001GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I GOT REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE MY FELLOW NEW MEXICO STUDENT TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS HERE. AWESOME.HELLO EVERYBODY AND WELCOME. IT IS 6:06 P.M. AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER . OUR STUDENT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -- YOU KNOW WHAT, HELLO. LET ME START AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING. HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER . LET'S DO THIS RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE FOR SECRETARY WOFFORD TO CALL ROLL. MR. FRANK. >> MR. TENORIO. WOFFORD, NOLAN, PRESIDENT CORT . AND PHYSICALLY HERE. WE WILL SEE ABOUT THE MENTAL. WE ARE ALL HERE. FANTASTIC. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR STUDENT ADVISOR, MARGARET, FROM LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE. [ APPLAUSE ]
002THE STUDENT VOICE IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WE WANT YOU TO SPEAK UP WHENEVER YOU WOULD LIKE. THANK YOU.>> AND NOW, LET ME START WHERE I STARTED BEFORE. OUR STUDENT THAT WAS DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING BUT ADAM, FROM THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY HAS --I FEEL LIKE HE WAS TOLD BUT HE WAS VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM? EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. JUST ARTISTS WHEN YOU ARE READY. 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. . NOW FOR THE NEW MEXICO. >> I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO . ALL RIGHT. GIVE ADAM
003A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] ADAM, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? SWAG. CAN WE ALL SHAKE YOUR HAND? ADAM, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . ONE MORE TIME. [ APPLAUSE ] THAT WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, ADAM. HE IS ALSO MY NEIGHBOR. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. JOSEPH LOTUS, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS . GOOD EVENING MADAME PRESIDENT CORT, ALL DISTANT WHICH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, STUDENT ADVISOR MARGARET AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE THIS EVENING. HE GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DIRECTOR MARTINEZ. AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS PRESENT STUDENT MUSICIANS AT OUR GENERAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS , SO YOU ARE IN FOR A SPECIAL TREAT. TONIGHT, BELLY WILL BE DANCING TO MARIACHI. BECAUSE CONTEXT
004IS EVERYTHING, AND WE ARE DISTRICT, I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WILL SEE. ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS A HAWAIIAN FOLKSONG INSPIRED BY THE NATIVE BIRD CALLED THE BELL BIRD. THE FOLK DANCE WAS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED TO MUSIC OF THE HARP AND IT INCLUDES STEPS TO MAKE THE BELL BIRD SONG IN FLIGHT. HOWEVER, IN MEXICO, PARTICULARLY THE STATE OF JALISCO, WHEN THIS WAS PERFORMED TO THE VERSION OF MARIACHI , IT TRANSFORMS INTO A BEAUTIFUL FUSION OF INSPIRATION, MEXICAN MUSIC AND POLITICAL STYLE SYMBOLIZING FREEDOM, VOICE AND THE BEAUTY OF NATURE . EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THESE DANCERS TO LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERING ] BRAVO . THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS SO AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU . [ INAUDIBLE ] [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS
005ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND OUR AGENDA TO REMOVE ITEM 6A1 24- 25M- M SSA STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA AND THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, THE SUPERINTENDENT IS UNDER THE WEATHER SO WE WON'T BE GETTING THAT REPORT TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT REGULAR SESSION AGENDA . SO MOVED. >> SECOND.>> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECOND BY MR. FRANK. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY AYE . QUESTION. >> SO IF THERE IS NO SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, ARE THERE STILL ASPECTS THAT REMAIN? THERE ARE ASPECTS . I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 5-0 . I WOULD
006LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 14TH, 2025 WORK SESSION MINUTES . SO MOVED. SECOND . MOVED BY TENORIO AND SECOND BY MR. WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE . AYE. >> OPPOSED. >> AYE HAS IT 5-0. NOW I LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 6C1 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUEST . 6C2, PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS . 6C3, VENDOR PAYMENTS , 6C4, TRANSFER OF SERVICE [ INAUDIBLE ] RIGHTS TO THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES. SO MOVED. SECOND.>> MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. ALL OPPOSED . >> 5-0, UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE BOARD MET ENCLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, FOR EVERY 28TH, 2025 FROM 3:10 P.M. UNTIL 5:55 P.M. TO DISCUSS A LIMITED PERSONAL MATTER AS PERMITTED
007UNDER SECTION 10-15-1H2 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT . SPECIFICALLY SO, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND COUNCIL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT AND TWO, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING INVESTIGATIONS OF CLASSIFIED AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES . THREE, THE BOARD CAN DISCUSS AND PREPARE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MIDYEAR EVALUATION AND THEY ARE, WHERE I SAID SUPERINTENDENT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR CHIEF OF STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF OF STAFF. AND B, MEET WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS PENDING, AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15- 1H7 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS STEPHANIE LYNN LU VERSUS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2-24- CV1269-SMD KRS DMN AND THEN C, MEET WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS PENDING OR LITIGATION AS PERMITTED UNDER 10-15- 1H7 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN
008MEETINGS ACT SPECIFICALLY TO DISCUSS A SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS COMPLAINT STYLE STUDENT VERSUS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS DPH 2425-28 BEFORE SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARING OFFICER INCLUDING POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT. I AFFIRM THAT THE ITEMS DISCUSSED ENCLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED ABOVE . AND NOW, HERE IS THE MORE FUN STUFF. I WOULD LIKE TO CALLED TO THE PODIUM, MS. KELLY JAMISON, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS . GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CORT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MARGARET. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. ONBEHALF OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, IT IS AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR ON THIS EVENING. LAS CRUCES PROBABLY RECALLS SITTING BESIDE HER FATHER AS A YOUNG CHILD LISTENING AS HE READ ALOUD TO HER. THOSE EARLY EXPERIENCES SPARKED A LIFELONG LOVE OF READING THAT PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCE YOUR CAREER AND DEDICATION
009TO EDUCATION . A PROUD GRADUATE OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, COVID SEVEN EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND HOLDS A MASTER OF EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM FROM GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY. FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, NANCY HAS SET A STANDARD FOR EDUCATORS EVERYWHERE. HER PASSION FOR BY LEGAL PROGRAMMING, OR GENUINE COMMITMENT TO EVERY CHILD'S GROWTH IN DURABILITY TO INSPIRE STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE PICKED OUT HER CAREER, SHE SERVED AS A UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTOR AT NMSU MENTORING EDUCATORS AND AS A FACILITATOR FOR THE OUTREACH ACADEMY , COORDINATING DIVERSE COURSES AND S.T.E.M., ART AND LITERACY. CURRENTLY SERVING AT EAST OF A SCHOOL WITH MR. CHAVEZ WHO I SAW EARLIER, SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS NAMED TO THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOLLOWED BY LAST MONTH'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
010NANCY ORTA IS THE 2026 NEW MEXICO TEACHER OF THE YEAR. [ APPLAUSE ] , [ CHEERING ] CONGRATULATIONS.>> THE STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR DESIGNATION HAS BEEN A TIME-HONORED TRADITION OF THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SINCE 1963 AND NOW NANCY JOINS AN EXCEPTIONAL LEGACY OF 10LCAS LEGISLATORS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THIS DISTINGUISHED STATE-LEVEL HONOR. HOWLAND RUCKER , 1965. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF US A MEMBER HIM BUT IT -- HER FOR HER SERVICE BUT THANK YOU. A LOT OF US KNOW CLARENCE FIELDER 1971. MICHAEL THAYER, 1992. PHYLLIS WRIGHT, 1997. TOMMY SPARSE AND 2001. TOMMY HERE WITH US TONIGHT. JAMES SAID, 2003. THE CURRENT BOARD PRESIDENT IN 2013 AND DAVID MORALES, 2016 FROM MAPLE HIGH SCHOOL WHO ALSO IS WITH US TONIGHT. IT IS ALSO AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE IN ATTENDANCE LAUREN GUERRERO, THE STATE
011TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 2022 AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST SPEAKER TO STAND WITH MS. NANCY ORTA, THE CURRENT STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR, LAUREN CHAVEZ . [ APPLAUSE ] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AT EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE NANCY . ITIS SUCH A JOYOUS EVENT WHEN ONE TEACHER FROM YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS GETS TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER TO SERVE STATEWIDE AS THE STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR. NANCY WILL JOIN A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY OF OTHER STATE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR WHERE WE COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THIS JOURNEY. AND SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO SUPPORT NANCY AND
012HER JOURNEY OF SERVICE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL . WE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT SHE WILL BRING AND HOW SHE IS GOING TO REPRESENT YOUR COMMUNITIES, YOUR STUDENTS, ON ALL LEVELS. AND SO WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND I'M HONORED TO FINISH UP MY YEAR IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND HAND THIS BEAUTIFUL BATON OVER TO NANCY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO DO A BEAUTIFUL JOB AND MAKE HER OWN MARK AS THE NEW MEXICO STATE TEACHER OF THE YEAR. WITH THAT SAID, CONGRATULATIONS, NANCY. AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET . FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW NANCY WILL NOW REPRESENT NEW MEXICO WITH THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. WE WISH YOU
013ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD. I CANNOT IMAGINE ANYONE MORE FITTING TO REPRESENT US. MADAME CORT, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO HER. ABSOLUTELY. THE BOARD WILL COME DOWN AND HANG OUT WITH YOU FOR A SECOND. I'M GOING TO USE MY TEACHER VOICE. ON BEHALF OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT NANCY WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL PLATTER . WE KNOW YOU WILL REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT WELL AND YOU WILL BE SUCH A GREAT REPRESENTED FOR OUR STATE. WE ARE SO PROUD AND SO HAPPY FOR YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS. >> CAN WE GET THE OTHER TEACHERS OF THE YEAR? YES. THERE ARE TOO MANY. . CONGRATULATIONS! [ APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERING ] AS YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF STATE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR IN NEW MEXICO, LAS CRUCES
014IS WELL REPRESENTED. SO BRAVO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS EXCEPT FOR [ INAUDIBLE ] DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC, WHICH ARE FOUND IN BOARD POLICY BEDH AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT REFERENCE TO PUBLIC POLICY. PUBLIC, IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER. HOWEVER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THE BOARD DOES NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM OR COMMENT UPON PERSONNEL MATTERS. HOWEVER, ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS NOR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE
015BOARD MEETING . WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING. IF YOU ALL WOULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM UP HERE, AND PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, THE FIRST PERSON IS REBECCA KRAM. WELCOME. THANK YOU. MY SON, OTHER SON, ASSURES ME I HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE LAS CRUCES BOARD. MY NAME IS REBECCA KRAM AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT REGARDING GENERALLY THE DISTRICT SCHOOL CALENDAR AND SPECIFICALLY THE FOUR DESIGNATED REMOTE LEARNING DAYS THERE WITHIN. TO BE CLEAR, FOR THE RECORD, THESE DATES ARE THE FOLLOWING. AUGUST 28TH AND OCTOBER 13TH OF 2025 AND FABRY 13 AND APRIL 6 OF 2026. IT IS ALSO NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE ADDRESSED THE SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
016THE FIRST WAS ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023 VIA AN E-MAIL LETTER TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS THAT REPRESENTED THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AT THAT TIME. MY CONCERN TODAY REMAINS THE SAME AS THREE YEARS AGO A LACK OF LEARNING . PRIOR TO TONIGHT, I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE TO SEEK A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT IN FACT IS EXPECTED OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON THESE ASSUMED SCHOOL DAYS, PARTICULARLY SINCE, AND A THREE YEARS THEY HAD BEEN IN EXISTENCE, MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO WORK REQUIRED OR SUGGESTED TO ACCOMPLISH. I CHECKED THE WEBSITE AND SEARCHED THE STUDENT HANDBOOK ONLY TO FIND NOTHING. I E-MAILED SUPERINTENDENT IGNACIO RUIZ AND HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING ON THE TELEPHONE WITH MR. [ INAUDIBLE ] WHIL E HE WAS UNSURE AT THE TIME OF OUR CALL, HE DID GET BACK TO ME WITH
017THIS I'M GUYETTE -- THESAME GUIDANCE OF PRINCE WILL SHARED WHICH STUDENTS SHOULD WORK ON MISSING WORK. I FURTHER LEARNED THAT DUE TO TEACHERS CONTRACTS DRIVEN BY UNION NEGOTIATIONS, THE DISTRICT IN FACT IS UNABLE TO REQUIRE TEACHERS TO GIVE ANY ASSIGNMENTS TO STUDENTS STUDENTS. I RESPECTFULLY REMIND THE BOARD THAT NO SUCH DAYS EXISTED PRIOR TO COVID. THESE REMOTE DAYS ARE, IN MY MIND, AND UNNECESSARY BYPRODUCT OF THE PANDEMIC. YET, THE DISTRICT ON THE BOARD HOW THESE FOUR DAYS TOWARD ONE , THE ONE A DAY MINIMUM FEDERAL REQUIRED TIME FOR STUDENTS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AND TWO, THE NEW MEXICO SPECIFIED INSTRUCTIONAL HOUR REQUIREMENT OF 1140 HOURS. THIS COULD BE A PERCEIVED CHEATING TO THE SYSTEM. ULTIMATELY BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY ARE WE CONSIDERING THESE LEARNING DAYS WHEN IN FACT NO LEARNING IS OCCURRING ? IN A
018STATE WHICH RANKS NEAR THE BOTTOM NATIONALLY IN TERMS OF READING AND ARITHMETIC SCORES, ONE WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING THE MOST INSTRUCTIONAL TIME POSSIBLE. I PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS. THE FIRST IS TWO FOLD. REMOVE THE REMOTE LEARNING DESIGNATION AND CONSIDER THESE DAYS OFF FROM SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WHILE ALLOWING TEACHERS -- AFFORD TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PLATE -- PAID PLANNING DAYS AND B, MAKE UP THE FOUR DAYS ELSEWHERE IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OR PROVIDE PROPER REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS ON THESE REMOTE LEARNING DAYS THAT PROMOTE LEARNING AND INSTILL INSTRUCTION. AS A PARENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US RAISE THE EDUCATION BAR HIGHER FOR ALL STUDENTS TO STRIVE TO REACH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU . PAUL FIR. WELCOME. >> THINK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAME COURT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE
019BOARD , WANTED TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THREE OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA. THE FIRST ONE IS POLICY GBC EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE. I AGREE WITH THE POLICY AND I'M THANKFUL THAT CANNABIS IS INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF MOOD ALTERING SUBSTANCES. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE POLICY TITLE IS MISLEADING . LAST MEETING, I REMEMBER HEARING ED FRANK SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS A POLICY TO KEEP LC PUPPY GET S FREE FROM [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THE [ INAUDIBLE ] IS SECONDARY. IS A JUST A TITLE. SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE AN EMPLOYEE WORKPLACE OVER THE CURRENT TITLE. I ALSO LOOKED OVER POLICY WIND SIX EMPLOYEE LEAVE. AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE RESULT OF IT TEACHERS UNION BARGAINING, NOW NINE-MONTH EMPLOYEES RECEIVE ANNUAL LEAVE . IN THE PAST, ONLY 12
020MONTHS, DID EMPLOYEES RECEIVE ANNUAL LEAVE. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OR THE EXPECTED IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING OR ON TEACHER TRAINING ? FOR TEACHERS TO DECIDE TO TAKE VACATIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR OR TO MISSED TEACHER TRAINING. I'M A TEACHER AT MSU ON A NINE-MONTH CONTRACT. I DO HAVE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE FOR EMERGENCIES BUT I DON'T HAVE VACATION DAYS AVAILABLE TO ME. I BELIEVE IT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING. THE NEXT POLICY, TRINITIES AND REQUIRED PHYSICALS FOR STUDENTS. READING THAT POLICY, I LEARNED THE DISTRICT OFFERS A LOW-COST OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO OBTAIN A PHYSICAL. FOR JJID. MY QUESTION IS, WHY DOES THE DISTRICT HELP WITH THE COST OF PHYSICALS FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY DON'T HELP WITH THE COST OF BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR VOLUNTEERS? IN THIS POLICY, THE CLAIM IS THE QUOTE
021THAT ATHLETICS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATION OF A CHILD. HOW MUCH MORE DO VOLUNTEERS THAT COME INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR EDUCATION ? AND SO I ADVOCATE HIGHLY FOR PARENT, GRANDPARENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER VOLUNTEERS IN THE CLASSROOM . LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO PRAY FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. HEAVENLY FATHER, I BLESS REGISTERED VOTERS IN THIS CITY TO VOTE TO EXERCISE THEIR VOICE AT THE POLLS AND TO MAKE THEIR VOICE KNOWN . I BLESS ELECTION WORKERS TO BE SAFE AND THAT THEY BE FREE FROM ANY ABUSE OR ANY HARASSMENT AND I ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND THE DECISIONS THEY WILL BE MAKING. LORD, I PRAY FOR THE ELECTION PROCESS IN OUR COUNTY TO BE FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND COMPLETELY LEGAL. LORD I ASK THAT EACH PERSON VOTES AND THERE IS
022NO COERCION OR DECEPTION REGARDING ANY VALID. LORD, I ASK THAT THE COUNTING OF BALLOTS BE DONE WITH THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY. PROVERBS 11-1 TELLS US THAT THE LORD DETESTS THE USE OF DISHONEST SCALES BUT HE DELIGHTS IN ACCURATE WEIGHTS. LET THERE BE NO BALLOT FLIPPING, INSERTIONS OR DELETIONS AND LET THE COUNTING BE VERIFIED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT IS KENNETH JUSTICE. WELCOME . GOOD EVENING . GOOD EVENING. >> MY NAME IS KENNETH JUSTICE. AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAS CRUCES TRANSPORTATION FEDERATION. THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS UNION. I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU OF SOME PROBLEMS WITH PRIVATE CONTRACTOR YOU HIRED TO PROVIDE BUS SERVICES FOR OUR KIDS. I WORKED FOR THE CONTRACTOR FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AND I'VE BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE DRIVERS UNION FOR 14 MONTHS. DURING MY TIME
023AT THEM, THIS COMPANY VIOLATED RIGHTS, LAWS, REGULATIONS AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAWS. THE COMPANY WRONGFULLY FIRED ME FOR EXERCISING MY RIGHTS AS A UNION REPRESENTATIVE . THROUGH THE STRENGTH OF MY LOCAL AND AF D NEW MEXICO, WE FOUGHT THEM AND I WAS REINSTATED. THEY VIOLATED OSHA STANDARDS MAINTAIN THE BUILDING THEY OPERATE OUT OF AS WELL AND THE COMMERCIAL BUS MAINTENANCE SHOP THEY OPERATE. THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING WE WORK AND HAS BEEN WORKED ON TWICE BUT CONTINUES TO LEAK RAISING SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS BECAUSE OF MOLD. AIR-CONDITIONING FOR EMPLOYEES IS SUBSTANDARD AND ONLY DUE TO THE UNION'S INTERVENTION WAS IT APPROVED WITH TEMPORARY [ INAUDIBLE ] BUT STILL REMAINS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE ROOM SIZE . THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHOP EQUIPMENT IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. THEY CONTINUE TO WASH A FLEET OF BUSES AND
024A WASH BAY THAT IS NOT ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED OR PROPERLY EQUIPPED. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE COMPANY SPILLED BOTH DIESEL FUEL AND [ INAUDIBLE ] FLUID IN CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS ABOVE THE REPORTED REQUIRED MINIMUM. THEY TRIED TO COVER IT WITH SOIL. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE UNION CHECKING THEIR ACTIONS, THEY WOULD HAVE CONTINUED AND LEFT THE CONTAMINATED SOIL IN PLACE FOR THESE CONTAMINANTS TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE WATER SUPPLY . I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSES THAT WERE PURCHASED THROUGH CONTRACTORS AND OPERATORS AS WELL. ALL OF THIS TOGETHER IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THE EMPLOYEES ARE TREATED INDICATES THAT CHANGES MUST BE MADE. DID YOU KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES ARE RUSHED TO THEIR JOBS TO GET TO THE CLOCK OUT EARLY TO SAVE MONEY. NO TIME FOR BUS CLEANING IS BUILT INTO
025THE SCHEDULE. NOR DID THEY PROVIDE CLEANING SUPPLIES AS NEEDED . SO BUSES LIKE PROPER SANITATION. DUE TO THE COMPANY'S COST TO CONTAIN MEASURES. ALL ROUTES ARE BUILT WITH SOFTWARE THAT MAKE NO CONSIDERATION FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS OR EVEN TRAFFIC DELAYS, NOT TO MENTION SCHOOL DELAYS. SOME DRIVERS ARE RUNNING LATE EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THE COMPANY SET UP OF IN ADEQUATE ROUTES AND PUSH TO FINISH TO GET THEM OFF THE CLOCK AS SOON AS THEY ARE BACK AT THE [ INAUDIBLE ] YARD INSTEAD OF ALLOWING ADEQUATE TIME TO COMPLETE THE ROUTE SAFELY. THEY DON'T EVEN ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BUS DRIVERS AND ATTENDANCE TO GET TO THE RESTROOM. THEY WANT THEM CLOCKED OUT FIRST. I ASK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD BRING SCHOOL BUS OPERATIONS BACK UNDER THE DISTRICT'S CONTROL AND RUN IT ACCORDING TO
026STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS. OUR KID'S SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. DON'T SAVE A BUCK AT THIS EXPENSE PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEA-LC REPORT WITH MS. JULIE WEIKEL. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MARGARET. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR NEA LAS CRUCES. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ACHE EQUITY COUNCIL AND THE DISTRICT, WE HAD A TOWN HALL TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE FOUR CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE MARTINEZ YAZI ACTION PLAN. IT WAS A FULL ROOM WITH ROBUST DISCUSSION AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. NEA NEW MEXICO AND SENATOR BILL SOULS HAD AN EVENING AT HIS HANGAR WHERE WE SPOKE WITH LEDGER SITE IS ABOUT PASSING 80-20 INSURANCE FOR ALL FOR ALL EDUCATORS STATEWIDE. THERE WERE FLIGHT SIMULATORS AND JIM BOB'S
027BARBECUE. THIS VEGETARIAN DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT. WE CAP GROUNDED BUT ALL EMPLOYEES SHARED POWERFUL AND PERSONAL STORIES. GOVERNMENT FUNDED INSURANCE WOULD EASE THE BURDEN OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAYING INSURANCE THROUGH OPERATIONAL FUNDS AND WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE DURING THE SESSION. ESPECIALLY AT ANY NEW MEXICO LOBBY DAY ON GENERATE 29TH. I INVITE EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US AND SHARE THAT THIS IS A MAJOR DISTRICT PRIORITY. NEA LAS CRUCES IS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGH NUMBER OF LCPS FAMILIES THAT RELY ON SNAP BENEFITS WHICH WILL NOT BE DISTURBED AND NO MODE -- DISTRIBUTED IN NOVEMBER. THIS WILL SIGNAL BIGLEY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. IN ADDITION TO THOSE NOT BEING PAID DUE TO FEDERAL SHUTDOWNS. I CHALLENGE ALL NEA LE CHRISTUS --LAS CRUCES MEMBERS TO SHOW THAT WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF ACTION BY
028DONATING TO THE ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK OR PANTRY OF THEIR CHOICE . THANK YOU AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MISS WEIKEL. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS . ALL RIGHT.>> I DO HAVE ONE. I WAS WRITING THINGS DOWN. WHAT IS THE DAY I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE IN [ INAUDIBLE ] THE LOBBY IS GENERALLY TONY NINETH. >> VOICES WOULD BE VERY POWERFUL THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH . CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE ? I THINK I PICKED THAT UP. CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT? SURE. NEW MEXICO IS THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY ON SNAP BENEFITS AND DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN , OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE RECEIVING SNAP BENEFITS. AND SO , [ INAUDIBLE ] IS DANGEROUSLY LOW FROM WHAT I HEARD THIS WEEKEND.
029SO ANYBODY, I CHALLENGE YOU TO DONATE TO YOUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRY, WHETHER IT IS --WHICHEVER IS CLOSEST TO YOUR HOUSE, DISTRICT OR COMMUNITY. AND WHETHER IT BE ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK --MY CHURCH HAS A FOOD PANTRY. WHATEVER IS CLOSEST TO YOU TO HELP OUR FAMILIES. OF COURSE THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I WAS REFERRING TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEALTHCARE THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES . THE 80 SLASH 20. >> THE 80 SLASH 20 INSURANCE. I APOLOGIZE. YES YOUR RIGHT NOW, THE OPERATIONAL FUNDS ARE COVERING [ INAUDIBLE ] I'M SURE ALEX CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. IN BARGAINING, WE ASKED FOR A LOT. AND THEY CONTINUE TO COVER THE 80/20 INSURANCE. BUT WE CAN'T DO A WHOLE LOT MORE BECAUSE THE DISTRICT ISN'T COVERING THE COST OF THE 80/20 INSURANCE, WHICH YOU ALL HELP WITH AN AGREED
030TO IN OUR BARGAINING. AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE LEAD -- ASKING LEGISLATIVELY. LAST YEAR, THEY PASSED IT FOR ALL GOVERNMENT WORKERS AND A LOT OF THE LEGISLATORS THAT WE WERE INCLUDED IN THAT BUT WE WEREN'T . SO REALLY, THIS IS THE YEAR TO SAY, LEGISLATORS, YOU THOUGHT WE WERE INCLUDED IN THIS BUT IN FACT, IT WAS EVERYBODY BUT US. AND SO THERE REALLY IS NO REASON THIS YEAR FOR IT NOT TO BE. AND THEN FREE UP ALL OF ALEX'S MONEY TO GIVE US EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT. SO, YES . BARGAINING WILL BE FUN THIS YEAR. PRETTY EXCITING. >> VERY EXCITING. SO PLEASE COME. I'M SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. YOU PROVIDED IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SNAP SITUATION. THAT WAS VERY USEFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. MISSED
031[ INAUDIBLE ] COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING SO WE WILL NOT HAVE THE CSEC-LC REPORT. WILL MOVE ON TO THE STUDENT ADVISOR REPORT. MARGARET, IT IS ALL YOU. GOOD EVENING MADAM, PRESIDENT, AND NUMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH THE -- OF A THROW THE BARBECUE COMPETITION WAS. THE DISTRICT DID A FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING ON THIS EVENT. WE HAD THE CHANCE TO VOLUNTEER IN VARIOUS ROLES AND EXPERIENCE FROM THE COMPETITION BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND TRY ALL THE GREAT FOOD . AT OUR RECENT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED VARIOUS MATTERS AROUND THE DISTRICT. SO I WANTED TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY POINTS. ORGAN MOUNT WILL START HAVING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS DURING PAST PERIODS AS WELL AS CLASS PERIODS. IF THEY HAVE SUCCESS WITH THIS, IT WOULD
032BE SOMETHING THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS COULD LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING IN THE FUTURE. ADDITIONALLY, A TEACHER THERE IS STARTING AN AUTISM INCLUSION AWARENESS ADVOCACY, WHICH WE ALL THOUGHT WAS A GREAT INITIATIVE . DR. TOMLINSON WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE SOME TIME TO EXPLAIN THE NEW POLICIES SURROUNDING AP CLASSES, GP WAITING AND TESTS. AND SHE ALSO TOLD US A BIT ABOUT THE POLICIES AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS REGARDING WATER BOTTLES AND DRINKS. SEEING AS SOME OF THE CAMPUSES ARE WORKED UP ON THE TRACK AND FIELD. DURING THE MEETING, WE HAD CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND RAISING GRADUATION RATES. ONE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR THAT WE FEEL HAS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM IS THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF COVID-19 AND THE TRANSITION BACK TO IN PERSON LEARNING AND FACE-TO-FACE. WE THINK THAT THIS IS
033SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN CREATING POLICY AND INCENTIVES. WE BELIEVE THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN RAISING ENGAGEMENT AND ATTENDANCE TO RAISING GRADUATION RATES. THINGS LIKE HYBRIDIZING WORK USING PAPER AS WELL AS ONLINE RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGING OR INCENTIVIZING FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION IN THE CLASSROOM CAN BRIDGE SOME OF THE GAPS. AND PRIORITIZING WORK IS IMPORTANT TO TIE TOGETHER THE BENEFITS OF DOING WORK ON PAPER AS IT WAS BEFORE COVID, TO THE BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF TECHNOLOGY WITH HOW RAPID EVERYTHING IS CHANGING. WE DISCUSSED HOW MANY CLASSES . THERE IS A LACK OF DISCUSSION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND THEIR PEERS AS WELL AS STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS . AND WE SEE THIS AS A LINGERING SYMPTOM OF COVID-19. BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS INTERACTION IS VITAL AND WE THINK THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY LEAD
034TO HIGHER ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION RATES WITH FUTURE CLASSES . A QUESTION THAT I HAVE REGARDING ATTENDANCE AND GRADUATION IS, WHAT POWER WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD HAVE IN REEVALUATING A NO CREDIT POLICY FOR ATTENDANCE? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS HANDLED AT THE STATE LEVEL ? IN TALKING TO SOME ADVISORS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, THERE WAS A POLICY ABOUT ATTENDANCE BEING A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT MANY STAFF MEMBERS OBSERVED THAT THE NEW PHONE POLICY HAS HAD A VERY POSITIVE EFFECT ON FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION IN THE CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS THE HALLWAYS, AND AT LUNCH , ET CETERA. THAT IS DEFINITELY A POSITIVE THAT WE ARE BRINGING BACK FROM THE MEETINGS. ONE INITIATIVE AT MY SCHOOL, LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL THAT MS. LENNON HAS LED, IS A
035NEW EXAM EXEMPTION INCENTIVE . I WANTED TO MENTION THIS AS IT IS AN EXCITING IDEA THAT CAN BENEFIT OTHER SCHOOLS. MANY OF THE STUDENTS AT MY SCHOOL ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IN THE INITIATIVE, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXEMPT FINAL EXAMS IF THEY MEET SOME CRITERIA . TO QUALIFY, STUDENTS MUST KEEP AN AVERAGE OF 80, OR HIGHER IN THE CLASS. HAVE NO MORE THAN FOUR ABSENCES , EXCUSED, UNEXCUSED OR MEDICAL BESIDES SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES AND HAVE NO TARDY REFERRALS OR DISCIPLINARY PLACEMENTS AS WELL AS CLEARING ALL FINES AND FEES. SENIORS CAN EARN UP TO FOUR EXEMPTIONS. JUNIORS THREE, SOPHOMORES TWO AND FRESHMAN ONE. OVERALL, THERE MIGHT BE DETAILS TO BE IRONED OUT. BUT A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARGARET. I APPRECIATE THAT. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU
036HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. MR. FRANK . CAN YOU MAKE A COPY OF WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT? I THINK A LOT OF THE IDEAS YOU PRESENTED DESERVES SOME SERIOUS DISCUSSION AMONG US AS A BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND IF WE COULD HIT UPON ANYTHING THERE. THANK YOU MR. FRANK. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WHEN THEY DID HAVE THE NO CREDIT FOR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES, YOU PUT THE NC NEXT TO THE GREAT AND THERE WAS A WHOLE PROCESS YOU WENT THROUGH. IT IS NOT ANYTHING NEW AND CAN BE REINSTITUTED . OKAY. >> I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE -- ORGAN MOUNTAIN COULD BE STARTING SOME ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS. YES DRILLS . I HOPE I DID NOT MISS SAY THAT ? AND IT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT I WROTE IT WRONG. AS
037FAR AS THE ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL [ INAUDIBLE ] AND REFERRED TO AS LOCKDOWN DRILLS. TO ME, I THINK IT IS LOCKDOWN DRILLS WHERE THEY KIND OF YELL OUT -- THERE IS SOMEONE THERE AND EVERYONE HAS TO GO TO THE ROOMS AND TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND LOCK IT UP. I WAS THINKING OF, AND SOME SCHOOLS, THERE IS A SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST TO THE NINE AND THEY RUN THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME KIND OF BANG BANG RIFLES TO MAKE IT REAL. AND THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT IT UP. THAT STUFF IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A DEPARTMENT, CABINET PERSON MEMBER HERE WHO KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT . WE DON'T DO IT, CORRECT? BUT THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT DO THAT. AND IT IS VERY TRAUMATIC.
038I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU GUYS ARE REFERRING TO. I DON'T ATTEND THAT SCHOOL SO I'M NOT THE ONE WHO DIRECTLY GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WOULD BE PRACTICING WALKOUT STYLE OR SHELTER PLAY STYLE DRILLS DURING THE PERIOD, WHICH IS NORMAL. THOSE ARE PRACTICED AS OF NOW. DURING THE ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS, IT IS, LOCK THE DOORS AND IT HAS CHANGED. EITHER HIDING IN CORNERS OR UNDER DESKS. I THINK THEY ARE JUST LOOKING AT ANOTHER POSSIBLE SCENARIO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PRACTICE FOR . OKAY . THAT IS WHEN THE KIDS ARE IN THE HALLWAY BETWEEN CLASSES. TEACHERS GO OUT INTO THE HALL AND GET ALL THE KIDS INTO OUR ROOMS IMMEDIATELY AS OPPOSED TO THE NORMAL ACTIVE SHOOTER LOCKDOWN . ALREADY IN THE CLASS. IT ADDS THAT LITTLE ELEMENTS OF, LET'S
039ROUND UP AND DO THIS QUICKLY. HELLO THERE. YOU HAVE COME UP AND HAD A SEAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK TO US? . THERE ARE DISTRICTS WHERE THEY DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. OTHER ENTITIES. WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO THAT. WE DO HAVE SWAT THAT WILL GO IN AND DO THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AFTER HOURS AT OTHER TIMES BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS. WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO THAT WITH STUDENTS . THAT CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PANIC. AND AS A PRINCIPAL, WE DID PRACTICE AT DIFFERENT TIMES WHEN THERE WERE LUNCHTIME PASSING PERIODS. WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENSURING AND INFORMING THE BOARD AND DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON , THAT WE ARE RUNNING THOSE DRILLS DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT
040AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS, LOCKDOWN DRILLS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. BECAUSE OUR RESPONSES COULD BE DIFFERENT. A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN WE ARE IN THE CLASSROOM, WE CAN LOCK DOWN, SHUT DOWN AND GO. RESEARCH SHOWS US AND UNFORTUNATELY FROM SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, WHENEVER THEY ARE OUT, IF YOU CAN GET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AND GO AWAY, THE FURTHER YOU CAN GET AWAY, THE BETTER. WE WANT TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT . WE PRACTICE THAT. OF THE STUDENTS COULD GET OFF CAMPUS, THEY DO THAT. DURING A DRILL, THEY WOULD GO AND WAIT AND COME BACK . THATIS WHERE DOES THAT COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE WITH PARENTS AND OTHER THINGS AND WE TALK WITH PARENTS AS WELL. IF THIS DOES HAPPEN, WE MAKE
041SURE THEY GET OFTEN HAVE A RENDEZVOUS POINT WITH THEIR CHILD. ANYTHING WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED, LOOKING AT THAT, WE ARE HAVING THESE SAFETY PLANS AND ALL OF THESE RULES AND RELIVING THINGS. THAT WE ARE PRACTICING THAT AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT OUR CHILDREN COME TO SCHOOL SAFE AND THEY GO HOME AS WELL . THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANK YOU. MS. TENORIO, YOU HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE . IT WAS JUST TO MARGARET. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE STUDENTS IN YOUR GROUP WERE TALKING ABOUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO RAISE ENGAGEMENT AND ATTENDANCE VERSUS THE GRADUATION RATES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO RAISE GRADUATION RATES IS BY GETTING THE STUDENTS MORE ENGAGED AND GETTING THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR ATTENDANCE. I
042DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN EVEN SEPARATE THEM. BUT MAYBE THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. CORRECT. AND I THINK THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING AS MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. JUST THAT WE -- DISTRICTWIDE AND SCHOOLWIDE, WE SEE INITIATIVES BEING PUSHED TO RAISE BOTH OF THOSE TWO FACTORS WITH CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AT GRADUATION. A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY GO HAND-IN-HAND. BUT SOME THINGS WE ARE SEEING, SOME INITIATIVES WE ARE SEEING , ATTEMPTING TO TACKLE ONE OF THE OTHER . WHEREAS WE KIND OF BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET DOWN TO MORE BASIC ENGAGEMENT AND CLASSES AND ENCOURAGING THAT AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A RAISE AND THE OTHER THINGS. I LOVE HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE ALL DISCUSSING. WE HAD A REALLY LONG MEETING ACTUALLY. IT WAS REALLY LONG. IT WAS FANTASTIC TO SEE HOW
043OTHER STUDENTS AROUND THE DISTRICT FELT AS THOUGH THERE WAS A BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN PEERS EVEN AND DISCUSSING IN THE CLASSROOM. AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AS WELL . YES. I WROTE THAT DOWN IS MY NEXT ONE. HOPINGTHAT MAYBE YOU ALL COULD HAVE --I IMAGINE, THE SOLUTIONS. YOU GAVE ME, HOW WILL I MAKE YOU ALL ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER, I WILL MISS THE MARK. I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO CONNECT YOU BETTER. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, WAYS OF HOW YOU CAN --WHERE IS THAT GAP ? IS IT LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE YOU ARE NOT TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER? OR AT LUNCH TIME ? IS IT NOT KNOWING HOW TO -- THOSE 101 CUMMICATION SKILLS OF FINDING THINGS IN COMMON OR --
044YEAH, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS. IT IS HARD TO SAY , IF YOU DON'T KNOW, HOW DO YOU GET THE ANSWER? BUT IF YOU DO KNOW, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OF CHANGING HOW YOU WILL CURRENTLY INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, LIKE AT LUNCH. HOW CAN YOU DO IT DIFFERENTLY? I CAN TESTIFY MOSTLY TO THE CLASSROOM . JUSTBECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IS WHERE THAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT WILL BE THE MOST VITAL AND CONNECTING TO CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN THE GRADUATION RATE. THINGS LIKE GROUP PROJECTS, TEACHERS THAT HAVE GROUP PROJECTS AND DON'T OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO WORK ALONE, THAT WAS SOMETHING BROUGHT UP . ONE OF MY MAY FEEL REPRESENTATIVES WAS SAYING , WHY ARE STUDENTS ALLOWED TO WORK ALONE AND GROUP PROJECTS BECAUSE IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. TRADITIONALLY, LOOKING BACK AT TRANSIT SECOND 19, WHERE
045EVERYONE WORKED ON THEIR OWN COMPUTER AND THEIR OWN ASSIGNMENTS, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EVEN RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON WORK FROM THEIR TEACHERS. I THINK TRANSITIONING BACK TO THE PRESENTATIONS GROUP PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, IT GIVES STUDENTS A CHANCE TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTENT . THAT IS SO IMPORTANT . AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. I'M A BIG SOCIAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. THAT IS MY PASSION. IN THOSE CLASSES, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WERE ON THE ONLY ONE TALKING . THOSE ARE THE CLASSES WHERE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING THE MOST. FOR EXAMPLE, MY ENGLISH TEACHER, MESH SEIVIAE, AND BUDDING STUDENTS TO INTERACT IN THE CLASSROOM BY ANSWERING QUESTIONS. AND IT IS IN ENGLISH CLASS. BY OFFERING EXTRA CREDIT POINTS FOR SHOUTING OUT ANSWERS AND GIVING INSIGHT INTO
046THE CLASS BECAUSE IT IS VERY EASY FOR US TO ALSO THERE AND JUST NOT INTERACT. BY DOING THAT, SHE OFFERS PEOPLE A REASON TO LEARN THROUGH THAT ENGAGEMENT . I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP TONIGHT AND WERE GLAD YOU ARE HERE. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT IS TIED INTO OUR MENTAL WELLNESS AND OUR SOCIAL WELLNESS . WETHINK ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY THAT A LOT OF KIDS HAVE. IT IS SOMEWHAT TIED TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF. BUT I ALSO THINK WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, WORKING TOGETHER, WE --HOW DO WE DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS OF INTERACTING AND COMMUNICATING? I THINK SOMETIMES IT MIGHT EVEN BE THAT SMALL TALK THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD , THAT MAYBE THEY ARE NOT USED TO ANYMORE. I THINK IT IS A GREAT
047THING THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON. SO THANK YOU. YES. MARGARET, YOU GOT THE MOST QUESTIONS OUT OF ANY OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY . SO A PLUS. >> THANK YOU. I'M CURIOUS. THE PHONE. IS IT STRICTLY AND --AS STRICTLY AS UNFORCED AS IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? ARE USING IT CONSISTENTLY ENFORCED ? I THINK THE WAYS THAT MY TEACHERS PERSONALLY ENFORCE IT OR WAYS THEY HAVE ENFORCED IT FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT HAVE UTILIZED THE PHONE POCKETS FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THAT. IT INCREASES ENGAGEMENT. SOME TEACHERS JUST FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER IT . AND IN THAT SENSE, STUDENTS ARE ON THEIR PHONES LESS. I THINK TEACHERS HAVE REMAINED IN POWER A
048LOT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT, SOMETIMES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS REALLY STRICT ABOUT AND TOWARD THE MIDDLE, IT GETS A LITTLE MORE LOOSE. I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS -- WHAT IS EXPECTED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL EXPECT BY THIS POINT. IT HASN'T CHANGED IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU FOR A GREAT REPORT AND GREAT ANSWERING OF QUESTIONS. GREAT DIALOGUE. LOVED IT. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP DR. MICHELLE ADONIS FROM NINOS. YOU CAN USE THE PODIUM OR HAVE A SEAT. WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT CORT AND BOARD MEMBERS AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS STAFF. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF [ INAUDIBLE ] NI?'OS. I SERVE AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, IT HAS BEEN --THEY
049HAVE BEEN SERVING THE LAS CRUCES COMMUNITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS. AND RECENTLY, WE EXPANDED INTO THE HATCH COMMUNITY. AND WE SERVE AS A NONPROFIT. WE ARE A FIVE-STAR EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM CERTIFIED BY THE NEW MEXICO FOCUS . AND WEARE DESIGNATED AS THE FIRST AND ONLY TRAUMA INFORMED CARE CENTER IN THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO BY THE NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH. AND [ INAUDIBLE ] NI?'OS IS ALSO DESIGNATED AS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCY. WE PROVIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS, COPPERHEADS OF SERVICES TO HOMELESS AND HOMELESS CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE AGES OF SIX WEEKS, TO 10 YEARS. IT IS WITH GRATITUDE TODAY THAT I COME HERE TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT AND THE KINDNESS THAT YOU ALL SHOWED US AND TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE WE HAVE AS AN ORGANIZATION . WHEN I
050FIRST REACHED OUT TO BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, TO KIND OF FIND OUT IF THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT AS AS WE WERE GOING TO BE UNDERGOING A ROOF PROJECT, WHICH WAS GOING TO DISPLACE OUR ORGANIZATION , I REALIZED THAT WE SERVE THE FAMILIES WHO EXPERIENCE HOUSING AND SECURITY , EMPLOYMENT AND SECURITY AT TIMES AND FOOD INSECURITY AND TO CLOSE OUR ORGANIZATION DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DETRIMENTAL AND WOULD HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR FAMILIES. SO MEDIALLY, THE TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND SUPPORTED US FROM DAY ONE. AND SO WE ARE HERE TODAY. I HAVE WITH ME TODAY , THE BOARD PRESIDENT, ERICA SAUNDERS AND THE VICE CHAIR, IT GINO BERMUDEZ. I HAVE SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM . LADIES, IF YOU CAN. OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND
051COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND THE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SERVICES AND SANDRA A LOT OF, THE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES . WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE SHOWED US SO MUCH SUPPORT . I FIRST ONE TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS , TO SUPERINTENDENT REESE. HE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT HERE BUT WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOUSE DOES . AND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME THERE. THE KIDS REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING OUTSIDE AND THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA . I THINK THEY WANTED US TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH US BACK. WELEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND WE LEARNED HOW TO WORK SO CLOSELY WITH THE STAFF AT ALAMEDA. IWANT TO THANK PRINCIPAL VERONIKA MORALES AND WE WILL HAVE YOU COME UP
052AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THINK [ INAUDIBLE ] PERELLA, -- YOU ALL KNOW WHO SHE IS. THEY MADE IT HAPPEN. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT , WHEN WE REACHED OUT, THERE WAS NEVER A DOUBT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEPEND ON LCPS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US. OUR STUDENTS, OUR CHILDREN MATRIC ELITE INTO THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IT WAS A GREAT FIT . AND FOR MANY OF THEM, WE EVEN HAD OUR PRE-K GRADUATION AT ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY. WE HAD SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE. TONIGHT, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD OVER THE SUMMER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT YOU SHOWED US. SOIF YOU CAN COME UP. WE HAVE SOME GIFTS WE WANT TO PRESENT TO EVERYONE. IF I CAN
053READ IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FLOURISH AND OUR COMMUNITY . PRESENTED TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND APPRECIATION FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY SPACE FOR OPERATIONS DURING OUR RENOVATION PROJECT . PRESENTED TODAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2025. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FLOURISH AND OUR COMMUNITY. PRESENTED TO ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND APPRECIATION FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY SPACE FOR [ INAUDIBLE ] OPERATIONS DURING THE RENOVATION PROJECT PRESENTED TO ALAMEDA ALUM INTERSCHOOL OCTOBER 28TH, 2025. [ APPLAUSE ] HELLO. I'M AMBER [ INAUDIBLE ] , DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. . I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SERVICES AND I WILL BE PRESENTING [ INAUDIBLE ] LOVELY. WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. AND IF WE CAN MAYBE PERHAPS GIVE THIS
054TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SO THAT YOU CAN ALL DISPLAY WHEREVER YOU FEEL IT FITS BEST. WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. AND WHEN THEY ARE DONE SAYING A FEW WORDS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PICTURE OF ALL OF YOU TOGETHER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT TRANSITING AND BOARD MEMBERS AND THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES. I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF YOU KNOW BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMUTE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR CHILDREN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM. THIS WAS TRULY A PRIVILEGE FOR US. WE APPRECIATE THE FACT OF GETTING TO KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF WHAT I CALL SISTER ORGANIZATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
055FUTURE ENDEAVORS LIKE THIS . WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW THAT VERONIKA DID MOST OF THE HARD WORK . IMERELY PUT TOGETHER A FEW MEETINGS SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT ALL THE SERVICES AND NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED AT THE SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITE. IT WAS THESE TWO LADIES THAT CAME TOGETHER AND ENSURED THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS. WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW OUR DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THINGS TOGETHER FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH FEEDER PATTERNS IN THE DISTRICT. WHEN OUR KIDDOS ATTEND PRESCHOOL, OUR FEEDER PATTERNS ARE OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THEY FEED INTO OUR SCHOOL. ALL THE WORK THEY DO IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT TO OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES. THANK
056YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO ON A DAILY BASIS . PRESIDENT TRANSITING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MARGARET, THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT I'M VERY GRACIOUS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WE CREATED WITH THESE CENTERS AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST BEING AT OUR SCHOOL. WE CREATED A FRIENDSHIP AND WE HAVE CREATED A UNION. THEY HAVE SERVED US WELL , AS WELL. I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM . AS A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, THEY HAVE REACHED OUT AND ASKED US, YOU HAVE SUPPORTED US. HOW CAN WE GET BACK TO YOU, YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR COMMUNITY ? AND SO THEY HAVE HELPED WITH OUR STAFF AND JUST SAYING THANK YOU AND GIVING THE APPRECIATION LUNCH. AND WE ARE HAVING A RED RIBBON PARADE ON THE 31st
057. AND THEY ARE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BY SERVING ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT US AS WELL. I DO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS FULL-CIRCLE. IT HAS BEEN A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND IT HAS BEEN VERY POWERFUL FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. [ APPLAUSE ] WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PARTNERSHIP. IF WE CAN ALL COME FRONT AND CENTER, WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE. MR. SILVER, DO YOU HAVE A CAMERA? OR MISS JAMISON . THAT WAS LOVELY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING PICTURES. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO OLD BUSINESS . TO THE FOURTH READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF POLICY GBEC EMPLOYEE WELLNESS IN A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE WITH MS. DONNELLY. THANK YOU MS. DONNELLY. THANK YOU PRESIDENT CORT. GOOD EVENING. GOODEVENING MEMBERS
058AND REPRESENTATIVE S. WE STAND -- STAND BEFORE YOU WITH THE FOURTH READING A POLICY GBEC, CURRENTLY TITLED "DRUG-FREE ALCOHOL FREE WORKPLACE. THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING THE TITLE . AND SO, AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE WHAT WAS LAST DISCUSSED. EMPLOYEE WELLNESS IN THE SUBSTANCE WORKPLACE. THAT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED. THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION IF WE WOULD LIKE TO. ANOTHER WAS A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION AS WE ALL RECALL DURING THE THIRD READING MERELY ABOUT PURPOSE. THERE WAS DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT THE WORKPLACE WAS . AND SO WE STAND BEFORE YOU, OR I SAID BEFORE YOU, I SHOULD SAY, WITH THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE . AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE STRIKEOUTS. THIS IS THE CLEAN COPY . AND THE STRIKEOUT, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN WHERE AT ONE POINT, IT HAD DIFFERENT
059VERBIAGE BUT WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS THAT INSTEAD OF HOW IT HAD SAID IN BUILDINGS, WE TURN AROUND AND GO SPECIFICALLY READING IT AS SUCH. TO ENSURE THAT ALL LAS CRUCES PUBLIC DISTRICT PERSONNEL ARE DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE WHILE IN ANY LOCATION WHERE THEY ARE CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS AS SET FORTH IN THIS POLICY . WE FEEL THAT THAT WOULD CAPTURE MORE SO THAN WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE IN THE BUILDING OR AT A CONFERENCE OR ANYWHERE . WHAT THIS PURPOSE WOULD ENTAIL IS THAT ANYWHERE THEY ARE CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS , THIS POLICY WOULD IMPACT THEM. AND SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE THIRD READING. AND THEN THERE WAS THE SLIGHT ADDITION IN 4B, I BELIEVE WHERE WE ADDED THE WORD CONFERENCES. AND SO THAT REALLY WAS --THAT IS
060ALL THAT SUMS UP WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FOURTH READING ALONG WITH THE TITLE. WITH THAT, QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OR COMMENTS . YOU CAPTURED WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CONVEY. SOI'M HAPPY . THANK YOU . BOARD MEMBERS ? MR. WALKER? I THINK WE HAVE A WINNER. I THINK THE ONLY THING IS WE HAD IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, SUGGESTION TO CHANGE THE TITLE TO SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE AN EMPLOYEE --AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. PRESIDENT CORT. YES. >> IS THAT WHAT DR. FIRTH HAD RECOMMENDED? YES. THAT IS THE TITLE HE RECOMMENDED . I THINK THAT IS A GOOD TITLE . I CAN DO THAT. SO PRESIDENT CORT, IF I HEAR CORRECTLY, WE WOULD BASICALLY SWITCH WHERE IT IS A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. YES. I CAN
061TAKE CARE OF THAT NOW . YOU CAN SAY SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE FOR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. I JUST FEEL LIKE , WHEN YOU SAY SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, I CAN SEE HOW -- THERE IS NO CONSTANT RELATIONSHIP . I FEEL LIKE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, IT PROBABLY IS ANOTHER POLICY . IT IS. >> IT IS. >> THIS ONE, WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEE WELLNESS WITHIN A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE. ABSOLUTELY . DO WE LIKE THAT ONE FOR IT ? WHAT DID YOU SAY QUICK SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE FOR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS ? I WOULD PREFER AS IS. IF WE HAVE TO FLIP IT , I WOULD PREFERRED THE FOUR VERSUS THE AND. UNDERSTOOD. I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT. . PRESIDENT CORT. >> YES . >> IF I MAY, REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALREADY A POLICY THAT DEALS
062SPECIFICALLY WITH EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. POINT MADE THAT, IF WE HAVE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS FIRST , IT DOESN'T QUITE GO AS WELL WITH THE PURPOSE AS THE SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE. AND SO BY PLACING SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE FIRST, THAT WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT THIS POLICY ENTAILS. WITH THE SUPPORT OF EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. SO ALONG THOSE LINES, MAY I SUGGEST WE DO CONSIDER SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE MEETING AND THE DECISION THERE MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE HOW WE INCORPORATE THE EMPLOYEE BONUS. SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE WITH EMPLOYEE WELLNESS SUPPORT . BACK TO SQUARE ONE. YES.>> THE PREVIOUS POLICY SIMPLY SAID DRUG-FREE, ALCOHOL FREE . SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY . AND JUST LEAVING EMPLOYEE WELLNESS OUT OF IT. WE DO -- I THINK THAT WOULD BE --SINCE WE DO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS POLICY
063SPECIFICALLY, THAT MIGHT -- CAUSE GREATER CLARITY. AND WE DO REFERENCE IT AND WE WILL BE REFERENCING IT IN THE REGULATION AS WELL WITH THE PROCEDURES AS WHAT TAKES PLACE WHEN WE FIND EMPLOYEES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR WHATEVER SUPPORT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE POLICY, YES, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, IN THE REGULATION . TO ADD A LITTLE GRAIN OF SALT IN THERE, BECAUSE, I KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE THAT THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE POLICY AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNDER THE G SERIES WHICH IS EMPLOYEES, MS. TENORIO, WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO PUT EMPLOYEE IN THERE, AND THE TITLE? I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS. WE COULD SAY SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE FOR EMPLOYEES AND THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF IT . I'M ALSO FINE WITH WHATEVER. UNHAPPY WITH THE TITLE. READING
064AS IS . I DID SEND YOU A COUPLE OF SMALL CORRECTIONS . YES. THANK YOU. >> SO IF WE CAN JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON -- SO SECRETARY WOFFORD, YOU WANT TO READ EMPLOYEE WELLNESS IN A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE ? I'M HAPPY WITH IT THE WAY IT IS. I CONCUR. I'M CONFUSED. I HATE TO BRING IT UP. I'M UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY IT IS TOO. OUR OFFICIAL NAME IS NOT THE LAS CRUCES DISTRICT. WE ARE THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT IS WHO WE ARE. IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUR NAME AND THERE? SURE . TO ENSURE ALL LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS PERSONNEL -- OR WOULD YOU ABBREVIATE LCPS ? WHATEVER WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE POLICIES . PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER FRANK, IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, TO
065ENSURE ALL PERSONNEL ARE DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE BY REMOVING THE WORD LAS CRUCES? NO. JUST INCLUDING LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. REMOVE THE WORD DISTRICT. >> MISS GALLEGOS. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WHILE I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH MEMBER FRANK THAT WE TYPICALLY WOULD -- NOT JUST LAS CRUCES WHAT MAKES SENSE TO USE THE FULL TITLE OF THE DISTRICT, DISTRICT PERSONNEL IS THEN A TERM IN PARAGRAPH SIX, 3-6 DEFINITIONS THAT IS DEFINED. THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE EXPANDED DEFINITION OF DISTRICT PERSONNEL TO INCLUDE CONTRACTORS . SUBSTITUTES AND VOLUNTEERS. >> THE WORD VOLUNTEER IS NOT THERE. IT MEANS ANY PERSON PLAYED BY THE DISTRICT THAT PERFORMS SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT ON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS . IT SHOULD BE THERE. >> OKAY. THAT IS MISSING . MAKE SURE THAT IS ON THERE. >> I THINK , TO
066ACCOMPLISH WHAT MR. FRANK IS SAYING AND PRESERVING DISTRICT PERSONNEL AS A TERM THAT IS LATER DEFINED , I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT SAY TO ENSURE THAT ALL LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE POSSESSIVE. SO '-APOSTROPHE. DISTRICT PERSONNEL . INCLUDE THE WHOLE TITLE. >> YES . SO HOW DOES IT GO NOW ? IF I MAY. PLEASE DO.>> TO ENSURE ALL LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT PERSONNEL ARE DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE IN ANY LOCATION WHERE THEY ARE CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS AS SET FORTH IN THIS POLICY . I'M FINE WITH THAT. >> OKAY. EXCELLENT. I THINK WE ARE. THERE IS A LONE BLUE DASH. IT IS UNDER DEFINITIONS. JUST A FUNNY LITTLE DASH. IT WILL END UP THERE. THANK YOU . SOMEBODY'S LITTLE SIGNATURE . PRESIDENT CORT. >> I'M SO SORRY FOR INTERJECTING HERE.
067I'M NOW SEEING -- IN SIX DEFINITIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY DEFINITION IS GIVEN A CITATION THE GUY DID NOT THINK WE WERE DOING THAT ANYMORE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD KNOWING WHERE IT CAME FROM. I'M GUESSING THAT IS WHY , IN PARAGRAPH SIX, IT DOESN'T HAVE VOLUNTEERS. BUT THEN WHEN YOU TURN TO PARAGRAPH FOUR , LETTER D, IT SAYS THE DISTRICT WILL INFORM DISTRICT PERSONNEL, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SUBSTITUTES, VOLUNTEERS, VISITORS OF THIS POLICY . AND I REALLY DID THINK THAT SOMEWHERE IN HERE , THE DEFINITION INCLUDED --HERE IT IS. PARAGRAPH A. 4A. THE POLICY APPLIES TO ALL LCPS DISTRICT PERSONNEL INCLUDING FACULTY AND STAFF, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SUBSTITUTES AND VOLUNTEERS. IN PARAGRAPH A , WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE DESCRIPTORS. PARAGRAPH D, WE HAVE MOST BUT NOT ALL. AND THEN THE
068OFFICIAL DEFINITION WE HAVE EVEN FEWER. I THINK MAYBE TO LINEUP. OKAY. >> I'M WONDERING, WHETHER WE DROP THE LEGAL CITATION . I THINK THAT IS JUST TO HELP THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DEFINITION CAME FROM . BUT IF WE ARE CHANGING THE DEFINITION FROM IT, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THE CITATION . AGREE. >> GETTING RID OF THE DEFINITION OF DISTRICT PERSONNEL NUMBER SIX . AND THEN A LINING UNDER FOUR . I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, LETTERS C -- A AND D SHOULD MATCH . A AND D SHOULD MATCH. AND THE DEFINITION CAN STAY BUT IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO MATCH 4A AND D . AND THE LEGAL REFERENCES SHOULD BE DELETED . OKAY. EVERY SINGLE ONE? I DIDN'T THINK WE GENERALLY DID THAT. WE NORMALLY DON'T . I THINK WE DO THAT IN
069THE READINGS TO ALERT THE BOARD WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. YES. PRESIDENT CORT, I CAN REMOVE THAT. IT IS SIMPLE ENOUGH. PERFECT. THANK YOU . I CAN HAVE THOSE TO YOU READY FOR SIGNATURE. PERFECT. SO THE DEFINITION FOR NUMBER SIX WOULD BE EXPANDED TO MATCH THE ONES FROM 4A, AND D . AND FOR D, EXPANDED TO MATCH 4A . WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT THREE TIMES ? COULD ONE OF THEM GET STRUCK, A STRIKE. WHEN WE SAY IN THE DEFINITION THAT DISTRICT PERSONNEL IS EXPANDED, I DEFINITELY THINK -- THE DISTRICT WILL INFORM DISTRICT PERSONNEL. WITHOUT HAVING TO REDEFINE . >> EXACTLY . AND THAT ONE, WE INCLUDE VISITORS . SO IT WOULD BE DISTRICT PERSONNEL AND VISITORS OF THIS POLICY . IS THERE REASON WE ARE INFORMING VISITORS? . BECAUSE IT IS A
070DRUG-FREE SCHOOL . SO D WOULD JUST SAY THE DISTRICT WILL INFORM DISTRICT PERSONNEL AND VISITORS OF THIS POLICY? YES . OKAY. >> AND A WOULD BE THE EXPANDED DESCRIPTION , WHICH WOULD THEN INCORPORATE --BE INCORPORATED INTO 3-6. CORRECT. AND REMOVING THE CITATION . REMOVING THE CITATIONS ON ALL OF THE DEFINITIONS DEFINITIONS. IF THERE IS A REGULATION FOR THIS POLICY --IS THERE A SEPARATE POLICY AND REGULATION FOR VISITORS ? LIKE PARENTS THAT COME TO GAMES ? YES. THE ANSWER IS YES. OKAY . PRESIDENT CORT, THIS WOULD BE TO INFORM THEM THAT THIS IS OUR POLICY. THAT IT IS A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE . THAT IS ALL IT IS SAYING . THIS POLICY IS AIRTIGHT . WE HAVE GONE OVER IT . ARE THERE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ? OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO
071APPROVE POLICY GBEC --SORRY. EMPLOYEE WELLNESS IN A SUBSTANCE FREE WORKPLACE WITH THE CHANGES AND ADDITIONS WE HAVE JUST SPOKEN ABOUT . SO MOVED. SECOND.>> MOVED BY MISS TENORIO AND SECOND BY SECRETARY WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR -- TO INCLUDE THE CHANGES WE TALKED ABOUT? YES, SIR. I SAID THAT . IT IS OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CHECKING ME. VERY IMPORTANT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED ? ALL RIGHT. POLICY GBEC. DONE AND IN THE BOOKS. THANK YOU MISS DONNELLY . BUT YOU GET TO STAY HERE FOR THE FIRST READING OF POLICY GCC, EMPLOYEE LEAVE. THANK YOU PRESIDENT CORT. YES . A QUICK OVERVIEW AS TO WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR REVISION. THIS POLICY, AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY HAS ONE STATEMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION UNDER
072POSITION. WHERE THERE IS ONE SENTENCE THAT STATES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE ANNUAL LEAVE TO ALL FULL-TIME , TWELVE-MONTH EMPLOYEES. IT IS ONE SIMPLE STATEMENT THAT HAS CAUSED THE FACT THAT OUR REGULATION NOW -- AND WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE OF THE HISTORY THERE BUT THIS HAPPENED WAY BACK IN 2015, WHERE THE REGULATION WAS UPDATED DUE TO SOME NEGOTIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE BOTH WITH OUR CLASSIFIED AND CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES, WHERE --TEN-MONTH --IT SAID NINE-MONTH AT THE TIME BUT IT IS MORE IN LINE WITH A 10 MONTH CONTRACT, DID RECEIVE ANNUAL LEAVE . THE FACT THAT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ARE NOT UNDER THE BARGAINING UNITS OF EITHER OF THOSE CVAS, IT EXCLUDED THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT TWELVE-MONTH EMPLOYEES. AND SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU A SUGGESTION WITH THIS
073NEW LANGUAGE, THAT WOULD NOW INCLUDE OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. THIS IS THE ONLY GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT IT IMPACTS. BECAUSE THE CVAS COVER THE FACT THAT CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES GET ANNUAL LEAVE AND CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES GET ANNUAL LEAVE. THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE . THIS POLICY WOULD NOW ALLOW OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO RECEIVE ANNUAL LEAVE . THEBENEFIT OF ANNUAL LEAVE IS THAT IT IS ACCRUED. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? AT THE END OF THE TERM WITH LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD POSSIBLY -- THE SAVINGS WOULD BE BACK TO THEM, HAD THEY NOT USED IT. THAT IS THE INCENTIVE THAT WE HAVE THEM NOT USE IT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT, WHEN THE SEPARATION COMES FORWARD, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ENDS UP BEING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT THAT THEY COULD USE. AND SO , AGAIN, THIS
074IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DO NOT HAVE THAT AT THIS TIME. AS WE COME TO YOU WITH THIS LANGUAGE. WITH THAT, I HAVE QUITE -- I WILL STOP FOR QUESTIONS. THEY GIVE US DONNELLY. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS DONNELLY? WHY DO PRINCIPALS HAVE IT BUT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DO NOT? PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBER NOLAN, THEY ARE TWELVE-MONTH EMPLOYEES AS OPPOSED TO OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. IF YOU SEE THE WAY THE LANGUAGE STATES NOW , IT SAYS ALL FULL-TIME TWELVE-MONTH EMPLOYEES . YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS ? MADAM CORT , PRESIDENT CORT. WHAT ABOUT THE TEACHERS? ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THIS? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER FRANK, YES. BECAUSE OF A NEGOTIATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN 2015, AND IN THE REGULATION, IT STATES THAT PICK THE POLICY WAS NEVER CHANGED TO ALIGN WITH THE
075CBA. AND SO THE TEACHERS ALREADY HAVE THE ANNUAL LEAVE. I'M JUST HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING IT BECAUSE, AS A FORMER TEACHER , I WOULD GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SICK DAYS . AND I ALSO HAD PERSONAL DAYS . BUT I JUST COULDN'T TAKE LEAVE FOR NO REASON . IT WAS PRETTY HIGHLY REGULATED. THE SICK DAYS OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE TO CALL IN SICK. PERSONAL DAYS, THERE WAS A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO GET APPROVAL. I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TEACHERS --TAKING A WEEK OFF DURING SOME KEY PART OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHERE WE ARE PREPARING THEM FOR FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF . ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THIS THING? PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBER FRANK, THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE. WHEN YOU MENTIONED PERSONAL PAID LEAVE , THAT IS WHAT
076THE ANNUAL LEAVE IS . THERE IS A PROCESS WHERE THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISOR. AND SO , IN REGARDS TO THOSE CONCERNS, OF THEM TAKING OFF FOR A WEEK, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY A SUPERVISOR AND THEIR OTHER TYPES OF LEAVE, IF IT WERE BEREAVEMENT OR FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE . THEIR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE EMPLOYEES ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PROCESSES IN ORDER TO GET THAT LEAVE. THE SAME IS SAID FOR ANNUAL LEAVE. AND SO, TO ANSWER YOUR CONCERN, ARE WE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT ? THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE. AND SO THE IMPACT THERE IS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUPERVISOR IN ORDER TO GET THAT APPROVED. SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE EQUITY EQUITY. THE EQUITY PIECE, YES. DEALING WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. YES, SIR.
077>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR ASSURING ME THAT THIS IS ADDRESSED IN OTHER AREAS. OF COURSE. MADAM CLERK. I'M LOOKING AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. IT SAYS THERE IS SUGGESTED POLICY LANGUAGE THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE ANNUAL LEAVE TO ALL EMPLOYEES WORKING ON CONTRACTS RANGING FROM NINE MONTHS, TO 12 MONTHS. AND THE ONE WE ARE LOOKING AT SAYS IT IS RECOMMENDING TEN-MONTH, TO 12 MONTHS. SO WHAT IS GOING ON ? THE ONE IN YOUR PACKET MUST NOT HAVE BEEN REVISED TO THE NEW ONE. ORIGINALLY IT SAID NINE-MONTH. YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE THAT IN THE PAST. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE BOARD IS WHAT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AS A TEMPLATE. GOOD EYE. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE. THEY ARE ALL TEN-MONTH . I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE, WANT TO MAKE
078SURE I HEARD WHAT I HEARD. THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WILL BE COVERED UNDER THIS CONTRACT AND RECEIVE EMPLOYEE LEAVE , OR BE ELIGIBLE . CORRECT. THAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THESE REVISIONS . OKAY. THAT IS GOOD. AND THEN THE FUD- FC O, PRESIDENT CORT WAS AT THE TABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. GOOD. I'M HAPPY. SECRETARY WOFFORD. I SENT SOME SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO YOU. AND THE [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LEAVE THERE. YOU WILL INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE SECOND READING. PRESIDENT CORT, MR. WOFFORD, YES. I HAVE THESE NOTES HERE. I WILL GET THEM FOR THE SECOND READING AND BRING THEM FORWARD . OKAY. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER NUMBER LIKE CDE ? YES. >> OKAY . THANK YOU. MAYBE IN THE SECOND READING. JUST A SUGGESTION. YOUR
079AVERAGE WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU MISS DONNELLY. THANK YOU ALL. >> DR. MILLER TOMLINSON, WE WILL TALK ABOUT JJID SPORTS PHYSICALS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES. FIRST READING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE ARE HERE FOR FIRST READING OF POLICY JJID SPORTS PHYSICALS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES. THIS POLICYWAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2014. A RECENT CHANGE IN PRACTICE FROM THE NEW MEXICO ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION HAS NECESSITATED THE CHANGE IN THIS POLICY . STUDENTS IN MARCHING BAND AND CROTC ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PARTICIPATION PHYSICALS. SO THIS POLICY UPDATE ADDS THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE. MR. FRANK DID SEND ME SOME RECOMMENDATIONS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHICH I WILL INCORPORATE FOR A SECOND READING BUT UNDER THE BACKGROUND, STATEMENT IN SECTION TWO, HE RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE THE FINAL SENTENCE TO READ -- IT IS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY PROCESS THAT PARTICIPATION PHYSICALS
080CAN BE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT A REDUCED COST OF THEIR BY ENCOURAGING MORE STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL BENEFITS INHERENT IN ATHLETICS AND SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. SO I THINK THAT WAS A NICE CHANGE TO THAT SENTENCE. AND LIKE I SAID, I WILL INCORPORATE THAT RECOMMENDATION IN THE SECOND READING . AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE FEE RIGHT NOW ? MY DAUGHTER [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR CROSS-COUNTRY. IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU GET THE PHYSICALS. IF YOU GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER. IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PRIVATE PHYSICIAN. IT DIFFERS. SOWHAT WE DID THE PAST YEAR WAS WITH LACLINIA TO COME IN AND PROVIDE LOW-COST PHYSICALS. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. SECRETARY WALKER . DR. [ INAUDIBLE ] , THE SECTION FOUR PROCESS ON A AND
081THEN AGAIN ON C, THEY ARE TURNING IN ASSIGNED COMPLETED FORM THROUGH ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN C AS WELL. AND DOES IT ANYWHERE SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE TROUBLE DOING THAT? YES. PRESIDENT CORT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE THIS ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. CURRENTLY DOES CALLED RINK ONE AND WE HAVE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I HAD TO USE IT AS A PARENT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT WAS KIND OF HARD. I WILL TELL ON MYSELF. WE DO HAVE OUR BAND DIRECTORS, ATHLETIC COORDINATORS , ATHLETIC TRAINERS . WE DO HAVE FOLKS THAT CAN HELP PARENTS GET ALL THE FORMS SUBMITTED AND ALL THE MOVING PARTS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE IN THERE. YOU ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT DOING ATHLETES AND
082ACTIVITY PEOPLE. AND B, AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE THERE, WE JUST HAVE ATHLETES. UNDER PROCESS. YES. I WILL CHANGE THAT TO READ STUDENTS. MARGARET IS NODDING LIKE SHE KNOWS THE SYSTEM. YES. RINK ONE IS THE SYSTEM THEY USE FOR THIS. AT MY SCHOOL, I KNOW THEY DO OFFER THE STUDENT-BASED HEALTH CENTER, PHYSICAL. SO MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A [ INAUDIBLE ] FROM THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER . MARGARET, IS RINK ONE HARDER TO PUT THINGS IN OR IS IT JUST ME ? IT CAN BE A BIT CONFUSING. THANK YOU. THAT IS ALL YOU NEEDED TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> NICELY DONE, MARGARET. I FOUND IT QUITE EASY. >> I CAN SEE HOW YOU COULD FIND IT DIFFICULT. MY PARENTS HAVE HELPED ME WITH IT BOTH TIMES
083. MADAM CORT. >> IF MR. WOFFORD IS DONE. >> I AM. RINK ONE, I'M NOT A FAN. AND IS IT NATIONAL? IS NOT JUST US TO USE IT. PRESIDENT, CORT, TENORIO, IT IS A NATIONAL COMPANY BUT IS NOT REQUIRED. I WOULD HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ON HOW THEY COULD IMPROVE IT. I REMEMBER MY DAUGHTER WAS IN SCHOOL. WE ARE IN OPPOSITE PLACES. WE ARE BUSY. HERE I AM TRYING TO DO MY PART OF IT. AND SHE IS REQUIRED TO WATCH A VIDEO OR DO OTHER THINGS AND INITIAL STUFF. AND I'M LIKE, WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME PLACE. AND WE CAN'T LOGIN AT THE SAME TIME. IT WASNOT EASY . I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. SO WHEN MR. WOFFORD IS TALKING ABOUT [ INAUDIBLE ] , I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMEBODY
084ELSE DO IT AND I TELL HIM WHAT I WANT. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS BETTER , CHEAPER AND EASIER AND MORE USER-FRIENDLY . MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHEN WE GOT OUR PHYSICALS BACK IN THE DAY . WHAT I WOULD SEE HERE ON OUR FIRST DRAFT IS , WHEN I'M READING THE ATHLETICS INA ACTIVITIES, I THOUGHT MN NA DID ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITY. THAT THEY COULD UMBRELLA BOTH. THEY DO. WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THE MNNA BEFORE ATHLETICS SO IT READS MNN ATHLETICS . BECAUSE THEY DO SANCTIONS. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL ATHLETICS OUTSIDE OF IT . OKAY. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT. AND I THINK ANYTIME WE ARE REFERRING TO HIS/HER , I THINK WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF CHANGING THAT TO THEY . THEY WERE THERE THE OTHER DAY.
085>> IF YOU SEE THAT, YOU CAN -- LETTER C. MOST OF THEM WE HAVE DONE. OKAY.>> ITEM FOUR, PROCESS LETTER C. GOOD JOB . ALL RIGHT. THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT . MARGARET, I KNOW YOU ARE JUST GETTING EYES ON THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? I WAS WONDERING IF YOU ARE ALSO --THE HIS OR HER -- WORDED IS THAT IN THE BACKGROUND AS WELL . EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THAT IS WHY WE NEED ALL OF THESE POSSIBLE . I THINK MARGARET MIGHT BE A GOOD SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. NOT THE SELECTION BUT IN THE FUTURE . I WAS TELLING MY HUSBAND THAT I WENT TO A CONFERENCE IN PHOENIX AND THEY HAD A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE ON THEIR SCHOOL BOARD. AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND IT IS A
086CHANGEMAKER. SPREAD IT AROUND TO YOUR SENIOR GRADUATING FRIENDS. MAYBE YOU ALL WANT TO RUN FOR ELECTION SOON. FOR SURE. >> THANK YOU . APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE LEGAL COUNSEL AND SUPERINTENDENT TO PROCEED WITH LEGAL STRATEGY AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, IN THE MATTER OF STYLED STUDENT VERSUS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS DPH 2425-20 BEFORE SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARING OFFICER. SO MOVED.>> SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY SECRETARY FRANK. PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. >> AYE HAS IT. APPROVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE. SO FAST. ALL THE SUDDEN, YOU MAGICALLY APPEAR TO DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY APPROVE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR E V BUSES. THAT WAS A LOT OF WORDS THAT DID NOT COME
087OUT OF MY MOUTH CORRECTLY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU MADAM CORT. NUMBERS OF THE BOARD, MARGARET -- I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE IN A FIT FUND DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EV BUSES. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION APPLIED FOR. AND THE ONGOING -- THE VISION AND LOOKING AT THE POLICY OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EV BUSING AND HOW WE CAN LOOK FOR FUNDING FOR THOSE THINGS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT FALL IN LINE WITH THE POLICY. IT IS REALLY QUICK UPDATE AS FAR AS WHAT HB32 IS. HB32 WAS A BILL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY DID . AND IT IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS HOW WE APPROACH TRANSPORTATION IN NEW MEXICO SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. PARTOF IT IS , THEY ARE LOOKING
088AT HELPING US FUND THOSE THINGS. WHAT IT DOES IS GIVES FUNDING UP TO THE AMOUNT OF WHAT A DIESEL BUS WOULD COST. MOST DIESEL BUSES RIGHT NOW COST ABOUT $130,000 WHEREAS THE EV BUSES ARE ABOUT $420,000. IF WE WERE TO GO AND PURCHASE THOSE BUSES, UNLIKE THE EPA GRANT WE RECEIVED A FEW YEARS AGO, WHERE THEY PURCHASED THEM FOR US AND THE CHARGERS, THIS IS MORE STATE FUNDING HERE AND IT WILL GIVE US UP TO THE COST OF THAT. IF IT WAS WHERE WE WANTED TO GO WITH THAT, WE COULD GO WITH THAT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS GRANT , TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PREPARED AND READY FOR THOSE THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IT IS WHAT
089WE APPLIED FOR IN THIS GRANT. SO TO SEE THAT WE COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL FIVE CHARGERS FOR THE BUSES. AND PART OF THAT, I WILL EXPLAIN IN A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THAT PIECE. WE DID RECEIVE THE AWARD LETTER AS TO WHY WE ARE PRESENTING NOW SO WE CAN HAVE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT FUNDING. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WITH THE EV AND RESEARCHER, WE HAVE FIVE CHARGING STATIONS FOR THE BUSES , ELITE BUS CHARGING STATIONS AND WE HAVE THE EV CHARGERS FOR THE VEHICLES AND WE HAVE SEVEN OF THOSE. AND WE UTILIZE WITH THE MOCK E 'S WE HAVE FOR THE MOBILE SECURITY OFFICERS. THEY ARE USING THOSE NIGHTLY. THEY ARE CHARGING THEM. WE GO AND WE USE THOSE PRETTY MUCH EVERY NIGHT WHENEVER THEY ARE OUT THERE AND ABOUT. YOU CAN SEE
090IN THE PICTURE. WE GOT THEM STRIPED AND GOING. WE HAVE LIGHTS AND THEY LOOK GOOD. WE ARE UTILIZING THOSE THINGS RIGHT NOW. PART OF THE THINGS WE RAN INTO WITH THE CURRENT EV CHARGERS IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT CAPABILITIES OF VEHICLE [ INAUDIBLE ] CAPABILITIES. WHAT THAT IS IS THE VEHICLE GREAT IS A BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGER WHERE WE CAN, ONE, CHARGE THE VEHICLE BUT WE CAN ALSO MOVE THE CHARGE BACK TO THE GRID. DURING HIGH PEAK DEMAND, WE CAN PUSH THE CHARGES OF THE VEHICLES OF THE BUSES BACK TO THE GRID AND WE GET -- WE CAN WORK WITH EL PASO ELECTRIC TO RECOUP SOME OF THE COST INTO THAT AND WE CHARGE THEM AT NIGHTTIME AND IT IS A LOWER COST TO US TO CHARGE THEM. AND SO WE WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
091THOSE WITH THE NEW CHARGERS WE WILL BE PUTTING IN, THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE VEHICLE WITH CAPABILITY OF THE NEW CHARGERS. WE DID RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000, SO THAT WE CAN DO THE CHARGERS, THE FIVE CHARGERS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE INSTALLATION. IT DID GIVE US A LITTLE MORE. THE QUOTES WE HAD CAME IN JUST UNDER 700,000. THEY DID GIVE US CONTINGENCY MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THERE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN [ INAUDIBLE ] THE PROJECT. THE PLAN AND GOAL MOVING FORWARD IS WORKING WITH GLORIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION TO HAVE AN MOVE FORWARD ON THE INSTALLATION OF THE ADDITIONAL CHARGERS FOR THE BUSES . WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS . THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ. WERE MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE BUS
092DRIVERS . THERE ARE SOME WHO THINK THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH OUR ELECTRIC BUSES . JUST TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS. YES. MADAM CORT, MEMBER FRANK, WITH THAT, SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE RUN INTO WITH SOME OF THE BUSES IN PARTICULAR IS THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE BUSES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. WHEN WE HAVE A BUS THAT BREAKS DOWN, WE DO SHIP IT TO EL PASO WHERE THEY WORK ON IT. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FOUR BUSES THAT ARE WORKING. ONE THAT IS IN EL PASO BEING WORKED ON. BUT NOW WE HAVE ONLY ONE CHARGER WORKING. AND SO WE ARE HAVING TO ROTATE THE CHARGERS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TEAMS. WE RUN INTO DIFFERENT THINGS. MOST OF THE ISSUES WE ARE RUNNING INTO WITH THEM ARE THE SOFTWARE UPDATES. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CHARGE
093THE BUSES NOT TOO LONG AGO AND ALL THE CHARGERS WERE WORKING. NOW WE HAVE FOUR BUSES WORKING AND ONLY ONE CHARGER. WE ARE RUNNING INTO A LOT OF THOSE. WE HAVE SEEN ARE THE SOFTWARE UPDATES COMING. AND I HAVE SEEN IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY , WHAT WE HAVE SCENE IS NEWER TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE RUNNING INTO THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN THE PROCESS . THOMAS, THE BUS COMPANY AND DIFFERENT ONES, THEY ARE LEARNING AS WE GO AS WELL. AND WITH THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY, WE WILL CATCH UP INTO THOSE TIMES. I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THE LEARNING PROCESS . REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THOSE PIECES. WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING, THEY'RE ABLE TO RUN IN TOWN ROUTES AND THEN WE CHARGE THEM. THE ELECTRIC BUSES, THEY ARE NOT
094-- WE ARE USING THEM FOR LIKE FIELD TRIPS. THEY ARE NOT USED AS THE NORMAL FLEET OF BUSES CURRENTLY. SO MADAM CORT AND VICE PRESIDENT TRANSOM TEAM, REALLY LOOKING AT IT LIKE IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT REALLY HAVE THOSE AND DISTRICT ROUTES . DO WE HAVE BUS ROUTES FOR CENTRAL ? TO BE HAVE BUS ROUTES FOR CENTRAL? SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, --SOME OF THESE --I FORGET WHICH ONES, THEY DON'T HAVE BUSES. IS IT ONLY [ INAUDIBLE ] MADAM CORT AND MEMBER TENORIO, [ INAUDIBLE ] WALKING TO SCHOOL SCHOOLS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE BUSES. I THINK THERE IS ONE BUS AT CENTRAL. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT THAT THE BUSES ARE REALLY USED FOR IN TOWN ROUTES. NOT REALLY THE
095ONES GOING TO -- GOING OUT TO RADIUM SPRINGS OR UP TO OREGON . AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, THAT IS NOT THE CAPABILITY OF WHERE THEY ARE TO BE USED. OKAY . ANYONE ELSE? JUST, THANK YOU FOR APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT AND FOR KEEPING SOFTWARE UPDATES. AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THOSE CHARGERS? LAWYER FOUR OF THEM DOWN? AGAIN, IT IS REALLY WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. A LOT OF TIMES, IT IS THE SOFTWARE UPDATES THAT THEY RUN INTO ISSUES WITH. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT LEARNING CURVE. IS A POSSIBLE TO HIRE OUR OWN EV BUS MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, PERSON. YES. THERE IS -- THERE IS A CURRENT PILOT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO IS LOOKING AT DOING , WHERE THEY WILL GIVE US A BUS AND
096A CHARGER WITH THAT PART. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND TOLD HIM WE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT PIECE. BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PILOT THEY ARE DOING IS THEY WOULD ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT PART TO WHERE THEY WOULD COME IN AND TRAIN THE LOCAL CONTRACTOR TO HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES, TO MAINTAIN THE BUSES AND WORK ON THE BUSES AND WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE. THE CHARGES ARE IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT THING BECAUSE IT IS MORE ELECTRICAL. EVEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND ELECTRICIANS TO LOOK AT DOING THAT AS WELL. THAT IS A GOOD PIECE OF THAT PART . THAT WILL BE A BIG THING. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE DIESEL ENGINES BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EV ENGINES AND EV BUSES AS WELL AND THE DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES OF THOSE
097. YOU REMEMBER TALKING TO A FORMER MAINTENANCE PERSON AND HE WAS EXCITED THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT GETTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES . WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE CLEANER AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE TRAINING IS MISSING. WHEN IT IS THEY ARE, WE CAN USE OUR OWN PEOPLE. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EV BUSES . SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND SECONDED BY MS. TENORIO. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE.>> OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ. THE LAST THING ON THE LIST ARE BOARD REPORTS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET US STARTED. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PARTY STARTED ? WE CAN
098START ON MY END AND WORK ACROSS. I THINK THAT SOUNDS PERFECT, MR. FRANK. TAKE IT AWAY. I PARTICIPATED IN IT DARE PROGRAM AT MACARTHUR AND THEY ACTUALLY THREW ME INTO THE PROCESS WHICH WAS FUN I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE KIDS. FIFTH-GRADERS ASKING WONDERFUL QUESTIONS AND REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION. AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE WORKSHOP. THE MILITARY PEOPLE , THEY WERE PRETTY DARN AMAZING. IT WASN'T MR. PRISCILLA'S CLASS. ON THE WAY OUT, I GOT AN ADDITIONAL TOUR OF THE WHOLE CAMPUS BY THE SECURITY PERSON THERE. AND I FORGET HIS NAME . THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. I DID --THE SATURDAY OPEN HOUSE IN COLUMBIA, SO IT WASN'T VERY WELL ATTENDED. BUT I BUMPED INTO LINDA MARTINEZ , FORMER -- SUPERINTENDENT HERE MAYBE AT SOME POINT. IN ROME POSSIBLY. A LONGTIME ADMINISTRATOR. WE TOURED TOGETHER AND IT
099WAS REALLY FUN HOOKING UP WITH HER AFTER MANY YEARS. AND OF COURSE COLUMBIA IS JUST A MARVELOUS PLACE. REALLY COOL. I WOULD WALK TO SCHOOL ONE MORNING AT DESERT HILLS AT 7:15 A.M. IN THE MORNING. VERY COLD. BUT IT WAS FUN. I WENT TO A REGION MEETING IN HONDA WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE . AND THE COOL PART ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT LISTENING TO PEOPLE IS THAT , YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LISTEN TO SOMEBODY, YOU KIND OF SHAKE YOUR HEAD IQ UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. BUT THE PERSON TALKING TO YOU COULD BE INTERPRETING THAT AS, YOU AGREE WITH WHAT THEY ARE SAYING . AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE. SO WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT FROM NOW ON, WHEN I LISTEN TO PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP
100MY HEAD STILL. AND THAT IS MY REPORT. GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU. SECRETARY WOFFORD. I JOINED MR. FRANK . THAT WAS AN INTERESTING MEETING AS WELL AS AT COLUMBIA, THE RIBBON-CUTTING. I THINK YOU WERE THERE AS WELL. THAT WAS A JOYOUS EVENT. ARE MEMBERS [ INAUDIBLE ] WAS THERE TOO. AND WE WERE AT OREGON MOUNTAIN AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY TOGETHER AS WELL. THAT WAS ALSO JUST A VERY NICE CELEBRATION OF STUDENTS. MR. NOLAN AND I ATTENDED THE EQUITY COUNCIL RETREAT . DOCTORLOZANO DID A GREAT JOB BRINGING TOGETHER SOME PEOPLE TO ASSIST US IN PLANNING. IT WAS A VERY WELL SPENT FOUR ARE RETREAT. AND THEN FUN THINGS. THE CORN HOLE UNIFIED EVENT OVER AT [ INAUDIBLE ] -- I DID NOT SEE YOU THERE. I WAS THERE . ME TOO, ED. >> I DID NOT SEE
101YOU THERE . BUT WE WERE THERE AT DIFFERENT TIMES . IT WAS OVER A FEW HOURS I THINK. I LEFT WHEN THE PIZZA WAS STARTING TO ARRIVE. I LEFT WAY BEFORE THE PIZZA. I ARRIVED AFTER THE PIZZA . I WAS ALSO VERY PLEASED TO SEE -- I BELIEVE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS , AT THE PRIDE PARADE THIS YEAR. THE MEA GROUP SPONSORED MARCHING AND ALSO --IS AN EMPLOYEE WELLNESS OR WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE -- I FORGET. EMPLOYEE WELLNESS. THANK YOU. JOSH'S SIGNALING YES. THAT WAS HEARTWARMING TO SEE SUCH SUPPORT FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS AND FOR THE PRIDE EVENT. AWESOME. I HAVE DONE SOME SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. I HAVE TWO MORE -- I DON'T KNOW. ISHOULD PROBABLY COUNT. I THINK I HAVE DONE MAYBE 14 OF THEM. I HAVE TWO MORE TO GO. I
102WILL BE WALKING WITH HER MOST THE HEIGHTS ON THURSDAY AND THEN I WILL BE WALKING WITH MACARTHUR DOES NOT OWN HALLOWEEN BUT NOVEMBER 7th. I LOVE -- IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING BUT I LOVE WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH THE KIDS. I THINK IT IS SUCH A GREAT EVENT. THEY HAPPEN EVERY WEEK . I ALSO ATTENDED THE DA RE CLASSES. I DID ONE IN CORONADO AND ONE AT MACARTHUR, WHICH WAS JUST REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE. AND LOVELY TO SEE THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND HOW WELL THEY ARE DOING WITH THAT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE SPIRIT BUS, THE LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PATTERN WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN COME WITH A REALLY GREAT LUNCH AND IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE ALL THE KIDS AND DOING ALL OF THAT. I SPOKE AT THE MACIEL PARK LEADER
103AND BE LUNCH AND THEY HAVE. THIS WAS FOR THE KIDS THAT HAD DONE ALL OF THEIR LEADER AND ME HOMEWORK. AND SO THEY GET A SPECIAL LUNCH OUT IN THE COURTYARD. NOW THERE ISN'T A TAP IT. WE HAVE HABIT NUMBER EIGHT WHICH IS USING YOUR VOICE AND HELPING OTHER PEOPLE TO USE THEIR VOICE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF USING YOUR VOICE AND THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU USE YOUR VOICE AND FIND YOUR TALENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF AND ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS. SO THAT WAS GREAT. I ATTENDED THE DUAL LANGUAGE THINK TANK TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH OUR BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND LINGUAL SUPPORT. AND IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE ALL THOSE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER . MR. WOFFORD AND I WENT TO FAIR ACRES FOR THE BIG BIKE
104DONATION EVENT WHICH WAS TRULY SO MUCH FUN. THE PE TEACHER THERE -- DO YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME? TEVIS . THEY GOT BIKES DONATED TO THE INNER GARDENS COULD LEARN HOW TO RIDE BIKES. THEY HAD HELMETS AND BIKES. THEY DID THE BIG REVEAL. A BIG RAINBOW COLORED PARACHUTE THING AND ALL THE KIDS OPENED IT UP ON THE COUNT OF THREE. IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING THING EVER. AND THEN THE KIDS RODE THEIR BIKES UP AND DOWN IN THE GYM. I HAD A BLAST. I FELT LIKE I HAD MORE FUN THAN THE KIDS. BUT THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME DURING THE ACADEMIC HONORS, AT OREGON MOUNTAIN, IT WAS LOVELY. AND I'M HOPING TO GO TO THE LAS CRUCES HIGH SCHOOL ONE WHICH IS IN NOVEMBER . YES, ON THE 12th. >> ON THE 12. THANK YOU.
105AWESOME. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT MONTH OF JUST BEING OUT IN THE SCHOOLS AND I HAVE ATTENDED A LOT OF THE FALL FESTIVALS AS WELL. IT IS SO MUCH FUN --IT IS MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. HANGING OUT AT THE SCHOOLS AND HAVING ALL THE FUN WITH THE KIDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. HARD TO FOLLOW THOSE REPORTS. I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME. THE YAZ I -- COUNCIL, SECRETARY WOFFORD SAID, WAS A VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. I THINK SOME REAL THINGS CAME UP. AND WE HAVE A LOT TO NAVIGATE ON NEXT STEPS. AND I DID WANT TO RECOMMEND COME WHEN ALL OF THIS MARTINEZ STUFF WAS COMING UP, THERE IS A BOOK CALLED "INTEGRATED" WHICH I WOULD RECOMMEND FOLKS READ. IT IS SORT OF A CHALLENGING READ BECAUSE WE ARE STILL
106SORT OF DEALING WITH THE ISSUES THAT THIS BOOK TALKS ABOUT THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOREVER. BUT ANYWAY, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT BOOKS HERE. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BOOK FOR FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS AREA IT WAS A GREAT FACILITATION. GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND CHALLENGING. ALSO AS WELL. BUT THAT IS HOW WE MAKE PROGRESS. AND OTHER THAN THAT , KIND OF A LOT OF ELECTION STUFF. THAT IS MY STORY. THERE IS THAT . SPEAKING OUT, BEING ON THE BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME . AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THERE, TO KIND OF BRAINSTORM HOW TO ESSENTIALLY CAMPAIGN FOR THE GEO BOND AND THE LEVY. AND I THINK THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB. SO, I HAVE SEEN SIGNS AND POSTERS AND
107A LOT OF MEDIA STUFF GOING OUT THERE. JUST -- LOCAL INFLUENCERS. I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL BE INFORMED AND EDUCATED ENOUGH TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, WHICH IS TO SAY YES , BECAUSE I CAN SAY YES AND I CAN TELL THEM TO VOTE YES AND I WILL. SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE SIGNS IN MY FRONT YARD. AND I DON'T KNOW. I'VE JUST BEEN BUSY. I THINK IT IS MORE OF MY CHILDREN. YOUR CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT . AWESOME. I THINK WE ARE DONE . I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING . SO MOVED. >> SECONDED.>> MOVED BY MR. FRANK . THERE WAS A BIG HESITATION THERE. SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR, INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. >> WE ARE OUT OF HERE AT 80 2:00 P.M. MARGARET, THANK YOU
108FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT .