001HELLO, EVERYONE. IT'S 6:00 P.M. AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. SORRY. I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND I'M NOT QUITE READY. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. NOW I'M READY. THANK YOU ALL. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL. SURE. MEMBER FRANK? HERE. >> I SEE THE ABSENCE OF MR. -- VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. HERE. AND PRESIDENT CORT. >> I AM HERE. THANK YOU, SECRETARY WOFFORD. CAN WE STAND NOW TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DOES ANYBODY FROM THE BACK WANT TO COME UP AND LEAD LEAD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. START US OFF, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [SPEAKING
002IN 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] WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND I WILL GIVE YOU A PROTEIN BAR? [LAUGHTER] IF THEY ARE OREOS, THEY WILL BE MINE. THANK YOU. SO AS FAR AS APPROVAL OF AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ONE ITEM FROM CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS 5A2, AND SO GIVEN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JULY 8 th 2025 REGULAR SESSION AGENDA AS AMENDED? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY SAYING NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 16th, 2025 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED,
003NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT, 4-0. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, 4B-5, THE END ZONE SPORTS OF LAS CRUCES, AND FIVE E TWO, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS OR BARS, AND 5E 3, PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS, AND 5E 4, VENDOR PAYMENTS. PRESIDENT CORT, DID I SEE YOU SKIP ITEM 1, IT'S SHOWN AS A CONSENT AGENDA ON MINE? I DO BELIEVE I DID BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS ONE. TELL ME THE ITEM NUMBER AGAIN. ITEM 5 B 1, AND 5A-2 AS THE SOS AGREEMENT? IT'S THE 5B ONE WHERE IT'S THE SGS. IT'S STARRED HERE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE. IT IS ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM BUT I DID NOT HEAR YOU READ THAT? YES, BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE APPROVED THE AGENDA I REMOVED THE CONSENT -- I THOUGHT YOU REMOVED
004THE SERVICE AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. MY APOLOGIES, MR. WOFFORD. WOULD YOU SHOW ME? YES, THE STS WAS DOWN HERE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL, AND -- OH. AND MY QUESTION IS I DID NOT HEAR YOU READ IT WHEN YOU WERE ENUMERATING THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I DID NOT. DO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I WOULD ADD THAT OR I WOULD REMOVE THAT AS PART OF THE SRO SERVICE AGREEMENT? IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I THINK IT GOT STARRED BY MISTAKE. AT THE FINANCE SUB COMMITTEE, THAT WAS OUR DECISION, AND SO I DID NOT LOOK TO SEE THAT IT HAD BEEN DONE THAT WAY, SO NOW WE'VE APPROVED THE AGENDA AND WILL NEED TO GO
005BACK THROUGH AND -- I WILL CALL ON JOSH SILVER FOR JUST A MOMENT, AND THEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. MAYBE JUST TO CLARIFY, AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE PUBLISHED AGENDA. I BELIEVE THAT PERHAPS THERE ARE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE AGENDA, BUT PRESIDENT CORT, THE 5B-1 STUDENT TRANSPORTATION AS YOUR AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED TO THE PUBLIC IS NOT A CONSENT ITEM BUT IS PUBLISHED LIKE IT IS HERE. I WOULD SAY SO MOVED FOR ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THE SRO STAYING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. YOURS SHOWS IT AS WELL. IT SHOWS IT -- IT'S NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON ALL OF THAT? MOSTLY. THANK YOU. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD
006AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK, AND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT 4-0. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, MR. SILVER. I APPRECIATE THAT. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY JULY 8th, 2025, FROM 5:05 P.M. TO 5:45 P.M. SPECIFICALLY SO ONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNCIL COULD ADVISE SKPR THETHE COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES, AND SECTION 10-15- 1H4 SO THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN UPDATE THE BOARD REGARDING ONE RECENT STUDENT DEATH AND THE DISTRICT'S SUPPORT OF STUDENTS FAMILIES, AND I AFFIRM THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED HERE. IF YOU ALL WOULD PERMIT ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND ASK FOR A MOMENT OF
007SILENCE FOR THE DEATHS OF OUR SIX STUDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN JUNE, AND FOR OUR BUS DRIVER. JUST WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HOLD THEM IN OUR HEARTS FOR A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALL. IT WAS A TOUGH JUNE. BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH ARE FOUND IN BOARD POLICY BEDH AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER, HOWEVER THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THE BOARD DOES NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM OR COMMENT UPON PERSONNEL MATTERS, HOWEVER ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD DOES NOT ADOPT DURING
008THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS NOR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE BOARD MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHY I READ THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS TODAY, BUT IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF THERE. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, INDEED. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. AND SO NOW WE SHALL BE MOVING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, PRESIDENT CORT, AND HOPE EVERYBODY IS HAVING A GREAT DAY. TO BEGIN MY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT TODAY, OUR NEA AND SEC PARTNERS ARE NOT HERE TODAY BUT DO SEND THEIR REGARDS, AND MRS. JULIE WICK WANTED AN UPDATE THAT IT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND THEY ARE GLAD THEY GOT
009THAT DONE SO FYI ON THAT. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING BACK TO SCHOOL ALREADY, RIGHT? SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE CELEBRATING GRADUATIONS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, STUDENT OUTCOMES, BUT WE ARE PREPARING BACK TO SCHOOL AND PREPARING ALSO THIS YEAR A COMMUNICATION TO OUR PARENTS, TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH THINGS SUCH AS OUR BUS SCHEDULES, AND OUR START TIMES FOR SCHOOLS, RESOURCES, COMMUNICATION RESOURCES AND ET CETERA, SO I WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE SOON ON THAT, SO FYI. BUT REALLY QUICK, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT ON JUNE 20th, WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROAD RUNNER FOOD BANK AND SERVED MORE THAN 430 FAMILIES THROUGH A DRIVE-UP EVENT AND AT THE HEART OF THE EFFORT WAS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS' FAMILIES NOT JUST AROUND EDUCATION
010BUT FOR CARE AND CONNECTION AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, JUST A SHOUT- OUT TO OUR DEDICATED BILINGUAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM AND OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS, AND JUST A REMINDER WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WE CAN HELP SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. AGAIN, TO EVERY FAMILY WHO CAME, WE SEE YOU AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AND HONORED TO SERVE YOU. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN FOR VOLUNTEERING THAT MOMENT AND HELPING US OUT AS WELL. OOPS. SUMMER GRADUATION ON FRIDAY --LET ME GO BACK. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK, WE WILL BE CONTINUING AND PROVIDING SOME OF THOSE DRIVE-UP, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL, TYPE OF FOOD RESOURCES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH ROADRUNNER AS WELL. ON
011THE 27th OF JUNE, WE CELEBRATED THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THOSE THAT HAD THEIR GRADUATIONS, AND AGAIN, THESE STUDENTS REALLY SHOWED INCREDIBLE RESILIENCE, DETERMINATION AND COMMITMENT BY COMPLETING THEIR REQUIREMENTS DURING SUMMER SCHOOL. IT WAS JOYFUL AND A HEARTFELT EVENING FELT BY PROUD FAMILIES THAT WERE CHEERING. I SPOKE TO A FEW OF THEM BEFORE I LEFT AND JUST A TIME FOR CELEBRATION AND THESE STUDENTS GOT IT DONE, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF SUMMER OF 2025. COLUMBIA, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUILDING AROUND THE REOPENING OF COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BACK TO THE NEWLY MODERNIZED CAMPUS, AND THE BOARD WILL HEAR MORE DURING THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION, BUT AN EXTENDED INVITATION FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 P.M., AND IT WILL BE A FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT AND WE WILL CELEBRATE A LAUNCH OF OF
012NEW CHAPTER FOR COLUMBIA, WITH SPACE- THEMED ACTIVITIES, AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND KIDDOS AS WELL. LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS BEEN HONORED WITH THE EXCELLENCEEXCELLENCE PROCUREMENT, AND THIS IS RECOGNIZING OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PURCHASING PROCESS, AND IT HIGHLIGHTS COST EFFICIENCY AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND CHAVEZ, OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING HAS GUIDED OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM AND STRENGTHENED VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TEAM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THAT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. BOARD MEMBERS? YES? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD REMIND ME OF WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE PAID FOR FOR PROCUREMENT, YOU KNOW, BELOW THE LIST PRICE? I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT
013AT THE FINANCE MEETING AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO STATE IT FORMALLY DURING THIS MEETING AND GET IT INTO THE MINUTES. WHILE HE COMES UP HERE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COST- SAVINGS AROUND THAT PROCESS AND THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES PUT IN PLACE BY MR. LOU AND THE TEAM AND IT HAS BENEFITED OUR SCHOOLS AND BENEFITED US OVERALL FINANCIALLY, SO MR. LOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT, THE MOST RECENT YEAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR '24-'25, THE AVERAGE OVERALL ANNUAL SAVING COMPARED TO THE LISTING PRICE, WE SAVE ABOUT 26% FROM THAT, AND THAT LEADS TO AN OVERALL OVER $12 MILLION SAVINGS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHICH WAS A SIGNAL IFICANT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WE PASSED
014THE LINE OF 12 MILLION. YAY. AND THAT'S WHY THIS AWARD IS SO WELL DESERVED. ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT IS THE PROOF. THANK YOU, MR. LOU. THANK YOU, MR. LOU. BOARD MEMBERS? >> I WANTED TO THANK STEVE AND HIS TEAM FOR THE MOU WITH ROADRUNNER. THAT WAS JUST VERY NICE TO SEE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU FOR WORKING THAT OUT, AND THE END ZONE THING, TOO. THOSE WERE BOTH NICE TO SEE. ABSOLUTELY. >> DO WE KNOW WHEN OUR NEXT FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS? WE HAD ONE RECENTLY, ONE LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY HERE AT CENTRAL OFFICE AND I KNOW WE ARE SCHEDULING MORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DO WE HAVE A DATE, TEAM, FOR OUR NEXT ONE? AUGUST 7th --WE HAVE A LIST OF THE NEXT ONE. AUGUST 7th WOULD
015BE OUR NEXT ONE, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BUT I WILL HAVE MR. SILVER SEND OUT AN UPDATE AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO BOARD ITEMS, TO OLD BUSINESS. THERE IS NOTHING. SORRY. I'M JUST GETTING OVER A COLD SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S -- ANYWAY. NEW BUSINESS. WHOO. A COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UPDATE. MR. RODRIGUEZ, MRS. MARTINEZ? MRS. MARTINEZ IS NOT HERE. OKAY. TERRY, IS IT JUST YOU? NOT JUST YOU --THAT SOUNDED TERRIBLE. BRIDGET WILL BE JOINING US AS WELL. PRESIDENT CORT, IF I MAY, WHILE THEY GET PREPARED, WE WILL HAVE TERRY --PART OF THE UPDATE WILL INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE BUILDING UPDATE BUT WILL INCLUDE HR INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION AS WELL, SO BRIDGET HAS GOT A
016BIO THERE, AND ALSO MR. RODRIGUEZ. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM PRESIDENT, AND VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THE COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UPDATE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COLUMBIA-PHASED OPENING, AND OUR FIRST DATE OF JULY 16th IS STILL ON SCHEDULE. THAT HESITATION, I GOT SCARED. WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS, GETTING ITEMS IN PLACE, AND DIFFERENT TEAMS ARE THERE TO SUPPORT AND HELP MOVE THOSE ITEMS WE NEED TO BE MOVING, SO PLANNING FOR THAT PHASE 1, AND SEPTEMBER 17th WILL BE MOVE- IN TIME AND WE WILL MOVE THEM OVER THAT WEEKEND AS WELL. WE WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE REST ROOMS STOCKED BECAUSE THEY WILL BE READY TO USE, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT'S IN PLACE. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE AREAS
017THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR US IN PHASE 1, AND WE WILL BREAK THAT DOWN MORE IN OTHER SLIDES. PHASE 2 IS STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST 26th, WHICH IS THE COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT BUILDING DURING THAT MONTH. A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MONTH OR SO RIGHT AFTER THE PHASE 1 COMPLETION. PHASE 3 IS ANTICIPATED DECEMBER 25th, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT EARLIER THAN THAT AND WE WILL HAVE TOTAL COMPLETION EARLIER THAN THAT. WITH THAT, PHASE 1, THIS IS GOING TO BE EVERYTHING WE HAVE AS FAR AS ALL OF OUR SAFETY SYSTEMS WE NEED, AND THAT WILL BE THE GENERAL CLASSROOM WINGS AND OUR BUS LOOP THAT YOU CAN SEE --ON ANOTHER PICTURE HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BUS LOOP THAT IS SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL, AND THAT'S
018WHERE THE BUSES ARE COMING IN. WE WILL HAVE THESE OTHER KIN TREES, AND IN THE PICTURE, YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING PAVED AND READY TO GO, AND AFTER WE HAD THE BIG RAINS AND I WENT OUT THERE THE NEXT DAY AND WAS GLADGLAD SEE EVERYTHING WAS PAVED ANDAND THAT, AND NO DELAYS FROM THE MONSOON, AND THAT WAS A CONCERN WHAT THE MONSOONS WOULD BE, AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB ENSURING THAT WAS IN PLACE. WE HAVE A GREAT ENVELOPE OF A BUILDING AND NO WATER IN THE BUILDING. FANTASTIC. OTHER THINGS WE HAVE IS THE MEDIA CENTER, DIFFERENT ITEMS IN THAT PART, AND YOU WILL SEE PICTURES OF WHAT THE INSIDE IS LOOKING LIKE AND IT'S DEFINITELY COMING ALONG. COLUMBIA PHASE --SO PHASE 1 AND 2, THIS IS THE BUILDING. IN THE BREAK UP OF THE PURPLE
019IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE JULY 16th, ALL THE CLASSROOMS AND ACCESS TO THE RINGS AND ALL THE CABINETRY GOING IN, AND FURNITURE IS THERE AND THEY ARE STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER THE FURNITURE AND MOVE THAT AROUND AND IT'S EASIER TO MOVE THE FURNITURE WHEN IT'S SET UP BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ON WHEELS, AND YOU ROLL IT INSTEAD THE MIDDLE WITH THE BOXES, AND SO THEY ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AS WE SPEAK. WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THAT PART. AUGUST 26th, THE ENTIRE BUILDING. YOU WILL HAVE PICTURES OF PHASE 2 AS WELL TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT WITH PHASE 2. YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE FIELDS AND THE DIFFERENT PLACES AS WELL. LET ME GO BACK TO THIS ONE. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE DRONE
020VIDEO, IT WILL BE CLEARER, BUT THE DIFFERENT PLAYGROUNDS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE. THE ONE THAT IS STILL WITH JUST THE STRUCTURE IS THE FIFTH GRADE PLAYGROUND WHICH IS WEST OF THE ACCESSIBLE AREA AND IT'S GRAYED OUT, AND THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXTERIOR IMAGES FROM THE DRONE AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE -- NOT A LIVE VIDEO BUT THE ONE FROM THURSDAY IS THE MOST CURRENT DRONE VIDEO, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MATERIALS WE ARE HAVING TO STORE ANYMORE BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS PUT UP IN THE BUILDING, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PAVEMENT AND DIFFERENT LOOPS AND THE RIGHT PICTURE AS WELL. GOOD PICTURE ON THE PROGRESS ON THE EXTERIORS. THIS IS THE FRONT ENTRANCE ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND
021THE LANDSCAPING HERE WAS NOT DONE AND THEY ARE PUSHING TO HAVE A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPING DONE PRIOR TO THE JULY 16th DATE SO MOST OF THE WORK AROUND THE BUILDING IS ALREADY COMPLETED AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING. THEY ARE PUSHING TO THE OUTSIDE SO THEY HAVE THAT DONE. THIS IS THE PLAY GROUND RIGHT HERE WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE WENT FOR THE VISIT AND IT WAS THE SHADE STRUCTURE. ALL OF THAT IS DONE, AND THE POUR AND PLAY IS DONE AND THE PAINT IS ON IT AND ALL THAT IS COMPLETED AND READY TO GO. THESE ARE INTERIOR IMAGES. IF YOU LOOK WITH THE NUMBER 5 RIGHT THERE, THOSE ARE THE ENTRIES IN THE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS OR LEARNING CENTERS AND THAT'S OUR FIFTH GRADE AREA WHERE WE WILL HAVE CLASSROOMS, AND DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF
022THAT PICTURE IS THE ELEVATOR THAT IS GLASS, AND IT'S OPEN SO IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS AND KIDS TO SEE HOW IT WORKS AND THE SHUTTLE WAS PAINTED SO WHEN IT GOES UP, IT LOOKS LIKE THE SHUTTLE IS LAUNCHING FOR LIFTOFF. THAT'S THE TEACHING AREA, AND UNDER THE CLOTH IN THE MIDDLE ARE THE BOARDS INSTALLED, AND THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE ALL THAT IS DONE IN THAT PART. YOU CAN SEE THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE ON THE CABINETRY THAT IS DONE FOR EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS AS WELL. THIS IS PHASE 2, SO WHEN PHASE 2 IS COMPLETED AUGUST 26th, EVERYTHING IN COLOR IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AT THAT POINT AND THE PLAN OF RELEASE OF PHASE 2 ON AUGUST 26th, WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING AT
023THAT POINT. PHASE 3 IS THE OFF- SITE RETENTION POND THEY ARE WORKING ON AS FAR AS THE RETENTION OF THE WATER THEY ARE WORKING ON AS WELL. IN THE VIDEO YOU WILL ALSO SEE ELKS IS DONE, AND WE HAVE TAKEN OFFER THE BYPASS, AND IT'S FULLY OPEN AT THIS POINT NOW WITH NO MORE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON ELKS. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHASE 2 IMAGES OF WHERE THEY ARE AT ON THE RIGHT, AND YOU SEE THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS AND THE LOCKERS ON THE RIGHT FOR INSTRUMENTS THERE, AND THEY INSTALLED THE WALK- IN FREEZERS AND COOLERS IN THE KITCHEN, SO MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. FLOORING IS ALL DONE AND THEY HAVE IT COVERED WITH THE CARDBOARD THERE SO WE DON'T DAMAGE THE FLOORS WITH THE FOOTPRINTS OR DROPPING ITEMS, AND THEY DID THAT
024THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE TILE WAS DOWN, AND THEY MADE SURE IT WAS DOWN TO PROTECT THE TILE FROM MARKS OR ANYTHING. TO THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, AND IT'S THE AMPHITHEATER-TYPE OF SETTING WHERE THEY HAVE THE STAGE, AND RIGHT DIRECTLY BELOW YOU HAVE THE OTHER PART WHERE THE CAFETERIA IS. TO THE RIGHT, THAT PART RIGHT THERE WILL BE THE BIG SOLAR SYSTEM SO YOU HAVE DROP-DOWN LIGHTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT REPRESENT THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THERE AND A LOT OF THE LIGHTS WERE ALREADY BEING INSTALLED WHEN I WENT THERE, SO THIS IS A GOOD PICTURE FROM THAT. UH-HUH. OKAY. MS. BRIDGET. >> I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS MY TURN. MADAM PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND IT'S TIME TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR OUR FAMILIES. I WANTED
025TO START ABOUT READY, SET, LIFTOFF. IT'S ABOUT COLUMBIA. THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED TO HONOR THE SCREW OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE, AND IT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY, PAST AND PRESENT. AS WE OPEN THE DOOR TO THE NEW PLACE, WILL DISPLAY KEY MEMORABILIA WE HAD IN COLUMBIA, AND IT'S TO REMIND US OF THE POWERFUL LEGACY. YOU DO SEE THE SPECIAL PLAQUES THAT THE COLUMBIA CLASS OF 2003 DEDICATED, AND THEY ARE CLEANING THEM AND POLISHING THEM AND THEM LOOK WONDERFUL SO WE CAN PROUDLY DISPLAY THEM IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT CONCERN THE LOCATION RIGHT NOW. WE ARE WORKING WITH ANOTHER PARTNER PICTURE FRAME, AND WE SPECIAL MEMORABILIA AND WE ARE GETTING IT REFRAMED AND MAKING SURE THE INTEGRITY OF IT IS SECURED IN THERE
026AND CAN'T GET ANY MOISTURE IN THERE OR ANYTHING AND WE WILL DISPLAYDISPLAY AS WELL. OUR INTENT IS FOR THEM TO GO IN THE TROPHY CABINET, BUT IF IT'S NOT READY BY OPEN HOUSE WE WILL HAVE THEM DISPLAYED FOR THE STAFF AND PARENTS TO SEE, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THOSE DISPLAYED IN OCTOBER. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO EVENTS, IN JULY, THE OPEN HOUSE IS THAT, AN OPEN HOUSE. WE WANT OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO COME AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE SCHOOL AND MEET THEIR TEACHERS, WALK AROUND AND RELIEVE ANY ANXIETY THEY MAY HAVE COMING TO A NEW SCHOOL, AND THEN WE JUAN WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY, AND GET ARTWORK UP ON THE BULLETIN BOARDS AND GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE HOW WONDERFUL COLUMBIA WILL BE. JULY 24th IS
027A THURSDAY. SORRY ABOUT THE ERROR EARLIER, AND I HAVE SENT YOU A CALENDAR AND I HOPE YOU CAN ENJOY IT. I WILL STAY UP HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. GOT IT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AND CAN'T WAIT. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION IN MAYBE INVITING SOME OF THE RELATIVES OF THE ASTRONAUTS, YOU KNOW? WE HAVE HAD PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT AND HAVE NOT LANDED ON A DEFINITIVE ANSWER YET, BUT WE CAN TALK THAT THROUGH AND SEE IF THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THE OCTOBER OPEN HOUSE. THEY SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE BEING HONORED AND REMEMBERED AND -- GREAT SUGGESTION. I WILL WORK WITH MR. RUIZ AND THE TEAM TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THAT DONE. WE WILL DO RESEARCH AND SEE IF WE CAN GET CONTACT
028INFORMATION, AND SEND THEM SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND THE DATES AND ET CETERA. APPRECIATE IT. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. HELLO. PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, I AM HERE TO REPORT ON COLUMBIA'S STAFFING UPDATE. IT'S AMAZING HOW TIME FLIES. WE STARTED WITH OUR ORIGINAL IN OFFERING THEM, CURRENT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE ORIGINALLY AT COLUMBIA A CHANCE TO GO BACK TO COLUMBIA. WE ENDED UP WITH FIVE STAFF MEMBERS AND ONE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WILL BE RETURNING TO THE STAFF, JOINING THE EXISTING TEAM. TOGETHER THEIR PRESENCE BRINGS CONTINUITY, COMMUNITY MEMORY SPIRIT, AND THE HEART TO REMAIN PART OF THE FOUNDATION THAT IS NOW NEW TO COLUMBIA. OUR PRESTAFFING, WHICH STARTS IN FEBRUARY INVOLVES AA OF DEPARTMENTS, LEADERSHIP, INFORMATION, GATHERING INFORMATION SO WE CAN ALIGN WITH THE STAFFING GOALS FOR STAFFING COLUMBIA. WE
029WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LATERAL TRANSFER JOB FAIR, AND WE POSTED THOSE VACANCIES VACANCIES OPENED IT UP TO THE CURRENT TEACHERS FOR A CHANCE FOR THEM TO SUBMIT INTERESTS TO GO TO COLUMBIA AND TRANSFER INTO INTO POSITIONS, AND THAT OCCURRED ON MARCH 21st. ON THE 31st, MRS. VALDEZ AND HER TEAM HOSTED ALL THE INTERVIEWS. IT WAS A BIG CHALLENGE. THEY GOT IT DONE. THERE WAS A LOT OF APPLICANTS AND INTEREST TO GO TO THE CAMPUS. WE HAD A RECORD-BREAKING HR MOMENT WHERE I HAD 14 POSITIONS OFFERED IN UNDER AN HOUR, SO I NOW HOLD THE RECORD. GOOD JOB. THAT'S HR'S FAVORITE KIND OF CHAOS, OFFERING NEW AND CONCERN THE EMPLOYEES A CHANCE TO GO TO A POSITION THEY DESIRE MOST, SO THAT'S THE FAVORITE PART OF OUR DAY. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO THE
030ONGOING STAFFING EFFORTS. WE FILLED MOST POSITIONS AND WE HAVE A COUPLE --WE HAVE ONE CERTIFIED POSITION DUE TO A TRANSFER OUT, AND AN NEA POSITION, WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT EA BECAME A BILINGUAL TEACHER AND NOW WE HAVE A VACANCY, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND FOR GOOD REASONS. WE PICKED UP TWO TEACHERS FROM OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEALTH, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT SO WE HAD THOSE READY TO GO. WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE RATIOS AND STAFFING PLAN AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR ENROLLMENT IN ALL AREAS, AND MRS. VALDEZ AND I COMMUNICATE WEEKLY ESPECIALLY IN OUR KINDERS. I'M PROUD TO SAY STAFFING IS NOT A PROCESS, BUT IT'S BUILDING A TEAM AND SO AT COLUMBIA IT HAS BEEN MY PRIVILEGE. I WILL STAY UP HERE FOR QUESTIONS, AND IF
031NOT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER. I APPRECIATE THAT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YOU ANSWEREDANSWERED WITHOUT ASKING THEM -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. SORRY. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE DO HAVE THE DRONE VIDEO. THIS IS OF LAST THURSDAY. WE CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPING THAT IS BEING COMPLETED AND DONE, THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON AND THE SHRUBBERY AND IRRIGATION, AND A LOT OF THE OUTSIDE WORK IS BEING DONE AND COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. THE POUR AND PLAYS, THE PLAYGROUNDS GETTING ALL COMPLETED THERE. KIND OF SPED IT UP A LITTLE BIT. REALLY COMING TOGETHER AS FAR AS ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE PREPARED AND READY FOR AUGUST 16th AND JULY 26th. THERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FIFTH GRADE PLAYGROUND WAS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THAT POINT ON THAT PART. UH-HUH. THAT'S
032ELKS? YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE TAKEN OFF THE BYPASS THERE. THANKS. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? REALLY EXCITING. A LONG TIME COMING SO WE ARE ALL SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. YES. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. >> I WILL STAY HERE, MADAM -- YES, YOU WILL, BECAUSE YOU UP NEXT. WE WILL HAVE YOU BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR. SERRANO. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK TRANSPORTATION UPDATE AND INFORMATION COMING OUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S EXCITING. WE'RE ALREADY GETTING STARTED. WE SHALL BEGIN. JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK A STAFFING AND ROUTING OVERVIEW. WE HAVE 121 BUS DRIVERS, AND SIX DRIVERS IN TRAINING. BOTTOM PORTION, IT TALKS ABOUT OUR ROUTES. THE JENLE EDUCATION
033ROUTES, WE HAVE 67 TOTAL EDUCATION ROUTES, MEANING BUSES, AND THEN SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE HAVE 38 ROUTES. THEN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OPENING ROUTES, WHICH IS FIVE REMAINING ROUTES, BUT WE DO HAVE THE DRIVERS THAT ARE IN TRAINING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SIX THERE AND THEN THERE'S ALSO DRIVERS THAT ARE ON STANDBY. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A ROUTE ON THEIR OWN SO THEY SHOW UP ON THE DAY AND THEY GIVE THEM A ROUTE TO RUN, SO PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR ROUTES ARE READY TO GO FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. I FORGOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE AND -- MAINTENANCE FACILITY IS FULLY STAFFED AND ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL AS WELL AND SO IS THE STAFFING OFFICE WITH SAFETY MANAGERS AND EVERYTHING IS FUNCTIONING WELL ON THAT SIDE. THEY CONTINUE TO HIRE, AND THEY HAVE
034MORE APPLICANTS. ROUTING SYSTEM CHANGES, SO THE THREE-TIER SYSTEM WE WENT INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, IT HELPED WITH THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR BUSES. WHEN WE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO YOU A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE HAD BUSES THAT WERE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE ONEONE ROUTE THERE WERE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT BUSES BECAUSE OF THE CRUNCH TIME AND SO THE THREE-TIER BELL SCHEDULE HAS ENHANCED THE COVERAGE AND ROUTING EFFICIENCY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY STARTS AT 8:00. HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE 8:35, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 9:15, SO THE CUSHION IS ALLOWING OUR BUS DRIVERS TO MAKE A FULL ROUTE AND DROP OFF AND GET TO THE NEXT TIERED LEVEL SCHOOL. GOOD NEWS IS, LIKE I SAID, THE MAJORITY OF THE GENERAL ED BUSES WILL BE SERVICING THREE SCHOOLS, AND WHEN I SPOKE TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION
035ROUTER, SHE SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS SPED BUSES RUNNING ONE OR TWO OR MORE ROUTES, AND TALKING ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY SHE WAS HIGHLIGHTING THAT. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 15 BUSES THAT WOULD SERVICE ONE LEVEL, ONE SCHOOL, BECAUSE OF THE TIME CRUNCH AND IT'S HELPING OUT EVEN ON THE SPED SIDE. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN REGARDS TO THE ROUTE EFFICIENCY, LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAVE THE OUTSIDE CONSULTANT COME AND LOOK AT THAT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS WAS GOING TO A THREE-TIER BELL SCHEDULE, TO ENSURE WE HAD THE BEST ROUTE POSSIBLE, AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY BUSES FOR ONE ROUTE AND THAT'S WHERE THE EFFICIENCY COMES IN. SO NOW THE EXPECTATION IS KIDS WILL GET THERE ON TIME IN THE MORNING AND BE PICKED UP ON-TIME
036IN THE AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND HAPPENING NOW, WE DO HAVE BEACON CONNECT, WHICH IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM BEING UTILIZED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND BEACON CONNECT WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE US REALTIME DATA, IF THERE'S INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ON THE BUS, ALL OUR BUSES ARE RETRO FITTED OF THESE TABLETS, AND IT'S A SYSTEM THAT HAS A REALTIME GPS TRACKER AND HAS A PUSH-TO-TALK RADIO COMMUNICATOR ON THERE, AND IF THAT HAPPENS ON THE BUS, THE BUS DRIVER IS ABLE TO PULL UP AND SUBMIT A REPORT AND IT WILL 'EM THE TRANSPORTATION EMAIL THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND DISPATCH AS WELL, SO THERE'S INSTANT COMMUNICATION SO WE ARE AWARE OF SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING THAT ARE SAFETY ISSUES AND WE MAY NEED TO COME AND MEET
037WITH ADMINISTRATION, PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND RESOLVE ISSUES THAT MAY OCCUR, AND THIS GETS RID OF THE CARBON PAPER THE BUS DRIVER FILLS OUT AND HANDS TO THE STUDENT, BUT NOW IT EMAILS THE PARENT AS WELL AS SOON AS THE EVENT IS RECORDED. ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, AND WILL BE ABLE TO ASK FOR VIDEO FOOTAGE IF SOMETHING OCCURRED AND IT CAN GIVE US A TIME STAMP AND DATE AND GIVE US WHO THE STUDENT IS OR THE STUDENT REPORTING, AND I DID PRESENT TO THE PRINCIPALS AT THE RETREAT GIVING THEM A QUICK OVERVIEW OF IT, AND THIS IS WITH THE TIMELINESS, AND ALL OF THIS IS REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT UP TO SPEED AND MAKING IT MORE DIGITAL FOR ALL OF US TO CONNECT. 100% OF OUR BUSES HAVE THE TABLET SYSTEM
038WHERE WE CAN CONNECT. WE HAVE THE LYTX DRIVECAM, AND IT'S A SAFETY MEASURE MOVED, A FRONT-FACING CAMERA AND FACES THE BUS DRIVER TO GET A VIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, IF THERE'S ANYTHING HAPPENING, AND WE CAN LOG IN AND SEE A LIVE VIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE BUS IMMEDIATELY, AND IF WE NEED TO CALL MEDICS, OR DISPATCH, AND WE CAN GET SOMEBODY, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO WHERE THE BUS IS LOCATED. AND IT'S A BEACON CONNECT PARENT APP AND THAT WILL GIVE PARENTS NOTIFICATION OF REALTIME GPS, HAPPENS IS THE PARENT WILL USE IT, THE WAY THEY LOG IN TO GET GRADES AND ALL THAT, THAT SAME EMAIL, AND THEN BEACON CONNECT CAN CONNECT, AND THEY CAN GET AN ALERT THAT SAYS THE BUS HAS STOPPED AT YOUR BUS STOP, AND IT WILL ALERT THEM
039WHEN IT HAS GOT TO THE SCHOOL. IT HAS THAT CONNECTIVITY AND GIVES PARENTS A SIGH OF RELIEF KNOWING THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE FOREVER AT A BUS STOP IN CASE THERE IS A DELAY, AND OF COURSE, THERE WON'T BE DELAYS AND WILL BE ON- TIME FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE DOING. THE PLAN IS TO ROLL OUT THE APP AT A SCHOOL TO TEST IT OUT, AND ONCE SCHOOL BEGINS, WE WANT TO ROLL IT OUT DISTRICT WIDE BY SEPTEMBER, AND ALL PARENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT APP. IN THE MEANTIME, LIKE I SAID, BEACON CONNECT APP WILL NOTIFY PARENTS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND SEND A MESSAGE, MY KID LEFT HIS BACKPACK ON BUS 82, AND WE CAN
040RESPOND BACK AND SAY WE FOUND IT. IT WILL HELP ISSUES THAT MAY OCCUR. WHILE WE ARE ROLLING OUT THE BEACON CONNECT APP, WE WILL HAVE NOTIFICATIONS. SPECIFICALLY THE BEACON CONNECT AND THE LYTX DRIVECAM, AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS HERE ON THE BOARD, TO SUPPORT OUR DRIVERS WITH BEHAVIORS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THAT WILL STREAMLINE THAT, AND SUPPORT FOR THE DRIVERS FOR WHATEVER SITUATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE BUT ALSO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES WILL ALSO NEED. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT OUR DRIVERS AND OUR ATTENDANTS AS WELL WITH OUR SPED ROUTES, AND OUR KIDDOS, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT IS OCCURRING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, SO NOW WE INVITE THEM TO
041THE TABLE, THE CASE MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATION, AND WE WORK OUT WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE KIDDO, AND WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE BEING HEARD AND GETTING THE EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY NEED TO HELP TO SAFELY TRANSPORT STUDENTS IN GENERAL. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR MINE. QUICK AND EASY. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS? WILL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE PARENT --WHATEVER THE BEACON APP? I BELIEVE IT'S PRETTY MUCH -- IT'S A BEACON APP FOR PARENTS. LIKE, YOU ARE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND I'M WAITING FOR MY BUS OR WHATEVER, KIDS THAT HAVE PHONES, ESSENTIALLY, IF THERE'S ACCESS FOR THOSE KIDS? I WILL CHECK ON THAT, BUT IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, I COULD SEE HOW IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WAITING AT THEIR BUS STOP.
042OH, NO, IT'S TWO MINUTES AWAY. YEAH, SLAP ON THAT BODY SPRAY AND GET OUT OF HERE. EXACTLY. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? >> IS IT PARENT SQUARE, IS THAT THE OTHER --WHAT WE ARE MIGRATING TO? YES. >> AND BEACON APP WILL BE A TOTALLY SEPARATE SYSTEM FOR THEM. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. MONITORING WITH THE CAMERAS AND APPRECIATE THAT A BUNCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. AWESOME. >> YES, I AGREE. I THINK THIS IS REAL ENHANCEMENT. I ACTUALLY JUST TEXTED A BUS DRIVER, YOU KNOW, TO -- WHO HAS COMMUNICATED WITH ME ABOUT BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS A TEACHER, WHEN YOU HAVE A BEHAVIOR PROBLEM, YOU CAN STOP AND HANDLE IT AND INTERACT, BUT AS A BUS DRIVER, I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION SO YOU NEED SOME
043OTHER MEANS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP. YES, DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT A BUS ATTENDANT IS AND WHAT THEY DO? YES, DEFINITELY. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, BUS ATTENDANTS ARE ON OUR SPECIAL ED ROUTES, AND WE HAVE A BUS DRIVER AND AN ATTENDANT ON THERE THAT HELPS, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A MEDICAL CONDITION OR A WHEELCHAIR, SO ALL OF OUR SPED ROUTES HAVE AN ATTENDANT. APPRECIATE THAT. YOU SAID THERE WERE FIVE ROUTES CURRENTLY THAT WE DON'T HAVE FIGURED OUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IS THERE -- I KNOW THERE IS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT, IS THERE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE WHEN THE FIVE ROUTES WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF? WILL THEY
044BE DONE BY THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL? YES. >> YES, MA'AM. THAT'S A VALID QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME QUESTION I HAD. WELL, WHAT IS THE PLAN? >> WELL, THEY HAVE ROUTES BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A BUS DRIVER ASSIGNED TO THAT ROUTE, BUT THEY HAVE 10 TO 15 THAT ARE SUBSTITUTE UNTIL THEY GET SOMEBODY TO TAKE IT PERMANENTLY. THE ROUTES WILL BE FILLED AND THE DRIVERS WILLWILL CERTIFICATED BY THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THE BUS COMPANY AND BUS DRIVERS WILL START THE ROUTES NEXT WEEK AND DO DRY RUNS, SO IF YOU SEE AN EMPTY BUS, WAVE AT THEM AND THEY WILL PRACTICE THEIR ROUTES TO MAKE SURE THE EFFICIENCY IS THERE AND MAKING SURE THEY HIGHLIGHT ANY TYPE OF POSSIBLE DELAYS THEY MAY OCCUR SO THEY CAN REROUTE BEFOREHAND. ALSO JUST A NOTE, WHEN
045I MET WITH THEM ON MONDAY ALL STUDENTS WHO REQUESTED TRANSPORTATION AND ARE ELIGIBLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ROUTED. FABULOUS. SO THEY WILL BE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION BY JULY 15th. SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THAT. ESPECIALLY WE WANTED IT THERE BEFORE OPEN HOUSES AND SCHEDULES SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION HANDY. THAT'S GOOD NEWS, TOO. 100% OF THE STUDENTS THAT ASKED FOR ROUTES. YOU MENTIONED THE 10 TO 15 ASSIGNED A ROUTE, THE POSITIVE THERE IS WHEN YOU HAVE BUS DRIVERS NOT SHOWING UP ANDAND THE PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO COVERCOVER ROUTES, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE SIX IN TRAINING, THOSE ARE PERMANENT POSITIONS, RIGHT? GREAT, THAT WILL HELP FILL THE FIVE THAT STILL NEED TO BE YEAH, YOU ANSWERED THAT, AND I KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS ISSUES ON THE FIRST DAY OF
046SCHOOL, AND SO GETTING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL SO THEY ARE NOT HASSLED OR UPSET BECAUSE THEY MISSED THE BUS BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE IN ALL THIS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GREAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. THAT'S OUR GOAL. AND THEY WILL. AWESOME. PRESIDENT? >> YES. >> HAVE WE MOVED THE DISCUSSION OF THE STS CONTRACT TO NOW? GREAT QUESTION. I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE SITTING NEXT TO ME. SO WE HAVE --HM. WE CAN COME BACK. WE CAN. OR WE CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I'M NOT FINDING IT ON MY --AND ON THE AGENDA, LET ME SEE -- IT WAS 5B -- 5B 1 -- OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. YEAH, WE CAN MOVE THAT UP. THANK YOU. IF WE HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS, CAN COME BACK AND TALK CONTRACT THEN. THANK YOU.
047THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME ON MY TOES. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE FIRST READING OF POLICY JICJ, THE USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES BY STUDENTS WITH DR. TOMLINSON. EVERYBODY'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M SITTING UP STRAIGHT AND DOING WHAT WHAT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. THANK GOODNESS YOU ALL ARE HERE. YOU NEED TO COME OVER TO MY OFFICE, TOO. DOCTOR, WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. PRESIDENT CORT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT, I KNOW WE PROMISED NOT TO START AS YOU KNOW SENATE BILL 11 WAS PASSED AND THAT IS THE ANTI-DISTRACTION BILL, AND THE BILL WAS REALLY AIMED TO MINIMIZE DISTRACTIONS DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, SO THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR DISTRICTS TO HAVE IN PLACE A POLICY BY THE END OF AUGUST, AND WITH
048THE BOARD MEETING'S SCHEDULE, THE WAY TO DO THAT WAS TO START NOW. WE ALSO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD WAIVE THE THIRD READING, AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE AUGUST MEET, AND THAT WAS GET US THERE BY AUGUST 31st. THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN I DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT POLICY, WHICH IS USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES BY STUDENTS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF SB-11, WE HAD EVERYTHING IN THE REGULATION, SO WE ESSENTIALLY WERE COMPLIANT -- WHAT IS IN THE REGULATION, ESSENTIALLY NEEDS TO BE MOVED IN THE POLICY TO BE TOTALLY COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW, SO WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD SOME DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS AROUND CELL PHONE USE IN SCHOOL BY STUDENTS, AND I WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS AT THE END. SO THE POLICY REVISIONS,
049AGAIN, WILL BRING US INTO COMPLIANCE. THE FIRST THING YOU WILL NOTICE IS THE CHANGE OF TITLE. OUR POLICY AS IT CURRENTLY IS WRITTEN IS CALLED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AND THE BILL -- THE NEW LEGISLATION CALLS IT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, SO THAT IS A SIMPLE CHANGE. YOU WILL SEE THAT CHANGE MADE THROUGHOUT THE POLICY ALONG WITH THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE IS. AND THEN THE LANGUAGE AS YOU NOTED IN PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS POLICY IS THAT THE IN THE POLICY ALIGNS DIRECTLY TO WHAT IS IN THE LEGISLATION, IN NOW STATUTE. SO THAT IS ALL VERY CONSISTENT IN THE REVISION I DID. MR. FRANK HAD ONE SUGGESTION IN SECTION 3D TO UPDATE THAT LANGUAGE TO EMPHASIZE --SO TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE FROM --WITH TOPICS TO INCLUDE AT A MINIMUM THE AFFECTS ON SCREEN TIME WITH
050CHILDREN AND HIS SUGGESTION WAS RISKING --SO IT'S JUST CHANGING THE WORDING TO EMPHASIZE, WHICH I THINK MAKES THE POLICY STRONGER. SO I WILL GET THAT INTO THE SECOND READING. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS ON THE POLICY REVISION. THEN IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REGULATION OR HOW WE ARE IMPLEMENTING CELL PHONE USAGE ACROSS SCHOOLS, WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT. PERFECT. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO START THERE. OKAY. >> IMPLEMENTATION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, PRESIDENT CORT. SO OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE WORKED HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR --OR ACTUALLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF DEFINING WHEN IT IS APPROPRIATE TO USE A CELL PHONE AT SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE A DOCUMENT -- AND THIS IS OLD, AND IT'S KIND OF A RED,RED, AND GREEN FOR EACH LEVEL. THE THING THAT'S REALLY NICE
051RIGHT NOW IS THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL NOW THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS HAD SOME GUIDANCE IN PLACE FOR USAGE OF CELL PHONES IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE PIGGYBACKING ON THAT KNOWING STUDENTS ARE USED TO CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS AROUND CELL PHONE USE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM THAT, SO FOR THE ENSUING SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT SCHOOLS HAVE AGREED TO IS ELEMENTARY, REALLY NO CHANGE. THERE'S NO CELL PHONE USAGE DURING SCHOOL. IF STUDENTS HAVE A CELL PHONE THEY CAN USE IT AFTER SCHOOL TO CONTACT PARENTS OR HAVE PARENTS CALL THEM, BUT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY THERE'S NO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USAGE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THE SAME IS TRUE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL FROM BELL TO BELL, THERE IS NO CELL PHONE USAGE. THAT INCLUDES PASSING PERIODS AND
052LUNCHTIME. THE BELL RINGS, AND THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE GOES INTO THE BAG AND IT STAYS THERE UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL. THE CAVEAT TO THAT AFTER SCHOOL PIECE IS IF STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, TUTORING, MEETINGS, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE CELL PHONE IS PHONE STILL PROHIBITED IF THE STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED. IF STUDENTS ARE WAITING FOR THEIR PARENTS TO PICK THEM UP, WAITING FOR THE BUS, THAT'S FINE. BUT IF THEY ARE STILL ENGAGED IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, THE CELL PHONE PROHIBITION STAYS IN PLACE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN HIGH SCHOOL IT'S LARGELY --OH, LET ME ADD ONE MORE THING. AT MIDDLE SCHOOL --THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ALSO AGREED THAT THERE IS NO CELL PHONE USAGE DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. SO THE LEGISLATION KIND OF GIVES TWO OPTIONS. EITHER YOU CAN PROHIBIT IT OR YOU CAN GIVE TEACHERS THE LATITUDE
053TO USE CELL PHONES FOR CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MONITOR WHEN YOU HAVE SUBSTITUTES IN THETHE BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT KIND OF UNWINDS VERY QUICKLY. THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF A TEACHER DID WANT TO ALLOW CELL CELL USAGE FOR A PARTICULAR ASSIGNMENT THAT IT WOULD BE TREATED LIKE SHOWING A VIDEO OR A MOVIE WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE PRINCIPAL, LIKE, HEY, ON THIS DAY WE ARE GOING TO TEACH THISTHIS LESSON AND WE GOING TO USE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES THIS WAY TO SUPPORT THE LEARNING, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE PRINCIPAL APPROVAL. THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION AT MIDDLE SCHOOL. UH-HUH. WHEN WE GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AGAIN, HIGH SCHOOLS ARE KIND OF CAPITALIZING ON
054THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THE PHONE IS AWAY FOR THE DAY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS LUNCHLUNCH AT THE HIGH BECAUSE YOU HAVE GROUPS OF STUDENTS GOING OFF CAMPUS. OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T CONTROL, POLICE OR ENFORCE THAT. SO OUT OF JUST KIND OF EQUITY, FAIRNESS, AND, AGAIN, ENFORCEMENT, IS ALLOWING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USAGE AT LUNCH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT NOT DURING PASSING PERIODS. AND THE USAGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME WOULD BE AT TEACHER DISCRETION, AND PRINCIPALS WOULD, YOU KNOW, MONITOR THAT. THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE REALLY BEEN FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT --IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT TEACHERS REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CELL PHONES. ONCE THEY ARE OUT, OH, HERE, LOOK SOMETHING UP REAL QUICK. THERE'S NO REAL QUICK, SO THAT'S WHERE --THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT EACH LEVEL, AND WE
055ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE CONVERSATION. THE PRINCIPALS WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, KNOWING THAT IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THE CULTURE OF STUDENTS, AND MANY STUDENTS HAVE JOBS, THEY HAVE FAMILY OBLIGATIONS AND SOME OF THEM ARE PARENTS, AND SOME OF THEM RELY ON THEIR PHONES JUST LIKE ADULTS RELY ON THEIR PHONES FOR COMMUNICATION AND PRINCIPALS WERE VERY MINDFUL THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS AND THERE'S SOME TRUST, RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN AND HAVE STUDENTS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, AND BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE RULES THAT ARE SET FORTH AND ALSO THE CONSEQUENCES, AND ALL OF THOSE, OF COURSE, WILL LIVE IN THE REGULATION. UH-HUH. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. SUPERINTENDENT? >> PRESIDENT CORT, THANK YOU. WHAT I WANTED TO
056POINT OUT IS THE KEY PIECE IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL GRADE BANDS, HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL, AND ANOTHER SCHOOL IS DOING Y, AND THAT WAS THE WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE DOCTOR AND REGULATION ACROSS THE BOARD. WHEN WE HAVE THE FINAL UPDATE ON WE WILL GET THAT OUT TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, I GUESS. SO IN MATH, DO STUDENTS HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF CALCULATORS IF CALCULATORS ARE APPROPRIATE? BECAUSE CELL PHONES, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HAVE A BASIC CALCULATOR, BUT MOST OF THEM HAVE A SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR BUILT INTO THEM. YES. >> I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USED A LOT, THE SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR IN A MORE ADVANCED MATH CLASS.
057THAT'S ONE QUESTION AND I HAVE ONE MORE. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER FRANK, YES, STUDENTS DO HAVE AND WE DO SUPPLY CALCULATORS, AND THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE WHEN A TEACHER MAY SAY IF YOU HAVE THIS CALCULATOR, SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR ON YOUR PHONE THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT, THAT MAY BE A TIME WHEN THE TEACHER ALLOWS THE USE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN CLASS. THE SECOND THING, IS WITH TEENAGERS, A RULE IS NOT A RULE UNTIL IT'S ENFORCED, SO THEY ARE GOING TO TEST THIS. UH-HUH. >> IT'S IN THEIR DNA TO DO THAT. OKAY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY TEST IT AND IT PASSES THE TEST, A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY WILL TEST IT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL BEING ENFORCED. SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ENFORCE IT OR IT WILL NOT BE
058A RULE. RIGHT. >> SO PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER FRANK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, THE PRINCIPALS THAT WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE IT STARTED VERY, VERY RESTRICTIVE, LIKE NO CELL PHONES EVER, AND I SAID, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT, BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, AT LUNCHTIME AT A HIGH SCHOOL WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE DO SENDS A MESSAGE TO STUDENTS, AND IF THEY REALIZE, WE HAVE THIS RULE BUT IT'S NOT BEING ENFORCED, WHAT OTHER RULES CAN WE TEST? THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE WERE PUTTING ON THE BOOKS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW-THROUGH. SO TOTALLY AGREE. PRESIDENT, IF I
059MAY ADD ALSO -- YES. >> PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER FRANK, I MEET WITH PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP, SO THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH THEM AND SAY, OKAY, HOW IS IT GOING? BACK TO YOUR POINT, ARE WE ENFORCING THIS, WHAT SUPPORTS DO YOU NEED AND DO WE NEED TO REVISIT ANYTHING, I WILL DO CIRCLE BACK TO THE QUESTION WITH THE MATH, WHICH WAS A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THE MATH, THE CALCULATOR PIECE, AND I WANT TO SAY KEEP IN MIND, ALL OF OUR KIDDOS HAVE DEVICES, LAPTOPS AND ET CETERA, IF THEY NEED ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THEIR PHONE AND THEY HAVE OTHER DEVICES AND THAT'S WHERE THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT, AND DOCTOR, I EMAILED YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF WHAT
060WE WERE DOING TODAY. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PUT THIS ON THE MARCH AGENDA, HAD WE ANTICIPATED SENATE BILL 11 AT THAT POINT OR WERE WE THINKING ABOUT LOOKING AT AT SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES IN A MORE ADDRESS THINGS LIKE THE LAWSUIT? I THINK WE HAVE OUR TOWN OPEN FORUM COMING UP QUICKLY -- UH-HUH. --TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. AND TO YOUR RESPONSE, WE ARE PLUGGING THIS HOLE RIGHT HERE, AND WAS THAT OUR OUR ORIGINAL WHEN WE PUT IT ON THE MARCH AGENDA? SO SECRETARY WOFFORD AND PRESIDENT CORT, THE FIRST THING WAS THE FIRST THING, AND AFTER YOUR EMAIL I DID LOOK INTO OUR POLICIES AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE DO HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, YOU KNOW, THAT COVERS USING THE INTERNET AT SCHOOL, RIGHT? AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR CYBERBULLYING, HAZING AND RACIALIZED AGGRESSION POLICY
061THAT ALSO HAS -- ADDRESSES THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL NETWORKING, THE EXPECTATIONS AROUND SOCIAL --USING SOCIAL NETWORKING, AND WHEN THAT BECOMES A -- EITHER LEADS INTO BULLYING, CYBERBULLYING, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT --THOSE THINGS ARE ADDRESSED IN THAT POLICY. I BELIEVE WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AS FAR AS HAVING ALL OF THOSE BASES COVERED. WHAT THIS REALLY ADDRESSES IS IT'S REALLY THE ANTI- DISTRACTION PIECE, AND WHEN DO STUDENTS HAVE HAVE WIRELESS DEVICES, WHEN ARE THEY ALLOWED AND ARE THEY CREATING A DISTRACTION IN THE CLASSROOM, SO THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY AND THE ACCOMPANYING REGULATION WILL REALLY -- WILL REALLY GET TO THE HEART OF, THAT ISSUE. SOME OF THE RESEARCH ON READ ON DISTRACTION, EVEN IF IT VIBRATES IN THEIR POCKET THEY ARE OBSESSED WITH FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, I HAVE
062GOT TO CHECK THIS DEVICE. THERE'S A REAL DISTRACTION WITH CELL PHONES ACROSS THE WAY. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND YOUR REASSURANCE THAT A LOT OF THIS WILL END UP IN REGULATION, THEN, WITH THIS. DO WE STILL HAVE TEACHERS WHO USE --WHEN CLICKERS WERE REPLACED BY KAHOOTS OR --ARE THOSE AT ALL IN USE, OR ARE TEACHERS TUNED INTO ELECTRONIC USAGE IN THEIR CLASSROOM AND HAVE IT GUNG HO ALL SET UP? HOW HAVE WE POLLED TEACHERS AND THE NEA IN TERMS OF MAKING THIS POLICY? SURE. SO PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, AS, YOU KNOW, AS MR. RUIZ MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO, STUDENTS HAVE DEVICES, AND AT THE --AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THOSE DEVICES MOSTLY STAY AT SCHOOL SO THEY ARE AVAILABLE SECONDARY LEVEL, STUDENTS CARRY THEM HOME. BUT THOSE DEVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU
063DESCRIBE. THAT'S HOW TEACHERS USE THEM IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO A POLL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO THEY STILL KAHOOT? THEY DO. KIDS LOVE TO. YEAH. SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION ALONGSIDE THIS AND WITH THE EMAIL RESEARCH YOUYOU ME, WHERE WE IMPLEMENTED OUR LITERACY COURSE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, SO WE HAD A --I WILL CALL IT A PILOT, BUT IT WAS A CREDIT-BEARING COURSE THIS SUMMER THAT THE STUDENTS TOOK. WE RECEIVED STUDENT FEEDBACK FROM THAT. I KNOW ONE STUDENT THAT TOOK IT AND WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE COURSE AND SAID EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE THIS COURSE. ARROWHEAD IS RUNNING THE COURSE RIGHT NOW DURING THEIR SUMMER WE WILL GET THAT STUDENT FEEDBACK AS WELL. AND JAMIE PATTERSON, OUR SOCIAL CITY'S CONTENT SPECIALIST TAUGHT THE COURSE AND SAID IT WAS
064VERY EYE-OPENING, BECAUSE WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR ONLINE LIFE, THEIR DIGITAL LIFE IS NOT WHERE WE LIVE AS ADULTS. SHE KNEW THAT GOING IN, BUT REALLY HAVING A REALLY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THAT IS, I THINK, IS VERY HELPFUL. ALSO PART OF SENATE BILL 11 IS WE IMPLEMENT DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP K THROUGH 12 AND WE IMPLEMENTED THAT IN OUR ELEMENTARY TECHNOLOGY CLASSES, AND WE HAVE MODULES THERE AND IT'S ALSO IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ADVISORY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AT THE MEDIA LITERACY CLASS AND THE UNITS THAT ARE -- YOU HEAR WHAT MY RISKS ARE? YES. >> SEXING AND WHAT NOT, IT CAN YOU READ THE SAME MEDIA AS I DO, AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT COMMIT SUICIDE AND WHAT NOT. RIGHT. >> SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING ALL THOSE CONCERNS. A
065COUPLE OTHER SMALL POINTS. YES. IT WAS PURPOSE -- III, PROCESS, NOT PURPOSE. THERE'S --IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO A "W." DO YOU SEE IT THERE? THE PURPOSE STATEMENT, TO ENSURE THE USE OF CELL PHONES -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A CONSISTENT STATEMENTS OF WE DO NOT HAVE A STYLE STYLE MANUAL, AND I AM A ENGLISH TEACHER AT HEART, AND -- WE DID START WITH ENSURE. I DON'T KNOW. >> I DID LOOK BACK AT RECENT POLICIES AND THAT'S HOW WE STARTED, AND WE WILL CONSIDER THAT OUR STYLE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WILL GIVE THAT A GOLD STAR. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. >> PRESIDENT, IF I MAY -- YES. >> MY THOUGHT HERE WITH SECRETARY WOFFORD, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PIECE. PART OF THAT CHALLENGE IS A LOT OF THAT HAPPENS
066AWAY HAPPENS FROM AND IT HAPPENS AT HOME WHEN THEY ARE AWAY FROM SCHOOL. HAVING THE CONSISTENCY WILL HELPHELP WITH THAT DURING SCHOOL, AND YOU WILL HAVE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE AND WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH LCD, AND A LOT OF REPORTS COME FROM THERE. WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN IS THE PARENT -- OVERSIGHT. YEAH, JUST INFORMATION FOR OUR PARENTS AND EDUCATION FOR OUR PARENTS ON --THAT'S WHERE THE SOCIAL MEDIA TOWN HALL WILL COME IN, AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA LAWSUIT AND ET CETERA. WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES, AND THE GOAL IS WE CAN REVISIT THAT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE FAMILIES KNOWS ABOUT THE IMPACT. THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE MATRIX WHEN THAT COMES UP. THANK YOU. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WE ARE
067NOW GOING TO MOVE TO DISCUSSION AND THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE ATTENDANCE AT THE 2025 KUBEL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2025. MR. SILVER? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CORT, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. I AM HERE TO PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE CUBE CONFERENCE AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. CUBE STANDS FOR THE COUNCIL OF URBAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION. COUNCIL OF URBAN BOARDS OF EDUCATION. SO THIS IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION'S CUBE CONFERENCE, WHICH IS ANNUAL. THIS YEAR THAT'S TAKING PLACE SEPTEMBER 11th THROUGH 13 IN LOS ANGELES FROM THEIR WEBSITE. THIS IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EVENT DESIGNED WITH FOR URBAN SCHOOL BOARDS. THE CUBE CONFERENCE, THIS WILL BE ITS 57th YEAR AND THE CONFERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER BOARD LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE
068COUNTRY TO BRING TOGETHER IDEAS AND EXPLORE SOLUTIONS FACED BY DIVERSE DISTRICTS. I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOU ALL, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SO YOU CAN CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS AS A BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SILVER. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. I ASK FOR THIS TO BE ON THERE. YES. SOME OF US ATTENDED THE EQUITY -- DIVERSITY -->> YES. AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT AS FAR AS --I'M A CONFERENCE SNOB. IT WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND WAS WELL ORGANIZED, AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH ALL THE CHANGES, AND MEETING WITH OTHERS AND HEARING ABOUT THINGS NATIONALLY AND VALUABLE TO US AS A DISTRICT. THE AGENDA LOOKED VERY GOOD. THE SCHOOL VISIT, I THINK THEY SAID THEY WANTED
069RETURNED PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE CONFERENCE, AND IT LOOKED LIKE A NEAT EXPERIENCE. I WOULD LIKE FOR EACH OF US TO DO US SO EACH OF US COULD BENEFIT IN DIFFERENT WAYS FROM THE CONFERENCE. BUT THE AGENDA AND KEY NOTES LOOKED VERY GOOD. SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD CONFERENCE. YES. AGREED. IT'S ALWAYS BENEFICIAL NO MATTER IN WHAT CAPACITY YOU WORK TO MEET WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN A NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL FORUM, BECAUSE IT'S THOSE --IT'S THOSE SMALL-SIDE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK, SOMETIMES THAT YIELD THE MOST BENEFIT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOARD MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION FOR THE 2025 KUBEL CONFERENCE FROM SEPTEMBER 11 th-13th -- I THINK YOU THREW NEW MEXICO -- DID I? YEAH, BECAUSE WE ARE SO USED TO IT. THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION 2025 CUBE CONFERENCE,
070AND I DON'T THINK I WOULD SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S CLEAR. I SHOULD NOT THE HAVE SAID ANYTHING. I SECOND IT. NO, IT'S NOT CLEAR. I NEED TO DO MY BOARD CORRECTLY. THANK YOU FOR SECONDING IT. THANK YOU, SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED BY SAYING NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. THAT TRIP IS PRETTY SOON, SO WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU ALL SOON. APPRECIATE IT. SOUTHWEST HAS DIRECT FLIGHTS. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. PARDON ME. >> WE'RE GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT. NOW --SORRY, YOU ALL. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO --OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL BENCHMARK, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AND GOAL 4 ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY, ON BEHALF OF THE LAS CRUCES POLICE DEPARTMENT -- THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR STANDING THERE WHILE
071I SAY IT ALL. YES, MA'AM. REALLY GOING OVER THE MOU, THE INTENT OF THE ONE POSTED HAD THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS REALLY TO POINT OUT WHAT THE CHANGES WERE TO THE MOU FROM LAST YEAR'S POINT. THE ADDITIONS THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES HAD WITH THEIR LEGAL TEAM AND THE CHIEF, THE INCLUSIONS OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, IF YOU LIKE WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH OF THE CHANGES TO GO OVER WHAT THE INTENT OF THE CHANGES WERE, AND I CAN STAND FOR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL. I THINK GOING OVER THE CHANGES WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU. WHERE IT SAYS, WHEREAS, IT'S CHANGING FROM JUNE TO JULY, AND THAT'S WHEN WE ARE APPROVING THIS AND THAT WAS A BASIC CHANGE ON THAT ONE. AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE NEXT ONE, LOOKING AT 3D, THE CITY
072OF LAS CRUCES DID IMPROVE THE PORTION PART WHERE IT SAID THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ASSIGN ANOTHER SRO OR QUALIFIED OFFICER IF AVAILABLE, AND IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE MOU, THERE WAS NOT THAT CONTENT, SO IT WAS NOT THAT THEY -- THEY DID THEIR BEST TO PUT IN AN OFFICER, AND THIS IS GIVING THAT PART THEY WILL ASSIGN ANOTHER SRO OR OTHER QUALIFIED OFFICER, AND ALL OFFICERS ARE QUALIFIED, AND THAT WOULD BE THE OFFICER TO MAKE SURE WE HAD COVERAGE IN THOSE SCHOOLS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY PUT THAT IN THERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD AN SRO PRESENT IF THEY HAD TO TAKE ONE OFF. AND CONTINUING ON, 5F, THE LAST SENTENCE --I GUESS THE LAST PORTION RELATED TO THE SRO'S TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE AND REALLY IT'S ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED IN, AND THEY
073ARE NOT AN EXPERT AND MAY NOT BE IN DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED ON, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING ABOVE WHAT THAT TRAINING REALLY IS AND THEY ARE NOT EXPERTS IN THOSE FIELDS, AND IT'S CLARIFYING THE LANGUAGE FOR THEM. AND THAT GOES INTO "G" AS WELL, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, AS FAR AS PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES OR PROGRAMS OR CLASSES FOR STUDENTS, INTERVENTIONS IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT. PRESIDENT CORT, IF I MAY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE PIECE OF THAT IS BACK TO THEIR TRAINING. THE GREAT THING IS THERE'S ALWAYS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, OUR SROs ARE AWARE OF THAT, AND THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH COUNSELLORS AND ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S WHERE
074THE EXPERTISE WOULD COME IN IF NEEDED TO TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP FOR MORE THAN LIKELY A STUDENT. WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND THEN GOING TO "K," IT WAS THE ADDITION OF WHERE THEY WERE TO REPORT ALL CRIMES THAT OCCURRED ON THE CAMPUS IS REPORTED TO THE LAS CRUCES POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED AS WELL, AND IF THERE'S A CRIME ON CAMPUS, CAMPUS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO THAT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. OKAY. >> THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER CHANGE IN "Q," AND REALLY THAT WAS THE PART OF NOW ENSURING THIS IS FOLLOWING SAFETY RULES AND THE SRO WILL REVIEW YOUR POLICIES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL, AND THE REGULATIONS OF WHAT WE HAVE THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE UP-TO-DATE WITH THE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS AND NOT
075JUST WITH WEAPONS BUT OTHER THINGS AND OTHER POLICIES AND THEY WILL INTERACT WITH THOSE THINGS AND ENSURING THEY WILL HAVE A SIGNED RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGING THEY DID THOSE AND THEY WERE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT PART. THANK YOU. AND FOR "P," WE ALSO HAD BLUE ON THERE, AND THAT'S PROBABLY RELATED TO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, WITH THE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT AN EXPERT. IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE. YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >> THEN IN "T," WE ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE SCHOOL'S SCHOOL'S BEING PROVIDED TO THE SRO, AND THEY HAVE THEIR POLICIES WITHIN THERE AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR POLICIES. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE CHANGES TO THE MOU. WITH THAT I STAND FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I APPRECIATE YOU GOING
076OVER THOSE WITH US. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE SUB HAS TO BE QUALIFIED, BUT DOES THAT MEAN THE SUB HAS BEEN TRAINED AS AN SRO OFFICER? IN LATE OF TALKING WITH THE LIEUTENANT AND THEM, A LOT OF THEM GO THROUGH THE CERTAIN CRIME INTERVENTION --NOT CRIME INTERVENTION, IT'S CAT, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER --CRISIS TEAM INTERVENTION, AND THEY MAY NOT GO THROUGH THROUGH TRAINING WE SEND OUR SROs TO, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH TEENAGERS --NOT JUVENILES, BECAUSE THEY ARE TEENAGERS. AND PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBER FRANK, AND IF THEY WERE TO TEACH A CLASS, THAT SUB MAY NOT DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THERE REALM, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE CRISIS INTERVENTION AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD NEED AT PRESENT, THEY WOULD BE QUALIFIED TO BE ABLE
077TO DO THAT. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT, HOW OFTEN DO WE REQUIRE A SUBSTITUTE SRO IN A SCHOOL? HAS THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, OR DO WE NORMALLY FUNCTION WITHOUT THEM? MADAM PRESIDENT CORT, AND SECRETARY WOFFORD, THERE ARE TIMES -- I KNOW THEY WILL GO TO THE CONFERENCE, OR IF THEY ARE OUT SICK, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE OUT ON LEAVE BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT SICK OR THERE'S A FAMILY EMERGENCY, AND THOSE ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE ABSENCES WE HAVE, AND SO IT DEPENDS, AND WE HAVE YOUNG OFFICERS THAT HAVE FAMILIES. WE HAVE A FAMILY RIGHT NOW THAT IS EXPECTING, AND A MAJORITY AT THE SICK LEAVE. THEY DO THEIR BEST TO NOT PULL THE SROs FROM THE CAMPUSES, AND SO THEY DO THEIR BEST TO NOT PULL THEM OUT, WITH THE
078LIEUTENANT AND SERGEANT. DO THEY PLAN TO TRAIN A CADRE OF SUBSTITUTES, AND THE SUBSTITUTES ARE A GOOD IDEA. YEAH, WE DO HAVE A BREAKDOWN THAT WE PAY FOR TRAINING FOR CERTAIN ONES AND THAT MAY BE A CONVERSATION WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND ALSO WITH THE LIEUTENANT AND CHIEF TO SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY INTO THATTHAT AS WELL, KIND OF LIKE WITH OUR BUS DRIVERS, WE HAVE A A GROUP OF SUBS QUALIFIED FOR THIS AREA, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WELL WORTH MAYBE THE INVESTMENT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, PRESIDENT CORT AND SECRETARY WOFFORD, YOU KNOW, LCPD, WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, THEY ARE FACING THE CHALLENGE OF JUST HAVING OFFICERS. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEM TRAINING A CADRE OF SROs, BUT WHAT WE COULD ASK FOR, WHEN AVAILABLE THEY WOULD SEND
079AN OFFICER AND THE LANGUAGE IS TO PROTECT US, AND KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE I HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF AND THEY ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE HERE. THEY ARE DOWN 30 OFFICERS. >> YEAH, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. THIS IS WHAT I SAW IN THE PACKET. WHEN I EMAILED YOU, YOU SAW THE SAME THING, WHEN YOU WERE READING THE PACKET? MINE DOESN'T HAVE THAT. IT HAS THE -- WHEN I EMAILED YOU, IT WAS WHY HAVE THEY DONE ALL THE REDACTIONS ON THE FINAL DOCUMENT, WHEN I GRABBED THE PAPER AND DID A PRINCIPLE THE TO FILE, THEN I COULD SEE WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAID. THAT'S WHAT GENERATED MY EMAIL TO YOU. OKAY, MADAM PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY WOFFORD, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. IT WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTING -- YEAH, I SEE THAT NOW, BUT IT WAS
080A CONFUSING THING. IS THAT A NEW DEVICE YOU HAVE THERE? VERY PRETTY. >> IT IS. >> TEACHING THIS SUMMER AND THOUGHT HE NEEDED A NEW iPAD PRO. AND I DID. TRULY. THANK YOU. MOVING BACK TO THE SRO SERVICE AGREEMENT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? THANK YOU, STEVE. THE COST? THE SAME. >> AND I DON'T --THIS USED TO BE FEDERALLY FUNDED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE CASE. THIS IDEA OF HAVING POLICE OFFICERS. I WONDER IF ANY OF THIS ISIS OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS WITHHELD THAT WE'RE WAITING. DO WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER NOLAN, THAT I'M AWARE OF, THIS IS PART OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS WITHHELD THAT DOESN'T FALL IN THE REALM FOR THIS. I'M NOT SURE FOR SRs WE USE FEDERAL FUNDING. INITIALLY IT WAS PILOTED WITH
081FEDERAL DOLLARS AFTER 9/11, I THINK. THEY WOULDN'T MIND HAVING THE OFFICERS IN OTHER PLACES. AND PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE DIFFERENCE, YOU HAVE CO, DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF THE SPLIT FUNDING. ONLY TWO OFFICERS. LCPD DOES HAVE THAT, SPLITS TO FUND SOME OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LAC CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES. MOVED. >> SECOND. SAY AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? >> ED BEAT ME TO IT. WE HAVE APPROVED THAT, THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. WE MOVE MOVE TO FINANCE, PROCUREMENT AND BUDGET. FISCAL 2025- '26 STUDENT SERVICES CONTRACT. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, TOGETHER WITH DIRECTOR CHAVEZ AND CHIEF RODRIGUEZ PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE CONTRACT.
082SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS CONTRACT, WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE MMP, THE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION BUREAU, TO USE THEIR APPROVED CONTRACT TEMPLATES. IT'S A FLGD CONTRACT, AND THE CONVERSATION WITH STS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, LED BY CHIEF RODRIGUEZ. WE BELIEVE WE STRENGTHENED OUR PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND STS. THIS IS FOR SERVICES AND THE CONTRACT INCLUDING THE LEASE OF THE BUSSES AND THE SERVICE ITSELF. AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, PROVIDE HOURLY RATE FOR ACTIVITY BUS AND ANCILLARY BUS AS NEEDED BASIS. TOTAL CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICE THIS YEAR IS $9,843,873.06. AFTER THE NEGOTIATION WAS COMPLETED, WE SENT THE FIELD CONTRACT BACK TO THE MMP, THE TRANSPORTATION BUREAU, FOR REVIEW, IT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COORDINATOR THERE. AND LATER ON WE SENT IT TO THE VENDOR FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THE
083VENDOR, STS, APPROVED THE CONTRACT AND SIGNED IT AS WELL. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. LIU. ANY QUESTIONS? DID WE PUT A --LAST YEAR WE PUT EXTRA MONEY ASIDE FOR 6% RAISES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. RAISES FOR THE EMPLOYEES. DID WE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR THIS YEAR? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, GREAT QUESTION. THIS YEAR WE TALKED AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION TO ENSURE A GOOD GOOD PACKAGE FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS. THAT'S WHY IT WAS AN OVERALL CLOSE TO 6% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. HALF A MILLION, RIGHT? THE SALARY IS NOT SPELLED OUT, THE HOURLY WAGE IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF, BUT I BELIEVE THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST. AND THAT WE JUST HAVE ASSURANCES WHEN WE SAY WE WANT THE BUS DRIVERS TO BE PAID MORE SO WE
084DON'T HAVE A DEFICIT OF THEM AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO WORK FOR US, OR FOR YOU FOR US. SEEMS LIKE THAT'S COME ABOUT. MY MEMORY IS 105 ROUTES LAST YEAR. AND 103 EMPLOYEES OR SOMETHING. SO 121 LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT GOOD COVERAGE. THAT'S GOOD. CORRECT. PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, GREAT POINT. I THINK AS WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, IT'S REALLY HELPED RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. HAVING SUB BUS DRIVERS, ET CETERA. I GO BACK TO MY YEAR ONE HERE AS SUPERINTENDENT COMING IN. OH, YEAH. >> THANK YOU MR. NOLAN. MEMBER NOLAN. TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF THE FACT WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM. COMMUNICATION, BACK TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM, MR. LIU, AND THEN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, ENSURING WE'RE ALSO TAKING CARE OF OUR DRIVERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. MR.
085VICE PRESIDENT, I THINK I JUMPED IN, FORGIVE ME. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. WE'RE GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACT. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> MOVED BY MR. FRANK, SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. INDICATE SAYING AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. 4-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 7:35, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. I WILL MAKE MY BOARD REPORT LENGTHY. YEAH, WELL, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW. I HAVE A DRAMATIC READING. FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T IN THE ROOM -- I'M GOING TO FILIBUSTER. VICE PRESIDENT WAS BRAGGING BECAUSE HE GOT THE MEETING DONE BY 8:00. JUST GOING TO SAY. INE EVEN WITH ALL MY MISHAPS, WE MADE IT THROUGH. I'D LIKE TO START WITH BOARD REPORTS. I'LL START WITH
086YOU, VICE PRESIDENT, IF YOU'RE READY. SURE. ATTENDED SUMMER GRADUATION, NEVER HAD BEFORE. QUICK AND EFFICIENT. GET THEM ACROSS THE STAGE, GET THEM THE DIPLOMAS, BUT THE KIDS HAD TO GO EXTRA STEPS AND ERRAND IT. IT WAS GOOD TO BE THERE. WAS IT THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM THAT HELPED WITH THE FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION? THANK YOU TO MR. RODRIGUEZ AND YOUR TEAM AND THE OPERATIONS FOLKS THERE AT FIELD OF DREAMS TO HELP GET TABLES, MOVE THINGS AROUND, ORGANIZE. THERE WAS LOTS OF CARS THERE. KUDOS TO THE STAFF HELPING PUT TOGETHER A GOOD EVENT. I'LL GIVE EQUITY COUNCIL. END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE VISITED SCHOOLS AND TALKED TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO GET THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS KIND OF VIBE. I THINK WE'RE THINKING NOW ABOUT HOW TO -- WHAT ISSUES CAN WE TALK ABOUT AROUND
087EQUITY. WE'RE RECALIBRATING, I GUESS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE EQUITY COUNCIL CAN BE MOST EFFICIENT, BEST SELF. BUT GOOD PARENTS, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE IFFY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SECRETARY WOFFORD. MY TIME THIS LAST MONTH HAS BEEN SPENT MOSTLY IN APSI s, TAUGHT FOR A COUPLE. WORKING WITH PHENOMENAL TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ONLINE SESSIONS, NONE IN PERSON THIS YEAR. IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO HEAR PERSPECTIVES FROM TEACHERS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. I WORK THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA IN WITH THE HOW TO TEACH AP ENGLISH THAT'S THERE. IT'S KEPT ME BUSY. IT'S REWARDING. AWESOME, DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. MR. FRANK. I ALSO ATTENDED THE SUMMER GRADUATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE PROVIDE THIS
088OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T QUITE GET THE JOB DONE TO GRADUATE IN MAY. I THINK IT'S ALSO GOOD WE UPHOLD HIGH STANDARDS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. AND WE INSIST THAT PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GRADUATION. IT GIVES MANY MEANING. THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST MONTH. AWESOME, THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. I TRAVELED. IT WAS FANTASTIC. SPEAKING OF GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, YOU REALLY DO. MY HUSBAND, A WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II BUFF, WE WENT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT -- ESPECIALLY WORLD WAR II --SITES. I WILL JUST SAY THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. SO KNOW YOUR HISTORY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE WENT TO A PLACE ON THE BORDER OF BELGIUM AND FRANCE, WHERE THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE TOOK PLACE.
089OOF. >> YEAH. A MASSIVE LOSS OF AMERICAN LIFE. THERE WERE SIX VETS THERE FROM THE UNITED STATES WHO HADHAD KIND OF LIKE -- HONOR? >> HONOR FLIGHT BUT A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. AND IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL, BUT I SAT AND TALKED TO ALAN KINDER, 100 YEARS OLD, WHO FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO A VETERAN, DOESN'T MATTER FROM WHICH WAR, JUST TO GET THAT PERSPECTIVE. HE IS AN AMAZING MAN. LEARN YOUR HISTORY. IT'S IMPORTANT. TALK TO THOSE VETERANS QUICKLY. YES. EXACTLY. THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM WAS 101. ALAN WAS UPSET HE WASN'T THE OLDEST ONE THERE. AND THEY WERE --ALAN WAS PUSHING HIS OWN WHEELCHAIR, I DON'T NEED THIS THING. ANYWAY. IT WAS AMAZING. AND HOPEFULLY COMING BACK WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. SO, THANK YOU
090ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 7:40, I'M ADJOURNING OUT. I CAN'T DO IT YET. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. FILIBUSTER --I MEAN SO MOVED. OBJECTION. >> MOVED BY MR. WOFFORD, SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THE LAW CONFERENCE, SHOULD BE GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING,ADJOURNING, INDICATE SAYING AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? THAT'S IT. 40740.