Board of Education - May 20, 2025

001GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. EXCUSE OUR TARDINESS, WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS. I OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:11 . SECRETARY WOFFORD WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? WE ARE ALL HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR STUDENT ADVISOR WHO IS A SENIOR AT ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE SHE'S DONE WITH SCHOOL AND SHE'S HERE WITH US AND SLIGHTLY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NOW WE WILL HAVE A THIRD GRADER AT SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HE WILL HELP US WITH THE PLAYERS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE WILL MOVE THE MICROPHONE DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. PLEASE STAND. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH

002IT 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. [ APPLAUSE ] I DON'T THINK HE HAS PRACTICED THIS. 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. THANK YOU. YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING UP. WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENT FOR YOU. AND IF YOU DO NOT, THAT IS OKAY. A LITTLE TOKEN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? WE ARE OKAY EITHER WAY. WILL YOU COME UP HERE FOR

003ME? YOU DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB AND THIS IS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION. [ APPLAUSE ] YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP MR. HOFSTETTER WHO'S THE FINE ARTS CONTENT SPECIALIST TO TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENT PERFORMERS TODAY. SPOKE GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT CORT, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ , AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE THIS EVENING. I AM A CONTENT SPECIALIST FOR FINE ARTS AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE FAIRACRES SILENCE DISRUPTORS, FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY WILL BE PERFORMING WALKING ON SUNSHINE BY KATRINA AND THE WAVES. WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THEM THERE AS WE USUALLY ONLY HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMERS. THE SECONDARY GROUP SCHEDULED FOR THIS MEETING HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT AND MRS. SMITH AND HER STUDENTS AGREED TO STEP

004IN. WE ARE EXCITED FOR YOU TO HEAR THEM. EVERYONE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THEM . [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] THAT WAS SO AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PERFORMING . YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS SO GOOD. ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AND NOW BACK TO REALITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 20th 2025 REGULAR SESSION AGENDA. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THAT PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 6th 2025 RETREAT MINUTES AND THE MAY 7th 2025 SPECIAL SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECONDED. >> ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THAT IS APPROVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA

005ITEMS. WE HAVE QUITE A LIST. I'D LIKE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. TITLE III ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION APPLICATION. CONTRACTED FOOD SERVICES BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HEADSTART PROGRAM WILL ACCRUE SIX CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. FRESH PRODUCE, *7. *BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS (BARS) *8. *PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS *9. *VENDOR PAYMENTS *10. *RATIFICATION OF SUPERINTENDENT'S APPROVAL OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS (BARS) FROM MAY 21, 2025 TO JULY 15, 2025. *11. *COMMITMENT OF FUND BALANCE ACCORDING TO GASB STANDARD NO. 54 FOR FY25-26 12. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE SO MOVED. >> SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THAT PASSES 5-0. I THINK THEY ARE STILL GETTING APPLAUSE OUT THERE. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, MAY 20th, 2025, FROM 4:45 UNTIL 6:05 TO

006DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONAL MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-1 H2 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACTE. SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT AND CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT. THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE INVESTIGATIONS OF CLASSIFIED AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES AND TO DISCUSS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-1 84 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACTE SPECIFICALLY SO THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING RECENT INVESTIGATIONS OF STUDENT MISCONDUCT AND RESULT OF ACTIONS UNDER POLICY JK. INVESTIGATION INVOLVING STUDENT SAFETY AND DISCUSSION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING STRATEGIES PRELIMINARY TO BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15 MINUS 1H5 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACTE. AND BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE THINGS WE

007DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DISCUSS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION P BET FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AS FAR AS COMPLETING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OF YOUR EVALUATION. I HAVE FROM THAT THE MATTERS DISCUSSED WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED HERE. BEFORE WE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH ARE FOUND IN BOARD POLICY BE GDH AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER AT THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THE BOARD DOES NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM OR COMMENT UPON PERSONAL MATTERS, HOWEVER, ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS OR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE

008BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE BOARD MEETING. OUR FIRST PERSON IS MARY. TRAN07 WELCOME.>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT. MY NAME IS MARY, AND IF YOU DON'T MIND I MAY HOLD THIS LIKE THIS. I AM WITH INDIVIDUAL INDIVISIBLE LAS CRUCES AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE HERE. SOME OF THEM WANT TO STAND. I WANT TO MAKE A BRIEF -- A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. ON A DAILY BASIS THE NEW , OUTRAGEOUS DECREES AND MEMOS AND WE GOT SCANDALS AND PIECES OF INSANITY BEING HANDED DOWN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LEADERSHIP . AND I SAY THAT WITH ALL OF MY HEART BECAUSE IT IS OUTRAGEOUS MANY TIMES. FORTUNATELY, WE HERE IN LAS CRUCES CAN BRING SANITY AND STABILITY TO OUR LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE. AS WE ALL KNOW , PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER ATTACK. THIS ATTACK

009HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WELL OVER A GENERATION WHERE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ARE BASICALLY THE TARGET. THE NEWEST NAME FOR THE ATTACK IS PROJECT 2025. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS WITH THEIR LACK OF CORRECT DISCIPLINE TECHNIQUES ARE THE REASON MANY OF OUR YOUTH LATELY HAVE CAUSED HARM TO OTHER YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE. I BELIEVE OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE PROTOCOL FOR DECENT DISCIPLINE FOR STUDENTS. BLAMING THE TEACHER IS NOT A SOLUTION TO SUCH A COMPLICATED SOCIETAL ISSUE. SIMPLY BLAMING A CONVENIENT GROUP OF SERVICE ORIENTED EMPLOYEES WITHOUT ADDING ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A SOLUTION TO A COMPLICATED PROBLEM IN MY OPINION IS LUDICROUS. AS THIS BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION MOVES INTO THE FUTURE WITH LESS FUNDS, HIGH INFLATION, AND EXECUTIVE

010ORDERS WHICH MAKE LITTLE SENSE TO THE MORE EDUCATED FOLK , I AND MY COLLEAGUES GIVE YOU OUR UTMOST CONFIDENCE. THAT YOU WILL ANALYZE AND MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS FACING OUR SCHOOLS TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR ENERGY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS STILL ONE OF THE PILLARS OF OUR SOCIETY. YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE KNOW IT AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT. [ INAUDIBLE ] I SIT ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNCIL AS ADVOCATE ON THE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS SUBCOMMITTEE AND I'M A VOTING MEMBER THERE AND I SIT ON THE JUVENILE EARLY RELEASE BOARD. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO BAG ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE IMPLEMENT AT LEAST IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SOME

011SORT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PREVENTION PROGRAM. VERY MUCH LIKE THE OLD McGRUFF , IF YOU REMEMBER HIM. THE REASON I AM DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A PRESENTATION, WITH I WILL READ THAT I WILL READ OF THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN THE STATE OF MEXICO IN NEW MEXICO. ONE OF THE THINGS HE SHOWED US WAS THE CHILDREN WHO ARE FEELING HOPELESS AND SUICIDAL , AND THAT HAS INCREASED 38% BETWEEN 2012 AND 2019. IN 2012 HURRICANE SANDY, IN 2013 THE BOSTON MASSACRE, IN 2015 THE RISE OF ISIS, THE ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING IN 2016, AND 2017 THE LAS VEGAS MASSACRE , IN 2018 ALL OF THE HORRENDOUS WEATHER EVENTS. IN 2019 THE WALMART EL PASO SHOOTINGS AND BETWEEN 2022, COVID-19. IT IS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON JUVENILES. BY THE TIME I SEE THEM THEY ARE

01218-20 AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE REPORTS OF THEIR HISTORY, I AM HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE MOST OF THEIR DELINQUENCY BEGAN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ALL OF IT BETWEEN 2012 AND NOW. I'M ASKING YOU TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IS INCREASING ASTRONOMICALLY. GUN VIOLENCE AND ALL THAT. I WILL LEAVE THIS REPORT WITH YOU AND IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME, PLEASE CALL ME. YOU HAVE MY NUMBER AND I HOPE AT SOME POINT I WANT TO STOP IT NOW BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IN 19 AND 20-YEAR-OLDS, THESE CHILDREN ARE DAMAGED AND BROKEN. IT ALL BEGAN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SCHOOL IS WHERE YOU LEARNED ABOUT SAFETY AND YOU LEARN TO BE KIND AND YOU LEARN ALL THOSE THINGS IN THESE KIDS, LIKE I SAID, EVERY TIME I SEE THEM

013, IT'S TOO LATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] TERESA BALANCE WHALE APPEARED --TERESA. I GUESS YOU CAN HEAR ME. GOOD EVENING , MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. I AM A RETIRED BILINGUAL EARLY EDUCATOR WORKED AT LCPS AS WELL AS A RETIRED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY. I WAS ALSO BORN AND RAISED IN LAS CRUCES AND AN ALUMNI OF LOCAL SCHOOLS AND NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY. MY EDUCATIONAL ROOTS RUN DEEP IN THIS VALLEY. THIS EVENING I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF RETAINING DEI AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I ALSO SUPPORT MAINTAINING THE RIGHT OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF ADMINISTRATORS AND MAKING CHOICES THAT BEST FIT THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS. I ASK EACH ONE OF YOU IN A POSITION OF

014DECISION-MAKING TO SUPPORT THAT WHICH IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS AND LAS CRUCES. AS AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT IN THE MID 60s I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT ENGLISH WAS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE LANGUAGE AND AT HOME WHILE MY PARENTS WERE FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THERE WAS AN UNWRITTEN MESSAGE TO ASSIMILATE INTO THE PREDOMINANT WHITE CULTURE OF SCHOOL TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AS AN ADULT I ASKED MY MOTHER WHY THAT WAS AND SHE SAID SHE DID NOT WANT US TO GO THROUGH THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND DISCRIMINATION THAT SHE AND MY DAD HAD GROWING UP AND LAS CRUCES. I DID NOT SEE A LOT OF ME , BUT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A MINOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. AND WITH THAT I HAVE COURSES AND PROFESSORS AND I WAS

015EXPOSED TO THE IDEA OF SUPPORTING ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND TO RESPECT WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY CAME INTO OUR SCHOOLS WITH. THAT'S WHAT I TOOK WITH ME AS I ENTERED MY VERY FIRST CLASSROOM AND WHETHER WE LABEL TEACHING PRACTICES AS MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION, CULTURALLY RELEVANT CURRICULUM, AND [ INAUDIBLE ] OR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PRACTICES , ALL I CAN SAY IS AS A RETIRED EDUCATOR IT'S ABOUT GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES, WHICH MEANS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OWN LIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] MR. WHITE. OKAY. JIM HURST --JIM, I'M SORRY. I DO IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT'S LIKE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO SOCIAL STUDIES AND GOVERNMENT. STUDENTS

016SHOULD BE TAUGHT THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS NO MIRACLE. IT WAS DONE BY HUMAN BEINGS JUST LIKE US AND THEIR SITUATION BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LAW AND HUMANITY. IT'S NOT THE PRODUCT OF DIVINE WORK. IS THE PRODUCT OF MEN'S HANDS. IT ALWAYS WAS AND THAT'S WERE ALL GOVERNMENTS COME FROM. GOVERNMENTS COME FROM --THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD LEARN BECAUSE WHEN THEY LEARNED THAT, THEY WILL LEARN THAT MEN CAN CHANGE GOVERNMENT. HUMANS HAVE THE POWER TO INSTITUTE THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS. THAT IS WHAT OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAYS AND THAT'S WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND. GOVERNMENTS COME BY THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE ARE THE GOVERNED AND WE CONSENT TO WHATEVER GOVERNMENT WE HAVE AND WE HAVE THE POWER , IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT SERVE OUR ENDS , TO ESTABLISH A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT'S WHAT THE

017DECLARATION SAYS. THAT IS WHAT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN. IF THEY LEARNED THAT GOVERNMENT IS THE ACTE OF GOD'S , NOT THE ACTIVE MEN, THEY WILL FEEL HELPLESS TO EVER CHANGE IT. OR TO MODIFY IT TO THEIR NEEDS. AND WHEN CITIZENS FEEL HELPLESS, THEY ACTE HELPLESS. THEY'RE NOT AS PROSPEROUS, THEY ARE NOT AS HAPPY, THEY DO NOT GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER WELL , AND ALL THE THINGS WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IN OUR SOCIETY . SO AFFIRM TO THEM THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE POWER TO SHAPE THEIR GOVERNMENT IN THEIR AGE AND THAT'S WHAT ALL AMERICANS SHOULD THINK ABOUT GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DANIEL . I FEEL LIKE I'M 0 FOR 6 ON NAMES. MY APOLOGIES. I'M SOON GOING TO BE CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS IN LAS CRUCES AND I LOVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE

018PEOPLE AND THE SCHOOLS. AND I'M DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH KIDS ABOUT SNAKES AND SNAKE SAFETY. TO HELP KIDS KNOW THAT THESE ARE CREATURES THAT ARE PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. THEY WERE HEAR ABOUT 30 MILLION YEARS BEFORE WE WERE SO WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEY ARE BENEFICIAL TO US. BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN WEST TEXAS AND I'M AN OLD GUY AND I CAN TELL YOU WITH NO GREAT PRIDE I REMEMBER SEEING SEPARATE BATHROOM FACILITIES AND SEPARATE WATER FOUNTAINS. THINGS THAT MANY OF YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO WITNESSED. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'M NOT LIVING IN TEXAS. I'M A PROUD MEXICAN AND TO BE A PART OF THE STRUGGLE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN. I LIVED IN

019NEW JERSEY FOR 43 YEARS. I WAS IN MINISTRY THERE. I SOUGHT DONALD TRUMP UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. I NEVER MET HIM, BUT EVERYBODY KNEW HIS REPUTATION AND NEW HOW HIS HEART WAS FILLED WITH HATRED AND BIGOTRY AND WHEN HE CAME DOWN THAT ESCALATOR IT MADE ME THINK OF THE WORDS OF MAYA ANGELOU. WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE'S NOT THE FRIEND OF EDUCATION. HE IS NOT A FRIEND OF WHAT WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY . I WANT TO SAY I WORKED WHY WAS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL IN BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE AND I WORKED AT SOUTH BOSTON HIGH DURING THE SEGREGATION CONTROVERSY OF THE MID-TO-LATE 1970S. WE HAD STATE TROOPERS IN HER HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AND HAD THE POLICE FORCE OUTSIDE. WE HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE

020PEOPLE THROWING ROCKS AT THE SCHOOL BUSES WHEN THE KIDS --WHEN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS WERE BEING BROUGHT FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. I BELIEVE IN DIVERSITY, EQUALITY , AND INCLUSION. IT IS A HALLMARK OF OUR LIVES. AND IT'S A LESSON WE NEED TO TEACH OUR KIDS. RECENTLY I WAS IN ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AND I DID A SNAKE PROGRAM FOR CUB SCOUT GROUP. I SAW A DEI POSTER ON THE WALL AND IT WARMED MY HEART. OUR KIDS ARE GREATEST FUTURE AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SEE THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE KIND OF VALUES AND STUFF WE NEED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT TEACHING STABILITY . THAT HAS KIND OF FALL BY THE WAYSIDE AND SOME SCHOOLS AND I DOUBT I DOUBT THAT'S TRUE HERE. I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE SCHOOLTEACHERS AND I'M PROUD OF

021THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. IS NO ROOM FOR HATRED. THERE'S NO ROOM FOR BIGOTRY. DEI AND BEING WOKE IS A GOOD THING. THE OPPOSITE IS BEING ASLEEP AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL WHILE ROME IS ON FIRE. THANK YOU.>> DO WHAT YOU CAN -- THAT IS YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALISA. LISA. MY NAME IS ALISA SANCHEZ. I WAS BORN AND RAISED AND EDUCATED NEW MEXICAN. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP . NEW MEXICO IS DIFFERENT THAN MOST STATES. IT'S A MINORITY MAJORITY STATE. IT'S NOT A MAJORITY MINORITY STATE AND THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING. I HAVE A REAL COMMITMENT TO MY LATINO COMMUNITY. I WROTE THE PROPOSAL TO CREATE THE [ INAUDIBLE ] PROGRAM AND CREATED THAT AND IT DELIGHTS ME THAT

022IS STILL GOING STRONG AND WHEN I HEAR THE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE INTRODUCED WITH LOTS OF HONOR THEY SAY, --I HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. A FRIEND OF MINE IT TURNS OUT HAS DECIDED HE'S AN AUTHOR AND A VERY GOOD ONE. HE WROTE 3 BOOKS. ONE IS LATINOS WHO HAVE GOTTEN MEDAL OF HONOR'S THE OTHER IS HISPANICS AND STAMPS AND THEN LATINOS IN THE MILITARY WHO HAVE LIVED THE BLUE LIFE. THE BOOKS ARE REALLY GOOD AND MY COUSIN AND I BUT 18 OF THEM AND WE BROUGHT 3 FOR EACH ONE OF THE SIX HIGH SCHOOLS. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO GIVE THEM TO YOU AS OPPOSED TO BANNING THEM AND I'M SURE THAT THE KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES IN POSITIVE WAYS AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE A

023LOT OF DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU ALL ARE GREAT AND YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH AND I HOPE IN MY LITTLE TINY WAY I CAN HELP. RICK. NEXT. PRESIDENT CORT, OUR SPEAKER WILL BE ASKING FOR AN INTERPRETER. COLLIN WILL FIGURE THAT OUT AS WE CAN. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] INTERPRETER: I'M THE MOTHER OF A NINE MONTH STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY HILLS. MY SON HAS BEEN VICTIM OF SEVERE PHYSICAL AGGRESSION AND BULLYING. I HAD TO FILE A POLICE REPORT AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT IS HORRIBLE. I FELT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND I FELT THAT RACISM PLAYED A PART . HE HAS BEEN A VICTIM OF BULLYING FOUR TIMES BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION EVEN STARTED. HE HAS BEEN HIT IN THE HEAD, SOMEBODY BIT HIM . 3 TIMES HE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE THIS

024OFFICE. I SPOKE TO THE PRINCIPALS AND COUNSELORS HAVE NOT HELPED ME. THEY HAVE NOT DONE RIGHT BY MY SON. NOBODY HAS A RIGHT TO HIT HIM OR HURT HIM. I BELIEVE YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB CORRECTLY AND NO ONE IS TAKING ME SERIOUSLY. I'M TRYING TO SPEAK TO WHOEVER WILL LISTEN. THE PRINCIPAL HAS NOT TREATED ME AS I DESERVE. WHEN I PICKED UP THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT SHE ONLY GAVE IT TO ME AND DID NOT DISCUSS IT. I WENT HOME AND READ IT AND DISAGREED SO I WENT BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY DID NOT OPEN THE DOORS TO ME. I CAME HERE AND ASKED TO SPEAK -- AND MY SON HAS BRUISING. THANK YOU. SHE HAS A COPY OF ALL THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. AND IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED , THEN FURTHER ACTION WILL BE

025TAKEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD SHE GIVE THE COPIES TO? THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUAN GARCIA. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION COUNSEL AND SCHOOL BOARD CONTINUED TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION. AND THE POLITICAL HYPOCRISY HAS NOT GONE AWAY. FOR THE PAST YEARS OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON ADDRESSING -- CONSIDERED AGE INAPPROPRIATE REGARDLESS OF RACE OR GENDER IDENTITY. OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS. RATHER THAN ADVANCING ANY SPECIAL SPECIFIC AGENDA OR ENCOURAGING PARTICULAR BEHAVIORS --TO CLARIFY ONCE AGAIN , OUR FOCUS HAS NEVER BEEN LIMITED TO LGBT HETEROSEXUALS OR MATERIAL RELATED TO ANY SPECIFIC MINORITY GROUP AS WAS SUGGESTED BY A BOARD MEMBER ON THE K TAL RADIO SHOW LAST WEEK. INSTEAD A CONCERN HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN ABOUT THE PRICES OF MATERIALS REGARDLESS OF THE GROUP THEY REFERENCED THAT HER AGE

026INAPPROPRIATE FOR STUDENTS. WE'VE NEVER CALLED FOR BANNING BOOKS BUT THAT HAS TO STOP SOME OF THE PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS IN THE SAME BOARD MEMBER TRIED TO UNFAIRLY STACK THE BOOK REVIEW COMMITTEE FROM CLAIMING OTHERWISE AND PUBLIC. THE MOST HORRIFYING IS A COMMENT MADE BY THE SAME BOARD MEMBER DEMANDING CENSORSHIP DEMANDING THAT RADIO TALK SHOW HOSTS STOP PLATFORMING THESE PEOPLE. STOP PLATFORMING THESE PEOPLE. CALLING INDIVIDUALS THESE PEOPLE IS AN EXPRESSION FROM THE SEGREGATIONIST DAYS AND IS DESPICABLE. IT'S A WAY FOR THOSE IN POWER TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM A GROUP THEY SEE AS LESSER OR INCONVENIENT. BUT LET'S BE REAL, THESE PEOPLE ARE PARENTS, TAXPAYERS AND NEIGHBORS. THEY ARE PART OF THE SAME COMMUNITY AS EVERYONE ELSE. ITS EGREGIOUS ARROGANCE FROM THE ELECTED ELITE WHO LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE WILLING TO CHALLENGE THEIR VIEWS. IS A CLEAR ATTEMPT

027TO SILENCE DISSENT AND THIS INFORMATION AND DELIBERATE FALSE CLAIMS TO INTIMIDATE AND SHUT PEOPLE UP. I HOPE CITIZENS, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENTS, RECOGNIZE THE KIND OF BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS SITTING IN FRONT OF ME. THE IRONY IS THE VERY PEOPLE TALK NONSTOP ABOUT THREATS TO DEMOCRACY ARE THE ONES PUSHING FOR CENSORSHIP. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE -- FIRST WE WILL START WITH ANY A LAS CRUCES DISH FOR THE NEA REPORT. GOOD EVENING. I AM FILLING IN FOR JULIE TODAY. SHE COULD NOT BE HERE. SO I DO HAVE A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU. THE DEADLINE FOR DISPLACEMENT WAS YESTERDAY. MOST EVERYONE HAS A HOME AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH HR. COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO ENSURING THAT

028THE CBA WAS BEING FOLLOWED AND THAT MOST DEFINITELY HAPPENED AND WE ARE EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR JESSE BECAUSE HE REALLY WAS KEY IN ALL THE WORK, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION. JULIE ENJOYED THE RETIREMENT BANQUET AND WAS HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO CHILDREN BEING CELEBRATED. SHE THINKS YOU FOR THAT INVITATION. THE WEAPONS DETECTION MOA IS NEARLY FINALIZED. I KNOW WE ARE WORKING WITH STEVE TO UPDATE A FEW THINGS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT SIGNED AND GOING. WE SET THIS DATE TO COMPLETE NEGOTIATIONS. WE MET OUR GOAL THANKS TO OUR FACILITATORS. THE ENTIRE CBA WAS UP FOR NEGOTIATIONS AND IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, SO A SHOUT OUT TO MATT FOR HELPING US WITH THAT AND TO THE TEAM. WE HAD A LOT OF TEACHERS ON OUR TEAM

029AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE PULLED FROM THEIR WORK TO DO THIS AND IT WAS A HUGE HELP. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. AND THEN ON JUNE 1st, THE BOARD WILL ASSUME THE ROLE'S. JULIE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PRESIDENT. JESSE ALLRED WILL BE THE VICE PRESIDENT , LAURA BRYANT WILL BE MEMBERSHIP CHAIR, TREASURER WILL BE NATALIA AND FOR BOARD MEMBERS WE HAVE SEVERAL. INCOMING DAVID, MAGGIE, RANDY , AND MYSELF. I HAVE TERMED OUT OF VICE PRESIDENT WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A RESTFUL AND RELAXING SUMMER AND I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS? THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS . I'M GLAD THAT WENT WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A VALUABLE MEMBER OF NEA. I WILL WATCH FROM HOME. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO

030INVITE SOMEONE FROM OUR LAS CRUCES PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU --IF ANY OF YOU KNEW BEVERLY , A FABULOUS PERSON. CARING AND SENSITIVE EDUCATOR IN FABULOUS ADVOCATE IN ALL RESPECTS WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE HER PASSING LAST WEEK. SHE PASSED AWAY LAST TUESDAY AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. MOST IF YOU KNEW HER WORK -- I THINK SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND A MEMBER OF NEA AND SERVED ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY -- ANNOUNCE THAT THERE IS A PRINCIPAL AMONG OUR MIDST AND SHE HAS FOSTERED A CULTURE OF DEI AND INNOVATION EDUCATION STRATEGIES. SHE'S INVESTED IN CULTIVATING US

031COOL COMMITTEE --AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY . UNDER HER GUIDANCE STUDENTS HAVE FLOURISHED NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY BUT PERSONALLY. THE PRINCIPAL BELIEVES IN THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER AND WORKS TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT EACH ONE RECEIVES THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT SO THEY SUCCEED. THIS PRINCIPAL IS AN EXEMPLARY EDUCATOR AND SHE'S RECEIVED VARIOUS AWARDS. THE LAST LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR 2024. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH HER IN SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO ME AND SOMETHING THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS AS SHE SAYS BEING AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER IS LIKE THE CONDUCTOR OF THE SYMPHONY. EVERY JOB AS AN INSTRUMENT AND TAKING OUT PART OF THE INSTRUMENT IT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. I'M HONORED TO BE THE CONDUCTOR . SHE'S RECENTLY BEEN BESTOWED THE NEW MEXICO SOUTHWEST ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR. AND SHE

032WAS HONORED THE LAST SATURDAY OF APRIL AND GIVEN HER AWARDS. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN HONORED TO BE THE NEA NEW MEXICO ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR AND SHE WILL BE HONORED IN OCTOBER AT THE DELICATE COUNSEL. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE GOOD NEWS THAT NEA NEW MEXICO HAS BESTOWED UPON HER AND ALL THE RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES. IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO NOMINATE HER AND MY PLEASURE TO VISIT WITH HER AND TO SHARE WITH HER ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE HERE IN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. IN ADDITION TO THAT , WE ARE STILL BARGAINING. WE HAVE NOT FINISHED. WE STRIVE TO ADVOCATE FOR EMPLOYEES AND STRIVE FOR THEM TO HAVE A LIVING WAGE . WE STRIVE THAT EMPLOYEES IF THEY HAVE A SECOND JOB IT'S

033NOT BECAUSE OF CHOICE -- IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF CHOICE. IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO. SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD --EVERY SUPPORT STAFF THAT WE REPRESENT, WHICH IS CLOSE TO 1300, THAT THERE WILL BE A LIVING WAGE FOR THEM. WE ARE VERY CLOSE BUT WE ARE STILL SOME AMOUNT AWAY FROM THAT. WE WANT EMPLOYEES TO BE --A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WE SAY THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE DISTRICT AND THEIR PART OF THE FOREFRONT OF THE DISTRICT IN WHATEVER ROLE THEY PLAY. WE WILL CONTINUE. WE HOPE TO MEET THE DEADLINE , BUT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. TOMORROW WE HAVE NEGOTIATIONS , AND WE HOPE WE WILL MEET OUR DEADLINE . SO THEY WILL HAVE THE FIRST INCREASE BY JULY 15th. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO SIGNING A MEMORANDUM

034OF AGREEMENT REGARDING THE WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM AND WE ARE CLOSE TO THAT AS WELL. FINALLY , I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THESE HEROES OF LAS CRUCES AND THE NATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SOMEONE BETTER HAVE A QUESTION NOW. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS TONIGHT. I DID NOT SEE KAREN IN THE AUDIENCE. SHE HERE? NO. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT SHE WOULD HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT DAY OUR LIVESTREAM. SHE IS EXTRAORDINARILY WORTHY OF THIS AWARD AND I'M SO GLAD. PRESIDENT CORT AND I HAD THE

035PLEASURE OF TEACHING ALONGSIDE BEVERLY MICHAELS AND I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT. I SEE OTHERS WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT SAD NEWS. I KNOW SHE WAS VERY STALWART AND WORKED HARD ON BEHALF OF KIDS . YES, SHE DID. SENDING YOU ALL THE GOOD ENERGY FOR BARGAINING. YEAH. WE DO A VERY NONTRADITIONAL WAY BARGAINING, AND VERY UNLIKE THE TRADITIONAL PART OF BARGAINING , AND I THINK WE HAVE A FABULOUS TEAM FROM THE UNION AND ALSO FROM THE DISTRICT. I THINK EVERY TIME ANY MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT THEY BECOME PART OF OUR TEAM, THEY LEARNED A LOT THEY SAY AT THE END THEY SEE -- IS STILL FINISHING OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BUT I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH THAT AND MAYBE BY SEPTEMBER . I'M JUST KIDDING. SHE'S NOT KIDDING. [

036INAUDIBLE ] THE REST OF THE INTERPRETERS WILL BE TAKING ON THAT TASK. I LOOK FORWARD THAT THE AGREEMENT WILL BE ONLINE. ABSOLUTELY OUR EMPLOYEES WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS SPANISH THEY HAVE RIGHT TO READ THE AGREEMENT AND ITS NOT THE UNION AGREEMENT. IT IS THE EMPLOYEES AGREEMENT. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW . WE TAUGHT IN THE SAME HALL AND I TALKED WITH HER FOR AT LEAST TWO DECADES. IT MAKES MY HEART SAD, BUT SHE BROUGHT JOY TO LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE HAVING THE NEWS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE ARE GOOD. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR STUDENT ADVISOR FOR HER REPORT . SUSANNA. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL RECENTLY HELD OUR END-OF-THE-YEAR BANQUET ON MAY 4th. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME TO REFLECT ON

037THE YEAR, CELEBRATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ENJOY OUR TIME TOGETHER. A FUN AND ACTIVE WAY TO WRAP UP --ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENING WAS PLAYING PICKLEBALL TOGETHER, A FUN AND ACTIVE WAY TO WRAP UP THE YEAR. WE TOOK TIME TO SAY FAREWELL TO THE 11 GRADUATING SENIORS. THEIR LEADERSHIP AND PRESENCE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. LOOKING AHEAD WE HAVE 12 OPEN SEATS AVAILABLE FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE FOR GENEROUSLY PROVIDING McALLISTER'S FOR THE MEAL AND A SHOT UP TO ROBERT FOR HELPING MAKE IT POSSIBLE. YOUR SUPPORT HELP MAKE THIS EVENING SPECIAL. IN ADDITION TO OUR BANQUET, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP. EIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED AND IT WAS A JOY TO WORK ALONGSIDE AND MENTOR

038THE NEXT GENERATION. THEIR ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM WAS SO INSPIRING. WE PARTICIPATED IN THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT AND IT WAS HONORED TO SUPPORT SUCH AN IMPORTANT OCCASION WITNESS MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF, THANK YOU FOR GIVING STUDENTS A VOICE AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WE ARE PROUD TO REPRESENT LAS CRUCES IN THIS MEANINGFUL WAY. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT SCHOOL DID YOU ATTEND? I GO TO ORGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S A GRADUATE. SO WE WILL SAY GOODBYE TO HER. JUST CHIME IN AS WE GO ALONG. GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION . WE WILL GET IT FIGURED OUT. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I'M SORRY I MISSED

039THE PICKLEBALL EVENT BECAUSE I'M A VERY MEDIOCRE PICKLEBALL PLAYER THAT I WAS NOT READY TO SHOW MY LACK OF EXPERTISE OUT THERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND STUDENT INPUT IS, LIKE I TOLD YOU, SO IMPORTANT. WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO BRING UP -- SUSANNA TALKED ABOUT STUDENT VOICES AND THE TITLE IX CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HAVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHICH YOU WILL HEAR LATER WITH REGARDS TO BOND PRIORITIES IT WAS INITIATED THROUGH THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND I WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS ALSO AN EXAMPLE THAT YOUR VOICE IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR VOICES HEARD. THANK YOU AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE HRIVE WITH CARIÑO RECAP. GOOD EVENING , PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

040AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND SUSANNA. CONGRATULATIONS AND GOODBYE. IT'S AN HONOR TO HIGHLIGHT MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES THAT WITH ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION TRULY EXEMPLIFIES THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY. TOGETHER YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN JANUARY WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS . THOSE WHO DEMONSTRATED COMPASSION, RESILIENCE, AND A COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING OF OTHERS. THIS ALLOWS US TO CELEBRATE STUDENTS NOT ONLY FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT BUT FOR HEART AND HUMANITY THAT THEY BRING TO THE SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. THE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL STAFF THESE RECOGNITIONS UPLIFT THE VALUES THAT BIND US AS A COMMUNITY AND REMIND US OF KINDNESS AND ACTION. TONIGHT I'M PROUD TO RECAP THE STUDENTS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED THE SEMESTER HERE ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL OF US AND MEMBERS OF THE

041LEADERSHIP TEAM AND WE HONORED 17 STUDENTS AND THEIR WITH US HERE TONIGHT. ROBINSON FORD, WENDI , CAITLIN FROM HERMOSA , JULIAN FROM LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL, PAYTON --I THINK HE HAD A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. CARLOS FROM CENTRAL, SIRE FROM VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY, -- MANY OF THEM ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO STAND, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU ONE MORE TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] I SHOULD ADD THAT A LOT OF THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS CAME WITH THEM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. ARE WE DOING THE PICTURE? WE CAN DO A PICTURE. THEY GOT DRESSED UP FOR US. >> ABSOLUTELY. LET'S DO IT. HAVE THE STUDENTS COME UP. LET'S GET THE WHOLE GROUP APPEAR. LET'S DO IT. GREAT JOB. >> AND I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE UPDATES HERE THE FIRST ONE --THANK YOU

042AGAIN TOUR STUDENTS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THEIR GREAT EXAMPLES OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AND JUST THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AS WELL. ON MAY 2nd WE CELEBRATED SCHOOL LUNCH HERO DAY. IT WAS A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING WORK OF OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION CHANNELS. THESE TEAM MEMBERS SHOWED UP EVERY DAY TO MAKE -- THEY SHOW UP TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE WELL FED, CARED FOR, AND READY TO LEARN. THEY DECORATED CAFETERIAS AND SHARED MESSAGES OF APPRECIATION. JUST INSPIRED BY THE NATIONAL SCHOOL NUTRITION CELEBRATION RESOURCES AND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM. I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO THEM. YOUR DEDICATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU DO. ON MAY 1st I WAS AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS WELCOME TO THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE

043DISTRICT FOR THE FIFTH GRADE TRACK MEET. I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT ATHLETES AND COACHES IT WAS A GREAT CROWD OUT THERE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHEER ON OUR STUDENTS AND FOR THEM TO HAVE A GREAT DAY AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS. THE BILINGUAL BILITERACY SEAL CEREMONY , WE RECOGNIZED 162 LCPS STUDENTS EARNED THE BILINGUAL SEAL AND A POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CULTURAL PRIDE. THIS WAS A RECORD NUMBER OF BILINGUAL SEALS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT. CONGRATULATIONS. SOME OF THE LANGUAGES INCLUDED ARABIC, FRENCH, KOREAN, ROMANIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, SWAHILI, UKRAINIAN, AND VIETNAMESE. IF YOU ARE WONDERING , THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF MYANMAR AND SOME PARTS OF INDIA AND BANGLADESH. THIS YEAR ONE OF THE UPDATES TO WORK BASED LEARNING THE END OF SEMESTER PRESENTATIONS BY OUR STUDENTS EMPLOYEES. THIS IS LIKE THE FINAL

044EXAM. STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN WORKSPACE LEARNING THIS YEAR PRESENTED AT CAREER FAIR IS HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK. THEY'VE ALSO DONE THIS AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AROUND LCPS IS WAS PRESENTED TO MYSELF AND CABINET AT CENTRAL OFFICE. IT WAS A GREAT CHANCE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM STUDENTS ON THEIR WORK AND THEIR SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES AND CAREERS. JUST AWESOME KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS MOVING FORWARD. GRADUATION RATE SCHOOL VISITS. I VISITED ARROWHEAD PARK HIGH SCHOOL, RIO GRANDE PREP INSTITUTE, ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOLS RECOGNIZED BY THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR OUTSTANDING GAINS IN OUTCOMES. ARROWHEAD 96.62% GRADUATION RATE. RIO GRANDE PREP 19.8% IMPROVEMENT ON GRADUATION RATES AND ORGAN MOUNTAIN IMPROVED BY 5.72 POINTS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH GRADUATION RATES AS WELL. PART OF THE BROADER GAINS THE HIGHEST STATEWIDE GRADUATION RATE IN 15

045YEARS. A GREAT TIME TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE AND WORDS OF RECOGNITION AND GREAT WORK HAPPENING AT THESE SCHOOLS. ON MAY 2nd I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN STUDENTS AND STAFF AND WELCOME A SPECIAL GUEST . THE DOG WHO CAPTURED HEARTS WORLDWIDE AFTER RUNNING ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT WITH AN ULTRA MARATHON OR. I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS STORY. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND GOT TO MEET HER AND ALSO THE AUTHOR. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE AND THE KIDS WERE EXCITED AND A GREAT STORY. EACH STUDENT GOT A POSTER WITH THE DOGS PAW PRINT. THEY ARE LOOKING AT MAKING A MOVIE OUT OF THIS STORY AS WELL. VERY INTERESTING DAY. 2025 ACADEMIC SIGNING DAY A FUN EVENT TO RECOGNIZE ACADEMIC AMBASSADORS SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND

046EVERYONE ELSE THAT IDENTIFIED A DIVERSE GROUP OF GRADUATES THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE QUALITIES OF A GRADUATE THAT WE LOOK FOR IN LCPS. THANK YOU TO THE DOCTOR FOR HOSTING THE EVENT AND ALL FAMILIES WOULD BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THIS AND WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT 2025 THIS WAS CHARTING THE COURSE AND A VISION FOR WORK MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AND DIGNITARIES THAT MADE THE EVENT POSSIBLE. OUR GOAL AND MY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN LCPS AND MARIA ARE GOING AND HIGHLIGHT OUR STUDENTS AND THE GREAT WORK HAPPENING EVERY DAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THE LCPS RETIREMENT RECEPTION MOST OF THE BOARD WAS THERE FOR HONORING 90 OUTSTANDING RETIREES . THEY HAD A COMBINED 1700 YEARS

047OF EXPERIENCE REPRESENTED. AMONG THOSE HONORED WAS A WOMAN WHO RETIRED AFTER AN EXTRAORDINARY 52 YEARS OF SERVICE AS AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT. AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. I WANT TO THANK THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM FOR PLANNING SUCH A MEANINGFUL EVENT AND EXTEND MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE RETIREES FOR THE LASTING IMPACT AT LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE THIS WAS INTERESTING. MAY WAS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND A FEW ICEWATER CHALLENGES WERE POPPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I WAS CHALLENGED BY TEACHERS HERE AND SO I DID. I TOOK THE CHALLENGE AND VISITED THE ELEMENTARY AND VISITED WITH STUDENTS AND TALKED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS . THE PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THERE WERE OTHER FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS HELPED TO DRENCH ME AND AS SOON AS IT HIT

048ME, I COULDN'T BREATHE AT THAT POINT. BUT IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A MESSAGE AND IT GOT ABOUT 10,00 VIEWS. IT WAS NICE. IT WAS WORTH IT AT THAT POINT. THAT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY BIG BUCKET. THEY FILLED IT UP WITH ICE AND TOOK ADVANTAGE. MARQUIS RIBBON-CUTTING. WHAT I THINK CITIZENS BANK FOR THEIR DONATION OF TWO SIGNS AT LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL AND MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. WE WENT MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING. A CHANCE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND SPECIFICALLY CITIZENS BANK AND FOR LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL FOR MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TO GET THE NEW MARQUEES. AND THE COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND NEXT TIME YOU DRIVE BY , I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT OUT. FINALLY , I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2025 GRADUATES. THIS WEEK

049SIX SEPARATE CEREMONIES WE WILL CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS FROM CENTENNIAL, LAS CRUCES HIGH, ORGAN MOUNTAIN, MAYFIELD, ARROWHEAD PARK AND RIO GRANDE AS THEY TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN THEIR LIVES. I WISH THEM ALL AND THEIR FAMILIES A SAFE AND FUN WEEKEND OF CELEBRATING AND AS A REMINDER WE'VE POSTED THE RULES FOR THE CEREMONY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. NEXT FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. I HOPE ALL 21,00 STUDENTS AND WITH SUCCESS AND ENJOY A SAFE AND FUN SUMMER BREAK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK IN JULY, BUT UNTIL THEN THANKS TO OUR SUPPORT STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS AND EVERYONE FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR LEARNERS THRIVE. AND WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SUPERINTENDENT, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO NOMINATE FROM

050YOUR CABINET? I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT TO PUT SOMEONE ELSE THROUGH THAT? I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST END IT THERE. IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AWARENESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SPEAK UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO BOARD ITEMS AND OLD BUSINESS AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP OUR CHIEF OF STAFF TO TALK ABOUT THE NMSBA AND EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS THE MOMENT THAT THE REST OF YOU BEEN WAITING FOR. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CORT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. THIS IS THE FOLLOW-UP FROM THE NOMINATIONS THAT YOU AND THE BOARD APPROVED ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO. SO THE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WE HAVE THOSE AWARDS, SO WE TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. AND WE WILL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD. WE HAVE

051PLAQUES FOR THE RECIPIENTS AND I BELIEVE HE WANTED TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. ABSOLUTELY. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO START , IF THAT'S OKAY WITH MS. TENORIO. LET'S JUST GET THIS GOING. I THINK I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS FOLLOWING PROGRAM AND I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON IT. IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROGRAM. SO I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. THIS IS THE STUDENT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND I'M NOMINATING KEY PLAYERS FROM THE 2024 SUMMER PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HIGH-QUALITY INTERNSHIPS IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, BUSINESSES , AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. COUNTY WORKS WITH PARTNERING BUSINESSES TO PLACE STUDENTS AT INTERNSHIP SITES BASED ON THE STUDENTS INTERESTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THIS PROGRAM NOT ONLY GIVES STUDENTS VALUABLE

052JOB SKILLS, IT PAYS THEM A COMPETITIVE WAGE AND EMPOWERS THEM TO SEE A FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY. A SINCERE THANK YOU FOR THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THEY ARE FINDING WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROPELLING PROGRAMS EXPANSION. FROM 450 STUDENTS IN 2022, THE MAJORITY OF THE BULK OF IT WAS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TO 850 STUDENTS IN 2023 CULMINATING LAST YEAR AT 1380 STUDENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 300 BUSINESS PARTNERS. SO I'M NOT NOMINATING 300. THEY JOIN THIS MISSION TO EQUIP OUR STUDENTS WITH INVALUABLE EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS. WHAT IS TRULY IMPRESSIVE IS THE LENGTH OF THIS INTRODUCTION AND HONOREES WORK WITH TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM. IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND THEY ARE BRAINSTORMING HOW TO PASTE THIS OUT. KUDOS TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT. IS OPEN TO

053HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES. LAST SUMMER IT WAS OPENED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT LEAST 15 YEARS OF AGE. THIS SUMMER THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT IS BEING BUMPED UP TO 16. IS A PAID INTERNSHIP AND THE COMPETITIVE PAY IS $15 PER HOUR UP TO $2400. I HAVE A QUOTE FROM A COUNTY COMMISSION SHARE , THIS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS NOT JUST ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE LEADERS, IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERING THEM TO SHAPE THEIR OWN FUTURES. TOGETHER WE ARE OPENING DOORS FOSTERING TALENT AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY YOUNG MIND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. THAT IS GOOD. THAT IS IN OUR STRATEGIC MISSION. SO WE THANK NEW MEXICO FOR ENTRUSTING THE COUNTY TO ONCE AGAIN OFFER THIS IMPACTFUL PROGRAM. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP THAT BRINGS REAL-WORLD CAREER EXPERIENCES TO OUR STUDENTS. THE COLLABORATION

054BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE BRIDGE OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, THE GREATER LAS CRUCES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES. I'M GETTING CLOSER. SO FROM DONA ANA COUNTY WE HAVE THESE STUDENTS. FROM THE BRIDGE OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WE RECOGNIZE BATH. FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WE THANK DEBBIE. FROM THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES WE THANK [ READING LIST OF NAMES ] AND FROM LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE CELEBRATE [ READING LIST OF NAMES ] [ APPLAUSE ] WHILE YOU ARE ALL STANDING, LET'S DO A PICTURE. LET'S JUST DO THAT RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD BE LOVELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WILL WILL YOU GET THAT I GOT A WILL WE LIVE IS THE RIGGED ELECTION AND THAT I SAID YOU KNOW WHAT WILL WILL I'M NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN. WE WILL MOVE

055ON TO THE NEXT AWARDS. TAKE IT AWAY, VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. I HAVE THE HONOR OF HONORING CARLA. IS CARLA HERE WITH US? THEY GAVE ME A THING AND THEN I WILL ADD SOME VP SPICE TO IT. SPOT JUST LISTEN TO ALL THE GOODNESS. CARLA IS AN ADVOCATE FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE SERVING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AT HILLRISE ELEMENTARY. SHE LEADS SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. HER WORK IN THE RESEARCH PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS ARE COMMITMENT TO USING EVIDENCE-BASED LITERACY INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT STRUGGLING READERS. BEYOND INSTRUCTION SHE SERVES AS STUDENT ASSESSMENT TEAMS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND TESTING COORDINATION FOR THE SCHOOL. SHE'S A TIRELESS SUPPORTER OF EQUITY IN EDUCATION AND A ROLE MODEL FOR COMPASSIONATE STUDENT CENTERED TEACHING. WHEN I WAS IN FIRST OR SECOND GRADE I HAD TO GO TO A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. AND NOBODY

056REMEMBERS IN MY FAMILY WHY . THE PREVAILING THEORY IS I DIDN'T TALK ENOUGH. NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT PATHOLOGIST KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. I SAY THIS BECAUSE CARLA REPRESENTS THIS VALUE INTERVENTION AND THE BELIEF THAT NO STUDENT IS HOPELESS AND EVERY STUDENT DESERVES RESOURCES AND INTERVENTION AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO LCPS AND THE WORK THAT CARLA IS DOING. IS MAKING SURE WE GIVE EVERY CHILD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED AND FOLKS LIKE CARLA ARE THOSE THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] NOW IT IS MY TURN. I NOMINATED ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTERS. THESE ADVISORS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. THEY PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES TO IMMIGRANT , MIGRANT, INTERNATIONAL, AND EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. THEY ADVISE THEM, THEY DO LANGUAGE PLACEMENTS,

057THEY DO LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS , AND THEY ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR THEIR BILINGUAL SEAL. THE BILINGUAL --THE SEAL OF BILINGUAL AND BILITERACY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THOSE THAT HAVE THE GIFT OF SPEAKING TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES CAN GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND SUCCEED. AND INSTEAD OF VIEWING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AS AN IMPEDIMENT, IS TRULY A GIFT AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THOSE STUDENTS LINGUISTICALLY GIFTED BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU CAN SPEAK IN TWO LANGUAGES , THAT IS AMAZING. IT IS SO AWESOME AND I LOVE THAT OUR INTERNATIONAL WELCOME CENTER ADVISORS TAKE THESE STUDENTS AND WORK WITH THEM AND WE HAD RECORD NUMBERS THIS YEAR. 162 AT OUR CEREMONY FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS AND BILINGUAL SEAL

058STUDENTS AND SOME THAT HAD RECEIVED THE GLOBAL SEAL , WHICH IS SUCH A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND THIS COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THE TIRELESS WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO. THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. [ READING LIST OF NAMES ] THESE ARE AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY, BUT YOU ARE UP HERE AND LET'S TAKE UP --LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOUR PLAQUE WILL BE HOUSED IN THE BILINGUAL OFFICE. THANK YOU. TAKE IT AWAY, SECRETARY. I AM VERY PROUD TO PRESENT THE NMSBA TO AMY. PLEASE WAVED TO US . AMY HAS WORKED WITH THE WORK BASED LEARNING TEAM AND HAS RECENTLY MOVED TO THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY. SHE'S TAKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF LCPS SAFE SOUND PROJECT. AN INITIATIVE THAT

059PROVIDES EDUCATORS WITH TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO BE VISIBLE ALLIES FOR LGBTQ+ YOUTH. THROUGH A SELF-PACED LEARNING MODULE AND IN PERSON SESSIONS SHE EQUIP STAFF WITH THE TOOLS AND MINDSET TO CREATE SAFE AFFIRMING PLACES FOR --WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED, AND RESPECTED. TODAY ARE TRANS COMMUNITY HAS ESPECIALLY BEEN UNDER ATTACK AT OUR SUPPORT NOW FOR THE LGBTQ+ STUDENTS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. EACH PARTICIPANT RECEIVES A CERTIFICATE AND A SAFE SPACE STICKER TO DISPLAY. A SMALL SYMBOL FOR THE CLASSROOM WITH A BIG IMPACT. IT REMINDS US THAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS MUST BE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL AND THAT TRUST AND SAFETY IS A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY. HER WORK STRENGTHENS OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR HEARTS. WE ARE GOING TO DO TWO PHOTOGRAPHS AT ONCE. WE HAVE 3 MORE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE. SO WE WILL CALL YOU UP INDIVIDUALLY TO TAKE PICTURE.

060SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY DO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST. SOMETIMES THEY DO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST. AND I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE DISTINCT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE UNIFIED CHAMPIONS SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR 6 1/2 YEARS AND I'VE MISSED A LOT OF VERY COOL EVENTS. ONE THING I TRY TO NEVER MISS ARE THE ACTIVITIES PUT ON BY THIS ORGANIZATION USED TO BE CALLED PLAY UNIFIED. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. IF YOU WANT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF INCLUSIVE ACTIVITY AND THAT'S WHAT THIS EVENT IS ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY I SO APPRECIATED IT. UNIFIED CHAMPIONS SCHOOLS IS A MOVEMENT BUILT ON THE IDEA THAT TRUE INCLUSION STARTS WITH OUR STUDENTS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES COME TOGETHER FOR SPORTS

061AND SCHOOLWIDE EVENTS THAT PROMOTE UNITY AND ACCEPTANCE FROM INCLUSIVE SPORTS TO STUDENT-LED ADVOCACY , THIS WORK TRANSFORMS SCHOOL CULTURE BY SHOWING THAT EVERYONE BELONGS. TEAM LEADING THIS EFFORT IS HELPING TO BUILD A GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LEAD WITH EMPATHY AND CELEBRATE DIVERSITY. UNIFIED CHAMPIONS SCHOOLS IS NOT JUST PROGRAM. IT'S A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT INCLUSION IS STRENGTH AND WE RECOGNIZE AND GIVE THIS AWARD TO LIZ BRANCH. MR. FRANK, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE. THE PENT ULTIMATE. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ . WHERE ARE YOU? HE IS A DRIVING FORCE AND LCPS TV. HE IS A MENTOR TO STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THROUGH PRODUCTIONS LIKE SUPER NEWS HE BRINGS STUDENTS BEHIND THE SCENES AND INTO THE SPOTLIGHT TEACHING THEM STORYTELLING, EDITING, AND PRODUCTION SKILLS THAT TRANSLATE INTO REAL-WORLD CAREERS. THIS IS PART OF

062HIS JOB DESCRIPTION. THIS IS HIS PERSONAL MISSION. HE SHOWS UP EARLY, HE STAYS LATE , AND HE ALWAYS SAYS YES TO HELPING HIS SCHOOL OR SUPPORTING STUDENT. 'S COMMITMENT HAS SHAPED OUR DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS WHILE BUILDING THE CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS OF THE STUDENTS HE GUIDES. YOU ARE AMAZING. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] I'M NOT TO SAY I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU BECAUSE I'M HAPPY TO BREAK IT TO YOU. I GET THE LAST ONE. HERE WE GO. SO WE HAVE JESSICA CHAVEZ FROM FEDERAL PROGRAMS. [ APPLAUSE ] AND A BRAND-NEW ROLE JESSICA HAS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS TRANSITIONING OUT OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT PROGRAMS AND BACK INTO SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY LIFE. WITH INCREDIBLE INITIATIVE SHE CREATED PROCESSES , BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES, AND ESTABLISH COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT STUDENTS DURING

063ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING POINTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. JESSICA'S WORK ENSURES NO STUDENT FALLS TO THE CRACKS. SHE ADVOCATES FOR EACH CHILD WITH CARE AND PRECISION AND ENSURES EDUCATORS AND PARENTS OF THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO CREATE A STABLE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. HER LEADERSHIP IS REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO PROVIDE A TRUE SECOND CHANCE. THANK YOU, JESSICA. LET'S DO A PICTURE WITH EVERYONE. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS CAMERA. I THINK I GOT IT. THANK YOU ALL. ON OUR NEXT ITEM NEW BUSINESS MR. SILVA WILL COME AND CHAT WITH US ABOUT THE LCPS BOARD OF EDUCATION BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE. AFTER ALL THOSE FUN AWARDS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF --WE'LL MEET ABOUT THIS TOPIC OVER TWO MEETINGS.

064AND SO THE MAYBE TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR THIS IS AT YOUR BEGINNING OF JUNE WORK SESSION PRESIDENT CORT, YOU ALL WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE THIS. WHAT I HAD IN YOUR PACKET WAS A PROPOSED BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE 25- 26 SCHOOL YEAR. COLIN, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST ONE TO LEAVE UP FOR A LITTLE BIT. JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE ON HERE, AND THEN I TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, PRESIDENT CORT, AND WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS. THE REGULAR SESSION HAS THE 6:00 P.M. START TIME. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THAT FROM YOUR CURRENT MEETING PRACTICE. I DID INCLUDE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOUR EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. YOU'LL SEE THEM THERE ON AUGUST 8th, NOVEMBER 7th, FEBRUARY 6th. AND MAY 8th WHICH IS ROUGHLY HOW YOU'VE DONE THEM THIS YEAR. I WANT TO PROVIDE A COUPLE MORE

065PIECES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SCHEDULE AND THEN I CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE FOUR WORK SESSIONS THE -- WELL, LET ME JUST SAY PART OF THE REASON THAT THE NOVEMBER 7th WORK SESSION IS WHERE IT IS AT IS BECAUSE THAT TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER IS ELECTION DAY. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE AT LEAST CONSIDERATION TO MAYBE NOT HAVE A MEETING THAT DAY. THE OTHER DATES I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, MARCH 3rd OF IS A NORMAL KIND OF SCHEDULE FOR US. HOWEVER, MARCH 24th IS NOT THE THIRD TUESDAY. IT'S THE FOLLOWING ONE BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK. I CAN BRING CHANGES TO YOU ALL AND THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE UP FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU, MR.

066SILVER. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CHANGES? I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE. SO I LOOKED ON THE NMSBA WEBSITE OF LIKE WHAT WOULD BE IN THE REST OF 2025, AND THEN KIND OF PROJECTING THE SPRING OF 2026 BECAUSE APPARENTLY LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE REGION 7 USUALLY DOES LIKE THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERYEVERY WHAT -- APRIL AND OCTOBER. YES. SO LOOKING AT THAT I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB. I COULDN'T SEE ANY CONFLICTS. I COULD BE WRONG. BUT --I COULD BE WRONG. I DON'T THINK WE RAN INTO IT. I KNOW, I SHOULD JUST GIVE IT TO I SHOULD. YEAH, YOU DID A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE THE CONSISTENCY. AND I'M SAD WE DON'T HAVE RETREATS. DO WE HAVE HAVE SESSIONS INSTEAD OF RETREATS. I GET IT WAS A MENTAL THING. I

067JUST NEEDED THE PHYSICAL THINGS TO BE THERE FOR A RETREAT TO CALL IT A RETREAT. OOH. LIKE -- OKAY. LIKE WE GO SOMEWHERE ELSE? YEAH. MASSAGE CHAIRS. I DON'T KNOW. >> THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. NO, IT'S NOT. I WAS JUST GOING TO --I THINK NOT HAVING -- YOU WERE MENTIONING ELECTION DAY. GAVE ME IMMEDIATE ANXIETY ANYWAYS. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT --IT PROBABLY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A MEETING ON NOVEMBER 7th. I THINK THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THAT. HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM WHAT WE'RE --OUR CURRENT --WHAT'S THE MAIN DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE ONE WE'RE ON NOW AND THIS ONE? SURE. PRESIDENT CORT AND VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FIRST, THAT NOVEMBER 7th DAY ON THIS SHEET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET

068IS THE FRIDAY AFTER THE TUESDAY ELECTION. OH, THEN NEVER MIND. AND IN TERMS OF HOW THIS KIND OF COMPARES TO THIS YEAR'S, IT'S VERY SIMILAR. VERY, VERY SIMILAR. RETREATS ARE ON FRIDAY OR -->> YES. I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY WORK SESSIONS. UNLESS I'M JUST --I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY WORK SESSIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE MOVE THEM BECAUSE NMSBA OR -- I DON'T THINK THOSE EVER GET MOVED. WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR THIS LAST YEAR? THIS FEELS LIKE MORE WORK SESSIONS THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE. AND I HAVE NO DATA. IT'S JUST A SENSE. IT SEEMS LIKE MORE WORK SESSIONS. WHICH IS FINE. I THINK IT'S MORE. I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THAT FEELING. THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN IT. WELL, WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE FALL BREAK IS LOOKING

069DIFFERENT, AND SO IS THE SPRING BREAK. SO IT MIGHT AFFECT HAVING A MEET ING. GOOD POINT. >> CAN YOU CHANGE IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU HAVE THE VISUAL? IF THAT HELPS ANYONE. IF IT DOESN'T -- IF I COULD JUST ADD TO PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU ALL DID HAVE FOUR RETREATS SLASH EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS THIS YEAR. SO THE NUMBERS ARE EXACTLY -->> THEY'RE THE SAME. TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH. IT FEELS LIKE -- EXCEPT POSSIBLY THAT MARCH AND --WE DIDN'T HAVE TWO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER I FELT LIKE. I FELT LIKE WE ONLY HAD ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER AND ONE MEETING IN MARCH, WHICH MIGHT BE. OR THAT'S JUST -- PRESIDENT CORT, YOU ARE CORRECT. YOU HAD ONE REGULAR --FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, YOU HAD ONE MEETING

070ON --REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 17th AND IN MARCH YOU HAD ONE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 4th. AND SO WE MISSED THOSE TWO WORK SESSIONS. AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE FEELING LIKE WE HAVE MORE. SO WHAT DID WE DO WITH THOSE? DID WE JUST -- NOT HAVE THEM. WE CAN JUST CANCEL THEM? THE OTHER SUGGESTION AND JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, THE BORDER SHEETS I THINK HAVE A TON OF VALUE. I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF DOING THEM HERE. I THINK IT LIMITS SORT OF THE COLLABORATION THAT I THINK WE WOULD --HAVING IT IN THE OTHER ROOM INDUCED. IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO --LET'S GET TO WORK AND LET'S DO SOME THINGS. I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF DOING THEM HERE BUT I

071KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THEM BECAUSE AUDIO ISSUES AND RORGD -- RECORDING --IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT BEING SAID I DO THINK LIMITING THE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS TO TWO A YEAR I THINK MAKES SENSE FOR ME. IT'S SORT OF A NICE SORT OF OKAY, THIS IS OUR GOAL. THEN WE FOLLOW UP, THIS IS HOW WE ARE ON OUR GOALS. I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON POLICY AND STUFF IN WORK SESSIONS. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YES. >> WHO QUALIFIES LIKE A HISTORIAN IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I NEVER CAN REMEMBER WHAT TUESDAYS WE MEET. IS THIS THE FIRST AND THIRD OR SECOND AND FOURTH? FIRST AND THIRD. USUALLY FIRST AND THIRD, YEAH. SO THEN WE'RE FINE. I JUST WANT TO LIKE DOUBLE

072LOOK, MAKE SURE. OKAY. YES. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT SUGGESTED AN INTERESTING IDEA WITH MAKING SOME OF THE --TWO OF THE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS MORE POLICY DRIVEN. YES. IF WE COULD SOMEHOW ABBREVIATE WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IN OUR RETREATS AND THEN FOCUS ON POLICY, WE COULD GET PERHAPS MORE POLICY DONE. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING? YES. HOW CAN WE BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT ON THE POLICY SIDE OF THINGS. WE WERE WISE NOT TO HAVE ANY POLICY TONIGHT. CLEARLY A LONG AGENDA. AND THEN THINGS GET BACKED UP. IN WORK SESSIONS WE DON'T --I DON'T THINK WE DO ANY POLICY OR VOTE ON ANYTHING EVER, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BY RULE OR WE DON'T HAVE TO. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS. BECAUSE IT'S DURING THE DAY AND PEOPLE ARE NOT AS ABLE TO

073TUNE IN. THAT'S RIGHT. MAYBE IT'S BETTER FOR DISCUSSIONS BUT NOT ACTUAL VOTING. AND I MIGHT COUNTER TOO WHAT YOU SAID, VICE PRESIDENT, IN THAT IF WE HAVE TWO LESS EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS IT MIGHT HAVE A TENDENCY TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT LONGER. WE'RE ALREADY TWO HOURS IN ON THIS ONE. AND SO IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY IN A MORE INFORMAL SETTING TO GET SOME WORK DONE. SO THAT'S JUST MY COUNTER TO YOUR REMOVAL OF TWO OF THE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. FEEL FREE TO COUNTER. WELL, I GUESS I WILL. I GET THAT. BUT I ALSO JUST THINK IT ALSO CREATES --THE WORLD IS ALL ABOUT SPIN, RIGHT? I ALSO THINK HAVING MORE POLICY WORK SESSIONS GETS US TO OUR POINT A LITTLE BIT FASTER. I THINK HAVING MORE WORK SESSIONS MAKES US MORE EFFICIENT. OKAY.

074SO ARE YOU SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO MOST OF THE POLICY WORK DURING THE WORK SESSIONS, KEEPING THE AMOUNT OF WORK SESSIONS THE SAME BUT ELIMINATING TWO OF THE EXTENDED? WELL, NO. CHANGING THEM TO WORK SESSIONS. TWO RETREATS --COLIN, IF YOU CAN PUT THE OTHER ONE BACK. I ACTUALLY DON'T CARE WHICH --I WOULD TRUST THE JUDGMENT OF OTHER FOLKS ON WHAT EXTENDED WORK SESSION TIMINGWISE MAKES THE MOST SENSE. TEST SCORES, ATTENDANCE DATA. WHENEVER IT LINES UP BEST FOR US TO LOOK AT GOALS AND MAKE TWO OF THOSE OTHER ONES WORK SESSIONS. AND JUST LIKE POLICY, LIKE NO SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, NO RECOGNITIONS, NOTHING. JUST POLICY FIRST AND SECOND AND -- FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. OKAY. >> I JUST THINK THAT CAN GET US TO --IT JUST SEEMS LIKE POLICY IS NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN

075AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY TWO YEARS. FOUR I GUESS FOR THAT MATTER. SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT WORK SESSIONS WE CAN GET MORE DONE. OKAY. DOES AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION OPERATE NOW LIKE A REGULAR OR WORK SESSION AS FAR AS LIKE PUBLIC INPUT OR ARE YOU TREATING IT DIFFERENTLY? TREATING IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC INPUT DURING THOSE RETREATS SLASH WORK SESSIONS. IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING POLICIES? IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT'S JUST A WORK SESSION. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN WORK SESSIONS RIGHT NOW? YES. >> WELL, THEN -->> BUT IN EXTENDED WORK SESSION WE DO NOT. RIGHT. THE PERENNIAL PROBLEM. CLEARLY. THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD CONVERSATION. AND SO WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS NEXT --POSSIBLY

076VOTING ON THIS AT OUR JUNE MEETING. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE DRAFT. IF HE'S MAKING SOME KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS. YES, AND ARE YOU? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO --YES, IF WE CAN GET A CALENDAR, AND IF THIS IS OKAY, I DON'T KNOW LIKE --I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT AN ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS, TWO EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS REPLACES THOSE OTHER TWO ARE A WORK SESSION. ONE PER --WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE THINGS? SEMESTER? YEAH, ONE PER SEMESTER. YES. ONE PER SEMESTER. IT MIGHT BE IN THE SUMMER. I'M NOT INTO THAT BUT -- SO WOULD YOU PROPOSE AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION IN AUGUST BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEGINNING OF THETHE STUFF AND THEN AGAIN IN MAY BECAUSE THAT'S END OF WORK OR END OF SEMESTER? SURE. I ALSO KNOW WE GET DATA

077FROM PAT AT A CERTAIN POINT AND THAT'S GOING TO TELL US HOW WE'RE DOING. DEPENDING ON DATA AND --I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER STRATEGICALLY WHEN IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THOSE DEEP DIVES. BUT AGAIN, I WOULD TRUST FOLKS IN HERE TO SORT OF GIVE US A GOOD ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE. THIS IS HELPFUL, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO I THINK MY NEXT STEPS ARE I'M GOING TO BRING BACK FOR YOUR JUNE 2nd OR 3rd MEETING, WHATEVER THAT IS, YOU WILL HAVE TWO CALENDAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING CALENDARS. ONE WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. MAYBE IDENTICAL. AND THE OTHER ONE TO YOUR POINT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, WILL REPLACE TWO OF THOSE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS AND THEY'LL JUST BE WORK SESSIONS. AND I'LL BRING THOSE FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR

078A POSSIBLE VOTE. SO MOVING THOSE FROM FRIDAY THEN TO TUESDAY, THOSE TWO. THAT WOULD BE CORRECT, YEAH. PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I DO WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE DATES SPECIFICALLY. I DO KNOW NOVEMBER 1 I PICKED FIRST JUST BECAUSE OF ELECTION DAY SO I WANT TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR FOR THE OTHER ONES AND MAKE SURE. I CAN WORK ON THAT. ONE LAST THING TO SAY. >> YES, MA'AM. FOR THE RECORD, BEFORE WE HAD THE BALANCED CALENDAR WE DIDN'T HAVE MEETINGS IN JULY. CORRECT. THAT'S TRUE. JUST SAYING. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. >> AND PRESIDENT. PERHAPS AT OUR EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS WE HAVE THE FOCUSED TIME TO LOOK AT OUR GOALS TO REEVALUATE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO REMIND OURSELVES ARE WE DOING WHAT WE THINK WE'RE DOING? SO THAT TIME IS VALUABLE. AS

079WELL AS THE REPORTS ON ATTENDANCE AND OTHER THINGS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS AND HIS TEAM'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT CHANGE AT THE NEXT MEETING. WILL DO. AND JULY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JULY 4th AND THEN SOME OF THE STAFF ALSO TAKES THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF. THAT WILL BE A CONSIDERATION AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER US TAKING OFF THE JULY 1st JUST BECAUSE IT'S A CRAZY TIME. I'LL GLADLY TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE FOR YOU, PRESIDENT CORT. AND PEOPLE NEED A BREAK, RIGHT? JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. WE ARE -- THE RULES ARE ONE REGULAR SESSION A MONTH. THAT IS WHAT SCHOOL BOARDS ARE SUPPOSED TO. THAT IS THE MINIMAL REQUIREMENT. YES. >> OBVIOUSLY WE DO THAT. BUT I DON'T

080KNOW. IT JUST SEEMS FOR -- I JUST FEEL LIKE FOUR RETREATS IS A LOT. IT JUST SEEMS A LOT FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO DO FOUR RETREATS. LIKE HOW MUCH IS CHANGING -- IN THAT LENGTH OF TIME? >> YES. WHAT IS THE NEW DATA, WHAT IS THE NEW DIRECTION, WHAT IS THE NEW IDEA THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IN SIX MONTHS LATER, DOWN THE ROAD? I DON'T THINK WE USED TO HAVE FOUR RETREATS. WHEN IT WAS AN ACTUAL RETREAT I DON'T THINK THERE WAS FOUR OF THEM. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO. ONE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. FOUR JUST -- IF I WAS PLANNING STUFF I'D BE LIKE FOUR RETREATS, NO WAY, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST A LOT OF -- I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST DEEPER DIVES. >> IT'S DEEPER

081DIVES. IT CAN ALSO BE REDUNDANT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REDUNDANCY ON THE RETREAT AGENDA STUFF. RIGHT? I DISAGREE. >> NO, WE'RE -->> WE HAVE TO USE OUR TIME WISELY BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TAKE THE DAY OFF. EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING. YOU HAD THE FLOOR. WE HAD THE SRO PRESENTATION SEVERAL TIMES. WE'VE DONE ATTENDANCE SEVERAL TIMES IN RETREATS. THERE'S JUST --AND I GET THAT THOSE ARE ALL AREAS OF FOCUS. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO IT FOUR TIMES A YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> SUPERINTENDENT. AND PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. NOLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT RETREAT, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE NOTICED, OUR AGENDA, AS WE HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, SO IN MOVING FORWARD WHAT I'D LIKE FOR

082US TO BE ABLE TO DO ON MY END IS GIVE THOSE UPDATES DURING THOSE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE FOUR BUT THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD DO IN OUR EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS AS WELL. JUST A CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. MAKING SURE WE'RE ON TRACK WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. IS ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. NEXT ON OUR NEW BUSINESS, BUT BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO DISCUSS THE CHANGES IF ANY BASED ON THE --SORRY. SO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY TIME TO DISCUSS THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE THE FINAL END OF YOUR EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO MOVED. >> SKD. MOVED BY MR. FRANK AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD.

083ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [ ALL SAY AYE ] ALL OPPOSED. >> THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DIDN'T HEAR FROM OVER HERE. BUT OKAY. NEXT, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025- 2026 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. THANK YOU, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, FOR HANGING OUT FOR ALL OF THIS. ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME? WHOO. >> THAT DEPARTMENT IS ROCKING. I KNOW. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU, MR. LU. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROPOSED 2025-26 BUDGET. IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. THIS JOURNEY STARTED IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WE ARE APPROACHING TO THE END AFTER THE PROCESS. AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL IN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ON TOP OF

084THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING SOMETHING EXTRA. WE CONTINUE IMPROVING OUR PROCESS TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT AND MORE COLLABORATIVE. FIRST OF ALL, THIS YEAR WE REMAPPED THE BUDGET SURVEY PROCESS WITH THE HELP OF DR. BARBARRI AND OUR NEW BUDGET SURVEY COMMITTEE. WE MAKE IT THE BUDGET SURVEY SHORTER AND MORE SCIENTIFIC BALANCED. WE NOT ONLY PROVIDE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE US QUANTITATIVE DATA BUT ALSO A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED QUALITATIVE DATA IS SHOWING UP THIS YEAR. SO WITH THAT PUSH WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 11,00 QUANTITATIVE RESPONSE THAT GIVE US AND SERVE AS THE BACKBONE AND NORTH STAR FOR THE WHOLE PROCESS. SECONDLY, WITH IMPLEMENTING EXCHANGE WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AI FUNCTIONS INTO ANALYZE THE SURVEY DATA. WITH AI WE'D BE ABLE TO IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ALL THE DATA AND ESPECIALLY THE QUANTITATIVE DATA. AND

085WITH THE EXPERTISE FROM DR. BARBARI WE'D BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON UNBIASED INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS ON RAW DATA AND GO THROUGH ALL THE DATA SO WE CAN TAKE ALL THE INPUT SERIOUSLY AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION. LASTLY, WHICH IS WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF, IS THAT WITH THE PUSH OF MARKETING WE ARE ON A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADVERTISEMENT. AND OUR BUDGETING HAS BEEN PRESENTING TO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES INCLUDING EQUITY COUNCILS, PARENT TRAINING AT OUR NEW FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER AND ALSO THE BUDGET TOWN HALL. WE RECEIVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND THOSE QUESTIONS ARE IN LINE WITH ALL THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH BUDGET SURVEY PROCESS. WITH THAT PUSH WE GOT THE HISTORIC HEIGHT OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE BUDGET SURVEY. AND WHAT ARE WE MOST PROUD

086OF, THAT OVER 1,600 KIDS PROVIDE US THEIR INPUT AND THEIR CONCERNED SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY IN OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO OUR PRIORITY IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENT, TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND TAKE CARE OF OUR PUBLIC CONCERNS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE TAKING THE INPUTS ACROSS THE WHOLE PROCESS, EVEN IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING THE STUDENT ADVISER MENTIONED TO US THAT THE ATHLETIC ACTIVITY AND FINANCE PROGRAM IS VERY CRITICAL TO THEM. SO WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND IT'S ALSO IN LINE WITH OUR PUBLIC INPUT ANALYSIS. AND WE PUT ASIDE, WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING THOSE THREE PROGRAMS AND ACTUALLY PUTTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS BASED ON THOSE PUBLIC CONCERNS AND SUPPORTS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO LET ME PASS IT ON TO MR. SAINZ TO TALK US INTO DETAIL ABOUT

087THE BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT REESE. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS MATTHEW SAINZ. I'M THE BUDGET DIRECTOR OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AS ALEX MENTIONED IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS TODAY. BUT WE'RE HEAR HEER TODAY FOR THE BUDGET ADOPTION. FOR THE AGENDA WE'LL REVIEW OUR BUDGET PROCESS. JUST AS A REMINDER OF HOW FAR WE'VE COME. AND THEN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES THAT WERE DETERMINED BY THE INDEPENDENT SURVEY AND ALSO FROM -- ACTUALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY AS A RESULT FROM THE BUDGET SURVEY. WE'LL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THERE WHY NO CHANGES FROM THE TIME WE PRESENTED IT AT

088OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL AND ALSO FROM THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. ALSO WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO WE BEGAN OUR PROCESS WITH OUR GOAL CENTERSED AROUND STUDENTS AND THAT'S TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND PROVIDE MAXIMUM TRANSPARENCY COLLABORATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARD STUDENT SUCCESS. WE LIKE TO BUILD THAT TRUST THROUGH A BALANCED AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET, ALSO PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION. AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS BY STARTING OUR PROCESS VERY EARLY ON IN THE YEAR FOR A YEAR-ROUND BUDGET PROCESS. SO DR. BARBADI, OUR INDEPENDENT FACILITATOR, AND THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BUDGET SURVEY COMMITTEE START BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR DEVELOPING THE SURVEY. WE CONTINUE ON WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL SITES AND DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO DEVELOPING THEIR

089BUDGET. AS A REQUIREMENT FOR DEVELOPING THEIR BUDGET WE DO ASK THEM TO MEET WITH THEIR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, WHICH IS OUR PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF. AND WE ASKED THEM TO PRESENT THEIR BUDGET TO THEM AT THAT POINT. SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET SOME INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET. WE BRING FORWARD OUR PROPOSED BUDGET SURVEY FOR COMMENTS AT OUR BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING IN NOVEMBER. OUR SURVEY CONCLUDES IN FEBRUARY WITH THE BUDGET SURVEY ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE BY OUR INDEPENDENT BUDGET SURVEY COMMITTEE. WE ASK ALL SUBMIT THEIR BUDGETS TO BY FEBRUARY. WE COME BACK WITH OUR SECOND TOWN HALL MEETING TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE BUDGET SURVEY. AND THIS YEAR WE DID HAVE A 60- DAY LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH MAKES A VERY TIGHT TURNAROUND FOR SUBMITTING

090OUR BUDGET -- EXCUSE ME, FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. SO WE RECEIVE OUR PED UNIT VALUE WHICH TELLS US HOW MUCH OPERATIONAL FUNDS WE HAVE. AND THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO BACK IN APRIL. MOST RECENTLY WE HAD OUR FINAL TOWN HALL MEETING AND WE PRESENTED THE SAME BUDGET INFORMATION TO THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR ADOPTION. SO NEXT STEP IS TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW, AND WE'LL WORK WITH THEM BACK AND FORTH TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET. SO OUR BUDGET SURVEYSURVEY IS --CONSISTS OF TWO FACILITATORS. WE TRANSITIONED THAT OVER TO DR. BARBADDI. WE HAVE 12 PARENT REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE SELECTED. WE ALSO HAD TWO CLASSIFIED PARTNERS AND TWO CERTIFIED PARTNERS FROM OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT PARTNERS. AND AS ALEX MENTIONED WE HAD OVER 2,00

091RESPONSES. AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS IS THAT 77% OF THOSE RESPONSES ARE FROM STUDENTS. SO OUR SCHOOL THAT HAD THE MOST RESPONSES WERE FROM CAMINO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. UPDATES TO THE 2026 BUDGET SURVEY INCLUDE A FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT. SO WE DID TASK DR. BARBADDI TO DEVELOP A BUDGET SURVEY THAT CAN BE TAKEN BY BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALSO TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES TO TAKE THE SURVEY. SO THE STUDENTS DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE SURVEY DURING THEIR ADVISORY CLASS, AND WE ALSO OFFERED A PROMOTION WITH A CHANCE TO WIN A $10 GIFT CARD TO CALICHI'S. THOSE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND THE GIFT CARDS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE SCHOOLS. WE ALSO PRESENTED OUR BUDGET INFORMATION AT A COUPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE

092HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR INFORMATION TO PARENTS AT THE BILINGUAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH CLASS AND THEN ALSO TO COMMUNITY LEADERS AT OUR EQUITY COUNCIL. AS MR. LU WAS MENTIONING WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED THOUGHT EXCHANGE, WHICH WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THE SURVEY THROUGH THIS PLATFORM. AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE SOME AI ANALYSIS. ALSO AS MR. LU HAD MENTIONED, WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING OUR PROMOTION FOR FINANCE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THIS DOES HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR OUR GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION BUDGET AWARD. ALSO FOR OUR PURCHASING AWARD. AND THEN ALSO THE COMPLETION OF SEVERAL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS FAIR ACRES AND DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY. SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR DETERMINED BY OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDE CAMPUS SAFETY AT 81%. NEW

093TO THIS YEAR IS HEALTH AND WELLNESS AT 80%. AND WE ALSO HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AT 67%. JUST SO NOTE THAT FACILITIES HAS BEEN PART OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. AND WE HAVE MADE SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO INFRASTRUCTURES AROUND THE DISTRICT. SO THAT HAS SINCE FALLEN OFF THE LIST. FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFETY PROJECTS WITH AN ESTIMATED $10. 7 MILLION. WE HAVE WEAPONS DETECTION. THIS INCLUDES THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE SOME REOCCURRING EXPENSES FOR SOFTWARE RENEWAL AND THEN ALSO FOR STAFFING. WE HAVE DISTRICTWIDE CAMERAS FOR SIX SCHOOLS SLATED THIS YEAR. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT AS WE CONTINUE OUR UPGRADES. WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR TWO-WAY RADIO UPGRADES FOR THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THOSE RADIOS ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY'RE FUNCTIONING WELL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

094WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK RENOVATIONS. WE'RE LOOKING TO RENOVATE THE TRACKS AT ALL FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A FEW, AND I'M PRETTY SURE I WOULD HAVE BROKE THE LAND SPEED RECORD, BUT THERE WERE SOME CRACKS AND THE SURFACE WAS DETERIORATED, LEAVING SOME PATCHES AND UNEVEN SURFACES. SO MY PACE WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS TO HELP THE STUDENTS AND ATHLETES. WE ALSO HAVE SECURITY GUARDS, ABOUT 70 OF THEM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND WE ALSO HAVE --WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH BOTH THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES AND THE TOWN OF MACIAMACIA PROVIDE EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES WITH THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. AND WE HAVE TEN THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. FOR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED $11 MILLION.

095WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE STEM OUTREACH PROGRAM FROM FIVE PROGRAMS TO TEN. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FOR K12 SCIENCE. AND ALSO FOR CONTINUING ON WITH A PLATFORM FOR iREADY MATH AND READING. WE'RE LOOKING -- SO THIS YEAR SOMETHING NEW THAT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE IS SECONDARY STRUCTURED LITERACY. CURRENTLY THIS IS MANNED YAILTED FOR ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WHICH IS KNOWN AS LETTERS. SO IN THE COMING YEAR THIS WILL BE EXPANDED TO SECONDARY, WHICH IS KNOWN AS AIM. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR READING APPRENTICESHIP AND THEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXTENSION OF THE CLASSROOM. SO THIS INCLUDES ACTIVITIES WHERE STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATOR RISING, FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA, HOSA HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, STUDENT COUNCIL AND

096TECHNOLOGY. WE ALSO HAVE ATHLETICS, WHICH INCLUDES 12NMAA SANCTIONED EVENTS. AND THEY CONTINUE TO ADD SPORTS. IN THE CURRENT YEAR THEY RECENTLY ADDED POWER LYFTING AND WOMEN'S WRESTLING. THEN WE ALSO HAVE FINE ARTS, WHICH INCLUDES DANCE, MUSIC, BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA. NEW TO THIS YEAR IS MARIACHI, THEATER AND VISUAL ARTS. SO WE HAD A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT DURING OUR OPEN CEREMONIES WITH THE STUDENTS FROM FAIR ACRES. SO NEW TO THIS YEAR IS THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE'RE LOOKING AT HEALTH AT AN ESTIMATED 7 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES 47 SCHOOL NURSES, 26 HEALTH ASSISTANTS AND ONE SOCIAL WORKER. IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THE NURSES SUCH AS GAUZE, ATHLETIC TAPE, BAND-AIDS. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE ALSO HAVE FOUR ATHLETIC TRAINERS THAT ROTATE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS.

097WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDED FOR THESE POSITIONS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE NURSE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED SCHOOL NURSE CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS NEW. AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE PRESENTATION. 10. 7 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES ACADEMIC COUNSELING AND BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOL-BASED COUNSELING, WHICH IS CONTRACTED SOCIAL WORKERS TO ASSIST WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS ON SITE. WE HAVE THREAT ASSESSMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS TO ASSIST WITH THE ATTENDANCE ISSUES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND ALSO STAFF WELLNESS. UPDATES TO THE 2026 NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE SESSION INCLUDE THE APPROVAL OF HOUSE BILL 2, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A 4% SALARY INCREASE FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL. SO THIS IS KIND OF --THIS IS A BIT OF A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD IN WHICH THEY DO PROVIDE

098FOR THE 4% INCREASE ON THE STATE LEVEL. HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT. SO THE DISTRICT MAY HAVE TO PICK UP THOSE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS AS WE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. ALSO THE APPROVAL OF SENATE BILL 345. THIS INCREASES MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY FOR LEVEL 1 TO 55,00. LEVEL 2 TO 65,00. LEVEL 3 TO 75,00. SO OUR DISTRICT IS PRETTY PROGRESSIVE IN WHICH WE DO ALREADY PROVIDE FOR THOSE SALARY MINIMUMS. IN THE CURRENT YEAR. ALSO HOUSE BILL 195. THE NURSES WILL EARN THE SAME RATE AS TEACHERS. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE CURRENT YEAR IN WHICH THE NURSES ALREADY ARE ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR TEACHERS. AND THEN THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL NURSES IS A CERTIFICATION THAT REGISTERED NURSES CAN APPLY FOR. AND THEY CAN BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR

099EXTRA EFFORT. UPDATES TO THE 2026 NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOL INSURANCE AUTHORITY INCLUDE MEDICAL INCREASES OF 9. 95%, DENTAL AT 4%, AND VISION STAY STATIC AT 0%. SO THERE'S NO INCREASE ON VISION. I DO WANT TO MENTION THE DISTRICT DOES INTEND TO MAINTAIN ITS 80-20, 90-10 MATCH FOR EMPLOYEES. SO THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT FOR WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN STAFFING CLASSES ARE WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW. NMSA197822-10A-20 CLASS LOAD REQUIRES US TO FOLLOW THEIR GUIDELINES FOR KINDERGARTEN NOT TO EXCEED 20 STUDENTS. CLASS RDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT. GRADES ONE TO THREE AVERAGE NOT TO EXCEED 22 STUDENTS. GRADES -- GRADE ONE CLASS LOAD, SO THAT'S FIRST GRADE, RIGHT?

100WITH 21 STUDENTS OR MORE ARE ENTITLED TO AN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT. GRADES 4 TO 6 AVERAGE ARE NOT TO EXCEED 24 STUDENTS. AND WE HAVE GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 NOT TO EXCEED 160 STUDENTS DAILY TEACHING LOAD. ALSO WITH THE CAVEAT THAT ENGLISH COURSE GRADES 7 THROUGH 8 ARE NOT TO EXCEED 135 STUDENTS. 27 STUDENTS MAX. AND ENGLISH COURSE GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 ARE NOT TO EXCEED 150 STUDENTS WITH 30 STUDENTS MAX. JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS ON HOW THE BUDGET IS VIEWED AT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IT'S VIEWED BY WHAT'S CALLED FUNCTIONS. BASICALLY KIND OF CATEGORIES ON WHERE THE DIFFERENT EXPENSES APPLY. SO ON THIS SCREEN YOU HAVE YOUR IN CLASSROOM USE FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE YOUR 1,00. THESE ARE ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY DEALING WITH STUDENTS. YOUR 2100 SUPPORT SERVICES. THESE ARE ADDITIONAL SERVICES SUCH

101AS PSYCH SERVICES, SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AWED YOL JI. AND 2200 SUPPORT SERVICES INSTRUCTION WHICH INCLUDES LIBRARY AND MEDIA SERVICES. THE FUNCTIONS ON THIS SCREEN ARE YOUR MORE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE. SO WE HAVE THE 2300 FUNCTION WHICH IS YOUR SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS IS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION. 2400 IS SUPPORT SERVICES SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL. THEN WE HAVE YOUR 2500 CENTRAL SERVICES WHICH ARE YOUR BUSINESS OFFICE- RELATED FUNCTIONS SUCH AS HUMAN RESOURCES, ACCOUNTING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. AND YOUR 26 WHICH IS OPERATION OF PLANT AND MAINTENANCE WHICH INCLUDES PHYSICAL PLANT DEPARTMENT AND OPERATIONS. SO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, OUR TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT IS $602 MILLION. WE DO FOCUS IN ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE BECAUSE THIS IS THE PART WE CAN CONTROL. FOR

102OUR TOTAL BUDGET WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERAL FUNDS AT 60.38%. SO SPECIAL REVENUES, WHICH ARE YOUR GRANTS ARE 14.17%. WE HAVE CAPITAL AT 16.93%. DEBT SERVICE AT 8%. AND THEN TRUST WHICH IS VERY SMALL, .05%. WE WANT TO FOCUS IN ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF IT. IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK THE AT THE FIRST COLUMN WHICH SAYS 25 WORKING BUDGET, THE GRAND TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM IS $341. 5 MILLION OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS TWO COLUMNS OVER, IS FY26. AT THE VERY BOTTOM, GRAND TOTAL YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $353. 3 MILLION. SO THIS IS ABOUT A 3% INCREASE. IF I CAN DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VERY TOP, THOSE THREE FUNCTIONS, THE 100 INSTRUCTION, 2100 SUPPORT SERVICES AND 2200 SUPPORT SERVICES INSTRUCTION. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE HAVE

103ABOUT P 74% AND WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR A TOTAL OF 77%. SO YOU ARE O'TOTAL WOULD BE 353,00 FOR INSTRUCTION ALONE. AS I GO DOWN --SO THE WAY I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT IS 77% --I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THIS UNTIL A TEACHER TOLD ME I DON'T -- I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING PERCENTAGES. AND HE TOLD ME, WELL, THINK ABOUT A DOLLAR AND HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN. AND THAT JUST MADE SENSE TO ME. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A DOLLAR, IF WE HAVE FOUR QUARTERS, THREE OF THOSE QUARTERS ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO INSTRUCTION. SO THE ONE QUARTER THAT'S REMAIN ING IS GOING TO ALL THE OTHER FUNCTIONS WE NEED TO ADDRESS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF COOL. SO WE CAN GO DOWN THE LIST. WE HAVE -- CONTINUE ON

104WITH GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AT 3 MILLION. THAT'S 1% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. WE HAVE 2400 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S 22 MILLION AT 6%. WE HAVE 2500, CENTRAL SERVICES. AT 15.7%. THAT'S 4% OF OUR BUDGET. EXCUSE ME, 15. 7 MILLION, 4% OF OUR BUDGET. 2600 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT, 34. 3 MILLION. THAT'S 10% OF OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS A SUBSIDIZED AMOUNT ON TOP OF OUR $8 MILLION THAT WE ALREADY ALLOCATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING UP TO 3. 3 MILLION, AND THAT'S 1%. WE HAVE 2900. OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS 1 MILLION. THIS IS A DECREASE. BUT AS MR. LU WAS DISCUSSING IF THE NUTT FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE WE ARE DEDICATING THOSE FUNDS TO INSTRUCTION AND THEN ALLOCATING THOSE TO --ACCORDINGLY TO GSAB STANDARD 54. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FOOD SERVICES AT

105ZERO. COMMUNITY SERVICE OPERATIONS AT 13. 5 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE CAPITAL OUTLAY, WHICH WE'RE ANTICIPATE ING SOME VEHICLE ACQUISITIONS UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS. PRESIDENT CORT. CAN I ASK A QUESTION REALLY QUICKLY? SILLY QUESTION. YOU GUYS PROBABLY ALREADY MENTIONED THIS BEFORE AND I JUST DIDN'T CATCH ON. FOOD SERVICES. IS THE MONEY FEDERAL? OR WHY IS IT ZERO? THAT IS CORRECT. THAT AMOUNT IS ZERO BECAUSE WE DO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR FOOD SERVICES. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT? AT THIS POINT -- SORRY. >> WE DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE. PRESIDENT CORT, CAN I ASK THE QUESTION? YES. I'M GOING TO LET MISS TENORIO FINISH HER -- I THOUGHT SHE WAS FINISHED. IT'S OKAY. >> I THINK I ASKED THE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT? OH, OKAY. >> THE

106FEDERAL FUNDING OF NUTRITION SERVICES. AND THEN I'LL GO TO YOU. PRESIDENT CORT. >> YES. >> BOARD MEMBER TENORIO. SO WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE FEDERAL FUND SITUATION ALONG WITH THE STATE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT THIS TIME AS FAR AS DECREASES, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO. BUT WE ARE MONITORING THAT. AND WE HAVE OTHER STATE LEVELS AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT ARE MONITORING IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. MR. FRANK. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT GENERAL ADMINISTRATION IS. IT'S NOT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND IT'S NOT CENTRAL SERVICES. SO WHAT --YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT? SURE. I CAN GO BACK. A COUPLE SLIDES HERE. TOO FAR. THE 2300 THIS INCLUDES EXPENSES FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION. THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. WE'RE CHEAP. THANKFULLY. JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A LOOK AT WHAT THAT

107LOOKS LIKE VISUALLY, WE HAVE THIS CHART HERE AND IT STARTS OFF WITH YOUR LEFT-HAND SIDE, WHICH IS THE 100 INSTRUCTION, THAT'S AT 63% DEDICATED TO INSTRUCTION. IN THE ORANGE SLICE OF THE PAY WE HAVE THE 2100 SUPPORT SERVICES, STUDENT AT 11% AND 2200 SUPPORT SERVICES INSTRUCTION. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF OUR PIE THAT'S DEDICATED TO IN-CLASSROOM USE. WE ALSO HAVE THE 2300 ADMINISTRATION. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AT 1%. 2400 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AT 6%. 2500 CENTRAL SERVICES AT 5%. 2600 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT AT 10%. STUDENT TRANSPORTATION THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THEM AT 1%. OTHER SUPPORT SERVICE AND CAPITAL OUTLAY THE AMOUNT SOS SMALL IT'S NOT REGISTERING ON THIS CHART. AND SUPERINTENDENT REESE, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? THANK YOU, MATT. PART OF THIS WAS JUST -- I THINK IT WAS WILLAR ANSWERED. THE

108GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AGAIN, POINTING OUT THAT IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR COMMENTS ABOUT PERCEPTIONS ABOUT CENTRAL OFFICE BEING OVERLOADED, ET CETERA. YOU COULD SEE IT'S 1% OF OUR BUDGET. AND THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ARE ALSO AT SITES AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION AS REESE MENTIONED, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE CENTRAL SERVICES AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR EXPENDITURES THAT BENEFIT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE FOR DIRECT ADMINISTRATION IS A LOT SMALLER THAN WHAT SHOWS HERE. SO NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT OUR BUDGET TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW. AND OUR DEADLINE IS JUNE 13th. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND TO

109GET THINGS ROLLING ON TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE FINANCE TEAM. SOME OF US HAVE JOINED US HERE TODAY. AND SO THE VERY, VERY TALENTED STAFF THAT WE HAVE. ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DIVISION LEADERS AND PRINCIPALS AND ALSO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR MR. LU OR MYSELF. MR. LU, PLEASE. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. MISS TENORIO. >> I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. IT'S NOT LIKE SPECIFIC TO THE BUDGET ITSELF. BUT WHEN I SAW THE COMMUNITY SURVEY MAKEUP I WAS CURIOUSCURIOUS 12 PARENT REPRESENTATIVES. LIKE HOW DO YOU BREAK THAT DOWN? IS

110THERE SO MANY HIGH SCHOOL, SO MANY MIDDLE SCHOOL? PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO OUR --PARENTS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED THROUGH A RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS, AND THEY WERE -- ACTUALLY, THE SELECTION WAS TELEVISED LIVE ON LCPS TV. AND I WANT TO THANK MISS KELLY JAMISON AND SAMANTHA LEWIS FOR DOING THAT FOR US. SO IT'S KIND OF RANDOM. >> YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION WAS THE SAFETY PROJECTS FOR 10. 7 MILLION. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AS FAR AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT GO INTO THE G.O. BOND. HOW DOES THAT GO INTO -- SO IF IT GOES INTO THE G.O. BOND, DOES THAT MEAN IT MAY BE TAKEN OFF OF THIS OR YOU'RE JUST ACCOUNTING FOR IT? HOW DOES

111THAT WORK? SO PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. BOND IS TYPICALLY USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS COLUMBIA. SO THESE ARE ITEMS ON TOP OF THAT. AND PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, MISS TENORIO, SO THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON HERE WOULD NOT BE ON THE G.O. BOND. SO THESE WOULD BE ABOVE AND --SEPARATE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS? COUPLE, MEMBER CORT -- OR MADAM CORT. IT'S OKAY. >> 2900 SUPPORT SERVICES THAT'S GONE DOWN FROM 1250 TO A MILLION. IS THAT GRANT FUNDING? WHAT IS THAT? 2900, OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES. SO OTHER --PRESIDENT CORT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO 2900 IS WHAT WE USE TYPICALLY FOR OUR RESERVE. SO WE ARE DEDICATING THAT, AS MR. LU EXPLAINED, AS PART OF THE GASB STANDARD 54, TO DEDICATE

112THOSE FUNDS AND ESSENTIALLY RESTRICT THOSE FUNDS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. IN THIS CASE WE ARE RESTRICTING THOSE TO INSTRUCTION AND ALSO TO GUARANTEE OR AT LEAST PROVIDE FOR THE 80- 20, 90-10 FOR THE BENEFITS. AND I THINK I REMEMBER THAT FROM FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE. YES. AND THEN THERE'S A DECREASE IN CENTRAL SERVICES. AND I GET WE'RE TRYING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE CLASSROOM. AND IN INSTRUCTION AND VALUE THAT. BUT I WORRY THAT MAYBE ARE WE LOSING VITAL RESOURCES HERE IN CENTRAL SERVICES AROUND LEADING INITIATIVES OR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS? THE THINGS THAT OPERATE HERE OUT OF CENTRAL OFFICE. I WOULD HATE TO SEE US LOSE SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SORT OF LIKE A BABY AND THE BATHWATER SITUATION. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT DECREASE IS ABOUT. PRESIDENT CORT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

113SO CENTRAL SERVICES AS I WAS MENTIONING, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE DISTRICTWIDE PROJECTS. SO THOSE TYPICALLY AREN'T REOCCURRING PROJECTS. IN SOME INSTANCES. SO WE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHERE WE CAN REALLOCATE TO INSTRUCTION. OKAY. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YES, AS MATT MENTIONED, THE DECREASE IS DUE TO THE ROTATION SCHEDULE. IN USING CENTRAL SERVICES TO COVER MANY OF DISTRICTWIDE EXPENDITURE, THERE'S A DIFFERENT ROTATION SCHEDULE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRINTERS, THE LARGE PRINTERS AT EVERY SCHOOL IS PAID OUT OF CENTRAL SERVICES. MAYBE THIS YEAR WE THINK THAT NOT MANY LARGE PRINTERS NEED TO BE REFRESHED AND NEED TO BUY THE NEW ONE, SO WE CAN SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY FROM THERE AND I CAN PUT IT INTO CLASSROOM. AND SO PRESIDENT, IF I MAY --VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, SO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION,

114WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY TYPE OF PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS OUT OF THIS MONEY. THANK YOU. AND MORE OF A COMMENT. SECRETARY WOFFORD AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE DACC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND WE WE JUST APPROVED THEIR BUDGET. AND IT'S 4 MILLION? NO. THE TOTAL -- 400. >> WHAT IS THEIR BUDGET? 4 BILLION. >> HONESTLY, WHEN YOU GET TO THE MILLIONS IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE -- IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME AT ALL. WHAT IS THEIR TOTAL BUDGET? MUCH LESS THAN OURS. AND WHEN YOU THROW IN CAPITAL OUTLAY I THINK WE'RE UP TO 600. AND IF YOU ADD FOOD SERVICE IN HERE, WE MANAGE THAT, IT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET. MY ONLY POINT IS IN THIS LAST BUDGET A GRANTS COORDINATOR PERSON AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT

115IDEA BY THE DACC. THEY HAVE A SMALLER BUDGET THAN US AND THEY'RE HIRING A GRANTS COORDINATOR TO HELP COALESCE AND SORT OF ORGANIZE AROUND GRANT MONEY. I THINK THAT MAKES A TON OF SENSE FOR LCPS. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. YOU AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ THINK ALIKE. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT, THAT IS DEFINITELY A ROUTE THAT WE ARE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW AND LOOKING AT NOW WE CAN GET AN OUTSIDE PARTNER BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES, SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR SURE. IF YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT'S IT, MADAM CORT. THANK YOU. GOOD ON THIS SIDE? I'M GOOD. >> PRESIDENT? >> YES, SECRETARY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THE EXPLANATION YOU DID IN THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE AND EVERYTHING AS WELL. I'D

116LIKE TO THANK DR. BARBATTI FOR THE BREAKDOWN SHE DID WITH THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSES. THAT WAS VERY WELL DONE AND GROUPED TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. OUT OF THE WHAT, ABOUT 1500 EACH TIME, 200 TO 300 TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE COMMENTS DOWN. IT WAS NICE TO SEE HOW YOU WOULD GROUP THOSE TOGETHER AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THOSE. BECAUSE THOSE COMMENTS NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN TO OUR THINKING. NOT JUST FOR TONIGHT BUT AS WE CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THE PROCESS HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FOR THE BETTER OVER THE YEARS WITH THE BUDGETS. I COMMEND YOU VERY MUCH. THE WHOLE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS ARE DOING I AFABULOUS JOB. AND I KNOW IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. YOU'VE REMINDED US OF THAT. SO THAT NOTHING HERE IS ETCHED INTO MARBLE. SO

117WE WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR ACCESSIBILITY, AND THAT YOU BREAK THINGS DOWN FOR A FRENCH TEACHER MIND AND NOT AN ACCOUNTANT PERSON MIND SO THAT I TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS. AND THE PUBLIC DOES AS WELL. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN THROW OUT A BUNCH OF NUMBERS AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO GO OKAY, MAYBE. BUT I LOVE IT THAT YOU ALL MAKE SURE WE ALL UNDERSTAND. SO YOU'RE TRUE EDUCATORS IN THAT WAY BECAUSE YOU'VE EDUCATED US IN SO MANY WAYS ABOUT FINANCE. AND THANKS FOR JUST BEING AN AWESOME TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CORT? YES. >> I CONCUR WITH SECRETARY WOFFORD AND PRESIDENT CORT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FROM WHEN I STARTED AS A

118BOARD MEMBER I REALLY HAVE SEEN THE DIFFERENCES BUT ALSO MY LITTLE BUDGET BRAIN HAS GROWN AND WHEN I SEE ALL THESE -- I CALL THEM BUCKETS. BUT WHEN I SEE THIS STUFF IT ALL MAKE SENSE NOW. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU ALL DO AND YOU COME AND SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US AT THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU WORK AS A TEAM. I'VE JUST SEEN THE PROCESS, THIS YEAR-ROUND PROCESS, AND I KNOW MAYBE SOME OF IT IS NOT AS FUN AS YOU MAY SEE OTHER PARTS BUT WHEN I HEAR THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE KIDS I JUST -- I DO BRAG ABOUT YOU GUYS. I DO. I FOLLOW YOU ON FACEBOOK. BY THE WAY. I'M A FAN. I TOLD MY MOM. >> I LIKE YOUR NUMBERS. ALL

119RIGHT. WELL, WITH THAT SIDEWAYS COMMENT BOARD I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> MOVED BY MISS TENORIO. SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [ ALL SAY AYE ] ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT 5-0. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] PARTY IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT? I'M JUST KIDDING. WHOO-HOO. GOING HOME. YEAH. IT'S ALMOST MY BEDTIME. SO NEVER MIND. WAIT, CAN I GO? YES. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON FROM THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MISS SHIRLEY O'BRIEN UP TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE 2025 BOND PACKAGE UPDATE. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU, MISS O'BRIEN. HELLO. HERE COMES MY COUNTERPART. YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS

120OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT REESE. MISS GARABAI AND I ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE BOND PACKAGE. SO LET ME GET MYSELF CLICKING HERE. THIS IS THE DISTRICT TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR. THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON MAY AND JUNE. DURING THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE WE ARE PREPARING THE BOND PACKAGE FOR YOU. AND WE WILL BE BRINGING IT TO YOU AT YOUR JUNE MEETING FOR POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL. AND ALSO IN THE JUNE MEETING WE'LL HAVE THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU WITH THE BOND INFORMATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE COUNTY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BOND PACKAGE ON THE ELECTION BALLOT. ALSO THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE WILL BE ESTABLISHED. AND THE BLUE RIBBON VOTE YES CAMPAIGN WILL ALSO

121BE LAUNCHED AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT GET OUT AND VOTE CAMPAIGN. THAT WILL ALSO BE COMING IN JUNE. AND THEN WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED IN JUNE. SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE DOCKET RIGHT NOW. WE HAD A NICE MIX OF PARENTS, STAFF, DISTRICT-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS AND BOARD MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED ON THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU TO MEMBER FRANK AND MEMBER TENORIO FOR SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE WITH US. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS WHO SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE. GENESEE GOMEZ, POLLYANNA KAMALI, JASON SMITH, RAQUEL AMISQUITA AND ANGIE GONZALEZ. THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET FOUR TIMES OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO ASSIST WITH THE SELECTION OF THE PROJECTS FOR THE BOND PACKAGE. ON THE BALLOT ON NOVEMBER --I'M

122SORRY, ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER WE WILL HAVE THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND 3 MILL LEVY. AS MR. HARRIGAN EXPLAINED AT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING OUR BONDING CAPACITY IS $65 MILLION AND WE CAN GO OUT FOR A G.O. BOND EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE 3 MILL LEVY IS ON A SIX-YEAR CYCLE. IN THE PAST THIS HAS GENERATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. AND IT IS ALSO BASED ON TAXES. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO JUST KIND OF WAIT AND SEE WHEN WE GET THOSE QUARTERLY PAYOUTS. THESE ARE THE BOND PRIORITY ITEMS FOR THE 2025 BOND ELECTION. WE DO HAVE SOME 2021 CARRYOVER PROJECTS. WE HAVE ABOUT 22. 1 MILLION IN CARRYOVER. THAT IS THE ROOF FOR CESAR CHAVEZ. WE HAVE TWO KITCHEN REMODELS, HIGHLAND AND LYNN. AND WE HAVE OUR OPERATIONS CENTER

123PHASES 2 AND 3. SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE SOME TITLE IX NEEDS IN ORDER TO ENSURE BOTH GENDERS HAVE ADEQUATE FACILITIES. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT SHORTLY. MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION. AND WE KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING ON THE BOND --IN THE BOND PACKAGE. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS MAYFIELD IS RANKED WITHIN THE 100. AND SO WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR THOSE MATCHING FUNDS FROM PSFA. TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE TO UPGRADE THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT BUILDING ACCESS. AND THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT MR. LU'S TEAM JUST DISCUSSED. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR CAMPUS PROJECTS. AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT CAME TO US FROM OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS EARLIER IN THE YEAR. AND THEN WE ARE ALLOCATING SOME FUNDING FOR CONTINGENCY THIS YEAR. AND

124WE HAVE 6 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THAT. THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS DIVIDED INTO SUBGROUPS TO DELVE INTO THE DETAILS OF EACH PROJECT REQUEST FROM THE CAMPUSES. WE -- AND THIS IS THE LIST OF THE SUBGROUPS FOR YOU TO SEE HOW THEY WERE BROKEN DOWN. WE HAD FIELD EXPERTS WHO WERE A PART OF THE COMMITTEES AND ASSISTED WITH THE DECISION-MAKING IN EACH SUBGROUP. EACH SUBGROUP PRIORITIZED THE PROJECTS BASED ON THE SITE VISITS, PHOTOS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER --OH, ONE THING I LEFT OUT IS THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM ALSO THEN GAVE US THE COST ESTIMATES FOR EACHEACH PROJECT SO WE COULD NARROW IT DOWN. SO WE HAD TO HAVE --WE HAD TO KNOW HOW MUCH EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO COST OR AT LEAST AN ESTIMATE. I'M GOING TO

125TURN IT OVER TO BRIDGET NOW SO SHE CAN SHARE WITH YOU THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE FOR THE BOND PACKAGE. YOU WANT TO TRADE? GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I DON'T HAVE GLASSES RIGHT HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THIS LATE. SO LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN. AND WE'LL START WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY SUBGROUP. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TABLE OUR FIRST PROJECT THAT WAS SELECTED WAS THAT DISTRICTWIDE UPGRADE FOR OUR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS, WHICH IS OUR BADGES THAT ALLOW US INTO OUR FACILITIES. WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE ALL EXISTING KEY CARD ACCESS AND THEN INSTALL NEW ONES ON ALL OF OUR EXTERIOR -- OR ONES THAT DON'T HAVE THE KEY CARD TO OUR EXTERIOR DOORS AND ALL OF OUR CLASSROOM DOORS. SO EVERY CAMPUS WILL

126BE TOUCHED BY THAT PROJECT. OUR NEXT ONE IS OUR SAFETY VESTIBULE AT UNIVERSITY HILLS. WE ARE GOING TO MODIFY THE EXISTING VESTIBULE TO ENHANCE IT WITH THE SAFETY WINDOWS FOR THE CLERICAL STAFF IN THE FRONT. THAT PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING. WE WILL APPLY FOR THAT MATCH AT A 42% FROM THE STATE. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT PROJECT COST FOR US. NEXT WOULD BE OUR TITLE IX ATHLETIC NEEDS THAT SHIRLEY MENTIONED IN HER INTRODUCTION. FOR TITLE IX WE HAVE SIX PROJECTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE'RE PROVIDING ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR BOTH OUR GENDERS IN OUR SPORTS. THREE FOR LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL, TWO FOR OREGON MOUNTAIN AND ONE FOR MAYFIELD. ATLAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL YOU CAN SEE OUR FIRST ONE IS WE ARE --THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING WE RENOVATE AN EXISTING STORAGE AREA TO CREATE

127A CHANGING ROOM FOR THE GIRLS' WRESTLING. SO IT WOULD BE A NICE CHANGING AREA FOR THEM. WE ARE RECOMMENDING MODULAR CHANGING FACILITIES WITH RESTROOMS FOR SOFTBALL. AND A MODULAR RESTROOM FACILITY FOR BASEBALL. BOTH OF THOSE INCLUDE THE COST FOR KMVGT INCLUDING WATER AND ELECTRICITY. I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THEM. I SEW YOU GUYS LOOKING AT ME. THEY'RE PRETTY COOL. YES, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A MODULAR -- I'LL SHOW YOU. AT OREGON HIGH SCHOOL RECOMMENDATION OF RENOVATING SOME EXISTING PORTABLES THAT AREN'T BEING USED. OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM WILL LOOK AT AND WORK WITH THE PRINCIPAL OUT THERE. IS IT FEASIBLE TO RENOVATE THOSE? OR IS THE COST GOING TO BE THE SAME AS GIVING THEM MODULAR ONES? WE'RE RECOMMENDING RENOVATION. BUT WE'LL LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR US. ALSO OREGON MOUNTAIN

128MODULAR RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR OUR BASEBALL TRACK AND SOCCER. ONE FOR GIRLS. ONE FOR BOYS. THEN AT MAYFIELD FOR OUR SOFTBALL PRACTICE FIELD RECOMMENDING A MODULAR CHANGING FACILITY FOR THE SOFTBALL TEAM. SO HERE --WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE MODULAR RESTROOM FACILITY WE'RE EXPLORING. IT CAN BE -- THE STALLS CAN BE INCREASED OR DECREASED BASED ON THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THESE FOR LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, OREGON MOUNTAIN BASEBALL, TRACK AND SOCCER. AND AGAIN, THE COST INCLUDES ALL INFRASTRUCTURE, MEANING WATER, ELECTRICITY AND WHATEVER WE NEED FOR THAT TO MAKE IT RUN PROPERLY. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE MODULAR CHANGING FACILITY WE'RE EXPLORING. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT COMES EQUIPPED WITH EVERYTHING THE STUDENTS WOULD NEED, MEANING THE LOCKER ROOM, CHANGING FACILITIES, THE RESTROOM FACILITIES. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS

129IS AN EXAMPLE WE'RE EXPLORING, WHICH ONES WILL WORK BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND WE'RE PROPOSING THESE FOR LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL AND MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL. AND WITH THE RENOVATIONS AT MAYFIELD THESE MODULAR FACILITIES, IF NEEDED WE CAN MOVE THEM. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE RENOVATION. SO IT WON'T BE JUST SITTING THERE. WE CAN MOVE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MODULAR FACILITIES BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD? YOU KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE. BUT HERE WE GO. YES, MISS TENORIO. WE'LL START THERE. I'M IMAGINING LIKE SOFTBALL PLAYERS WEARING CLEATS GOING UP YOUR WOODEN STEPS AND RAMP. AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT WOULDWOULD VERY LONG. DO YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS FOR LIKE DURABILITY AND KIND OF WHAT'S THE LIFE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? LIFE-SPAN OF THESE MODULARS? RIGHT. >> PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO,

130SO YES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE STEPS, WHETHER THEY'RE RUBBER PADDING OR WHATEVER WE CAN PUT ONTO THEM. ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY. WE DON'T WANT THEM SLIPPING OR ANYTHING ELSE ONTO THOSE. WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THOSE AND ENSURING WE DO HAVE LONGEVITY OF THEM. WE'VE HAD OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE USED THESE. SO THEY ARE LONGER. I KNOW WE'VE EVEN USED THEM AT LIKE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAMES, THEY'VE HAD THESE MODULAR RESTROOMS THAT ARE AROUND, DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY'RE LONG LASTING. YOU SEE A LOT OF THEM AT RVs, PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE SHOWERS, BATHROOMS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, WHICH THOSE ARE BUILT FOR LONG- TIME USE TOO AS WELL. IT'S DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THESE THINGS AND MAKING SURE. I KNOW CARLSBAD WAS USING? THAT THEY GOT FROM NIMI BECAUSE NIMI WAS

131USING THEM. WHEN CARLSBAD WAS DOING THEIR RENOVATION THEY WERE USING THEM AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THE FACILITIES ARE REALLY NICE. AT A FRACTION OF THE COST. THE BIG TRAILER IS LIKE A DRESSING ROOM BUT NOT A BATHROOM. THERE'S NO RESTROOM IN THOSE. IS THERE? NO, THERE ARE BOTH. SOME HAVE SHOWERS, CHANGE CHANGING -- ARE THESE FLUSHING? >> YES. IT WILL BE CONNECTED TO SEWAGE. THE OTHER MODULARS ARE FLUSHING? YES. THEY WOULD ALL BE CONNECTED TO SEWER, ELECTRICAL AND DRINKABLE WATER. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? >> I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT'S THE INSIDE OF THAT. BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR TODAY. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY WILL BE EQUIPPED. SO THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL INSIDE OF THAT --

132NO, SIR. >> THAT MAKES WAY MORE SENSE. WE WILL GET THEM BASED ON OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THAT PROCESS, OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM WILL BE INVOLVED WITH OUR ATHLETICS TEAM ON DETERMINING WHAT WORKS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. HAVE WE WORKED WITH CSAC ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL CLEANING RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL THESE EXTRA LITTLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. -- PER THE CUSTODIANS THAT WERE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN I WAS JUST THINKING. MADAM CORT, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THAT DEFINITELY WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS. EVEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT MONTE VISTA WITH THE NUMBER OF PORTABLES THAT THEY HAVE THERE. IT IS REALLY WORKING AND WORKING WITH CSEC, WITH MISS DONNELLY, TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND HAVING THE RATIO FOR THAT WITH OUR CUSTODIANS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVALUATING THAT PIECE

133TOO AS FAR AS THE WORKLOAD. YES, MA'AM. >> IF I MAY. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT MAY POTENTIALLY MEAN STAFF AS WELL. BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THOSE RATIOS. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING AT THAT. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS DO THE GIRLS' WRESTLERS NOT NEED A RESTROOM? OR DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A RESTROOM? BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING THEM A CHANGING FACILITY BUT I'VE HAD AN OFFICE IN A STORAGE CLOSET. YES, MA'AM. MADAM CORT, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AGAIN. THE ROOM THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY USING, IT WAS USED AS A STORAGE ROOM BUT NOT NECESSARILY. SO IT'S A LARGE ROOM THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO --YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CRUCES CAMPUS. WHEN YOU GO OUT THE EXIT TO THE GYM WHERE THERE'S NOT THE FRONT BUT THE BACK

134SIDE OF THE GYM. SO YOU'RE SOUTH SIDE. THERE'S THAT DOOR TO ENTERS INTO THE GIRLS' LOCKER ROOM RIGHT THERE. AND THERE'S A DOOR OFF TO THE LEFT RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE ACTUAL ROOM. THEY ACTUALLY ARE CONNECTED TO THE GIRLS' CURRENT P.E. LOCKER ROOMS. SO TLEL HAVE ACCESS TO THE GIRLS' RESTROOMS, TO THE GIRLS' SHOWERS. IT'S ALL IN THAT SAME AREA WHERE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ACCESS. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT VISUAL BECAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS. THANK YOU. I KNOW THE PHOTOS ARE YOU SAID JUST FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES. BUT I SEE ALONG THE BASEBOARD EXPOSED PVC. THAT DOES NOT LOOK LONG-TERM. DO YOU SEE IT THERE ON THE URINAL AND ALONG THE BASEBOARD UNDER THE SINKS? IS THAT HOW THE PLUMBING WOULD BE ALONG THE BUILDING AND THE WALLS?

135OR IS THIS THE PICTURE OF THE BUILDING WE'RE GOING TO GET? I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION. SO PRESIDENT CORT AND SECRETARY WOFFORD, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM WHERE THE SINKS -- THE EXPOSURE OF THE DRAIN PIPES? RIGHT. AND THE PVC LOOKS LIKE IT'S WATER INTO THE URINAL THERE ON THE FAR RIGHT AND ALONG THE BASEBOARD DOWN BELOW -- OKAY, YES. >> THAT ALSO LOOKS LIKE -- WELL, THERE'S A LAUNDRY SINK DOWN THERE AT THE END. DEFINITELY AS WE LOOK THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT MODULAR LOCKER ROOMS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY DO MEET ADEQUACY, IF THERE'S EXPOSURE TO PIPES. IN SOME OF OUR CURRENT SCHOOLS WE HAVE EXPOSURE TO PIPES, WHETHER YOU HAVE THE CLOTH COVERS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ADEQUATE. ECHOING WHAT

136BOARD MEMBER TENORIO ASKED, AND THAT'S WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE PERMANENT FACILITIES AND I ASSUME YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE PRICING OUT OF THAT CONSTRUCTION. ALL RIGHT. IF IT'S A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A CHANGE I CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH THE BUILDING WOULD BE. OH, YEAH? ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK --KIND OF FIT THE LANDSCAPE OR MATCH THETHE SCHOOL? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO, THOSE ARE PAINTABLE FACILITIES THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE AND MATCH SOMETHING SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT --I KNOW ONE EARLIER LOOKED LIKE IT WAS AN AIRSTREAM OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM. WITH THE SILVER ON IT. DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST A SORE THUMB STICKING OUT BUT THAT IT MATCHES. AND I'M SURE THE TEAMS WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DECORATE --

137PUT A LOGO OR WHATEVER. >> WHETHER IT'S A WRAP OR WHATEVER WE CAN LOOK AT DOING THAT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PLEASING TO THE EYE AS WELL. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE READY -- YES, THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST STAY HERE WITH US? OKAY. THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE WE HAD WAS OUR ROOFING HVAC AND MAINTENANCE. AS YOU WILL AGREE ROOFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FACILITIES AND SO IS OUR HVAC. SO HERE IS WHERE I HAVE TO CATCH UP WITH MYSELF. I'M SORRY. SO THE COMMITTEE PRIORITIZED THE FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION. MacARTHUR A NEW HVAC SYSTEM. THIS PROJECT IS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING PARTICIPATION AT 42%. AND THE DISTRICT WILL APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS. ZIA MIDDLE SCHOOL A NEW HVAC AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. WE'RE GROUPING THESE BECAUSE

138TYPICALLY THESE SYSTEMS ARE DONE TOGETHER. AS YOU INSTALL THE ROOF YOU INSTALL THE ALARM SYSTEM. AND FINALLY TOMBAUGH ELEMENTARY A NEW HVAC SYSTEM AND A NEW ROOF. AS YOU CAN SEE, ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS, ZIA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TOMBAUGH, THOSE ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING BUT THE BETTER PART IS WE HAVE SECURED THAT FUNDING. SO THE BEST --WE NEED TO GET THOSE COMPLETED PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OTHER PROJECTS. SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AND GET THOSE ON THE BOND. OUR NEXT SUBGROUP WAS FACILITY RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED DONA ANA ELEMENTARY AND IS RECOMMENDING THE RENOVATION OF THE CURRENT NURSE'S WE'D SAY OFFICE BUT FACILITY. IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO PROPERLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRENTLYCURRENTLY SOME CLASSROOM SPACE

139THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AUXILIARY GYM WHEN WE PUT THAT IN. AND THAT CLASSROOM SPACE IS NOT SECURED IN THE FACILITY ITSELF. SO WHEN THEY WALK OUT OF THE CLASSROOM IT'S AN OPEN AREA TO WALK INTO THE MAIN BUILDING. SO TO ME OUR PRIORITY FOR SECURITY, WANT TO ENCLOSE THAT WITH A WALL WHERE THEY COME OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND THEY CAN ACCESS THE MAIN CAMPUS IN A SECURED AREA. AT SIERRA WE'RE LOOKING AT REMODELING APPROXIMATELY 30 STUDENT RESTROOMS IN THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE BUILDING. AND THEY'LL BE UPGRADED TO MEET THE A.D.A. REQUIREMENTS. OUR NEXT SUBGROUP WAS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHADE STRUCTURES. WE HAVE FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING RECEIVING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL ALSO BE RECOMMENDED FOR SHADE STRUCTURES FOR A TOTAL OF 900,00. OUR NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE WAS BUS

140LANES, PARENT PICKUP, DROP OFF, PARKING LOTS AND A.D.A. THE COMMITTEE DID NOT SELECT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS FOR THIS BOND. THERE WAS LENGTHY DISCUSSION THAT THERE MAY BE THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS MILL LEVY OR OTHER DISTRICT FUNDS FOR THESE PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO THIS IS HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW, WHICH IS THE 2025 BOND PACKAGE. THESE ARE THE TOTALS OF THE BOND PROJECTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE JUNE 17th BORED MEETING FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL. THE BOND PACKAGE THAT IS PRESENTED WILL HAVE ALL THE DETAILS THAT BRIDGET JUST COVERED WITH YOU IN IT SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND SEE ALL THE DETAILS. WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL CAMPUSES WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE BOND FUNDING THROUGH THE BUILDING CARD READER

141ACCESS PROJECT, WHICH WILL IMPROVE AND ENHANCE STUDENT SECURITY AS WELL AS STAFF. AND 15 ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES ARE SLATED FOR AT LEAST LA ONE OTHER PROJECT. LET'S SEE. OUR NEXT SLIDE IS NEXT STEPS. THIS IS AN OUTLINE OF OUR NEXT STEPS LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY ON NOVEMBER 4t h. AND WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? MOSTLY HOW DO WE PICK THE -- DO WE ADVERTISE FOR BLUE RIBBON? IS IT PEOPLE -- WHAT DO WE DO? WE DO. WE WILL REQUEST ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED. I KNOW SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT --I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IT. BUT IT'S USUALLY A GROUP OF BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE COMMITTEE. BRIDGET, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? THEY WON'T LET ME BE ON

142THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED, RIGHT? >> NOT ALLOWED. YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER. BUT WE WILL PARTNER YOU WITH A BLUE RIBBON COMMUNITY MEMBER. I'D DO THAT. SIGN ME UP. YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING BY THE RULES. AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR BEING RULE FOLLOWERS. YES. >> BOARD MEMBERS? YES. >> AT THE ZIA I THINK IT WAS, TOMBAUGH, MAYBE MacARTHUR TOO, THE HVAC SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING REPLACED, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE R VAK SYSTEMS WILL LOOK LIKE YET, DO WE? OR DO WE KNOW THE BRAND OF THE HAD STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS? WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ZONE WITH THE HVAC. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND DEFINITELY WITH THE

143NEW POLICY AND THOSE THINGS, SECRETARY WOFFORD, WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, THE MOMENT THAT TWO PEOPLE IN OUR AUDIENCE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. AND MY APOLOGIES FOR THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR. MISS O'BRIE ERIN IS N IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BOUNDARY CORRECTION. HELLO. >> HELLO. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT REESE. YOU ALL KNOW COLLEEN MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT OF VISIONS AND PLANNING. AND SHE IS HERE ALONG WITH MICHAEL SHARP, WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND POLLING INCORPORATED. AND I BELIEVE HE IS JOINING US VIA ZOOM. SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET MICHAEL TUNED IN, AND THEN COLLEEN'S GOING TO GET STARTED. COLLEEN'S GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION. GOOD

144EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. BEFORE I START THE PRESENTATION, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE DID THE BOARD VOTING DISTRICTS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE USED THE MOST RECENT DATA AT THAT TIME. BOARD BOUNDARIES. AND GADSTON, NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, DID THEIR BOARD REDISTRICTING RECENTLY, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY. AND SO WE'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON HOW TO FIX IT. AND WE THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SOLID, THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WHERE PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION BASED UPON THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, VOTING AREAS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. AND WE'LL START WITH THE

145PRESENTATION. HERE, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. MICHAEL, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN WHENEVER. SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT WHAT HAD OCCURRED OVER THIS, ONCE THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WITH MICHAEL'S HELP HERE. SO WE WENT BACK AND WE WENT BACK AS FAR AS 200 AND WE LOOKED ATAT DISTRICT BOUNDARY AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH RECTANGULAR AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A -- A LITTLE LOOP, IF YOU WILL, OVER I-10 AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY BETWEEN GADSTON AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT IN THE AREA OF THE COMMUNITY OF MESQUITE. THIS WAS SET HERE IN BETWEEN THESE SIX YEARS AT THAT POINT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOP LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE IT GOES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF MESQUITE, THIS IS

146THE AREA THAT HAS THE DISCREPANCY THAT WE DISCOVERED HERE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LINE IN THIS AREA WAS VERY, VERY FLAT. IT CUT THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND PARCELS AND HOMES IN SOME AREAS AT THAT TIME. SO WE FAST-FORWARD TO 2007. BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009 TWO CHANGES OCCURRED. ONE WAS GADSTON ACQUIRED SOME PROPERTY OR SOME AREA FROM ALAMOGORDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH WAS PART OF OTERO COUNTY. AND THEN THERE WAS A VERY MINOR CHANGE IN THAT SAME AREA, AROUND THE I-10 AREA IN THE COMMUNITY OF MESQUITE. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE WHERE THE LOOP, WHICH IS RED, WHICH WAS FROM 200 TO 2006, IN 2007 SOMEHOW IT WENT FLAT. SO THAT WAS JUST A VERY MINOR CHANGE BETWEEN LAS CRUCES AND GADSTON AT THAT TIME. WE ASSUME THAT THIS JUST COULD HAVE BEEN AN ERROR

147IN THE SHAPE FILES AT THAT TIME WHEN THEY WERE REDRAWING IT BECAUSE IT JUST MADE SENSE TO GO STRAIGHT AT THAT POINT. AND THEN WHEN WE MOVED TO 2010 TO 2016, AGAIN THERE WAS ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANGE. BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST CORRECT ING THAT LITTLE LOOP OVER I-10 BACK TO WHAT WAS FROM THE 200 CENSUS. SO AGAIN, THIS MUST HAVE BEEN AN ERROR IN THAT 2007 TO 2009. THIS WAS CORRECTED UNTIL 2016. THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED IN 2017. TWO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OCCURRED. GADSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ACQUIRED THAT NORTHERN NORTHEAST CORNER OF THEIR DISTRICT, GOT EXPANDED. AGAIN, THAT AREA CAME FROM ALAMOGORDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND THEN FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WE SAW THIS MOVEMENT IN THIS AREA AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF MESQUITE WHICH PUSHED UP INTO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON THAT BOUNDARY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

148THIS IS WHAT THE BOUNDARY FROM 2017 TO 2022 LOOKED LIKE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE BOUNDARY CHANGES IN THIS AREA KIND OF GO RANDOM. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WANT TO TRY TO GO AROUND SOME PROPERTY LINES, BUT THEY DON'T. THEY GO THROUGH HOUSES. YOU LITERALLY CAN HAVE A HOUSE THAT HAS PART OF THE HOUSE IN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PART OF THE HOUSE IN GADSDEN. I'M GUESSING IF YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF KIDS MAYBE SOME GO TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT POTENTIALLY. BUT THEY DIDN'T -- YOU KNOW, THE BOUNDARY LINES AT THAT POINT, WHATEVER THIS CHANGE WAS, DID NOT CORRESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND HOUSES AND MORE TAXES WERE BEING PAID VERY EASILY. WE WENT BACK AND DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH. AND ALONG WITH THE DISTRICTS LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS

149ANY M.O.U. s, ANYTHING THAT KIND OF MADE THESE CHANGES. WE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS OCCURRED. SO MOVING ON FROM THIS, IN 2023 TO 2024 THE BOUNDARYBOUNDARY AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER CHANGE. AND I WANT TO MENTION -- OF COURSE THERE WAS. THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING IN GADSDEN. THE 2023 BOUNDARY IS THE ONE THAT WE USED, WHICH IS THE MOST RECENT DATA WHEN WE DID THE BOARD REDISTRICTING. AND SO THIS IS WHERE THE DISCONNECT CAME WHEN GADSDEN DID THEIRS. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS WHERE THERE WAS ANOTHER CHANGE. BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THE BLUE LINE, THIS IS THE 2023 CHANGE, WHICH WAS THE SAME IN 2024. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE CHANGE WENT AND ACTUALLY TRIED TO ALIGN WITH ROADS. AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND SO IT MADE A LITTLE

150BIT MORE SENSE. BUT AGAIN, IT STILL KIND OF CUT THROUGH AREAS THAT FOR RHYME AND REASON WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO KIND OF GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. WHEN WE COME BACK AND WE LOOK AT ALL THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE DISCREPANCY IS. WE'VE COME UP WITH A PROPOSED SOLUTION WITH RESEARCH AND POLLING'S HELP, WITH MICHAEL'S HELP. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A CHANGE THAT CAN BE OFFICIAL, THAT CAN BE PUT TOGETHER BY AN M.O.U. BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS. IF THIS BOUNDARY CHANGES AGAIN UNKNOWN REASON, WE HAVE A DOCUMENT, IT IS A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FORCE THE CHANGE BACK. AND THAT IS REALLY THE GOAL HERE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE OTHER THINGS OCCURRED. WE JUST KNOW WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE TO FIX THIS.

151SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS YOU'LL SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE A BUNCH OF LINES. BUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING FOR IS THE MAGENTA LINE HERE. IT'S THE PROPOSED LAS CRUCES GADSDEN BOUNDARY CORRECTION. AND WHAT THIS DOES SPECIFICALLY IS IT ALIGNS WHERE PROPERTY TAXES ARE BEING PAID BY CONSTITUENTS, ENSURING THAT THOSE CONSTITUENTS HAVE AN ACCURATE VOICE BASED ON THEIR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS ASAS WELL. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING BACK AND LOOKING AT, THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY CURRENTLY PAYING TAXES IN THOSE AREAS TO LAS CRUCES OR VICE VERSA TO GADSDEN. SO WE'VE MADE SURE TO ALIGN THE NEW BOUNDARY AREA IN THIS WITH THAT IN MIND. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE IMPACTED FOR LAS CRUCES, IT'S DISTRICT 3 AND DISTRICT 4. WHEW. AGAIN, THESE ADJUSTMENTS WILL ALIGN THE SOUTHERN

152BOUNDARY TO THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION FOR EACH DISTRICT. AM I 4? >> YOU ARE. THAT'S YOU. SHE WAS SITTING THERE GOING, OH. AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CHANGES ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE. YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT SHADE. THAT'S THE GAIN BACK FOR LAS CRUCES. FOR DISTRICT 4 THERE IS NO POPULATION INCREASES. AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS YOUR POPULATION FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT WHEN YOU CUT IT INTO YOUR FIVE PIECES OF PIE HAS GOT TO BE THE POPULATION HAS TO BE EQUAL ACROSS ALL FIVE DISTRICTS PLUS OR MINUS 5%. SO WHEN WE WENT BACK AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE IMPACT FOR DISTRICT 3, KNOWING THAT WE HAD PEOPLE LIVING IN THERE, WE GAINED 92 RESIDENTS. AND THAT ONLY CHANGED VERY MINOR CHANGES WITH THAT 5% PLUS OR

153MINUS. WE WENT FROM A 1. 9 VARIATION TO A 2.1. SO WE DID NOT CHANGE OR MAKE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS. AND SO THAT IS WHERE THE POPULATION INCREASE IS FOR LAS CRUCES. YOU'LL SEE THE AREAS WHERE THEY DO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTH. THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT LIVE, IF YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS LCPS TO EXTEND SOUTH INTO THIS AREA IN THE CENTER, WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE RESIDENCES, WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAD SEVEN --BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE ZONE COMPONENT WE KNOW WE HAD SEVEN STUDENTS THAT LIVES LIVED IN THERE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED OUT OF DISTRICT THAT ARE NOW GOING TO BE CONSIDERED IN DISTRICT. I'M SURE THERE'S A FEW OTHER STUDENTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT GEO CODE INFORMATION BECAUSE THOSE AT THE TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED GADSDEN.

154BUT NOW THAT WHOLE AREA WOULD BE CONSIDERED LAS CRUCES AS PART OF THAT. I KNOW THAT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION BOTH DISTRICTS HAVE AGREED FOR A SEPARATE M.O.U. TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA TO GO TO EITHER DISTRICT SO THAT WE'RE NOT TEARING FAMILIES APART OR UPSETTING ANYBODY IN THAT AREA. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS. AND THEN LOOKING AT GADSDEN, MICHAEL, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S OCCURRING ON YOUR SIDE? YOU BET. JUST TO MAKE SURE --CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT SOFT. YOUR VOICE IS NOT -- I'LL TRY TO PROJECT. WE NEED FOR YOU TO BE LOUDER. I'M SORRY. IT'S LATE AND MY WORDS ARE NOT HAPPENING. OKAY. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD --NOT SUPERINTENDENT.

155EXCUSE ME -- COLIN, CAN YOU TURN UP THE SOUND? I THINK I GOT IN AT 1:00 YESTERDAY MORNING. BUT ANYWAY, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. SO WE --THANKS TO COLLEEN, FIRST OF ALL, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THESE SLIDES. AND WE'RE WORKING WELL TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND I THINK I TALLIED UP FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE BOUNDARIES. SO THAT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE COMPLICATED IN TERMS OF WHICH BOUNDARIES DO WE USE WHEN WE REDISTRICT. AND THROUGH THE TWO PROCESSES WITH GADSDEN AND LAS CRUCES, AS COLLEEN MENTIONED, HELD SOME DISCREPANCIES -- MICHAEL, CAN I PAUSE YOU FOR JUST A SECOND AND ASK COLIN, CAN WE PULL UP THAT MAP AGAIN SO WHILE MR. SHARP IS TALKING WE CAN HAVE A VISUAL? THANK YOU SO

156MUCH. CONTINUE. THANK YOU, MR. SHARP. THANK YOU. SO WHILE GOING THROUGH THESE PROCESSES AND DISCOVERING THE DISCREPANCIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT MOVING AND ADJUSTING TO THAT KIND OF PURPLY LINE BASED ON PARCELS IS I WENT THROUGH ALL THE ASSESSOR DATA ON THE DONA DONA COUNTY ASSESSOR SITE AND EVERY PARCEL IS CODED WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I CODE EVERY SINGLE PARCEL WITHIN THE BOUNDARY AREA HERE AND CREATED JUST KIND OF A PROPOSED BOUNDARY, SAY, ASSUMING, WHICH SEEMS A FAIR ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYBODY WHO PAYS TAXES TO GADSDEN AND S. IN THE GADSDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EVERYBODY WHO PAYS TO LAS CRUCES IS IN THE LAS CRUCES SCHOOL DISTRICT THEN THIS IS WHAT THE BOUNDARY SHOULD

157BE. ON THE MAP YOU HAVE THE PINK BOUNDARY WHICH IS THE CORRECTION, THE DARKER SHADED GREEN WITH THE KIND OF DARK GRAY BOUNDARY. THAT'S WHAT WAS IN THE CENSUS FILES IN 2020. SO THE OFFICIAL CENSUS DATA OF GADSDEN. THAT KIND OF DARK GREEN AREA ALSO HAPPENS TO MATCH WHAT WAS IN THE NEW MEXICO TAX AND REVENUE DATA BACK TO 2010. I BELIEVE THAT THE INTENT IS THERE ON THE CENSUS SIDE TO MATCH WHAT WAS IN THE ASSESSOR DATA. BUT THE EXECUTION OF THE LINE BACK IN THAT CARRIED THROUGH THESE PAST 20 YEARS WAS NEVER CORRECTED. WE'RE JUST CORRECTING THE BOUNDARY TO MATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING IF REALITY. SO WITH GADSDEN YOU CAN SEE VARIOUS THINGS GO BACK AND FORTH. KIND OF THREE SETS OF TWO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RIO GRANDE. SOME POPULATION --

158OR NOT EVEN POPULATION. JUST LAND SWAPPING BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS. AGAIN, IN THE MIDDLE YOU HAVE LAND SWAPPING BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS WITH PEOPLE. AND ON THE RIGHT TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 478, AGAIN, IT'S JUST TWO SEPARATE POPULATION SETS KIND OF SWAPPING BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS. AND IT'S KIND OF A NET GAIN FOR GADSDEN OF ABOUT 37 RESIDENTS, OR POPULATION. IN ESSENCE WE'D BE CORRECTING THE POPULATION OF GADSDEN INDEPENDENT AND ADDING 37 PEOPLE TO THE DISTRICT. AND JUST LIKE WITH LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPACT ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REDISTRICTING, EVERYTHING STILL FALLS WITHIN PLUS OR MINUS 5%. SO ALL THE DISTRICTS ARE STILL CONSIDERED EQUAL IN POPULATION. SO THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO I GUESS CORRECT THE REDISTRICTING WE'VE ALL ENCOUNTERED IN THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS FOLLOWING THE

1592020 CENSUS. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD NEWS. I CONCUR WITH COLLEEN THAT HAVING A SINGLE BOUNDARY THAT MATCHES THAT BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AGREE UPON SEEMS TO MAKE TOTAL SENSE TO BASE IT ON WHERE PEOPLE PAY THEIR TAXES TO AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD BE THE CLEANEST WAY TO HAVE THE DISTRICT HAVE THE EXACT SAME BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AT THE LEAST. I THINK THOSE ARE THE COMMENTSCOMMENTS I HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEEN. NO. I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS MOVE ON TO NEXT STEPS HERE OF WHERE WE ARE. RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THE NEXT STEPS, AGAIN, LOOKING AT APPROVAL FROM THIS BOARD AGREEING TO WHERE THAT LINE WOULD BE. ALSO WITH GADSDEN WE ARE PRESENTING THIS. BOTH MICHAEL AND I ON THURSDAY NIGHT TO

160GET THEIR APPROVAL. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE VERY QUICKLY. WE ON OUR SIDE HAVE ALREADY PREPARED EVERYTHING. SO WE'RE READY TO GO. THE OTHER PIECE IS CREATION OF AN M.O.U. BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GADSDEN FOR THE CORRECTED BOUNDARY AREA. THERE WOULD BE THE SECONDARY M.O.U. BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING VERSUS OPERATIONAL THING OF TRANSFER STUDENTS AND STUFF. SO YOU WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE THING FOR THERE. BECAUSE WE NEED TO INCLUDE A COPY OF THAT M.O.U. TO BOTH DONA ANA COUNTY AND TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THEN WE PREPARED THE CORRECTED VOTING DISTRICT MAPS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THOSE DONE. AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT SIGNED M.O.U., WE CAN TURN THOSE OVER RIGHT AWAY. I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF JUMP THE GUN OF

161ANYTHING. AND SO WE ARE READY TO GO. WE'VE MET WITH -- MICHAEL AND I MET LAST WEEK WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ANDAND SURE THEY WERE GOOD WITH ALL OF THIS. AND IT'S BASICALLY THE DECISION'S LEFT UP TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN BOTH DISTRICTS ON THIS. AND THEN ONCE THAT M.O.U. IS GOT THE CORRECTED MAPS AND THE SHAPE FILES. WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT THOSE WITH THE COPY OF THE SIGNED M.O.U. THE SHAPE FILES TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. SO WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING READY TO GO. IT WILL BE SUBMITTED IN MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME BEFORE THE ELECTION REQUIREMENTS GOING OUT FOR THAT IN JULY. THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT. IT TAKES THEM ABOUT A MONTH TO TAKE ALL THE

162DATA AND PROCESS ALL OF THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING. MY APOLOGIES. WE ALWAYS THINK OH, IT'S GOING TO BE I ASHORT ONE. AND THEN IT'S NOT. I'M SORRY. MISS O'BRIEN? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT REESE, WE WILL HAVE THE M.O.U. s FOR YOU IN YOUR JUNE 3 rd PACKET. SO THEY WILL BE VOTED ON AT THAT TIME. AND THAT AGAIN FALLS WELL WITHIN THE TIMELINE THAT WE NEED TO GET IT TO THE COUNTY SO THAT THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT COLLEEN JUST MENTIONED. OKAY. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YES. MISS TENORIO. I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY FUNNY UNTIL LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE DISTRICT 4. I

163GOT PRETTY SOBERED ABOUT IT. SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS 33 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ADDING, I GUESS TO OUR DISTRICT MAP, ARE THESE JUST RESIDENTS? IS THAT THE COUNT? FOR DISTRICT 3 IT'S --FOR LAS CRUCES IT'S 92 RESIDENTS. THAT'S TOTAL POPULATION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN REGISTERED VOTERS. YOU HAVE -- WE DON'T OWN KNOW WHAT THE MAKEUP IS. NO. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVERT TO THE 2020 DATA. DO WE HAVE ANY HISTORY OF THEM ATTENDING LCPS SCHOOLS? THERE'S REALLY -- IT SEEMS KIND OF FAR --LIKE THAT AREA, WHERE WOULD PEOPLE HAVE TYPICALLY GONE TO SCHOOL? PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, WHAT WE KNOW FOR FACT IS WE HAVE THE SEVEN KIDS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE IN THAT SHADED AREA, IN THAT GAP. AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL KIDS THAT GO TO LAS

164CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL, THE NEAREST ELEMENTARY IS TOMBAUGH AND THE NEAREST MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ZIA AND OUT OF THOSE SEVEN KIDS THOSE ARE THE THREE SCHOOLS THEY CURRENTLY ATTEND. THERE IS A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS REALLY CLOSE. I THINK IT'S NORTH -- NORTH VALLEY. BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE MAP I WAS LIKE NORTH VALLEY ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN LAS CRUCES, WHICH WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. BUT NONE OF THIS MADE ANY SENSE AT ALL REALLY. BUT ANYWAY. BUT WE DID LOOK -- YOU WOULD HAVE THE CLOSEST ELEMENTARY WOULD BE NORTH VALLEY. BUT IN REALITY GETTING TO LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL'S CLOSER THAN GOING TO GADSDEN HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THERE THAT MAYBE GADS GEN STUDENTS OR THOSE LAS CRUCES STUDENTS. AND IT WAS

165REALLY GREAT WITH BOTH SUPERINTENDENTS AGREEING TO MAKE THOSE FAMILIES FEEL WELCOME WHENEVER THEY CHOSE TO GO. I HAVE TWO MORE COMMENTS, MAYBE QUESTIONS. COULD WE PULL UP THAT MAP? WHICH ONE? THIS ONE? I DON'T KNOW. WHICHEVER ONE YOU GUYS ARE SELLING ME. THE LAST SLIDE. THIS IS FOR GADSDEN. SO I'M FOLLOWING THE FUCHSIA LINE. YEAH, THIS IS FINE. IT'S TO ME, IF I WERE TO USE THE CAMPAIGNING PART OF ME THAT LOOKS AT THIS AND IT LOOKS --IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THOSE LITTLE NOOKS AND DIVOTS AND KEYS ARE HARD WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO TO CAMPAIGN TO. SECONDLY --I THINK THIS IS MY LAST POINT. WHEN WE DID OUR REDISTRICTING OF POLITICAL BOUNDARIES, A LOT OF WHAT I WAS IN MY BOUNDARY WAS ENDING UP IN MISS CORT'S BECAUSE SHE NEEDED NUMBERS, CORRECT? YOU

166NEEDED MORE VOTERS. YES. BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF TOWN. I GENEROUSLY GAVE HER SOME VOTERS. SO NOW YOU GUYS ARE GIVING ME SOMETHING. AND I DON'T KNOW, DO I NEED THIS OR DO YOU GIVE IT TO HER? IT ACTUALLY GOES TO BOB. THEY'RE UNDERNEATH --BUT LOOK WHERE IT SAYS DISTRICT 4. THAT'S ALL AGRICULTURAL AREA. AND THAT IS ALL TAXABLE VALUE THAT COMES INTO LAS CRUCES -- YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT IF YOU SEE IN THAT TEAL AREA WHERE IT'S LIGHTER SHADED, THAT IS ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY THAT IS ALREADY TAXED FOR LAS CRUCES -- SO NO FARMERS WILL BE UPSET. THERE'S NO RESIDENCES THAT LIVE THERE. COOL. I'VE GOT A BIG MAP. DISTRICT 4. WE'LL GO DRIVE AROUND AND SEE. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? JUST WONDERING, HOW PEOPLE THAT

167ARE AFFECTED BY THIS REACT. DO WE GET INPUT FROM THEM? I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST TOLD ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? ANYWAY. HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT? WE'RE CURRENTLY BASING THIS ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE BASING THEIR TAXES ON. WHEN THEY'RE PAYING THEIR TAX STATEMENTS THEY'RE PAYING TAXES TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE'RE ALIGNING THIS TO WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY PAYING THE TAXES. AND POTENTIALLY ON SOME OF THOSE VOTING PRECINCTS AS WELL. WITH THIS CHANGE THEY DO CHANGE PRECINCTS QUITE A BIT. AND MICHAEL, I THINK YOU COULD ADD MORE ONTO THAT. THANK YOU. I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE BOARD MEMBER WHO ASKED THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT. BUT THE --I THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE IMPACT ON THE TAX SIDE, THE TAXES WOULDN'T CHANGE AT ALL. I THINK THE

168CHANGE WOULD OCCUR ON WHEN YOU'RE VOTING FOR BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATE OR VOTING IN A --LIKE A BOND ELECTION. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME FOLKS --PROBABLY WILL BE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE MAYBE ASSIGNED TO, SAY, GADSDEN IN THE VOTERING REGISTRATION ROLLS WHO WHEN THIS CORRECTION, IF IT'S MADE AND AGREED UPON, THAT THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION BE CHANGED SUCH THAT THEY'RE NOW VOTING IN THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELECTIONS FOR BOTH BOARD MEMBERS AND, SAY, FOR MILL LEVIES FOR BOND ELECTIONS. SO THAT WOULD BE I THINK THE TWO --TAXES REALLY NO IMPACT. BUT THERE COULD BE SOME IMPACT ON MAYBE 50 OR SO VOTERS SWITCHING DISTRICTS IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM. BUT FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS IN THOSE AREAS, THAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF THE OTHER M. O.U. SO THEY COULD GO TO EITHER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NOT

169HAVE TO HAVEHAVE HARD TRANSFER. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE DISTRICTS ARE BOTH WORKING TOWARD AS WELL WITH THAT. SOUNDS PRETTY FAIR. >> TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT DISRUPTION. THANK YOU. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? SO YOU ALL ARE DOING ALL THE WORK. GADSDEN IS RELYING ON YOUR WORK? MR. SHARP IS ALSO. IS HE ON THEIR SIDE? THEIR SIDE? IT'S A WE. >> WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO GET THIS RESOLVED. THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF BOTH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE CONSTITUENTS THERE. BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE BASED UPON WHERE THEY'RE PAYING THEIR TAXES. GOOD WILL. FIND THE ACTIVE VOTERS AND GET THEM OUR MAGAZINE. I DO THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY ON THE SAME SIDE HERE. I THINK THE LESS VOTER CONFUSION THE BETTER. THE LESS CONFUSION IN GENERAL THE BOATER. AND I THINK

170ALSO OUR OBJECTIVE HERE IS THAT IF ANY QUESTIONS COME UP IN THE FUTURE THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN REFERENCE. A SINGLE SET OF BOUNDARIES THAT IS HOPEFULLY ROCK SOLID. AND WE DON'T EVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS AGAIN. THAT'S THE BEST PART OF THIS, IS THAT THIS IS LOCKED AT THIS POINT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER FORMAL AGREEMENT MOVING INTO THE FUTURE BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS. IF IT CHANGES, I KNOW I DIDN'T MAKE IT AND I KNOW MICHAEL DIDN'T MAKE IT BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO FORCE IT TO COME BACK. AND THAT'S WHAT'S CRITICAL. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT WILL BE MEMORIALIZED. AND THERE'S NOT A QUESTION OF HOW DID THIS HAPPEN, WHO, WHAT -- RIGHT? ALTHOUGH I DID SUGGEST MOVE THE LINE DOWN TO SAN MIGUEL. MR. DEMPSEY

171SAID NO. WHAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. YOU GET A WHOLE NEW SCHOOL THAT WAY. NO KIDDING. THEY DO A GROUNDBREAKING? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BOUNDARY CORRECTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [ ALL SAY AYE ] ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS LATE TIME. I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TIME AND ALL OF YOUR EXPERTISE. BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM, MADAM CORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHAEL AND COLLEEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO BOARD REPORTS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN? I'LL BEGIN. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. I THINK I HAVE

172A REPORT RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING. IT'S LATE. AND ANYWAY. THAT MAKES IT QUICK. WELL DONE, MR. FRANK. GREAT BOARD REPORT. I LOVE IT. BRIEF. SECRETARY WOFFORD. ANY BOARD REPORT AFTER 9:00 P.M. SHOULD BE KEPT DOWN TO A --I WANT TO COMMEND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS TEAM FOR THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT EVENT. THAT WAS SO WELL DONE. FROM THE BAND PLAYING AND THE PEOPLE INVITING US IN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LAST STRAINS OF THE SONG FROM "MOANA. " IT WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE. I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. IT'S VERY GOOD TO ENGAGE THE CITY AND OUR OTHER LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. I APPRECIATE YOUR HAVING BROUGHT THAT TO OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU, MR. WOFFORD. IT WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT AND I GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO THE TEAM.

173THANK YOU. AND THEN I'VE DONE SOME OTHER -- WELL, THE RETIREMENT. I ENJOYED DOING -- THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. YES. I ENJOYED THE RETIREMENT EVENT AS WELL. NICE TO SEE MRS. CONNOR WITH HER 52 YEARS. AND HER FAMILY. WE COULD JUST SEE THEM EMOTIONAL. IT WAS SO NICE TO MEET HER FAMILY THERE THAT NIGHT. AND OF COURSE CLASS OF 2025, GOOD ON YOU. WAY TO GO. IT'S NICE TO BE AT THE END OF A SCHOOL YEAR. AND TO THE BACK ROW TEAM BACK THERE THANKS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER GREAT SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S YOU GUYS. THAT'S ENOUGH OF A BOARD REPORT AFTER 9:00 P.M. AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID. PERFECT. ABSOLUTELY. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO GRADUATION. IT'S ALWAYS A FUN TIME. AND JUST A POWERFUL MOMENT TO SEE KIDS

174GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. NOT --I HEARD --I KEEP MISSING STATE OF THE DISTRICT. I APOLOGIZE, SUPERINTENDENT. IT'S NOT PERSONAL. YOU CAN BLAME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON ME MISSING THIS LAST ONE. YESTERDAY I WENT TO ALAMEDA. JUST A SHOUT OUT TO THE GROUP. KIDS CAN. THEY TEACH ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS. ALL AGES, I BELIEVE. AS THEY WORK IN DIFFERENT SCHOOL LEVELS. JUST A REALLY GREAT EVENT. SO HAPPY TO JUDGE AND HELP THERE. AND THEN I SPOKE TO SOME EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS AT MSU, CLASSROOM OF FUTURE EDUCATORS. HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING THAT. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. MISS TENORIO. OKAY. I WAS --IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE DID OUR REPORT. AND I SWEAR WHEN WE WERE HERE FOR THE RETREAT THE REASON I TOOK OFF WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO SEE THE BANDS PLAY AT

175ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS LIKE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IT WAS EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU ABOUT I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS CALLED. SOME KIND OF FESTIVAL. YEAH, THE FESTIVAL. IT WAS -- FESTIVAL. BEGINNERS MUSIC FESTIVAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YEAH. SO MISS LANG, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, IS DYNAMIC. SO THE KIDS WENT TO THE STATE COMPETITION AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I WANTED TO HEAR THEM LIKE FRONT, CENTER. AND THEY WERE AMAZING. THEY DON'T SOUND --LIKE THEY DON'T SOUND LIKE A MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND. AND THAT'S JUST CREDIT TO HER AND HER ASSISTANT AND WHAT THEY DO WITH THOSE KIDS. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY THE EARLIEST THING I'VE DONE SINCE WE'VE LAST GIVEN REPORTS. I DID THE MAYFIELD SENIOR AWARDS ASSEMBLY. I DID THE

176RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL AND MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES WHERE YOU GET A PHONE CALL FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND THEN WHERE WE ARE IT'S LIKE WELL, HAND IT OVER TO THIS GUY. AND HE'S BUSY. RIGHT? SO I WAIT UNTIL LIKE FOLLOW UP AND THEN HE DOES. HE GETS HIS TEAM. CREDIT TO HIS PEOPLE THAT GET THE -- GO ASKING FOR MONEY. AND WE HAVE CITIZENS BANK, WHO ARE JUST AMAZING AT HELPING OUR SCHOOLS TO LOOK SHARP. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD SHARED THE ESPECACHO LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM. THE FIFTH-GRADERS, WHICH I'D BEEN DYING TO GO TO ONE OF THESE THINGS AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'VE BEEN INVITED TO. AND I JUST HAPPENED TO BE --I KNEW ONE OF THE LITTLE ONES. SHE BELONGS TO

177ME. AND IT'S FUNNY. SHE DRESSED UP LIKE ALEXANDER HAMILTON. BUT REALLY SHE WAS LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA PRETENDING TO BE ALEXANDER HAMILTON. BUT SHE KNEW A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PLAY AND THE MOVIE OR WHATEVER. PICACHO MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND CONCERT. I THINK WE WERE THERE FOR LIKE TWO HOURS. AND WE WENT THROUGH THE BEGINNERS, INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED, THEN JAZZ. I CAN'T GO TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL. BUT TO ME IT'S LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE IS DOING THIS TYPE OF STELLAR WORK. WHAT ELSE? THE RETIREMENT. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND ALL OF IT. THE ACTUAL MAIN CEREMONY. I SHOWED UP FOR THE RECEPTION PART. AND I LOOKED FOR ANY FAMILIAR FACES THAT WERE RETIRING. AND IT'S MEANINGFUL FOR ME. AND I THINK IT IS FOR THEM TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

178AND I ENDED UP GOING TO MY FRESHMAN DAUGHTER HAD A CHOIRCHOIR CONCERT. THAT'S JUST THE SEASON. AND ECHOING THAT, 'TIS THE SEASON. I'VE ALREADY BEEN TO THREE SENIOR WALKS. WHICH IS SO COOL TO SEE THE STUDENTS. ONE WAS AT HERMOSA HEIGHTS. ONE WAS AT VALLEY VIEW. AND THEN THE ONE TODAY WAS AT LYNN. AND JUST TO SEE HOW EXCITED THE KIDS ARE, EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS GET EXCITED TO SEE THE GRADUATES GO DOWN THE HALL, HIGH-FIVING EVERYBODY. IT'S JUST A COOL THING. IT'S BUSY, AND I GIVE A BIG HEAVY SIGH LIKE OKAY, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. WHEN I LOOKED AT MY SCHEDULE, I'M GOING TO VISIT TEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THIS WEEK, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE HONORS CEREMONIES AND GRADUATIONS. BUT THAT'S REALLY COOL. THAT'S --IT'S A WONDERFUL SEASON. AND I'M REALLY TIRED. AND SO MY WORDS AREN'T

179COMING OUT LIKE I WANT IT TO. BUT IT'S CREDIT TO OUR TEACHERS AND CREDIT TO OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE PERSEVERANCE AND THE GRIT TO MAKE IT THROUGH ALL THE GRADES. AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT TIME OF CELEBRATION. AND I JUST CELEBRATE -- I'M GOING TO JUST BRAG. I CELEBRATED MY SON THIS LAST WEEKEND. THAT'S WHY I WASN'T AT THE RETIREMENT THING. HE GRADUATED WITH HIS MASTER'S FROM USC IN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTING AND ENGINEERING. IT'S -- ANYWAY. DESIGN ENGINEERING. [ APPLAUSE ] JUST TO SEE THAT. AND THEN I SAW A CLASSMATE OF HIS AT LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL. HIS NAME IS MALIK. WHO IS TEACHING ESL. AND THEY BOTH GRADUATED TOGETHER. AND IT WAS JUST SORT OF THIS COOL MOMENT TO SEE THE GRADUATES OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS GOING ON AND JUST DOING GREAT THINGS, WHETHER

180THEY STAYED IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR THEY WENT OTHER PLACES. THANK YOU ALL TO THE BACK ROW. THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING. COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR STAYING. I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> THAT WAS A VERY BIG HESITATION FOR THE SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. [ ALL SAY AYE ] ALL OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:49.