001GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I CALLED A MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:12. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WILL YOU TAKE THE ROLLCALL? MR. FRANK? HERE. MS. TENORIO? >> HERE. >> I AM PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN? HERE. PRESIDENT CORT? I AM ALSO HERE. THANK YOU. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] THANK YOU ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 3, 2025 WORK SESSION AGENDA. I
002HAVE A MOTION TO PULL SOME CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. WHEN WE DID THE MOU, THEY PRESENTED TO US BUT WE DID --DID WE DISCUSS THE MOU? DID THAT HAPPEN AFTER? ANYWAY, I WILL PULL THAT OFF FOR THAT DISCUSSION. AGENDA ITEMS 5 B 1, 2, 3. THE IDEA APPLICATION AS WELL? YES. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 3 2025 WORK SESSION AGENDA WITH THE CHANGES JUST MENTION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE CHANGES MEAN? THE CHANGES MEAN THAT WE WILL TAKE THOSE THREE ITEMS OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE MOST WELCOME. SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. I AM JUST CONFUSED BECAUSE WE ARE VOTING ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW? WHAT WE JUST DID --SHOULDN'T WE
003BE AMENDING THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, NOT THE AGENDA? THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE COMES IN. THEY ARE ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER. OKAY. PRESIDENT CORT, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE MY MOTION TO TAKE THOSE OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA? THAT IS PROBABLY RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. I MAKE THE MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, 5-0. NOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, TENORIO. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 3, 2025 WORK SESSION AGENDA WITH THE CHANGES JUST MENTIONED. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? 5-0. I WOULD
004LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAY 20, 25 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND SECONDED BY MS. TENORIO. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? >> THE AYES HAVE IT . I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NOW I SEE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, MR. FRANK. APPROVAL OF A DONATION FROM THE FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TO OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. PRESIDENT CORT --I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MATTERS BUT IT IS A COMMUNITY CENTER -- YES. THANK YOU. ALSO, ITEMS 5 C, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE. HANG ON. 5 C, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE? THE MOU, THAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE MOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS FOLLOWS. 4 B 3, THE COMMUNITY
005FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TO OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL, 5 A 1, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN AYE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, 5 C 1, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 5 D 1, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITY AUTHORITY IN THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONSORTIUM. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 5-0. THE BOARD MET IN THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2025 FROM 3:00 P.M. UNTIL 4:10 P.M. TO DISCUSS UNLIMITED MATTER SUBMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-2 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SPECIFICALLY SO ONE, THE BOARD COULD DISCUSS AND INCORPORATE
006AS APPROPRIATE THE MAY 7, 2025 EXECUTIVE SESSION FEEDBACK FROM SUPERINTENDENT AS PART OF COMPLETING THE END OF YEAR SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION PROCESS. I AFFIRM THAT THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED HERE. BEFORE WE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE THAT THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT ARE FOUND IN BOARD POLICY AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER . HOWEVER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THE BOARD DOES NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM OR COMMENT UPON PERSONAL MATTERS --PERSONNEL MATTERS, EXCUSE ME. HOWEVER, ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC, SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS NOR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR
007ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH NORMA. HELLO MAC. >> WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NORMA AND I AM SPEAKING TODAY AS A MOTHER, SURVIVOR, AND SOMEONE WHO IS GIVEN YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE HISTORY. BEFORE I JOINED L CPS, I WAS ONE OF THE LOWEST POINTS IN MY LIFE. I HAD BEEN IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATIONSHIP. I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS ANYTHING GOOD OUT THERE WAITING FOR ME. I WAS SCARED. I WAS STARTING OVER. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. LATER, I BROKE MY ANKLE, HAD A 10-MONTH-OLD BABY, I COULDN'T WORK, MY FAMILY SAID A PRAYER FOR ME AND MY CHILD. I WAS VULNERABLE, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL. EVEN THOUGH
008I WAS NOT SURE WHAT WOULD COME NEXT, I APPLIED TO WORK FOR L CPS. I DID NOT KNOW IT THEN BUT IT WOULD BE LIFE-CHANGING. THIS GAVE ME HOPE. IT GAVE ME STABILITY. IT GAVE ME PURPOSE. LCPS GAVE ME MORE THAN JUST A JOB . IT BECAME A FAMILY. I WAS SURROUNDED BY TEACHERS, STAFF, LEADERS WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST THE STUDENTS AND EACH OTHER. I HAD NEVER SEEN PEOPLE TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH SUCH CARE AND COMPASSION AND I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY THAT. IT MADE ME BELIEVE IN PEOPLE AGAIN. IT SHOWED ME THAT COMPASSION -- I WAS HONORED TO WORK AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION'S TEACHER. ANYONE WHO HAS DONE WORK KNOWS THAT BY HELPING EVERY DAY WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL. I TREAT EVERY STUDENT WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND THEY
009INSPIRED ME TO DO THE SAME. I GAVE THEM EVERYTHING I HAD. THAT IS WHY WOULD HAPPENED HAS BEEN SO DEVASTATING. WE WERE --INSTEAD OF FIXING THAT, THEY DECIDED TO LET US GO. ALL OF US FOUND OUT ONE DAY BEFORE THE CONTRACT ENDED. SOMEWHERE NOT EVEN SENT --SOME HAD NO REAL EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT THE LCPS FAMILY I KNOW. THIS IS NOT HOW A FAMILY TREATS ITS OWN. WE WERE MORE THAN JUST EMPLOYEES. WE WERE THE EXTRA HANDS DURING TESTING DAYS. WE WERE THE ONES WHO SHOWED UP EARLY, STAYED LATE, AND HELP THE SCHOOL RUN SMOOTHLY AND WE DID IT WITH CARE. THE DECISIONS TO SUSPEND THE PROGRAM HAS CONSEQUENCES FOR ME AND MANY OTHERS. IT MEANS NO INCOME, NO WAY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
010AND DESPITE HOW HARD I WORK, I HAVE NOTHING TO FALL BACK ON. THERE ARE FAMILIES OF MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS. CORINTHIANS 12:26, THAT IS THE KIND OF FAMILY 12 -- LCPS HAS BEEN TO ME AND I BELIEVE IT CAN BE. I STAND HERE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER. THE PROGRAM CHANGED MY LIFE. IT GAVE ME HOPE FOR MYSELF AND MY SON. I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE. OTHER FELLOW SERVICE HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE AND WE ALL SHARE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT BUT IT IS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK YOU. GIANNA? WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, MADAME PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS GIANNA. I'M A STUDENT AT MSU STUDYING TO BE A BILINGUAL LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER. I HAVE BEEN A FELLOW AT LINCOLN MIDDLE
011SCHOOL FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. LAST WEEK, WITH ONE DAY LEFT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, I WAS SENT AN EMAIL NOTIFYING ME THAT I HAD BEEN CUT FROM THE PROGRAM. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TWO AMAZING MENTOR TEACHERS AND MANY OTHERS AT THE SCHOOL MAKE THAT SCHOOL GRADE. I HAVE LEARNED SO MANY VALUABLE LESSONS AND SKILLS THAT CAN NEVER BE GAINED FROM ONLY BEING IN A COLLEGE CLASSROOM. IT, THE FELLOW PROGRAM HAS TAUGHT ME CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND HOW TO FORM UNIQUE AND REAL CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENTS IN COLLEGE. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE MOST AT RISK AND REALLY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW TO SUPPORT THEM. THE TRUTH IS, MANY EDUCATORS TRY TO AVOID WHAT CAN BE A MORE CHALLENGING STUDENT
012POPULATION BUT I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO START A CAREER AS A FELLOW WITH THE STUDENT AND EDUCATORS THAT STROBE EVERYDAY FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR EACH OTHER. WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT NEW MEXICO'S TEACHER SHORTAGE AND HOW WE NEED TO FILL THESE POSITIONS WITH HIGH-QUALITY EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS THAT WILL GROW THE NEXT GENERATION AND THE FELLOW PROGRAM WAS DOING EXACTLY THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS NOT ONLY PREPARING ME FOR THE CLASSROOM IN A REAL WAY BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED ME TO BE A FULL-TIME STUDENT AND BRINGING AN INCOME THAT ALIGNED WITH MY GOAL. I KNOW MANY OTHER ED FELLOWS WHO WERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND NOW THAT IS CUT SHORT. IT IS DEVASTATING, FRUSTRATING, AND CONFUSING FOR THE PROGRAM TO BE CUT THIS WAY. I HOPE THE BOARD WILL RECONSIDER THESE CUTS AND AM HOPEFUL FOR
013THE NEXT GENERATION OF EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT? THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. STARTING OFF WITH THE CEREMONIAL CHAMPIONS ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 AT THE GYM CENTENNIAL. LCPS HOSTED OUR ARTS, ACTIVITIES, AND ATHLETICS CEREMONIAL CHAMPIONS. THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO ALL OF YOU FOR ATTENDING TO HELP CELEBRATE THE STATE AND NATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OUR STUDENTS. WE RECOGNIZED EVERYONE FROM STUDENT COUNCIL TO BAND STUDENTS. WE ALSO GOT TO CELEBRATE VISUAL ARTS, A MAN ARTS, SPEECH, AND DEBATE, SPORTS, CHESS, AND MANY MORE OTHER ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT OVERALL AND IT WAS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE STUDENTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OUTSIDE OF CORE ACADEMICS .
014AS OUTLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE KNOW THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND WHOLE CHILD-SUPPORT ARE CRITICAL TO STUDENT SUCCESS AND EVENTS LIKE THIS GIVE US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS IN ACTION. THE SENIOR WALK TRADITION HAS GROWN AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT. IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO OUR GRADUATION, OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL HOSTED A SENIOR WALKS, INVITING MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2025 TO COME BACK AND VISIT THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL. THIS HAS TURNED INTO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS TO SEE OUR GRADUATES AND A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SENIORS TO RETURN AND SEE MANY OF THE PREVIOUS TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK MISS MARY LEE SAGE AT OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL FOR COORDINATING THE SENIOR WALKS AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES FOR HOSTING
015THE GRADUATING SENIORS AND ONCE AGAIN, --SORRY, TO HOST THEM ONE MORE TIME IN A SAFE AND FESTIVE SENIOR WALK. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE CONTINUE TO GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE REOPENING OF COLUMBIA. IN LATE MAY, WE WERE JOINED BY MEMBERS HERE OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS CABINET MEMBERS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO WALK THROUGH NEW COLUMBIA AS WE HAVE FINISHED REDISTRICTING AND ARE PREPARING FOR COLUMBIA'S REOPENING LATER THIS YEAR, A TIME FOR MUCH EXCITEMENT. WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO EQUITABLY STOP COLUMBIA USING A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS. WE ARE SUPPORTING THE CAMPUS WITH THEIR MOVE OUT OF CENTENNIAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BOTH CAMPUSES AS THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS. THIS IS A TIME OF EXCITEMENT FOR THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY BUT WE
016HAVE A BUSY FEW MONTHS AHEAD. WE ALL SHARE EXCITEMENT IN GETTING OUR STUDENTS BACK INTO COMMENCEMENT 2025 , THIS WAS MY SECOND YEAR PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES, ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR. GRADUATION IS A CULMINATION OF THE WORK WE DO, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD, AND THE FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKE GRADUATION SO SPECIAL, LCPS SCREAMED ALL SIX CEREMONIES AND HAD 90,000 VIEWS. THANK YOU TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF, SECURITY TEAMS AND THE MANY PEOPLE WHO KEPT GRADUATION SAFE AND FUN AND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2025. THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR LIKE IT WAS STARTED, ON OUR CAMPUSES , PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOLS , MAY 30th WAS THE LAST DAY WAS CLEAR AND A CHANCE FOR
017CENTRAL OFFICE TO VISIT SCHOOLS AND CELEBRATE ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WITH FESTIVITIES, AND I AM PROUD TO REPORT OUR SCHOOL YEAR ENDED SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY, I SPENT THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL VISITING OUR TEAMS AND THANKING OUR TEAM FOR A GREAT YEAR. CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL. FOR SUMMER 2025, LCPS CONTINUES MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES WITH EVENTS , CAMPS, SUMMER EXPERIENCE IS FOR STUDENTS AND OUR CHALLENGER CAMPS ARE BRINGING THE CENTRAL OFFICE DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAMS, OUR BUSY WORKING ON SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE IS FOR LCPS , WITH SEVERAL ATHLETIC CAMPS HAPPENING , A VERY BUSY TIME TO SUPPORT THE KIDS. WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES TO ENSURE OUR LCPS FAMILIES HAVE SOME FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE SITES OFFERING FOOD SERVICES AND ALSO SENT
018OUT A FLYER WITH TIMES AND NOTIFICATIONS, THROUGH IN TOUCH AND AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THE OTHER PIECE I WANT TO MENTION , OUR STUDENTS USE OUR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS , HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE CONTINUATION OF SERVICES OVER THE BREAK. THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION TO OUR FAMILIES, AND OUR CAMPUSES ARE OPEN TO THE SUMMER TO ASSIST WITH REGISTRATION AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT OUR FAMILIES MAY HAVE ABOUT THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE MY SUPER TO THE REPORT BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, EDUCATING 21,000 STUDENTS IS OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, AS WE CHART THE COURSE INTO THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR, EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS AHEAD. I WISH OUR STAFF THAT IS ON SUMMER BREAK A SAFE AND RESTFUL BREAK AND
019LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU , PRESIDENT CORT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT . THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. BEFORE --OKAY. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO BOARD ITEMS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOB, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MAY 30th , 2025, WITH DEEP RESPECT AND HONOR THAT WE TALK ABOUT HIM. HE DIED AT 85 AND HIS DECADES OF SERVICE TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE LEFT A LASTING MARK ON STUDENTS AND STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY. HE BEGAN WITH LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1964. SPENT 38 YEARS WHERE HE SERVED AS A TEACHER, COACH , ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL , AS HEAD BASEBALL COACH , LED THEM TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1981 AND BUILT THE PROGRAM ROOTED IN EXCELLENCE . AS PRINCIPAL, HE GUIDED THE SCHOOL WITH VISION AND A DEEP COMMITMENT
020TO STUDENT SUCCESS. HE WAS A RESPECTED LEADER ACROSS THE DISTRICT , MENTORING STAFF , SERVING ON COMMITTEES, AND ALWAYS PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST. HE WAS ALSO A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN, HE AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED FOR OVER 60 YEARS . TOGETHER, THEY RAISED TWO DOLLARS AND ARE BLESSED WITH TWO GRANDCHILDREN . ON BEHALF OF THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEGACY AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS A TRUE CHAMPION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. YOU SAY HIS NAME, EVERYBODY KNOWS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? I HAD A COMMENT ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT . YES. I WANT TO THANK YOU THE STUDENTS WALKING THROUGH THE OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND GIVING CREDIT , THE NAME SPORT, I KNOW
021HER, WE GAVE HER ONE OF THE WORST FOR THE INTERNSHIPS --ONE OF THE AWARDS FOR THE INTERNSHIPS , WHAT I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, THE KIDS SHOWING UP AT THEIR OLD SCHOOLS HAVE GROWN AND I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS WORD-OF-MOUTH BUT THAT COMMUNICATION GETS OUT AND IT IS MEANINGFUL TO THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SEE OLD STUDENTS. THEN, SHE ALSO RETIRED. SHE DID. >> SHE IS A BIG CHANGER. WE WISH HER WELL. IT REALLY HAS GROWN AND YOU SEE THAT EXCITEMENT. JUST TO SEE THAT THE TEACHERS HAD A HAND IN THAT. WE TALK ABOUT THAT IMPACT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PRESENTATION, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF OUR POLICIES , IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY , WE
022CAN MOVE IT BACK DOWN, BUT SINCE YOU WERE HERE, WE COULD MOVE THAT , THAT WOULD BE GREAT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, I AM ASHLEY, AND I HAVE ARTURO AND KENNY, WHO ON OUR TEAM. I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING THEM ALONG TO INTRODUCE THEM. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE HERE FOR GOOD NEWS. WE WANTED TO UPDATE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO THIS YEAR. IS THERE A LITTLE TICKER THING? THERE YOU GO. START OFF WITH THE ASSUMPTION YOU KNOW SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, ARE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, IF THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, PLEASE STOP ME BUT I WILL SKIP THAT PART OF IT AND JUMP INTO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHING . TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, THAT BRINGS US TO THREE FULL-TIME PEOPLE
023WITH TWO PART-TIME PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE HIRED. THROUGH THAT, WE HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED OUR PROGRAMMING, WE HAVE -- BIKE PROGRAMMING , VALUATION INTERESTS, A COLLECTION THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MORE ON THAT LATER, WE HOSTED A LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS INSTRUCTORS, INSTRUCTOR FROM COLORADO , 13 PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN LAS CRUCES. MORE PEOPLE TRAINED TO TEACH BICYCLE EDUCATION . MOVING ON TO EDUCATION . WE EDUCATED EVERY SINGLE THIRD GRADE STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT WITH PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE SAFETY, A FOUR PART CURRICULUM, CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE, AND WE TAKE THE ON A WALKING FIELD TRIP TO EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND . FOR EXAMPLE , THE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED BUTTON AT DESERT HILLS , KIDS DID NOT KNOW HOW TO USE THAT AND WE TOOK THEM AND TAUGHT THEM WHAT YOU DO AND HOW TO USE THAT SAFELY. WE
024IMPLEMENTED , FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR RIDING FOR FOCUS, WE HAD A FLEET OF BIKES STOLEN FROM LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAD A 12 PART CURRICULUM, WE GOT THE KIDS ON BIKES, TAUGHT THEM HOW TO RIDE, DURING P.E. DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND THE KIDS WERE AMAZING. IT ENDED WITH A FIELD TRIP WHERE WE PRACTICED BIKING IN THE REAL WORLD AND ITS SMART CYCLING CLASSES. EMPLOYEES OR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, INTO MY CLASSES FOR ADULTS --BIKE CLASSES FOR ADULTS. WE GET TO INVOLVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHERE THEY TEACH LITTLE KIDS HOW TO RIDE. THEY DO FORM GOOD BONDS. WE DID A GOOD CHUNK OF EVALUATION, THE NATIONAL SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL CENTER HAD TWO PARTS OF EVALUATION, ONE WAS STUDENT TRAVEL AND THAT MEANS GOING INTO EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM, AND OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEE,
025WENT TO EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM TO COLLECT DATA FROM ALL OF THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE HAVE A DRIVE FULL OF DATA, IF YOU ARE DATA HUNGRY, I WILL SHARE THE LINK. WE HAVE COME UP WITH A SUMMARY . WE ASK KIDS HOW THEY GET TO SCHOOL AND HOW THEY GET HOME FROM SCHOOL. WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THIS DATA OVER MANY YEARS . NOT ALL OF IT IS COMPREHENSIVE. AS WE DID THIS YEAR. WE CAN COMPARE THIS DATA TO DATA FROM 2008. WE CAN LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. AN EXAMPLE WILL BE, A MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE MULTI USE TRAIL, IN PLACE, WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT IMPROVEMENT AND USE THAT DATA TO ADVOCATE FOR FUTURE FUNDING TO DO MORE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WHEN I SAY WE, WITH
026THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. USING OUR DATA TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. ONE SAID , COULD YOU ASK THE KIDS IF THEY COULD WALK OR BIKE TO SAFE, IF IT WAS SAFE, WHAT DATE OR WHAT THEY NOT? WE ADDED THAT AND 64% OF STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAID YES, THEY WOULD LIKE TO WALK AND BIKE. WE HAVE PUT IT INTO PIE CHARTS AND FORMS , EVERY PRINCIPAL HAS A PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC VERSION OF ALL OF THE DATA DIVIDED UP BY THEIR SCHOOLS . WE WILL INCLUDE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE , UNDER THE LCPS WEBSITE . WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME PILOT PROGRAMS . THE STUDENT SUCCESS ACADEMY REACHED OUT AND SAID, ANYTHING YOU COULD DO WITH OUR KIDS ON BIKES AND GET THEM INVOLVED? WE CREATED A PROGRAM FOR THEM , WE WENT OUT SIX
027TIMES AND BICYCLES AND TAUGHT THE BIKE SAFETY WITH BASIC BIKE REPAIR AND TOOK THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WAS A HUGE PROGRAM THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL . THE KIDS ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY AND THE STAFF ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY, WE DID NOT KNOW HOW WE WOULD GO BUT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. BROUGHT US BACK FOR THE SPRING AND WE DID IT TWICE THIS YEAR. WRITING FOR FOCUS WAS A PILOT PROGRAM AND WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT NEXT YEAR AND HOPEFULLY GET MORE OF THE SCHOOLS AND P COACHES, BUT WE LOVE TO GROW THAT PROGRAM . IT IS A GRANT THEY CAN APPLY TO AND WE WOULD LOVE OTHER SCHOOLS TO APPLY FOR THOSE, GET THEIR OWN FLEET OF MOUNTAIN BIKES, AND BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE IN ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS . ONE OF THE FUN THINGS WE DID,
028WE TOOK THE AFTER SCHOOL BY CLUB , AND WE DECIDE --BIKE CLUB, AND WE BIKE DOW --DOWN TO CITY HALL AND THEY SPOKE TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL , I HOPE THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES STUDENTS CAN FEEL SUCCESSFUL, AND GET ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE VOICES TO MAKE CHANGE AT IT IS AS SIMPLE AS RIDING A BIKE TO GIVE SOME WORDS. WALKING SCHOOL BUSES, THIS YEAR, SCHOOL BUSES DO NOT INCLUDE THE KIDS WHO NORMALLY WALK EVERY DAY. THIS IS THE PROGRAM WHERE THE KIDS SHOW UP TO A LOCATION . WE HAD 22,171 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A CHILD MAY HAVE WALKED 38 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR AND IT WOULD BE COUNTED 38 TIMES THE NUMBER AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EVENTS IS 732. AFTER SCHOOL BY CLUBS, --BIKE CLUBS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
029FRIENDS OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS, THE ON TWO THINGS WITH KIDS ON BIKES. WE SAID, LET'S TEAM UP. STRONGER TOGETHER. WE WORKED WITH SABADOS ON BIKES WITH FRIENDS AND OTHERS, GREAT FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS , THE SCHOOLS TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE FUN. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY, MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY HAD LEARN TO RIDE CLUBS, AFTER SCHOOL, CAMINO, LYNN, THEY NEED HELMETS, EXTRA PEOPLE TO LEARN TO RIDE, MORE TRAINING . WE CONTINUE OUR DISTRICTWIDE EVENTS , WE HAVE BEEN AT 100% PARTICIPATION FOR MANY YEARS . THIS YEAR, WE HAD 3450 STUDENTS AND 1362 ADULTS PARTICIPATING AND FAMILY BIKE FIESTA IS FUN , HUGE, NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY, REPAIRING BICYCLES, STATIONS WITH HELMETS, LEARN TO RIDE, BIKES REPAIRED AT LYNN MIDDLE SCHOOL. NATIONAL BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY. ENGINEERING IS A PART OF WHAT WE DO , MAYBE NOT
030SO MUCH WHAT YOU HEAR ABOUT, BUT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITIES TO HELP MAKE THE SCHOOL SAFE FOR OUR KIDS TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY. WE CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PHD CANDIDATE TO DO WALK ON IT AT SCHOOL. WE WALK --WALK AUDITS AT SCHOOL . WE HAVE MAPS AND DETERMINE , WHETHER SIGNAGE , CROSSWALKS , THINGS LIKE THAT , THAT MAY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO MAKE IT SAFER AND WE SEND THAT TO THE CITY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. THIS PICTURE, LAST WEEK, THE MESSAGE AND SAID WE ARE HAVING CHAOS AT THIS INTERSECTION, HELP, WE DID AN OBSERVATION AND IT WAS CHAOS SO WE GOT THE CITY, COUNTY , PLANNERS, MPO, WE WILL MEET AGAIN THIS FRIDAY TO DETERMINE NEXT STEPS. WE WILL HOPEFULLY MOVE THAT FORWARD TO
031MAKE IT SAFER. 1500 STUDENTS WILL BE ACCESSING THAT. WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ISSUE , BEFORE THERE IS AN INCIDENT THAT MAKES US WISH WE HAD DONE IT SOONER. IS THAT THE AREA -- I GOT AN EMAIL A LONG TIME AGO, KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AREA. IT IS NOT SAFE. IT IS THIS MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY. YES . THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS FOR SIX YEARS. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. YES, THIS IS FINALLY UP FOR ADDRESS, BLURRED LINES BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY AND WE HAVE INVITED THEM BOTH. STUDENTS WERE DRIVING ATVs, IT WAS FUN, ALL KINDS OF CRAZY. WE REALIZED -- IT IS NOT SAFE. IT IS NOT SAFE ONE PART IS THE ENGINEERING, THE SECOND IS EDUCATION , TEACHING
032PEOPLE HOW TO USE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. THIRD , ENFORCEMENT . I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE LOTS OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT IS THAT OUR PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAVE A MEETING EVERY MONTH WHERE WE MEET WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY , CODE ENFORCEMENT , THE CROSSING GUARD SUPERVISOR, ENGINEERS, PARKS AND REC, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, D.O.T., TO ADDRESS WHATEVER ISSUES PERTAINING GETTING KIDS TO WALK AND BIKE TO SCHOOL SAFELY , COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT REACH OUT TO US AND WE REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL. A HUGE PART OF OUR --WHAT IS NEXT? WE HAVE, SUMMER CAMPS, STARTING TOMORROW WITH THE SUMMER CAMP WITH THE CITY AND DOING THE TEAM PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH TEENS ON BIKES, THREE SESSIONS, WITH WEED AND SEED, SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM --A FLEET OF STRIDER BIKES, NO PETALS. NO PETALS AND NO
033TRAINING WHEELS. LET'S START WITH THEM WHEN THEY WERE IN KINDERGARTEN. WE HAVE A FLEET AND , STARTING WITH KINDERGARTEN TO GET KIDS TO RIDE BIKE WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS. START LEARNING NEW SKILLS RIGHT AWAY. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH POMS AND ASSOCIATES WHO WORK WITH ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAININGS, AND INCIDENT AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, A NEED FOR WHAT-IF SCENARIOS, DOUG HELPED US AND DETERMINED WE SHOULD GO TO EVERY SCHOOL. NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH EVERY SCHOOL. TO DETERMINE SAFETY PLANS . VERY EXCITING NEWS FOR US. WE ARE MOVING IN SERVICES, WE WILL BE AT THE BELL PROPERTY, WE WILL HAVE OUR BY CLASSROOM AT LYNN, BUT OFFICES AT BELL. WE WILL HOSTED NEW MEXICO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SUMMIT. IT WILL BE TWO DAYS. TWO LEARN WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TO
034SHOW US WHAT THEY ARE DOING. FUNDING, QUICK QUESTION , HOW DOES THIS ALL HAPPENED ? PROBABLY FUNDED THROUGH NMDOT GRANTS, 85.46%, MY MATH IS WRONG, THERE IS A MATCH FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FUNDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th 2026 AND HOPEFULLY ANY DAY WE WILL BE HEARING BACK ABOUT A $700,000 GRANT THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th, 2028. THANK YOU FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ FOR DOING THE PAPERWORK AND GETTING US QUALIFIED FOR THAT. WE DID APPLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY FOR A $50,000 GRANT FOR COLUMBIA, TRAIL ON ELKS DRIVE THAT BELONGS TO THE COUNTY AND PASSES IN FRONT OF COLUMBIA. IT WILL GO TO A END, WESIDEWALK AND THE TRAIL WOULD LEVERAGE THE $50,000 GRANT TO CONTINUE THAT TRAIL IN FRONT, SO STUDENTS FROM COLUMBIA COULD ASK A SCHOOL THAT WAY. A LITTLE BIT OF
035DISAPPOINTING NEWS, WE HAVE BEEN --HAD BEEN PROMISED $80,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THEY SAID THAT WAS PULLED BECAUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDING. THIS HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME. I NEVER BUDGET OFF THAT. THE WAY THE GRANT WORKS, IT IS PROJECT-BASED RATHER THAN REIMBURSEMENT. WE STILL HAVE SOME LEFT IN THE FUND FROM PREVIOUS YEAR'S, IT DOES NOT AFFECT US BEING ABLE TO KEEP THESE GUYS ON THERE. AND THEN, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. I WON'T READ ALL OF THAT, BUT READ A FEW OF THESE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT KEEPS US GOING. THIS WHY WE DO THIS. IT IS JUST AMAZING. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER. ON A PERSONAL NOTE , I LOVE THIS PROGRAM SO MUCH , MY DREAM COME TRUE , THE BEST THING EVER. I LOVE THE PROGRAM YOU
036DO . I TRY TO PRODUCE THE IN THE WALK TO SCHOOL, IN THE FALL , I AM GOING TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE SPRING AND SCHOOL IS OVER. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH , YOU ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE. JUST EXCITEMENT THE KIDS HAVE WHEN I WALK IN SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. ASHLEY'S KIDS ARE PRODUCTS OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THEIR GRADUATION. THANK YOU. >> KENNY'S KIDS GO TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND YOUR KID GRADUATED WITH MINE. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU ARE A LAS CRUCES PRODUCT. YOU HAVE COME BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND DONE GREAT THINGS WITH OUR KIDS. THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. THANK YOU. WE ARE HONORED AND OVERJOYED TO DO IT,
037WE WALK IN, "THIS IS OUR LIFE." BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ? I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS BUT I SAW A PICTURE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION. ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT SAFE TO WALK? WELL, MR. FRANK, YES, FAIRACRES IS NOT A SAFE LOCATION SO THEY DO NOT WALK AND THAT IS IN SCHOOL POLICY, WE HOPE, EVENTUALLY, ACROSS THE STREET IS DEVELOPED AND THERE SOME TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT WOULD CHANGE. COLUMBIA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY ARE. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN OFFER THAT NEXT YEAR. OTHER THAN THAT, SAFE ROUTES AND ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE WALKING SCHOOL BUS IS A LOT OF FUN, ED, IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT. SEND US THOSE DATES AGAIN. DID SOUTHWEST DISPOSAL COME THROUGH WITH BIKES? THANK YOU
038FOR THE REMINDER, YES, A EXCELLENT PARTNER AND THEY GIVE US 100 BIKES EVERY YEAR. WHEN I DID NOT SEE IT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SURPRISING. THEY HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNER. GREAT TO HEAR. >> YES? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENDURING PERSISTENCE IN CHIPPING AWAY AT THESE BUREAUCRATIC PROCESSES. SOMETIMES , I DO NOT SEE OR HEAR WHO WAS INVOLVED, BUT I THINK MS. CURRY MAY HAVE SOME SAY IN THIS. BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH YOU CARE. GETTING KIDS SAFE ROUTES , WALKING AND BIKING. IT TOOK A WHILE FOR A CROSSING GUARD AT EAST PICACHO. WHEN I SAW THEM THERE, WE HAVE TO GET THE PEOPLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET, OTHERWISE, THEY ARE STANDING THERE GOING TO LITTLE , COLD JANUARY WEATHER. WE DID THAT AND MY FIFTH-GRADER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WALK TO
039EAST PICACHO, THAT IS OKAY. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT IN A MULTI USE TRAIL. THESE KIDS WANT TO WALK TO SCHOOL. 68% DO. THEY ARE WORKING ON THE SPEED AT VALLEY. WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE WALKING, THESE PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS, SEE KIDS WALKING, THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR THE OTHER AREAS YOU ARE WORKING ON, MESA MIDDLE SCHOOL. BIKES FOR KIDS TO TAKE HOME, I WAS IN MY HOMETOWN AND THEY HAD A POSITIVE STORY OF 300 KIDS GETTING BICYCLES. THE SAD PART IS THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP, HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE BIKE, GET NEW TIRES, IN A RURAL AREA, DO YOU OFFER A FOLLOW-UP OR MAINTENANCE FOR THESE KIDS WITH BIKES THAT NEED A NEW TIRE, OR THE CHAIN NEED FIXED? YES, IN 2006, WHEN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STARTED SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
040PROGRAM IN EVERY COMMUNITY, IN EVERY STATE, EL PASO WAS GIVEN $1 MILLION AND THEY PROVIDED BICYCLES AND IT BECAME A NATIONAL STORY. THEY WERE JUST FOUND DUMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE FAMILY BIKE FIESTA, WE PARTED WITH A COMMUNITY BIKE SHOP, OUR BIKE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION AND WE JUST TAKE THE BIKES AND FIX THEM. IF WE KNOW THEY NEED THEM DONE. WE TAKE CARE OF IT. WE LEAN ON THE BIKE SHOP. WE HAVE THAT BIG EVENT. WE PARTNER WITH THE FRIENDS OF OREGON MOUNTAINS. WE DO EVENTS MAYBE TWO TIMES YEAR. KIDS CAN LEARN HOW TO DO THEM, I AM TEACHING A WOMAN'S BIKE MAINTENANCE CLASS. TEACHING MOTHERS AND ADULTS. WE ARE ALWAYS DOING BIKE REPAIR WHERE CAN. WE DON'T WANT KIDS BIKES TO GO AWAY. WE DID IT EVENT
041AT CONLEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE WE TAUGHT BIKE REPAIR. WE DO WHAT WE CAN. A LOT OF LEARNING. >> ALWAYS OPEN TO MORE SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> BIKE MAINTENANCE , SUPERINTENDENT , A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR BIKE MAINTENANCE. A PROGRAM FOR LCPS. JUST, THANK YOU. WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER QUITE A BIT, I CANNOT GET RID OF YOU . I AM EVERYWHERE. [ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. WELL WORTH THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> GOODNIGHT. >> YOU CAN THANK VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, HE SAID, "WE SHOULD MOVE THEM UP IN THE AGENDA." YOU CAN STAY FOR THE POLICY STUFF, IT IS COMING UP. NEXT TIME, GOT IT. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT IF YOU DIDN'T . OLD BUSINESS, DISCUSSION OF APPROVAL OF THE 2025-2046 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE, CHIEF OF STAFF? GOOD AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT
042CORT, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS IS THE , BRING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD POTENTIALLY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY BE VOTED ON. WHAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET WERE TWO POSSIBLE CALENDARS. THERE WAS A DRAFT OPTION A AND B, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS OPTION A HAD FOUR EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS , AND DRAFT OPTION B HAS TWO OF THEM. THOSE ARE THE UNDERLYING DIFFERENCES ON THESE TWO DOCUMENTS . COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO POINT OUT, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU, PRESIDENT CORT . WE DID AT A JULY 5th MEETING -- ADD A JULY 5th MEETING ON BOTH DRAFT CALENDARS. ANOTHER DATE, REPEAT, NOVEMBER 7th DATE, THAT IS A FRIDAY. BECAUSE THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER IS A HOLIDAY. WE HAVE NOT BUILT A WORK SESSION
043IN. PRESIDENT CORT, ONE MORE THING, I ADDED A TABLE TO YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THE TYPES OF MEETINGS YOU HAVE HAD THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, THAT IS ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM. THIS IS CURRENT DRAFT A AND DRAFT B. I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. BOARD MEMBERS? I LIKE B. THAT'S IT? A REASON? >> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORE WORK SESSIONS, MORE TIME TO THE POLICY, WHAT IS ON THE AGENDAS? I AM FAILING TO SEE HOW THE BOARD RETREAT AND WORK SESSIONS ARE MOVING THINGS FORWARD. WHY HAVE FOUR OF THEM? I THINK TWO IS ENOUGH FOR AN ENTITY LIKE OURS. MR. FRANK ? I DO NOT HAVE A PREFERENCE. WHICHEVER DIRECTION THE BOARD WANTS TO GO. LOOKING OVER THE DATES, I DO NOT SEE ANY CONFLICTS. NO TRAVEL PLANS THAT
044I HAVE. EITHER ONE. YEAH, I KIND OF LIKE THEM BOTH. WE TURN ONE OF THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION RETREAT INTO A BOARD SESSION. DRAFT B HAS ONE FEWER MEETING THAN DRAFT A. I AM CONTENT WITH EITHER ONE. SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS, IF IT WORKS FOR YOU, SEE HOW IT GOES. PRESIDENT CORT , MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EITHER CALENDAR, THE GOAL , SPECIFICALLY FOR EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS IS FOCUSING IN ON STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES AND PROVIDING THOSE UPDATES. THAT WOULD BE THE FOCUS ON OUR END. FOR THE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. WE WOULD REVIEW SROs AND ATTENDANCE. CORRECT, INCORPORATED INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WE DID SROs THREE TIMES, TWICE, AND ATTENDANCE THREE TIMES. WHY? IS IT MOVING ATTENDANCE FORWARD? I AM NOT SEEING THE VALUE. SO FREQUENTLY. SRO THING WAS NOT DISCUSSED WHEN I WAS IN THE
045AGENDA SETTINGS LAST YEAR, NOT DISCUSSED, THEY WILL BE AT EVERY SINGLE RETREAT. THE IMPETUS WAS, AFTER WE VOTED FOR THE WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEM, AND WE HAD KIDS , SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WHO WERE PRETTY WORRIED , ANXIOUS ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SROs, AND THE SROs WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, TOO . THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD NOT BE APPROVING THE CONTRACTS. IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED , I WAS NOT A PART OF ANY DISCUSSION. IN HAVING THEM HERE, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING ON CAMPUSES AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE. WHAT DATA WE WERE ASKING FOR. SOMETIMES THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING IN HINDSIGHT, THAT WE HAD THE MEETINGS WITH THE SROs TO START ASKING MORE QUESTIONS AND PRESENTING -- THIS IS THEIR THING
046TO PRESENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. TELLING YOU WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND THEY ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD. LOOKING FORWARD, WHAT WOULD WE WANT , HOW WOULD WE MAKE THE MORE PRODUCTIVE? ARE WE SWITCHING OVER TO AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION? IT IS EVOLVING. OR DEVOLVING FROM THIS RETREAT, WHICH , IN PEOPLE'S HEADS, SOUNDS MUCH BETTER, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A MORE RELAXING PLACE, LOCATION, NOW, WHERE IS IT GOING TO GO FROM THERE? AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION AND WHO KNOWS FROM THERE? THINKING ABOUT THE TIMELINESS, THEY ARE DAYTIME , NOT GOING INTO THE EVENING. FOR A WORK SESSION OR A REGULAR SESSION. WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, DOING IT FROM 9:00 TO 3:00 , 9:00 UNTIL 4:00 , AND NOT 4:00 UNTIL WHATEVER. SUPERINTENDENT ? >> ANOTHER THING THAT
047COMES TO MIND, AS YOU THINK THROUGH THIS, OUR EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS, SOMETHING WE CAN POTENTIALLY INCORPORATE, AS MAYBE WE CAN HOLD THOSE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. AT THE BEGINNING, WE WOULD HAVE A PRINCIPAL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND HIGHLIGHT THE SCHOOL. THESE ARE THINGS WE CAN INCORPORATE WITHIN THE, WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN. FOR THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION OR WHAT IS BECOMING A WORK SESSION? THE EXTENDED . I LIKE THAT IDEA, SUPERINTENDENT, I LIKE WHEN THE RETREAT WERE WHATEVER THE BACKGROUND IS , I THINK , PHYSICAL SPACE MATTERS A LOT. TRY TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF MEETINGS. THIS IS NOT A RETREAT. SPACE. THIS IS A BOARD MEETING SPACE. WE SHOULD CALL IT A BRAINSTORMING SESSION. I THINK WE HAD TO MOVE IT BECAUSE WE COULD NOT RECORD IT . YES ,
048BUT, NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OUR GOAL IS TO GET CONFERENCE ROOM A AND B AGAIN, HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS PIECE TO YOUR OUT AND ON CAMPUSES . I THINK -- I WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT MR. RUIZ SAID, FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE LOCATIONS , THAT IS WHAT OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON. I LIKE THAT. I PREFER DRAFT A, I THINK TIME SPENT IN THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION IS IMPORTANT , NOT TIME TAKING US INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE EVENING. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE RELATIVELY LONG , WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM SHORTER AND I THINK ADDING MORE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS , WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, HELPS MAKE OUR TIME IN OUR REGULAR SESSION AND IN OUR WORK SESSIONS, MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SHORTER. I GUESS I DON'T SEE THAT. WE ARE NOT MOVING
049POLICY AND POLICY TAKES THE MOST TIME. IT IS JUST NOT AS EFFICIENT. WORK SESSION, WE VOTE ON POLICY AND TALK ABOUT POLICY. WE CAN. >> WE NEVER DO. IT IS AGENDA SETTING . WE NEVER DO. IT SEEMS LIKE, FOUR IS A LOT -- I JUST -- IT IS A LOT OF TIME TO NOT MOVE STUFF FORWARD. THAT IS MY ONLY POINT I AM DONE. BASED ON WHAT YOU BOTH SAID, THE REASON OF THE WORK SESSION IS NOT TAKING THE HOURS --I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT --YOU SAID FRIDAYS WORK BEST FOR YOU, THINKING OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DAY SCHEDULES, HARDER TO TAKE THE TIME AWAY. I AM DEVILS ADVOCATE. THINKING OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT JANUARY WHEN WE HAVE HAVE A SEMESTER? WHAT WILL BE THE MOST CONSIDERATE SCHEDULE? I WOULD PREFER DURING THE DAYTIME. ABSOLUTELY . YOU
050ALL HAVE DAY JOBS, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE BOARD MEETINGS SOME TIMES. HARD WITH YOUNGER KIDS, LIKELY, I HAVE SOMEONE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET FED AND HAVE A WAY TO GO, THERE MAY BE A BOARD MEMBER THAT DOES NOT HAVE THAT. HARD TO -- PROS AND CONS OF EITHER WAY. ABSOLUTELY. ANYONE ELSE? WE COULD GO HYBRID, SCHEDULE A WITH AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION, B HAS A MAY 5th WORK SESSION. WE COULD HAVE THREE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS IF WE SHUFFLED THE MAY 8th TO MAY 5th. WE WOULD HAVE THREE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS INSTEAD OF TWO. WOULD FRIDAYS WORK BEST FOR YOU, PATRICK? >> YES. ALL FRIDAYS FOR ALL WORK SESSIONS? THEY DID GET ALL TO FRIDAYS? >> I KNOW THAT IS END OF YEAR, CRAZY, THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION IN MAY, MAYBE TOO MUCH FOR
051STAFF. YOU ARE RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE A WAY OF MOVING TOWARDS FEWER EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. WHAT IS PINK? REGULAR. >> OKAY. ACTUALLY , I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. [ LAUGHTER ] MAKING THINGS UP . IT DOES LOOK THAT WAY. PRESIDENT CORT, PINK ARE DATES THAT ARE THE SAME ON BOTH VERSIONS. IN NOVEMBER, SEVENTH IS GREEN -- DISCREPANCIES. MR. SILVER, THE THREE HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE. DOES THE THREE GET US TO WHERE WE ARE POTENTIALLY UPDATING THE BOARD, STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, TOWARDS THE END, WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO. YES. THANK YOU , PRESIDENT. THAT HAS WE ARE ASSESSING A LOT OF THINGS. ALL OF THE HIGHLIGHTED DATES WITH COLOR, THE ONES ON FRIDAY , WHAT DO THEY MEAN? PURPLE, YELLOW, ORANGE, GREEN? A WHOLE
052VARIETY OF COLORS. CAN I GUESS? [ LAUGHTER ] SOME OF THOSE MAY BE AN ERROR, PINK IS THE SAME. ARE IN THE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS? PURPOSELY PUT ON FRIDAY? ANY EXTENDED WORK SESSION I DID SCHEDULE ON FRIDAY. THOSE FRIDAYS ARE EITHER GREEN -- THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. THEY ARE BOTH ON THE FRIDAYS. NO EXTENDED WORK SESSION NOT ON A FRIDAY . DOING BEGINNING OF YEAR, MIDDLE OF YEAR, IN THE BEER, AUGUST EXTENDED WORK SESSION WORKS, NOVEMBER IS NOT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, MORE LIKE IN JANUARY. MAY. ARE YOU PROPOSING ONLY THREE? YES. I AM GOING OFF MAKING A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO. WE SEE HOW THAT WORKS. IF IT IS EFFICIENT, WE CAN ADJUST THE FOLLOWING YEARS? WHICH THREE MONTHS ? I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, BEGINNING OF YEAR, I
053WOULD LIKE AUGUST BECAUSE JULY IS TOO CRAZY, AUGUST IS THE SAME, MAYBE KEEPING MAY THE SAME, I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO DO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. I RECOMMEND AUGUST 8th WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME FOR THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION, THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT STRATEGIC PLAN, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, GOALS, RESULTS FOR THE YEAR. THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. MORE ON OUR GOALS THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A BOARD. WHETHER WE NEED TO LOOK AT ADDRESSING SOME OF THAT. ALSO, RECOMMENDATIONS I LIKE THE JANUARY FOR THE MIDDLE. ONE THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME. >> DROP NOVEMBER. DO WE GET DATA BY MAY? >> END OF YEAR DATA -- WE WILL NOT GET THAT UNTIL WELL PAST THE SCHOOL YEAR. JUST HOW THE YEAR WENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN
054AND I THINK AUGUST AND FEBRUARY WOULD BE PERFECT TIMES. EARLY ENOUGH IN MAY, IT MAY NOT BE TOO CRAZY. JUNE? >> MAY IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH GRADUATIONS, AND STATE OF THE DISTRICT, THOSE OF ITS AS WELL. -- THOSE EVENTS AS WELL. THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE? INSTEAD OF THE SECOND OF JUNE? YES. >> IF I CAN POSE A CONSIDERATION FOR THE EARLY JUNE DATE, AROUND HOW BUSY MAY IS, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SIDE, TO MEET THAT MEETING WOULD BE DURING GRADUATION. THANK YOU. I ALWAYS FORGET THAT, 10 DAYS AHEAD. WHICH DEADLINE? THE AGENDA DEADLINE. I WANTED TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE. IT HITS A TIME, A HARD TIME FOR ADMINISTRATION TO MEET THE BOARD'S DEADLINE. END OF APRIL IS BETTER? >> THEORETICALLY, WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE HIS LINEUP TO HAVE SOME BLOOD AND TRACTION,
055THE THIRD AGENDA MAY NOT BE SUPER DIFFICULT. I DO NOT KNOW, I AM JUST GUESSING. I ALSO THINK, TOO, I WILL THROW OUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS , MOVE IT TO JUNE 12th , WHICH GIVES YOU TIME AFTER GRADUATION TO PULL OURSELVES UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS. AND WE CAN --YEAH -- I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN MAKE IT THE 12th, 10 WEEK ONLY MEET ONCE IN JUNE AND ONCE IN JULY? -- CAN WE ONLY MEET ONCE IN JUNE AND ONCE IN JULY ? [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THAT IS TRUE. >> I KNOW. SORRY, PRESIDENT CORT. I AM SORRY. AS WELL LOOKING IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR, THE MEETING COULD BE EXTENDED FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN. JUST A THOUGHT. I SEE. SHIFT IT TO JULY 26th. MR. SILVER , WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? I THINK I
056THINK YES, MY THOUGHT IS, THINKING ABOUT WHEN THE DATE ARRIVES. -- DATA ARRIVES. WE WOULD HAVE THE END OF YOUR DATA FOR THE INTERIMS FOR JULY . JUST A CONSIDERATION. THAT WOULD GET US TO THE ONE MEETING IN JULY. JUST A THOUGHT. PRESIDENT CORT? NOW MAY A GOOD TIME TO RECAP. I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD. IF YOU DON'T MIND , GOING BACK TO THE DRAFT OPTION A? WE WOULD KEEP THE JULY REGULAR SESSION. WE WOULD KEEP EVERYTHING IN AUGUST THE SAME. IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER THE SAME. IN NOVEMBER , ELIMINATE THE NOVEMBER 7th WORK SESSION. I WANT TO REMIND THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT THIS IS ELECTION WEEK AND I DO NOT THINK YOU WOULD HAVE A TUESDAY WORK SESSION. WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT ONE . KEEP THE NOVEMBER 18th REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER WILL
057LOOK THE SAME, JANUARY , FEBRUARY, MARCH , APRIL , WILL STAY THE SAME. MAY, THE MAY WORK SESSION IS, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU RIGHT, A REGULAR SESSION? YES. >> AND WE WOULD KEEP THE MAY 19th REGULAR BOARD MEETING? MAY 8th, MOVE TO TUESDAY, MAY 5th, YES. WE NEED A WHITE BOARD. A DISCUSSION ABOUT ONE MEETING IN JUNE. I THINK, WITH JUNE AND JULY OF 2026 , WORK BACKWARDS , THE BOARD IS PROPOSING DOING AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION RETREAT IN JULY OF 2026. THE QUESTION IS, WHETHER YOU WANT TWO MEETINGS IN JUNE OR ONE? YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE, BUT MAYBE AT TWO RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE SO, AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION IN JUNE. SERVE US BETTER IN JULY WITH THE DATA. JUNE THE SAME, AND THE ONE MEETING IN JULY WOULD BE THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION.
058THE 10th. NOT THE 3rd. CALENDAR WE ARE PROVING THAT WILL HAVE TWO EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. JULY IS THE THIRD? YES. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> NO, WE DUMPED NOVEMBER. >> VERY GOOD. I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. I HAVE THREE KIDS, THEY ARE BORN FOUR MONTHS APART AND I LOVE IT, MAKES BALANCE, THREE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS AND HAVE THE ONE -- I DO NOT EVEN KNOW, MOVE AUGUST AND FEBRUARY , HOW MANY MONTHS APART? SIX MONTHS. >> SEEMS WIDESPREAD. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS, JUNE? AUGUST 8th, FEBRUARY 6th, JULY 10th. NEXT IN AUGUST? >> WE WILL DECIDE ON THAT THE NEXT YEAR. I WISH WE COULD BALANCE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. DO YOU HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THOSE DATES ? EVERY FOUR MONTHS. THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT COME WE WERE
059BALANCING THE BEGINNING OF YEAR , MIDDLE OF YEAR END OF YEAR. TRYING TO AVOID MAY, A REASON IT DID NOT GO IN JUNE? I DO NOT KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT CALENDARS. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE REGULAR WORK SESSIONS IN BETWEEN THESE. I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE ABSENT OF INFORMATION OR PRESENTATIONS. AUGUST , FEBRUARY, JUNE? OR JULY , NOVEMBER --FEBRUARY, I GUESS. MATH IS --JULY, NOVEMBER? TO MARCH. NO, THAT IS THREE MONTHS, SORRY. JULY 8th IS A REGULAR. >> JULY , MARCH . I DO NOT EVEN KNOW. SOMEBODY KNOWS. I DON'T . YOU ARE LOOKING AT EVERY THREE MONTHS . I PREFER BALANCE . UNLESS THERE IS A REASON WE DO THE WORK SESSIONS BACK-TO-BACK . WE CAN DO DECEMBER. LOOKING AT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE CALENDAR IS THROUGH JUNE. THAT
060IS WHY WE MADE THAT IN JULY , NEXT YEAR, NOT DO JULY AND AUGUST, THAT WOULD BE CRAZY. YES, WE WOULD RECALIBRATE. WE ARE STARTING WITH A JULY ONE, AND THEN BUILD THE CALENDAR. JULY OF 2026. >> NEXT JULY. >> 2026. [ LAUGHTER ] GOT SCARED . WHERE AM I? YOU ARE IN 2025. THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION. FOR THE RECORD, IF RESIDENT CORT COULD EXPLAIN TO ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHY WE ONLY HAVE JULY 8th. NOT HOW THE DISCUSSION FINISHED. WE ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO HAVE ONE BOARD MEETING , THERE NEEDS TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT , IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THAT IS WHY WE ADDED THE JULY MEETING TO OUR CALENDAR AND COULD I IMPOSE, IF THERE WERE OTHER FURTHER LEGAL TERMS YOU WANT TO THROW
061OUT THERE. PRESIDENT CORT, STATUTORY REFERENCE IS 22-5-12, SUBSECTION A. SO, THAT IS IN THE SCHOOL CODE AND SAYS THAT A PUBLIC BODY MAY NOT EVADE HIS OBLIGATIONS -- WRONG QUOTE, LET'S SEE -- YES, A PUBLIC BODY MAY NOT EVADE HIS OBLIGATIONS BEGINNING THIS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING DECISIONS AND TAKING ACTION. THIS IS NOT THE ONE. THE REASON I BROUGHT IT UP, MAYBE SOMETIMES I GET LOST IN MY OWN THOUGHTS, THINKING AHEAD, GETTING STUCK ON ONE OF OUR LIVES, WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION IN THE LAST MEETING, I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE WOULD NOT HAVE A MEETING DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 4th, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE MEETING AT THE END OF JULY, THAT IS WHERE WE LEFT IT. THAT IS WHAT I REMEMBERED IT. IF WE HAD DISCUSSED MORE BEYOND THAT, I DID NOT HEAR
062IT. WHEN I SEE THIS I AM THINKING , HOW DID I GET THERE? WE DID NOT DISCUSS IT AS A BOARD. AS A SUGGESTION BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING VOTING ON IT, THE REASON IT WAS MOVED FROM THE END OF JULY IS BECAUSE THAT IS THE START OF SCHOOL. FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING, ON TOP OF TRANSPORTATION AND SCHOOL STARTING, WE PUT THIS DATE AS WHAT WE FELT WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE. YOU RECOMMENDED THE DATE? >> YES . THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO KNOW, HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE THE THOUGHTS COME FROM. ME TALKING TO THE ADMINISTRATION , WOULD THAT BE CONVENIENT ? FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. THAT WAS A RIGHT ON AS MAYBE THE BEST DATE IN JULY. OF COURSE, IT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
063CHANGE IT. I THOUGHT WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MEETING IN JULY I RECOMMENDED THAT BUT DID NOT THINK IT WAS A POSSIBILITY. NOT TO HAVE A MEETING? >> I DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT IS 22-5-12, WAS ASKED OF ME, A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD HAVE ONE REGULAR MEETING EACH MONTH OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. IT IS NOT A STATUTE REFERRED TO VERY OFTEN, IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIND IT. THAT IS THE STATUTORY REFERENCE AND IN THE SCHOOL CODE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I WOULD LIKE IT RECOMMENDED AS A PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. SECRETARY? IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT EARLIER IN THE MONTH. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] SOUNDS GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? I WILL THROW OUT A MOTION. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE
064DRAFT A, WITH THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE, EXTENDED ONLY THREE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS ON AUGUST 8th, FEBRUARY 6th, AND JULY 10th. SO MOVED. >> JULY IS NOT PART OF THIS CALENDAR. THANK YOU, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE DRAFT A, WITH THE CHANGE OF ONLY TWO EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS , AUGUST 8th AND THE NEXT ONE IS FEBRUARY 2nd, WHEN MOVING THE MAY EXTENDED WORK SESSION INTO A REGULAR SESSION ON THE 5th. FEBRUARY 2nd? >> SIXTH. I HAVE MY NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. CAN I? >> YES. >> SO, MOVED BY MR. FRANK. I SECOND. SECONDED BY MR. NOLAN. GOOD LUCK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE ARE LOOKING AT DRAFT OPTION A, KEEPING THAT THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REMOVING THE NOVEMBER 7th SESSION. AND REMOVING
065THE MAY 8th WORK SESSION, AND MAY 8th IS A MAY 5th WORK SESSION, A REGULAR WORK SESSION. JULY OF 2025, JULY 10th , THAT IS THE NEXT THIRD OF THE STATED -- 2026. WE ARE NOT APPROVING THAT. CORRECT. >> THE RECORD WILL REFLECT IT. THANK YOU, I FORGOT ABOUT THE NOVEMBER. IS THAT CLEAR. WHAT IS NOVEMBER ? WE ARE TAKING OUT THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION. ONLY ONE WE ARE TAKING OUT? >> TAKING OUT THE ONE IN MAY BUT REPLACING IT WITH A REGULAR WORK SESSION ON MAY 5th. IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE DRAFT A. MAY 8th EQUALS MAY 5th? YES. TAKE OFF NOVEMBER 7th? YES. MADAME PRESIDENT? HE WILL GIVE US A COPY OF THIS, RIGHT? I DID NOT TAKE NOTES . YOU WILL NOT GET ONE, ED, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER. HOW DOES OUR AMENDED
066DRAFT A DIFFER FROM B. DOESN'T. >> WE DRAFTED OUR SELF INTO B. WE ARE TRYING TO -- PATRICK WAS ADVOCATING, TRY TO FIND MIDDLE GROUND. NOW WE ARE AT TWO. CAN WE PUT UP DRAFT B, PLEASE? MR. WOFFORD , YOU ARE CORRECT, THE REVISIONS OF DRAFT A HAVE TURNED INTO DRAFT B. HIS DESIRE TO MEET QUARTERLY STILL STANDS. DO WE NEED MORE DISCUSSION OR DO WE VOTE? MADAME PRESIDENT ? JUST A SECOND. GO AHEAD, MR. FRANK. TAKE BACK MY MOTION. >> YES. >> I MOVE THE MOTION I MAY BE RESCINDED. THEN THE 5th OF MAY COULD BE THE 8th OF MAY. WE WOULD HAVE THREE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION , MR. SECRETARY? WE KEEP CALENDAR A AS IS, BUT CHANGE MAY 8th, EXTENDED WORK SESSION,
067TO MAY 5th REGULAR WORK SESSION AT 4:00 P.M. DRAFT B. SORRY. >> DRAFT B HAS ALL YOUR DREAMS. >> WE COULD ADD A JUNE 2nd -- NO, IT HAS TO GO 10 DAYS BEFORE. I MISSPOKE, KEEP THE MAY 8th DATE. >> INSTEAD OF MAY 5th? BACK TO DRAFT A, IT WAS ON THE 8th OF MAY. SO, YES, DRAFT B, SHIFTING MAY 5th BACK TO MAY 8th. OKAY. MOTION? >> SURE. >> CAN I -- THE MORE WE MESS WITH THIS, GETTING MESSY. I WAS OPEN TO DRAFT A, WE ORGANICALLY WORKED OUR WAY INTO A DRAFT B, IS DONE --THE FIRST THING YOU MENTIONED, THE CHANGES WERE MADE IN DRAFT B, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR THE THIRD SESSION, IF THERE IS A NEED, MAYBE WE COULD ADD IT. WE ARE MOVING
068TOO MANY THINGS. I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS AN OPTION. IT IS, THIS IS SOMETHING , THESE WORK SESSIONS ARE CONSIDERED -- THE EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS MAY BE A SPECIAL MEETING, NEED 72 HOURS BUT YOU CAN ADD IT TO YOUR AGENDA WITH THE REQUISITE NOTICE. MAKE SENSE TO GO WITH BE, AT THE FEBRUARY 17th MEETING TO TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL RETREAT --EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS. HAVE THAT BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION? THAT MAKES SENSE, BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND WE WOULD WORK ON THE END SESSION. YOU GO. >> BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION, I THINK WE'RE STICKING WITH -- NO CHANGE TO MAY OF 2026 , POSSIBLY VOTING ON OPTION B. THANK YOU. DO WE NEED TO END THE FIRST MOTION? NOBODY SECONDED IT. GOT YOU. I THOUGHT YOU SECONDED HIS. I AM REALLY --- ENTERTAIN A MOTION
069TO APPROVE DRAFT B. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> OPPOSED ? IT PASSES, 5-0. SORRY THAT CONVERSATION WAS SO LONG BUT I APPRECIATE IT. SO, TALKING ABOUT OUR END OF YEAR EVALUATION, WE ARE WORKING ON THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL END OF YEAR EVALUATION BASED ON THE MAY 7th , 2025 EXECUTIVE SESSION DIALOGUE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS . I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL END OF YEAR EVALUATION INCLUDING CHANGES BASED ON MAY 7th , 2025 EXECUTIVE SESSION DIALOGUE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS. SO MOVED. SECOND . ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> OPPOSED? 5-0. NEW BUSINESS, POLICY JCAA, REDISTRICTING , WITH MS. O'BRIEN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ.
070POLICY JCAA , ZONES AND REDISTRICTING , IF YOU RECALL, A POLICY THAT WE DID REVISE IN APRIL OF 2024, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST THAT WE ADD TO THIS POLICY SOME LANGUAGE SAYING WE WILL VIEW , ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, OUR SCHOOL ZONES. WE HAVE PUT SOME LANGUAGE ADDED INTO THE POLICY, WHICH IS 2C, THAT LANGUAGE SAY THE DISTRICT SHALL REVIEW THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND BOUNDARY BASED ON THIS REVIEW BY PRO ADJUSTMENTS , THAT THEY MADE AS NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO TRENDS , RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER RELEVANT CHANGES. THERE WAS ONE SUGGESTION MADE BY ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT HE POSSIBLY TAKE OUT THE WORDS " AS NECESSARY " IN THE SECOND SENTENCE. JUST TO KEEP A CONCISE. SO, WE CAN DISCUSS. I DO NOT THINK " AS NECESSARY" IS NECESSARY. [ LAUGHTER
071] IT READS FINE WITHOUT IT, WE ARE MAKING THESE CHANGES BECAUSE THEY ARE NECESSARY. I DO NOT NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] I APPRECIATED THAT NECESSARY EXPLANATION. BAR IS HIGH. WHO HAS NEXT? FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WAS GOING BETWEEN B AND C AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY COULD BE KEPT SEPARATELY. C SHOULD GO BEFORE B, OR WHETHER --I DON'T KNOW, THESE GUYS CAN TELL ME WHERE, AS FAR AS SEQUENCE, IF THE DISTRICT SHOULD GO AFTER --THE DISTRICT IS DOING THIS MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE WOULD BE DOING. I SWEE -- SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. B LOOKS AT THE OVERALL ZONE CHANGES WE WOULD NEED , WITH OUR FACILITY MASTER PLAN, THAT IS IN THE REGULATION , EVERY FIVE YEARS , WITH THE FACILITY MASTER PLAN, THE BIG REDISTRICTING, PROCESS, BUT, THAT IS
072A GOOD QUESTION. WHETHER IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE IT AS C OR B? IT IS FINE WHERE IT IS, IT CROSSES MY MIND, AS A DRAFT, DOES IT SOUND BETTER I THINK I LIKE WHERE IT IS AT. THE ADJUSTMENT, WHAT THAT IS? WHAT IS IT? HOW MICRO ARE WE GOING? A LOT OF DISCUSSION WE HAD DURING THIS MARTINEZ DURING THE PROCESS, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT EACH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS. WE ALL UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT, THEY WERE MICRO ADJUSTMENTS. SEE A NEIGHBORHOOD POP-UP OR IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THIS SECTION OF THE BOUNDARY TO MOVE OVER TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL ZONE. I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT, ANYONE
073, THE COMMUNITY, I AM NOT SURE IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE A DEFINITION . TAKE OUT THE WORD "MICRO ." ADJUSTMENT . BACK TO THE QUESTION BY MISS TENORIO. C IS DUNN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, TIMEWISE, MAYBE WE FLIP THOSE, AS A SUGGESTION , RIGHT? THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. I THINK ADJUSTMENTS MAY WORK AS WELL. MICRO MAY MAKE IT SEEM HARMLESS , YOU WILL NOT FEEL A THING, BUT FOR THAT FAMILY , IT STILL AFFECTS THEM. GOOD POINT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING A MICRO , IT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBLE THE. IN THE VIEW OF SOME PEOPLE, NOT MICRO. TAKE IT OUT. I THINK THAT SOUNDS GREAT. SO, JUST TO SAY BACK WHAT THE CHANGES WILL BE, WE WILL MOVE LETTER C TO LETTER B, REVERSE THEM, C,
074WILL READ THE DISTRICT SHALL REVIEW SCHOOL TRENDS AND BOUNDARIES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE TO RESPOND TO ENROLLMENT TRENDS, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT , AND OTHER CHANGES. SOUND GOOD ? EXCELLENT , I WILL BRING IT BACK NEXT MEETING . FOR YOUR APPROVAL UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT NOW. LET'S SEE THE CHANGES AND DO IT THE NEXT MEETING . THERE IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM. WE COULD PRACTICE VOTING. >> I WAS TRYING TO HELP MR. NOLAN. I WAS WITH YOU, I WAS LIKE, YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, THE FIRST READING A POLICY BA, NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BOARD GOALS WITH CHIEF OF STAFF SILVER. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF POLICY BA , BOARD GOALS, THE POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER 2013, QUITE A BIT OF TIME. THIS
075POLICY , IF I COULD EXPLAIN THE PROCESS FOR THIS POLICY , IT LOOKS DIFFERENT AND IT CAN BE IN A CONVERSATION BY THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT WAS --BECAUSE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE WAS INTEREST IN EXAMINING THE BOARD GOALS POLICY. THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF PRESIDENT CORT , MOVING DOWN THE TIMELINE, BRING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL, THE REGULATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE BOARD. TWO PARTS TO THIS. THE FIRST PART, THIS SCHOOL YEAR , TO CONSIDER A REVISE AND POLICY BA , I THOUGHT OF YOU MR. FRANK, THE REAL ADDITION IS THE SPECIFIC NAMING OF THE DISTRICT'S STRATEGIC PLAN POSITION LETTER D. BOARD MEMBERS? IT LOOKS STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. YEAH. NO REACTION. LOOKS OKAY.
076[ LAUGHTER ] I HAD A REACTION, ITS STUDENTS , EMPLOYEES THE SOUND SO MUCH BETTER. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO POSSIBLY APPROVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH . >> MOVING TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN BENCHMARKS AND MOVING TO STUDENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS ITEMS. SUPPORTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL TALK ABOUT MOUTHE FIRST BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GASTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU . MS. O'BRIEN ? MEMBERS OF THE BOARD , SUPERINTENDENT, I AM HERE TO PRESENT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GASTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS REGARDING THE BOUNDARY CHANGE FOR BOARD MEMBERS. THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT MS. MARTINEZ AND MR. SHARP PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING. AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS
077? I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER I LEFT OUR MEETING. WHAT THE PROCESS , WHAT HAPPENED ? GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT , IT WENT TO THEIR BOARD, THEY APPROVED IT. SO, I BELIEVE WE SAID AT OUR LAST MEETING WE WOULD BE PRESENTING THE MOU TO YOU AT THIS MEETING. THE OTHER INFORMATION I WILL CALL, THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE ATTACHMENT . IT WAS DESCRIBED BY MS. MARTINEZ, EVERYBODY AGREED THAT, RATHER THAN DESCRIBE IT IN THE MOU , THE MAP WOULD BE IN THE MOU AS AN ATTACHMENT AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET. THAT IS MATERIAL THING WE WERE WAITING ON. THAT MAP WAS PRESENTED IN THE PRESENTATION , IT IS THE SAME MAP. I WAS CURIOUS, WHAT THE GADSDEN BOARD HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT? I DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION .
078DID THEY SIGN THAT MOU FIRST? YES. >> IN CONVERSATION WITH SUPERINTENDENT DEMPSEY, NOT AT THIS POINT. LOOKING FOR A FIGHT? RIPE FOR SOMETHING. WHICH PAGE ON THE AGENDA? >> 70. CAN YOU PULL UP THE MAP AT THE END OF THE MOU IN OUR PACKET? THAT IS THE ENROLLMENT ON PAGE 70. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU, SIR. WE SHOULD GO DOWN AND VISIT. CAN YOU PIVOT THAT? THANK YOU. THIS LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE APPROVED. YES. YES, WE HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT MAPS. THE AGENDA --THE MAGENTA WERE THE CHANGES. BOARD MEMBERS ? FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WANTED TO KNOW , NOW I KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MOU BETWEEN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT . SO MOVED . SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
079>> OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. TWO, MOU BETWEEN LCPS AND GISD FOR STUDENTS AFFECTED BY BOUNDARY CORRECTION. DISCUSSION ? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOU BETWEEN LCPS AND GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STUDENTS AFFECTED BY BOUNDARY CORRECTION . MOVED . >> SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> OPPOSED ? AYES HAVE IT, 5-0. WE ARE MOVING ON, APPROVAL OF THE IDEA-B APPLICATION INCLUDING ASSURANT STATEMENT. YES, PRESIDENT CORT , MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, THERE IS AND APPLICATION COLUMN THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. WE CAN DO OUR PRESENTATION AND GO BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS TAKEN OFF. I WILL DEFER THAT TO TENORIO. YOU SAW A PRESENTATION IN THE PACKET,
080JUST FOR US READ? THETO PRESENTATION IS FOR US, BUT THERE IS THE ASSURANCE. THAT CAUGHT MY EYE, YES. MR. MONTOYA IS JOINING ME FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU INFORMATION ON OUR SPECIAL ED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND OUR IDEA-B APPLICATION, SOMETHING WE DO HAVE TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD FOR ASSURANCE. YOU KNOW MR. MONTOYA. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THE IDEA-B APPLICATION IS A PROCESS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS ARE A TRYING --REQUIRED TO TAKE PROCEDURES TO STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, UPDATED REGULARLY TO ALIGN WITH THE STATE'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. EACH SCHOOL BOARD MUST ADOPT AND ASSURANT STATEMENT , THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP OF THE DISTRICT TO RECEIVE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION. THE ASSURANT ILLUSTRATES THE DISTRICT PURCHASE COMMITMENTS TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS WHICH
081SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THAT WAS A POLICY WE UPDATED LAST FALL, AND WE CONFIRM THAT THE POLICY IS CURRENT AND ALLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. THE HANDBOOK OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCEDURES, AND THIS IS THE GUIDE THAT GUIDES OUR PRACTICES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS UPDATED ANNUALLY BY THE ATTORNEYS AT THE LAW FIRM. IT INCLUDES ALL RELEVANT UPDATES NEEDED TO ENSURE THE DISTRICT REMAINS IN CAROLINAS WITH EVOLVING STATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THE HANDBOOK CAN BE FOUND UNDER REGULATION IHB AND CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE LCPS SPECIAL EDUCATION WEBSITE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. OBVIOUSLY, LAST YEAR WE DID THIS WHOLE POLICY REVIEW, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER. AND THANKS TO GALLEGOS AND THE STAFF. THEY MADE LOTS OF CHANGES TO TRY TO -- BECAUSE THEY MADE CHANGES EVEN
082AFTER WE APPROVED IT LASTLAST YEAR, ADDITIONAL CHANGES WERE MADE. SO THIS YEAR THEY HANDED US A I THINK 16 OR 17 PAGES OF CHANGES THIS THEY MADE. WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH A LOT OF IT WITH HOUSEKEEPING DETAILS, CHANGING THIS WORD FOR THIS WORD. BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO BORE YOU GUYS WITH THAT. [ INAUDIBLE ] WORDY. SO WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU WHAT WE KIND OF PULLED AND THOUGHT WOULD BE -- THE IMPORTANT THINGS WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW. SO, AS OF JUNE 25th OF LAST YEAR OF 2004, THEY ADDED LANGUAGE RELATED TO BRAILLE FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. WE ARE LUCKY WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS THAT ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. SO THEY ALSO TEACH BRAILLE. SOP WE ARE MEETING THAT STANDARD SINCE WE CHANGED SO THAT -- WE ASSURE THAT THE DISTRICT
083MAINTAINS THAT SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT THE BRAILLE STANDARDS ARE MET. WE ALSO CHANGE THE -- THEY CHANGE THE MODEL OF THE NEW MEXICO -- THE IFSP, INDIVIDUAL FAMILY SERVICE PLAN FOR OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD THAT CHANGED IT TO MEET THE NEW MEXICO EARLY CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION AND CARE DEPARTMENTS MODEL. SO THEY ALSO ADD THE PROCEDURES ON THE DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER ON INCLUSIVE PRACTICES. THAT SAYS WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO OFFER INCLUSIVE PRACTICES TO ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. THE BEAUTY OF THE DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTERS, THERE IS A LOT OF DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTERS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. SO THEY JUST COME OUT AND IT JUST PRACTICE -- IT'S GOOD PRACTICE TO FOLLOW THEM. SO THAT'S WHAT --AND WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO OFFER INCLUSIVE PRACTICES TO ALL OUR
084STUDENTS, OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES. THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT WE INCLUDE IN AREAS LIKE RECESS, IN LUNCH, BUT THEY ARE REALLY NOT IN --BECAUSE THEY ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE STUDENTS. SO WE TRY TO INCLUDE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND THIS TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE NO CHOICE. THEY ALSO INCLUDED -- CHANGED THE FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT. AN FBA CAN BE USED FOR ANY STUDENT, AND THE FBA COULD BE USED TO CREATE A MORE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WHAT AN FBA DOES, IT KIND OF FOCUSES WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR AND KIND OF GIVES US GUIDANCE TO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT BEHAVIOR, AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T -- IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE GO INTO A BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
085PLAN. BUT THE FBA IN THIS REGARD GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A MORE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENT. AND [ INAUDIBLE ] -- YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ALSO CLARIFIED PROCEDURES REGARDING TIMELINES FOR ELIGIBILITY DECISIONS ON IP MEETINGS. SO THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. IT'S A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN MY CHAIR, IT'S EASY FOR ME TO GIVE TIME LINES TO TEACHERS, BUT IT'S HARD FOR THEM SOMETIMES. IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO MEET THOSE TIMELINES. BUT IT DOES GIVE US, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A PARENT BRINGS TO ME A REQUEST FOR TESTING, I HAVE TO WITHIN FIVE DAYS, SCHOOL HAS TO RESPOND TO THAT PARENT TO SAY, YES, I RECEIVED YOUR NOTIFICATION FOR TESTING. THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND SEE
086DOES THIS CHILD ACTUALLY NEED TESTING. THEN WITHIN TEN DAYS WE HAVE TO LET THE PARENT KNOW YES, WE ARE GOING TO TEST OR, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TEST AND TELL THEM WHY. SO WE HAVE THOSE TIMELINES. THEN WE HAVE A 60 DAYTIME LINE THAT PARENT SIGNS FOR PERMISSION TO TEST. WITHIN 60 DAYS WE HAVE TO TEST. THERE IS JUST A LOT OF TIMELINES THAT WE HAVE. REVISED PROCEDURES FOR REGARD USE OF DUEL DISCREPANCIES MORE FOR OUR EVALUATORS, FOR OUR AND OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO LOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN OR IT'S TRULY A DISABILITY. AND WE LOOK AT THE LEARNING AND HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO LEARN. SO IT'S A DISCREPANCY. SO THEY HAVE TO USE THAT BEFORE WE CAN -- ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING -- A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY. SO WE
087HAVE TO USE THAT. ADDED A NEW RESOURCE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION. A LETTER TO McANDREWS AND RAMIREZ. THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC, GIVES US RULING AS TO WHAT IS INCLUDED INTO THE IEP. HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR AND PRECISE AS TO WHAT SERVICES A STUDENT IS GOING TO BE RECEIVING IN AN IEP. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> SURE. THE LETTER TO McANDREWS OR RAMNEZ, THESE LITERS, IS IT ALMOST LIKE A STATUTE KIND OF THING? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE --HOW DO I RECEIVE THIS LETTER? SO PRESIDENT CORT, FIRST OF ALL, STARTING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, CONGRESS HAS REQUIRED THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ENSURE THAT STATES COMPLY WITH IDEA AND SO THEY HAVE ALWAYS, SINCE IDEA WAS FIRST, AS THE EHA, PASSED IN 1975, THEY HAVE ISSUED GUIDANCEGUIDANCE WHICH I FIND INCREDIBLY HELPFUL
088BECAUSE THEY ELUCIDATE THE STATUTE AND THE REGULATIONS WHICH CAN BE COMPLICATED. SO THEY ROUTINELY DO THAT THROUGH LETTERS. SOMETIMES THEY PULL THE LETTERS IF THAT'S NO LONGER THEIR POLICY POSITION, BUT THEY ARE BASICALLY LIKE POLICY LETTERS, AND I GO THROUGH -- I ACTUALLY DID THE UPDATES ENTIRELY MYSELF THIS YEAR, AND IT IS AN UNDERTAKING. I GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT THE STATE HAS DONE BY AWAY OF CHANGED GUIDANCE, AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH ALL OF THE --THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF QUESTIONING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ED IN ITS ROLE THAT THEY MIGHT PULL EVERYTHING DOWN, BUT THEY DIDN'T. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2024 DATES THAT FOLLOW OUR LAST UPDATE, WHICH WAS EARLY 2024.
089SO THAT'S BASICALLY -- AND THINK WE EVEN HAD A FEW 2025 s. AND IT WAS VERY VALUABLE. SO IT MAY BE -- IS IT LIKE A HEARTBEAT? IT FEELS LIKE IT. IT FELT LIKE IT FOR ME IN PREPARING THIS BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU AS A LAWYER, THOSE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS HELP SORT OF MAKE SENSE OF WHAT OTHERWISE CAN BE HIGHLY LEGALISTIC, EVEN FOR ME. AND CERTAINLY FOR THE PRACTITIONERS. AND SO I HOPE THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LARGER FEDUN VERSE, THAT THERE WON'T BE LIKE JUST A SWIPING OF ALL OF THIS GUIDANCE. SO I WAS EXCITED TO PROVIDE IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. FOR NOW GIVES SCHOOLS AND FOLKS WHO ARE HAVING TO SORT THROUGH THIS DAY-TO-DAY, A VALUABLE RESOURCE. SO IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF EVERYTHING IS HYPERLINKED.
090THE IDEA IS THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU, HOPEFULLY, NOT HAVE TO SEARCH FOR IT YOURSELF, BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND THEN YOU GO TO THE ORIGINAL SOURCE AND AREN'T HAVING TO RELY ON A CHARACTERIZATION OF IT. SO, YES. I WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT RESOURCES WERE OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS. AND THEN I DO JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE, TOO, THAT OUR DOCUMENT, OUR HANDBOOK IS SIMPLY A MODEL AND THEN EACH DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO GO AND LOCALIZE. SO THERE IS A THIRD COLUMN WHERE THEY LOCALIZE. AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE, TOO, THAT ALTHOUGH WE CALL IT PROCEDURES, IN YOUR THINKING ABOUT POLICIES AND REGULATION, THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO A REGULATION. THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T COME TO THE BOARD FOR ACTION, AND INSTEAD COMES TO THE BOARD BY WAY OF ASSURANCE SO THAT, UNDER
091YOUR IDEA-B APPLICATION, THE ADMINISTRATION CAN TURN AROUND AND GENUINELY INDICATE THAT THE BOARD HAS CONDUCTED A REVIEW. BUT I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR SINCE THE IDEA-B APPLICATION WAS REQUIRED IN THIS FORMAT. I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE PED EVERY YEAR ABOUT KIND OF HOW THEY LUMP TOGETHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND HOW THAT CAN BE CONFUSING BECAUSE PROCEDURES ARE IN THE REALM OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IS IN THE REALM OF THE BOARD AND AS MR. MONTOYA POINTED OUT, YOU EXERCISE THAT OBLIGATION EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN YOU UPDATED THOSE POLICIES. SO I THINK THIS YEAR YOU ALL ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE WITH REGARD TO THIS WHOLE APPLICATION AND APPLICATION PROCESS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENTS. CLARIFYING CONSENT FOR REQUIREMENT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO GET CONCEPT TO
092DO AN FBA. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. IT ALSO CLARIFIED SOME -- PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS NOW, THEY ARE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. SO NOT ONLY IN SPANISH, BUT ALSO IN NAVAJO, ALSO IN MANDARIN, ALSO --SO THERE IS -- THE SAFEGUARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES NOW. SO IT ALSO ADDED PROCEDURES RPG CONCERNING SURROGATE PARENTS FOR STUDENTS WARDS OF THE STATE AND SWLSH OR WARDS OF THE STRIKE. SO THE COURT CAN APPOINT A SURROGATE PARENT IN CASE THERE IS NO PARENT AVAILABLE FOR A STUDENT. THE DISTRICT CAN ALSO ASSIGN A SURROGATE PARENT IF WE SEE THATTHAT THERE IS NO PARENT AVAILABLE, WE CAN ASSIGN A SURROGATE AS WELL. SO WE REPLACED -- THEY REPLACE THE OUT DATED RESOURCE -- AGAIN, ANOTHER DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER FROM 2015 ON ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS. LANGUAGE CANNOT BE BARRIER FOR A
093STUDENT NOT TO RECEIVE --SO DOESN'T MATTER THE LANGUAGE. YOU CANNOT --SO WHAT -- I REMEMBER BACK YEARS AGO AND I --REALLY WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH DR. POST SINCE WE BOTH CAME ONBOARD HERE IN WORKING WITH OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT -- BECAUSE IN THE PAST, IF A STUDENT WAS A BILINGUAL STUDENT, HE WAS A BILINGUAL STUDENT ONLY AND NOT SPECIAL ED. OR SPECIAL ED, WE WILL LEAVE HIM IN SPED. WE ARE WORKING CLOSE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE OUR BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. SO THANKS TO DR. POST, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF A CHILD IS SPECIAL ED AND IS ALSO BILINGUAL AND NEEDS THAT ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE BOTH. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THAT DEAR
094COLLEAGUE LETTER IS. SO BOTTOM LINE THE ASSURANCE STATEMENT. ALL WE ARE ASKING AT THIS POINT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU THOUGH THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA NEEDED FOR YOUR ASSURANCE THAT WE HAD FOLLOW EVERYTHING FOR IDEA-B AS WE GO THROUGH THE GRANT. THE GRANT AWARD IS FOR ONE YEAR, AND SO AS WE LOOK, WE ASSURE YOU WE HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING, AND WE WILL MEET ALL OF THE NEEDS FOR OUR STUDENTS REQUIRED BY IDEA-B AND OUR STATE. WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> BOARD MEMBERS? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND GIVING ME MORE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE OS --SOME OTHER OFFICE OUT MUCH NEW MEXICO WAS PUTTING
095OUT, LIKE, HEY, IF YOU --WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OR TRAINING ON SPED, AND I HAD SENT IT -- IN CASE YOU WANTED TO JOIN, I SAW A COUPLE OF OTHER -- THE BOARD MEMBERS FROM OTHER PLACES AND THEY KIND OF QUIZZED US ON, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS, THIS, OR THAT. AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN TOP OF THE CLASS. AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN, AND SO WHEN I COME ACROSS THINGS THAT ARE --I CAN TRY TO UNDERSTAND I KNOW BECAUSE THIS -- THIS WHOLE THING IS --HAS A LOT OF DEPTHDEPTH AND TO IT. IT'S HUGE. YOU HAVE THE PARENT PERSPECTIVE, THE STUDENT, THE TEACHER AND YOU ALL WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS
096ARE HAPPENING AND SAFE. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST NEEDED TO ALLOW MYSELF TO LEARN MORE. ABSOLUTELY. >> ANYTIME YOU HAVE A QUESTION, YOU WANT TO VISIT WITH ME REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE MET SEVERAL TIMES ON QUESTIONS, MADAME COURT AND I HAVE MET. SPECIAL ED, I STARTED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION 30-SOME- ODD YEARS AGO. I WILL END MY CAREER IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. WHEN GOT THIS CHAIR I THOUGHT I KNEW SPECIAL EDUCATION, BUT THE MORE I FIND OUT, THE MORE I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS A DIFFERENT DAY. AND SO WE ARE LEARNING EVERY DAY. I KNOW STEVE CAN ATTEST TO THAT, BEING WITH YOU ME FOR COUPLE OF YEARS. EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY. HE AND I
097WILL HAVE A SPECIAL ED BACKGROUND AND EVERY DAY WAS A LEARNING DAY FOR US. SO THERE IS NOT DAY THAT WE DON'T GO BY THAT WE DON'T LEARN NEW. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE IDEA-B APPLICATION, INCLUDING ASSURANCE STATEMENT. SO MOVED. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. MOVED BY MS. TENNESSEE AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND NOW WE ARE MOVING TO THE BOTTOM, BUT I COULD SWEAR THAT WE NEVER DID BOARD REPORTS DURING A WORK SESSION. NEVER. >> NEVER. SO I'M --I --CAN I --I KNOW WE APPROVED THE AGENDA. DO I NEED
098TO MAKE A MOTION WE DON'T DO BOARD REPORTS? POSTPONE IT? I WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY PRIDE MONTH AS A BOARD REPORT. IT'S BEEN 55 YEARS SINCE THETHE FIRST PRIDE MARCHES IN JUNE OF 1970. I APPRECIATE THIS BOARD'S SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ+ STUDENTS. SO HAPPY PRIDE. THAT'S A LOVELY WAY TO END. THANK YOU, SECRETARY WOFFORD. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. THANK YOU. MOVED BY MR. FRANK AND SECONDED BY MS. TENNESSEE. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:16. 6:16. IT WILL STILL BE LIGHT OUTSIDE. YAY.