Board of Education - Sep 16, 2025

001GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S 6:02 AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WELCOME. I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ENJOYING , ENJOYING? YOUR EVENING WITH US. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME. YOU'RE GOING TO BE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WOULD YOU TAKE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, MR. FRANK? HERE. MS. TENORIO? >> HERE. >> VICE PRESIDENT? HERE. THE >> PRESIDENT CORT? I AM ALSO HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR STUDENT ADVISER, ELLA, FROM MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE, I TALKED TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANYTIME YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON ANYTHING, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND GABRIEL, WHO IS IN FIFTH GRADE

002AND WHO ATTENDS MacARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IS GOING TO COME UP AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. READY? COME ON UP. 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 NON-ENGLISH ] I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES. [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] BEAUTIFUL. NICE JOB. GABRIEL, COME ON UP. I'LL TAKE ONE. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GABRIEL. UP NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JOSEPH FLOREZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. GOOD EVENING, MADAME PRESIDENT, ALL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT REESE, STUDENT ADVISER ELLA, EVERYONE ELSE THIS EVENING, MY

003NAME IS JOSEPH FLOREZ, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ OR'S UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ROD PYRE AND MARISSA MASSOUD, TONIGHT THE BAND WILL BE PERFORMING DON'T STOP BELIEVING BY JOURNEY, ARRANGED BY PALMER THUMB. TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE WILL FEATURE SOLOISTS ON ALTO SAX AND MAYOR HERNANDEZ ON KEYBOARD. EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JAZZERS. [ MUSIC ] AND [ APPLAUSE ] WELL, THAT WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS ALL I COULD DO TO NOT SING-ALONG, I'M SURE YOU ARE REALLY HAPPY THAT I DIDN'T DO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SONG, THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, YOU ALSO FABULOUS. COULD YOU STAY AND PLAY? THAT WOULD BE OUR MEETING? THANKS AGAIN, GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ALL RIGHT. NOW, ON TO MAYBE LESS EXCITING THINGS, OR

004MAYBE EXCITING THINGS. I LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE , LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 16th 2025 REGULAR SESSION AGENDA. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK, ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? THANK YOU. UNANIMOUSLY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 2nd 2025 WORK SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY MR. FRANK, SECONDED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS FOLLOWED. 5B2 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN L CPS AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE, 6H1, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY

005DRIVERS EDUCATION, 6B1, MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS . 6C ONE VENDOR PAYMENTS, 6C2 BUDGET BY ADJUSTMENT REQUEST FOR BARS, AND 6C3, PROPERTY DISPOSITION. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT, 5-0, THANK YOU. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16th 2025, FROM FIVE:00 TO [ INAUDIBLE ] TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONNEL MATTERS, AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-ONE H2 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SPECIFICALLY SO THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNCIL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT AND CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT AND TWO, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNCIL COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION THE CLASSIFIED AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES. AND MET WITH LEGAL COUNCIL

006TO DISCUSS PENDING OR THREATENED LITIGATION AS PROMOTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-187 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS VERSUS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS HRV NUMBER 24-05-0631 DASH CAPITAL EVEN FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. I AFFIRM THAT THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED ABOVE. THANKS. AND NOW, AND NOW, I KNOW, WE'RE ALL WAITING BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE. I AM SURE. YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL I HAD TO DO WAS LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER, MY APOLOGIES, DR. MILLER TOMLINSON , NO, NOT AT ALL, DR. MILLER TOMLINSON IS GOING TO COME UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT A VERY EXCITING AND WONDERFUL HUMAN BEINGS. THANK YOU, MADAME CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIS. IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS AFTERNOON TO RECOGNIZE WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, AND I'M GOING

007TO USE SOME VERY CORNY SPORTS JARGON HERE. IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS, IT'S RARE FOR A ROOKIE TO COME OFF THE BENCH AND IMMEDIATELY PLAY LIKE AN MVP, BUT IN HER VERY FIRST YEAR AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, MICHELLE RONGA DID JUST THAT, RISING QUICKLY TO THE TOP OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GAME. WITH A HEART FOR STUDENTS, A PLAYBOOK FULL OF INNOVATIVE IDEAS, AND A VISION THAT EMPHASIZES ATHLETICS AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CLASSROOM , MICHELLE WAS HONORED THIS SUMMER BY HER COLLEAGUES BY BEING NAMED SOUTHWEST REGION ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR. SO, CONGRATULATION, MICHELLE, YOU'VE PROVEN THAT EVEN ROOKIES CAN LEAD THE LEAGUE. YES. SO, I WASN'T AT THE EVENT WHEN SHE WAS PRESENTED THIS AWARD, SO I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE, BUT I IMAGINE THAT IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

008YES, IT DOES! THIS IS FOR YOU, MICHELLE. BE RECOGNIZED. SHE DOES HAVE THAT. MAYBE TAKE A PICTURE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IT WAS CLASHING READ FOR SURE. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, MISS RANGA, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. BEFORE WE MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE COURT PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT VDH, AND THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER. HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT, THE BOARD DOES NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM UPON PERSONNEL MATTERS. HOWEVER, ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD EITHER ADOPTS NOR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY

009COMMENTS MADE FOR INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS OF THE BOARD. THERE ARE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT, AND I WILL TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. WE WILL START WITH DR. FIRST. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ELLA, SUPERINTENDENT RUIS, I WANT TO WRITTEN THESE COMMENTS A FEW MONTHS AGO, IN MY OPINION, BOARD GOAL FOUR ENVIRONMENT SAFETY HAS NO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES , AND I SAID PLEASE CONSIDER HOW MEASURABLE THE OUTCOMES ARE FOR BOARD GOAL THREE, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THAT INCLUDES A SURVEY RESULT, SCHOOL SITE VISITS, TARGETED INITIATIVES, PROJECT MONITORING, BOARD GOAL IS ABOUT EACH SCHOOL RECEIVING SAFETY TRAINING PERFORMING DRILLS, BUT NOT ABOUT THE OUTCOMES OF SAFETY TRAINING . PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING MEASURABLE OUTCOMES SUCH AS SITE VISITS, NUMBER OF SAFETY INCIDENCES, ET CETERA. I ALSO HAVE MENTIONED THAT I BELIEVE EARLIER MENTIONING AGAIN,

010BOARD GOAL SIX ATTENDANCE IS UNATTAINABLE. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE BY 50% ANNUALLY THOSE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT. I RECOMMEND A MORE ATTAINABLE GOAL OF 15% ANNUAL REDUCTION AND YOU WOULD ACHIEVE A 50% REDUCTION OVER A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY FOUR YEARS. I'VE WARNED DR. LOU, HE KNOWS THIS QUESTION IS COMING, IT'S ABOUT A REPORT HE'LL BE GIVEN, AND NORMALLY THERE'S TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SO MY QUESTION IS THIS. THERE ARE THREE SOURCES OF DEBT FINANCING AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND SB NINE , AND MY QUESTION IS, WHICH ARE FOR LOCAL PUBLIC EDUCATION , MEANING IT WOULD ALSO APPLY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS. THAT WAS A QUESTION WHEN THE REPORT COMES. OKAY. I ALSO EMAILED COMMENTS TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF, THAT YOU CONSIDER STARTING YOUR WORK SESSIONS

011AT 5:00 P.M. INSTEAD OF 4:00 P.M., TO PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU ON IS HOW THE MEETINGS ARE NO LONGER FOUR HOURS PLUS LONG, ANYWAY, WE WOULDN'T BE HELD THAT LATE ON A TUESDAY EVENING IF IT WERE TO START AT 5:00, THAT WAS ONE THING. INCREASING ENGAGEMENT, I FIRST WANT TO APPLAUD THE AMOUNT OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY A STUDENT, AND I WONDER IF WE COULD DREAM ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE YOUR PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS. SO IN AN EMAIL I SENT, MAINLY TO YOU TOO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. ELISA SANCHEZ? MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. OUR STUDENT ADVISER AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIS, ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I AM SO PROUD OF YOU

012, AND USUALLY I TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT I AGREE WITH. I WANT TO GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION THIS TIME. I GO BY CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL NOT REGULARLY, BUT PRETTY REGULARLY. IT JUST DAWNED ON ME, IT'S FULL OF SOLAR PANELS. WOW. I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT, AND I'M AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, AND I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THE FORESIGHT TO DO THAT. I'M SURE IF WE HAVE THE SPACE FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS, YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO THE SAME, THERE. SINCE WE DO WHAT WE CAN, AND [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] [ SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] PATTY, IS IT MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU. HELLO. I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE LAS CRUCES BASED LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL BE CONDUCTING A CANDIDATE FORUM FOR LOCAL CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE CONTESTED SEATS

013IN THE LAS CRUCES BOARD OF EDUCATION. COSPONSORING THIS FORM WOULD BE CHAPTER OF THE NAACP AND THE LAS CRUCES BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY OF WOMEN, AND THIS CANDIDATE FORUM WOULD BE HELD RIGHT HERE. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, COMING UP NEXT WEEK, OKAY. SEPTEMBER 24th, THE TWO CONCERT CONTESTED RACES ARE FOR DISTRICTS NUMBER TWO AND THREE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE. AGAIN, IT'S WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, AT 6:30 HERE IN THIS ROOM. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, THANK YOU ALL. I WILL NOW MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENCE REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY REPORT TODAY WILL BEGIN WITH MAYFIELD THEATER PATTERN FRENZY, IF WE CAN GET THE POWERPOINT UP. IF WE CAN. HERE WE GO. ON SEPTEMBER 4th, WE KICKED OFF THIS YEAR'S THEATER PATTERN FRENZY

014WITH THE MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PATTERN. GROUP OF ACTIVITIES FINE ARTS AND ATHLETIC STUDENTS FOR MAYFIELD VISITED SCHOOLS IN THE PATTERN AND STOP FOR LUNCH AT CENTRAL OFFICE. THIS YEAR THE THEATER PATTERN FRENZY LUNCHES ARE SPONSORED BY TEAMS AT CENTRAL OFFICE, THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER, THIS YEAR THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MR. LOU'S DIVISION, FINANCE DIVISION. THEY SET A PRETTY TOUGH PRECEDENT THERE. THE KIDDOS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, AND I WANT TO THANK DR. MILLER TOMLINSON AND THE TEAM, MARISSA PRENTICE, MICHELLE RONGA, JOSEPH FLOREZ FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS I WAS ABLE TO GET WITH OUR KIDDOS AND TALK TO THEM AND HOW THE YEAR WAS GOING. NEXT UPDATE, HERE IS AROUND WE CONTINUED OUR THRIVE EVENTS THIS MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 11th. WE RECOGNIZE STUDENTS IN THE LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PATTERN. AS

015A REMINDER THIS PARTNERSHIP IS WITH THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES PROGRAM WHICH RECOGNIZES STUDENTS AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, OUR CITY ELECTED AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS AND LC PS BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION JOIN IN ON THE RECOGNITION OVER THE MONTHS WE HAVE SEEN PARENT VISITS, COOL SUNGLASSES, CLASS CELEBRATIONS, QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSIONS, CELEBRATING THE AMAZING STUDENTS AT LC PS. WE WILL CONTINUE THIS MONTH AND LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MORE STUDENTS. TOWN MEETING WITH PRINCIPALS, THIS SCHOOL OF MINISTRY SPENT THE WEEK IN QUALITY TEACHING FOR ENGLISH LEARNING IS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. TITLED SPEAKING FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, IT IS ABOUT HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH-BASED STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP ON CAMPUSES FOR ALL STUDENTS. DURING THE R&D MEETING THE TEAM INVITED A NUMBER OF PRINCIPLES, AND OUR FACILITATORS FOR A CHECK-IN ABOUT NEXT STEPS. THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR MINISTERS IS CRITICAL TO THE

016SUCCESS OF ANY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS WITH FEEDBACK. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED HERE. SINCE LAST YEAR. MY NEXT UPDATE HAS TO DO WITH INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, I JOINED THE LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PATTERN TEAM AT ELEMENTARY FOR THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS. THANK YOU TO PRINCIPAL CASTILLE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, OR WELCOMING TO THE SCHOOL. AND INSTRUCTIONAL WORK FOR INSTRUCTIONAL VISITS IN ACTION. AND GIVING ME FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS. WHEN TALKING TO THE TEAM THIS LAST WEEK, OUR LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS I REITERATED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR CABINET MEMBERS LEADERSHIP AND MYSELF TO CONTINUE VISITING SCHOOLS AND STAYING CONNECTED TO THE WORK HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY. A REMINDER, COLUMBIA ELEMENT TO SCHOOL RIBBON-CUTTING, THIS HAS BEEN FIRST

017OF ALL, OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN SETTLING INTO THEIR NEW HOME AND ARE READY TO INVITE US TO CUT THE OFFICIAL RIBBON IN A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CUTTING THE RIBBON ON THIS LONG-AWAITED PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO OUR SCHOOLWIDE EVENT ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 3rd, THE CAMPUS WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO MY COMMUNITY, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4th, SO WE CAN SHOWCASE THE CAMPUS TO ANYONE IS INTERESTED. THIS WILL BE A TWO DAY EVENT, OVER AT COLUMBIA. ALSO, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A VISIT BY DR. MICHELLE ADONIS, CEO OF JARDIN DE LOS NINOS. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. SHE DID WANT TO MENTION THANK YOU , THINKING MYSELF AND THE BOARD FOR ACCOMMODATING HER PRESCHOOL AT ALAMEDA DURING REROOFING OF THE BUILDING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS

018WE'RE LOOKING TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER DAY FOR HER TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO US ON THAT. AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME FINALLY THIS EVENING, WE AS WE APPROACH OUR BOND ELECTION, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BRIDGET TO SHARE A BIT WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THE LC PS BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE. AND ALSO, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMITTEE CHAIR , WHO IS ALSO HERE JOINING US. BRIDGET. THANK YOU, MR. REESE, MADAME PRESIDENT CLINTON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MR. HOFFMAN, WHO IS THE MARKET PRESIDENT PIONEER BANK AND A STEADFAST ADVOCATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. HE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME SUPPORTER OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LENDING HIS LEADERSHIP TO PROGRAMS LIKE THE GREATER LAS CRUCES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JUNIOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. SERVING AS

019ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE ORIGINAL ATTENDANCE INITIATIVE. AS A PROUD FATHER OF TWO MAYFIELD GRADUATES WHO HAVE GONE ON TO BUILD HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAREERS OF STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON STUDENTS AND THEIR FUTURES. HIS BELIEF IN THE POWER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MAKE HIM AN IDEA TO CHAIR THE LAS CRUCES POND BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE, I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. KIEL HOFFMAN, OUR BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE CHAIR, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME HIM. THANK YOU BRIDGET. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND ELLA. FOR INVITING ME HERE THIS EVENING. JUST A COUPLE OF EASY THINGS. BLUE RIBBON CAMPAIGN, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF IT. IF YOU HAVE NOT, PLEASE COME SEE ME. I WILL LET YOU KNOW. BUT, I WAS ASKED WHY I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING

020THIS AM A BUSY GUY, LOTS OF COMMITTEES, LOTS OF BOARDS. BUT I RESPONDED THAT I REALLY BELIEVE IN A PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND I THINK AS A COMMUNITY BANK, AND AS THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, THAT IT'S OUR DESIRE TO HELP MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY HAS THE BEST. I WAS COUNTING TODAY THAT OF ALL, I HAVE 35 EMPLOYEES, I HAVE 24 OF THEM IT ALL WENT TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO, WE WANT TO GIVE BACK, AND IT'S OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU TO PROVIDING THIS EXCELLENT STUDENTS WHO GO ON TO BECOME GREAT EMPLOYEES. I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TONIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED IN THE LAST BOND ELECTION? ANYBODY? ANYBODY? FORGET A PERCENTAGE. GIVE ME A NUMBER. THAT'S TOUGH. >> I'M

021A NUMBERS GUY. WE MOVED IT TO NOVEMBER, IT WAS A FEBRUARY VOTE. IT WILL GET TWICE AS MANY. THE LAST WAS NOVEMBER. I WOULD GUESS 20,000. 21. YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME, 2021. IT WAS NOT 20,000. IT WAS 12,800 PEOPLE VOTED IN THE ELECTION. YOU WERE CLOSE. IN BIGGER WORLD THAT WOULD BE CLOSE. WE ROUND UP . SO, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY, OF THOSE 12,002 VOTED, 3911 VOTED NO. THERE IS OUR NUMBER. IF WE GET 4000 PEOPLE TO VOTE YES, CHANCES ARE REALLY GOOD THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION. A COUPLE THINGS TO POINT OUT, HERE'S THE NEXT QUESTION FOR YOU NUMBER WISE. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE THERE AT LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS? ANYBODY? ANYBODY? I'LL DO IT. YOU'RE A CLOSE. WE'VE GOT TO GO LOWER.

022YOU GUYS WILL ALL FAIL THE TEST. 4300 EMPLOYEES AT LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL. SO GUESS WHAT? IF WE WERE ABLE TO JUST GET EVERY EMPLOYEE, IF WE WERE IF EVERY EMPLOYEE WENT OUT AND VOTED YES, THIS BOND ELECTION WOULD PASS. SO OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF OUR MISSIONS AT THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE IS TO HELP ENCOURAGE THE TEACHERS, THE STAFF, AND EVERYONE TO GO VOTE. IT'S EVEN COOLER FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE IN A BUNCH OF YOUR SCHOOLS THE VOTING MACHINES ARE RIGHT THERE. SO, I'M HOPING THAT WE SEE THAT. BUT SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, WE'RE ALSO OUT IN THE PUBLIC TALKING IN FRONT OF BOTH PARENT GROUPS, PUBLIC GROUPS, YOU NAME IT, ROTARY FORUM, ALL KINDS OF GROUPS. WE'LL BE TALKING WITH OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS, ENCOURAGING TO VOTE YES.

023THE GREAT THING ABOUT HOW THIS WORKS IS THAT , SINCE I DO NOT WORK FOR LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I CAN ASK EVERYBODY TO VOTE YES. THOSE WHO ARE HIRED, LIKE BRIDGET, WHO WORKS FOR LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CAN ONLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VOTE. WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE TEACHERS AND STAFF TO VOTE, BUT, WE, THE BUSINESS FOLKS, WILL BE DOING THE ASKING TO SAY PLEASE VOTE YES FOR THAT. OUR COMMITTEE HAS A GOOD ROUND NUMBER 50. ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE. BRIDGET, AND WOULD DO A GREAT JOB ROUNDING UP A GREAT GROUP OF NOT JUST COMMUNITY PEOPLE, BUT ALSO THROUGH STAFF, PRINCIPALS, MICHELLE, NO PRESSURE THERE. A LOT OF GOOD FOLKS TO COME ONTO THAT COMMITTEE, AND ALL HAVE PLEDGED THEIR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THIS BOND PASSES. I'VE TOLD BRIDGET, I'M NEARING THE END OF

024MY CAREER IN BANKING, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN AS THE YEAR IT DIDN'T PASS, SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT DONE, WE'VE RAISED SOME MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YARD SIGNS. MOST OF IT WILL BE PERSONAL MESSAGING FROM ALL OF US, IN SUPPORT OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALSO EXPLAINING THE BOND ISSUE, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS VOTED ON IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED AND CONVOLUTED. WE'LL DO A GREAT JOB GOING OUT AND TELLING THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE YES. QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. FRANK? REALLY WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS WE CAN ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VOTE YES FOR THIS. UNLESS YOU'RE A TEACHER. IT'S JUST PAID EMPLOYEES. THE CANCER YES, CORRECT. STUDENTS CAN VOTE YES? I WOULD SAY STUDENTS CAN. THEY'RE NOT PAID.

025THEN, THERE ARE ALSO RULES THAT ARE OUT THERE ABOUT US USING SCHOOL TIME TO CONVINCE THEM TO CONVINCE THEIR PARENTS TO SAY YES. IT'S A FINE LINE WE WALK. I KNOW NEXT WEEK WE'RE IN FRONT OF MAYFIELD PARENT , COMMUNITY UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT, SO, WE'LL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY OBVIOUSLY, THEY CARE A LOT ABOUT THIS ELECTION. WE'LL DO OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE INFO, AND THE PROMISES THAT THERE WILL BE MORE FUNDING TO COME. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEMS ON MY REPORT, I WANT TO THANK MR. HOFFMAN, THE COMMITTEE AND OUR TEAM FOR DOING AN AWESOME JOB AND THEIR TIME, THEIR VALUABLE TIME IN ADVOCATING FOR THESE IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR OUR KIDS.

026THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN EXAM. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OUR LAS CRUCES PARTNERS, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE FOR HER SEASICK REPORT, FOLLOWED BY MS. JULIE WE GO FOR HER NEA LAS CRUCES REPORT. GOOD EVENING. I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. THIS EVENING. SO, BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT RUIS. AND OF COURSE OUR STUDENT ADVISER. SO, I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU A MEETING THAT I ATTENDED BY AFT NEW MEXICO, REGARDING THEIR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM. SO, IF YOU WILL BEAR WITH ME, I'M GOING TO READ THIS. NO PUBLIC EDUCATION EARNING LESS THAN $30,000 IN OUR SCHOOLS. 2024 HB 199 AND 2025 HB 201 SOUGHT , EXCUSE ME.

027I LOST IT. TECHNOLOGY SOMETIMES . >> SOUGHT TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM , HERE WE GO AGAIN. EXCUSE ME AGAIN. IT IS OKAY, TAKE YOUR TIME. I REALLY FIND IT RATHER IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU WOULD JUST BEAR WITH ME. OF COURSE. NO PRESSURE. SOUGHT TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES TO 30,000. THAT WAS THE BASE PAY. MANY OF THESE POSITIONS ARE STILL MAKING LESS THAN THIS AMOUNT. SUCH AS EMPLOYEES, LIKE OUR CUSTODIAN , OUR SERVICE WORKERS, ARE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE, OUR SECRETARIES. THEY CONTINUE ADVOCACY. THIS , AT THE LATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF 2026, TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS. WE VERY STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ESSENTIAL. THIS WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY OUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE STILL WORKING IN POVERTY. WAGES, COMPARED TO WHAT IS A LIVING WAGE HERE IN

028LAS CRUCES AND NEW MEXICO. SORRY TO SAY, THEY ARE CALLED THE WORKING POOR. THIS IS A VERY ESSENTIAL BILL THAT AFT MEXICO IS PROMOTING ADVOCATING, AND THEY WILL STRONGLY OUR LOBBYISTS IN SANTA FE WILL BE WORKING HARD FOR THIS. THIS WOULD BE A RECURRING COST. WE WOULD HOPE THAT THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL RECURRING COST TO THE DISTRICT. ALL DISTRICTS IN NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE THING THAT IS BEING PROMOTED IS THE 8020 HEALTHCARE COVERAGE. THE AFT BELIEVES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING VERY ESSENTIAL FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. FOR HEALTHCARE. IT IS ESSENTIAL. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT , IT SHOULD BE A BASIC RIGHT HERE IN NEW MEXICO FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. SO, AGAIN, AFT NEW MEXICO WILL BE PROMOTING THIS IN ADDITION TO THE NEA NEW MEXICO. THE LAST ONE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH

029YOU IS FUNDING FOR COOLING AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS IS TO PROMOTE THE SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO WILL HAVE COOLING, VENTILATION, AND HEATING FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS REALLY CAME ABOUT FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE FACT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE REGARDING VENTILATION , HEATING AND COOLING, IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING LEGISLATIVELY TO ASSIST, NOT ONLY THE ALBUQUERQUE SCHOOLS, BUT THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO. I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT HERE IN LAS CRUCES, WE ARE VERY MUCH AHEAD, BECAUSE PAST PHYSICAL PLANT DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS NOTICED THE NEED, SAW THE NEED THAT OUR SCHOOLS NEED TO BE REFRIGERATED HERE IN LAS CRUCES, BECAUSE OF THE VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES. BUT NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING STATEWIDE. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT OUR LEGISLATORS WILL SEE THAT THIS IS VERY NECESSARY FOR OUR

030KIDDOS TO BE ABLE TO BE EDUCATED IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE THREE THINGS THAT AFT NEW MEXICO WOULD BE WORKING TOWARD, AND I KNOW THAT IN SOME OF THESE THINGS NEA NEW MEXICO WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THEM AS WELL. ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT I HAVE A FABULOUS GROUP OF SECURITY OFFICERS. I THINK I HAVE MENTIONED TO YOU THAT OUR SECURITY OFFICERS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, ARE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES. HERE IN THE AREA. THEY ARE RETIRED, BUT, THEY DECIDED TO COME WORK FOR L CPS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE CHILDREN OF LCPS. HE WILL HEAR OUR SECURITY OFFICERS SAY, WE DON'T RUN AWAY FROM DANGER. WE

031RUN TO IT. YOU WILL HEAR THEM SAY, I WILL TAKE A BULLET FOR A CHILD , AND FOR A STAFF MEMBER. THAT IS THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT THESE SECURITY OFFICERS HAVE. SO, A COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED LAST YEAR, WITH VARIOUS OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES, FROM VARIOUS LEVELS AT THE SCHOOLS. THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, WORKING WITH SUPERINTENDENT RUIS, AND WITH CHIEF OF OPERATIONS STEVE RODRIGUEZ TO TRY TO GET BODY CAMS AND, WHICH I'LL CONSULT YOU WITH MISS GALLEGOS, AND ALSO SOME VESTS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SOME VESTS, WE WANT THESE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRODUCTIVE. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT , BUT IN THE EFFORTS, THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING ESPECIALLY FOR MOBILE PATROL OFFICERS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU HAD A PRESENTATION BY OFFICER JIM

032JUSTICE, AND HE SHARED WITH YOU THE CHALLENGES AND THE OBSTACLES, THE DANGERS THEY ENCOUNTER WHILE PATROLLING THE SCHOOLS AT NIGHT. THEY WORK, I BELIEVE, FROM 6:00 TO 2:00. FROM THE EVENING INTO THE EARLY HOURS, GOD BLESS YOU. PATRICK. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, EXCUSE ME. AND TO SHARE WITH YOU THE DANGERS THAT THEY ENCOUNTER. SO, IN THE EFFORTS THAT I THINK THEY WILL SOON BE FILLING THEM WITH THEIR BODY CAMS, BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY MUCH NEEDED, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH A SUPERINTENDENT, OF POSSIBLY EXTENDING THAT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BUT THEN WE'RE STILL IN THE TALKING FACES WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT RUIS FOR YOUR CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAD WITH THEM, THEY'RE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THIS. SO, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS GOING ON FROM THEM.

033WE HAVE BEEN MEETING THESE SECURITY OFFICERS, THEY DID MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVE NATHAN SMALL, AND SENATOR HAMBLIN, TO SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO , WE DON'T HAVE TO DO PIECEMEAL THINGS. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR BOND ISSUES. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR FUNDING, SO, WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH IS, LET'S DO A BILL FOR SCHOOLS WHICH WILL INCLUDE HATCH, GASTON, AND LAS CRUCES, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SECURE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER. THAT WOULD BE AN, EXCUSE ME, I NEED YOUR HELP. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FENCING? YOU WANT TO COME UP AND HELP ME DESCRIBE THAT? I HOPE IT'S OKAY, SUPERINTENDENT RUIS. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. MADAM PRESIDENT, NUMBERS OF THE BOARD, UNSCALABLE FENCING IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL CHAIN-LINK FENCING, IT'S MORE OF LIKE WHAT WE HAVE AT CENTENNIAL, IT'S

034NOT AS EASY TO CLIMB. OR TO SCALE. IS WHAT IT IS. SO, THEY WOULD BE [ INAUDIBLE ] SIX FOOT IS OUR STANDARD FOR THE DISTRICT IS WHAT OUR STANDARD IS. THANK YOU. HE HAS MORE EXPERTISE ON THAT THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR OFFICERS WANT TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER. WHAT THEY WANT IS SHATTERPROOF WINDOWS. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING LEGISLATIVELY TO HELP OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THIS, TO HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF HATCH AND GADSDEN. WE WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD EXPAND TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY AND THE SECURITY OF OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE, THAT THIS IS NOT HAPPENED HERE, SO, THE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THE WAY

035THEY THINK, THEY SAY IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN. WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE WANT TO EQUIP OUR SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO EQUIP OUR OFFICERS, AND THIS IS , WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP SOON. THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT GRACIOUSLY IS MEETING WITH OUR OFFICE EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. TWO UPDATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS. SO, ANYWAY, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL. I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SOME OF YOU, SECURITY OFFICER WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, AND TO SHARE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE I'M PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO WORK WITH THEM, THEY CALLED THE KIDS AT THEIR SCHOOL MY KIDS. MY KIDS. I WANT MY KIDS TO BE SAFE.

036I WANT THE STAFF TO BE SAFE. IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THEM, AND THE COMMITMENT THEY HAVE. LASTLY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A MEETING THAT WILL BE COMING UP REGARDING THE REGULATION OF G BK. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE REGULATION. AND THE LAST SECTION OF COMPLAINTS, AND IN READING IT I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REVISITED AND LOOKED INTO. I AM NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON TO BRING UP SOMETHING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, SO I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO EMAIL THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION, LAS CRUCES PRESIDENT JULIE IS GOING TO BE JOINING US, WE DO NEED TO SEE THAT PART OF THE REGULATION TO SEE WHAT IT CAN BE DONE. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING. THANK

037YOU, I AM VOID THE PRESIDENT FOR ANY LAS CRUCES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ AND ELLA. NEA LAS CRUCES JESSE ALLRED AND I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH JESSE PERIO AND SEAN ON OUR LABOR-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR WORK THIS MONTH HAS BEEN GETTING STARTED ON OUR STIPEND COMMITTEE, AND IT HAS WE LOOK FORWARD TO ADDRESSING ALL STIPEND TO OUR HARD-WORKING EDUCATORS. WE ARE WORKING WITH BOARD MEMBER PATRICK NOLAND, DR. LOZANO AND THE EQUITY COUNCIL TO HOST A FEEDBACK SESSION FOR STAKEHOLDERS DURING THE VERY SHORT TURNAROUND PERIOD FOR THE QUESTION IN THE NEXT STEPS THERE. FINALLY, NEA NATIONAL SEND OUT GUIDELINES FOR STAFF THAT I SHARED WITH ALL STAFF CERTIFIED STAFF TODAY, AS WE TRY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE DIVISION AND TURMOIL AFTER THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK. THANK

038YOU, AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ELLA? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ELLA, TO GIVE US OUR STUDENT ADVISORY REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PRESIDENT CORT, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MET ON WEDNESDAY, AND WE DISCUSSED MORE ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY AND METAL DETECTORS AS THE WEEKS HAVE GONE, AND EACH SCHOOL HAS ADAPTED TO THE POLICY AND METAL DETECTORS A LOT BETTER, REPORTED SEEING WAS PUSHED BACK TO THE PHONE POLICY. AND ALL THE SCHOOLS REPORTED SEEING MORE SOCIAL INTERACTION NOW THAT STUDENTS AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE ON THEIR PHONES. MAYFIELD MENTIONED SOME TEACHERS BEING TOO STRICT WITH THE PHONE POLICY LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEIR ASSIGNMENTS TO

039TURN THEM IN. WHICH IS A COMMON THING WE USED TO DO WITH ASSIGNMENTS LIKE WARM-UPS AND SOMETIMES IT'S MORE WORK FOR THE TEACHER TO INDIVIDUALLY GO THROUGH EACH PERSON'S BINDER OR FOLDER TO GRADE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS. AND ALSO, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN UPSET IF THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T BE ON THEIR PHONES WHEN THEY FINISH ALL OF THEIR WORK. WONDERING WHY THEY CAN'T BE ON THEIR PHONES, IF THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. ON THE METAL DETECTORS. MAYFIELD AND ARROWHEAD DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, THE PROCESS HAS BECOME A LOT SMOOTHER, AND KIDS AREN'T BEING LATE TO CLASS DUE TO LONG LINES IN THE MIDDLE DETECTORS, BUT, CENTENNIAL HAD A COUPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE METAL DETECTORS, THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE LACK OF STAFFING AT THEIR DETECTORS, AND THEY HAVE ENTRANCES ON CAMPUS WITHOUT DETECTORS. IT SOUNDED LIKE

040THEY ONLY HAD TWO FUNCTIONING DETECTORS WERE THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAD THREE. THAT MEANT THERE WAS AN ENTRANCE WHERE STUDENTS COULD SNEAK IN WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE DETECTORS AND THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE STIPENDS, MS. PRENTICE GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF THE STIPENDS GIVEN TO THE DIFFERENT ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES COORDINATORS, THERE WAS NO DISCLOSED METHOD TO HOW EACH PERSON RECEIVES THIS STIPEND, AND WE WERE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THAT METHOD IS IF IT'S TICKET SALES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE USE THE COUNCIL TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN HOW UNEVEN SOME OF THE STIPENDS WERE, ONE THING WE NOTICED WAS THAT THE BOYS BASKETBALL AND GIRLS BASKETBALL COACHES BOTH RECEIVE THEIR OWN STIPEND, WHEREAS COACHES WHO COACH BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS ONLY RECEIVE ONE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAKING CONNECTIONS ON CAMPUS

041BECAUSE WE ALL AGREE THAT THE PHONE POLICY HAS GREATLY INCREASED SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. WE DID HAVE TO MOVE INCREASING GRADUATION RATES AND REDUCING CHRONIC ACCIDENTS IS OF THE NEXT MEETING. THAT'S ON OCTOBER 22nd, 2025. LASTLY I WANTED TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND THE GRILL AND THRILLED BARBECUE CONTEST , BIT OF A TONGUE TWISTER, ON OCTOBER 17th FROM 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M. AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS BASEBALL COMPLEX. ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE COMPETING AT A TEAM FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE COMPETING. WE LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WENT TO THE FAIR LAST YEAR, AND EIGHT DELICIOUS FOOD. I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT THIS YEAR . BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, ELLA, I WAS A JUDGE.

042YOU HAD MORE FOOD THAN I DID. IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE A JUDGE THIS YEAR, I HAD NO PROBLEM DOING IT. A QUESTION, HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED WITH ELECTIONS, DOING CANDIDATE FORUMS? I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU ALL TO DO SOMETHING. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE COULD DO. GOOD PRACTICE. GOOD TO GET OUT IN THE WORLD KIND OF STUFF. NOT JUST FOR SCHOOL BOARD ABOVE HER LEGISLATION. LEGISLATORS, CITY COUNCIL, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. THAT MIGHT BE A DOCTOR WHEN THE PROJECT, THOUGH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, ELLA, YOU ARE TAKING ON A LOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE

043WHO CAME UP AND REPORTED WITH YOU ON YOUR REPORT. LET'S START WITH OLD BUSINESS. THE SECOND READING OF POLICY KG, NONMONETARY AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH MS. O'BRIEN AND MR. BARONE. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT CORT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, ELLA. THE SECOND READING OF POLICY KG IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. MINIMAL CHANGES, AFTER THE FIRST READING. WE DID ADD A SEMICOLON, AFTER THE WORD POLICY, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF SECTION 3F, POSITION. AND THEN, AS MR. FRANK HAD POINTED OUT, WE CLARIFIED ON THE FIRST SENTENCE THAT IT IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS , HEALTH, AND WELFARE OF STUDENTS. SO THAT READS A LITTLE BETTER, THERE. AND, I BELIEVE THAT IS IT. VERY EXCITED TO HEAR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS. THANK YOU, I'M GLAD YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HERE WE GO. BOARD

044MEMBERS. IS HIS EXCITEMENT FOR NOT? HIS EXCITEMENT IS NOT FOR NAUGHT. FOR BECAUSE HE HAS ADDED A SEMICOLON I WOULD ASK THAT HE ADD A PERIOD. AFTER POSITION, LETTER C. ALWAYS SOMETHING. CONSIDER IT DONE. YOURS FOR BETTER PUNCTUATION, THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PUNCTUATION POLICE. AS IT WERE. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY CONCERNS? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, ELLA? IN TERMS OF CONTENT, IT LOOKED VERY FINE. ABSOLUTELY. A SMALL AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT, THERE. THANK YOU, I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO GO. WITH THE SECOND READINGS THAT WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU. NOW, DRUG-FREE AND ALCOHOL FREE WORKPLACE, POLICY GBEC WITH MISS DONNELLY. I WILL BE TRYING. I WONDERED. IS THIS A SURPRISE? >> IT IS A SURPRISE. WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I HOPE YOU CAN

045HEAR ME OKAY. PERFECTLY. >> FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING. MADAME CORT, MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. WE ARE HERE FOR THE SECOND READING OF OUR GBEC DRUG-FREE ALCOHOL FREE WORKPLACE. A REMINDER, OR RECAP THAT THE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TWO FOLD, TO UPHOLD A ZERO-TOLERANCE STANCE ON THE USE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN THE WORKPLACE WHILE STILL RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR EMPLOYEES FACING PERSONAL CHALLENGES. SO, AS A FOLLOW-UP WE'LL JUMP IN, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE ARE NOW RELATED ENTRIES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED ABOUT THE TOP, BACK WHEN ALCOHOL FREE SCHOOLS , ABC, ONE IS STUDENTS AND STAFF, ABF, GBEC EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE AND WELLNESS. ALSO, IF YOU RECALL THERE WAS CONVERSATION DISCUSSION , ALTERNATIVE TITLES, AND SO WE DO HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND THANK YOU FOR MY THOUGHT PARTNER, MEMBER WOFFORD, PROVIDED ONE

046AS WELL. THEY ARE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN THE PACKET, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THOSE TO YOU, AND AGAIN WE CAN LISTEN TO WHICH DIRECTION YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE. HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS. EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE, EMPLOYEE SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL FREE WORKPLACE. STAFF SUBSTANCE USE AND WORKPLACE SAFETY. SAFE AND SUBSTANCE FREE WORK ENVIRONMENT. AND THE SUGGESTION FOR MEMBER WOFFORD WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY , WHICH IS TITLED HEALTH AND SAFETY TOBACCO ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS. ALTHOUGH, A DISCUSSION REMINDER THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT USING WORKPLACE INSTEAD, BECAUSE IT WAS ALL ENCOMPASSING FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS. THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. IN ADDITION TO THE CONVERSATION DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE AT OUR FIRST READING, WE HAVE NOW ADDED A DEFINITION OF SCHOOL PROPERTY. WE

047REFERENCED IN THE STATUTE CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE POLICY BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE YOUR ATTENTION ON SECTION 4 POSITION F, THAT NOW INCLUDES LANGUAGE CLARIFYING THAT THE COMPANY REGULATION OUTLINES SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS , INCLUDING REFERRALS TO THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AS A CLEAR ENUMERATION OF POTENTIAL DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES, WHICH AGAIN WOULD HELP WITH THE TWOFOLD INTENT, HERE. THIS APPROACH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EMPLOYEES WHO COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS, STAFF, OR THEMSELVES ALSO PLACED THEIR EMPLOYMENT AT RISK. SOMETHING THAT IS TO BE NOTED, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK AND DIVISION IN SUPPORTING ALL STAFF MEMBERS, ULTIMATELY THIS POLICY -- EXCUSE ME, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT PAGE, AREN'T YOU? I DON'T F? THANK YOU. SECTION 4, POSITION F. YES. I WAS LOOKING ON MY iPAD. SO, JUST THIS AGAIN THE INTENT, THERE IS THAT IT

048REINFORCES THE DISTRICT COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ENSURING THAT WHILE VIOLATIONS ARE ADDRESSED FIRMLY, PATHWAYS TO SUPPORT AND RECOVERY REMAIN ACCESSIBLE. BOTH DURING EMPLOYMENT, AND WHEN APPROPRIATE AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE DISTRICT IF THAT'S WHERE IT LEADS. THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS FOR MY THOUGHT PARTNER, HERE. ON COMMAS AND SO FORTH, SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE. THEY ARE NOT ON HERE, BECAUSE THE PACKET HAD ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED. AND SUBMITTED. IF YOU'D LIKE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THESE, THESE WERE FOR MEMBER WOFFORD. UNDER DEFINITION. IF YOU'LL SCROLL BACK UP, PLEASE, COLLIN. DEFINITION FOUR. SECOND PAGE, PLEASE. C, UNDER DEFINITION FOUR, PRESCRIPTIONS AND NONPRESCRIPTION. IT'S SUGGESTED THAT WE ADD THE WORD MEDICATIONS. AND UNDER E, COUNTERFEIT OR LOOK-ALIKE SUBSTANCE. THE QUESTION, MADAME CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD, WAS DO WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHAT SUBSTANCE

049IS, SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. DEFINITION SEVEN , TO OMIT THE, , THAT ONE IS , MEMBER WOFFORD MAKING SURE I GET THIS CORRECT, UNDER TOBACCO PRODUCTS. THERE WAS A COMMA AFTER DOES NOT, SOMEWHERE DOWN TOWARD THE MIDDLE. SMOKELESS TOBACCO INCLUDES ANY SNUFF, CHEWING TOBACCO, OR SNUFF HIM A AND TOBACCO THAT IS WARMED OR HEATED IN ANY WAY. TOBACCO PRODUCT DOES NOT , WE WILL REMOVE THAT,, GOOD EYE AS ALWAYS. AND THEN, WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO POSITION B. THANK YOU, COLLIN. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE ADD A, AND DROP THE S TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT, AND NOW I'M LOOKING AT, LET ME SEE. UNDER B, I'LL READ THIS OUT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROHIBITS THE USE POSSESSION , ADD A COMMA THERE, AND CONTINUE IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH. ALTERING SUBSTANCES, COMMA, AND DRUGS

050BY ANY INDIVIDUAL, COMMA, WHETHER STAFF, COMMA, VOLUNTEER, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, COMMA, IT IS SUGGESTED WE REMOVE THE WORD S FOR CONSISTENCY, SUBSTITUTE. THAT WOULD BE REMOVED. AND THEN IF WE CONTINUE TO C, LOWERCASE MEDICAL CANNABIS. TO BE CONSISTENT. I HOPE I'M DOING OKAY, MR. WOFFORD, BASED ON WHAT YOU PROVIDED. I CAN BE OVER THESE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. IN ITEM C, YOU HAVE MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM AND MEDICAL CANNABIS REGISTRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE WHAT THEY ARE, BUT IF THEY ARE BONA FIDE CAPITALIZED OR NOT. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE ALSO LOWERCASE. THAT'S WHAT MADE SENSE TO ME. I THINK I CAPTURED MOST OF IT OR IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. THERE WAS ONE MORE COMMENT, IT'S JUST A COMMA. I DID HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATUTE HAD THINGS LIKE , THE T-SHIRTS

051ARE ILLEGAL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT'S NOT SPELLED OUT HERE. AND THEN, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE TERMINAL COMMENT THAT I GAVE YOU? SURE. MADAME CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD, IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THE STATUTE STATES, THE SUGGESTION THERE THAT THAT BE PART OF THE REGULATION. WHERE WE WOULD OUTLINE THE DO'S AND DON'TS , MORE SO. THAT'S WHAT I WONDERED ABOUT WITH MARLBORO MAN. YES. THERE IS , IT TALKS ABOUT THE CLOTHING OR ACCESSORIES THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE, IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED THAT WE LEAVE THAT TO THE REGULATION INSTEAD. IS IT STILL A THING, MARBLE MAN T-SHIRTS? IS THAT A THING ANYMORE? ELLA? >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I'M GOING TO GUESS. THANK YOU, SHOWING RIGHT HERE. CIGARETTES, DO YOU KNOW THAT BRAND? NO. EXCELLENT, I ADORE YOU. >> CORRECT ANSWER.

052GOOD ANSWER. THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THEM AND THEY ALL DIED OF LUNG CANCER. THE CAMEL? JOE CAMEL WAS MORE RECOGNIZABLE THAN MICKEY MOUSE I THINK AT ONE POINT. THOSE WERE THE BAD OLD DAYS. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY. THANK GOODNESS. SO, REGULATION. THAT MAKES SENSE. THE TERMINAL COMMENT AT THE BOTTOM. ITEM C IN THE REGULATIONS STATES, WOULD YOU READ THAT FOR US? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS, MR. WOFFORD. YES, SO I'LL READ THIS OUT WHAT WAS IN THE STATUTE. AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE. EACH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE PROGRESSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE DISCIPLINARY ACTION BEGINNING WITH OPTIONS TO PROMOTE POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, SUCH AS TOBACCO EDUCATION OR REFERRAL TO COUNSELING, PARENT CONFERENCES, AND SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY SERVICE. REFERRALS TO RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS OVERCOME NICOTINE ADDICTIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED WHEN DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE. PARENTS OR GUARDIANS SHALL

053BE NOTIFIED OF ALL VIOLATIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. SO, IT WAS IN THE POLICY ITSELF, WE TALKED ABOUT WORKPLACE VERSUS POSITIVE FOR STUDENTS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THAT THAT LANGUAGE WILL BE IN THE REGULATION? YOU WILL PUT IT SOMEWHERE? SO, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD. THIS IS GEARED TOWARD STUDENTS. IN THE STATUTE. SO THERE IS A DIFFERENT STATUTE, A DIFFERENT POLICY THAT WILL BE MORE APPLICABLE TO, I'D LIKE FOR THIS TO STAY FOCUSED FOR STAFF. POSITION E IS THE CLOSEST WE GET WHERE WE OFFER CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES TO STAFF THROUGH EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE. AND THAT DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE FIRST READING, DID REMIND US ALL THAT WE SHOULD REFERENCE THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF OUR PROCESS. EAP DOES SIT AT THE TABLE WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS

054WITH THE EMPLOYEES. AS NOTED IN WHAT WE ADDED, THE SUGGESTION THERE IS FIRST OF ALL , IT COULD, THE SUPPORT COULD BE AFTER SEPARATION IF THAT'S WHAT TOOK PLACE. SO WE WANT TO, THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR EXPERIENCE. THAT WE WISH THEM WELL, WE WANT TO OFFER THEM SERVICES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS JEOPARDIZING OUR STUDENTS SAFETY, AND THEIRS, SO, IT DID LEAD TO A LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT. BUT, IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE SUPPORT RESOURCES THAT WE REMIND THEM ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. I WANTED YOU TO CLARIFY THAT POINT, THAT WE DO HAVE THAT IN ANOTHER POLICY. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. WOFFORD BROUGHT UP SOMETHING ABOUT THE STATE STATUTE FOR STUDENTS. IT REMINDED ME OF

055WHEN WE HAD THIS CAMPAIGN, AND PRESENT TO US. WE PASSED A POLICY CALLED THE 24/7 , I THINK IT WAS 24/7, IT WAS ABOUT TOBACCO CESSATION OR PREVENTION. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNING IN THE HALLWAYS. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW. IS THE POLICY STILL THERE? OKAY. DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS, THOSE SIGNS. YEAH. THEY NEED TO GET BETTER. I'M NOT NOTICING. MY BAD. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF BRAINSTORMING DIFFERENT TITLES. I DON'T KNOW IF MY BRAIN IS JUST NOT REALLY WORKING THROUGH THIS. SOMETIMES YOU OVERTHINK IT, WHAT'S THE MEANING BEHIND EVERY WORD. SO I'M GLAD WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. I APPRECIATE, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. SHOWS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I STILL THINK

056THERE SHOULD BE A BEHAVIORAL ELEMENT OR THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE ADDING , MENTIONING SUPPORT, WELLNESS. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. YOU'RE WELCOME. I AGREE, I LIKE THE FIRST TITLE THAT YOU SAID. IT STARTED WITH STAFF WELLNESS, WHICH THEN ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WITH WELLNESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I LIKE THE TERMS. PRESIDENT CORT, YOU'RE REFERRING TO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE. I AM REFERRING TO THAT ONE. THINK YOU. YOU SAID A LOT OF THEM. I DID. >> I WAS WORRIED I WAS GOING TO GET THE WORD WRONG. ONE OTHER THING, YOU MENTIONED IT SOMEWHERE IN THE POLICY, WHERE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEE SUPPORT. /WELLNESS. VERY SPECIFIC. IF WE COULD JUST SAY EMPLOYEE SUPPORT AND WELLNESS PROGRAM, THAT'S WHAT IT SAID. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. I CAN

057DEFINITELY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU FOR THE THIRD READING IF WE LOOK AT THAT. UNLESS YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. IT'S UNDER POSITION ITEM E. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR TITLE, MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU, MR. WOFFORD. >> EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE/WELLNESS PROGRAM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN SAY EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE AND WELLNESS PROGRAM. IS THAT HOW IT'S KNOWN AROUND HERE? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO, YES, IT'S EAP. THAT'S THE ACRONYM THAT WE USE , SO IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IT'S KNOWN AS. I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS. LEAVE AS IS. THE LAST ONE WAS WE'RE DEFINING CANNABIS, AND IT'S INSISTING ON HAVING EYES INSTEAD OF A. SIMPLE ONE. I FOUND MYSELF SAYING CANNIBALISM. THAT'S ALSO, COMPLETE DIFFERENT TERM. WHEN YOU STARE AT THE WORD WORD AND YOU'RE LIKE, SO

058WEIRD. WE ARE GOING TO PROHIBIT CANNIBALISM. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL BRING THOSE TITLES BACK AGAIN. ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WE CAN FINALIZE IT. HOPEFULLY. NEXT READING. FINGERS CROSSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SILVER, WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY APPROVE BOARD GOALS, THE BOARD REGULATION. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. I AM HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL REGULATION BAR. THIS ONE IS UNIQUE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN JUNE WHEN WE LAST , WHEN I LAST BROUGHT THIS TO YOU AND WE APPROVE THAT. THIS IS THE SCHOOL BOARD REGULATION CONNECTED TO THE GOALS OF OUR BOARD. YOU MAY REMEMBER I BROUGHT THIS TO US, THIS WAS LAST REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY YOU ALL ON THE 17th OF JUNE, EARLIER THIS

059YEAR. AT THAT TIME IT WAS TO UPDATE WITH SIX GOALS TO BE THE JUNE STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS. THEN YOU ALL MET IN AUGUST AND UPDATED TWO OF THOSE GOALS, I'M BRINGING YOU THE REGULATION TODAY. WHICH IS YOUR REGULATION TO MATCH THE BOARD GOALS REGULATION. THE BOARD GOALS GOALS FROM EARLIER DURING YOUR EXTENDED WORK SESSION. PRESIDENT CORT, JUST BY WAY OF QUICK REVIEW, IT'S JUST GOALS THREE AND FOUR THAT HAVE CHANGED, YOU SEE THE RED STRIKETHROUGH IS THE OLD GOAL THAT'S BEEN REMOVED. THE BLUE LANGUAGE IS THE LANGUAGE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED AT THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I SIT FOR QUESTIONS. I'M SITTING, THANK YOU. HOW DOES IT FEEL? I MEANT TO ASK, IS IT GOOD? DO YOU LIKE IT? I THINK I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOKING UP AT

060YOU ALL. I'LL GET USED TO SAYING I SET FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS, DISCUSSIONS, SUGGESTIONS? MS. TENORIO. SO, IF I CAN RECALL , WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH TARGET AND HOW IT, A LATE UNDERSTANDING , IT WAS THE SAME PERCENTAGE FOR ALL THE STUDENTS. IS THAT CORRECT? IT WASN'T BY INDIVIDUAL. I'M SORRY, IF YOU WANT TO FINISH A QUESTION. THAT'S ALL. >> AS FAR AS THE TARGET, IS 100% OF OUR STUDENTS. ALL STUDENTS MEETING THEIR GROWTH TARGETS. YES, SO DURING THAT EXTENDED WORK SESSION, I FELT LIKE I HAD MISUNDERSTOOD THE GROWTH TARGET WOULD BE EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT HAVING A VERY UNIQUE GROWTH TARGET. AND THEN, I FELT LIKE I UNDERSTOOD YOU ALL TO SAY THAT THE GROWTH TARGET IS ACTUALLY THE SAME FOR ALL STUDENTS. PRESIDENT CORT, MS. TENORIO, IF I

061MAY. IT IS INDIVIDUAL TO EACH STUDENT. EACH STUDENT , WE NEED EACH STUDENT WHERE THEY ARE, AND THE GROWTH TARGET IS ESTABLISHED FOR EACH STUDENT BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL , WHERE THEY'RE AT. IT IS INDIVIDUALIZED. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF TWO STUDENTS, HIGH ACHIEVER AND ONE THAT'S NOT. FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL ALSO DEFER TO DR. WENDY. TO GET MORE INFORMATION AROUND THIS. THE WAY WE DETERMINE THE GROWTH TARGETS IS THROUGH OUR ASSESSMENT , SHORT-TERM ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHEN A STUDENT TAKES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT GIVES US A LEVEL, IT GIVES A STUDENT A LEVEL, FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDENT POTENTIALLY HIGH FLYER COULD BE READY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MEETING 40% OF THAT TARGET. WE WOULD START AT 40% TO THEN HIT THAT 100%. ON THE

062OTHER HAND, ALONG THESE LINES WE ALSO ENCOURAGE OR WE LOOK AT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO EXCEED THE 100%, FOR EXAMPLE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE WITH STUDENT POTENTIALLY THAT IS STARTING AT 10% OF THEIR TARGET, THEIR TARGET IS ESTABLISHED. AGAIN, IT MEETS EACH STUDENT WHERE THEY'RE AT, I DON'T KNOW IF DR. WENDY WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. EXACTLY THAT. EVERY STUDENT, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY PERFORM , THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO GROWTH GOALS, IN THE PLATFORM. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A TYPICAL GROWTH, WHICH IS A YEARS GROWTH, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A STRETCH GROWTH, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT THEY NEED TO BE AT GRADE LEVEL, OR IF THEY ARE ALREADY AT GRADE LEVEL, OR ADVANCED, IT GIVES THEM A GOAL BASED ON , ESSENTIALLY, WHERE THEY ARE AND

063HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING ON THOSE STANDARDS. WE DID CREATE A BOARD MEMO THAT SHOWED GROWTH FOR EVERY STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT, NOT BY INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS BUT BY CATEGORIES, HOW MUCH STUDENTS GREW TOWARD THEIR TYPICAL GROWTH GOAL , IF THEY WERE ZERO TO 20%, TOWARD THEIR GROWTH GOAL, IN THOSE CATEGORIES. SO BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL GOAL, HOW FAR DID THEY GET TOWARD THAT GOAL. I THINK THE OVERARCHING EXTENDED WORK SESSION WAS A LONG TIME AGO BUT I THINK IT WAS OVER 59% OR SOMETHING AT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS MADE THEIR GROWTH GOAL, AND THE GRAPHS, THE MEMO, THE INFORMATION IN THE MEMO SHOWED WHERE ALL STUDENTS WERE IN RELATION TO MEETING THEIR TYPICAL GROWTH TARGET. SO IT IS INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE GROWTH TARGET. CORRECT. SO NOW, IS THIS GROWTH MEASURED FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

064TO THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE MIGHT SOME STUDENT MIGHT SHOW EARLY. SOME LATER. SO WE CAN'T JUST CAPTURE ONE PART OF IT, RIGHT? CORRECT. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO, THAT'S WHY WE ASSESS AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE YEAR. SO THERE IS A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT THAT SETS THE BASELINE OF WHERE THE STUDENT IS, THE GROWTH TARGETS. THE MIDDLE OF YEAR EXAM, AGAIN, MEASURES PROGRESS. IN BETWEEN THAT, IN THE PLATFORM, TEACHERS CAN USE DIFFERENT REPORTS IN THE SYSTEM THAT DRILL DOWN ON AREAS WHERE THE STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL HELP, EITHER INTERVENTION OR PERHAPS IN RICHMOND. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO SOUND LIKE A DINOSAUR, WHICH OF COURSE I AM. BUT, HOW IS THIS COMMUNICATED TO TEACHERS? AND IS IT COMMUNICATED ALSO TO STUDENTS? AND THEIR PARENTS? I'M SORRY, HOW

065IS THE GROWTH GOAL? I CAN'T RELATE TO IT AS A FORMER TEACHER. EVER GETTING INFORMATION OF THIS SORT. GRANTED, THAT WAS A REALLY LONG TIME AGO. THERE MIGHT BE A MASSIVE TECHNOLOGY GAP. BETWEEN WHEN I STOPPED, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW. I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW IT'S COMMUNICATED TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND IS IT COMMUNICATED TO THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES? AND THEIR PARENTS, WHO, OF COURSE, ARE VITALLY INTERESTED IN THIS INFORMATION. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBER FRANK, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THESE DIAGNOSTICS ARE ADMINISTERED IN A PLATFORM, THE CURRENT PLATFORM WE USE IS I READY. TEACHERS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, AND IT PRODUCES , AS I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, A LOT OF DIFFERENT REPORTS. ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT IT PRODUCES IS A GROWTH REPORT, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR CLASS,

066YOU CAN LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, THE TEACHER CAN ALSO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS TO THE STUDENT BUT ALSO TO THE PARENTS. AT A PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE, THE TEACHER CAN REFER TO THE REPORT, HERE'S HOW THE STUDENT SCORED ON THE DIAGNOSTIC, HERE'S HOW THEIR TYPICAL GROWTH GOAL, THERE STRETCH GROWTH GOAL, THEIR PROGRESS. AND MANY TEACHERS USE THOSE GROWTH GOALS FOR STUDENT LED CONFERENCES, TO LET THE STUDENTS SPEAK TO THEIR PROGRESS, TO THEIR GOALS, AND WHERE THEY ARE. WHICH IS A POWERFUL TOOL, AND I'M HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SHOW YOU HOW THESE TOOLS WORK AT SOME POINT IF YOU'RE CURIOUS. WE CAN GEEK OUT ON I-READY PLATFORM. SOUNDS GOOD. IT'S MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN ANYTHING I EVER DEALT WITH. GOOD. AND PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, MR. FRANK, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE DATA IS DISCUSSED,

067AND ANALYZED DURING OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, PLCS AS WELL, WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF TEACHERS, USUALLY THE PRINCIPAL IS THERE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT TO A POINT OF WHAT ADJUSTMENTS INSTRUCTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS AND INFORMING INSTRUCTION, AS TEACHERS MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SURE, SECRETARY WOFFORD. I'M RECALLING THAT DR. FIRTH HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THREE AND FOUR. AND A SUGGESTION ABOUT THE ATTENDANCE GOAL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 50% REDUCTION WHICH I THINK IS A AMBITIOUS AND GOOD TARGET, IF WE COULD CUT THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN HALF, AND THEN HAVE AGAIN, WE WOULD BE MAKING REAL PROGRESS. I DON'T SEE CUTTING THAT NUMBER, AND I RECALL IN OUR EXTENDED WORK SESSION THAT THE EVEREST PEOPLE GAVE US GOOD GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER THREE GOALS.

068THE ENVIRONMENT AND WELL-BEING IN TERMS OF A REALISTIC SETTING, THERE. SO, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL MEASURE WAY OF LOOKING AT HOW MUCH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM CAN BE REDUCED. I DON'T RECALL THEM TELLING US ANY REAL NUMBERS THAT WERE THERE. GIVEN THE ABSENCE OF REALISTIC DATA, I THINK IT'S AN AMBITIOUS GOAL BUT, I LIKE WHAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE NEED TO GET THOSE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM. AS A TEACHER I KNEW I COULD NOT TEACH THEM IF THEY DID NOT SHOW UP. THAT IS THE ESSENTIAL THING, IF WE COULD GET MORE INTERNS DOING HOME VISITS, MORE PHONE CALLS, THAT TO ME IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF THIS, GET THOSE KIDS BACK IN THEIR SEATS, AND SO, LET'S, LET'S PULL OUT SOME STOPS, AND TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. PRESIDENT, MEMBER WOFFORD, GREAT

069POINT AND I THINK AS I RECALL THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS IS TO SET AN AMBITIOUS GOAL BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THE URGENCY OF THIS, THAT EVERY SCHOOL ALSO, THEIR GOAL IS TO CUT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AS WELL BY HALF. THE PAST YEAR WE MADE GAINS ON THAT, AND AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO THE URGENCY, AND BEING AMBITIOUS WITH THIS GOAL. AT THE SAME TIME, THE EFFORTS AND THE RESOURCES AROUND THIS AS WELL. THE OTHER POINT , FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY AND OUR GOALS ARE THE ATTAINABLE, WE HAVE DONE THE TRAININGS. THERE IS A CLEARLY MEASURABLE THING THERE, AS OPPOSED TO, WHAT IS THE REDUCTION IN WORKMEN'S COMP. CLAIMS? I DON'T KNOW. SOME MEASURABLE OUTCOME THAT INVOLVES SAFETY. HOW MANY FEWER, GOD FORBID, INCIDENTS. HORRIFIC INCIDENTS HAVE WE HAD? SO, I THINK OUR GOALS ARE MEASURABLE

070THERE. IN TERMS OF AT LEAST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE'S BEEN MUCH DISCUSSION IN THE MEDIA LATELY, ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT DRILLS, AND I RECALL STANDING IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY IN 1999 AND COLUMBINE HAPPENED. AND INCIDENTS SINCE THEN. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES , ARE WE STILL ARE WE CURRENTLY IN THE RIGHT FIGHT? WHAT'S THE DRILL THAT KIDS, WE'VE DRILLED UNDER THE DESK HIM A NOT DUCK AND COVER, THAT'S 1950s. BUT, THE DUCK UNDER WHATEVER, PUT IN PLACE, DRILLS. I DON'T THINK THOSE OF CHANGED VERY MUCH SINCE I LEFT. SEVEN YEARS AGO. SO, HAVE THOSE DRILLS CHANGED ? PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, THEY HAVE CHANGED. IT'S NOT REALLY, RUN, HIDE, FIGHT, MORE

071OF THAT PART WHERE WE ARE NOT JUST HUDDLING INTO A GROUP. WE'VE LEARNED THAT THAT'S NOT THE BEST PRACTICE. IT IS THAT PART OF SCATTERING THROUGHOUT THE ROOM IF THE STUDENTS CAN GET AWAY, TO LEAVE, TO GO, TO THOSE PARTS. WE TEACH THEM THAT PART AS FAR AS DOING WHAT'S BEST IN THOSE SITUATIONS. NOT TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE BUILDING BUT GETTING AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT THAT IS HAPPENING LOOKING AT RESEARCH AND THE DIFFERENT HEADINGS THAT WE ATTEND, THOSE ARE BEST PRACTICES FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS. WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE PLANS IN PLACE WITH SAFETY TRAININGS REQUIRED FOR THE STATE, ALSO THE NEW GOAL WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT ALL THOSE THINGS ARE DONE. NOT JUST DONE AND FORGOTTEN BUT ACTUALLY DOING THEM AND PRACTICING

072THEM AND ONGOING FOR THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE AND IN THAT PART OF MAKING SURE PARENTS KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT . AND WHAT THEIR GOAL IS AS WELL. BECAUSE THEY PLAY A ROLE IN THAT AS WELL. >> WHEN I RETIRED IT WAS THE RUN HIDE FIGHT, AS OPPOSED TO THE SIT THERE IN THE LIBRARY AT COLUMBINE AND WAIT TO BE SHOT. IS AN ADAPTION, WE TEACH OTHER ONES AS WELL. IT WOULD BE HARD TO MEASURE THE SAFETY GOALS BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. MAKE SURE WE'VE DONE THE DRILLS, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE PROCEDURES. AND, IT'S SECOND NATURE TO THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. WOFFORD. I HAD ANOTHER PIGGYBACKING OFF OF MR. WOFFORD ON THIS CHRONICALLY ABSENT. WHERE IT'S SAYING, WE WANT TO INCREASE OVERALL ATTENDANCE, BY DECREASING THE

073NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY CHRONICALLY ABSENT. BY HALF. I NEED TO BE REMINDED, WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF CHRONICALLY ABSENT? IS IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S 10 DAYS. 10%, WHAT IS IT? 10%, OR MORE. IS THAT CORRECT? LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE, IT'S ROTATING. OR MR. SILVER? I'M GOING TO DEFER. I BELIEVE YOU'LL BE WRONG INFORMATION. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, IT'S 10%. A STUDENT THAT IS ABSENT FOR MORE THAN 10% OF THE SCHOOL DAYS IS CHRONICALLY ABSENT. WHAT THEY ARE WE ON NOW? MADAM PRESIDENT, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. TUESDAY. YES, TUESDAY. YEAH, WE COULD GET THAT NUMBER TO HOW MANY DAYS HAVE PASSED. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 10% OF THAT. >> AND MS. TENORIO, WHAT THE TEAM DOES, AND DR. LOZANO CHIMED IN ON THIS,

074WITH THE TEAM DOES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS THEY STARTED IDENTIFYING AT RISK, RIGHT AWAY THEY START IDENTIFYING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING EARLY INTERVENTION, IF YOU WILL. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT 9% IS NOT CHRONICALLY ABSENT? NOT BY DEFINITION. TECHNICALLY. WITH THE KIDS AT 9%, ABSENT 9%, NOT AT 10%. IS HE CONSIDERED? TECHNICALLY HE'S NOT CHRONICALLY ABSENT. BUT, TO A TEACHER, HE'D BE PRETTY ABSENT. WOULD WE WANT 9%? WOULD WE WANT LESS THAN THAT? DON'T WE HAVE A GRADUATED, THIS KID IS GETTING CLOSE TO IT? WE NEED INTERVENTIONS? SO, ON THE WAY TO BEING CHRONICALLY ABSENT, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S LAYERS THAT WE IDENTIFY, SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO A DASHBOARD WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, HERE ARE YOUR STUDENTS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT, 10%, THE STUDENTS ARE ABSENT. SOME 20% AND SOME THAT

075ARE ALMOST GETTING THERE. FOCUSING AND INTERVENING THERE. WITH ALL OF THEM. ALSO, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK. WE HAVE DIFFERENT LAYERS, DIFFERENT SUPPORTS, AND IDENTIFY THEM. IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK FOR BECOMING LIKELY ABSENT BEFORE THEY GET THERE. THE GOAL IS THAT 50% OF ALL THESE KIDS WHO ARE ABSENT FOR 10% OR MORE OF THE SCHOOL DAYS. THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THEM HERE TO THE THRESHOLD. 50% OF THEM WILL BE AT A THRESHOLD OF NINE OR LESS. 9% OR LESS. THE GOAL IS THE OVERALL RATE, AS A DISTRICT, FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS. WHO ARE CONSIDERED AT CHRONICALLY ABSENT. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BASICALLY WHO HAVE MORE THAN 10% ABSENCES, OUR GOAL IS TO BED BY HALF. SO, OVERALL WE HAD LAST YEAR, MAYBE AROUND 30 I BELIEVE, 33%. WE

076CUT IT TO 31%. SO THE 50% WHO ARE COMING BACK TO SCHOOL, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE HERE EVERY DAY, OR THEY'RE UNDERNEATH THAT 10% THRESHOLD. OR THEY ARE GETTING FLAGGED AT SOME POINT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BAD? THAT IS CORRECT. YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT LAYERS BUT THE GOAL THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE IS THE OVERALL CHRONICALLY ABSENT RATE AS A DISTRICT WITH ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE. IF WE'RE AT 30%, 31, 30%, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED YOUR GOAL OF THIS YEAR, OUR GOAL WOULD BE 15%. MEANING THAT THERE IS HALF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT WE WANT TO CUT BY HALF. MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE STUDENTS WHO WE ARE SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM, WHAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THEM? HOW MANY, WE DON'T WANT THEM AT 9%.

077KNOW. WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE WANT THEM AT? THAT'S A REALLY FAIR QUESTION AND OUR GOAL, WE WANT THEM AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY. HOWEVER, EACH STUDENT IS GOING TO BE AT A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A MAGIC NUMBER OF THIS IS HOW MANY DAYS WE WANT, IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO BE ABSENT. IS THAT SOMETHING THE STUDENT THEMSELVES WILL BE WORKING TOWARD? IF YOU CAN COME HERE THREE DAYS THIS WEEK FOR FOUR DAYS, NEXT WEEK, I JUST KNOW IF WE HELP SET THEM UP, THE PRESENTATION FROM AMY AND KATHY WAS, THERE'S SOME KIDS TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR THAT IT'S REALLY HARD FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF THAT 10%. BUT WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH A MENTOR, REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOME VISITS, WE'RE RECOGNIZING

078THE RATE, IT'S STILL GOING TO COUNT AGAINST US BECAUSE THAT STUDENT WAS ABSENT MORE THAN 10%, HOWEVER WE ARE TRACKING THAT ONCE WE STARTED GIVING THAT STUDENT INTERVENTION, A LOT OF SUPPORT, THEY ARE COMING TO SCHOOL MORE. IT'S A CELEBRATION. MAKING SURE THE STUDENT AND THE FAMILY KNOWS THAT EVEN THOUGH TECHNICALLY THEY'RE STILL CHRONICALLY ABSENT BECAUSE THEY'VE MISSED SO MUCH OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE IMPROVING AND COMING TO SCHOOL THE LAST MONTH. WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH MESSAGES OR ONE ON ONES WITH THE FAMILY OR THE STUDENT. IS IT WITH THE SOCIAL WORKERS, IS IT SOMEONE ELSE, WORSE THAN LACK OF A BETTER WORD, TRACKING THESE KIDS TO SEE, ARE WE GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN GETTING THEM HOOKED? SO IT'S NOT JUST STUFF THAT MAYBE THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH? BECAUSE THEY FALL BEHIND BECAUSE THEY'RE

079ABSENT? SOMETHING THEY COULD LEARN BECAUSE IT'S FUN. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, MS. TENORIO. GREAT POINTS, THERE, THE OTHER PIECE FOR THIS YEAR, IF YOU RECALL WE'VE CREATED THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS DEPARTMENT, AND HOW WE PUT OUR ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY SUPPORTS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, THIS IS ANOTHER SUPPORT THAT'S GOING TO HELP THIS PIECE. AS WE ARE MONITORING STUDENTS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE IF THE CHALLENGE IS BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THERE'S ACADEMIC FRUSTRATION , HERE'S OTHER PATHWAYS THAT POTENTIALLY CAN SUPPORT A STUDENT. MAYBE IS NOT NECESSARILY AN EXAMPLE, MAY BE COMING TO CAMPUS FOR THREE CLASSES, THEN TWO OF THOSE CLASSES MAY BE THROUGH OUR BLA SUPPORT. REALLY LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, AND CREATE PATHWAYS SO THAT , THE GOAL BACK TO YOUR POINT IS HOW DO WE ENGAGE THEM BACK INTO

080SCHOOL? EVENTUALLY, PART OF THAT IS SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES, ET CETERA. WHAT WE FIND MANY TIMES IS ACADEMIC FRUSTRATION, THEY JUST DON'T, THEY CAN'T BE THERE IN THE MORNING FOR WHATEVER REASON. IT'S UP TO US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS. AND GET THEM TO ATTEND. GREAT, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT? MS. TENORIO MAKES ME WONDER A COUPLE OTHER POINTS. DOES PARENT YOU AUTOMATICALLY CALL WHEN A CHILD IS ABSENT? DO WE STILL HAVE THAT FUNCTION? WHERE THERE IS AN ABSENCE THAT RECORDED, THERE IS A ROBO CALL, AND WE USE PARENT SQUARE TO FOLLOW UP? DO WE HAVE A WORKERS WHERE WE KNOW IF THE PARENTS HAVE SEEN THE MESSAGE THAT WE'VE SENT? THAT YOUR CHILD HAS MISSED THREE ABSENCES, IN THE CLASS AND WE WERE VERY CONCERNED, PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU GOT THIS MESSAGE. WHAT

081MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE IN PLACE? WE HAVE THE CIRCLE COWORKERS CALLING, BUT, WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE 9%. SO, WHAT'S THE GRADATION ALONG THE WAY? THAT ANSWER IS YES, AND, MY CHILD WAS ABSENT LAST WEEK, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HOW QUICKLY I GOT THAT MESSAGE, MS. TENORIO, YOU GET THAT LOOK WHEN TWO OF YOUR KIDS ARE ABSENCE. IT'S JUST AN EMAIL. JUST EMAIL OR TEXT. SO I COULD ALSO RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL. THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU AS A BOARD ALSO PUT AS A GOAL AS YOU RECALL ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES WAS HAVING THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. RESPONDING AND SAYING, WE RESPONDED AND SAID , HE WAS OUT SICK TODAY, LAST WEEK. MONITORING THAT, IT'S AUTOMATIC. I KNOW THAT WE'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USED

082TO DO LETTERS, BUT NOW IT'S ALL AUTOMATED, WHETHER EMAIL OR I GET A TEXT, ALSO. IT'S FAST AND THERE'S HUMAN ERROR, THE KID MAY BE THERE, OR THEY MIGHT BE TARDY. THEY GET MARKED AS ABSENT. I GET ANGRY. I WAS THERE. WE CAN MEET OUR LITERACY GOALS IF WE CAN GET THEM INTO THE CLASSROOMS. AND THE GOALS ARE ALL TIED RIGHT THERE TOGETHER. I WANTED TO ASK, GIVEN THAT, ELLA, A QUESTION. YOU SAID THERE WERE INCREASED SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BECAUSE THE CELL PHONES AREN'T AS PREVALENT IN THE CLASSROOM. ARE YOU FINDING FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, ARE YOU FINDING INCREASED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, OUR STUDENTS MORE INVESTED IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR PHONES? OR IS IT TOO EARLY TO TELL. IT MIGHT BE TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT THEY'RE MORE INVESTED IN EACH OTHER, SO

083INSTEAD OF IF THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THEIR WORK MAYBE THEY'LL TALK WITH THEIR CLASSMATES AROUND THEM INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY GETTING ON THEIR PHONE OR SOCIAL MEDIA. I DON'T KNOW YET IF IT'S MAKING THEM MORE INVESTED IN LEARNING. I THINK IT'S MAKING THEM MORE INVESTED IN BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS WITH THEIR CLASSMATES. GREAT, FABULOUS, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. SILBER? IF I COULD ADD ONE REALLY QUICK THING TO MS. TENORIO'S POINT, I WANTED TO BRING UP, OR YOU TALK ABOUT OR ASK HOW ARE WE MOTIVATING THEM TO COME IN TO SCHOOL, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IN THIS, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, IN ELEMENTARY SOMETIMES THOSE, MAYBE MS. TENORIO HAS MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST, BUT, THERE'S INTENTIONALITY AROUND SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES OR

084DIFFERENT REWARD ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS. TO BE THAT MOTIVATOR TO GET INTO THE SCHOOL. FOR OLDER STUDENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT EXIST, AND I THINK THAT THROUGH WORK AND TALKING , THE MENTOR SHOULD WORK THAT SHE'S DONE IN THEIR ATTENDANCE DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY, I THINK, ADDRESSES A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO , HAVING THAT OLDER TRUSTED MENTOR FOR SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT'S PAIRED WITH THEM. THAT IS A SAFE SPACE , IT'S NOT YOUR TEACHER. I THINK THAT'S BEEN A REALLY EFFECTIVE STRATEGY IN MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE, AND MOTIVATING THEM , GIVING THEM PURPOSE, AND THEY'RE SEEN. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL, IT'S BEEN A GREAT AND FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. YOU SO MUCH. SO, YES. PLEASE, GO. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS UP FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION IS THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE FIRST

085READING UPDATED REGULATION. ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD GOALS, BOARD GOAL REGULATIONS. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THE POST? THAT'S UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. IT WAS A ROTATING CHAIR AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EXPERTISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. A CAROUSEL. >> EXACTLY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO FINANCE. WITH MR. LU! AND MAYBE MR. HARRIGAN. MR. HARRIGAN WILL BE JOINING US BY ZOOM. TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DID NOT GET THE BLUE MEMO. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WEARING BLUE? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT ARIZ, STUDENT ADVISER. FOR THIS ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. HARRIGAN, WHO IS OBVIOUSLY THE CAPITAL MARKET, TO PROVIDE DETAILED

086INFORMATION ABOUT THAT CAPACITY THE TAX RATE, AND GIVE US A FINANCIAL PLAN UPDATE. BACK TO YOU, SIR. ERIC? GOOD EVENING. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS IS ERIC HARRIGAN, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME. WE CAN. EXCELLENT. BEFORE YOU THERE SHOULD BE A PRESENTATION , WE STARTED OFF WITH AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, THE DISTRICTS HISTORY OF YOUR TAX BASE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF YOUR OVERALL BONDING PROGRAM , NOT ONLY AM I NOT ONLY DOES IT IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT YOU CAN HAVE OUTSTANDING, IT IMPACTS HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN RETIRE YOUR DEBT BASED ON YOUR EXISTING TAX RATE. MR. HARRIGAN, MR. HARRIGAN I'M GOING TO -- THE DISTRICT SAW OVER 5 1/2% GROWTH IN ITS TAX BASE. MR. HARRIGAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VETERAN

087EXTENSION. WHICH I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS YOU MAY RECALL. WHEN I WAS TALKING VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2024, APPROVED TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, ONE EXPANDING THE EXISTING VETERAN STANDARD EXEMPTION FROM 4000 TO 10,000. THAT IS IN THIS CURRENT TAX YEAR OF 2025. EVEN WITH THOSE INCREASED EXEMPTIONS, THE DISTRICT SAW ABOUT 5 1/2% INCREASE IN ITS TAX BASE. ON PAGE TWO OF THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF YOUR TAX RATES, YOU HAVE YOUR OPERATIONAL THE, HB 33, AND YOUR DEBT SERVICE. SPECIFICALLY, COMING UP IN THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION, THE BOARD IS SENDING QUESTIONS TO VOTERS TO CONTINUE THE HB 33 MILL LEVY AS WELL AS ASKING VOTERS TO AUTHORIZE THE AMOUNT OF 65 MILLION IN OBLIGATION BONDS TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

088ON PAGE THREE OF THE PRESENTATION, WE SHOW YOUR PAYMENT SCHEDULE. YOU DO PAY YOUR DEBT OFF VERY RAPIDLY, THIS ALLOWS FOR THE DISTRICT TO LAYER IN ADDITIONAL BONDS AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE $4.16 TAX RATE. SO, ON PAGE FOUR, HAS MENTIONED YOUR LAST ELECTION WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, APOLOGIES FOR THE DATES, HERE, IT WAS ACTUALLY NOVEMBER OF 2021 IN THE AMOUNT OF 50 MILLION. YOU WERE GOING TO VOTERS THIS NOVEMBER, IN THE AMOUNT OF 65 MILLION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A 30% INCREASE OVER THE 2021 ELECTION. DURING THAT SAME TIME, THE DISTRICTS TAX BASE HAS ALSO GROWN ABOUT 28%. AND IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR THE INCREASE IN THE BOND AMOUNT GOING TO VOTERS. THE DISTRICT HAS HISTORICALLY ISSUED ITS DEBT WITH THE 17 YEAR FINAL MATURITIES, BUT BECAUSE YOUR TAX BASE HAS

089GROWN PRETTY STRONG OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN 2024, YOUR BONDS WERE STRUCTURED WITH THE SEVEN YEAR FINAL MATURITY, AND THIS , EARLIER THIS YEAR THE DISTRICT SOLD ITS REMAINING VOTER AUTHORIZATION FOR 2021 TO THE STATE TREASURER. WHICH HAD A 2 1/2 YEAR FINAL MATURITY. WITH THE RAPID REPAYMENT OF THE DISTRICT THAT, IT ALLOWS FOR THE HIGHER AMOUNT BOND ELECTION FOR THIS UPCOMING NOVEMBER. AND THE FINANCE PLAN ALSO ASSUMES THE FOLLOWING GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS. WE ARE PROJECTING ROUGHLY A 2% DECLINE IN YOUR TAX BASE, AND THIS ACCOUNTS FOR THE VETERAN EXEMPTION, WHICH, THERE IS NOT PARTICULARLY GOOD DATA OUT THERE, BUT, BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF DISABLED VETERANS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THE 100% DISABLED VETERANS THAT CLAIM THE EXEMPTION, EXTRAPOLATING THAT OUT, WE EXPECTED TO HAVE AROUND 6% IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT TAX BASE, AND

090THEN WE HAVE A GROWTH RATE OF 2%, 2% THEREAFTER. ON PAGE FIVE OF THE PRESENTATION FOR FUTURE PLANNING PURPOSES, WE'VE PROVIDED AN ELECTION PLANNING SHEET HERE IN 2025, YOU HAVE A BOND AND HB 33 QUESTION GOING TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2027, THE DISTRICT WILL NEED TO ASK VOTERS TO RENEW THE LEVY, AND THEN ANOTHER BOND QUESTION WOULD BE COMING BACK TO VOTERS IN 2029. JUST TO REVISIT THE VETERAN EXEMPTION THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON PAGE SEVEN, THIS WOULD WIDEN THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, WHICH EFFECTIVELY ALLOWS ANY DISABLED VETERAN TO CLAIM A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TIED TO THEIR PERCENT DISABILITY. CURRENTLY, ONLY 100% DISABLED VETERANS ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, BEGINNING IN TAX YEAR 2026. ALL DISABLED VETERANS WILL QUALIFY

091FOR THIS EXEMPTION. THE OTHER ONE, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TWO, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THIS TAX YEAR, EXPANDED THE STANDARD VETERAN EXEMPTION FROM 4000 TO 10,000, AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE DID IN AN ACTION THESE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT DID TIE THE $10,000 TO CPI, SO, AS CPI INCREASES, THE EXEMPTION THAT THE STANDARD VETERAN EXEMPTION COULD INCREASE OVER TIME. THE CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TAX YEAR 2025 EXEMPTIONS YET, WE'RE SHOWING TAX YEAR 2024, IN TAX YEAR 2024, THE DISTRICTS NET TAXABLE VALUE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4.7 BILLION. OF THAT, APPROXIMATELY 108 MILLION WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO DISABLED VETERANS. IN TAX YEAR, IF WE TAKE THE NUMBER OF DISABLED VETERANS AND WE COMPARE THAT TO THE 100% DISABLED VETERANS AND TRY TO EXTRAPOLATE THE IMPACT , AGAIN, THIS IS A BEST GUESS, IF YOU WILL, WE WON'T KNOW THE TRUE IMPACT

092OF THE VETERAN EXEMPTION UNTIL ABOUT MAY, MORE LIKE JUNE, JULY OF NEXT YEAR. BUT WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THAT EXEMPTION WILL GROW TO ABOUT 320 MILLION. BASED UPON THE LIMITED INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE. WHICH IS ROUGHLY A $247 MILLION IMPACT TO YOUR TOTAL TAX BASE. WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, ERIC. I WANT TO ADD TO ERIC'S PRESENTATION, AND ADDRESS THE QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND CHARTER SCHOOL DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS TO BE DISSIPATE, AND THE SHARED REVENUE, BUT, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO HAVE RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH MILL LEVY FOR SB NINE HB 33 IF THEY AGREED TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY

093QUESTIONS? YES, I FEEL SILLY, BUT, HB 33, HOW COME I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THIS IS? I DON'T REMEMBER. HB 33. YEAH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, PRESIDENT CORT. MEMBERED SCENARIO, YOU'RE CORRECT, WE ARE NOT GOING OUT FOR HB 33 THIS YEAR, WE ARE ONLY GOING OUT FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND SB NINE . I THOUGHT IT WAS ME. THE HB 33 WILL BE DUE 2031. OKAY. IF I GOOGLE IT AM I GOING TO FIND SOMETHING? NO. THIS HAS BILLS FROM ALL DIFFERENT YEARS AND THEY MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS. OKAY. SO WHO'S DOING HB 33, OTHER DISTRICTS? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN DIFFERENT ROTATING SCHEDULE, WE ARE ON SIX YEARS OF ROTATION. SO, THIS YEAR IS FOR US, AND MAYBE SB NINE, MAY BE FOR A DIFFERENT DISTRICT,

094MAYBE JUST HB 33. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ON PAGE FIVE, THOUGH, SHOWS HB 33. YES. YES. IT DOES. >> MADAM PRESIDENT, THOSE TWO ARE SWITCHED AROUND, MY APOLOGIES ON THAT CHART. IT'S TOO MILL LEVY AND THE GEO BOND. THAT ARE COMING UP FOR THIS NOVEMBER, HB 33 WILL BE AT ANOTHER ELECTION. GOOD EYES. IS IN THE EYES? I DON'T KNOW, I MISSED THAT DAY. EXCELLENT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND MR. HARRIGAN, APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE BOND AND MILL LEVY UPDATE, MORE FINANCIAL INFORMATION WITH MISS O'BRIEN. THANK YOU ALL. SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST. SORRY, WE'RE BRUTAL, WE TOOK YOUR SPOT. IT USED TO BE ROBERTO THAT WAS THE BEST FOR LAST. GOOD

095EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, ELLA, WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR BOND PROGRESS. AND ALSO, WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATION THAT WE WILL BE DOING FOR OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU COMING UP IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. WE DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ON THE BALLOT, THIS ELECTION IS OUR GEO BOND, AND OUR THREE MILL LEVY, WHICH IS WHAT HB 33 AND WE GO OUT EVERY SIX YEARS. IT IS THE HB 33, OR THE GEO BOND. AND I KNOW IT'S CONFUSING. SO, DEEP BREATH. ALL OF A SUDDEN. BECAUSE, I KNOW IT IS CONFUSING. WE THROW IN THE BILLS, THE SENATE BILL, THE HOUSE BILL. BUT IT TRULY IS THE THREE MILL LEVY AND OF COURSE, OUR GEO BOND. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER

096TO BRIDGET, AND SHE'S GOING TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU. THIS IS DIFFERENT, GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ELLA, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE IN OUR BOND AND MILL LEVY CAMPAIGN PROCESS. CAN YOU CLICK? THEY HAVE TIME TO READ. AND OUR CAMPAIGN PROCESS, THE STRONG COLLABORATION FOR OUR BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AND CLEAR MESSAGING FRAMEWORK IN PLACE, WE FEEL WE'VE LAID A SOLID FOUNDATION. TODAY'S UPDATE WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR PROGRESS SO FAR INCLUDING A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AND THE WAYS WE'RE WORKING TO CONNECT WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY. REGULAR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO SHAPING A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT MESSAGING CAMPAIGN THAT ENGAGES, EMPHASIZES TRANSPARENCY AND STUDENT SUCCESS. TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS SIT ON THE COMMITTEE, MEMBER FRANK AND MEMBER

097TENORIO, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION. SO, OUR FRAMEWORK IS FINALIZED AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS FOCUSED ON STUDENT SUCCESS AND REINFORCING THE APPROVAL OF THE BOND AND MILL LEVY WILL NOT RAISE THE SCHOOL TAX RATE. CAMPAIGN GRAPHICS ARE COMPLETE INCLUDING LOGO AND SOCIAL MEDIA DELIVERABLES TO ENSURE COHESIVE LOOK AND MESSAGE. CAN YOU GO BACK? NO TAX RATE INCREASE, EMPHASIZED FROM THE LOGO AS WELL AS THE TAGLINE OF OUR KIDS, YOUR CHOICE, THEIR FUTURE. TWO INSTALL A COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR LCPS COMMUNICATIONS, OUR VIDEO SPOTLIGHTS ARE IN DEVELOPMENT TO HIGHLIGHT PRODUCT BENEFITS AND FEATURE AUTHENTIC STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY VOICES. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT OUR FIRST VIDEO HAS LAUNCHED, LAUNCHED YESTERDAY, IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT, PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. THAT'S EXCITING. NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED OUR STRONG

098FOUNDATION THROUGH COLLABORATION, MESSAGING, CREATIVE PLANNING, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS CAMPAIGN TO LIFE. THIS OUTLINES THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WILL USE TO SHARE OUR MESSAGE, AND CONNECT WITH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIENCES. THE ITEMS THAT HAVE THE ASTERISK, THIS SIGNIFIES THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WILL BE COORDINATED AND PAID FOR THROUGH OUR BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE. SO, WITH THESE OUTREACH TOOLS IN PLACE , THE NEXT STEP IS PUTTING THEM INTO ACTION. HEARS A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S AHEAD AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE BIG CAMPAIGN PUSH WHICH WILL BE THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER AND THE FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER IN PREPARATION FOR OUR EARLY VOTING WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER 7th. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION THROUGH CLEAR AND CONSISTENT MESSAGING. ALL INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

099WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. ALL THESE MATERIALS WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS IN THEIR EMAIL SO YOU CAN USE THEM AS YOU NEED THEM AS YOU'RE SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BOARD MEMBER INVOLVEMENT IN OUR CAMPAIGN IS ESSENTIAL TO ITS SUCCESS. EVERY CHANCE YOU GET, PLEASE PROMOTE THREE OR IN PERSON MEETINGS, YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, USE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOUR EMAIL, EVERY COMMUNICATION YOU COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF. YOU CAN RUN IF THAT'S CONSISTENT MESSAGING THAT WE ARE GOING TO RELY ON, IT WILL HELP STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR CAMPAIGN AND CLARITY. AS ALWAYS, ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO SHIRLEY AND I, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WITH

100THAT, WE SIT FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I OPEN IT UP. THIS COOL LOGO EXTRAVAGANZA, WILL YOU SEND THAT TO US? YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS? SO, THE VIDEO IS GREAT, WELL DONE. THE LAUNCH VIDEO IS GREAT. WHAT WILL OUR BALLOT LOOK LIKE? WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. WE DON'T HAVE THE SECRETARY APPROVED BALLOT YET, BUT WE HAVE A SAMPLE OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE. THE QUESTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT WILL SAVE THE LCPS BOND . RIGHT? SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDING. BE AUTHORIZED. THERE'S OTHER THINGS HAPPENING. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT IS SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED. BUT WE PLAN ONCE THAT BALLOT IS APPROVED TO INCORPORATE THAT IN OUR MARKETING MATERIAL AND THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE IS

101JUMPING AT THE BIT TO GET IT AS WELL. IT'S MONEY WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. JUST KNOWING WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BALLOT. TYPICALLY IS THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE THAT WE PUT IN RESOLUTION BUT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO CONDENSE IT TO FIT. THANK YOU. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED FACEBOOK, I WAS CURIOUS, TICK-TOCK, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? IF YOU HAVE A TIKTOK ACCOUNT, YES, THE SCHOOL CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A TIKTOK ACCOUNT. HOW DO I FIGURE OUT HOW TO DOWNLOAD, ALL I KNOW IS YOU CAN RECORD THE VIDEO LIKE A SCREEN RECORDING, AND, I WOULD NEED, I WOULD LIKE A BETTER RESOLUTION OF THIS, NOT JUST A SCREENSHOT OF IT TO MAKE IT A TIKTOK. THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND PUT IT WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT IT. I HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION, WE'LL

102SEND YOU THE YOUTUBE LINK AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT. OUR COMPS TEAM AND LCPS TEAM IS VERY SMART WHEN IT COMES TO THESE THINGS. THEY HAVE A LINK ON YOUTUBE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND POST IT ON YOUR TIKTOK. DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST HIGH RESOLUTION. I DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO YOUTUBE IN ORDER TO DOWNLOAD. OUR PAGE, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S PUBLIC. WE MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? SHOULD THE BOARD DO A TIKTOK? AND WE CAN DANCE AND SING? JUST KIDDING. SO BADLY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK TIKTOK IS , IT'S A GOOD PLATFORM, A BUNCH OF TEENS ARE ON OF COURSE, BUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A SERIOUS MATTER THAT FORM. I THINK MOST PEOPLE GO ON TIKTOK TO WATCH SILLY CAT VIDEOS OR

103THINGS LIKE THAT. NOT GET INFORMATION. AND I KNOW YOUR TIKTOK PAGE IS BASED OFF WHAT THEY THINK YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN. A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T REALLY, EVEN IF THERE'S INFORMATIONAL STUFF ON THE APP, THE PAGES ARE VERY GOOD, IT'S GIVING THAT OUT TO USERS. IT COULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO POST SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL IT WOULD BE PUT OUT, TICK-TOCK DOESN'T PRIDED ITSELF ON BEING AN EDUCATIONAL APP. YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THESE BOND ISSUES, SO YOU WILL LOVE THIS VIDEO. I GET IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. BONDS AREN'T TRENDING ON TIKTOK. I THINK WE CAN START A TREND. BOARD MEMBERS, ARE WE GOOD? THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE COMMITTEE, EVERYBODY IS BROKEN INTO SMALLER COMMITTEES, IT WAS PROPOSED BY SOMEBODY

104AND I LOVED IT. TO MAKE A JINGLE. THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO, YOU'RE SAYING A LITTLE BIT OF A JINGLE, SOMETHING ABOUT NO TAX INCREASE, HE DID GREAT. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THAT. I WOULD JUST SAY CAN YOU PLEASE FINISH THAT SONG? I DON'T KNOW. I WANT YOUR WORMS, I WANT US TO STICK IN PEOPLE'S BRAINS. THAT'S FUNNY. SECRETARY WOFFORD HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BURST INTO SONG. ABSOLUTELY. HE'S SINGING LOTS. THANK YOU. I'M SO SORRY, CONTINUE. THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATION, WHO ARE HAPPENING THROUGH OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU, AND THAT WILL BE TEAMS OF LCPS EMPLOYEES, PRIMARILY CABINET ALONG WITH OUR BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE FOLKS. DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ENSURE THIS INFORMATION. WE HAVE TWO EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR CENTRAL OFFICE PERSONNEL, PPD TO COME IN AND HEAR

105THE INFORMATION, WE'LL BE OUT IN THE SCHOOLS, STAFF MEETINGS, SPEAKING TO THEM, AND WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS SCHEDULED. TWO ALSO BRING IN FAMILIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HEAR ABOUT IT. IF THEY'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT IT IN ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL GET YOU THOSE DATES, THEY ARE PRIMARILY IN OCTOBER. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST SLIDE, THIS IS WHERE WHOEVER'S SPEAKING WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND OF COURSE THANKED THE GROUP FOR HAVING US SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THIS SLIDE BASICALLY TELLS US THAT WE ARE GOING OUT FOR REGIO BOND OF $65 MILLION, IS A RENEWAL OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUILDING MILL LEVY WHICH IS THE THREE MILL. THIS IS A SAMPLE LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE ON THERE, AND WE PUT THAT IN AS A PLACEHOLDER SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT

106IT LIKELY WILL SAY AS BRIDGET SAID, WE DON'T KNOW 100%. THIS SLIDE BASICALLY JUST LET'S FOLKS KNOW WHY THESE BONDS ARE NECESSARY AND WE'VE TALKED WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THAT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO OVER THESE SLIDES BUT IT BASICALLY WILL, WHEN WE'RE SAYING IT TO OUR GROUPS, WE WILL EXPLAIN MORE THOROUGHLY. THIS SLIDE SHARES WHAT PROJECTS WE HAVE COMPLETED FOR THE 2021 BOND, WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. THESE ARE COMPLETED PROJECTS FROM 2021, THESE ARE PROJECTS IN PROCESS, AND THESE ARE OUR CARRYOVER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE 2025 BOND. THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME BOND PACKAGE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. WHEN BRIDGET AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE STARTED THIS PLANNING IN JUNE OF 2024. THAT'S WHAT WE ALL SAT

107DOWN INTERNALLY AND WHERE ARE WE WITH OUR 2021 PROJECTS. WHAT'S NOT COMPLETE, WHAT'S TO CARRYOVER, AND WE STARTED WORKING TO GETTING OUR COMMITTED TOGETHER, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR OVER A YEAR. THIS TALKS MORE ABOUT OUR CARRYOVER PROJECTS FOR 2021, AND WILL BE GIVING THE GROUPS MORE DETAIL ON THAT. NEXT SLIDE, TALKS ABOUT OUR ATHLETICS, TITLE NINE PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON. THESE ARE ADDITIONS, REMODELS, RENOVATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE 2025 BOND. AND MAYFIELD. SO THIS IS SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE MAYFIELD FAMILY NEXT WEEK. BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS IS AN ESTIMATED $200 MILLION PROJECTS. IT BREAKS DOWN WHAT THE DISTRICT PORTION , AND OF COURSE THESE ARE ALL ESTIMATES AT 114 MILLION , THE STATE PORTION IS

108AT 86 MILLION, THE FUNDING SPLIT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 5743. THIS IS A PHASED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE BELIEVE WILL TAKE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10 YEARS AND WILL EXTEND OVER SEVERAL BOND CYCLES. THE INITIAL 20 MILLION IN THIS 2025 BOND WILL BE USED FOR PLANNING , DESIGN, AND BEGINNING OF PHASE ONE. HEATING COOLING AND ROOFS, THOSE PROJECTS THERE, AND WE HAVE OUR PLAYGROUND AND SHADE STRUCTURES. SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS, AND OF COURSE WE WILL EMPHASIZE THE FIRST PROJECT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. SO EVERY SINGLE STUDENT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THAT, AND WHEN WE GO OUT TO SCHOOLS, WE WILL ALSO BE EMPHASIZING THAT WITH STAFF. SO THEY KNOW SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY'RE IMPACTED BY THE BOND. AND OF COURSE OUR $6 MILLION CONTINGENCY, FOR COST INCREASES, OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY COME UP ALONG

109THE WAY, THAT HAVE SOME URGENCY. THIS IS OUR MILL LEVY INFORMATIONAL SLIDE. IT AGAIN TALKS ABOUT THIS IS A THREE MILL LEVY, ON A SIX YEAR CYCLE, AND WE ANTICIPATE IT COULD GENERATE UP TO 10 MILLION A YEAR. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT IT SUPPORTS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MILL LEVY PROJECTS THAT WE FUNDED IN THE PAST. DURING THE PAST SIX YEARS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S FURNITURE FOR SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS, MUSIC PROGRAM INSTRUMENTS , FOR FIVE OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND HVAC AND ROOF FOR SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS, SO, WE'RE SHOWING THE PUBLIC THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING. LET ME GO BACK ONE, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR TAX HISTORY RATE, AND THE GRAPHIC DEPICTS THAT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR RATE HAS NOT

110INCREASED. WE ARE AT $9.36. AND OUR NEXT SLIDE GIVES THE EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE CAN CALCULATE WHAT THEIR AMOUNT WOULD BE ON THEIR ASSESSED VALUE. THEIR TAXABLE RATE ON THEIR ASSESSED VALUE, SO WE GIVE THE $100,000 RATE, SO IF YOUR HOME WAS WORTH 400,000, YOU CAN TIME THAT , DO THAT TIMES FOUR, BUT, WE ALSO GIVE THE $300,000 EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS. WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW IT. THE MESSAGE HERE IS THAT FOR LESS THAN A CUP OF COFFEE A DAY, YOU CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR NEEDS AND OUR DISTRICT. THIS IS OUR FINAL MESSAGE, OUR CALL TO ACTION. HERE IS WHERE WE'RE SHOWING THE EARLY VOTING DATES OF OCTOBER 7th THROUGH NOVEMBER 1st. WHERE THEY CAN FIND THE VOTING LOCATIONS, AT THE WEBSITE, AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND

111HOW IMPORTANT AND VITAL THEY ARE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE, WE ENCOURAGE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE'LL DO OUR JOB OF ANSWERING THEM. SORRY, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND I WERE LIKE, OCTOBER 7th? IT'S COMING UP. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WE'VE SCHEDULED SEVERAL EVENTS RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME FRAME. SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND VOTE EARLY. EXCELLENT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ONE QUESTION. I CAN'T WHAT SLIDE NUMBER IT WAS. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PRIOR BOND ISSUE, TALKING ABOUT STUFF THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND STUFF THAT WAS BEING CARRIED OVER. AND, THE BOND ISSUE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT'S ISSUED? OR THAT IS A PROBLEM? LIKE AN ISSUE. IT'S THE FOUR YEAR CYCLE. THERE IS AN ISSUE. NO. NO. JUST, A REGULAR PERSON BRAIN, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE

112IN IT YOU WON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW? YOU UNDERSTAND IT AS IT IS. FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSON IT WOULD BE LIKE, ISSUES? THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE, AS YOU SAID, WE ARE USED TO THIS TERMINOLOGY. AND USE IT DAILY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE EXPLAINING IT, THAT WHAT IF YOU DON'T PUT THE WORD ISSUE? IF YOU PUT PRIOR BOND 2021? ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT FRAME OF MIND. THANKS. BOARD MEMBERS? A SPOT TO THE END. I WONDER WHAT ELLA THINKS ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL. BOND. I THINK EVERYONE THAT MAYFIELD WOULD AGREE THAT OUR SCHOOL NEEDS UPDATES, PREFERABLY A WHOLE NEW ONE. IN THE HISTORY HALLWAY THERE'S A CLASSROOM THAT HAS TO SHAVE DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THEIR DOOR, ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THE FLOORS ARE

113SINKING IN, AND I CAN FEEL AS I'M GOING TO MY FIFTH PERIOD HAVING TO WALK LIKE THIS. BECAUSE THE FLOORS ARE SINKING IN. AND WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF PLUMBING ISSUES, THE GIRLS BATHROOM OR BOYS BATHROOM FEELS LIKE IT SWITCHES BACK AND FORTH, UPSTAIRS IS FREQUENTLY CLOSED. YOU HAVE TO USE THE DOWNSTAIRS ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S PLUMBING ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENTAILS. WHEN YOU TRY AND GO TO THE BATHROOM DURING PASSING. AND EVERY SINGLE STALL IS FULL. AND YOU'RE GRACIOUS ABOUT THIS, AS A SENIOR WHEN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING GREAT THINGS IS SOMEWHERE ELSE. I WON'T BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT, BUT I HOPE THAT SOMEONE GETS TO. THEY WILL, FOR SURE. THAT'S GREAT. GET A LOOK AT THOSE FLOORS. I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN I WENT OVER TO MAYFIELD. IT'S

114ON THE SECOND FLOOR, KIND OF LIKE THE BACK HALLWAY. THE HISTORY HALLWAY. SO, IF YOU GO UP THE MAIN STAYERS IT'LL TAKE YOU UP BY THE MATH HALLWAY. IF YOU WALK STRAIGHT DOWN THE OTHER WAY, RIGHT BEFORE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE HALLWAY, IN THAT BACK CORNER IS WHERE THAT CLASSROOM IS THAT HAS TO SHAVE DOWN THERE BOARD DOORS AND WHERE MOST OF THE SINKING IS. OKAY, GOODNESS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD THAT YOU KNOW ALL THAT. IT'S KIND OF AN INSIDE JOKE WITH SOME OF THE KIDS AT SCHOOL. MY GOODNESS, WOW. THANK YOU. YEAH, RIGHT? BACK IN MY DAY WE HAD TO SHAVE ALL THE DOORS! GOODNESS. MS. O'BRIEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. ON THAT NOTE, OF SHAVING DOORS, LET'S GO TO OUR BOARD REPORTS, SHALL WE? WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? I

115HAVE FILED TO SEEK RE-ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 3. POSITION. SO, THE DOCTOR HAS INVITED US TO A FORUM, CONSERVATIVE COALITION FOR AN COMING UP. A BUSINESS LAS CRUCES BUSINESS FORUM, VERY BUSY GOING INTO ELECTION SEASON. THANK YOU FOR THAT LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS INVITATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. I HOPE. DEFINITELY, THANK YOU. SO, YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME LATER. I NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, HERE. YOU GOT IT. >> MINE IS FAST, I DID THE PRESENTATIONS AT ARROWHEAD, AND I JUST GO IN, AND YOU SEE THESE KIDS. I HAVE MY OWN KIDS, I HAVE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT MY OWN KIDS BUT, TO SEE THESE OTHER STRANGE KIDS, THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL. AND IT'S , OF COURSE IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE'RE DOING. IT'S A SWEET THING TO

116DO THE PRESENTATION, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY NAMED THE STUDENT AND IT WAS A THIRD GRADE CLASS. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE FRIEND, SO EXCITED FOR HER FRIEND. THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. IN ARROWHEAD, IT WAS SENIORS. SEEING THEM, KNOWING , JUST I STILL THINK OF YOU BEING YOUNG BUT WHEN I HEAR YOU SPEAK I'M LIKE, THESE KIDS ARE GOING SOMEWHERE. I SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE, AND VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT. I WAS PART OF THE BLUE-RIBBON MEETING THEY HAD RECENTLY, AND I'M KIND OF LIKE, A FREE AGENT. IF THEY WANT ME TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OF WHATEVER, JUST TO GET THE BOAT OUT, I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. AND SOMEHOW I MISSED THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MEETING BUT I'LL BE AT THE NEXT ONE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. VICE

117PRESIDENT? EXCITED FOR THE MAYFIELD MEETING NEXT WEEK, WEDNESDAY, 24th. YES? EXCITED TO MEET WITH MAYFIELD COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROJECT. AND, NEA MENTIONED THIS, BUT TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE MARTINEZ PLAN THAT WILL COME OUT IN EARLY OCTOBER. WORKING THAT THROUGH THE EQUITY COUNCIL. AND IT'S CAMPAIGN SEASON, IT'S A BEAR, HERE WE ARE. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT, ARE YOU READY, MR. FRANK? I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD FORGET. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A BOARD REPORT EITHER. NO REPORT. >> OKAY. I ATTENDED A FEW MEETINGS THERE, AND, I'M REALLY, ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT THAT BLUE-RIBBON COMMITTEE IS DOING, YOU SAW WHAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PRESENT SOME OF THAT. AS YOU KNOW. ACTUALLY. THANK YOU, MR.

118FRANK, THAT WAS A GREAT REPORT. YOU GET ONE PASS PER SEMESTER. I WENT TO THE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIBBON-CUTTING, FOR THEIR NEW MARQUEE WHICH IS ALWAYS EXCITING, AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON MAIN STREET. ALAMEDA. YES. AND THERE'S ALWAYS TRAFFIC THAT GOES BY, CITIZENS BANK IS LOVELY TO KEEP GIVING US MARQUEES. I WENT OVER TO,'S HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY ASKED ME TO COME TO FILM THEIR BROADCAST, THEIR NEWS, THEIR SCHOOL NEWS. THEY ARE DOING A ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK, THE LEMONADE WAR, AND ASKED ME TO READ, AND MY ASSISTANT, MOLLY, A FIFTH GRADER AT HERMOSA, SHE AND I EACH READ A PARAGRAPH OF A COUPLE OF PAGES OF THE LEMONADE WAR, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE KIDS IN CHARGE OF THAT , THE WHOLE BROADCAST OF SITTING THERE AND DOING THE NEWS, IN

119ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND THEY HAD WAY MORE DECORUM AND POISE THAN I STILL HAVE AT 64, THAT THEY HAVE IN FIFTH GRADE. THEY WERE AMAZING, I LOVE BEING PART OF THAT. I LOVED, I WENT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY INVITED HIS PARENTS , SO HIS PARENTS, IT WAS A SURPRISE, THEY CAME RUNNING IN TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD, AND LIKE YOU, ALL THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED THAT HE WAS CHOSEN FOR THIS AWARD, AND I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S FABULOUS. I WENT OVER TO OUR GPI INSTITUTE, UNFORTUNATELY THAT STUDENT WAS ABSENT AND THE PRINCIPAL WAS LIKE, THAT STUDENT IS NEVER ABSENT. I HOPE TO BE PART OF THAT AWARD LATER. LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER. >> DEFINITELY. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAM, KEEPING IT REAL THAT WE HAVE IN A COUPLE SCHOOLS, I

120WENT TO MacARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SAT IN FOR PART OF THEIR KEEPING IT REAL CLASS, BOTH OF MY KIDS WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM AT ELEMENTARY, AND IT WAS JUST COOL TO SEE, TO SEE THE STAFF SERGEANT , STAFF SERGEANT AND HIS ASSISTANT PRESENTING GREAT THINGS TO THE KIDS, TALKING TO THEM ABOUT , WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION, KEEPING IT REAL AS IN, HERE ARE SOME REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO? THE KIDS WERE ENGAGED, IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE. I WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT PROGRAM. I DID GO TO THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MEETING AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REALIGNING OUR MISSION AND VISION AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND I STARTED MY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. AND I STARTED

121WITH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, WE MEET AT PIONEER PARK AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE KIDS, AND I KNOW IT'S EARLY BUT, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN GETTING UP EARLY ON A SEPTEMBER MORNING AND WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH KIDS AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED, TELLING STORIES, IT'S THE BEST. I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MAGGIE, WHO IS A SAX STUDENT, AND WHO SAT THROUGH THIS ENTIRE BOARD MEETING , BRAVO. YOU'RE AMAZING, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU. AND TO ELLA. >> OF COURSE TO ELLA. SHE HAD TO BE HERE. SHE LASTED TILL THE END. YOU LASTED UNTIL THE END, YOU GAVE SO MUCH GOOD INPUT. ABSOLUTELY. I'M SO PROUD. I'M GOING TO SAY IT, YOU'RE AT MAYFIELD. I TRIED TO BE NEUTRAL, BUT SOMETIMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD. >> I WANTED TO ASK

122IF ALL OF US COULD GET A PICTURE FOR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS. JUST STANDING TOGETHER, A QUICK PICTURE. ABSOLUTELY. BUT WHAT I'LL DO, IF IT'S OKAY, IS A IN THE MEETING AND WILL TAKE A PICTURE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? FANTASTIC. I LOVE PICTURES. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING . SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN, AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK, ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED? WE ARE ENDING THIS MEETING AT 8:25. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.