE IN THE RIGHT LOCATIONS AND THEY ARE GOING TO WORK FOR WE NEED THEM TO DO. WITH THAT, THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATION THAT DID GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, WE DID MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT DID STRIKE UP SOME DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS WITH PARENTS WHO REACHED OUT AND OTHER THINGS. IT ENABLED US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, AS WELL, AND THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE SCHOOLS. MORE WILL BE GOING OUT AS SOON AS MORE THESE ARE DONE, TO ALL DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE SYSTEMS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

110THEY MAY HAVE, ANY CONCERNS AND ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WE HAVE WITH THEM, AS WELL. WE DID GET A LOT OF KUDOS FROM A LOT OF PARENTS AS FAR AS THE THANK YOU THAT THEY HAD BEEN INSTALLED AND WE WERE PROGRESSING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. YEAH, WITH THAT, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND REALLY QUICK, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE STAFF THERE THERE. WITH THE INSTALLATION, BUT ALSO IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS . WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPLES IN THE ADMIN OF WHEREWITH THEY WOULD LIKE THEM LOCATED AND WHAT WOULD BEST FIT THE NEEDS OF EACH SCHOOL. SO WE DID NOT SEE WHERE THEY WERE GOING, WE WORKED WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND WITH THE SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE BEST. TO

111MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE SCHOOLS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. FORD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE WE HAD STUDENTS GOING THROUGH? NOT AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? DO WE HAVE A PROJECTED DATE FOR THAT TO OCCUR? PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, AT THIS TIME WE ARE WORKING ON EMILY'S WITH THE UNIONS. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE COMPLETED SO WE CAN START PROCEEDING ONTO THE STAFFING OF THE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEMS. THAT IS A BIG KEY COMPONENT OF MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. WHEN I WAS AT LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL IT WAS SET UP , AND THEN THERE ARE CORDS. SO THEY ALL HAVE TO BE PLUGGED IN. AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE CORDS? BECAUSE I CAN SEE IT PLUGGED IN

112APPEAR, AND AT LYNN THE COURT WAS JUST KIND OF HANGING OUT, BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, SO EXPLAIN , CORDS AND PLUG-INS FOR ME , PLEASE. YES. THEY ARE DIFFERENT FOR WHERE THE CORDS ARE GOING, BUT WE WILL PUT SAFETY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE COVERED SO THAT THEY ARE NOT TRIP HAZARDS, AND ANY PARTS OF THOSE, LIKE CONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE TEMPORARY, CURRENTLY. WE ARE ORDERING DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE COVERED AND THAT THEY ARE NOT DANGEROUS FOR STUDENTS OR STAFF TO TRIP ON THOSE PARTS. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ORDERING THE TABLES AND DIFFERENT THINGS AS FAR AS I WANT TO SAY CROWD CONTROL, LITTLE THINGS THAT GO , I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM RIGHT NOW. YES, THE DIFFERENT BARRIERS THAT ARE THERE TO KIND

113OF DIRECT THE STUDENTS OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ANY TYPE OF HAZARDS OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND ORDERING THOSE FOR THEM, AS WELL. AWESOME. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, YOU TALKED ABOUT POSITIVE COMMUNICATION FROM PARENTS. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE STUDENTS, AND HOW ARE THE STUDENTS FEELING ABOUT IT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR COMMUNICATION ASPECT? ARE THERE COMMENTS, MAINLY POSITIVE? ARE THEY NEGATIVE? OR ARE THEY JUST ANOTHER THING? SO, PRESIDENT CORT, REALLY, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT EVEN SUPERINTENDENT REESE AND I HAVE HAD WITH THE OREGON PARENT GROUP AND THE STUDENT GROUPS, THEIR EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THEM. AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED, I DID ATTEND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WITH OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT I HAD. BUT THE STUDENTS WERE

114NOT REALLY INCLUDED IN THAT. REALLY REACHING OUT THE PRINCIPLES AND ASKING THEM, WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK FROM YOUR STUDENTS , AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT. BUT WE CAN ALSO JOIN, I CAN REACH OUT TO MELANIE AS FAR AS JOINING THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL, AS FAR AS GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE FEELING. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, I ATTENDED A COUPLE CONFERENCES, NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I HEARD IT. OH, YES. ONE OF THE STUDENTS SAID THAT THE WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEMS , BUT IT WAS TOUGH ON SOME STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH, BECAUSE IT WAS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF THE DANGER THAT COULD BE. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THE STUDENTS WERE FEELING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY ANXIETY OR PRESSURE, OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS IN OUR STUDENT

115POPULATION. IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING JUST TO REACH OUT TO THOSE STUDENT GROUPS AND SAY DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE, DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL ANXIOUS? HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL? PRESIDENT CORT, IF I MAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. PART OF OUR PLAN AS THESE GO LIVE, WE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH STUDENTS, SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING. BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION, BEFORE THEY GO LIVE, TO REALLY JUST GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND MAYBE WHETHER IT IS THROUGH THEIR S.A.C., OR THEIR STUDENT LEADERSHIP GROUP, WHATEVER, JUST TO KIND OF POLL AND SURVEY STUDENTS . WE WILL DEFINITELY GET THAT DONE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME TO HEAR THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING I HAD NOT EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, THAT THAT IS

116A REMINDER TO THEM THAT SOMETHING AWFUL COULD HAPPEN , AND IT WAS A CONSTANT REMINDER. SO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. FOR MEMBERS, ANYTHING ELSE? MR. FRANK? YEAH, THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT. WHOEVER TOOK IT SHOULD TRY TO GET THE WHOLE EAGLE AND THE PICTURE NEXT TIME. AS A VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL ALUMNI, I AGREE WITH YOU. I WAS PART OF THE FIRST ADDITIONAL CLASS WHEN VISTA WAS BUILT. THE SIXTH GRADE CLASS THERE. SO I AGREE. WE SHOULD HAVE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO JUST WON NATIONALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS , KIND OF SHOW THEM HOW TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF. I'M SURE WAS AN ADULT. I LOVE IT. LORD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH, YOU GOT IT. I THINK, MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU CAN FINALLY GO AND HAVE A SEAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL

117YOUR TIME AND ENERGY, PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE UP TO BOARD REPORTS. ANYBODY WANT TO GO FIRST? I WILL GO FIRST. I WOULD LOVE THAT. I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY ON THE STAND IN THE STUDENT STAFF, A NICE TWO WEEK BREAK. COME BACK REFRESHED, AND LET'S FINISH THIS THING OFF STRONG. FABULOUS. SHOULD WE JUST GO IN THIS ORDER? SECRETARY WOFFORD? I WAS OUT OF TOWN MUCH OF FEBRUARY, SO IT WAS VERY NICE TO HEAR THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. AND I WISH I BEEN TO SOME OF THOSE EVENTS. ONE THING I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND ONCE I GOT BACK WAS THE SCHOOLYARD WRAP. AND A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE, THE PROGRAM UP AT MORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. KIMBERLY YORK FROM HELPING THEIR SPONSOR, AND IT

118WAS VERY HEARTENING TO SEE OUR COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. I KNOW THEY HAD BEEN AT CONLEY AND LYNN DURING THE DEMO, SO IT WAS NICE IT WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, KEEP IT UP. WHICH IS ABOUT THE ONLY OTHER THING I'VE DONE, THE ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH YOU, I WANTED TO MENTION. THAT IS YOUR CANDOR DURING THEM, I HAVE APPRECIATED. I CAN TALK TO YOU FREELY AND FEEL LIKE YOU HONESTLY RESPOND IN THOSE. YOU ARE NOT GUARDED, YOU'RE LETTING US KNOW INDIVIDUALLY, OR AT LEAST IN MY CASE, HOW THINGS ARE GOING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, SECRETARY WOFFORD. OH, AND HAPPY SPRING BREAK. YES. MR. TENORIO? SO, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND ONE OF THE WHAT YOU CALL THEM, RECIPIENTS ,

119STUDENT AWARD? RECOGNIZING A STUDENT. I WENT TO HERMOSA HEIGHTS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT THE CITY REPRESENTED WHO WERE THERE, KIND OF SHARED THEIR IDEAS BEHIND . TO SEE THE TWO OF US CONNECT, KIND OF WHAT YOU AND THE MAYOR WERE PROBABLY THINKING. IT WAS COOL. I LOOK OR DO MORE OF THEM. I DID ATTEND MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOLS RENAMING OF THE COURT FOR GEORGE MAYE, AND MADE MORE NACHOS. I WAS PLAYING DOUBLE DUTY. THEN I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND YOUTH ACTION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ANNUALLY, WE SHOULD JUST GET IT ON THE CALENDAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT WE CAN BE THERE AND NOT HAVE OTHER THINGS CONFLICT WITH IT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE SCHOOLYARD WRAP AT OREGON MOUNTAIN. I SAW

120THAT IT WAS AT CONLEY, I LIKE THE PICTURES BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A LOT OF STUDENTS ABLE TO GET THAT MESSAGE, AND REALLY ENJOY IT. I HAD HEARD THAT LYNN RECEIVED THIS SAME PROGRAM IN THE FALL SEMESTER. LIKE NOVEMBER, WHATEVER. BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT MAYBE NATIONAL HISPANIC MONTH, OR THIS ONE WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND THEY SAID YEAH, THAT ONE WAS CRAZY. BUT THEY MEANT IT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY, THAT WAS MEMORABLE. THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM L.A., SO THEY VISIT SCHOOLS, I SAID HOW MANY STATES DO YOU VISIT? THEY SAID 25 STATES. SO IF THEY VISIT SCHOOLS AND 25 STATES, HOW DID THEY REMEMBER LYNN? A KID DID A BACK FLIP, AND THEN THE KIDS WERE JUST SO EXCITED. SO TO ME, THAT MEANS A LOT, THAT THEY

121REALLY ENJOYED THESE PEOPLE COMING AND SHARING SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD CONNECT TO. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THAT MY STATEMENT IS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. AND I AM WEARING RED FOR EDUCATION , IN SOLIDARITY WITH EDUCATORS AND EDUCATION STAFF , IN SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN OPPOSITION OF THEIR DEFUNDING. IT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME, WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND WITH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THERE IS CURRENTLY A REPORTING SYSTEM ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND THEY ARE PUSHING THAT OUT FOR ANYBODY WHO IS UPSET WITH ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. AND I FIND THAT REALLY SAD. THERE IS THREATS OF DEFUNDING FOR PROTESTING ON SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. I FIND THAT BEYOND SAD. TRAGIC. THERE ARE THREATS OF DEFUNDING FOR TEACHING REAL,

122AUTHENTIC HISTORY. THERE ARE THREATS TO OUR IMMIGRATION , OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THERE IS A THREAT FOR A LACK OF FUNDING IF WE SUPPORT AND PROTECT ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH ANY GENDER OR SEXUAL IDENTITY THAT THEY WANT TO DENY. AND THAT WE CURRENTLY SAW WITH AN ARCHER IN OUR HEALTH CLINIC. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO BE UPSET OR TO CRY, BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO CRY. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO KEEP BEING UPSET. BUT THEN WHAT ELSE AM I GOING TO DO TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE I FIND ALL OF THIS COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO MY CORE BELIEFS. SO IF IT IS WEARING A RED SHIRT OR BOYCOTTING A CORPORATE STORE, WHATEVER, IT IS BABY STEPS. I AM NOT GOING TO ACCEPT WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND THAT IS ALL, THANK

123YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM NOT WEARING RED, BUT I DO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. I WENT PURPLE, GOLD, AND GREEN, BECAUSE THOSE OF THE COLORS OF MARDI GRAS. I AM A RETIRED FRENCH TEACHER. I AM A FRANCOPHILE AT MY CORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE WORDS, MR. TENORIO. I ALSO ATTENDED THE SCHOOLYARD WRAP, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THEY COME BACK, AND THAT OUR ATTENDANCE GROWS. BECAUSE THAT WAS AN AMAZING PROGRAM, AND THEY INVOLVED ALL THE KIDS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND EVEN DR. LOZANO GOT UP AND DANCED. OH, YEAH. DO WE HAVE IT RECORDED SOMEWHERE? I HOPE SO. I DIDN'T RECORD IT, I WAS JUST SO HAPPY. IT WAS A ONE OFF. >> I WILL SEND IT TO YOU. I WENT OVER TO ARK ELEMENTARY, AND THEY DID, I BELIEVE IT

124IS CALLED A LIVING MUSEUM, WHERE THE STUDENTS DRESSED UP AS CHARACTERS FROM HISTORY AND THEN THEY TOLD STORIES ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE. AND THE KIDS , THEY ARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS AND THEY DID SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB PRESENTING. AND WITH THEIR COSTUMES. AND I LEARNED FROM ALL OF THEM, AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN YOU DON'T LEARN SOMETHING NEW. AND ON FRIDAY I LEARNED A LOT. I ALSO DID THE, I WENT TO THE PRESENTATIONS FOR YOUTH ACTION RESEARCH, AND THOSE PRESENTATIONS ARE SO WELL DONE. I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO COME BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT WE CAN HEAR ALL OF THE RESEARCH THAT THEY'VE DONE, BECAUSE THEY TAKE AN ISSUE THAT IS IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEN THEY RESEARCH IT AND THEY PROPOSE SOLUTIONS. IT IS FABULOUS. AND

125SPEAKING OF ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I DID THE RECIPIENT, I WENT AND SUPPORTED THE RECIPIENT AT LYNN, AND THEY DO THIS COOL LITTLE DANCE. THE RECIPIENT WAS IN A SPECIAL ED CLASS, AND THEY ALL DID A DANCE WHERE THEY , AND I CAN'T DO IT RIGHT, BUT THEY DO THEIR FINGERS AND THEY SAY THINGS, AND IT'S VERY SWEET. AND IT MADE ME HAPPY. I KNOW, YES. SORRY, I PROBABLY SHOULD'VE RECORDED THAT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I ALSO WENT AND VISITED ARTY PI AND SSA, TO SEE ALL THE COOL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OVER THERE. THEY HAVE A NEW GYM FLOOR, FINALLY, AND NEW FLOORS IN THEIR HALLWAY. SO EXCITING, THANK YOU. FROM MR. RODRIGUEZ AND OPERATIONS AND EVERYBODY, IT WAS COOL. AND IT WAS COOL TO SEE ALL THE GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING OVER AT

126SSA AND ALL THE SUPPORT OF THOSE KIDS ARE GIVEN. LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS . YOU ALL ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. AND IT IS AMAZING TO SEE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I HOPE THAT YOU REST DURING YOUR SPRING BREAK. YOU DESERVE IT, AND YOU NEED IT, AND COME BACK REFRESHED AND WE WILL AND OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR BEAUTIFULLY FOR OUR STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION , AND IT IS BEFORE 9:00. I'M SO EXCITED. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MR. FRANK, SECONDED BY MR. TENORIO. ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSE? OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED. AT 8:58!