Board of Education - Jun 17, 2025

001GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS MEETING GOING. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? I DID THAT. I'M READING MY SCRIPT. [ LAUGHTER ] THAT'S THE LAST TIME I AM GOING TO DO THAT. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE ROLL CALL? MR. FRANK? >> HERE. >> MS. TENORIO? PRESIDENT PUTIN >> SECRETARY WOFFORD? HE IS PRESENT. AND PRESIDENT COURT SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. OKAY, SO, WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY GUIDING US, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY GUIDING US, SO WE WILL HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER OURSELVES. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER

002GOD 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 ] OKAY. WONDERFUL JOB, EVERYBODY. BEFORE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA, JUST A FEW THINGS, I WANT TO REMOVE ITEM V-6, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THAT RATIFICATION OF WAGES, AND ALLOW LAS CRUCES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR, AND I WANT TO REMOVE ITEM 6B2, MOU BETWEEN LCPS AND ROAD RUNNER FOOD BANK. AND WILL REMOVE ITEM SIX C5, PRICING CERTIFICATE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BONDS, SERIES 2025. AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ITEM 6, C6, RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE BOARD'S INTENT FOR A DEBT SERVICE PROPERTY TAX RATE ASSOCIATE WITH THE DISTRICT OUTSTANDING

003AND PROPOSED OBLIGATIONS, PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES. AND, MOVE ITEM V B7, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF AN EA LAS CRUCES BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND THEN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF RATIFICATION OF WAGES AND ALLOWANCES FOR CSEC-LC 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 17th, 2025 AGENDA, WITH THE CHANGES DISCUSSED. SO MOVED. VICE PRESIDENT, THOSE ARE MOVED TO AFTER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? YES, CORRECT. I GOT A LITTLE LOST ON ONE OF THEM. I THINK IT WAS LIKE, THE THIRD ONE YOU MENTIONED? IT WAS THREE, INSTEAD OF FIVE. IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? >> IS IT -- DID HE SAY C? WHAT WAS IT? WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE HE MENTIONED? 6C? THAT'S 6C, ITEM SIX? BEFORE THAT? YES. >> BEFORE THAT? >> BEFORE THAT, IS 6C 5. OKAY.

004AND THEN -- I THINK YOU SAID , BUT NOW, I UNDERSTAND. I GOTCHA, OKAY. >> SO, WHICH ONES ARE TAKEN OFF? 6C 5 AND 6C 6 WILL BE MOVED, TO AFTER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, ALONG WITH ITEMS 5B 7 AND 5B 8. NEW -- MOVED UP? TWO ARE TAKEN OFF, AND TWO WE ARE MOVING. OKAY. SO MOVED. I THOUGHT I -->> YEAH, MOVED, ALREADY. OH, MOVED BY MEMBER FRANK AND SECONDED BY MEMBER TENORIO. OH, A MOTION TO -- ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. AYE. >> AYE. >> MOTION PASSES. ANY OPPOSED? NO? OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 3rd, 2025 WORK SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD, SECONDED BY MEMBER FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR? >> ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> AYE.

005>> AYE. AYE. >> OKAY, ANY OPPOSED? FRANK, YOU ARE MY -- OKAY. SO, NO --APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 6A 1 2025-2026 TITLE PART C EDUCATION OF MIGRATORY CHILDREN APPLICATION. 6B 1, SRO SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF MacIEL. AYE. SEVEN, REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL OSP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND RELATIONS. ITEM 6 C2 BUDGET REQUEST B.A.R.S. ITEM 6C 3, PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS, AND ITEM 6C 4, VENDOR PAYMENTS. SO MOVED. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD, SECONDED BY MEMBER FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GOT IT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON, REPORTS ON CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION OF JUNE 17th, 2025. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TUESDAY, JUNE 17th, 2025 FROM 4:05 P.M. TO 5:17 P.M. TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONAL MATTERS AS

006PERMITTED IN SECTION 10 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SPECIFICALLY SO THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT AND CONTEMPLATIVE MOVEMENT AND TWO, SO THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE, REGARDING THE INVESTIGATIONS OF CLASSIFIED AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES. AND I AFFIRM THAT THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS CLOSED MEETING WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED HERE. OKAY. >> OKAY, MOVING ON TO RECOGNITIONS. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS, BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MR. FLOREZ? GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, ALL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, AND EVERYBODY HERE THIS EVENING. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE, THAT I RECOGNIZE OUR DISTRICT FOR BEING NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS FOUNDATION. THIS

007NATIONAL DISTINCTION HONORS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT AND ACCESS TO MUSIC EDUCATION, FOR ALL STUDENTS. WHAT SETS THIS WORD APART IS THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T SIMPLY CELEBRATE THE TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS --WHICH ARE FABULOUS --BUT IT RECOGNIZES COLLECTIVE BELIEF AND ACTION. IT HONORS COMMUNITIES, LIKE OURS, WHERE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT AND BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENT GUARDIANS, ALL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ENSURING MUSIC EDUCATION REMAINS A VITAL PART OF EVERY CHILD'S LEARNING JOURNEY. MUSIC EDUCATION THRIVES WHERE THERE IS A SHARED VISION, ACCESS, AND DEEP-ROOTED SUPPORT. THIS RECOGNITION REFLECTS THE INTENTIONAL INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE, AS A DISTRICT, INVESTMENTS OF FUNDING, PERSONNEL, TIME, AND ABOVE ALL, TRUST IN THE POWER OF ARTS EDUCATION. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF FIRMS THAT MUSIC AND THE ARTS ARE NOT EXTRAS, BUT ARE ESSENTIAL DISCIPLINES THAT

008HELP STUDENTS GROW INTO CONFIDENT AND WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS. BEYOND TEACHING NOTES AND RHYTHMS, MUSIC PROGRAMS KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED IN SCHOOL, AND TEACH OTHER IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS, SUCH AS CONFIDENCE, PRODUCTIVE WORK ETHIC, RESPONSIBILITY, TEAMWORK, CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS. ALL, ARE ATTRIBUTES THAT DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL STUDENT LEARNERS, AND HUMAN BEINGS, BOTH IN AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. LAS CRUCES IS TRULY A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE AND LEARN. ON BEHALF OF OUR MUSIC EDUCATORS, OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS, I EXTEND MY DEEPEST THANKS TO EACH OF YOU ON THE DAIS, AND ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE BACK OF THIS ROOM. THERE IS A SAYING, AND HE GOES, "FLOWERS GROW WHERE YOU WATER THEM." THIS REWARD IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR VALUES OF EVERYONE HERE, AND IT IS WELL-EARNED. CONGRATULATIONS, TO ALL

009OF YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] VICE PRESIDENT? >> YES, SUPERINTENDENT? VICE PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS. I ALSO JUST WANT TO ALSO GIVE KUDOS TO MR. FLOREZ AND THE TEAM, OUR CENTRAL TEAM, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE. DR. WIMPEY AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GUIDE THIS WORK AND ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING GOOD AT THAT, BUT ARE CONTINUOUSLY ENHANCING THIS AWARD, SO, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. A GREAT HONOR. VICE PRESIDENT? MY MEMORY IS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS AWARD BEFORE. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, AGAIN. IT IS VERY NICE TO SEE THAT. MEMBER FRANK? >> YES, I KNOW I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I HAVE WORKED IN A WHOLE LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS, AND I MEAN, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME WHEN I

010CAME ON BOARD, WAS THAT THE QUALITY OF MUSIC THAT I AM SEEING HERE IS JUST WAY BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY PAST EXPERIENCE. AND, I MEAN, THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT IS JUST EXTRA SPECIAL. I MEAN, WE SIT UP HERE ON THE DAIS, AND THESE PRESENTATIONS --WE ARE JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE QUALITY OF THE KIDS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE BAND COMPETITIONS, OR EXHIBITIONS, ARE ALWAYS AMAZING. SO, YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS. AND IT IS NO SURPRISE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY IS EVIDENT TO ALL OF US THAT HEAR IT. MEMBER TENORIO? >> SURE! SO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THAT MUSIC MAKES THE WORLD BETTER. AND WHAT WOULD WE BE, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE CHILDREN SINGING, AND LEARNING SONGS, AND LEARNING HOW TO READ MUSIC? I THINK IT TAKES

011THAT COMMUNITY OF MUSIC EDUCATORS, WHO ARE SO DEDICATED AND LOVE WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE SEEN OUR TEACHERS WHO, THEY ARE SO VERSATILE IN THE INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY PLAY, AND THE SONGS THEY INTRODUCE THE KIDS TO. SO, I JUST FEEL BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. WE HAVE IT ALL THE WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, PRESCHOOL, THROUGH GRADE 12, AND THEN, I THINK THE PARENTS, A LOT OF THOSE PARENTS ARE JUST SO MUCH MORE ENGAGED, THAT I WISH --SO, WE HAD A PROGRAM WHERE IF WE COULD LURE BACK THESE KIDS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT AND PUT THEM IN BAND, MAYBE THEN, WE COULD GET THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL. ECHO THE COMMENTS FROM MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, THEIR DAUGHTER GOT A MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, AND

012I THINK YOU MAY KNOW WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT. A GOOD TESTAMENT TO THE PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDING TO STUDENTS AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO, THANK YOU, MR. FLOREZ, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE? OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ] I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE PROBABLY DONE A LOT. [ LAUGHTER ] THERE IS SOME INSTRUMENTS, AND --[ LAUGHTER ] WE CAN JUST DO A JAM SESSION, HOW ABOUT THAT? [ LAUGHTER ] OKAY, SO, NOW WE ARE MOVING ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT. SO, BEFORE WE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I FOUND IN BOARD POLICY BEDH AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC INPUT IS

013LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, HOWEVER THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THOSE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THE BOARD DOES NOT LIMIT PUBLIC CRITICISM OR COMMENT UPON PERSONAL MATTERS. HOWEVER, ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE COMMENTS. THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS NOR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE BOARD MEETING. AND WE JUST HAVE ONE. MR. FIRST, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. THANK YOU, AND GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND OUR LAWYER. LAST TIME, I HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN INTERVIEW OR A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH MY FRIEND, TOM TANNING, WHO TAUGHT AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND PASSED AWAY RECENTLY. AND I

014JUST WANTED TO FURTHER GO THROUGH THOSE THINGS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, I SAID A MONTH AGO, BUT I WILL REPEAT. THERE ARE TWO THINGS I COULD DO THAT WOULD GET ME FIRED IMMEDIATELY. SOMETHING SEXUAL WITH ONE OF MY STUDENTS, OR EVANGELIZING A STUDENT. SOMETHING IS WRONG, THERE IS SUCH AN ANTICHRIST, ANTI-BIBLICAL MIND-SET, THAT IS HERE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SECOND THING YOU TALKED ABOUT, IS YOU SAID THERE IS REALLY NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HONOR STUDENTS AND REGULAR STUDENTS. AND BY THAT, YOU ARE SAYING A's AND B's, AND A IS, AND B's, AND C'S, AND WHATEVER ELSE. HE SAID, THEY ARE NOT THAT MUCH STRONGER, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HONORED PARENTS AND NON-HONORED PARENTS, HONORED PARENTS EXPECT A's AND B's IN THEIR COURSES AND WILL ASK OR DEMAND WHAT IS WRONG WITH

015HER CHILD BRINGS HOME A C, D, OR F. AND I CAN TELL YOU, THAT WAS A REACTION TO MY OLDEST SON, WHEN HE CAME HOME WITH A D IN 10th GRADE. ONE OF THE --AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO RELATE ITEM TWO EVEN TO AN ISSUE THAT I THINK YOU ARE FACING, OR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS FACING. IT IS IN ATTENDANCE. AND TO A LARGE DEGREE, THAT IS A RIGHT, OR RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS, AS MUCH AS IT IS OF CHILDREN. SO, JUST WONDER ABOUT THAT. HE TALKED ABOUT "EQUALITY IS ABOUT JUSTICE, EQUAL TREATMENT, EQUAL APPLICATION OF BROUGHT LAWS, RULES, AND POLICIES, EQUITY IS ABOUT EQUAL OUTCOMES." THE NEXT THING HE TALKED ABOUT WAS KIND OF RACISM THAT HE FACED IN THE SCHOOLS. HE SAID, "30 YEARS AGO, I WAS NEVER ACCUSED OF BEING A RACIST. IT

016BEGAN WITH ONE ETHNIC GROUP IN NEW MEXICO ABOUT THE YEAR 2000, AND THEN IN 2015, STUDENTS OF MULTIPLE ETHNIC GROUPS BEGAN TO ACCUSE ME OF BEING RACIST." AND HE SAID, "IT CLIMAXED IN 2019, WHEN A STUDENT TOLD ME, I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU, YOU ARE WHITE, AND YOU ARE RACIST." AND HE SAID, "THIS IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY, AND IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY IN THE SCHOOLS IN 2019, BUT HE SAID IT WAS ALREADY THERE." AND THEN, THE LAST THING HE TALKED ABOUT, WAS A PASSION OR A LOVE OF TEACHING. AND IN HIS TIMEFRAME, HE SAW THAT GO DOWN, AND HE SAID PARTICULARLY AMONG NEWER TEACHERS. BEFORE THE YEAR 2000, HE SAID THERE WAS NO STANDARD CURRICULUM, NINE DIFFERENT MATH TEACHERS WOULD TEACH ALGEBRA 19 DIFFERENT WAYS. AND THEN, THE NO CHILD LEFT

017BEHIND ACT HELD SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW STUDENTS LEARN AND ACHIEVE AND THEY DID THAT FOR ANIMAL TESTING. IN 2015, EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT GAVE AUTHORITY TO THE STATES TO SET THE STANDARDS AND GOALS. AND HE SAID, NOW, MANY TEACHERS TEACH THE TESTS, AND NEWER TEACHERS ARE EVEN AFRAID OF THE TEST, AS THEY COULD LOSE THEIR JOB AND AS A RESULT, UNIQUE THIS IN THE CLASSROOM, RISK-TAKING, AND JUST WHAT HE SAW AS THE PASSION OR THE LOVE OF TEACHING. AND HE INCLUDED WITH THIS, HE SAID, "THERE HAS GOT TO BE A HAPPY MEDIUM. THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ALSO PASSION." AND HE JUST SAID, "WE HAVEN'T FOUND IT, YET." THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MR. FIRTH. ALL RIGHT. NOW, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. HELLO, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

018AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEA AND CSEC-LC PARTNERS, THIS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR CSEC-LC, AND THE CSEC LAS CRUCES FOR THE REPORT. AT EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS JESSE ALLRED, I AM THE NEWLY ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF NEA LAS CRUCES, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME FILLING IN FOR PRESIDENT WHO IS OUT OF TOWN TODAY, MIKE REPORTS HE WAS CONCERNING THE RATIFICATION OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, WHAT WAS A LONG HAUL OF BARGAINING, SPANS THE ENTIRETY OF THE SPRING SEMESTER. WE ACTUALLY MET FOR 21 FULL DAYS OF BARGAINING. THE LAST ONE WAS FRIDAY, MAY 30th, THAT LASTED UNTIL 4:00 OR 5:00 P.M. AND THAT WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD A HANDFUL

019OF SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE HAVE SENT OUT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP AND IT HAS BEEN RATIFIED BY 99% OF THOSE VOTING. SO, WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RATIFY THE AGREEMENT, AS WELL. TONIGHT, WITH US, ARE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NEA-LC COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TEAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK NOT ONLY IN BARGAINING BUT ALSO FOR THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO MISS THEIR CLASSROOMS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO STILL FULFILL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR STUDENTS. SO, IF WE COULD HAVE THE BARGAINING TEAM PLEASE STAND UP? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BARGAINING TEAM. [ APPLAUSE ] OKAY, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? >> YES. WHAT -- WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF THE MEDIATOR IN THIS PROCESS? BECAUSE I HEARD THAT HE WAS

020LET GO FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN CONTINUE TO PICK HIM UP. SO, WHO IS THE MEDIATOR FOR THAT FUNCTION? MATT IS OUR FEDERAL MEDIATOR AND AS YOU KNOW HE WAS LET GO WITH ALL OF THE CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO SPLIT THE COST WITH THE DISTRICT --THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND THE BOARD --SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH HIM. HIS ROLE WAS TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T GET "INTO THE WEEDS." SO, IF WE STARTED GETTING INTO MINOR DETAILS AND THE DISCUSSION WAS NOT MOVING FORWARD, HE WOULD FIND WAYS TO HELP THE DISCUSSION BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE. HE ALSO HAD HIS LITTLE MAGIC NOTEBOOK. HE DIDN'T DO ANY TYPING ON A COMPUTER, HE HAD WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN AND WE COULD SAY, "WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ARTICLE THREE AND WE DID

021A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON CLOSET C, WHEN WAS THAT?" HE WOULD OPEN HIS NOTEBOOK AND FIND THAT FOR US. HE WAS ALSO VERY AWARE OF BARGAINING PROCEDURES. HE INSTRUCTED US ON INTENTIONAL BARGAINING, WHICH IS MORE OF WORKING TOGETHER, RATHER THAN HANDING PROPOSALS BACK AND FORTH. SO, WE WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR HIS HEALTH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF BARGAINING THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT, BECAUSE OF HIM. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. ALLRED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DID WE HAVE AN UPDATE TODAY FROM CSEC? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. THAT IS NICE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. >> BUNEAS TARDES. SO, WE FINISHED BARGAINING --WAS THAT LAST WEEK? LAST WEEK. NOW, I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, RIGHT? NOT AT ALL. [

022LAUGHTER ] SO, ANYWAY, WE JUST FINISHED LAST WEEK, AND IN ENOUGH TIME TO PUT OUR WAGES AND ALLOWANCES ON THE AGENDA. SO, WE --AND -- AND I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, WHEN -- OR, MAYBE --IS THIS THE TIME TO GIVE DETAIL, OR NOT? [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THANK YOU. YOU SEE? YOU SEE HOW WELL WE WORK TOGETHER? SO, ANYWAY, I --SO, NOW, WE GO BACK TO THE BIG TASK AT HAND, THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WHICH IS NEGOTIATING OR FINISHING THE LANGUAGE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THE LANGUAGE. I KNOW I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT WE KEEP WORKING AND WORKING, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN PAUSES, BUT I THINK WE WILL SOON BE FINISHED WITH THAT, AND WHEN WE ARE DONE, IT WILL BE A FABULOUS AGREEMENT.

023I DON'T THINK NOBODY IN THIS STATE CAN COMPARE TO OUR AGREEMENT FOR CLASSIFIED FOR SUPPORT STAFF. SO, WE WILL CONTINUE BARGAINING BECAUSE OF EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE, THAT WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL MID JULY, BUT I THINK WE WILL BE READY FOR THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND FOR YOU TO THEN APPROVE. AT THAT TIME. SO, AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, WORDS THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. SO, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT. WE STARTED DOING THAT TODAY. SO, JUST KNOW OUR ANSWERS ARE COMPLETED. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THEM. IT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND WE STARTED, I THINK, RIGHT AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS OVER, AND WE JUST GOT DONE LAST WEEK. THE

024REASON BEING, IS BECAUSE WE REPRESENT SO MANY EMPLOYEE GROUPS, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOICE WAS HEARD. AND SO, THAT IS --THAT IS WHY IT TOOK US THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT DID, BUT IT WAS VERY WELL WORTH IT. WE DO NOT HAVE A MEDIATOR. WE DO THIS ON OUR OWN. AND DO WE GET INTO THE WEEDS? YES, WE DO. BUT, THEN, MS. DONNELLY AND I WERE VERY GOOD CULTIVATORS. HUH, MS. DONNELLY? [ LAUGHTER ] ANYWAY, I AM VERY PLEASED, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, LATER. BUT --BUT, I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID. WE FIXED A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. AND SO, AGAIN, IN MORE DETAIL HERE, IN A LITTLE BIT. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. MEMBERS OF THE

025BOARD? >> JUST TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK. IT WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF WORK. BUT, AGAIN, VERY WELL WORTH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. VALDESPINO. AND BEFORE I MOVE ON WITH MY UPDATE, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, LIKE TO REITERATE THAT BOTH TEAMS, BOTH SIDES OF THE BOARD, THE PROFESSIONALISM, AND COLLABORATION, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY SHARING WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STAFF, AND OUR TEAM, AND CONTINUE INVESTING IN THEM, SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF OUR CSEC AND NEA PARTNERS ON THIS. MOVING ON WITH MY UPDATE, AS SOON AS 2025 COMMENCEMENT IS FINISHED, WE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, AND THIS WAS THE LAST WEEK OF 2024 AND 2025. OUR SCHOOL WEAKENED IT SAFELY WITH LOTS OF CELEBRATIONS TO SEND STUDENTS OFF ON THEIR SUMMER BREAKS. FOR

026THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE YEAR INCLUDING THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR WE ALSO SOFT LAUNCHED THE WEAPONS DETECTION AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. OVERALL, A VERY SUCCESSFUL END TO THE YEAR, AND WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO 25-26, JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY. [ LAUGHTER ] THIS SUMMER, WE LAUNCHED TWO WEEKS OF FOCUSED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS, MEMBERS OF THE R&D TEAM, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM, CENTRAL OFFICE LEADERS, AND OUR LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS PARTICIPATED IN BOTH WEEKS OF LEARNING, ROUNDED IN OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, STRUCTURAL EXCELLENCE, AND STRONG SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT. THE FIRST WEEK BROUGHT TOGETHER DEPARTMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACROSS A RANGE OF TOPICS, ACADEMIC FRAMEWORKS, STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS, OPERATIONAL PLANNING, AND MORE. IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN PRIORITIES, STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION, AND PREPARE OUR LEADERS FOR

027A SUCCESSFUL START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. IN THE SECOND WEEK, WE PARTNERED WITH THE WESTON TEAM FOR THE QUALITY TEACHING FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS. LCPS IS BUILDING THE BASE LEADERSHIP LEARNING INSTITUTE. THIS INSTITUTE DEEPENS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY CENTERED LEADERSHIP. FOUNDATIONAL TO ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO RIGOROUS AND MEANINGFUL LEARNING. NOW, WE CARRY THIS WORK FORWARD INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR SITE SUPPORT TEAMS. YOU WILL SEE THE LEARNING COME TO LIFE THROUGH A STRONGER COLLABORATION BETWEEN SITES PORTENDS, AND BUILDING LEADERS. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THESE PRACTICES ACTIONABLE AT EVERY SCHOOL, ENSURING THAT WHAT WE LEARNED THIS SUMMER TRANSLATES DIRECTLY INTO MORE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT WE SERVE. ON JUNE 5th, THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH THE LAS CRUCES ROAD RUNNER FOOD BANK TO PROVIDE MEAL KITS

028FOR OUR FAMILIES. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT AT THE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. ON JUNE 20th, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER FOOD DRIVE WITH ROAD RUNNER FOOD BANK. THIS WILL BE AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS BASEBALL COMPLEX, BEGINNING AT 8:00 A.M. AND RUNNING UNTIL ABOUT 11:00 A.M. AND ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT, PLEASE LET MYSELF OR MR. SILVER KNOW, AND WE CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP. AS A REMINDER, OUR SUMMER MEALS ALSO CONTINUE TO BE STARTED ON JUNE 3rd, AND CONTINUE THROUGH JULY 11th. THESE ARE FOR ANY CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY, AGES 1 THROUGH 18. AND, FINALLY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ON SUMMER BREAK, THE LEARNING DOES NOT STOP. IN ADDITION TO CREDIT RECOVERY COURSEWORK AT HIGH SCHOOLS AND WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY, THERE IS ALSO THE SUMMER LITERACY INSTITUTIONS AT

029CONLEY, SONOMA, FAIR ACRES, MESSIER, SIERRA, AND PICACHO. NEW MEXICO ALSO LAUNCHED THIS POWERFUL, STATEWIDE INITIATIVE, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO REACH 10,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE FROM INCOMING KINDERGARTNERS, TO OUTGOING EIGHTH GRADERS. THIS FREE PROGRAM PROVIDES A SMALL GROUP READING INSTRUCTION WITH TRAINED LITERACY INSTRUCTORS, FOCUSED ON HELPING STUDENTS BUILD ESSENTIAL READING SKILLS, AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, CONFIDENCE. WE KNOW THAT TARGETED READING INTERVENTIONS WORK, AND THIS PROGRAM IS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS DON'T JUST CATCH UP, BUT GAIN THE MOMENTUM THEY NEED TO THRIVE ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS. OUR SHARED GOALS ARE CLEAR. IMPROVE LITERACY, TRACK MEANINGFUL PROGRESS, AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. ALSO, THERE IS ALSO ENRICHMENT AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, WHICH I VISITED THAT LAST WEEK. IT WAS GREAT TO VISIT WITH KIDDOS AND THE

030ACTIVITIES THEY WERE DOING OUT THERE A COMMUNAL RAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND LATER THIS SUMMER, FEDERAL PROGRAMS WILL HOST A BACK-TO-SCHOOL CAMP AT SONOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. THIS IS DESIGNED FOR MIGRANT STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT GROUPS, AS A WEEK OF LEARNING AND FUN, AS WELL AS PREPARING STUDENTS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. MUCH EXCITEMENT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. THIS IS JUST A SMALL TASTE OF THE WAYS OUR CAMPUSES SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, EVEN IN THE SUMMER. AND THEN, I WANT TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF UPDATES TO AROUND --THE FIRST ONE, THE PETITION TO RESTORE K-12 CYBER SECURITY AND EDTECH FUNDING. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE OUR BOARD SUPPORT, IN JOINING AND HAVING ME JOIN SCHOOL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND ALSO CITING A NATIONAL PETITION, CALLING ON CONGRESS

031AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO RESTORE CRITICAL, FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR K-12 CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. THE PETITION URGES FAIR LEADERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN THREE KEY AREAS --FIRST, TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR THE CYBER SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SECOND TO REINSTATE STAFFING AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WHICH HAS PROVIDED ESSENTIAL GUIDANCE ON DIGITAL ACCESS, RESPONSIBLE A.I. USE, AND CYBER SECURITY STRATEGIES. AND THIRD, TO INCREASE TARGETED FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN CYBER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR RURAL AND UNDERFUNDED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE MANY ACROSS NEW MEXICO. AS CYBER THREATS GROW, IN FREQUENCY AND IMPACT, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO STEP BACK FROM OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND SYSTEMS. AND I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS IN THIS CALL TO ACTION. AND I WILL

032STOP THERE, BEFORE I GET TO THE NEXT ONE, IN CASE THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS. ON THIS? OKAY. I CAME IN 2020, RIGHT AS THEY WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS OF A MALWARE ATTACK HERE, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS PROVED PRETTY FRESH ON THE MEMORIES OF A LOT OF TEACHERS AND ADMIN. SO, THIS IS --I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SIGN ON. NOT US, BUT YOU. YES, AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT, ALL FIVE OF YOU HAVE SUPPORTED ME ON THAT, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON THE EDUCATOR FELLOWS PROGRAM UPDATE, JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL -- I KNOW WE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR EDUCATOR FELLOWS FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING. AND SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS SITUATION, OVER AT FELLOWS. AND

033I THINK I COMMUNICATED THAT ON OUR BOARD MEMO, ON JUNE 12th. BUT, MY QUICK UPDATE AROUND THAT, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ALL 54 OF OUR ED FELLOWS BACK. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM REALLY THINKING THROUGH THIS, AND LOOKING AT OTHER SOLUTIONS, TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR TEACHER PIPELINE, OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS -- YES, THERE WERE SOME CUTBACKS TO THIS PROGRAM AT THE STATE LEVEL, BUT YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR PRINCIPLES, WHO WILL ALSO BE USING SOME OF OUR TITLE FUNDS IN THEIR OWN BUDGETS, THAT GET ALLOCATED TO THEM, TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, DRINK THESE EDUCATOR FELLOWS BACK. AND THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR CLASSROOMS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT -- ALTHOUGH THEY

034HAVEN'T NECESSARILY RECEIVED A TEACHER CREDENTIAL, BUT IT IS HAVING AN ADDITIONAL -- NOT EVEN AN ADDITIONAL ADULT, BUT AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM, SO I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AROUND THIS, AS WELL. JUST --YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY BIG LOSS, TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT REDUCED. SO, YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY, VERY HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS STATED. YES, THANK YOU. >> IS THERE AN OFFER IN THE BUDGET TO -- YES. >> YES, VICE PRESIDENT, I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT I AM VERY GLAD THAT WE ARE GOING TO FUND THIS AND FIGURE IT OUT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR THIS PROGRAM, AS WELL. SO, THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. VICE

035PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? I HAD A PICTURE ABOUT THE FRONT? OH, YES. THE COYOTE -- WHO IS TITO? IS IT TITO? OH, TITO. YES. WHICH IS COOL IS THAT? I AM GOING TO DEFER TO MY TEAM. OH, CESAR CHAVEZ. CESAR CHAVEZ, YES. HE LOOKS COOL. I LIKE THE SHIRT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, AND HAPPY TO HEAR THAT NEWS ABOUT THE EDUCATOR FOR THE PROGRAM, SO THOSE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM WHO MADE THAT HAPPEN, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA --THESE ARE OUR REMOVED ITEMS. SO, PRESENTATION OF PRICING CERTIFICATE FOR THE SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BONDS, THAT IS McKINNEY AND MR. -- OH, MR LIU. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, FOR THIS ITEM, I HAVE CASSIE McKINNEY HERE, AND I THINK ERIC HARRIGAN IS

036ALSO JOINING US ONLINE. HE IS WITH THE CAPITAL MARKET. THEY BOTH ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL --PROVIDE YOU TO ALL OF THE DETAILED INFORMATION, RELATED TO THE MOST RECENT 2025 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUANCE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. TODAY, WE CLOSED THE 2025 ISSUE OF THE DISTRICTS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. THE PROCESS BEGAN BACK IN APRIL WITH THE BOND AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, AND THEN THE BONDS WERE SOLD ON MAY 20th IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT WITH THE STATE TREASURER'S OFFICE. THE RESULTING INTEREST RATE ON THAT WAS 4.817%. IT IS VERY SHORT TERM MATURITY, JUST THREE MATURITIES FOR THIS BOND ISSUE, WITH MOST OF IT, $7 MILLION, PAID OFF IN THIS 2025 YEAR. THE FINAL MATURITY OF AUGUST 21st,

0372027, IS THE LAST OF THE MATURITIES. ALL OF THE SALE PARAMETERS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED IN THE BOND AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION WERE MET. THE ISSUE CLOSED TODAY, AND THE DISTRICT HAS THE PROCEEDS NOW, TO BEGIN TO EXPEND ON THE PROJECTS, AS PLANNED. ERIC, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, ON THE PRICING? OR, THE --OR THE MARK? NO. WE CANNOT HERE, MR. HARRIGAN. YOU MAY BE ON YOU, MR. HARRIGAN. IS THIS US, OR THEM? WELL, WITH THE AUDIO DIFFICULTIES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PRICING OR THE PROCESS, AS IT ACCORD? MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF THE SALE? IT WAS $12,500,000. THIS WAS THE LAST OF THE LAST INSTALLMENT OF THE BONDS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED BACK IN 2021. SO, WITH THIS ISSUE, THE DISTRICT HAS NOW ISSUED ALL OF THE

038VOTER AUTHORIZED BONDS FROM THE 2021 ELECTION. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN? MEMBER FRANK? YEAH, HOW DOES THE INTEREST RATE THAT WE JUST --YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE GETTING, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE PREVIOUS INTEREST RATES, FOR THE REST OF THE MONEY, OF THE OTHER $38.5 MILLION? I DON'T KNOW. GO AHEAD. WE GOT YOU. WE CAN HEAR YOU. AND YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT QUESTION. SO, THESE BONDS WERE SOLD ON A TAXABLE BASIS, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT MATURITY OF THEM, THEY WERE SOLD TO THE STATE TREASURER. THE INTEREST RATE IS QUITE A BIT HIGHER. IT IS PROBABLY 75 TO ABOUT 100 BASIS POINTS. BUT, BECAUSE IT IS BEING SOLD ON A TAXABLE BASIS, YOU HAVE --YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF FREEDOM TO

039SPEND THOSE FUNDS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ARBITRARY REBATE ON THOSE FUNDS, IF YOU HAVE EARNINGS THAT EXCEED THE RATE ON THE BONDS. AND BECAUSE THAT FLEXIBILITY DOES COME WITH A HIGHER INTEREST RATE, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE PAYING YOUR BONDS OFF IN 2 1/2 YEARS, YOU REALLY MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST THAT YOU ARE PAYING. SO, YOU ARE ACTUALLY PAYING MORE IN INTEREST OVER THE LIFE OF THE BONDS ON YOUR PRIOR SALES IN THIS ONE BECAUSE THE SALE IS SO SHORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ANYTHING ELSE? NO? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HARRIGAN, AND THANK YOU, MS. McKINNEY. ALL RIGHT, ITEM SIX, C6, RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE INTENT FOR AN ESTIMATED DEBT SERVICE PROPERTY TAX ASSOCIATE WITH THE DISTRICTS OUTSTANDING AND PROPOSED OBLIGATIONS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES. MR. LIU?

040YES, SIR. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, FOR THIS ITEM, STILL WITH CATHERINE AND ERIC'S SUPPORT, WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU A RESOLUTION THAT SHOWS OUR INTENT TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TAX RATE, AT 4.612%. SO, I WILL DEFER TO THEM. THANK YOU, MR. LIU. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS REALLY A TOOL TO ASSIST WITH THE RATE SETTING PROCESS, AS THE DISTRICT WORKS WITH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN ESTABLISHING THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR THE UPCOMING PROPERTY TAX YEAR, TAX YEAR 2025. AND THAT PROCESS REALLY COMES INTO FULL SWING, IN THE AUGUST TIME FRAME. AND THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF THE BOARD'S INTENT OF WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TAX RATES. OF COURSE, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO

041IT. BUT, THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD IS TO MAINTAIN THE TAX RATE AT THE CURRENT RATE, AND WHAT IT HAS BEEN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AT THE 4.162% RATE. AND THAT IS TO SERVICE THE DEBT ON THE OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS PAYABLE, THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAXES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY TAX RATE SETTING, OR -- I FEEL, REALLY, LIKE I DON'T KNOW THIS, AT ALL. SO, WITH AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES, IS THAT LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES? LIKE, WHAT THEY OWE? ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING TO PAY SOME BIT OF TAX TO LCPS? YES. >> OKAY. >> SO, THANK YOU, MEMBER TENORIO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD QUESTION. YES, THIS IS THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY THAT COMES THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS, THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS. ALL OF

042THE PROPERTY TAX JURISDICTIONS THAT LEVY A PROPERTY TAX FLOW INTO THE COUNTY BILL THAT GETS SENT TO PROPERTY TAX OWNERS, FOR LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY. SO, OUR PART OF IT HAS USUALLY BEEN -- WAS IT FOR .612? IT IS USUALLY THAT? RELATED TO THE DEBT, YES. >> DO YOU GUYS WORK WITH THE ASSESSOR? THE RBC WORKS WITH P.E.D. IN ESTABLISHING THE RATES. AND THEN, ULTIMATELY, IT FLOWS THROUGH DFA, AND THEN IN THE SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, THE COUNTY ACTUALLY, WITH THAT INPUT, THE COUNTY ESTABLISHES THE RATES. AND ERIC, I KNOW YOU ARE ONLINE. IF I HAVE MISQUOTED OR MISSTATED THAT PROCESS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO WEIGH IN. IS IT LAND PROPERTY? LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS. >> ALL RIGHT. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. I GUESS, IT CAN BE OTHER THINGS, TOO. THERE IS OIL, AND

043GAS, AND OTHERS. SO, NOW -->> I'M SORRY. THERE ARE ALWAYS COMPLICATIONS TO THIS. BUT, GENERALLY, YES, MOST PEOPLE SEE IT IN THE FORM OF THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT THEY GET ON THEIR HOME. SO, SHOULDN'T WE BE KEEPING IT THE SAME, JUST BECAUSE THINGS ARE HARD? IT -- YEAH, SO, CATHERINE, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO, THIS IS PART OF THE DISTRICT'S LONG-TERM PLAN FOR FINANCE, WHEN THE DISTRICT WENT TO THE VOTERS FOUR YEARS AGO TO AUTHORIZE THE PLAN OF $50 MILLION, IT WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE VOTERS THAT THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORICAL TAX RATE THAT LAS CRUCES HAS HAD IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW, $4.61. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST HELPS, YOU KNOW, AS WE WORK WITH STAFF AND P.E.D., TO COMMUNICATE TO P.E.D.,

044THE DESIRE TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THE TAX RATE, GOING FORWARD. THE RESOLUTION THAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU LATER THIS EVENING CALLING FOR AN OBLIGATION BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $60 MILLION WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS $4.61 TAX RATE. AND SO, THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST, YOU KNOW, STATING THE DESIRES TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE TAX RATE FOR THIS UPCOMING TAX YEAR, IT ALLOWS US TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THIS WORK WITH P.E.D. TO GET THAT TAX RATE SET, AT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, QUESTIONS? YEAH. >> MEMBER FRANK? >> JUST IN THE WORDING OF THIS, IT'S JUST HARD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE MAINTAINING THE TAX RATE AT 4.612%. I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING I AM MISSING IN THE WORDING THAT IMPLIES THAT? MEMBER

045FRANK, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBER FRANK, IN THE RECITALS, IT INDICATES THAT --LET'S SEE --THE FOURTH RECITAL INDICATES THAT THE LEVY FOR 2024 WAS AT THIS 4.612% LEVY, AND SO IN SECTION 1, IT IS THE INTENTION AND DESIRE OF THE BOARD TO MAINTAIN A LEVY OF 4.612%. DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION? I JUST DON'T SEE IT IN THE WORDING THAT I AM LOOKING AT. IT IS THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT? SECRETARY WOFFORD? MR. HARRIGAN, I REMEMBER YOU WERE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, TELLING US ABOUT THE RATES FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY, DO YOU KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, HOW DOES OUR TAX RATE COMPARE WITH THOSE COUNTIES THAT THE SCHOOL LEVIES THERE? I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS RIGHT AT MY FINGERTIPS. BUT, I CAN KIND OF

046TELL, GENERALLY, PRETTY CLOSE. SO, THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, THE TAX RATE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF A PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IN BERNALILLO COUNTY, THEIR TAX RATE IS AROUND $48 TO AROUND $50 PER 1000 OF ASSESSED VALUE OR TAXABLE VALUE. FOR THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES, SPECIFICALLY, KNOWING THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOUR TAX SPACE EXTENDS BEYOND THOSE BOUNDARIES, THAT IS AROUND $38. SO, IT'S -- IT IS LOWER THAN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. AND OUR PORTION OF THE $38, THEN, WOULD BE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PORTION? THE TOTAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PORTION IS NINE DOLLARS AND 90 --OR, EXCUSE ME, $9.35. SO, THAT IS MADE UP OF YOUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND SERVICE TAX RATE, WHICH IS $4.61. YOU HAVE HP 33 MILL LEVY OF $2.44. A TWO MILL LEVY OF $1.95, AND THEN AN OPERATIONAL

047MILL LEVY OF $.33. OKAY, SO, THE AD VALOREM IS REPRESENTATIVE IN WHICH OF THOSE CATEGORIES? SO, IT WOULD BE THE DEBT SERVICE. AND SO, THE AD VALOREM IS JUST A TECHNICAL TERM FOR THE TAX RATE. OKAY. SO, ALL PROPERTY TAX RATES ARE AD VALOREM. AND SO, THAT IS JUST A TECHNICAL TERM. OKAY. FOR THE VARIOUS TAX RATES THAT LAS CRUCES SCHOOLS AND/OR THE CITY, OR THE COUNTY HAS. OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. >> MEMBER TENORIO? MR. HARRIGAN, I HAPPEN TO SEE YOU SPEAK AT THE COUNTY MEETINGS, HERE. SO, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WORK WITH THEM. BUT, THEY DID ANNOUNCE RECENTLY THAT THEY HAD A $140 MILLION GEO BOND, LIKE IN THE WORKS, THAT THEY PLAN TO PUT IN THE ELECTION. AND I KNOW THAT IS GOING TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. SO,

048I AM JUST CURIOUS, HOW IS THAT GOING TO VOTE FOR US? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I DO NOT WORK WITH THE COUNTY, SO I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ESTIMATED TAX IMPACT -- IF THAT QUESTION IS GOING, YOU KNOW, THIS NOVEMBER. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY KEY FOR THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE WORD OUT, THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS WILL NOT IMPACT THE TAX RATE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HISTORICALLY LEVIED FOR PAYMENT OF ITS STAFF. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT EVER IN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO? WELL, THERE ARE --YOU KNOW, FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY, IT CAN DIFFER. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE WORK WITH ARE, YOU KNOW, WILL NOT BE ASKING FOR A TAX RATE INCREASE THIS, YOU KNOW,

049COMING NOVEMBER. BUT, YOU KNOW, EACH COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT, AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, A CITY OR COUNTY WILL, YOU KNOW, RAISE THEIR TAX RATE, EITHER OPERATIONALLY, OR THROUGH DEBT SERVICE, THROUGH A GEO BOND QUESTION. SO, I THINK IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS, FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY. BUT, FROM THE DISTRICT'S STANDPOINT, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT, THAT APPROVAL OF THESE BONDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE TAX RATE. IT WILL NOT RESULT IN A TAX RATE INCREASE. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE BOARD'S INTENT FOR AN ESTIMATED DEBT SERVICE PROPERTY TAX RATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRICT OUTSTANDING AND PROPOSED OBLIGATIONS PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES.

050SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. SECOND. SECONDED BY MEMBER TENORIO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. >> DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL ON THIS ONE, OR IS IT THE OTHER WE HAVE TO GET A ROLL CALL ON? THE OTHER BOND ISSUE? OKAY, THEN AYE. ALL THE POST? OKAY. RESOLUTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM, 5B 7, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF LAS CRUCES NEA BARGAINING AGREEMENT. MR. PERIO AND JESSE. IN PLACE OF MR. RODRIGUEZ, WHO IS OUT THIS EVENING. OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. WE ARE PROUD TO COME TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY, BOTH NEA AND CSEC, FOR REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF -- WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, APPARENTLY, IN THE AUDIENCE. THEY CANNOT HEAR ME? THAT WAS HAPPENING EARLIER. SO -- YOU ARE GOOD. >> ARE WE OKAY, NOW?

051YEAH. >> OKAY, SO, A FEW INTRODUCTIONS. WITH ME, IS MR. PERRIO, WHO PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE NEA SESSIONS THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS MR. ALLRED, WHO WAS THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ON THE NEA SIDE. HERE IN A BIT, WE WILL HAVE MS. VALISPINO, TO GIVE AN INTERVIEW. WE DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE TEAMS HERE THIS EVENING, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CSEC REPRESENTATIVES ON BOTH SIDES, IF THEY WILL PLEASE STAND UP AND BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID DURING THIS SESSION. THAT IS YOU, MATTHEW. [ APPLAUSE ] THEY ARE SHY. NOT AT THE TABLE, BUT APPARENTLY THIS AFTERNOON, THEY ARE SHY. SO, JESSE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE WHO IS HERE ON NEA'S BEHALF, AS WELL? YES, GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBER OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT

052RUIZ. JUST TO ECHO WHAT MR. RUIZ AND MS. DONNELLY HAVE STATED ALREADY, I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY APPRECIATION. THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WORKING WITH OUR NEA LEADERS, OUR NEA BARGAINING TEAM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO INTRODUCE THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE A PART OF OUR TEAM, AS WELL. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. BRILLIANT HERE, THE PRINCIPAL FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ESTHER PETERSON, FROM OUR INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE CARLA REAGAN, HEAR FROM OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. MELISSA GLOSS IS HERE FROM OUR LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND MELISSA ZUNICHA FROM OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY. [ APPLAUSE ] DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, OR? VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO, WE WILL PROCEED WITH AN OVERVIEW, AND THEN MR. PERRIO WILL GO INTO DETAIL WITH

053THE NEA. SO, THERE ARE SOME COMMON FACTORS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, THAT THIS IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED, AND AGAIN REQUESTING APPROVAL. BOTH NEA AND CSEC REACHED TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS. NEA HAS RATIFIED THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT, PENDING BOARD APPROVAL. AS FOR CSEC, WE REACHED TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON OUR WAGES AND OUR ALLOWANCES. THERE IS SOME EDITING AND FINAL CHANGES TAKING PLACE ON LANGUAGE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS TO RATIFY FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. SO, THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH, OR SO. OKAY? IN REGARDS TO BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW, TO MR. PERRIO. SO, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE WITH OUR NEA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A 4% RAISE WITH THE STEP INCREASES FOR ALL OF OUR CERTIFIED STAFF. WE KEPT WITH OUR 80%

054-20% INSURANCE PREMIUMS COVERAGE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. WE ADDRESSED SOME STIPENDS FOR OUR RELATED SERVICES PROVIDERS FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF. AND THEN, WE INCREASED OUR STIPENDS FOR SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF WHO ARE IN SOME OF THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS. AND I JUST --YOU KNOW, ALL FOUR OF THESE BULLET POINTS ARE REALLY ADDRESSING OUR RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS. AND SPECIFICALLY, WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF, AND STAFF, WE --YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEFINITELY ADDRESSING OUR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT IN THOSE AREAS, AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE POINTS, PROVIDING AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AS OUTLINED IN MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT WE BARGAIN STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS THAT ARE IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR EXAMPLE,

055ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING A SPLIT GRADE LEVEL, LIKE A 3RD-4TH SPLIT, THEY ARE HAVING INCREASED WORK IN ORDER TO MEET THE STANDARDS FOR BOTH GRADE LEVELS, SO WE WANT THEM TO BE COMPENSATED. WE ALSO CODIFIED THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF OFFERING AN EXTRA PLANNING PERIOD FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING MORE THAN THREE PREPARATIONS, MORE THAN THREE COURSES. SO, ADMINISTRATORS NOW CAN SAY, YOU CAN HAVE AN EXTRA PLANNING PERIOD, OR AN ADMINISTRATOR CAN ALSO OFFER COMPENSATION, WHICH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO SELLING THE PLANNING PERIOD. SO, IF A TEACHER IS TEACHING MORE THAN THREE COURSES, TOTAL -- THAT WOULD BE LIKE TEACHING ALGEBRA ONE, ALGEBRA TWO, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND HONORS ALGEBRA THREE, OR ALGEBRA TWO, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT --NOW, THEY WOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT. WE HAVE ALSO BARGAINED A STIPEND FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS THAT

056ARE TEACHING STACKED CLASSES. THIS IS IN ONE CLASS PIECE B, WHERE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE COURSE. SO, PERHAPS THE FIRST TEACHERS TEACHING FRENCH THREE AND AP FRENCH IN ONE CLASS PERIOD. THEY WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT EXTRA WORK, AS WELL. SOME OF OUR OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEA, WE UPDATED THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT . WE UPDATED THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ON EVALUATIONS, THAT WAS REALLY OUTDATED. SO, WE GOT THAT UP TO DATE. WE REALLY UPDATED OUR --SORRY, WE ADDED AN ENTIRE ARTICLE ON JOB PERFORMANCE INTERVENTION, TO REALLY JUST STREAMLINE AND MAKE THE PROCESS VERY CLEARLY OUTLINED. WE SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATED OUR ADMINISTRATIVE INTERVENTION ARTICLE, AND WE UPDATED OUR GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. WE HAVE A MEMO OF AGREEMENT REGARDING GRADING. ONE OF THE KEY POINTS TO THAT IS THE TEACHERS BEING ABLE TO GIVE ZEROS FOR NO EVIDENCE WITH STUDENT

057WORK. AND THEN, REALLY, OVERALL --AND I ALREADY MENTIONED THIS --BUT, WE REORGANIZED AND REALLY CLEANED UP THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT. SO -- YOU HAVE TWO ENGLISH TEACHERS HERE, AND ONE ON THE BOARD, AS WELL. SO, WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO GO THROUGH AND FIX ALL OF THE TYPOS, GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES, AND MAKE EVERYTHING ORGANIZED AND STANDARDIZED IN ITS FORMATTING. WE ALSO CREATED STANDARD TEMPLATES FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO USE, WHEN IT COMES TO DISCIPLINARY NOTIFICATIONS, INVESTIGATION NOTIFICATIONS, EMAILS AND INVITING TO SUCH MEETINGS. THAT WAY, ALL ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WILL BE USING THESE SAME FORMS, WHICH WILL HELP THE CBA BE FOLLOWED, BECAUSE THOSE FORMS ADHERE TO THE CBA. THAT INCLUDES PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PLAN TEMPLATES, AND SUCH DOCUMENTS. ONE OTHER THING THAT WE ESTABLISHED DURING BARGAINING, IS WE AGREED, BOTH SIDES AGREED, TO FORM A WORKING STUDY COMMITTEE. WE

058DID ADJUST SOME OF THE STIPENDS FOR SOME OF OUR COACHING POSITIONS, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO REALLY TAKE AN IN-DEPTH STUDY, AND REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE STIPENDS. SO, WE DID AGREE ON A WORKING STUDY COMMITTEE TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THIS UPCOMING YEAR, ON ALL OF OUR STIPENDS, SPECIFICALLY COACHING STIPENDS. WE DID NOTICE THE INEQUITABLE --WHAT WORD AM I LOOKING FOR, HERE? THE INEQUITY IN SOME OF OUR STIPENDS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHEER COACH WAS ONLY RECEIVING $907, SO THAT WAS BARGAIN UP TO $4000. AND WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS, IN ORDER TO MATCH WHAT THE POSITION REQUIRES, WITH THE COMPENSATION THAT THE TEACHER IS RECEIVING. THERE WAS MUCH MORE, BUT THAT IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW. WITH THAT, WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS, BEFORE WE MOVE TO

059THE CSEC TEAM. BOARD MEMBERS? >> I THINK YOU DROPPED 30 PAGES FROM THE LAST AGREEMENT, DID YOU? IT WAS MUCH TIGHTER LOOKING DOCUMENT. ON THE FOUR PLANNING PERIODS, DID THAT APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD, TO ALL TEACHERS? BY DEFINITION, MUSIC INSTRUCTORS END UP WITH MULTIPLE "PLANTINGS," IF YOU WILL. NOT PERIODS, BUT DIFFERENT PREPARATIONS. SO, DOES THAT COMPENSATION FOR THE EXTRA PERIOD ACROSS THE BOARD APPLY TO ALL DISCIPLINES? THE -- LIKE, AN ALGEBRA TEACHER WITH FOUR PREPS WOULDN'T BE COMPENSATED FOR THE FOURTH PREP. DOES THAT RING TRUE FOR MUSIC TEACHERS, FOR -- YEAH. THAT WOULD BE --AND CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG? FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS ARE SOMETIMES A ONE PERSON TEAM. SO, YOU HAVE SPANISH ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AP SPANISH, BUILT IN, AND THEY HAVE MORE PREPS, JUST BY DEFINITION. WE DEFINED A "PREPARATION," AS

060A "DISTINCT CURRICULUM." SO, FOR A MUSIC TEACHER, IF YOU HAVE BAND ONE, BAND TWO, BAND THREE, ALL IN THE SAME PERIOD, BUT YOU ARE BASICALLY TEACHING BAND, THAT DOESN'T COUNT AS A SEPARATE PREPARATION. SAME THING FOR FOOTBALL, YOU HAVE FOOTBALL ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR FOR THE SAME PERIOD, SO THAT WOULDN'T COUNT, BOTH FOR PERIODS AND PREPARATIONS. SO, THE SPANISH TEACHER WITH ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, THAT WOULD BE FOUR DISTINCT CURRICULUMS, SO FOUR DISTINCT PREPARATIONS. OKAY, VERY GOOD. THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. MEMBER TENORIO? I WAS LOOKING AT THE -- IT IS NOT A SALARY CHART, BUT THE COMPENSATION FOR YOUR ACTIVITIES PEOPLE. AND I DIDN'T --LIKE, SOME OF THESE THINGS, YOU ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE IS THE DISCREPANCY. AND OBVIOUSLY, A CHEERLEADER -- OR, NOT A CHEERLEADER --THE CHEER COACH IS NOT GETTING AN

061EQUITABLE PAY, BUT I DID NOTICE --AND MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD THING -- WHEN YOU SHOW HEAD COACH FOR BASKETBALL, THERE IS NO DISCREPANCY BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE, OR BOYS AND GIRLS. SO, I AM ASSUMING THAT THEY GET THE SAME? RIGHT. OKAY. JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE. AND THEN, THERE WAS AN MOA FOR GRADING AND I PULLED IT UP, BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW TO COMPARE THAT FROM WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. SO, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? IS THERE? THIS IS THE NO EVIDENCE -- YES, THE NO EVIDENCE. ARE YOU ASKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- WAS THERE ONE BEFORE, PRIOR? FROM THE ONE BEFORE? YEAH, WHAT HAS CHANGED? LET'S GO BACK TWO YEARS, WHERE THE DISTRICT'S POLICY WAS TO HAVE 40% BE THE MINIMUM GRADE THAT COULD BE GIVEN, SO IF A STUDENT DID NOT

062TURN IN ANY WORK, 40% WOULD BE THE MINIMUM. SO, LAST YEAR, WE BARGAINED A MOA WHICH WOULD ALLOW TEACHERS TO GIVE A GRADE OF NO EVIDENCE, WHICH IS 0% FOR ANY WORK NOT TURNED IN. THIS CURRENT MOA IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT. LAST YEAR'S AYE. SIX WAS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR, THIS CURRENTLY ONE LASTS UNTIL TRADITIONAL GRADING GOES AWAY SO IF THE DISTRICT DOES WANT TO GO TO STANDARDS-BASED GRADING, THIS MOA WOULD SUNSET AT THAT TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. RUIZ. SHOOT. IS THERE DISCUSSION BY THE ADMIN ABOUT STANDARDS-BASED GRADING? VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBER TENORIO, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE LOOKING AT STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION, WE ARE KIND OF SETTING THAT BASE AROUND THAT. AND THEN, MORE THAN LIKELY, WE WOULD THEN BE LOOKING AT STANDARDS-BASED

063GRADING DOWN THE ROAD. WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION PIECE OF WHAT DOES STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE, WITH OUR STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK, THE WORK WE DO WITH OUR PRINCIPLES OVER THE SUMMER THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. BUT, THAT WOULD BE DOWN THE ROAD, POTENTIALLY IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR TEACHERS, AND WITH NEA, IN LOOKING AT THAT, AS WELL. OKAY. I HAVE HEARD FROM MORE THAN -- FROM A FEW TEACHERS ON THE GRADING THING, SO IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT BE ADDRESSED, BECAUSE IT EMPOWERS THE TEACHERS, I THINK, RIGHT? SO, GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEA LAS CRUCES CERTIFIED BARGAINING AGREEMENT. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO, SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >>

064ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT, ITEM 5B 8, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF RATIFICATION OF WAGES AND ALLOWANCES FOR CSEC LAS CRUCES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. MS. DONNELLY, I HAVE MR. BARRIO ON THIS ONE, BUT NO? ALL RIGHT. MS. VALISPINO? WE ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT --BUT, POWERFUL, AM I RIGHT, MS. VALISPINO? YES. >> SO POWERFUL. AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE GREAT WORK THAT THIS TEAM DID. TERRY PERRIO FROM RESOURCES, AND MATTHEW SAINZ, WHO IS WORKING WITH US THROUGH FINANCE, AND THEN OUR SECRETARY HERE, THAT WAS JOSIE, HERE FROM RIO GRANDE. ALL OF THEM HAD A REALLY GREAT POISE IN ALL OF THIS THAT HELPED MS. VALISPINO AND I THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. SO, THE COMPENSATION HAS DEFINITELY

065HELPED FOR OUR RETENTION AND RECRUITING. WE SAW THAT LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT BE CONTINUED. SO, WE DO REQUEST A 4% SALARY INCREASE, PLUS THE NEGOTIATED ANNUAL STEP FOR OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES. THEN, WITH THE COMPENSATION REGARDS TO INSURANCE PREMIUM COVERAGE, AN 80-20% SPLIT FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE EARNING MORE THAN $50,000. AND THEN, THE 90-10% INSURANCE PREMIUM, I MUST SAY, WAS A HUGE HIT THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT, FOR THOSE WHO ARE EARNING LESS THAN $50,000. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT, MS. VALISPINO? NO. OKAY. THERE WERE SOME SALARY SCHEDULED ADJUSTMENTS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION, IN REGARDS TO OUR MAINTENANCE PHYSICAL PLAN. THIS HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE, AND REALLY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THE

066DIFFERENT ROLES WITHIN WHAT THESE SALARY SCHEDULES HAVE. SO, THE PACKET THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, THOSE SALARY SCHEDULES WILL BE IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. IT INCLUDES, ALSO, MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, THAT SALARY SCHEDULE WOULD COLLAPSE AND GO INTO MAINTENANCE PHYSICAL PLAN. THAT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE FELT ALSO NEEDED TO BE DONE, AS WELL AS LICENSED TRADES. JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LICENSED TRADES, WE DID RAISE THAT HOURLY RATE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND WE NOW HAVE A SLIGHT EDGE OVER THEM. THAT HAD BEEN A DIFFICULT PIECE FOR US, TO RECRUIT INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE COMPETING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE ARE COMPETING WITH NASA, DOWN THE ROAD. IT IS DIFFICULT. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SOME PERKS THAT WE ALWAYS EMPHASIZE. BUT, THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW RAISING THAT

067HOURLY RATE -- EXCUSE ME --WE HOPE THAT WE CANNOT ONLY RECRUIT, BUT RETAIN THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND SO, WE FEEL THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WITH STRENGTHENING OUR OPERATIONS INSIDE. SO, GOING BACK TO LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE NEGOTIATIONS IN WORKING COMMITTEE, A WORKING COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE SALARY SCHEDULE, AND THE MATERIALS FOR THE SALARY SCHEDULE. SO, WE DID MEET IN JANUARY, THE TWO GROUPS. MS. DONNELLY WAS THERE. SO, WE ASKED THE EMPLOYEES TO GIVE US THEIR WANTS AND THERE ASKS, AND THEY DID. SO, WE TOOK EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION. AND LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE THAT ONE SCHEDULE, WE HAVE TO RENAME IT. I THINK WE HAVE TO RENAME THE SALARY SCHEDULE. I THINK IT --AND THIS WAS BASED ON JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, ON CERTIFICATIONS. SO, WE WANTED TO LOOK INTO THAT,

068AND WE DID. AND WE HAVE -- WE HAVE SOME NEW, I THINK, SEVENTH RANGES? SIX, SEVEN? SEVEN RANGES. SEVEN RANGES BACK BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME IN RETENTION. AND SO, WE WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH OUR APPRENTICES. AND ONCE WE HAD THAT APPRENTICESHIP, THERE WERE GOING ON TO GO WORK AT THE CITY, AT THE COUNTY, AT THE UNIVERSITY. SO, IT WAS LIKE, LCPS WAS TRAINING THESE APPRENTICES, BUT THEY WERE MOVING ON INTO OTHER ENTITIES THAT PAID MORE MONEY. SO, WE LOOKED AT THAT. ARE WE COMPETITIVE? VERY CLOSE. WE ARE CLOSE. AND SO, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR LICENSED TRADES SHOPS OUR ELECTRICIANS, OUR PLUMBERS, OUR HVAC, AT TIMES, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A CREW. WE HAVE SIX, SEVEN EMPLOYEES IN EACH SHOP. AND BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING EMPLOYEES SO REGULARLY, BECAUSE

069IT WAS DIFFICULT TO RETAIN THEM, THESE THREE SHOPS WERE WORKING WITH THREE EMPLOYEES AT A TIME. AND CAN YOU IMAGINE, THREE EMPLOYEES OF HVAC, PLUMBERS, AND ELECTRICIANS, MAINTAINING THE WHOLE DISTRICT? THEY DID A FABULOUS JOB AT DOING SO. SO, OF COURSE, WE WANTED TO COMPENSATE THEM. FIRST OF ALL, FOR THEM BEING VESTED IN THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE STAYED WITH THE DISTRICT, THEY WERE VERY VESTED, AND THEY WANT TO WORK WITH LCPS. SO, WE FELT A NECESSITY, THAT WE WANTED TO RAISE THEIR BASE PAY --CAN I SAY HOW MUCH? YES. >> $26 AN HOUR IS THE BASE PAY NOW, FOR THE JOURNEYMEN. WHICH IS VERY GOOD. WE ARE HIGHER THAN GADSDEN. [ LAUGHTER ] NOT UNLESS GADSDEN NEGOTIATES MORE. NOW THAT YOU SAID IT, FOR THOSE PEOPLE -- [ LAUGHTER ] SO,

070THAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO BE A STEPPING TRAINING GROUND FOR OTHER ENTITIES. WE WANT TO KEEP THESE EMPLOYEES HERE, IN THE DISTRICT. BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING TRAINED BY OUR JOURNEYMEN, OUR HVAC, OUR PLUMBERS, AND OUR ELECTRICIANS, WHICH ARE FABULOUS JOURNEYMEN, THEY ARE VERY SKILLED, AND THEY ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, SO THESE EMPLOYEES ARE TRAINING THESE APPRENTICES, AND THEN THESE APPRENTICES ARE LEAVING. AND IT WAS VERY DISCOURAGING --VERY DISCOURAGING --FOR OUR JOURNEYMEN, THAT THEY WERE SEEING THESE EMPLOYEES LEAVE. AND SO, WE --I THINK WE DID GOOD. WE DID GOOD. AS FAR AS MANAGEMENT AND THE TRADES, THE TRADES ARE THE OTHER PART OF THE PHYSICAL PLOT. AGAIN, WE LOOK AT CERTIFICATIONS, JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, AND WE CORRECTED ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED. SO, I WENT AROUND --ME AND MY

071TEAM WENT AROUND, TALKING TO THE EMPLOYEES. THEY WERE THRILLED. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THRILLED AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE AS A TEAM. SO, I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WELL DONE FOR US, ON OUR PART. AGAIN, MAD SCIENCE FROM THE PERSON FROM FINANCE, HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF US LOOKING AT THINGS. SO, HE DID A GREAT JOB. AND IN FACT, HE ENJOYS BEING WITH US, RIGHT? [ LAUGHTER ] SO, I THINK WE DID GOOD. YES. >> AND WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? STIPENDS. >> OH, OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. SO, AS FAR AS THE STIPENDS, SPECIFICALLY THE S.P.E.D. EA INCIDENT WAS INCREASED, THAT IS INCREASE WITH THE ONE THAT HAPPENED WITH THE TEACHERS AND THESE ARE VERY HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. VERY HARD. AND EVEN AFTER WE FILL THEM, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THEY COME AND THEY REALIZE IT

072IS EVEN HARDER THAN THEY THOUGHT ON PAPER. SO, WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL HELP WITH OUR RETENTION, RECRUITMENT. IT WENT FROM 2000 TO 2500, SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT A VERY CHALLENGING ROLE. THIS WILL PAY FOR ALL PPD LEADS AND KITCHEN MANAGERS WILL BEGIN ON FIRST DAY OF PERFORMING DUTIES. THIS IS ALSO TO HONOR THE WORK OF INDIVIDUALS, THAT WHEN LEADS ARE GONE, IN THE PAST, THEY HAD TO WAIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS, AND NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO COMPENSATE THEM ON DAY ONE, WHENEVER THE LEAD IS OUT. THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL STEP IN, BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, ON ANY GIVEN DAY. ON THAT DAY, THEY ARE ACTING AS THE LEADER. I FEEL THAT WAS A REAL MORALE BOOSTER, BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD A LOT OF BAD FROM

073THE WORKING COMMITTEES. SO, IT MAY SOUND MINIMAL, BUT IT IS A HUGE IMPACT ON LETTING THEM KNOW WE RECOGNIZE ON DAY ONE THEY ARE THE LEADS AND THEY WILL BE COMPENSATED AS SUCH. SO, THAT IS WHERE THAT COMES FROM. AND THIS, IN COMPARISON TO EA'S AT SUBSTITUTE, AS WELL. EA'S GET A SUBSTITUTE ON THE FIRST DAY THEY SUBBED FOR A TEACHER, SO THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, TOO. TO TAKE THE SUBSTITUTE PAY FOR THE P.E.D. LEADS AS A KITCHEN MANAGER ON THE FIRST DAY. AND ALSO, THIS IS LIKE, A TRAINING --A TRAINING --YOU COULD SAY, A TRAINING ASPECT, AS WELL. BECAUSE WHOEVER IS SELECTED TO BE THE LEADER, THEY ARE GETTING PREPARED TO, ONE OF THESE DAYS, APPLY FOR A LEAD POSITION OR A KITCHEN MANAGER POSITION. SO, THAT WILL HELP THEM IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL

074GROWTH, AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, WE ASK FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST THE BASIC HIGHLIGHTS. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT, IT IS A LOT THAT WE DID. AND I DON'T KNOW --JUST FOR TIME, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING. BUT, WE --RIGHT? CORRECT. YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. YES, MAY I, PLEASE? RIGHT. >> QUESTIONS? MOSTLY, I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE RANGES OPEN UP, SIMPLY CHANGES IN TITLES TO MAKE IT REFLECT WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING. I WONDERED IF THE IRRIGATION PERSON --IS THAT JUST A SHIFT CHANGE? IS THAT PERSON IN CHARGE OF MONITORING WATER USAGE, DISTRICT WIDE? YES. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, SECRETARY WOFFORD, THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS TITLED "GROUNDSMAN."

075YES. >> BUT, AFTER LISTENING TO THE WORKING COMMITTEES, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL, AS WELL AS THE SUPERVISOR, THAT REALLY WAS A SPECIALIST POSITION. HE JUST TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO, WE REALLY FELT THE NEED TO CREATE THAT ROLE. AND NOW, THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL MOVE FROM THE GROUNDS, AND WE WILL CLOSE THAT POSITION, BUT NOW HE WILL BE COMPENSATED IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. YOU ARE BOTH TO BE COMMENDED AND YOUR TEAMS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WILL BE A CHANGE OF JOB TITLE AND JOB DESCRIPTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, AS WELL. CORRECT. >> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN? MEMBER FRANK? SO, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND BOTH SIDES, HERE. I MEAN, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE OPERATING FROM TRUST. AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU ARE

076TAKING THE NEEDS OF EACH OTHER VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE THAN JUST SALARY AND BENEFITS, IS ALSO, TO ME, INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE. BECAUSE THOSE THINGS, THEY HAVE A REALLY PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ON THE JOB. SO, I JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER, FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS. WELL, AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT STYLE OF NEGOTIATING, VERY UNIQUE TO OURSELVES. AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WORK QUITE WELL WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND I HAVE ONE MORE YEAR, I WILL BE RESIGNING AS PRESIDENT NEXT JULY. AND SO, I WILL HAVE ONE NEGOTIATION SESSION MORE. AND I WILL ASK, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, THAT YOU WILL ALLOW MS. DONNELLY ONE MORE YEAR WITH ME. [ LAUGHTER ] THANK

077YOU VERY MUCH. [ LAUGHTER ] AND SO, ANYWAY, I --WE ARE NOT DONE, YET, LIKE I SAY. ALMOST, AS YOU CAN SEE. ALMOST, YES. ALMOST DONE. AGAIN, I --I MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, I THINK I NEED TO MAKE IT TO MY MEMBERSHIP, SOON, YOU KNOW? BUT, PEOPLE ARE --I AM TELLING PEOPLE AS I GO ALONG, AND SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE --AND THIS ISN'T -- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, CONTINUALLY. BECAUSE COULD THERE BE MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN NEA, LAS CRUCES, AND CSEC LAS CRUCES? ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF NEA LAS CRUCES, WE NEED TO DO MORE COLLABORATION. I THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL, AND I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE. YOU KNOW, TOGETHER. SO, I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE

078LEADERSHIP. BUT, ON CERTAIN THINGS, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COLLABORATION, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ITEMS ARE THAT ARE THERE. BUT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE --SOME OF MY TEAM MEMBERS, THEY HAD FAMILY OBLIGATIONS, SO THAT IS WHY THEY ARE NOT HERE. BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY TEAM, PUBLICLY, CHARLES COTTON --MY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT. HERE IS JOSIE LOPEZ, MY VP OF SECRETARIES. ANDRO RAMIREZ PIRELA, HE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PHYSICAL PLANT AND MANAGEMENT. WE HAVE DANNY SALAZAR, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTODIANS. AND CHRIS ALPHARETTA, THE PRESIDENT OF NUTRITION SERVICES. LOUISE CORDERO, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS. I HAVE A FABULOUS TEAM. I AM BLESSED. YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THEM, I CAN'T BE WHO I AM, AND WITH THIS WORK. AND AGAIN, MS. DONNELLY'S TEAM

079WAS --I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED YOUR TEAM -- WELL, NOW, I HAVE TO, RIGHT? OF COURSE, I WILL. AGAIN, TERRY BENITO FROM HUMAN RESOURCES IS, WAS WITH US TONIGHT. MATTHEW GUERRA, OUR DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION SERVICES, HAD A GREAT VOICE IN THIS, AS WELL AS DEBBIE TREVINO FROM VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WAS OUR PRINCIPAL LENS. AND THEN, WE ALSO HAD MR. MATT GRANITE, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF DPD, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUT IS NOW THE DIRECTOR. ALL ARE GREAT VOICES THAT CAME TO THE TABLE. [ INAUDIBLE -LOW VOLUME ] AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES. MEMBER TENORIO? I DON'T JUST HAVE ONE THING, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. YOU DO BOTH HAVE GREAT TEAMS, AND I CAN SEE THAT COMING TOGETHER, THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER A LOT OF SUPPORT AND CARE FOR THESE EMPLOYEES, AND I CAN SEE THAT

080IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT GOING BACKWARDS. YOU SAY THINGS, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE, THAT ARE WORKING AND THAT WE CAN AFFORD, AND INCREASE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD. SO, I APPRECIATE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND I HAVE TALKED TO ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS --YOU HAVE GREAT ADVOCATES IN CSEC. I HAVE TALKED TO ONE OF THEM, AND I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE QUESTION, BUT THEY SAID TO ME, "A REASON I AM STILL HERE IS BECAUSE I FEEL SO MUCH SUPPORT." SO, YOU ARE RIGHT. IT IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE SALARY --EVEN THOUGH THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART -- BUT, IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT, TO HOLD EACH OTHER UP. SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL

081OF YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU. HAVING SPENT MANY OF MY YEARS IN THE LABOR RELATIONS WORLD, IT IS REFRESHING TO SEE THE COLLABORATION THAT IS HAPPENING. IT IS ALSO REALLY GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU ARE HONORING OUR TRADES. BECAUSE THAT IS --WE NEED OUR TRADES FOLKS, RIGHT? AND WE NEED THEM COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY IN THEIR JOBS. SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS OVER GOOD LEARNING CONDITIONS, RIGHT? SO, I LOVE TO SEE THAT WE ARE HONORING OUR TRADES FOLKS. SO, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO, WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RATIFICATION OF WAGES AND ALLOWANCES FOR CSEC LAS CRUCES FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. SO MOVED. MOVED BY FRANK, SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. >> AYE. ALL OPPOSE? THE AYES HAVE IT, MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ]

082SO, BACK TO THE FRONT? NOW, WE ARE GOING DOWN TO OLD BUSINESS. FIRST, IS JOSH SILVER, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF REVISED 25-26 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL CHESTNUT. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. TO YOUR POINT, MR. NOLAN, AFTER A GREAT CONVERSATION AT OUR LAST MEETING, WHERE YOU ALL DID APPROVE A 2025-2026 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE, I THINK IT WAS 48 HOURS AFTER THAT, THAT BETWEEN SOME BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, WE FOUND SOME CONFLICTS. SO, I COME TO YOU ALL TODAY TO SHARE THOSE CONFLICTS, AND ASK THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION ON AN UPDATED CALENDAR. SO, THE THREE DATES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, AUGUST EIGHTH, WHICH WAS THE APPROVED FIRST WORKING SESSION OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. IF IT PLEASES

083THE BOARD, WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE THAT FROM FRIDAY THE EIGHTH, BACK TO TUESDAY, AUGUST 5th. THERE IS AN LCPS ADMINISTRATIVE CONFLICT ON THE 8th\, I BELIEVE IT IS ON THE 7th AND THE 8th\. THERE WILL JUST BE A NUMBER OF CABINET MEMBERS TRAVELING. IN OCTOBER, THE OCTOBER 7th WORK SESSION, THE ORIGINAL DATE FOR THAT WORK SESSION IS NOW AN MNSBA --I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE WITH THAT IS, BUT IT IS A MNSBA EVENT, I BELIEVE IT IS A REGIONAL MEETING. SO, IF YOU LOOK KIND OF IN NOVEMBER, IF YOU RECALL IN NOVEMBER, WE DID NOT HAVE AN ELECTION DAY MEETING, SO THE OCTOBER 7th MEETING, I AM PROPOSING MOVING TO ONE WEEK LATER ON OCTOBER 14th, AND THE OCTOBER 21st MEETING, WE CAN ACTUALLY SLIDE THAT ANOTHER WEEK, AS WELL. THAT KEEPS A LITTLE

084BIT OF A TWO WEEK STRUCTURE IN OCTOBER, AND IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE --IT SPREADS OUT, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO, AGAIN, THE THREE DATES THERE ARE MOVING AUGUST 8th TO AUGUST 5th, AND THEN IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE ARE PROPOSING MOVING OUR FIRST AND THIRD WEEK MEETINGS, DOWN TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEEK MEETINGS. AND I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? >> WHAT WAS THAT LAST THING YOU JUST SAID? IT WAS -- MEMBER TENORIO, IT WAS, IN OCTOBER, WE HAD THE ORIGINAL RED DATES ON THE BOARD, WERE THE SORT OF TRADITIONAL FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH. SO, SINCE THE FIRST TUESDAY DOESN'T WORK, OCTOBER 7th, IF WE MOVE IT TO THE SECOND ONE, WE ARE PROPOSING ALSO MOVING

085THE THIRD ONE DOWN TO THE FOURTH, JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE, THERE. ESPECIALLY, MEMBER TENORIO, CONSIDERING THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT MEET THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, AS THAT IS ELECTION DAY. OKAY. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? VICE PRESIDENT? >> SECRETARY WOFFORD? I AM NOT ABLE TO MEET ON AUGUST THE FIFTH. WE HAD SCHEDULED THAT MEETING FOR THE EIGHTH, THAT FRIDAY. AND SO, THAT TUESDAY, I AM TEACHING MY LAST AP SUMMER INSTITUTE OF MY CAREER. YAY! YAY! [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE WILL ALLOW IT. SO, THE 11th --WHAT ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT WORK, JOSH? SURE. SO, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, SECRETARY WOFFORD, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE AUGUST DATE -- AND I'M LEANING ON MR. RUIZ A LITTLE BIT HERE, TOO, I WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF CONFLICTS LATER IN THE WEEK. WHEN

086WE LOOK AT OUR PROCEEDING FRIDAY. THE PROCEEDING FRIDAY WOULD BE AUGUST 1st. WHICH, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I -- AFTER AGAIN LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR VERY QUICKLY, I THINK I WOULD RECOMMEND AUGUST 1st, OVER GOING LATER. BUT, I WOULD DEFER -- MAYBE, MR. RUIZ, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT? WHAT DID WE SAY, AUGUST 1st? CORRECT. SO, THE ORIGINAL DATES WE HAD WAS FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th, AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING THAT ONE WEEK BACK, TO FRIDAY, AUGUST 1st. DOES THAT BUMP TOO MUCH WITH THE START OF SCHOOL? I THINK WE SHOULD --YEAH, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE --BECAUSE WE START ON THE 28th. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR US. RIGHT. >> AND I THINK THAT IS WHY

087WE WERE ALSO CONSIDERING AUGUST 8th. BUT, YEAH, I WOULD ASK FOR SOME CONSIDERATION THERE FOR THAT FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. I WOULD JUST ASK FOR AS MUCH CONSISTENCY AS WE CAN HAVE, BECAUSE WE START MOVING THINGS AROUND, THEN IT GETS REALLY CONFUSING FOR US, FOR THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE OF OUR TWO EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS, ISN'T IT? SO, IT IS A FULL DAY? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. I COULD NOT MAKE AUGUST 1st OR FIFTH. OKAY. >> BUT, I CAN DO THE EIGHTH. WELL, THE EIGHTH --WE CAN'T DO THE EIGHTH. SO, PERHAPS THE 11th THROUGH THE 15th, MONDAY OR FRIDAY, IS IT EASIER ON ONE END OR THE OTHER? I WOULD CONSIDER THE 6th. I'M SORRY, MR. SILVER, DID WE CONSIDER THE 6th ON THAT? I AM TEACHING ALL WEEK. >> YOU ARE TEACHING A WEEK? YES,

088THROUGH THURSDAY. AND VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, SECRETARY WOFFORD, TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THE CONSIDERATION THERE IS UNDER WHAT MEMBER TENORIO SAID, WITH CONSISTENCY. I --FROM OUR SIDE, TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, FOR THOSE MEETINGS, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE FOR US. AND THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE A POTENTIAL LATE JULY? BUT, THEN, WE ARE --THAT'S SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF STARTING SCHOOL. YEAH. >> YOU KNOW, LIKE -- THEY SAID "NO." >> THE 25th OF JULY, YEAH. WELL, OR THE 18th, RIGHT? BUT, THEN YOU ONLY HAVE 10 DAYS BETWEEN THAT TUESDAY REGULAR SESSION AND THE 18th. SO, PERHAPS, WE ARE BACK TO THE 15th, THEN, ARE WE? OF AUGUST? WELL, THEN, YOU ARE GETTING IS REALLY CLOSE TO REGULAR SESSION. WELL, I -- RIGHT. >> WELL, I CAN DO EITHER ONE OF THOSE DATES, BUT I DO AGREE WITH

089MEMBER TENORIO, CONSISTENCY. OH, I THOUGHT WE SETTLED THIS. [ LAUGHTER ] SO, PRESIDENT --OR, YEAH, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FEBRUARY 6th, YOUR OTHER EXTENDED WORK SESSION, IS A FRIDAY. SO, I THINK I HEAR YOU ALL SAYING THAT CONSISTENCY AND KIND OF KEEPING THAT STRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT. SO, IF WE DID LOOK AT FRIDAYS IN AUGUST, WHICH -- I THINK WE HAD DONE THEM ON TUESDAYS, RIGHT? WE HAVE DONE THEM ON A FRIDAY, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, THE NEXT TUESDAY, WE DID ANOTHER MEETING. IT SUCKED. WHAT ABOUT -- IS THE 18th NOT --IT IS 10 DAYS IN BETWEEN. THE 18th OF JULY? I'M SORRY, I'M BUSY THAT DAY. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, I DON'T WANT TO SEND US DOWN A WHOLE OTHER PATH, BUT POSSIBLY, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD BE KEEPING --AGAIN, JUST THINKING

090OUT LOUD ON THIS -- WE COULD MAKE THE SEPTEMBER 2nd THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION. THIS MAY NOT BE ESPECIALLY ADVISABLE FOR THE BOARD. ON FRIDAYS, WE COULD WORK TO THE FIFTH? SEPTEMBER 5th. PERHAPS -- AND VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN JUST FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD --PERHAPS IF WE KEPT A 4:00 P.M. WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 5th, AND RETURN TO SEPTEMBER 2nd INTO A SEPTEMBER 5th EXTENDED WORK SESSION. SO, IT WOULD BE REGULAR WORK SESSION AT 4:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5th, EXTENDED WORK SESSION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th. I THINK THE WHOLE THOUGHT BEHIND WHOEVER PROPOSED EITHER FOUR OR THREE RETREATS, EXTENDED WORK SESSIONS, IS THAT ONE WOULD BE COMING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO SEPTEMBER FIFTH SEEMS EARLY ENOUGH, AUGUST 5th SEEMS A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN, MOVING THE WORK

091SESSION TO THE FIFTH OF AUGUST -- AT 4:00 P.M., I COULD GET HERE BY 4:00 P.M. ON THE 5th? >> OKAY, SO, TO RECAP, WE ARE GOING TO -- AUGUST 5th IS NOW GOING TO BE A REGULAR WORK SESSION? ARE WE KEEPING THE 5th, OR ARE WE MOVING? JUST WORK SESSION, REGULAR, NOT EXTENDED. YES, WORK SESSION AT 4:00 ON AUGUST 5th. YES, SIR. YES. >> AND THEN, THESE OCTOBER DATES, NOBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH THOSE, RIGHT? THESE CHANGES? AND THEN, SEPTEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO DO SEPTEMBER -- 5th, NOT THE 2nd. >> OKAY, AND THAT WILL BE AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION. ALL DAY. >> IN THE MORNING, YES. 9:00 A.M., OR WHATEVER TIME IT IS, YES. MEMBER TENORIO, YES. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I CANNOT MAKE EITHER OF THOSE DATES. WHICH DATES? >>

092EITHER OF THEM. I MEAN, ON THE ROAD. BUSY? >> I MEAN, EVEN ZOOMING WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. ON THE 5th OF AUGUST? CORRECT, 5th OF AUGUST. SO -- AND YOU ARE SAYING, SEPTEMBER, ALSO? SEPTEMBER 5th? YEAH, SAME SITUATION. I'M JUST TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT PLACES. AND SO, I WOULD --WHAT WOULD WORK FOR ME, WOULD BE TO MAKE --WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. YEAH, MAYBE, I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I THOUGHT I HAD SOMETHING. IT'S OKAY TO MISS SOMETHING ONCE IN A WHILE. WELL, FOR ME, JUST TO TOTALLY ELIMINATE THE WORK SESSION, AND JUST BY GO BY WHAT WE HAVE LEFT. I MEAN, NOT THE WORK SESSION, THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION. WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY AUGUST 8th -- JUST ELIMINATE IT. THAT WORKS, THEN I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE

0938th? VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN CAN ANSWER THAT. THE DISTRICT HAD SOMETHING. YEAH, WE HAD A LEADERSHIP LEADERS OF COLOR INSTITUTE IN MARYLAND ON THE 7th AND 8th, AND THERE IS A FEW OF US GO INTO THAT. OKAY. >> CAN WE GO? >> THAT WILL WORK, JUST THE TOTAL ELIMINATION OF THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION. DON'T TRY TO RESCHEDULE ANYTHING. DON'T MOVE ANY OTHER THINGS. AND THEN, I CAN MAKE ALL OF THESE DATES. THE PLAN IS TO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING, THAT IS WHAT WE SAID? WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD. VICE PRESIDENT? >> IT WOULD BE UNUSUAL, IF WE WANT TO HAVE THEM ON TUESDAYS OR FRIDAYS, TO MOVE THE WORK SESSION TO MONDAY, THE 11th. BUT, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU, OR -- OKAY. WHAT MONTH? >> IN AUGUST. SO, WE ARE JUST MOVING

094THE ONE. SO, OUR ONLY CONFLICT RIGHT NOW IS AUGUST -- THAT FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST? >> THAT AUGUST 5th MEDIUM, SO WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER DAY FOR THAT AUGUST 5th EXTENDED WORK SESSION. BUT, IT HAS TO BE IN THIS GENERAL VICINITY. SO, WOULD MONDAY BE --IS MONDAY A POSSIBILITY? I HAVE NO --MONDAYS ARE --I MEAN, I COULD MAKE IT WORK. OR, TUESDAY? YOU KNOW. YEAH, I COULD MAKE ANY OF THOSE WORK, PROBABLY. BUT, THINGS ALWAYS COME UP. BUT, THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. OKAY. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, IF I MAY? I THINK WHAT YOU, ALL, HAVE MAYBE JUST SAID, IS LOOKING AT THAT AUGUST --THAT FIRST AUGUST EXTENDED WORK SESSION, AND SECRETARY WOFFORD IS, I THINK, POSING MONDAY, THE 11th, OR TUESDAY, THE 12th. TUESDAY, I THINK IT IS OUR MEETING DAY. YES. >>

095IF THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. AND IF WE CHANGED THE AUGUST EXTENDED WORK SESSION TO POTENTIALLY AUGUST 12, THEN I THINK MR. FRANK IS SAYING EVERYTHING, AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IT LISTED IN SEPTEMBER, WORKS FOR HIM. WELL, I HAVE LATE --TWO DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS THAT WEEK, FOR ME AND MY WIFE. BUT, I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD MOVE THEM. ONE IS FOR: 30, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, RIGHT? OR, I SUGGESTED MONDAY. SO, I WOULD JUST HAVE TO CHANGE ONE --I COULD DO THAT. YEAH, SO, I COULD DO THE 12th OF AUGUST. HOW ABOUT MONDAY? MONDAY WORKS JUST AS EASILY. IT WORKS FOR ME. DOES IT WORK FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? AND WE HAVE A 5th MEMBER ABSENT RIGHT NOW. YES. >> AND I FEEL LIKE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY OUR NEA SECT, THEY COME TO BE LIKE,

096IS THE MEETING TUESDAY? IT IS JUST SOMETHING YOU EXPECT. SO, WE START THROWING IT AROUND, AND IT BECOMES REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO ANTICIPATE WHEN WE ARE MEETING. HELLO, THIS WOULD BE --WELL -- IF WE MOVED THEM FROM TUESDAY TO FRIDAY, THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I HAVE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT ON THE 11th, AND THAT DR. IS ACTUALLY ONLY AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION ON MONDAYS. SO, THAT ONE, I COULD NOT MOVE. OKAY. >> IS THE 12th AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM FOR LEADERSHIP? AUGUST? >> AUGUST THE 12th? THE 12th, IS THAT -- YES, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN -- VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I THINK THE 12th WOULD WORK FOR -- NOBODY LIKES MY IDEA OF JUST ELIMINATING THE WORK SESSION? [ LAUGHTER ] >> I, PERSONALLY, DON'T. WELL, THAT'S WHERE

097HE WAS GOING WITH THAT. [ LAUGHTER ] HE'S IN THE PATRICK NOLAN SCHOOL. [ LAUGHTER ] WELL, NO, THIS IS THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION CALENDAR I WANTED, SO I CAN'T GO BACK ON THAT ONE. SO, I COULD MAKE THE 12th WORK. OKAY, SO, LET ME FIGURE OUT. SO, OKAY. I THINK, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, THE ONLY CHANGE ON THIS, IS CHANGING THE BLUE AUGUST 5th EXTENDED WORK SESSION, TO TUESDAY, AUGUST THE 12th, AS A WORK SESSION. OR, I'M SORRY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, AS AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION. OKAY. AND RETAINING THE SEPTEMBER 2nd WORK SESSION? SECRETARY WOFFORD, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. >> AND THEN, THE TWO OCTOBER BLUE DATES ON THE SCREEN. THAT IS CORRECT, YES. SO, IN THE MOTION, I SHOULD SAY "AUGUST THE 12th?" DOES IT MATTER? YES. IT MATTERS. OKAY. ARE WE READY? YES.

098>> I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVIVED 2025-2026 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN EXTENDED WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 12th. SO MOVED. >> WHAT ABOUT OCTOBER? WELL, IT'S ALREADY IN THE -->> IS IT? IT IS ALREADY IN THE PACKET, SO IT IS NOT A CHANGE. OKAY. >> RIGHT? ARE WE GOOD? MOVED BY MEMBER FRANK. SECONDED. SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION PASSES. WE DID IT, EVERYBODY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. AND ON THESE CALENDARS, TOO. YEAH. WELL, HOPEFULLY, IT WORKS FOR PRESIDENT CORT, BECAUSE THIS COULD ALL BLOW UP. YEAH. [ LAUGHTER ] WHO WANTS TO CALL HER IN FRANCE? [ LAUGHTER ] SO, NEXT, MS. O'BRIEN, 2nd READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF POLICY JCAA, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES AND

099REDISTRICTING. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. I AM HERE FOR THE 2nd READING OF POLICY JCAA. COLIN, SHOULD I CLICK BACK? CAN YOU GET US TO THE ONE THAT SAYS "SECOND READING?" THANK YOU SO MUCH. DURING OUR MEETING LAST TIME, WE ASKED FOR LETTER C TO GO INTO THE LETTER TO BE POSITION. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS THERE. WE TOOK OUT THE WORDS "AS NECESSARY," FROM LETTER B AND IN LETTER C, WE HAVE TAKEN OUT A COUPLE OF "THAT'S" THAT WE FEEL LIKE WERE NOT NEEDED. ALSO, IN THE HEADING, WE ADDED FOR RELATED ENTRIES, JCARR AT THE TOP. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL OF THE CHANGES. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? NO QUESTIONS? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FOOT? [ LAUGHTER ] [ LAUGHTER

100] >> I HOPE YOU ARE OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ] I AM OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. SO, WE ARE ON THE SECOND READING OF THIS, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE ARE OKAY. IT IS AN ACTION ITEM? YES, SIR. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY JCAA, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES AND REDISTRICTING. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO, SECONDED BY MEMBER FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, AYES HAVE IT, WE HAVE POLICY. THANK YOU. >> MR. 04, SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF GOALS. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. THIS IS THE SECOND READING, AND AGAIN POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR POLICY BA, WHICH IS BOARD GOALS, THIS WAS LAST UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013 AND THERE HAS BEEN NO

101PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS. THERE WAS ALSO NO FEEDBACK FROM THE FIRST READING, SO I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MR. FIRTH. I THINK THAT WAS THE REGULATION ONE. OH, WAS IT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY BA, BOARD GOALS. SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. MOVED BY MEMBER FRANK, SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> AYE. AYE. --ALL RIGHT, THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. MOVING BACK, BACK TO NEW BUSINESS, FIRST READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF REGULATION BA-R BOARD GOALS, MR. SILVER. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. IF I COULD JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THIS. YOU'RE JUST APPROVED POLICY, BA, THAT YOU JUST APPROVED, WAS THE OVERARCHING BOARD GOAL POLICY.

102DEREGULATION THAT GOES WITH THAT, BA-R, THIS IS HERE AND UPDATED, AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE TYPICALLY, YOU, I'LL DO THE POLICIES, AND WE DO THE REGULATIONS. IN THIS CASE, THE REGULATION BELONGS TO YOU, ALL, AS A SCHOOL BOARD. SO, THAT IS WHY IT IS HERE, FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE. JUST TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IF I CAN, IF YOU SAW THE RED STRIKETHROUGH INFORMATION IS VERBATIM FROM THE PREVIOUS GOALS THAT THE DISTRICT HAD. SO, THE BLUE THAT IS HERE ON THIS REGULATION IS ALSO VERBATIM FROM THE STRATEGIC GOAL POLICIES. I'M SORRY, THE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED. AND SO, I DO --AGAIN, THE BOARD DID RECEIVE --WE DID RECEIVE SOME PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS THAT I FORWARDED YOU ALL EARLIER, THIS AFTERNOON. I KNOW MR.

103FRANK ALSO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT MAYBE LIKE SOME OF THE GRAMMATICAL PIECES IN THE BLUE. I JUST WANT TO MAYBE JUST SHARE THIS WITH THE BOARD, AND THEN EXTEND BACK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT CHANGE TOO MUCH ON THE REGULATION LANGUAGE, BECAUSE THEN IT WON'T MATCH THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS. AND SO, BASED ON THE CALENDAR WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS WILL BE LIGHT, COMING BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND ONCE THAT WORK IS DONE, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND UPDATE REGULATION BA-R AGAIN. AND JUST THE LAST THING ON THAT, JUST IS A REMINDER, THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT IS A 2025-2029 DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN, SO JUST KNOWING THAT THIS BOARD REGULATION MAY COME TO YOU A NUMBER OF TIMES,

104BECAUSE AS YOU ALL UPDATE GOALS, WE WOULD UPDATE THE REGULATION. AND WITH THAT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? >> VICE PRESIDENT? SECRETARY WOFFORD? >> WHAT DOES OUR STYLE MANUAL SAFER PURPOSE STATEMENTS, AND REGULATIONS? I BELIEVE IN POLICIES, WE HAVE MADE THEM COMPLETE SENTENCES. AND SO, THIS COULD READ, "THE PURPOSE OF REGULATION BA-R IS TO IMPLEMENT," IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH REGULATIONS. BUT, WITH THE POLICY, YOU GUYS WRITE THE REGULATIONS. I WOULD SAY, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, SECRETARY WOFFORD, I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. I THINK OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO ALIGN THAT WITH THE CONSISTENCY OF A PLACEMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON MY PART. HAVEN'T WE SHIFTED TO COMPLETE SENTENCES, THERE? OR, DO YOU RECALL? OH, MY GOSH. I DON'T KNOW. WHEN I LOOK

105BACK AT THE POLICY THAT GOES WITH IT, IT IS A COMPLETE SENTENCE. AND THE OTHERS WE HAVE LOOKED AT. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WE COULD ABSOLUTELY MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. ARE YOU SAYING -->> THE PURPOSE OF REGULATION BA-R IS TO -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PURPOSE? SORRY. ALTHOUGH, WE ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT. WE HAVE A VERB STATEMENT FOR OUR JCAA. USUALLY, WE DON'T SEE IT IN --I DON'T --I AM USUALLY ONLY LOOKING AT LIKE, THE MEAT OF REGULATION. I AM NOT LOOKING AT THOSE LITTLE THINGS, IF YOU HAVE THAT ON TOP. RIGHT. BUT, I DO NOTICE ON POLICY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE GET STUCK, FIRST. YEAH. >> IT'S PRETTY EASY. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR, EITHER WAY, WHAT IS GOING ON. SO, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CONSISTENCY. SO, OUT OF

106CURIOSITY, WHEN WOULD WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC GOALS? SURE. AGAIN, I WOULD SAY, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MS. TENORIO, MR. RUIZ, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE BOARD WOULD SET AN AGENDA FOR WHATEVER DATE WE JUST RESCHEDULED THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION. THAT IS WHERE I ASSUME PRESIDENT CORT AND VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN WILL WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY, AUGUST THE 12th? >> I -- SEPTEMBER -->> AUGUST 12th. [ LAUGHTER ] YEAH, VICE PRESIDENT, IF I MAY? MEMBER TENORIO? YEAH, WHAT DID I MISS? CALENDAR! [ LAUGHTER ] ONE MORE, ON THE CALENDAR. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT. TO MEMBER TENORIO'S QUESTION AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND INPUT, WE ARE LOOKING AT ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST EXTENDED WORK SESSION OF THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT IS CORRECT,

107MR. RUIZ. I HAD TO LOOK BACK IN MY NOTES, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU APPROVED. SO, WE WOULD BE TWEAKING SOME OF THIS? YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT. AND WE WOULD POTENTIALLY, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBER TENORIO, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE REGULATION, IF WE DID TWEAK ANY OF THE GOALS, WE WOULD ALSO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THE REGULATION TO REFLECT THAT. YES, SIR. IS THE REGULATION IS WRITTEN NOW, THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT WE SET, WAY BACK WHEN WE DID THE STRATEGIC PLANNING A YEAR OR TWO AGO. YES, THIS IS CORRECT. THESE ARE ONE OF THE FEW REGULATIONS THAT WE OWN, AS A BOARD. YES. >> YES, SO, MY CONCERNS, THEN, CAN JUST BE PUT ASIDE UNTIL WE GET TO AUGUST THE 12th, WHEN WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS, AND I WILL BRING

108IT UP, THEN. SO, I AM OKAY WITH THE WAY IT IS. AND PLEASE, DISREGARD MY SUGGESTION, AS WELL. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE ARE FINE. SO, WE ARE NOT --WE ARE JUST, AS IS? NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THIS? OKAY. NO FIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] OH, SHOOT. ITEM TWO. WAIT, NO, WHERE IS THIS? OLD BUSINESS? >> NEW BUSINESS. TOP OF THE PAGE. OH, SORRY, YES. I THOUGHT WE HAD PASSED THIS. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. UP THAT WAY. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE REGULATION BA-R BOARD GOALS. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO, SECONDED BY --WAS THAT MEMBER FRANK? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE AYES HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, JOSH, YOU GET TO STAY UP HERE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF 2025-2026 NOTICE OF

109BOARD MEETINGS. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND AGAIN POSSIBLE APPROVAL, AS HE JUST SAID, MR. NOLAN, OF THE NOTICE OF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS. I DO JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT WE DID JUST MAKE A CHANGE. YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS AND WE WOULD GET THAT REVISED. VICE PRESIDENT? YES? >> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE THAT EXTENDED TIME WORKING DATE ON THIS DOCUMENT TO THE 12th, THEN, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THE OCTOBER --THE OCTOBER REFLEX YOUR EARLIER DOCUMENT, DOESN'T IT? THE OCTOBER DATES? CORRECT, YES. THEN, THE CHANGE IS JUST TO THE 12th, FROM THE FIFTH? YES. THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE. RIGHT? YES. PRESIDENT NOLAN? I MEAN, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, IF I

110MAY? TO SIMPLIFY IT, I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS WITH THE CHANGES TO THAT SCHEDULE, AS APPROVED UNDER FIVE A 1. SO, YOU WOULD JUST ADJUST THAT TO MATCH 5A 1. SO, WITH THE CHANGES TO THAT SCHEDULE, AS APPROVED ON YOUR 5A 1. 5A 1. OKAY, SO, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS, REFLECTIVE OF THE CHANGES MADE IN 5A 1. 5A 1. I CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING. 5A 1. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD, SECONDED BY MEMBER FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? ALRIGHTY, THE AYES HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF 25-26 OPEN MEETINGS ACT NOTICE RESOLUTION. I FEEL LIKE WE --DID WE JUST -- EVERY YEAR.

111>> OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DID IT AT THE ACC, THAT IS WHY IT IS FAMILIAR. RIGHT. OH, OKAY. SO, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, MR. RUIZ, THIS WILL PROBABLY LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST SAW AT ACC, MR. NOLAN. THIS IS THE 25-26 OPEN MEETINGS ACT NOTICE RESOLUTION. YEAH, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? SO, I LOOKED BACK ON LAST YEARS DOCUMENT AND DIDN'T SEE ANY CHANGES, WHATSOEVER. IS THAT CORRECT? JUST UPDATING DATES? I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT, YES. OKAY, VERY GOOD. OKAY, SO, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 OPEN MEETINGS ACT NOTICE RESOLUTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO, SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES

112HAVE IT, AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION. SHIRLEY AND BRIDGET, A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. SILVER. DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REGULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS, AND RENEWING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING TAX, IN THE NOVEMBER 4th, 2025 LOCAL GENERAL ELECTION. THAT IS A MOUTHFUL, HUH? YES. [ LAUGHTER ] LET'S DO IT. >> AT EVENING, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. RUIZ. SHIRLEY AND I ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION, AS MR. NOLAN JUST READ, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT THESE TWO ITEMS ON THE NOVEMBER 4th REGULAR LOCAL ELECTION BALLOT. THE TWO ITEMS ARE THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE AMOUNT OF $65 MILLION. AND ITEM TWO WOULD BE A RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

113BUILDINGS TAX, WHICH WOULD BE OUR THREE MILL LEVY. AGAIN, BOTH ITEMS ARE A RENEWAL OF ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THE RESOLUTION WOULD REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, TOO, ALSO, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS TAX IS AVAILABLE TO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE. APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, AGAIN, WOULD GET THESE TWO ITEMS ON OUR BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER 4th, AND THERE IS A DEADLINE TO GET THIS TO OUR COUNTY CLERK, OF AUGUST -- WHAT IS THAT, 23rd? WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? THANK YOU. OKAY, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REGULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BONDS AND RENEWING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING TAX IN THE

114NOVEMBER 4th, LOCAL GENERAL ELECTION. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. MOVED BY MEMBER FRANK, SECONDED BY MEMBER TENORIO. AND THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE. BOARD MEMBER FRANK? >> YES. >> MEMBER TENORIO? YES. >> SECRETARY WOFFORD VOTE YES. VICE PRESIDENT? YES. >> OKAY, MOTION APPROVED. >> YAY! RESOLUTION, NOT MOTION. WELL -->> RESOLUTION IS FINE. >> OKAY. I'M GETTING BETTER ON THE "ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED," THING. THAT GOT ME IN THE BEGINNING. [ LAUGHTER ] OKAY? DISCUSSION, ITEM FIVE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A LETTER TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DONA ANA COUNTY CLERK, PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF BOARD POSITIONS UP FOR ELECTION IN THE NOVEMBER 4th, 2025, GENERAL ELECTION. SHIRLEY PRITCHETT? MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, I BRING BEFORE YOU A LETTER THAT IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY CLERK THAT WE WILL

115HAVE THREE BOARD SEATS ON THE NOVEMBER 4th REGULAR LOCAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT'S 1, 2, AND 3. THE LETTER IS DUE TO THE COUNTY CLERK BY JULY 7th. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY FOR THOSE THREE POSITIONS CAN BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK ON AUGUST 26th FROM THE HOURS OF 9:00 TO 5:00 P.M. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? NO. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN? IS IT -- DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THE WORDING, HERE? I MEAN, CAN WE CHANGE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES, DETERMINING THE WINNER TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING? OH, YEAH. WE HAVE TO DO THAT. I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE, BUT I MEAN -- WE DON'T HAVE RANKED CHOICE. I AM SAYING, COULD WE CHANGE WHAT IT SAYS HERE, TO THAT? NO, YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR RANKED CHOICE. YOU

116HAVE TO VOTE TO ASK YOU TO HAVE A RANKED CHOICE BALLOT. I DON'T THINK SCHOOL BOARD'S ARE ALLOWED TO DO RANKED CHOICE. I DON'T KNOW. NOT FOR THIS ELECTION. >> YEAH, NOT FOR THIS ONE. IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, I DO SUPPORT RANKED CHOICE. BUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS ON A SCHOOL BOARD. IF THIS IS SUBJECT TO OUR APPROVAL, I MEAN, IT IS PRETTY MUCH OUR DOCUMENT. SO, I AM ASKING IF WE HAVE ANY INPUT INTO THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT? THAT IS A FAIR POINT, MEMBER FRANK. WE CAN DISAGREE, AND VOTE "NO." IS GALLEGOS? SO, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MR. FRANK, I REGRET THAT I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. KATELYN DAWSON, IN OUR OFFICE, DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS. WHEN SHE PREPARED IT, SHE ALSO CONSULTED WITH SCHOLZ, WHO YOU ALL KNOW IS

117OF COUNSEL TO US, WHO HAS DONE IT IN PRIOR YEARS. SO, AS FAR AS FLEXIBILITY, I APOLOGIZE. I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THAT QUESTION. SO, I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. BUT, I WOULD BE RELUCTANT, GIVEN THE DEADLINE, TO TRY AND DEVIATE, AND RUN THE RISK THAT IT COULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AND WE COULD POTENTIALLY MISS THE DEADLINE. SO, I CERTAINLY WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY AND GO AND RESEARCH IT, SO THAT YOU ARE WELL PREPARED, NEXT TIME AROUND. BUT, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ANTICIPATING THAT QUESTION. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR JUST BRINGING IT UP ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT, BECAUSE IT JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD, RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT IT. I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, WHEN I READ IT THE FIRST TIME. BUT, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TIME PROBLEM,

118HERE. SO -- VICE PRESIDENT? >> BUT, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE LOOKING INTO WHETHER WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DECIDE HOW WE ELECT OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. SECRETARY WOFFORD? I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT, AS A BOARD, TO DIRECT OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, TO SEE IF WE HAVE AN AVAILABLE OPTION FOR US, FOR AN ELECTION FOR RANKED CHOICE VOTING? BY NO MEANS, I AM NOT SPARED. I THINK THE COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL BOARD'S IS THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A STATEWIDE RANKED CHOICE. BUT, DO NOT QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER THAT IS PERCOLATING IN MY HEAD. THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES DID RANKED CHOICE, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS JUST THEIR OWN MUNICIPALITY. THEN, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY

119BECAUSE WE GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES. SO, THE COUNTY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO DO RANKED CHOICE. OKAY. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LETTER TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY CLERK PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF BOARD POSITIONS UP FOR ELECTION IN THE NOVEMBER 4th, 2025 REGULAR LOCAL ELECTION. SOME OF IT. >> MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO. SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. LETTER SENT TO THE COUNTY. I THINK WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE ITEM . SURELY O'BRIEN. DISCUSSION . DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2025 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROJECT S PACKAGE. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN . MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND SUPERINTENDENT --ARE WE GOOD? YES. WE ARE GOOD. OKAY. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE BOND PROJECT'S PACKAGE FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE

120APPROVAL . THE PROJECTS LISTED HERE ARE THE SAME PROJECTS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE MAY 20th MEETING, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOW COMBINED INTO ONE TABLE AND GROUPED BY CATEGORY. AS STATED AT THE MAY 20th MEETING , THE ITEMS WITH ONE ASTERISK INDICATES PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING. 58% AT THE DISTRICT SHARE AND 42% OF THE STATE SHARE. TWO ASTERISKS INDICATES THE PROJECT ALREADY HAS STATE FUNDING SECURED. WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH GROUPING THIS EVENING IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I'M HAPPY TO PROCEED AS THE BOARD WISHES . MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, HOW DO WE WANT TO --WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THIS. OKAY. WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? QUESTIONS ? MORE JUST A THANKS. YOU DID A FULL PRESENTATION OUTLINING WHAT OUR BONDS REQUESTS ARE. YOU MADE IT

121VERY CLEAR WHAT IT IS WE ARE SEEKING IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER . ABSOLUTELY. >> I WOULD JUST ADD THERE WAS A TON OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND COLLABORATION ON COMING UP WITH PRIORITIES, SO THANK YOU, BOTH, FORGETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND HELPING US. WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIORITIES , SO IT IS HARD TO PRIORITIZE SOMETIMES, BUT THIS IS A GOOD LIST. THESE THINGS ALL MAKE SENSE AND ARE GOOD FOR OUR DISTRICT. WE WERE AT THE IN ALBUQUERQUE. YOUR MEMBER WHO IS THE ONE THAT TALKED ABOUT GEO BOND? HE WAS THE FORMER PET SECRETARY BEFORE --TALL GUY. STEINHAUS ? YES. >> YEAH. MAYBE IT WAS HIM AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW AS BOARD MEMBERS WE CAN GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE TO

122VOTE FOR THIS BOND. WE ARE KIND OF LIKE --WE WEREN'T SITTING TOGETHER. FINDING EACH OTHER IN THE ROOM. DID YOU HEAR WHAT THEY SAID? WHAT HE SAID? JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN SAY . MEMBER TENORIO, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO MS. GALLEGOS. WE HAVE SOUGHT LEGAL GUIDANCE ON THAT, AND I WILL DEFER TO HER. I'M PREPARED FOR THAT QUESTION TONIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] THIS IS ALSO CAITLIN DAWSON, WHO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE AREA OF ELECTIONS, AND SHE DID LOOK INTO IT. AND BECAUSE YOU ALL ON THE DAIS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ ARE ALL POLITICAL BEINGS, AND YOU CAN SPEAK AS INDIVIDUALS IN TERMS OF THIS BOND IN THE WHEREAS OF COURSE PUBLIC RESOURCES, INCLUDING EMPLOYEE EFFORT CANNOT SPEAK OTHER THAN THE FACTUAL INFORMATION

123ABOUT THE BOND . YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND CAMPAIGN. MY BIG QUESTION WHEN THE QUESTION WAS POSED TO ME WAS WHETHER YOU COULD SPEAK FROM THE DAIS, AND YOU CAN . AS BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY, YOU CAN SPEAK OUT ON THIS ISSUE , BUT OF COURSE AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WHICH IS WHAT BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, EMPLOYEES ARE RESTRICTED IN HOW PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE EXPENDED ARE RESTRICTED. WOW. THANK YOU. LET ME BE THE FIRST TO URGE VOTERS TO SUPPORT. [ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU, MR. NOLAN. WHAT AN OPPORTUNIST. AND YOUR TAX RATE WILL STAY THE SAME. NO TAX INCREASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2025 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROJECTS PACKAGE. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO. SECONDED BY MEMBER FRANK . ALL IN SUPPORT? ALL IN

124FAVOR. >> ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED ? ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WAS ON A ROLL. OKAY. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, BOARD REPORTS . I WILL START ON OUR FAR RIGHT. MEMBER FRANK. I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING TO REPORT, SO I WILL JUST DEFER TO THE NEXT PERSON. SECRETARY WOFFORD. I THINK WE HAVE HAD [ INAUDIBLE ] HARD TO REMEMBER. AND SO IT IS NICE TO HAVE THE END OF SUMMER REPORT FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE ACTUAL EO WHY DATA TO SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT . BUT IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR IT WAS SUCCESSFUL . ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO , I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH . YEAH. DON'T LET ME LAUNCH INTO OTHER ACTIVITIES. SO THANK YOU. MEMBER TENORIO.

125I DID NOT PREPARE A BOARD REPORT, BUT I CAN JUST SAY THAT, THANK YOU, LCPS , FOR HOSTING NUMEROUS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, INCLUDING MINE , AND COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY . IT IS REALLY HELPFUL. AND I KNOW THAT OUR KIDS NEED THOSE KINDS OF THINGS DURING SCHOOL TIME BECAUSE BEING AT HOME IS ONLY GOOD TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. THEY WANT TO BE SOCIAL. THEY WANT TO BE ACTIVE . THEY WANT TO BE CHALLENGED. AND SO I SEE THE STUFF WE DO AT OUR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. IN ADDITION TO THE ONES YOU MENTIONED, MY ASK WOULD BE MAYBE IN OUR ONE-ON-ONES WE CAN GET THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF JUST SO WE KIND OF KNOW HOW BIG IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW. JUST WHERE IT WAS. I

126DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I HAVE TO SAY. LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER GRADUATION. IT IS SO HOT. IT IS REALLY HARD TO BE IN LAS CRUCES IN THE SUMMER. EVERYBODY STAY SAFE. I WILL JUST --KUDOS TO THE STAFF FOR PULLING OFF GRADUATION. I THINK GRADUATION WAS SORT OF ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS FOR ME. I THINK IN LIFE WE SHOULD HAVE MORE MOMENTS. PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. GRADUATION IS A REMINDER OF THE AMAZING WORK AND HOW PROUD THE STUDENTS WERE AND HOW PROUD THOSE FAMILIES WERE OF GRADUATION. IT ENLIVENS THE SPIRIT AND IT REALLY SORT OF DRIVES HOME THE POINT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. I THINK FOLKS THAT WANT TO DIMINISH THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE GRADUATES ARE NOT IN THAT ROOM . THEY ARE NOT SEEING THOSE FAMILIES.

127APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYBODY THAT HELPED AND HOW MANY DID WE GRADUATE THIS YEAR? 1400 AND SOME CHANGE? APPROXIMATELY. YES. 1400 FOLKS THAT DID THE FIRST ADULT THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO GET TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. LCPS HELPED THEM GET THERE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT WAS PART OF THAT JOURNEY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> MOVED BY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY MEMBER FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED ? DO I BANG THE GAVEL AT THE END? DO IT. THE TIME IS 8:08. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. I NEVER DID IT, BUT THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. I ALWAYS FORGET THAT TOO.