Board of Education - Dec 16, 2025

001I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT'S 6:05. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR OUR DECEMBER MEETING. YAY! SO SECRETARY WOFFORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL? HOLY SMOKES. I WILL GET IT TOGETHER. MAYBE BY THE END OF THE MEETING. VERY GOOD. BOARD MEMBER FRANK? HERE. SEEK WOFFORD IS HERE. BOARD MEMBER TENORIO? I'M HERE. AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE. PRESIDENT CORT? I AM HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. FOUR PEOPLE, ONE ON THE SCREEN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. FRANK. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR STUDENT ADVISER, SORAYA FROM ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. AND AS I TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE MEETING, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE

002HERE, FOR STUDENT INPUT. AND WE WILL ASK PROBABLY OFTEN. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND MAEVE, WHO IS A FIFTH GRADER FROM SONOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MAEVE, WILL YOU COME UP, PLEASE? PERFECT. WILL EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, MR. PLYMOUTH. 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. I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES. BRAVO, MAEVE. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. NICELY DONE. [ APPLAUSE ]

003MAEVE, WILL YOU COME UP HERE FOR JUST A SECOND? YOU MIND COMING UP HERE. MAEVE, YOU DID SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB. REALLY CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL VOICE IN LEADING US. SHAKE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY I BUMP YOUR FIST. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. [ APPLAUSE ] BEAUTIFULLY DONE, MAEVE. I KNOW YOU CLAPPED AGAIN, BUT LET'S GIVE HER ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [ APPLAUSE ] AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. JOSEPH FLORES, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS. THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT CORT, ALL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, STUDENT MEMBER REECE, STUDENT SORAYA AND EVERYONE HERE THIS EVENING. GIFTS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL HAWK CELLO BASS ENSEMBLE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MAPP. TONIGHT THEY WILL BE PERFORMING WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD BY GEORGE DAVID WEISS

004AND BOB TEAL ARRANGED BY NICK HALSEY. MANY OF THESE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDENT ENSEMBLE THAT WAS RECENTLY SELECTED AS THIS YEAR'S NEW MEXICO HONOR ORCHESTRA. THEY'LL BE PERFORMING FOR 1400 PEOPLE AT THE STATE FESTIVAL IN ALBUQUERQUE'S U AND M POKE JOY HALL ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th AT 3:30 P. M. EVERYONE HERE IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL HAWK CELLO BASS ENSEMBLE. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] BRAVO. THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. IS THAT IT? DO WE GET ANOTHER ONE? THAT'S IT. OH, DARN! I WAS READY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. WONDERFUL. [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL LEAVE THE BEAUTY OF THAT MUSIC AND HOPE IT ALL STAYS IN YOUR HEAD FOR A BIT, AND WE'LL GO TO

005THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 16th, 2025 AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND? MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD, SECONDED BY MS. TENORIO. MR. WOFFORD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE ROLL. MR. FRANK. YES. >> MS. TENORIO. >> YES. I VOTE YES. AND PRESIDENT CORT. I VOTE YES. IT'S UNANIMOUS 4-0. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 2nd, 2025 WORK SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> THANK YOU. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD, SECONDED BY MS. TENORIO. MR. WOFFORD ONCE AGAIN. MR. FRANK? I VOTE YES. MS. TENORIO. >> YEP. SEC WOFFORD VOTES YES. PRESIDENT CORT. YES. THANK YOU, 4-0. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, 6 B-1 FOR BARs, 6 B-2, PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS, AND 6 B-3

006VENDOR PAYMENTS. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY SECRETARY WOFFORD AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. MR. WOFFORD ONCE AGAIN. MR. FRANK. I VOTE YES. MS. TENORIO. >> YES. MR. WOFFORD VOTES YES. AND MADAM CORT. I ALSO VOTE YES. 4-0. BEAUTIFUL. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd , 2025 -- HOLD ON. THAT IS INCORRECT. WE JUST MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION -- OH, I SEE I'M REPORTING ON THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR DECEMBER 3rd. MY HUGE APOLOGIES. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd, 2025 FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL I BELIEVE ABOUT 1:00 P.M. TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION TENORIO-15-1 H-2 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THE BOARD COULD PRESENT TO AND DISCUSS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S MID YEAR EVALUATION.

007THE BOARD ALSO MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16th , 2025 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 5:40 P.M. TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION TENORIO-15-1-H-2 OF THE NEW MEXICO MEETINGS ACT SO THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT AND CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT AND TWO, COULD UPDATE THE BOARD INVOLVING THE CLASSIFIED UNDERCERTIFIED EMPLOYEES, AND I AFFIRM THAT THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED ABOVE. AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO REPORT TO RECOGNITIONS. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CALL UP MR. FLORES. THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT FOR ALLOWING ME TIME IN THIS MEETING TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE TWO OUTSTANDING VISUAL ART STUDENTS

008AND THEIR TEACHERS. FOR DECADES, EVERY YEAR LCPS FINE ARTS INSTALLS FOUR PUBLIC ART EXHIBITS IN THE FOYER OF THIS BUILDING. MOST RECENTLY, OUR ART GALLERY TEAM WHICH IS COMPRISED OF FOUR ART TEACHERS INSTALLED OUR NEWEST EXHIBIT STILL ON DISPLAY AND FEATURES THE INCREDIBLE 2D/3D OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT. OUR ART GALLERY TEAM JURIED ALL OF THE PIECES AND SELECTED THE MOST OUTSTANDING 2 OF D AND 3D WORKS. MR. GREG GROS IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORING EACH OF THE PICTURES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GROS. OUR THED IS MIA MAYS FROM ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. HER TEACHER IS MS. IGUARAN. PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM FOR RECOGNITION. [ APPLAUSE ] BEFORE PRESENTING THE AWARD AND PRIZE, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MIA TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER WORK. HI. I HOPE YOU

009GUY ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL NIGHT. MY NAME IS MIA MAYAS, AND THE TITLE OF MY WORK IS UNDERWORLD. I CREATED MY ARTWORK USING SHARPIES AND ALCOHOL MARKERS MIXED WITH SOME COLORED PENCILS FOR ADDED TEXTURE. THE ALCOHOL MARKERS ALLOWED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND LAYERING WHILE THE SHARPIES ADDED OPACITY. MY TEACHER GAVE US A LESSON ON SURREALISM AND MY WORK IS BASED AND THE IDEALIZATION OF A DECEITFUL-LIKE MONSTER CREATURE WHO HAS ITS EYE ON YOU, CONTORTING ITS USER FOR ITS BENEFITS, BORN FROM THE JUICY RIPE FRUIT IN THE BACKGROUND TO FALL ON THE VICTIMS TRAPPED IN THE INTENSE FLAMES FOREVER. THANK YOU. WOW. [ APPLAUSE ] MIA, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SELECTION AS THE LCPS HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT T2 WINNER, MR. GROSS WILL PRESENT YOU THAT $100 AWARD PRESENTED BY HIS BUSINESS, PICTURE AND FRAME GALLERY. CONGRATULATIONS.

010BRAVO, MIA. OUR 3B AWARD WINNER IS SORAYA MARTINEZ FROM ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. HER ART TEACHER IS MS. TARA MARTINEZ. SARAIA AND MS. MARTINEZ, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PODIUM FOR RECOGNITION. [ APPLAUSE ] LIKE OUR 2D, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE SARAI TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER WORK. HELLO. MY NAME IS SARAI MARTINEZ. THE TITLE OF MY ARTWORK IS A LOOK ON THE INSIDE. THE WORK WAS CREATED WITH CLEAN GLAZE AND THE ARTWORK WAS ASSIGNED TO ME BASED ON A LESSON BY WERE LEARNING ABOUT EXPERIMENTING, PLANNING, AND MAKING MULTIPLE WORKS OF ART AND DESIGN THAT EXPLORE A PERSONAL AND MEANINGFUL THEME OR IDEA. WE FOCUSED ON THE TECHNIQUETECHNIQUE OF SLAB AS WELL AS ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE PROCESSES. I DREW INSPIRATION FOR THE WORK FROM MY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OF PLAYING

011WITH POLYPOCKETS AND WANTED TO INCORPORATE THINGS THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN MY ROOM TO MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL. COOL. >> NICE. [ APPLAUSE ] SARAI, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SELECTION AS THE LCPS HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT 3D AWARD WINNER, MR. GROVES WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU A $100 CASH AWARD DONATED BY HIS BUSINESS. THAT'S WHAT I MADE IT ON. CUTE. IN REAL LIFE. >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE IT. VERY COOL. [ LAUGHTER ] A BONUS. [ APPLAUSE ] CONGRATULATIONS, SARAI. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, SHE WASN'T GOING TO ENTER THAT PIECE. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO BOTH STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS. EVERYONE, PLEASE STOP BY THE FOYER ON YOUR WAY OUT THIS EVENING TO ENJOY THE ART EXHIBIT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] AND IF THOSE STUDENTS WOULD STAY, WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

012AND NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MR. LEO BRIAN FOR OUR NEXT AWARD. GOOD EVENING, CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SHAWNA BAILEY TO THE PODIUM FOR A RECOGNITION. SO WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE SHAWNA BAILEY, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE 2025 CHAMPION OF SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE BY THE NEW MEXICO ALLIANCE FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE CENTERS. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ADVOCATE AND ADVANCE CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES THROUGH THEIR COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CARE. THE NMASBHC SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZED SHAWNA FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN EXPANDING ACCESS TO CARE WITHIN THE LAS CRUCES SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND FOR HER ONGOING SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL NURSES ASSOCIATION. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SHAWNA'S CONTINUED ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS

013WELL- DESERVED RECOGNITION REFLECTS THE MEANINGFUL IMPACT OF HER WORK ON STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND OUR BROADER COMMUNITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SHAWNA. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. WE'RE THRILLED FOR YOU. LET'S TAKE A COUPLE OF PICTURES, AND WE'LL GO IN ORDER. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL START WITH OUR 2D, YES. WITH MIA. PERFECT. ON THE COUNT OF THREE, BIG SMILES. ONE, TWO, THREE. CONGRATULATIONS! [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ON THE COUNT OF THREE, BIG SMILES. ONE, TWO, THREE. CONGRATULATIONS! [ APPLAUSE ] SHAWNA BAILEY. BIG SMILES, EVERYONE. ON THE COUNT OF THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE. CONGRATULATIONS! [ APPLAUSE ] SOME AMAZING TALENTS AND PEOPLE WHO DO SUCH GREAT WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE TIME ABOUT OUR CLOSED

014EXECUTIVE SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd. WE MET FROM TENORIO:06 A.M. UNTIL 12 NOON. YES, I WAS THERE, BUT I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I HAD FOR BREAKFAST. SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURE WHICH ARE FOUND IN BOARD POLICY BEDH AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER. HOWEVER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAY FURTHER RESTRICT OR 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

015INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE FOUR PUBLIC --FOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING, AND WE TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THEY WERE RECEIVED. OUR FIRST PERSON IS CAROL OWENSBY. MS. OWENSBY. OH, AND YOU HAVE A -- I HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS HERE THIS EVENING. EXCELLENT. >> UNEXPECTEDLY. HI, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, AND ANOTHER STUDENT, SORAYA. MY NAME IS CAROL OWENSBY, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CLEAN INDOOR AIR IN OUR SCHOOLS. WHILE COVID REMAINS AN ONGOING CONCERN, CONTINUOUSLY FILTERED AIR HELPS MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF MULTIPLE AIRBORNE DISEASES, INCLUDING RSV, INFLUENZA, STREP AND NOROVIRUS TO NAME A FEW. CONTINUOUS FILTRATION ALSO PROTECTS STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM PARTICULAR LATTS INCLUDING WILDFIRE SMOKE, POLLEN AND

016MOLD SPORES. THE IMPROVED HVAC FILTERS INSTALLED BY THE DISTRICT ONLY WORK WHEN THE SYSTEM IS RUNG, AND WE ENCOUNTER TEMPERATE TIMES OF YEAR WHEN THE AIR ISN'T CIRCULATING OFTEN, RIGHT ABOUT WHEN TRANSMISSION OF RESPIRATORY VIRUSS IS ON THE UPSWING. CLEANING THE AIR WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SPREAD OF MULTIPLE ILLNESSES. THIS IS WHY I HAVE PAID OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO INSTALL AIR FILTERS CALLED CORSI ROSENTHAL BOXES IN MY CLASSROOM AND CONTINUE TO PAY $90 EVERY SIX MONTHS TO REPLACE THE FILTERS. THE DISTRICT SHOULD CONSIDER THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVIDING CONTINUOUS AIR FILTRATION IN EACH CLAM, PARTICULARLY WHEN WEIGHED AGAINST STUDENT AND STAFF ABSENCES DUE TO ILLNESS. SOMEONE IN CENTRAL OFFICE COULD READILY COMPARE ILLNESS-RELATED ABSENCES FROM BEFORE 2020 TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE RETURNING TO IN- PERSON INSTRUCTION. SINCE ATTENDANCE IS

017A CENTERPIECE OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, REDUCING ILLNESS- RELATED ABSENCES THROUGH CLEANER INDOOR AIR WOULD DIRECTLY SUPPORT THAT GOAL. BETTER ATTENDANCE INCREASES TEST SCORES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OVERALL. CLEAN AIR IS A CLEAR WIN FOR BOTH STUDENT HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. IF THERE WERE A GAS LEAK IN A SCHOOL BUILDING, WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT SAFETY ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. GAS LEAKS CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY, NEUROLOGICAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE AS WELL AS INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF CANCER AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DAMAGE. CLEARLY, WE WOULD WANT TO FIX A GAS LEAK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHEN WE DO NOT CONTINUOUSLY CLEAN THE AIR IN OUR CLASSROOMS, STUDENTS ARE REPEATEDLY EXPOSED TO AIRBORNE ILLNESSES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PARTICULATES THAT CAN CAUSE LONG-TERM HARM, EVEN WHEN INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURES SEEM MILD. REPEATED INFECTIONS AND ONGOING EXPOSURE TO VIRUSES AND FINE PARTICLES ARE LINKED TO

018RESPIRATORY, NEUROLOGICAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE AND CAN ALSO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF CANCER AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DAMAGE. BECAUSE THESE RISKS ARE PREVENTIBLE, CONTINUOUS AIR FILTRATION IN EVERY CLASSROOM IS A PRACTICAL STEP TO PROTECT STUDENT HEALTH AND LEARNING. OVER TIME, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF AIRBORNE ILLNESSES AND CONTAMINANTS. HOWEVER, ONE THING WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUSLY FILTERED AIR IN EVERY CLASSROOM, IN EVERY SCHOOL. WE NEED TO CLEAN THE AIR FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN, AND WE NEED TO START DOING IT NOW. THANK YOU, MS. OWENSBY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH-HUH. SO I'M --SO IS IT MARIO FROM EVOLVEMENT. THERE IS EVOLVEMENT 24/7, AND THEN I HAD A BUNCH OF NAMES. I WASN'T SURE THOU DO IT. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAY WORKED. MY APOLOGIES. THANK

019YOU SO MUCH. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT AND SORAYA. MY NAME IS PAIUMA AND AM A SENIOR FROM AIR HOEHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'M HERE AS A MEMBER OF EVOLVEMENT. MY NAME IS MARIO TOREZ. I'M HERE WITH EVOLVEMENT TOO. I'M A JUNIOR FROM ARROWHEAD. WE ARE THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT EVOLVEMENT WHICH IS A YOUTH-LED MOVEMENT WHERE WE DECREASE -- ADDICTIVE AND HARMFUL USE OF TOBACCO. ONE OF THE CAMPAIGNS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS A 24/7 CAMPAIGN. 24/7 CAMPAIGN IS HELPING NEW MEXICO DISTRICTS ADAPT, IMPLEMENT, AND ENFORCE TRULY COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO-FREE SCHOOL POLICY. YES. UNDER TRULY COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES, TOBACCO USE AND POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION IS PROHIBITED BY ANYONE, ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME, 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AT APEX WE MADE A PROGRESS ABOUT BEING 100%

020ALCOHOL- FREE, 24/7 SIGNATURE SIGNAGE ALL AROUND CAMPUS INDICATING THESE POLICIES. THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS MORE WE CAN ALWAYS DO. YES. AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS DISTRICTS CAN DO IS TO HAVE UP TO DATE POLICIES WHICH IS WHY WE A HERE TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO LAS CRUCES SCHOOLS FOREHAVING STRONG NICOTINE POLICIES AND TO MAKE SMALL RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR CONTEXT, IN 2023, NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT APPROVED A RULE REQUIRING THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO POLICY. THIS WAS IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF STUDENTS LIKE US ACROSS NEW MEXICO, PUSHING FOR THIS CHANGE. IN ORDER TO BE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THIS RULE, THERE ARE A FEW SMALL CHANGES THAT SHOULD BE MADE. FIRST, THE POLICY'S ADC, GBEC AND JICH IN

021THE REGULATIONS SHOULD SPECIFY THAT USE, DISTRIBUTION, AND POSSESSION IS CONTRIBUTED AT ALL TIMES IN THE SECTIONS FOR STAFF, STUDENTS, AND VISITORS. THE MAIN ASPECT IS TO ADD "AT ALL TIMES" OR "24/7 CLOTHE. SECOND, IN THE BBECR, IT SAYS RESOURCES SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL FOUND IN VIOLATION OF NICOTINE POLICY. ASIDE FROM THAT, THE POLICIES ARE QUITE STRONG. AS A PARTNER, WE ARE HERE TO OFFER OUR RESOURCES TO MAKING AND ENFORCING THE DISTRICT NICOTINE POLICIES AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. WE CAN PROVIDE BILINGUAL AND FACULTY TRAINING IN THE DISTRICT AT NO COST. ADDITIONALLY, WE RECENTLY CREATED A NEW RESOURCE, OUR PARENT AND GUARDIAN TOOL KIT, WHICH SCHOOLS CAN GIVE TO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS IF THEIR STUDENTS ARE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL NICOTINE POLICIES. WE ALSO OFFER FREE PRESENTATIONS TO MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. ON

022BEHALF OF THE EVOLVEMENT, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO HELP LCPS WITH ENFORCEMENT WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE NEW POLICIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND HERE IS A FEW. THANK YOU. . THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] OUR NEXT PERSON IS KENNETH JUSTICE. MR. JUSTICE. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. >> PRESIDENT CORT, RESPECTIVE MEMBERS, OTHERS PRESENT. MY NAME IS KENNETH JUSTICE. I'M THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER, PRESIDENT OF THE LAS CRUCES TRANSPORTATION FEDERATION. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH YOU GUYS THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING. AS DRIVERS AND ATTENDANCE WORKING UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT. I DIDN'T PREPARE A LONG STATEMENT FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT. I THINK WHAT I'VE STATED IN THE PAST FEW MEETINGS IS PRETTY WELL ARTICULATED WHAT

023THE PROBLEMS ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M JUST HERE TO REITERATE THAT THE RETALIATION, THE INTIMIDATION AND THE COERCION IS STILL GOING ON WITH THE UNION OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING BUT TRYING TO MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR WORK ENVIRONMENT BETTER. WE'RE REQUESTING INFORMATION. UNDER OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES BECAUSE WE SEE THINGS THAT DON'T LOOK RIGHT. I WISH I HAD ACCESS TO SHOW YOU ALL SOME PICTURES. PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, AND YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS. SINCE ASKING QUESTIONS AND REQUESTING THIS INFORMATION, WHICH WE'RE ENTITLED TO, THEY'VE DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK WITH US ANYMORE. THEY REFUSED OUR REQUEST FOR THIS INFORMATION, STATING THAT IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. WE HAVE NO ENTITLEMENT TO IT WHATSOEVER. AND LEFT US WITH THAT. WE SUBSEQUENTLY FILED ISSUES IN CASES WITH THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

024AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, THAT TAKES TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STILL IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE. WE'D PLEASE ASK YOU TO BRING THE DRIVERS AND TENANTS BACK UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT THE DRIVERS IN ATTENDANCE WANT MORE THAN TO DO THAT. THEY'RE DEDICATED. THEY ENJOY DOING WHAT THEY DO. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] AND OUR LAST LAST PERSON, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE LEAST, DR. PAUL FIRTH. DR. FIRTH? THANK YOU. HELLO, MADAM CORT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, MS. GALLEGOS, AND OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE HERE. DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE MEETINGS IS THE PLEDGE, SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE SAY AND DECLARE THAT WE'RE

025ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND I CELEBRATE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE NATION THAT WE LIVE IN, THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE, AND PARTICULARLY THE FREEDOM TO FOLLOW AND PURSUE GODGOD IN WHATEVER WAY OUR HEARTS DESIRE. I'VE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT PARENTS, PARENT RIGHTS, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF PARENT RIGHT ARE ALSO PARENT RESPONSIBILITIES. SOMEONE CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I THINK IT WAS IN JANUARY, AND HE HAD IT IN SPANISH, LOS PADRES SON LOS MAESTROS. THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE THE FIRST TEACHERS OF CHILDREN, AND WHAT AN IMPACT WE HAVE ON OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN FOR EDUCATION. THERE IS A SAYING THAT I GO BY, AND IT'S "WHERE MY CHILDREN ARE, THAT'S WHERE I BELONG. " AND I'M BEGINNING TO FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT

026MY GRANDCHILDREN AS THEY GROW UP. AND FIRST ONE HITTING MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE, I BELIEVE AS WELL. AND I WANT TO SAY AS A PARENT, I WAS VERY ATTENTIVE TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN, GOING TO MEETINGS WITH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. I WOULD TAKE ONE DAY OF MY PERSONAL TIME, IF YOU WILL EVERY YEAR AND SPEND IT WITH MY KIDS IN SCHOOL. AND I HAD FOUR KIDS. SO IT MEANT ABOUT FOUR DAYS A YEAR I WAS AT ELEMENTARY OROR MIDDLE. AND I STARTED TO TAKE MY HANDS OFF A LITTLE BIT AT HIGH SCHOOL. I DIDN'T WANT TO EMBARRASS THEM TOO MUCH. THE OTHER THING I DID AS I ENSURED THAT WHEN THERE WERE SOCIAL EVENTS, THINGS LIKE DANCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT THERE FIRST TO KIND OF CHECK IT OUT.

027I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. AND SO I JUST ENCOURAGE PARENTS, AND I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL, TO BE AS INVOLVED AND THEIR EYES ON THEIR KIDS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, GETTING TO KNOW THEIR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEN ALSO SPEAKING OUT. I'VE ALSO SAID THIS IN THE PAST, AND I DON'T MIND SAYING IT AGAIN. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO HAVE A STUDENT VOICE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PARENT ALSO UP HERE HAVING A PARENT VOICE. I ALSO ENVISION THEM ORGANIZED SOME WAY THE WAY THE SCHOOLS ARE WHERE THEY HAVE SEPARATE ONES FOR EACH SCHOOL AND THEN A DIFFERENT PERSON IS BROUGHT UP FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS EACH WEEK OR EACH MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS, AND I BLESS YOU. THANK

028YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEA LAS CRUCES PRESIDENT MS. JULIE WACO FOR HER MESSAGE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, FELLOW TRAILBLAZERS, SORAYA. AS WE WRAP UP THIS SEMESTER, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF OUR EDUCATORS THAT WE BRING TO OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY. THIS WAS A LONG SEMESTER, BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH TOGETHER. WE RECENTLY COLLABORATED WITH CSEC AND OUR LABOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH OUR DISTRICT ON THE WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM. WE BROUGHT QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND ONGOING FEEDBACK TO ENSURE EDUCATOR VOICES WERE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND WE CAME UP WITH LANGUAGE EVERYONE AGREED WAS FAIR.

029WE ARE WRAPPING UP STIPEND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE STIPENDS FOR ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS SOON. OUR NEA LAS CRUCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED OUR BARGAINING TEAM FOR 2026, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEGINNING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT SOON. AND THANK YOU. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. MY GIFT TO YOU FOR THE HOLIDAYS IS GRAVITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. JUST THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK. ABSOLUTELY. SORAYA, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JULIE. APPRECIATE IT, MS. WACO. OUR CSEC LAS CRUCES PRESIDENT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT SHE DID SEND ME A MESSAGE THAT SHE WOULD LIKE ME TO COMMUNICATE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, STAFF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, MAY THE BLESSINGS OF JOY, GOOD WILL AND HAPPINESS BE

030WITH YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, AND ALWAYS MAY BE NEW YEAR BE FILLED WITH PEACE, PROSPERITY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT. STAY SAFE. [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] AND THAT'S FROM THE PRESIDENT OF CSEC LAS CRUCES. I'M TURN THE TIME OVER NOW TO SORAYA. YOU HAVE A SLIDE TODAY, RIGHT, SORAYA? YES, I DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO PRESIDENT CORT, MR. REECE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SARAI AND I'M FROM ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. I'M SECRETARY OF THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS TREASURE OF STUDENT COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR NEW MEXICO ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT COUNCIL SOUTHWEST DISTRICT, PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA, AND I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN HOSANHS. I ENJOY BEING INVOLVED IN MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND I

031TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN LCPS. THIS MONTH PARTICIPATED IN THE LA MESA ALLIANCE ON DECEMBER 3rd. SAC MEMBERS WERE PARTNERED WITH STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND HELPED THEM SHOP WHILE TAKING TRACK OF THEIR $200 ALLOTMENT. THE LINES DONATED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, AND WE REALLY ENJOYED SERVING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS ON THE BOARD. WHILE THE OTHER SCHOOLS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THIS MONTH, I DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO SHARE FROM ARROWHEAD. FIRST, WE HAVE NO INTERCOM SYSTEM. WE CURRENTLY RELY MAINLY ON THE CLASSROOM PHONES TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PHONES ONLY PROJECT THE BEGINNING PART OF ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE CUTTING OUT, ESPECIALLY IN BUILDINGS FURTHER FROM THE MAIN OFFICE. WE WERE

032TOLD THEY'D BE INSTALLED BY SEPTEMBER, THEN THANKSGIVING BREAK, WHERE THE ONLY THING THAT WAS DONE WAS HOLES PUNCHED INTO OUR CEILINGS. WE ARE NOW PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THEM TO BE INSTALLED. A FUNCTIONING P.A. SYSTEM THAT REACHES THE ENTIRE FACILITY WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND SAFETY. ADDITIONALLY, THE HEATING IN SEVERAL BEATINGS AT CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND ARROWHEAD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS HAVE A BEEN VERY COLD, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD REPAIRS MAY NOT BE HAPPENING UNTIL FEBRUARY. STUDENTS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN BUNDLING UP. ARROWHEAD WRAPPED UP THEIR FINALS WEEK, AND I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS STILL IN FULL SWING. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SORAYA. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. WERE YOU SAYING THAT IT'S ARROWHEAD AND CENTENNIAL

033THAT HAVE THE HEATING ISSUES? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SORAYA? THANK YOU FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT FOLLOW- UP ON THOSE HVAC ISSUES AND THE INTERCOM. AND THE ADDRESS A CHILD, THAT'S SUCH A NEAT, NEAT THING. YES, I AGREE. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. AND PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I ALSO START THIS EVENING WITH OUR CEREMONY OF CHAMPIONS. THAT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 3rd. WE CELEBRATED OUR FALL CEREMONY OF CHAMPIONS, RECOGNIZING STATE WINNERS IN ATHLETICS, ACTIVITIES, AND FINE ARTS. THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ON THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS. IT WAS A VERY FUN NIGHT TO CELEBRATE OUR THRIVING STUDENTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. AGAIN, OF THE GREAT THINGS

034THAT OUR KIDDOS ARE DOING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ON DECEMBER 6th. WE HOSTED THE LCPS SHOWCASE WITH MORE THAN 50 TEAMS ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS. THE ENERGY WAS INCREDIBLE. STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED TEAM WORK, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND JOY, AND FAMILIES FILLED THE SPACE WITH SUPPORT. ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL IS ALWAYS A GREAT HOST FOR THIS ANNUAL EVENT. OUR BIG SHOWCASE IS WHEN ALL OF OUR EAST SPORTS PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER. HOWEVER, THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR, THEY WILL BE LEVELED ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE SPORTS EVENT LATER IN THE SPRING. ON DECEMBER 8th, VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL FILM AND PRODUCED MY ANNUAL HOLIDAY MESSAGE. THEIR MEDIA TEAM DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND CREATIVITY. THE STUDENTS DID A GREAT JOB, AND THAT MESSAGE WILL BE GOING OUT TO ALL USERS

035LATER THIS WEEK. ON DECEMBER 9th, THE EMPOWERED PARENTS ACADEMY, EPA POSADA HOSTED ITS ANNUAL, AGAIN, THEIR ANNUAL POSADA CELEBRATING FAMILIES WHO COMPLETED ESL, SPANISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND ALSO GED COURSES. NEARLY 80 PARTICIPANTS JOINED WITH THEIR FAMILIES FOR FOOD, CERTIFICATES, AND COMMUNITY. AND THIS EVENT IS ALWAYS PERSONALLY CLOSE TO MY HEART. MY OWN MOTHER VERY SIMILAR PATHWAY THAT SHE TOOK WITH GED, AS WELL AS THE ESL CLASSES. IT WAS JUST A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS. OUR CENTRAL OFFICE WISH UPON A STAR TREE ONCE AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED THE GENEROSITY OF OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED BRIGHTEN THE SEASON FOR OUR STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS ARE PART OF THE LCPS PROGRAM, AND THESE DONATIONS MAKE THE HOLIDAY A SPECIAL TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS CHILE THIS TREE IS

036AT CENTRAL OFFICE, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COLLECTED STARS. AGAIN, A TESTAMENT TO LAS CRUCES IN SUPPORTING OUR KIDDOS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. LAST WEEKEND, MORE THAN 400 WINDOWS AND 200 PLUS VOLUNTEERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED IN THE COPS AND KIDS SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AT THE WALMART. THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE 8 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND WALMART. ALL AREA WALMART STORES HELPED MAKE THIS EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE FOR THESE KIDDOS. OUR NUTRITION SERVICES WILL DISTRIBUTE HOLIDAY MEAL KITS ON DECEMBER 17th, BEGINNING AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE NUTRITION SERVICES WAREHOUSE. FAMILIES WILL ENTER THROUGH THE FIELD OF DREAMS PARKING LOT AND TRAFFIC SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. CHILDREN MUST BE PRESENT TO RECEIVE MEALS. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, TO JOIN US, IF AVAILABLE.

037IT WILL BE COLD AND DARK, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF EVENT THAT REPRESENTS THE BEST OF LCPS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SUPPORT AS WELL. AND AS WE END 2025, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION. PLEASE STAY SAFE THIS WINTER SEASON, AND WELCOME BACK --AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK NEXT YEAR FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND SEMESTER OF LEARNING, JOY, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY STUDENT. SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT? NO, MA'AM. >> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL MS. CINDY DONNELLY, OUR CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO GIVE US THE QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE. THANKS, MS. DONNELLY. THAT WAS THE LONGEST TRANSITION EVER. NO WORRIES. PRESIDENT

038CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENTS, SORAYA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. AS WITH GREAT PLEASURE, I BRING TO YOU THE QUARTERLY UPDATE, THE STATE OF HR, IF I MAY. AND SO I'D LIKE TO START BY SHARING WITH YOU A QUOTE THAT I THOUGHT WAS RELEVANT TO THE WORK THAT HUMAN RESOURCES DOES. AND IT READS, "H.R. ENSURES THAT THIS ASSET IS NURTURED AND ALIGNED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, AND THAT IS THAT THE GREATEST ASSET OF ITS COMPANY IS ITS PEOPLE. " AND SO APPROPRIATELY, THIS HALLOWEEN WE CHOSE THE THEME OF CRAYOLAS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY OUR TEAM DOES BRING SOME COLOR INTO LCPS ALONG WITH ALL THE WORK THEY DO. STARTING WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS JESSE PERRIO WHICH IS VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH OUR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS PIECE. AS YOU KNOW, DURING CLOSED

039SESSION, WE HAVE SOME PERSONAL MATTERS THAT WE ADDRESS WITH OUR LEGAL MATTERS THAT TAKE PLACE. UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS, ONE OF THEM BEING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR MR. ROBERT ESTRADA WHO HELPS WITH MANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS, AS WELL AS ANNETTE RODRIGUEZ WHO SUPPORTS THAT. OUR NEWEST ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR JACKIE SANCHEZ IS LEARNING UNDER THEIR GUIDANCE AS WELL. SOME OF THEM ARE HERE THIS EVENING. ANNETTE RODRIGUEZ ALSO OVERSEES OUR BENEFITS DEPARTMENT, WHICH AS YOU SEE THESE UPDATES THIS EVENING, ALSO ALIGNED WITH OUR RETENTION PIECE OF SOME OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS, WITH MR. TERRY PINEDO AS OUR DIRECTOR. AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE THIS EVENING. SO IF I MAY, I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO STAND AND JUST BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT

040THEY'RE DOING. HERE THEY ARE. MR. ESTRADA, PLEASE STAND UP. [ APPLAUSE ] BRAVO. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. SO POSITION FILL RATES. THESE PEOPLE THAT I HELP VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, WITH OUR CAMPUSES IN WHAT YOU SEE HERE. AND SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE HELD IN THE 90 PERCENTILE THE MAJORITY OF OUR POSITIONS. OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT OUR TEACHERS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT 97% OUT OF 1600 TEACHERS. OUR EAs, IF RECALL AT ONE POINT WAS A CONCERN. ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, WE WERE TALKING WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP OUR EAs. AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE LEADERS ALL IN PLACE AT THE SCHOOLS, WE ARE NOW AT THE 90 PERCENTILE. NUTRITION SERVICES AT ONE POINT WAS A CONCERN AS WELL. AND HERE

041WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING 90%. OUR DIRECTOR THERE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, INCLUDING MANAGER TRAINEES PROGRAM, WHICH I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF WITH RETENTION. BUT ALL OF THAT HAS COME INTO PLAY WHERE OUR FILL RATES ARE AT A HEALTHY 90% AND ABOVE. I WILL POINT OUT THE 83%, THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS. THERE ARE ONLY 38, AND THOSE ARE BOTH AT CENTRAL OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CAMPUS. THERE ARE SIX VACANCIES, OR THERE WERE WHEN THIS SNAPSHOT WAS TAKEN. TWO HAVE SINCE BEEN ONBOARDED, AND THEY WILL START AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR. SO DOING A QUICK MATH, THAT'S CLOSER TO 89. I WISH I COULD HAVE PUT THAT ON THERE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND SO THERE ARE FOUR CURRENT VACANCIES

042THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT 84% IS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY 38 POSITIONS. AND SO THAT PLAYS WITH MY NUMBERS. I HAD TO SHARE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT I LIKE TO DO WITH OUR NUMBERS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND SO WITH THAT, OUR RECRUITMENT CONTINUES. WE DO HAVE 20 RETIREES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DECEMBER. NINE OF THEM ARE TEACHERS. AND SO, OF COURSE, THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT ON OUR PART. YOU SEE HERE ANISSA AND JACKIE AND JAMIE AND STACEY, WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, THIS IS A RECENT JOB FAIR DOWN SOUTH. THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL PATH THAT WE TAKE. WE GO TO UNIVERSITIES. WE TRY TO RECRUIT OUR STUDENT TEACHERS THAT ARE EAGER TO START THEIR CAREER. HOWEVER, WE ALSO DO VIRTUAL

043FAIRS, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTINUES TO BE A NATIONWIDE ALWAYS ON THE SEARCH FOR THAT. SO RECENTLY, WE HELPED OUR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT HAVE A VIRTUAL HIRING FAIR, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AS WE REACH OUT TO THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. AND MANY OF THEM FIND THAT MORE CONVENIENT WITH WORKING THROUGH THE ZOOM AND HAVING OUR SPECIALSPECIAL DEPARTMENT HELP US THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE THAT CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT SUPPORT FOR THAT POPULATION. AND SO THAT'S OUR RECRUITING TEAM. BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON IS TALKING ABOUT THE RETENTION PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WORKING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS. PRIMARILY, LET'S START WITH THE TEACHERS. THE RETENTION PIECE FROM DAY ONE, WHAT KIND OF MENTORSHIP WE PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS.

044I WILL BE PROVIDING WITH YOU MUCH MORE DETAILED REPORT EARLY NEXT MONTH WITH WHAT EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DO. WE HAVE OUR INDUCTION PROGRAM WITH ORIENTATION, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE --I KNOW SPECIAL ED MENTIONED THEM. THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH TEACHERS. WE BILINGUAL HAS A A COHORT. WITH THE SPECIALIST WITH TLC. I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT MANY MORE DETAIL WITH YOU WHAT EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENT DOES, AND THAT WILL BE COMING NEXT MONTH. I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THE PHYSICAL PLANT DEPARTMENT. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG-STANDING PRACTICE WHERE THERE ARE APPRENTICESHIPS THAT TAKE PLACE AND ARE HIRED FOR DIFFERENT LICENSURES, SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME IN. AND WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR HOURS OR THE PPB DIRECTORS THERE THAT WORK WITH THEM WHERE THEY CAN BECOME LICENSED IN

045THEIR TRADE. AND THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHERE AFTER A YEAR OF THAT PROGRAM, THEY MOVE IN TO A HIGHER LEVEL. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THAT IS PART OF OUR RETENTION THAT WE HAVE FOUND SUCCESSFUL. I REFERENCED NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A MANAGER TRAINING PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING THEM FORWARD. THEY ACTUALLY ROTATE AND ACT AS AN ASSISTANT MANAGER WHERE THEY SHADOW THE MANAGER, AND THEN WHEN THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR A POSITION FOR THEM TO BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT IS WHEN THEY SELECT FROM THERE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR NEWEST DIRECTOR THAT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR TWO YEARS NOW, NOT SO NEW, BUT STILL, MS. GUERRA HAS REALLY WORKED WITH IMPLEMENTING THAT TRAINING PIECE FOR THEM. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR EDUCATION FELLOWS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 54 OUT

046OF THE 56 SLOTS. WE THINK THEHEAD DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. WE SUPPLEMENT THAT SOMEWHAT, AND TO HELP WITH THE COST. SO THAT IS HIGHLY COVETED POSITION AS A RESIDENCY. AND SO OUT OF THOSE 56, 54 ARE FILLED. TWO OF THEM HAVE GRADUATED. HERE'S WHERE WE ARE AS A -- END OF DECEMBER. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 83 NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. 10 OF THEM SERVE AS CONTENT SPECIALISTS. SIX SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS. AND THEN THE UNOFFICIAL DATA THAT WAS JUST REPORTED ON DECEMBER THE EIGHTH IS THAT 16 JUST PAST AND THAT THERE, THEIR GOALS OF BECOMING CERTIFIED. AND SO THAT WILL BECOME OFFICIAL FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT THEY DID GET THEIR, THEIR RESULTS AND REPORTED TO US THAT 16 OF THESE WILL BE COMING AND ONE OF THEM FORWARD TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION,

047AND SO THAT'S A CELEBRATION IN ITSELF AS WELL. WE HAVE 73 EDUCATORS THAT RECEIVED THE NEW MEXICO PAID NBC-TV SCHOLARSHIP THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 122 EDUCATORS WORKING TOWARDS THEIR CERTIFICATION AND 14 OF THEM ARE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR MAINTENANCE, AND SO THAT'S THE TEACHER PIECE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, AND THEN I SHOULD BE ONTO THIS NEXT ONE. THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE THAT IS NEW FOR US, ALTHOUGH NMSU HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR JUST A BIT, AND M.O. WAY THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS TO BRING THIS PARTNERSHIP KNOWN AS NMSU GLOBAL FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? THIS IS THE DISCOUNTED TUITION RATE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL, ANY EMPLOYEE OF LCP GAS TO QUALIFY FOR ANY ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAM. NOTICE I SAY ONLINE, SO THIS IS SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS

048THAT ARE POSSIBLY WORKING FULL-TIME AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SELF PACING OF SORTS ONLINE. AND THAT'S BECOME VERY, WELL, VERY WELCOMED BY INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE DOING THEIR FULL-TIME WORK WITH US AND THEY CAN GO HOME AND DO THIS ON THEIR OWN. WE ALSO HAVE, WITHIN THE MMS YOU GLOBAL THAT WE'RE JUST SIGNED UP FOR YOUR DISCOVERED MICRO CREDENTIALS TO SUPPORT UPSCALING. THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE WITHIN EDUCATION. SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE MORE PROMOTION OF AND WE'LL GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUTCOME IN JANUARY, WE WORK, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO SHARE THE ONLINE CATALOG THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES TO TAKE, I LIKE TO CALL IT, LIKE, LITTLE MINI MISTERS. WE SAY THE WORD MICRO CREDENTIAL BECAUSE WE THINK OF TEACHERS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO

049LEARN, LET'S JUST USE, FOR EXAMPLE, EXCEL. AND SO THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE FOR A FEE AND TAKE THIS ONLINE SELF-PACED COURSE. SUPERVISORS CAN WORK WITH NMSU TO BUILD A COURSE FOR THEIR STAFF. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE WORKING TOWARDS A DEGREE. THEY CAN TAKE IT JUST, AGAIN, FOR THAT UPSCALING. AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROMOTING THAT. WE WILL WORK WITH, WITH KELLY, OUR, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, TO GET THAT WORD OUT, LETTING THE SUPERVISORS KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT THEIR STAFF TO WORK ON, OR INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR OWN, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE WORKING ON. WE WANT THIS TO BE PART OF OUR ATTENTION THAT WILL EMPHASIZE WHEN THEY COME TO BE ON BOARD AND THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE CONTINUED LEARNERS IN, IN ALL AREAS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT

050THIS. THE FREE LUNCH AND LEARN, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE. CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS. I SKIPPED A LINE THERE. THE POD SUPPORT ACTUALLY IS, IS JUST THAT, A POND, WHERE THEY HAVE AN ADVISER THAT WILL WORK WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, IT'S JUST LIKE THEIR OWN COUNSELOR ON COME ON, ON THE COURSEWORK THAT THEY NEED HELP WITH. THE MARKETING I MENTIONED, THAT THAT WILL BE ALSO COMING IN PROMOTING ALL THE WORK THAT, THAT, OR THE, THE COURSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT COME JANUARY. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. THIS, JUST THIS FALL, WE PICKED UP 255, AND THERE THEY ARE, AS PART OF THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT, DR. BAKER, WHO'S SITTING BACK HERE, I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD THE EFFORTS THAT SHE HAS

051DONE. SHE, SHE HAS REALLY WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH JACKIE, WHO IS, HAS STARTED SOME OF THIS INITIATIVE WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT. A COUPLE OF FUN FACTS. TWO OF THE SUBSTITUTES BECAME ED FELLOWS, AND 16 SUBSTITUTES DID MOVE INTO CERTIFIED POSITIONS. AND SO THIS IS PART OF OUR RECRUITING EMMA TO GROW OUR OWN EFFORTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED AS THEY COME IN, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO HEAR THEIR BACKGROUND. THEY COME IN HOPING THAT THEY CAN FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, AND, AND THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE GOOD WORK THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT TO YOU ON THAT. PRINCIPAL RESIDENCY. SO THE, THE RESIDENCIES AREN'T NECESSARILY FOR TRUST TEACHERS. WE, CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR PRINCIPAL INTERNS THAT ARE GETTING PAID TO WORK. THEY ARE TAKING THEIR COURSEWORK

052OUT OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO. NEW MEXICO STATE IS, IS HELPING US GET THAT STARTED AS WELL, AS WELL AS ONE FROM UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. EASTERN NEW MEXICO IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. I DID GO AHEAD AND PUT IT AS ONE OF THEM, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A NEW PARTNERSHIP ALSO COME SPRING THAT ONCE WE GET THAT MOA AND WE'LL BRING TO YOU BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE PAID RESIDENCY WHERE, AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE ALLOTMENT OF THEIR FUNDING IS, BUT THEY'RE ASKING IF WE WOULD CONSIDER HELPING WITH THAT COST. SO WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR US. IF IT DOES INVOLVE SOME KIND OF COST, OF COURSE, I'LL BRING IT TO YOU ALL SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.

053BUT I DID WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR OF SORTS, BECAUSE THAT WILL START COME JULY. AND ALL OF THESE ARE ONLINE PROGRAMS WHERE WE'RE EAGER TO WORK WITH OUR EMPLOYEES WITH WHATEVER THAT MAY BE BEST FOR THEIR PATHWAYS. SO ANOTHER TEASER OF SORTS. AND SO ON TO STAFFING. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AS THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS IN MAKING STAFFING DECISIONS THAT ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE STATUTES, AND PROTECTIVE OF STUDENT PROGRAMS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT IS OUR KEY THERE HAD SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE GOING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE WANT TO OPTIMIZE STAFFING WITHIN THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WHILE MAINTAINING QUALITY

054INSTRUCTION. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, ALWAYS UNDERLINING GOAL OF PROGRAM INTEGRITY. AND SO EACH POSITION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE THROUGH A VACANCY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LEADERS IN ENSURING, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? CAN WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT, HOW, WHAT, HOW WE CAN OFFER THIS AND STILL WORK WITHIN OUR BUDGET? BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR REALITY IS THAT OUR ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN. AND SO WHAT, HOW, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OFFERED AT LCPS AND STILL BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO HELP OUR BUDGET? SO, SO THAT CONTINUES. YOU'LL, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR MORE OF THAT. OUR SPRING STAFFING WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING IN, IN LATE FEBRUARY. SHOUT OUT TO OUR I/O DEPARTMENT THAT IS HELPING US WITH, WITH

055OUR NUMBERS, OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AN, AND TRAINING OUR PRINCIPLES AS THEY GET THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR ALLOTMENT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, SO. THAT CONTINUES. THAT CONTINUES. AND WITH THAT, JUST, WE HAD A LITTLE FUN, AND --I DON'T CARE FOR THAT PICTURE OF MYSELF. SO I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE. AND SO WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ? THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FIRST ONE, TAKE US BACK TO THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND, AND AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT THAT WORK AND REALLY LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT, THOSE NUMBERS. THE TEAM IS DOING AN AWESOME JOB WITH COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THERE AS WELL FOR THAT SUPPORT. I WAS AT THE NEW MEXICO NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER ORGANIZATION ABOUT A MONTH AGO OR SO, AND

056IN ALBUQUERQUE. HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATION OF HOW WE CAN INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT. THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S GREAT FOR US ALSO IS --PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 73 EDUCATORS AS WELL, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND SO. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE, AGAIN, AS MS. -- MENTIONED, THE, THE PRINCIPAL, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE ED FELLOWS, AGAIN, CONTINUING, GROWING THEIR OWN, AND ON THE OTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ALSO OUR PRINCIPAL PATHWAY. AND IN PARTNERING WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES HERE IN, IN THE STATE, OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR PARTNER, GREAT PARTNER HERE WITH AND MSU, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE, WHICH EVENTUALLY WOULD, WITH THE GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, ASPIRING

057PRINCIPAL ACADEMY HERE WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICT, AND THAT'S THE, THE ULTIMATE GOAL THERE. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. FIRST, HR, YOU GUYS LOOK FABULOUS AS CRAYONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. AND, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU DID HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO COMMEND MS. DONNELLY AND HER GROUP ON. THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER NUMBERS, THAT'S JUST FABULOUS. THE MORE YOU SUPPORT THAT, THE --WE ARE FOR SURE. AND GREAT PERCENTAGES IN TERMS OF STAFFING. WAS IT THREE YEARS AGO, NUTRITION WAS 40% OR 60% OR SOMETHING ? OH YES. COMING OUT, COMING OUT OF COVID. AND SO IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS. AND WE'RE FULLY UTILIZING KITCHENS AND ALL THE BUILDINGS NOW, AREN'T WE? WE'RE NOT

058SHIPPING FOOD. WELL, WE, I KNOW WE DO SHIP FOOD. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SATELLITES. YES, YEAH. RIGHT. BUT, BUT OF ALL THE --WE WERE DOING QUITE A BIT OF SATELLITE WORK NOT THAT LONG AGO. WITHIN THE, THE TEACHER VACANCIES, I CAN GUESS THAT, WHAT THE TRENDS ARE, BUT WOULD YOU TELL, TELL ME? DO WE HAVE SPECIAL ED VACANCIES, MOSTLY? DO WE HAVE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THE VACANCIES, AND I SAW THAT YOU WERE REACHING OUT FOR THE ONLINE THING, AND YOU SAID GOING DOWN SOUTH, I BELIEVE YOU SAID, WHICH I TOOK TO BE EL PASO, BUT I WASN'T SURE. YES, YES. >> SO WHERE ARE THOSE VACANCIES? SO OUT OF THE 1600 TEACHERS, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 34 VACANCIES. SIX OF THEM ARE STATE. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. AND SO THERE'S TWO

059BILINGUAL. NO SURPRISE THERE. ALSO A COUPLE OF MATH. THERE IS, THERE'S SPRINKLES. SO OUT OF THOSE, THE SPECIAL ED, I FEEL THAT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THINGS HAPPEN, AND THOSE, THAT, THAT'S JUST THE TREND THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT, THAT THEY MAY NOT FINISH OUT THE YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN ONGOING SEARCH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT POSITION IS CHALLENGING, AND EVEN AFTER WE HIRE A TEACHER BUT SOMETIMES THEY REALIZE IT'S NOT FOR THEM, AND THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF THAT, THE, THE SELF-CONTAINED, I LIKE TO CALL, OR THE LOW INCIDENCE SOMETIMES HAS A HIGH TURNOVER. AND SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A REVOLVING DOOR SOMETIMES, WHICH IS WHY WE EMPHASIZE THAT TRAINING. AND, AND YOU HEARD ME MENTION THAT SPECIAL ED RECORD HIGHS IS

060THAT THEY, THEY WANT TO SUPPORT FROM, FROM DAY ONE. AND SO SIX VACANCIES. WE HAD FOUR THAT, THAT, THAT RETIRED. SO THAT'S JUST THE TREND THAT WE SEE THAT WE KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR HIGHEST TURNOVERS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT INFO ON THE, THE, THAT YOU SAID IS FORTHCOMING IN A MONTH. YES. WE'LL WRING THAT TO YOU -- YES. IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, TO DO THAT TRANSITION FROM, INTO A SCHOOL WHERE IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE SINK OR SWIM SO THE MORE SUPPORT WE GIVE TO NEW TEACHERS AND HELP, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE THERE THIS MAY BE A MR. LOU QUESTION, BUT ARE THERE SOME, ARE THERE SOME POSITIONS WHERE WE JUST KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIGHER? POTENTIALLY SLPS OR, OR --ARE, ARE

061THERE ANY PERENNIAL VACANCIES BUILT INTO OUR BUDGET THAT JUST EXIST ACROSS THE WHOLE YEAR WHERE WE'RE HOLDING A SALARY THERE? THIS IS A MR. LOU QUESTION. WHERE, WHERE WE GOT A SALARY DESIGNATED, BUT WE NEVER CAN GET THAT POSITION FILLED. I MEAN, I SEE YOU'RE 97%, I THINK, ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT I WONDER, DO WE HAVE ANY PERENNIAL VACANCIES THAT JUST CAN'T BE FILLED? AM I ASKING THE RIGHT PERSON? IS THIS A MR. REESE QUESTION? I THINK I CAN ANSWER. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD. SO WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT HARD TO FILL POSITIONS, SO EACH OF THOSE 1600 , THE ALLOTMENT IS THERE. AND WHETHER THEY'RE FILLED OR NOT. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A SAVINGS OF SORTS. WHEN ALEX AND I TALK MONEY, WHERE HE SAYS, WELL, IN THE PAST, I HAD A, I HAD THAT

062SAVINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE VACANT. NOW, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE FOR ME, THAT WE HAVE FILLED THOSE POSITIONS, BUT AS FAR AS KENT FILLING THEM, THAT'S, YOU MENTIONED THE SPED. YOU MENTIONED -- SPEECH LANGUAGE. SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. WE ALWAYS NEED THOSE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THEM SOMETIMES. SO THE ALLOTMENT IS THERE. THE BUDGET IS ALLOCATED. WHEN AND IF WE WERE TO FIND THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT WE KNOW IS QUALIFIED, THE MONEY IS THERE. IT'S ALLOTTED. AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF I'M ANSWERING WHAT YOU'RE ASKING -- YOU ARE, BUT WHAT I NEED TO SEE IS DATA. WHEN YOU'RE FORTHCOMING IN A MONTH, OF, OF HOW MANY POSITIONS DO WE HAVE THAT WE, WE END UP KEEPING MONEY IN ADVANCE FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT ULTIMATELY JUST TURNS OVER YEAR AFTER YEAR. I'M VERY HAPPY

063TO SEE THE INCREASED NUMBERS, THE INCREASED PERCENTAGE, BUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA TOO. THE PRESIDENT CORT AND MEMBER WOFFORD, IF I MAY, JUST, I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE DO REGULAR STAFFING NEEDS. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES IN THE PAST, WE HAD A MULTIPLE SET OF VACANCIES THAT WE NEVER FILLED, AND YET THEY WERE HOLDING UP THAT MONEY. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE -- SO WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU NEED? AND IF WE DON'T FEEL THAT WE NEED THOSE, THEN WE WOULD CLOSE THEM. RIGHT NOW, WE, WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT EACH DEPARTMENT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN EXAMPLE, BUT YOU JUST WALKED US THROUGH, WITH NUTRITION SERVICES, WHICH HELPS WHY THIS FILL RATE IS HIGHER NOW, BECAUSE THERE

064WERE SOME VACANCIES THERE THAT WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T NEED TO FILL. AND SO GOING BACK TO THE ANCILLARY OF THE RELATED SERVICES, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEECH THERAPIST POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN THERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE OPEN IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FOUND THEM. AND SO THAT'S WHEN I TALK ABOUT GOING DOWN TO YOUTUBE, BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST GRADUATED, SOME OF THEM, OR GOING TO YOU AND THEM, OR WHEREVER THAT MAY BE. THOSE ARE JUST HARD PEOPLE TO FIND. THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE MARKETABLE, THEY, THEY CAN GO, THEY CAN PICK WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE, AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO CLOSE THOSE FTES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO FIND THOSE PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM. AND SO WE DON'T CLOSE THOSE. SO WE'VE DONE THAT WITH

065EACH DEPARTMENT AT EACH CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THOSE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED. AND SO WE DO HOLD ONTO THEM. DOES THAT HELP? IT DOES, SOME, YES, YES, THANK YOU. AND A COUPLE MORE THINGS. THE ED FELLOWS, I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT MONEY --HAS NOT BEEN RESTORED, I HOPE? ONGOING. RESIDENT CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD -- MY APOLOGIES. MADAME CORT, MEMBER WOFFORD, YES. IT CONTINUES, AND EMPEROR MEADOW IS OUR POINT OF CONTACT THERE AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH HER, AND WE DON'T SEE ANY, ANYTHING INSIDE THAT WOULD INDICATE OTHERWISE. OKAY. AND THEN, FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK YOUR ENTIRE HR TEAM VERY MUCH. I KNOW WE'RE IN A POSITION OF STAGNANT OR DROP IN ENROLLMENT, WHICH MEANS PULLING IN WITH FTES AND, AND MAKING SURE WE ARE, I BELIEVE

066THE TERM IS RIGHT STAFFING. STAFFING AS WELL AS WE CAN. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING DURING, DURING, YOU KNOW, EACH SUMMER WHEN WE REALIGN, SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU BET. MS. DONNELLY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO KIND OF , I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, LAY THE BRIDGE, I GUESS, OR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, BUT THE ONE THING I THINK THAT I WAS, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO IS THIS EMPLOYMENT UPDATES THAT WE USE TO GET. AND IT WAS, LIKE, ON A MONTHLY --AND SO I'M, WHEN YOU WERE TELLING MR. WOFFORD THAT A MEMO'S COMING UP NEXT MONTH , IS THAT PART OF THAT, OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE

067SURE THAT --I'M NOT SURE WHEN'S THE LAST TIME WE WERE GETTING THOSE MONTHLY UPDATES, OR IF WE WERE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE IT, BUT IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HELPFUL TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, TO KIND OF JUST SEE FOR OURSELVES, FROM MONTH-TO-MONTH, -- CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED LIST OF EVERYBODY WHO RESIGNED, RETIRED. AND THEN TO ALSO ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION TO BE PUT INTO, LIKE, GRAPHS, RIGHT? TRENDED, AND THEN COMPARING THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR. AT A MINIMUM, TWO OR THREE YEARS AND I JUST, I WAS REALLY, I THINK, FOR ME, IT'S, IT'S BITE SIZED, OF KIND OF, LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? SO. SO, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER TENORIO, I ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMO IN DRAFT NOW TO GET YOU AS SOON AS WE WRAP UP OUR DECEMBER HIRING REPORT THAT I'LL GIVE

068TO YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK ON THAT. BECAUSE I DID GET FEEDBACK FROM MR. SILVER AND SUPERINTENDENT REESE THAT ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BACK IN PLACE, AND SO I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU IN A MEMO WITH A NOVEMBER-DECEMBER HIRE DATE, AND IT WILL BREAK DOWN WHAT OUR MONTH FOR THE CLASSIFIED LOOK LIKE, AS WELL AS A CERTIFIED, AND I'LL HAVE THAT TO YOU WITH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IN THE MEMO I WAS REFERRING TO WAS MORE SPECIFIC TO THE SUPPORT WE GIVE TO NEW TEACHERS, BUT MOVING FORWARD , WE'D LIKE TO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT IN OUR PACKET FOR REGULAR SESSION, AND I, I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'D LIKE SOME --REPRESENTATION OF SORTS. WELL, I

069WASN'T EXPECTING MORE THAN QUARTERLY. LIKE, AS FAR AS IF YOU CONSOLIDATE THE MONTHS OF, LIKE, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, OR HOWEVER YOU ALL WANTED TO BREAK IT DOWN, I, WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE MONTH TO THE OTHER MONTH, RIGHT? BUT I JUST, I HEARD IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERNALLY STILL IN EXISTENCE, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GAIN ACCESS TO. IT IS, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH MR. SILVER ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND GETTING THAT TO YOU, BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING READY TO GIVE YOU FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF, OF THE ACTUAL HIGHER REPORTS. OKAY. >> OKAY. AND THE RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS? YES. THANK YOU. >> SUPERINTENDENT, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? FOLLOW-UP -- BUT OF COURSE, OF COURSE. THANK YOU, MEMBER TENORIO, FOR

070ASKING FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE A 90% FILL RATE IN NUTRITION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF TURNOVER, WHICH CAN TELL US SOME INSIGHTS INTO , WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH COMPENSATION, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH BENEFITS, HOW CAN WE MAKE IT A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE? SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. >> NO, NO, NOT AT ALL. SUPERINTENDENT? >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT. AND MR. WOFFORD, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE HARD TO FILL. TO SOME OF THE OTHER EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, WE'RE ALSO COLLABORATING WITH NMSU, AS WELL AS THE PED, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME RESIDENCY TYPE PROGRAMS SPECIFIC TO SPED BECAUSE THAT'S A HARD TO FILL THOSE TYPE OF POSITIONS. THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS THAT,

071THAT'S A CHALLENGE IS ESPECIALLY AROUND THE SPED REALM, WHEN WE CAN'T FIND, LIKE, SOME OF OUR , YOU KNOW, SPEECH THERAPISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WELL, WE HAVE THE CONTRACT OUT, THEN IT BECOMES A HUGE, MORE OF A GREATER COST FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT, THOSE SERVICES. SO TO, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT NOT FILLING, OR THOSE POSITIONS THAT DON'T GET FILLED, MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY AROUND SPED, WE DO CONTRACT OUT, WHICH THEN, AGAIN, THAT CHALLENGE OF THE BUDGETING PIECE OF THAT AND THE COST. SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT UP AS WELL. BUT DEFINITELY THE NMSU AND THE PED PARTNERSHIP, THE COMEDY, THE GOAL THERE IS THAT PED WOULD FUND THAT. AND SO WE HAVE SOME GREAT COLLABORATION AROUND THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND MR. FRANK, I DON'T SEE

072YOU ON THE SCREEN, BUT I JUST WONDERED IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T MEAN TO IGNORE YOU. YOU'RE MUTED, MR. FRANK. OH, YES, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR, FOR RECOGNIZING ME. AND, AND, AND ALSO, MS. DONNELLY, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. INFORMATIVE, AND, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IN THE, IN THE PERCENTAGE CHART, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A SPECIALIST WAS. I WAS ALWAYS JUST WONDERING WHAT DOES THAT POSITION ENTAIL? SO, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBER FRANK, YES, THESE ARE BOTH AT THE CAMPUS AND, AND THE TLC. SO THESE ARE THE SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WITHIN CONTENT AT THE TLC AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST SERVES ALMOST LIKE AN INTERVENTIONIST, WHERE THEY'LL WORK WITH, WITH SMALL GROUPS, THEY WILL WORK WITH THE TEACHERS IN, IN, IN THE SUPPORT THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE

073A CLASSROOM OF THEIR OWN, BUT THEY, THEY HELP THE TEACHERS DEAL WITH INTERVENTIONS. AND SO MANY OF THESE POSITIONS ARE PAID BY THE CAMPUS FUNDS THAT THEY CHOOSE TO BRING WITH THEIR TITLE MONEY. AT THE TLC, THESE ARE CONTENT SPECIALISTS THAT, THAT SUPPORT THE COMEDY FEEDER PATTERNS, SO IT'S A MIX OF BOTH CAMPUS AND CENTRAL OFFICES SUPPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH. HOW MANY OF THE, HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE THERE IN THAT CATEGORY? MEMBER FRANK, THERE ARE 38. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT ON THE CHART, OR MAYBE I FORGOT -- NO, SIR, I JUST MENTIONED IT. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ACTUALLY, YES. I WAS A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS ABOUT, HOW DO YOU GUYS ENSURE THAT THE PERSON IS FULFILLING THE ROLES OF THEIR POSITION AFTER THEY

074RECEIVE THE POSITION? PRESIDENT CORT, THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION. SO EACH SUPERVISOR RECEIVES THE JOB DESCRIPTION , AND THEY SIT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S WHERE THE MENTOR SHIP COMES IN. AND THE SUPERVISOR WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE, MONITORING THE ACCOUNTABILITY CONVERSATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE, AND SO WHILE HR DOES THE ON BOARDING AND, AND WRAPS THEM UP INTO PRETTY PACKAGE AND GIVES THEM EVERYTHING, IT'S THE, IT'S THE SUPERVISOR THAT TAKES IT FROM THERE, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH, WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON OFFERING THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, THE TRAINING THAT MAY, THAT, THAT MAY BE NECESSARY. YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE THE TEACHERS AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING THAT. WE DO THAT WITH, WITH ALL OF OUR POSITIONS AT THE PPD THEY HAVE THAT APPRENTICESHIP,

075SO THEY ALL WORK UNDER SOMEONE THAT GUIDES THEM. AND SO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IS DEFINITELY HUGE, BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED, AND THEN THE EXPECTATIONS ARE GIVEN TO THEM, AND THEN THAT JOB DESCRIPTION IS, WOULD BE THE, THE FRAMEWORK TO ASSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN LINE WITH WHAT, WHAT THAT JOB ENTAILS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. SURE. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIPS AT THE PHYSICAL PLANT, HOW MANY OF THOSE APPRENTICES DO WE RETAIN? DO YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? AND IF YOU DON'T, I, BECAUSE I, I MEANT TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION EARLIER SO I WOULDN'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. THAT'S OKAY. SO, PRESIDENT CORT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE

076MAJORITY OF THEM, WHEN THEY ARE HIRED, WITHIN THE YEAR, MOST OF THEM DO COME FORWARD AND, AND STEVE'S BEHIND ME IF HE WANTS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT. IT IS DEFINITELY AN INCENTIVE FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. I, I HAVE ONE GROUNDSKEEPER THAT JUST, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OUR RESIGNATIONS AND, AND WHAT WOULD COME AT THIS POINT THAT I CAN'T THINK OF ANY THAT HAVE RECENTLY RESIGNED. AND SO THAT MAY SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT, THAT IS WORKING WITH THE RETENTION. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, JUST THINKING OF WHAT THOSE RESIGNATIONS THAT I MONITOR, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF TURNOVER FROM THAT, AND SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOMETIMES WE DO LOSE SOME ONCE THEY HAVE THEIR LICENSE, AND THAT'S

077WHERE THE COMPENSATION COMES IN, THAT THE, THE REALITY IS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR MAY PAY MORE. BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO REMIND THEM OF WHAT A GREAT PLACE WE ARE WITH OUR SCHEDULE AND WITH OUR, WITH OUR COMPENSATION AND OUR INSURANCE. SO THE APPRENTICESHIP, I'D LIKE TO SAY, IS PROBABLY OUR BEST RETENTION IN TRAINING THEM AND WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THEM. THANK YOU. AND MR. RODRIGUEZ IS BACK IN THE BACK NODDING HIS HEAD YES, SO I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. I FELT DIVIDE. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. MS. DONNELLY, THANK YOU. THAT WAS A VERY COMPETENT REPORT, BUT THE ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO HEAR FROM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. AND THANK YOU TO THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR BEING HERE. YOU ALL ARE AMAZING.

078THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR --YAY! OUR TECHNOLOGY DIVISION UPDATE WITH BRIAN PETERSON, CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY , DAVID MARVEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION OPERATIONS, AND MATT DAWKINS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. OH, LOOK AT YOU! THAT'S -- YES, GO AHEAD AND FINISH. THREE SUPERSTARS. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS, STUDENT ADVISER SORAYA, MR. REESE, IT'S A DELIGHT TO SIT WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I'M FLYING BY AMAZING EXECUTIVES TO MY LEFT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID MARVEL TO MY RIGHT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MATT DAWKINS, AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THE STATE OF THE TECH DIVISION, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN, IN OUR, IN OUR LINE OF SIGHT. THE DIVISION, THE TECH DIVISION IS A UNIQUE DIVISION IN THAT THE DIVISION

079SUPPORTS OVER 30,000 USERS AND STUDENTS. IT SUPPORTS ROUGHLY 30,000 DEVICES ACROSS THE DISTRICT , SOME GOOD, SOME NOT SO GOOD, RIGHT, SORAYA? WE'LL GET TO THAT SHORTLY. WE SUPPORT ABOUT 1800 WIRELESS ACCESS POINT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, MILES AND MILES OF CABLE, A DATA CENTER THAT RUNS 24/7, 365, AND, AND AN INFORMATION OPERATION TEAM THAT IS TASKED WITH SUPPORTING ERP PRO, OUR FINANCE SYSTEM. ALSO SYNERGY, CANVAS, AND THE SYSTEMS THAT RUN ON THE HARDWARE. SO I.T. SUPPORTS THE HARDWARE, I/O SUPPORTS THE SOFTWARE, AND OUR JOB IS REALLY TO KEEP THE DISTRICT RUNNING. KEEP ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES RUNNING ON A DAILY BASIS, WEEK IN, WEEK OUT, WITHOUT FAIL. THIS TEAM SUPPORTS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. FOR EXAMPLE, EAST BOARDS, TELL THE STORY, ALL THE STREAMED EVENTS. THE, THE DOOR CARDS,

080THE KEY CARDS, AND CONSTRUCTION CONSULTATION. IT IS A UNIQUE DIVISION THAT CUT ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE DISTRICT. WE ARE COMPRISED OF ROUGHLY 43 STAFF MEMBER. MOST OF THOSE EXIST IN THE FIELD HELPING THE END-USER SUPPORT. SO THE STUDENTS, THE STAFF THAT YOU HELP ON SITE WE HAD STAFF IN THOSE BUILDINGS TO HELP THEM ON A REGULARLY OCCURRING BASIS. OF COURSE, WE HAVE A SERVICE DESK WHERE FOLKS CAN COME IN AS WELL. SO THAT IS THE ROLE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS UNIQUE AND DIVERSE TEAM. ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK, MADAME CORT, YOU ASKED OF ME PREVIOUSLY WAS TO ENCAPSULATE, AS I'D BEEN ON BOARD WITH LCPS FOR ABOUT THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, THE, THE SITE VISITS. I REALIZED, WHEN COMING BACK TO LCPS, THAT IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY LEAVE THE TEAM, I NEEDED

081TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHAT'S WORKING IN SCHOOLS, WHERE CAN WE HELP, WHERE CAN OUR TEAM LEANED IN, AND WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER SUPPORT THE END-USER? SO FROM SEPTEMBER 24th TO NOVEMBER 18th, I VISITED EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AS MANY STAFF AND PRINCIPALS AS POSSIBLE. MANY WERE UNAVAILABLE WITH THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING, BUT I GOT TO HEAR WHAT'S WORKING, AND IT GOT, IT OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND, EFFECTIVELY, WHERE THEY'D LIKE US TO GO. HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM? WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND THEIR THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES? THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE BROADCAST STUDIOS. BROADCAST STUDIOS HAPPEN IN ALMOST ALL -- WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN SCHOOLS ARE STILL RAMPING UP

082BASED ON STAFFING OR CONSTRUCTION, SO SOME ARE STILL IN FLUX, BUT THE EXCITING PART HERE IS STUDENTS ARE LITERALLY ABLE TO FIND THEIR VOICE. THEY ARE LITERALLY ABLE TO, WITH A MICROPHONE OR WITH A CAMERA, THEY CAN CAPTURE TODAY'S NEWS WITH TALENTED ANCHORS AND ON THE SPOT REPORTERS TO REALLY MAKE THE LEARNING REAL, AND THEN THEY GET TO TAKE ALL OF THAT EXCITING LEARNING AND LEVERAGE THAT IN THE TELL THE STORY EVENT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR ON APRIL 29th AND 30th. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. THE EXCITING THING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, AS WELL, BUT USING INDUSTRY STANDARD EQUIPMENT. SO THE STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT, SUPPORTED, AND THEY ARE USING REAL WORLD EQUIPMENT AND THEN THEY CAN LEVERAGE THAT EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY GO, PERHAPS, TO THE

083FIELD OF DREAMS, AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT NOT ONLY DREAMS HAPPEN ON THE FIELD, SOMETIMES THEY HAPPEN IN THE PRESS BOX. AND SOMETIMES THEY HAPPEN BEHIND THE CAMERA. BROADCAST STUDIOS ARE AN ABSOLUTE JOY, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THEM, YOU'VE BEEN IN THEIR PRESENCE, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE QUITE SPECIAL TO BE A PART OF. IN ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE SEE TECH RICH SPECIALS. WE SEE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED WITH UNIQUE AND SPECIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, DRIVEN BY THOSE TECH TEACHERS. THEY ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DO BLOCK-BASED CODING. I HAPPENED TO SPEND SOME TIME RECENTLY IN MS. GREEN'S CLASS AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY COOPERATIVELY, TO NOT ONLY CODE, BUT TO CREATE BOTS AND SCENES AND STORIES WITH L.E.D.S AND WITH, WITH REAL-LIFE CODING OPPORTUNITIES. IT

084WAS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. AND THE TEACHERS RECOGNIZED THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS, IT'S A RESOURCE, IT'S NOT THE SOURCE. AND SO THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DIFFERENTIATE WITH NOT ONLY THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT OTHER ANALOG OPPORTUNITIES LIKE PAPER AND CRAYONS. BUT, ULTIMATELY, IN THESE SPACES, THEY GET TO LEAN IN, THEY GET TO CREATE 3-D PRINTED OBJECTS, THEY GET TO CREATE CODE, THEY GET TO CREATE BOTS. AND REALLY, THIS IS GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THEIR UNIQUE, PERHAPS UNTAPPED AND UNREALIZED PASSION. THIS IS A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN GO AND BE FREE WITH GUIDANCE AND GUARDRAILS TO DO SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL. IN THESE SPACES, WE GET TO SEE THAT THE TEACHERS, THROUGH THEIR PLCS, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE, THE STUDENTS ARE AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND SPACES IN THEIR LEARNING, SO THEY GET

085TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S AGE-APPROPRIATE, WHAT IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE DEVICE BASED ON THE STUDENT'S AGE, BUT HELPING THEM FIND THEIR DELIGHTS AND PASSIONS. AND STUDENTS ARE HAVING, IN CERTAIN CASES, THE TIMES OF THEIR LIVES WHEN THEY GET TO GO INTO THOSE TECH SPECIALS. AND THEN WHEN THEY MOVE INTO SECONDARY, THEY'RE ABLE TO SPECIALIZE, PERHAPS WITH MORE CODING, MORE COMPUTER SCIENCE, OR, PERHAPS, MORE CREATIVE MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS A UNIQUE AND GLORIOUS SPACE. IT TRULY IS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY HAVE JUMPED OUT AT EVERY SINGLE VISIT THAT I HAD, AT EVERY SITE, WAS THE NEED FOR THE TECHNOLOGY REFRESH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON SINCE I CAME ON BOARD, AND I KNOW THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MATT DAWKINS WILL SPEAK TO THAT IN GREATER DETAIL SHORTLY.

086BUT WE HEARD THAT THE DEVICES ARE UNDERPOWERED. THEY ARE UNDERPERFORMING, AND, IN SOME CASES, UNDERSIZED. WE HAVE REALLY DOUBLE CLICKED ON THAT, WE'VE HEARD IT, WE UNDERSTAND IT, AND WE'RE WORKING DELIBERATELY AND DILIGENTLY TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, AND THAT'LL BE SPOKEN ABOUT HERE SHORTLY. AND I THINK OF ALL OF THE VISITS THAT I HAD, FROM SEPTEMBER 24th TO NOVEMBER 18th, THE ONE COMMENT THAT STRUCK ME THE MOST WAS A STUDENT AT ARROWHEAD. AND WE WERE SITTING IN THE LARGE ROOM , AND THE YOUNG LADY RAISED HER HAND AND SAID, MR. PETERSON, WHEN IS THIS GOING TO GET BETTER? AND MY RESPONSE WAS, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. I GOT YOU, I HEAR YOU, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST. SO WE KNOW THE TECH REFRESH IS TOP OF MIND, NOT ONLY FOR OUR TEAMS, BUT CERTAINLY FOR THE

087STAFF AND STUDENTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY? WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED TO HANDED OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, DAVE MARK. EVENING, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I JOINED LCPS IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, FROM 26 YEARS OR SO OF CORPORATE TECH. I'VE BEEN A DBA, AN AWS ENGINEER, HELP DESK TRAINING ENGINEERING TEAMS, LEADING ENGINEERING TEAMS, TESTING, BUILDING PIPELINES, AUTOMATION . I SPENT A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WORKING FOR A COUPLE OF A.I. COMPANIES, HELPING THEM TRAIN A.I. MODELS, AND NOW I'M HERE AT LCPS HELPING TRAIN UP THE I/O DEPARTMENT. WE ARE COMPRISED OF THREE TEAMS IN INFORMATION OPERATIONS. WE HAVE THE DATA TEAM, LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPORTS, THE DASHBOARDS, THE DATA REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE. WE HAVE THE STUDENT INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING SYNERGY AND THE MANY APPS THAT RUN

088THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL THE ASSORTED APPLICATIONS THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE USING THAT WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH SYNERGY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE STUDENT RECORDS TEAM, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE, THE STUDENT RECORDS THEMSELVES AND ASSISTING STAFF, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS WITH GETTING THEIR STUDENT RECORDS OUT TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, MANAGING THOSE REQUESTS, AND ASSISTING THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS THAT COME IN FOR THOSE. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN APRIL, WE'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF PROJECTS COMPLETE, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SQL SERVER'S. THE SQL SERVER'S ARE WHERE WE STORE ALL THE DATA FOR OUR REPORTS, TESTING DATA STORES, OTHER DATA THAT WE GATHER THROUGH ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE USE, WE CAN REPORT ON. HAVING TOO MANY OF THEM IN MEANS THAT WE HAVE MORE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE

089TO PERFORM, MORE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAINTAIN THOSE SERVERS. SO WE DROPPED DOWN TO TWO SERVERS . NOW THAT WE HAVE SYNERGY OFF-SITE, AS WELL AS OUR ERP SOFTWARE IS IN THE CLOUD, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE AS MANY DATABASES, SO WE'VE SIMPLIFIED OUR ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SERVICE. WE'VE HAD LIMITED AND WEEKLY WEBSITE STAFF DIRECTORY SYNC. THIS ALLOWS US TO PUSH STAFF DIRECTORY INFORMATION EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBERS UP TO THE WEBSITE ON A WEEKLY BASIS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO GATHER ALL THAT DATA AND MANUALLY UPDATE IT. SO IF SOMEBODY IS HIRED AND THEIR INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE IN THE ERP SYSTEM, THEIR INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE WITHIN THE WEEK. WE'VE DONE, AND THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE MOST CUP LOCATED

090ONE, A SCHOOL ERP PRO MIRROR REPLACEMENT. SCHOOL ERP PRO IS OUR ERP SOFTWARE. IT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL DATA IS STORED, BUDGETING, HR DATA, THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS REALLY THE LARGEST CHUNK OF DATA THAT IS OUTSIDE OF SYNERGY THAT WE REPORT ON, YOU KNOW, IN BUDGET REPORTS, FINANCE REPORTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IN ORDER TO REPORT ON THOSE AND BE ABLE TO REPORT ON THOSE QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY, WE NEEDED A SOURCE OF DATA TO PULL FROM. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE TYLER WORK WITH US TO GET THAT COPY OF THAT DATABASE PULLED OUT. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY, TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT. BUT WE, WE'VE GOTTEN IT DONE, AND WE'VE SEEN REPORTS ARE REFRESHED EASIER. WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE REPORTS OUT FASTER. REPORT LOAD TIMES ARE LOWER, SO

091NOW WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THE SAME THING ACROSS DASHBOARDS SO THAT THEY CAN -- QUICKER AS WELL. PARENTSQUARE IMPLEMENTATION, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW WHAT PARENTSQUARE IS, BUT AS IT IS NOW THE DEFAULT COMMUNICATION FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS AND PARENTS , I WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THIS ONE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT IS THE COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING ACROSS LCPS. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET THAT WORD OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE, WORKING WITH STAFF AND, AND TEACHERS SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THAT APP, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT USING APPS THAT ARE LESS SAFE FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ON. WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS TO GET ACCESS TO DATA, IMAGES, THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE SEEING. IN

092ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY ON PARENTSQUARE AND OFF OF SOME OF THESE OTHER APPS THAT ARE KIND OF OPEN TO THE LIVE WORLD. IN ADDITION, WE'VE IMPLEMENT IT PARENTSQUARE ABSENCE NO INTEGRATION. THIS ALLOWS PARENTS TO SUBMIT ABSENCE NOTES FOR THEIR STUDENTS ELECTRONICALLY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN TO SCHOOL TO DROP A NOTE OFF, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THEIR KID CARRY A NOTE IN. MAKES SURE THAT WE GET THAT DATA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT HOLDING UP ANY REPORTS. DISCIPLINE REPORTING IMPROVEMENTS. AND THIS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER LARGE ONE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PED. WE FOUND THAT WE'RE NOT REPORTING DISCIPLINE THE WAY THAT THEY EXPECT IT TO BE REPORTED. TO FIX THAT, WE'VE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING FROM US AND REDESIGNED THE DISCIPLINE REPORTING

093PROCESS TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT PED IS EXPECTING TO SEE, AND THEN MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO ENTER THOSE REPORTS AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW, WHAT THEY'RE ENTERING GETS PUSHED UP TO PED. COMING UP, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF LARGE PROJECTS. THE GRADUATION TASK FORCE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST, IN CONJUNCTION WITH INSTRUCTION. WE'RE HELPING THEM GATHER DATA TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT ARE AT RISK OF NOT GRADUATING. THIS FIRST -- BUT WE'RE TAKING A IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SENIORS, A LITTLE BIT OF JUNIORS, BUT WE, WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS THIS YEAR ON SENIORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE PRINCIPLES AND THE TEACHERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THIS WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE STUDENTS

094ARE FALLING SHORT OF GRADUATING. WHERE ARE THEY MISSING CREDITS? WHY ARE THEY MISSING CREDITS? AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO START PUSHING THAT BACK TO THE EARLIER GRADES SO THAT WHEN A STUDENT ENTERS EIGHTH OR NINTH GRADE, WE CAN GO, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE. WE KNOW THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO GRADUATE. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THAT? ANDY, THE FIRST TIME THEY MISS A CREDIT OR THEY DON'T GET CREDITS THAT THEY WERE EXPECTED TO, WE CAN JUMP ON THAT AND GO, HEY, THE STUDENT IS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE IF WE DO NOT GET THIS FIXED, SO WE NEED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS DATA AND THE STAFF SUPPORT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. DATA QUALITY

095IS HOW WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE SENDING OUT TO PED IS PROPER AND CORRECT . THIS IS A VERY LARGE SORTING PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE . IT, IT NEEDS SOME PROCESS REFRESH DONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND WE'RE GOING TO SIMPLY BUY THE PROCESS ENTERING THE REST OF THE I/O DEPARTMENT UP TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE THINGS SO THAT AS WE COME ACROSS ISSUES WITH DATA QUALITY, WE CAN RESOLVE THEM QUICKLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE REPORTS THAT ARE GOING OUT TO PED THAT ARE NOT PROPER, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND CORRECT THEM AFTER THEY'VE GONE OUT TO PED. TIME SHEET PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I THINK IS A LARGE PAIN POINT FOR, FOR FINANCE AND

096PAYROLL. WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE ERRORS THAT PAYROLL HAS TO RESOLVE. THIS ALSO WORKING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESSING, THE APPROVAL OF THOSE TIME SHEETS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR, THEIR EHA AND THEIR EPR FUNDS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE GETTING THEM BASED ON THE HOURS FOR THAT WORK. HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS ON THAT REGARD. WE WERE INVOLVING A HANDFUL OF FOLKS IN FINANCE AND PAYROLL TO DO THAT. WE WERE CONSULTING WITH THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN MEET THEM. WE'RE DOING SOME ONLINE REGISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE GOTTEN TO DECEMBER OF 25-26, AND WE STILL HAVE 1100 STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH ONLINE REGISTRATION. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO CONTACT THE PARENTS. WE MAY NOT HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT

097THE STUDENTS. WE'RE TWEAKING THIS ONLINE REGISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT EASIER FOR PARENTS TO FOLLOW. WE'RE TRAINING REGISTRARS SO THAT THEY BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO HELP PARENTS THAT COME IN THAT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE PROCESS. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MOST OF THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, RECOGNIZING EARLY ON BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARENTS THAT WERE COMING IN KIND OF, WHERE, WHERE WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT PROCESS. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, FTE VERSUS MEMBERSHIP ANALYSIS. MS. DONNELLY SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER. WHOOPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPORTING A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE WITH FINANCE AND HR BY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR MEMBERSHIP IS. AND BASED ON THAT MEMBERSHIP, WHAT DO WE NEED TO STAFF TO? ARE WE MISSING SPED TEACHERS? ARE WE MISSING BILINGUAL

098TEACHERS? ARE WE MISSING TEACHING AIDS? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT DO WE HAVE TOO MANY OF? YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE IN THIS AND HELP PAYROLL AND HR AND FINANCE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO STAFF FOR BASED ON WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UPCOMING MEMBERSHIP FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IS. WE'VE ALREADY SHARED SOME DATA WITH THEM, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROCESS THAT I THINK IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS TO GET US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE. AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO BRIAN TO HAND IT OFF FROM THERE. GOOD EVENING, MADAME PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SORAYA, AND MR. RUIZ. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. AND I'M PLEASED TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT INFORMATION

099TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE COMPRISED OF TWO TEAMS. THE SMALLER TEAM BEING ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE CALL BEHIND THE WALL INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S ALL STRUCTURED CABLING, ETHERNET LINES, INTERCOM SYSTEMS, SERVERS, THE DATA CENTERS, ALL OF THE SORT OF TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING , LIFE SAFETY. I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, IF IT'S, IF IT'S ELECTRONIC, THEY'RE SORT OF RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE IT WORKS. THAT TEAM IS CURRENTLY EIGHT PEOPLE, AND THEY HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY KEEPING TRACK OF THE NETWORK AND ALL OF OUR SERVERS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE THAT RUN. AND THEN WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR SERVICE DESK, AND OUR FIELD TECHNICIANS. THE SERVICE DESK IS HERE. THEY PROVIDE REMOTE SUPPORT SORT OF AS AN ON-DEMAND, SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE A TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE HAVING

100TROUBLE LOGGING INTO SOMETHING. YOU CAN CALL THEM, THEY CAN HELP YOU ON THE SPOT, THEY CAN REMOTE INTO YOUR COMPUTER, WALK YOU THROUGH THINGS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FIELD TECHNICIANS THAT ARE ON-SITE IN SCHOOLS THERE HELPING WITH THE COMPUTERS, CLEANING THEM UP, RESETTING THEM, DOING THE PHYSICAL, HANDS-ON SORT OF REPAIRS, AND WHATEVER SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS NEED, SORT OF IN A MORE DIRECT WAY. AND WE HAVE 18 FIELD TECHNICIANS, CURRENTLY. ON OUR PROJECTS LIST, WE HAVE COMPLETED A FEW PROJECTS SINCE I LAST SPOKE WITH YOU, ONE OF THEM BEING OUR TRANSITION FROM VMWARE TO OPEN SHIFT. I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW WHAT ANY OF THOSE WORDS MEAN, BUT, SO VMWARE IS WHAT WE USED TO SORT OF VIRTUALIZED OUR SERVER ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? SO INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE SERVER ON A SINGLE PIECE OF

101HARDWARE, WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE A SORT OF MORE POWERFUL PIECE OF HARDWARE AND RUN 50, 70 SERVERS ON IT USING THIS, THIS VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE. COUPLE YEARS AGO, VMWARE WAS ACQUIRED BY A COMPANY CALLED.COM, WHICH MADE SOME DRASTIC CHANGES IN THEIR BUSINESS MODEL, AND WE WERE INFORMED LAST YEAR THAT THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T GOING TO RENEW OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE WE WERE TOO SMALL. SO WE IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED TO A NEWER PLATFORM CALLED OPEN SHIFT. IT IS A RED HAT PRODUCT. MY TEAM IS IN LOVE WITH IT . IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MANAGE. OF COURSE THERE'S BEEN SOME HICCUPS IN THE TRANSITION, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE'RE STILL LEARNING SOME, SOME THINGS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S AVAILABLE TO US, AND IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN VMWARE, AND IT IS MORE RIGHT SIZED FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT

102. WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION, WHICH I THINK I'VE SPOKEN ON AT LENGTH MANY TIMES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NEEDED AND SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO WE'VE INSTALLED 926 ACCESS POINTS ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS WITH 50 NETWORK SWITCHES TO SORT OF SUPPORT THEM WITH THE DISTRIBUTION THAT OFFER HIGHER POWER, HIGHER BANDWIDTH. SO NOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE SORT OF RIGHT SIZED PIPELINES FOR NETWORK BANDWIDTH, THERE'S NO BOTTLENECKS BETWEEN THE MAIN DATA CENTER AND THE NETWORK, WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, OR THE NETWORK POINTS THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE USING SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET SORT OF THAT CLEAN TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED 218 BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS IN ALL OF THE DATA ROOMS ACROSS THE SCHOOLS SO THAT THOSE INTERMITTENT POWER BLIPS THAT WE GET SO OFTEN IN LAS

103CRUCES DON'T BRING THE NETWORK DOWN . PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAD THOSE LITTLE POWER BLIPS, YOU KNOW, THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT WOULD HAVE TO REBOOT, AND IT CAN TAKE UP TO 15, 20 MINUTES WHERE THE SCHOOL HAS NO PHONES, NO INTERNET. IT'S KIND OF A MESS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET FUNDING FOR THOSE BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS. THEY'LL KEEP THE SCHOOLS UP FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES, SOMETIMES 30 MINUTES, DEPENDING ON WORKLOAD, SO THAT THOSE INTERMITTENT POWER OUTAGES DON'T CAUSE A MUCH LONGER NETWORK OUTAGE. AND WE'VE SEEN REALLY GOOD RESULTS. WE'VE HAD A MUCH BETTER UPTIME SINCE THOSE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. WE'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED LESS LOSS DUE TO POWER SURGES AND POWER FLUCTUATIONS, YOU KNOW, COMPUTING EQUIPMENT IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THINGS LIKE THAT, SO BY PUTTING THESE BACK --IT SORT OF ACTS OF THE BUFFER TO

104SORT OF CLEAN THE POWER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT FAILURE. WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL NETWORK MONITORING UPGRADES. WE'VE, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD PRETTY GOOD VISIBILITY INTO THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE NETWORK, BUT MORE RECENTLY WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED THAT . SO INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING IT SOMETHING IS UP OR DOWN AND COMMUNICATING, WE CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY IT'S DOING. IS, IS THERE A DEGRADED PERFORMANCE? IS IT RUNNING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN IT SHOULD BE? WE ALSO HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE, A FULL NETWORK MAP THAT SHOWS THE BANDWIDTH NOT ONLY BETWEEN US AND THE INTERNET, BUT ALSO BETWEEN OUR MAIN DATA CENTER, OR TWO DATA CENTERS AND EVERY SCHOOL SITE, SO WE CAN MONITOR HOW MUCH BANDWIDTH THEY'RE USING AT ANY GIVEN

105TIME, WHICH HELPS US SORT OF OPTIMIZE WHAT UPGRADES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT OUR INTERNET USAGE MAY BE. DO WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT UPGRADING OUR INTERNET USAGE, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITH ALL THESE NEW UPGRADES, WE CAN START TO DETECT PROBLEMS BEFORE THE END USER KNOWS ABOUT THEM, RIGHT? SO WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, A NETWORK SWITCH MIGHT BE HAVING A HIGHER ERROR RATE OR SOMETHING. IT'S NOT QUITE AFFECTING THE END-USER, BUT IT'S, MIGHT IN THE FUTURE, OR SOON. SO WE CAN GO IN AND INTERVENE AND STOP THAT. SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THE UPTIME IS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THE FEWEST INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR STUDENTS, OF COURSE. ALSO, THERE'S, I DIDN'T MAKE THE SLIDE, BUT THE ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL INTERCOM SYSTEM IS

106GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY THE TIME THE STUDENTS COME BACK FROM WINTER BREAK. SO THEY WILL HAVE A FULLY FLEDGED INTERCOM SYSTEM LIKE EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. NICE. >> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THEY DIDN'T BEFORE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AT THE END, BUT THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WITH A DIFFERENT GOAL IN MIND, BUT WE'VE SINCE WORKED TO GET THEM AN INTERCOM SYSTEM, AND IT WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN JANUARY. I EVEN WROTE THAT DOWN. I STILL ALMOST FORGOT. I'M GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION. YOU'D THINK THE I.T. DIRECTOR WOULD BE MORE CONFIDENT WITH A CLICKER. PROJECTS AND PROCESS. WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PHASE TWO IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. WE'VE RECEIVED OUR FUNDING COMMITMENT DECISION LETTER FROM FCC TO GET THOSE PROJECTS FUNDED. THAT'S GOING TO BE 920 MORE

107WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS. THIS IS NOT AN EXPANSION, THIS IS REPLACING AGING WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS. IT IS STILL IN SOME WAYS AN EXPANSION, THOUGH BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHER CAPACITY. INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING 30 TO 40 CLIENTS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 60 TO 90 CLIENTS. WE'RE ALSO ADDING MORE NETWORK SWITCHES TO INCREASE SORT OF THAT BANDWIDTH PIPELINE TO THOSE ACCESS POINTS. SO BY THE TIME PHASE TWO IS FINISHED, WE'RE HOPING TO ORDER THAT EQUIPMENT AND, EARLY IN THE SPRING. BY THE TIME ALL OF THAT'S INSTALLED, ALL OF OUR WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD, WHICH IS A FIRST FOR ME IN THE 13 YEARS I'VE WORKED HERE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND E RATE. WE ARE, THIS WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE PHASE IS THE END OF OUR FIVE-YEAR FUNDING CYCLE THAT STARTED

108IN 2020. WE WILL BE GOING OUT FOR PROCUREMENT IN JANUARY TO START OUR NEW FIVE-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE, SO EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE GET OUT OF A POT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND WITHIN THAT FIVE YEARS. THIS NEW BUDGET CYCLE IS GOING TO BE JUST UNDER $5 MILLION, SO WE GOT A BIT OF A RAISE FROM E RATE. THIS GO ROUND. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IN THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE FIRST PRIORITY, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR, IS UPGRADE OUR ENTIRE DATA CENTER BACK BONE TO 40 GIGABITS OF NETWORK THROUGHPUT. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 10 GIGABITS. OUR INTERNET TRAFFIC AS AN ENTITY IS COVERING AT PEAK AROUND SEVEN GIGABITS PER SECOND OF OUR 10 GIGABITS BANDWIDTH CAPACITY. SO WE HIT THAT 70% SORT OF MARGIN WHERE WE START TO GET NERVOUS.

109SO AS WE GO TO DRILLING THE STATE EDUCATION NETWORK , WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR DATA CENTER TO UPGRADE EVERYTHING TO 40 GIGABITS, WHICH SHOULD GIVE US PLENTY OF, OF ADDITIONAL BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT ANY GROWTH, AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING BEING ONLINE, THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE DEMAND FOR MORE BANDWIDTH. SO BY BRINGING OUR BACK BONE TO 40 GIGABITS, IT'S GOING TO BETTER SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE RUNNING INTO THESE SORT OF UPPER LIMITS FOR INTERNET BANDWIDTH. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE UPGRADING SOME, DOING SOME POWER UPGRADES TO THE PRIMARY DATA CENTER. THE BATTERY BACKUP UNIT IN THERE IS , IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN, SAY, THE ONE YOU HAVE UNDER YOUR DESK FOR YOUR HOME COMPUTER. IT'S, IT'S 100 KVA UNIT, SO IT REQUIRES,

110I THINK, 46 LEAD ACID BATTERIES TO SUPPORT THE DATA CENTER. IT'LL RUN THE DATA CENTER FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY POWER, AND IT'S GETTING OLD. IT'S ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S TIME FOR SOME UPGRADES. SO THIS, THIS FIRST YEAR OF E RATE FUNDING IS ALSO GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO REFURBISH THAT UNIT. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT IT DOES NEED SOME TENDER LOVING CARE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AS WELL. MOVING ONTO THE, THE NEXT, THE FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FIBER UPGRADES IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE STILL HAVE SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT STILL HAVE WHAT WE CALL A COPPER BACKBONE THAT CONNECTS FROM THE MAIN DATA CENTER, OR DATA ROOM, TO THE INTERMEDIATE DATA ROOMS.

111WE WANT TO UPGRADE THOSE TO FIBEROPTICS SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE RELIABLE SERVICE OUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER WINGS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS. SAME THING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF SUPPORT SOME OF THAT, THOSE OLDER FACILITIES, BRING THEM UP-TO-DATE, AS WELL AS A CORE INFRASTRUCTURE REFRESH, WHICH WE LAST DID IN 2017. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SORT OF MAIN NETWORK ROUTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR LIFESPAN WHERE WE'RE APPROACHING THAT, SO WE, WE WANT TO START REPLACING THOSE AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING OUR PRIMARY DATA STORAGE THAT SUPPORTS OUR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT . SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE VIRTUAL SERVERS, THEY ALL SHARE KIND OF A BIG HARD DRIVE THAT HOSTS ALL THE DATA AND

112THE SQL DATABASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO OFFLOAD SYNERGY AND OUR ERP PLATFORM TO THE CLOUD, WE DID NOT NEED TO SPEND $1 MILLION ON STORAGE THIS TIME AROUND. WE WERE APTLY ABLE TO REDUCE THAT SPEND TO AROUND $300,000. OUR SERVER PUT PRINT HAS GONE FROM 370+ SERVERS WHEN I FIRST STARTED AS THE DIRECTOR, WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT SERVERS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE NEED FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO CHEAPER, LESS EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS KIND OF A PLUS FOR US. IT MORE THAN KIND OF A PLUS FOR US. IT MORE OFFSETS THE COST OF MIGRATING TO THE CLOUD, SO WE'RE SEEING SOME REALLY GOOD SAVINGS IN DOING THIS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT. OUR STORAGE WAS LAST UPGRADED IN 2018, AND IT'S

113, THAT APPLIANCE HAS REACHED END-OF-LIFE, SO WE'RE REPLACING IT WITH SOMETHING NEW. THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S, WE, IT'S PART OF A SERVICE, SO EVERY THREE YEARS, WE ACTUALLY GET NEW HARDWARE TO REPLACE IT. SO THIS WILL, THEY CALL IT EVERGREEN. IT WILL NEVER A DOUBT. WE, WE PAY IT THE SAME RATE EVERY YEAR, THEY SHIP US NEW HARDWARE COMPONENTS, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING, IT'S NOT A FULL LIFT AND REPLACE. THEY JUST SEND US THE PARTS THAT ARE AGING AND THE PARTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. IT'S FULLY MODULAR. SO IT'S, IT'S ALSO MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT THROWING AWAY A 500 POUND CHASSIS AND THROWING IN ANOTHER ONE. WE'RE JUST TAKING OUT CARDS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT BIG

114PROJECT WITH OUR PHONE MODERNIZATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY USING A PHONE SYSTEM THAT IS, IS FULLY HOSTED ON PREMISE. SO IT HAS ITS OWN SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE, IT HAS ITS OWN CONNECTIONS, IT HAS ITS OWN DEDICATED INTERNET. THAT MODEL IS JUST KIND OF GOING AWAY. THE INDUSTRY'S MOVING TO CLOUD-BASED SERVICES AND CLOUD-BASED EVERYTHING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES, SO WE'RE MIGRATING OUR PHONE SYSTEMS TO THE CLOUD. AS PART OF THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF NEWER FEATURES AND SOME MORE ROBUST CONTROLS FOR THE END-USERS, THINGS LIKE VISUAL VOICEMAIL, THE ABILITY TO HAVE VOICEMAILS TRANSCRIBED AND EMAILED TO YOU . STAFF WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR ACCESS TO EDIT THEIR OWN SPEED DIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE ZUNE COMPETITORS. WEBEX IS INCLUDED WITH THIS SERVICE ON

115THE CLOUD SO WE'LL BE TRANSFERRING AS A DISTRICT FROM ZOOM TO WEBEX, WHICH I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T EXCITED ABOUT COME UP THOMAS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE. CHANGE IS SO HARD. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE BUILT THIS OUT SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A FOUR-MONTH TRANSITIONAL PERIOD SO STAFF CAN START EASING INTO IT AND MOVING THEIR APPOINTMENTS TO THE NEW PLATFORM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE FEATURE PARITY IS THE SAME, SO THEY'RE NOT LOSING ANY FEATURES. YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE BREAKOUT ROOMS AND THE VIRTUAL BACKGROUNDS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE ADDED BENEFIT OF HAVING WHAT WE CALL A SOFT PHONE, SO STAFF THAT HAVE A DESK PHONE WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL AN APP ON THEIR CELL PHONE AND HAVE ACCESS

116TO THAT, FORWARD CALLS OR TAKE CALLS FROM THEIR CELL PHONE IF THEY WISH TO OR FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU'RE AWAY, IF YOU'RE AT A CONFERENCE OR SOMETHING, YOU'LL STILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR DESK PHONE IF YOU WISH TO. THAT'S PROBABLY A BIT OF A CURSE RATHER THAN A BLESSING BUT IT'S A FEATURE WE'RE GOING TO OFFER AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE LIKE IT. LET ME MAKE SURE. AND NOW FOR THE BIG ONE, THE STUDENTS AND STAFF DEVICE REFRESH. AS MR. PETERSON NEVILLE WE HAVE OVER 30,000 DEVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN USE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IN ROUND NUMBERS WE'VE GOT 29,000 WINDOWS DEVICES. MOST OF THEM ARE THE HP 360S THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. WE HAD SOME NEW LENOVO NOT LAPTOPS THAT ARE IN USE. WE'VE GOT JUST OVER 1800 MacBOOKS AND ABOUT 2700 IPADS ACROSS

117THE DISTRICT. IN TRAVELING WITH MR. PETERSON THROUGH THE VARIOUS SCHOOL VISITS, I JOINED HIM ON A FEW AND MET WITH SOME STUDENTS, AND HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW ARE YOU USING THE ADVICE, WHAT PROBLEMS ARE YOU ENCOUNTERING, WHAT DO YOU LIKE, WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE, IF ANYTHING. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THE HP EDGE 360S ARE NOT A POPULAR DEVICE. THEY ARE SLOW. THEY WERE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO BUT IT'S ALSO THE MOST UBIQUITOUS DEVICE OUT THERE. SO AS PART OF THIS DEVICE REFRESH, WE'RE MEETING WITH ADMINISTRATORS, WE'RE MEETING WITH TEACHERS, WE'RE MEETING WITH STUDENTS. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR THEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT DRIVING INSTRUCTION. WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT TEACHERS TO WHAT THEY CAN

118DO BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE TECHNOLOGY TO THEM THAT'S GOING TO ENABLE THEM TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. AND IN DOING THAT, WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AND LOOKING AT HOW THE CURRICULUM IS USED, WHAT TEST PLATFORMS, HOW THEY'RE BEING USED IN THE SCHOOLS, GATHERING A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND TOTALLY REVAMPING THE WAY WE PURCHASE DEVICES, THE WAY WE DISTRIBUTE DEVICES AND THE WAY DEVICES ARE BEING USED. MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS AND HOW THEY WANT TO HANDLE DEVICES AND YOU KNOW THE MODEL OF JUST ONE TO ONE, HERE'S YOUR COMPUTER, TAKE IT HOME, DO YOUR THING, IS REALLY SHIFTING AND NOT EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO TAKE A COMPUTER HOME EVERY

119DAY. SOME DO, SOME DON'T. IN HIGH SCHOOL WE ARE LOOKING AT PROVIDING MORE POWERFUL DEVICES AND COMPUTERS THAT CAN RUN THINGS LIKE ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD AND CAN RUN [ INAUDIBLE ] AND DO THE THINGS BECAUSE THE DEVICES ARE MEANT TO CREATE CONTENT, NOT TO DELIVER CONTENT, RIGHT? IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS AND YOU KNOW IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE CHROME BOOKS, A LESS EXPENSIVE DEVICE THAT WORKS WITH WEB APPLICATIONS AND MAYBE SOMETHING PROVIDING THEM WITH LABS FOR SOMETHING MORE COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE NEEDS. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE IPADS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SOME GRADE LEVELS AND MAYBE CRUMBLES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR OTHERS. SO WE ARE GATHERING THIS INFORMATION FROM ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY TEACHERS. WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING TO THE TECH TEACHERS. WE ARE TALKING TO THE MATH

120TEACHERS AND WE'RE TALKING TO LITERATURE TEACHERS. WE ARE TALKING TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS A STAKE IN IT SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO ECONOMIZE WHAT WE ARE PURCHASING, MAKING SURE THE DEVICES WE ARE PURCHASING ARE THE RIGHT SIZE AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZED IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE, RATHER THAN SAYING HERE'S YOUR LAPTOP, GOOD LUCK. AND I BELIEVE WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THAT WAS AMAZING AND VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND I LEARNED A LOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAD TO GOOGLE SOME THINGS BECAUSE I WAS TOO EMBARRASSED AND NORMALLY I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS BUT FIRST ONE IS YOU HAVE A GRAPH THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS MATRIX KIDNEY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE LEGEND, LIKE WHAT DOES IT MEAN? GREEN SEEMS TO

121BE GOOD. WHAT'S HAPPENING? MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD , THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S VERY SMALL. WE HAVE IT UP ON AN EIGHT INCH TV IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE GREEN LINES IN THIS PICTURE REPRESENT IS THE UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD TRAFFIC TO EACH SITE. THE COLOR CODES, GREEN IS GOOD. IT MEANS WE ARE UNDER --I WANT TO SAY 20% TO 30% UTILIZATION. I CAN'T SEE FROM HERE EITHER . I DON'T REMEMBER BUT IT STARTS TURNING YELLOW AT ABOUT 50% AND 70% IT STARTS TURNING ORANGE. WHEN IT'S RED WE ARE AT 100% OR IT'S AT ZERO WHICH MEANS THE CONNECTION HAS BEEN SEVERED, SO IT GIVES US KIND OF A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE PROBLEMS MIGHT BE ARISING OR IF A SCHOOL SITE GOES DOWN, ASIDE FROM THE MULTIPLE ALARMS AND THE EMAILS AND TEXT MATTRESSES

122THAT WE GET ONCE A SCHOOL SITE GOES DOWN, WE'LL SEE IT THERE BUT EVENTUALLY THE COLORS REPRESENT A GRADIENT OF HOW MUCH BANDWIDTH IS BEING UTILIZED. [ INAUDIBLE ] CORRECT. TODAY WHITE SANDS WAS DOWN FOR LONGER THAN WE'D LIKE TO SAY BUT WE SAW IT ON THE GRAPH AS A REDLINE, IMMEDIATELY NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP BEFORE OUR NOTIFICATIONS KICKED IN, BY ABOUT 10 SECONDS, AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY WENT BACK UP [ INAUDIBLE ]. IT ALSO GIVES US SOME INSIGHT INTO HOW TRAFFIC IS BEING [ INAUDIBLE ] THROUGH OUR PRIMARY DATA CENTER AND OUR BACKUP DATA CENTER. EVERYTHING IN OUR NETWORK IS SORT OF OPTIMIZED TO TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH AVAILABLE. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS GOING THROUGH OUR BACKUP DATA CENTER AND WHEN WE SEE MORE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE DATA

123CENTER, WE WANT TO INVESTIGATE WHY, BECAUSE THE PRIMARY DATA CENTER SHOULD BE WHERE IT GOES FIRST BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. MAYBE THERE'S A FIBER CUT SOMEWHERE. BECAUSE OUR FIBER NETWORK IS JUST UNDER HALF 1 MILLION FEET OF FIBER-OPTIC CABLE AND IT'S GOT MULTIPLE REDUNDANT RINGS, WE CAN ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE A FIBER CUT AND NOT KNOW IT BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE GRANULAR INFORMATION HERE, WE CAN SEE THE ROUTING HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE SOMETHING IS GOING ON AND WE CAN START INVESTIGATING IT, FINDING OUT IF THERE'S A FIBER CUT OR SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SORRY THAT WAS LONG-WINDED. I HOPE I ANSWERED THE QUESTION. IT'S LIKE VISITING YOU GUYS, LOOKING THROUGH YOUR DATA STUFF AND IT'S LIKE IT'S A WHOLE OTHER WORLD SO APPRECIATE THAT. I DID HAVE A COUPLE

124QUESTIONS FOR, IS IT MR. MARTIN? MARVIN? MARBLE. COULDN'T HEAR YOU RIGHT. MARBLE. MY QUESTIONS WERE, YOU HAD MENTIONED, WITH THE PED THAT YOU'RE KIND OF TRYING TO ALIGN HOW THEY WANT THE REPORTING, AND THAT CAN BE FOR OTHER THINGS, NOT JUST THE DISCIPLINE STATS BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PED IS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGING, WHETHER IT'S A NEW GOVERNOR, A NEW SECRETARY, OR, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A STAFF SHORTAGE AND THAT THEY CHANGE YOU THEY'RE CONTRACTED WITH AND WHO THEY WILL BE USING SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS IF YOU'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THAT OR YOU JUST ALWAYS WERE GOING TO TRY AND DO OUR BEST TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE I JUST FEEL SOMETIMES YOU GUYS MAKE REALLY GOOD DECISIONS AND I TRUST WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE DATA. MADAM BOARD MEMBER TENORIO,

125WE HAVE ALREADY --I'VE SEEN -- I THINK I SAW THIS THE SECOND WEEK I WAS HERE, AS I RECALL. SOMETIMES THEY WILL CHANGE REQUIREMENTS AFTER THE REPORT IS DUE. SOMETIMES WE GET CHANGES THE DAY THAT IT'S DUE BUT YES, WE ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDU POINT, WHO OWNS SYNERGY AND THE PED WILL HELP US REPORT BETTER. I'M HOPING THAT THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SYNERGY THERE BUT --BUT SERIOUSLY, IT WAS A QUESTION THAT I WENT TO THE SYNERGY CONFERENCE AND ASKED EVERYBODY I SAW. I'M SURE THERE'S SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR EDU POINT WHO ARE ANNOYED AT MY FACE BUT THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THEM, THE SYNERGY STAFF I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH AND SAID HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE EASIER

126REPORTING FOR SYNERGY CUSTOMERS WITH THIS NEW RELATIONSHIP. I THINK THE BEST ANSWER THAT I GOT WAS ONE OF THE ENGINEERING FOLKS THAT WAS TEACHING MORE TECHNICAL SESSION SAID THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AND THAT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR IT BUT THEY STILL HAVE AN ENTIRE COHORT THAT HASN'T EVEN STARTED THEIR WORK YET SO THEY'RE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN SPECULATE ON HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES I'VE SEEN THAT SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY. WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THERE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AHEAD AS POSSIBLE, WHEN YOU GET A CHANGE THAT HAPPENS TWO DAYS BEFORE A REPORT IS DUE AND YOU'VE ALREADY COMPILED GIGS OF DATA TO PROVIDE FOR THAT REPORT, THEN YOU HAVE TO TURN AROUND TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORK

127PROVIDING THE DATA, GO HEY, GUYS, WE WANT YOU TO CHANGE THIS FIELD, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, THE PED IS SAYING THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. SOMETIMES STAFF WILL BE HERE UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT, OVER THE WEEKENDS, EARLY IN THE MORNING, TRYING TO GET THOSE REPORTS DONE SO WE DON'T GET DINGED FOR BEING LATE ON THEM. SO WE BOTH KNOW WHERE PED IS AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE AND WHERE YOUR THINKING IS AND WHERE YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF PUTTING YOUR EFFORTS. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST ONE WAS, SPEAKING OF THESE STUDENTS, THESE FAMILIES THAT HAVE NOT REGISTERED ONLINE, 1100 OF THEM, AND TRYING TO BRAINSTORM WHY THAT IS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING INTO FINDING THOSE

128BARRIERS OR OBSTACLES THAT ARE KEEPING THEM --MAYBE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER DEVICE, OR IT'S INTIMIDATING TO USE THAT REGISTRATION PROCESS. WE NEVER KNOW. I REALLY AM THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. THANK YOU. WITH WHAT MS. TENORIO IS SAYING, HOW LONG HAVE WE DONE --WASN'T IT JUST THIS YEAR WE DID THE ONLINE REGISTRATION PROCESS? I REMEMBER DR. WENDI TELLING US SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND APPARENTLY YOU CAN DO IT ON A TELEPHONE. CORRECT. >> HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN ASKING THEM TO DO THIS REGISTRATION? ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. BECAUSE YOU CAME IN APRIL. I CAME IN APRIL, I DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS, THE FIRST THING, A COMMENT I MADE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED SEEING IT, WE WERE INUNDATED WITH PARENTS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHAT'S

129GOING ON, HOW CAN I HELP YOU GUYS GET THIS DONE. WHEN I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE PROCESS, REACHING OUT TO PARENTS TO ASK THAT QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR YOUR STUDENT, REACH OUT TO US, WHAT HAVE YOU. WE STARTED SENDING EMAILS OUT. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED EMAIL ADDRESSES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE FULL, MAILBOX IS FULL, WOULD NOT ACCEPT, SO YOU HAVE TWO --I SEE THAT AND WE GO THAT PARENT ISN'T GETTING ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE SCHOOL VIA EMAIL AND HOW MANY EMAILS WE SENT OUT TO PARENTS? THE SECOND WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE BLOCKING THE EMAIL . I GET TOO MANY EMAILS FROM LCPS. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE. WILL IS GOING TO BE HARD TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING

130THAT YOUR KID MIGHT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OR THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN, IF YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING THAT COMMUNICATION. WE FOUND A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A PROPERLY FORMATTED EMAIL ADDRESS IS. SO WE GET BAD DATA IN THE FIELDS SOMETIMES. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF LITTLE CHANGES THAT WE ARE MAKING ON THE PROCESS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING CORRECT DATA SO THAT WE CAN, LATER, WHEN WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE PARENTS, REACH OUT TO THEM. I THINK IT'S GROWING PAINS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE IT A LONG TIME NOW. HOW ARE WE FOR [ INAUDIBLE ] AND [ INAUDIBLE ] FUNDING? WAIT, THAT WENT AWAY. HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF OUR REPLENISHING BUDGETS, OUR ABILITY TO GET NEW DEVICES?

131DOES THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK LOOK GOOD THAT WAY? BECAUSE I KNOW DURING COVID AND AFTER, A LOT OF OUR MONEY FOR THE TECHNOLOGY UP GRADE THAT HE DID CAME OUT OF THOSE FUNDS, SO WHAT DOES YOUR CRYSTAL BALL SAY ABOUT FUNDING FOR THIS? YES. PRESIDENT COURT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I IMAGINE IT'S GREAT TO BE THE CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY WHEN ESTHER AND ARP FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THOUGH THAT BEING SAID, EARLY DAYS, WHEN I CAME ON BOARD AND STARTED TO REALIZE ANY BETTER EXISTS, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENT DEVICES AND STAFF DEVICES, I MET COUNTLESS TIMES, WHICH I KNEW WE ARE STARTING TO WORK ON PROCESSES AND WE ARE STARTING TO RETHINK HOW PURCHASES ARE MADE, SO WE ARE STARTING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT FUTURE PURCHASES AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. WHAT ARE THE MODELS

132THAT WE MIGHT EXPLORE? IT'S BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY WELCOMING, HIM AND HIS ENTIRE FINANCIAL TEAM REALLY DID RETHINK HOW DO WE GET THIS JOB DONE WITH THE BUDGET THE WAY THAT IT IS. SO WE RECOGNIZE AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT. I REMEMBER IN YEARS PAST THE SCANNING AND SHREDDING BUDGET WAS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. THIS MAY BE A DAVE QUESTION. HOW MUCH HAVE WE MOVED TO ENTIRELY ELECTRONIC RECORDS? IT WASN'T THAT MANY YEARS AGO WE WERE DOING A LOT OF THINGS ELECTRONICALLY AND MAKING A PAPER COPY INTO A STUDENT FOLDER. ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS IN MAKING MORE OF THAT ELECTRONIC? PRESIDENT CORT, TERRY WOFFORD, WE HAVE STARTED MAKING INROADS. I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, I HATE PAPER. I DESPISE IT. IT'S A WASTEFUL RESOURCE TO USE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE

133USING IT FOR. EVERY PROCESS I AM WORKING TO REDUCE THE USE OF PAPER. SIMPLE POINT, REQUESTING A DAY OFF. THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS TO BE PRINTED OUT SOME OF THAT HAS TO GET SIGNATURES ON IT, IT'S HAPPENED FOR 20 YEARS. IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? SMALL MEGABYTES, KILOBYTE FILE THAT WOULD HOLD THAT INFORMATION COULD BE SITTING ON A SERVER FOR 20 YEARS, NOT TAKING UP SPACE WITH RESOURCES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH PAPER RECORDS. I BELIEVE WE'VE ALTERED -- I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THIS WAS MONTHS AGO --WE'VE ALTERED THE WAY THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THE PAPER IN STUDENT RECORDS. WE ARE NOT KEEPING AS MUCH PAPER ANYMORE. IT'S MORE ELECTRONIC NOW. I KNOW WE'VE REDUCED OUR SPEND ON SCANNING . WE ARE NO LONGER --I BELIEVE WE ARE NO LONGER DOING THAT

134IN HOUSE. WE ARE SENDING THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER TO HAVE THEM DO IT BUT WE ARE STILL GETTING THESE DIGITAL RECORDS AND STORING THEM, BUT I AM WORKING AS HARD AS I CAN -- THANK YOU, I'M ON YOUR SIDE FOR THAT ONE. I JUST HAD TO GO VISIT A REGISTRAR SOMEWHERE, TOO. AND WE USED TO --I ALWAYS SEND THEM TO ADMIN. I KNOW THAT WAS WRONG TO DO. IT WAS THE HELP DESK I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND PHOSPHORUS AND POTENTIAL THINGS FOR BUT I'VE SEEN A GREAT REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF STUFF GETTING THROUGH, WHATEVER BARRIER YOU GUYS PUT OUT. IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN THAT. HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEES CLICKING ON SOMETHING AND THE WHOLE MALWARE FISHING THING THAT HAPPENS? MADAM PRESIDENT, SECRETARY WOFFORD, WE'VE COME

135A LONG WAY IN CYBERSECURITY IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. BOTH YOU'VE WATCHED THAT JOURNEY AND OUR GROWTH IN THAT RESPECT. JUST LIKE MANY SYSTEMS WE ARE CONSTANTLY MAKING UP GRADES, WE ARE CONSTANTLY FINE-TUNING AND TWEAKING. WE ARE NOT REALLY DOING THE THIS IS HOW MANY PHISHING EMAILS WE GOT AND ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE A DATA AVAILABLE BUT IT'S NOT AS ALARMING AS IT USED TO BE. OUR SYSTEMS ARE BETTER TRAINED. OUR EMAIL SECURITY HAS IMPROVED SUBSTANTIALLY. WE ARE NOT --WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING THEM AS MUCH ANYMORE. WE STILL HAVE STAFF REPORTS. WE GET MAYBE 5 TO 7 FISHING REPORTS A DAY THAT WE PROCESS IT IT'S NOT 30 TO 40 THAT WE WERE GETTING, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS STOPPING THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN REACH THE USER. AND OUR STAFF IS GETTING BETTER AT MONITORING

136THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND WATCHING FOR THEM, AS WELL. THANK YOU. IT'S A HUMAN ELEMENT THAT SOMETIMES MISSES THAT ONE UP. OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT IT FROM EVEN REACHING THE END USER IN THE FIRST PLACE. I LIKE YOUR LAST GRAPHIC WITH THE PRIVATE [ INAUDIBLE ] BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE DISASTER BACKUP THING BUT I DO WANT TO ASK, TELL ME, SYNERGIES UP IN THE CLOUD, ERP DATA, HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF NOT REPEATING 2021? THAT WAS 2019. 2019. FAR, FAR A GOOD MEMORY, DAVID DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER THAT ONE. HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THAT? I STILL REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. EVERY DAY I MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. ONE

137OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE SAY, IT'S NOT IF BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN, SO OUR GOAL IS TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO PRESENT MOVEMENT, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE FIRST PRIORITY. THE SECOND PRIORITY IS TO MITIGATE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE AND WITHIN OUR CRITICAL DATABASES OFF PREMISE TO ENTITIES THAT ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO PROTECT, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE LARGE DATA CENTERS WITH MANY MORE STAFF THAN WE'LL EVER KNOW, TO PROTECT THAT DATA. WE STILL HAVE TO BRING THAT DATA ON PREMISE TO DO SOME OF THE REPORTING, TO DO SOME OF THE USER MANAGEMENT, CREATING A NEW USER. THAT WORKFLOW IS REMARKABLY COMPLEX. SO WE STILL BRING THAT DATA ON PRAM BUT WE REMOVE THE IMPORTANT STUFF. WE ARE NOT RINGING DOWN SOCIAL

138SECURITY NUMBERS, NOT BRINGING DOWN A LOT OF THE PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT ATTACKERS ARE AFTER. THAT'S ONE OF OUR MITIGATION STEPS. WE JUST REDUCE THE TARGET, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THEY CAN DO SHOULD THEY GAIN ACCESS. WE'VE ALSO MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES AND HOW WE MANAGE DEVICES SO WE ARE NOT DOING --I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD RANSOMWARE, WE HAD TO SCRUB ALL THE DEVICES AND GET HANDS ON EVERY SINGLE --WE'VE AUTOMATED THE PROCESS. IT'S ONE BUTTON CLICK AND WE CAN WIPE OUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IF WE WANTED TO. NOT THAT WE WANT TO BUT WE CAN DO THAT REMOTELY NOW. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BUILT IN SOME ADDITIONAL REDUNDANCIES, LIKE IN THE GRAPHIC YOU SEE THE OPEN SHIFT .WE'LL HAVE TWO CLUSTERS AT THE PRINCIPAL SITE, ONE CLUSTER AT THE DISASTER

139RECOVERY SITE. NOW WE HAVE THAT SORT OF HOT AND COLD STANDBY READY TO GO. OUR NEW STORAGE -- YOU WANT TO MENTION EVALUATING SOFTWARE FOR LCPS AS WELL? SO WITH THAT SORT OF HOT AND COLD WE KEEP COLD COPY OF ALL OF OUR DATA, SO EVEN IF WE ARE RANSOMED WE STILL HAVE IT OFF-LINE, COLD COPY THAT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED, THAT WE COULD RECOVER FROM, RIGHT? SOME OF OUR NEW BACKUP SYSTEMS AND THINGS, IT'S ALL VERY MODERN AND VERY EXCITING SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? MATT AND I ARE PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER ON A WAY TO BE ABLE TO ADVISE THE ENTIRETY OF THE REST OF LCPS IN REGARDS TO PROPERLY CHOOSING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, EVALUATING RISK, UNDERSTANDING HOW

140THEY --WHAT DATA THEY STORE, WHAT DATA THEY TRANSPLANT, WHY ARE THEY DOING THESE THINGS, IS IT SOMETHING THEY ACTUALLY NEED, SO WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO PROPERLY EVALUATE THIS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS AND APPLICATION REQUESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ARE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING THEIR HANDS ON THAT SOFTWARE IN THE FIRST PLACE. ARE THOSE ALSO SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES NOW? IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THAT HAS SHIFTED. SOME ARE BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FREEWARE STUFF OUT THERE THAT IS FRANKLY THE RISKIEST BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO GO, I'LL TAKE A TRIP, TAKE IT OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE, MODELING A PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT FRANKLY, MOST EDUCATORS ARE NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE RISK TO A CLASSROOM WHEN THEY PICK UP A PIECE OF SOFTWARE LIKE THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT TONIGHT.

141LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >> SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE YOU ARE KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. I LOVE THE OFF-SITE STORAGE, AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU TOLD US TONIGHT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. MR. FRANK? FOR SOME REASON WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, MR. FRANK. BUT YOU DID TAKE YOURSELF OFF MUTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. HERE, TRY AGAIN. NOPE. ED, YOU'RE ON MUTE. OKAY. >> THERE IT IS. >> PERFECT. THERE WE GO. OKAY. OH WELL. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND LET ME --[ INAUDIBLE ] STUFF IS KIND OF OVERWHELMING AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS, AND KEEPING EVERYTHING SAFE, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. SORRY

142ABOUT ALL THAT BACK AND FORTH. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? YES MADAM PRESIDENT. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING SO INVOLVED WITH THE STUDENTS. NEVER IN MY YEARS OF SCHOOLING HAVE I BEEN LIKE APPROACHED AND REALLY ASKED WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY BIG HELP FOR THE STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH AND WHAT OUR STRUGGLES ARE. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU TWO FOR GIVING ME THE INFORMATION OF OUR INTERCOM SYSTEMS, AS OUR WHOLE SCHOOL HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ABOUT THAT. I NEED, THE OTHER DAY I WAS IN FIRST PERIOD, TAKING A TEST, AND I STOOD UP TO TAKE THE PLEDGE, AND THE REST OF THE CLASS WASN'T STANDING UP AND THEY'RE

143LIKE OH, WE DON'T DO THE PLEDGE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS CUTS OUT. WHAT DID THEY SAY YESTERDAY ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE NEVER HEARD IT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I KNOW WE WERE ALSO SUPPOSED TO HAVE SATELLITE SET UP FOR RADIOS BUT I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THAT WAS POSTPONED. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE UP DATED? MADAM PRESIDENT, I REPRESENT SORAYA. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMELINE BUT I KNOW NOW THAT THEY'VE SORT OF REOPENED, THE FCC HAS APPROVED MORE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS BUT I BELIEVE MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS BETTER INFORMATION. HE JUMPED UP SO FAST. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE IF YOU WOULD, THANK YOU. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW INSTALLED SO WE'RE WORKING ON [ INAUDIBLE ] AND NEVILLE IS RIGHT IN THE PROCESS

144SO WE HAVE THAT DONE. THERE IS NO FURTHER [ INAUDIBLE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WHY WAS THAT CONNECTED TO THE FEDERAL SHUT DOWN? MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBER TENORIO, WE HAVE TO --FOR THE DISTRICT RADIOS, THEY'RE ON SORT OF THE COMMERCIAL RADIO FREQUENCY PLAN . IN ORDER FOR US TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE A REPEATER, WHICH I THINK IN THIS CASE IS A 25 WATT REPEATER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE FOR THAT DEVICE, WHICH THOSE LICENSES ARE OVERSEEN THE FCC AND THEY WEREN'T APPROVING ANY NEW APPLICATIONS DURING THE SHUTDOWN. AND OF COURSE DURING THE EXTENDED SHUTDOWN A LOT OF APPLICATIONS PILED UP. ONE OF THOSE BEING MY PERSONAL RADIO OPERATOR LICENSE. BUT NOW THAT THAT'S CLEARED UP, IT'S ALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STUFF. THANK YOU MR. DAWKINS. THANK YOU, SORAYA.

145THANK YOU POINT THANK YOU, THE THREE OF YOU, SO MUCH, FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THAT YOU ARE STUDENT CENTERED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, RIGHT? IF WE ARE NOT IN IT FOR THE STUDENTS THEN WHY ARE WE IN IT? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU FIGURING OUT EARLY IF STUDENTS ARE IN TROUBLE, WORKING ON THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENT IS OUR GRADUATING. EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID JUST MADE ME SUPER HAPPY AND I WILL ECHO SORAYA'S JUST --HER COMPLEMENT THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO THE SCHOOLS AND YOU'RE SEEING WHAT THE STUDENTS NEED, IT'S SO REFRESHING AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK

146YOU. WE'LL NOW TO BOARD REPORT AND MR. FRANK, SINCE YOU'RE OFF MUTE AND RIGHT THERE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START US OFF WITH A BOARD REPORT? I ACTUALLY HAVE MY REPORT SO LET US JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. THAT WAS AN EASY START. THANK YOU, THANK YOU MR. FRANK. MS. TENORIO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T HAVE DATES FOR STUFF THAT I DID. SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH UPCOMING SCHOOLS. WHAT DATE WAS THAT? THAT WAS LAST THURSDAY. WHATEVER DATE THAT WAS. I STILL DON'T KNOW. SO THERE IS SOME RELATIVELY A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY TOLD US ABOUT. SO WE HAVE TWO CITY COUNCILORS WHO DID NOT RUN FOR REELECTION. AND SO THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE ONE WILL BE KES McCLURE. SHE

147SHOWED INTEREST. THE NEXT PERSON, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING TO INVITE SO THAT'S OPEN TO ANOTHER COUNSELOR. AND THEN DR. RICK MARLATT WITH THE TEST, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? HE'S GOING TO BE THE REPRESENTATION FOR AN MSU AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER VACANCY. WE HAVE JULIE WHICH GO AND SHE WAS ALREADY THERE BUT WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER I MENTIONED LAST TIME. IT WAS LAURA BRYANT, AND YEAH, SO JUST FILLING IN SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT --YOU THINK IN JANUARY? THAT'S WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. I THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T LET ME IN ON UNTIL MARCH OR APRIL? OH NO, YEAH, THAT'S WILL. IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT YEAR. YES, MARCH IS THE THAT YOU'RE CORRECT. OKAY PURPOSE OF SPEAKING OF WEIRDNESS, THEY'RE GOING TO

148REVISIT THE JPA, WHICH IS THE JOINT PARTNERS AGREEMENT, AND THEY'RE KIND OF CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF ADDING A THIRD PARTNER, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE THE COUNTY. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES. LET'S SEE. SOME OF THE COMMITTEE SCHOOLS ARE KIND OF NEARING THE END OF THEIR GRANT CYCLE, LIKE THEY HAVE LIKE WHEN THEY ARE THE BEGINNING OF ONE GRANT CYCLE AND THEN THEY KIND OF FINISHED THAT AND THEY LOSE FUNDING SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOME WAYS TO KIND OF COMPENSATE FOR THAT LOSS OF GRANT MONEY IN ORDER TO PAY FOR EITHER SERVICES OR COMMUNITY COORDINATOR FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SCHOOL. I HAVE SOME FOLDERS HERE FROM KIDS CAM AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE ONE. I CAN PUT THEM IN THE MAILBOX BUT I'LL GIVE ONE TO YOU. I THINK MADAM PRESIDENT HAS ONE.

149VERY COOL. AND THERE'S TWO SCHOOLS, MacARTHUR AND LYNN, THAT WERE GOING THROUGH AN ACCREDITATION PROCESS WITH TED, IT'S LIKE ANYTHING, A PILOT. THEY'RE JUST CREATING THESE AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONES TO KIND OF PROVE HOW AWESOME WE ARE, WHICH SEEMS WEIRD BUT IT'S FOR GRANT MONEY. WE'LL SEE. GREAT, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ONE I GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AND THEN I ATTENDED THE 10 MSE A DECEMBER CONFERENCE WITH MYSELF AND MR. WOFFORD AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, Y'ALL, WAS THAT WE GET THIS LITTLE BOOKLET AND EVERY YEAR WE ALL CAN NOMINATE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR, SERVICE YEAR AWARD, BOARD OF THE YEAR. AND SO THE PERSON WHO GOT BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR, SHE ALSO WAS ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

150AND JUST GOT VOTED OUT. PEOPLE JUST WANTED CHANGE, AND SO SHE'S BEING REPLACED BY A GENTLEMAN OF LOGAN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS FASCINATING. WE ARE DOING THIS NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS, SO THIS IS WHAT, FOR OUR ATTENDANCE, WE SIGN IN WHEN WE GO TO A SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND YOU GIVE A REVIEW OF WHATEVER SESSION YOU WENT TO. SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING IT OUT NOW UNTIL THEY GO FULLY ELECTRIC OR DIGITAL, RIGHT? THEY HATE PAPER. THE OTHER ONE WAS I ATTENDED THREE SESSIONS ON SATURDAY. ONE WAS, IS YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN WORKING FOR YOU OR JUST SITTING ON THE SHELF, AND I THINK THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH HOURS. IT WAS GIVEN BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SO I THOUGHT SHE HAD SOME USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WENT WELL FOR

151THEM TO KIND OF KEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MAKING THEIR GOALS LIKE SOMETHING USABLE. THE OTHER ONE I ATTENDED WAS CHARTING THE FUTURE, BUILDING A I LITERACY FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE I JUST HAVE SUCH A BAD ATTITUDE TOWARDS A I. I FEEL LIKE I REALLY NEEDED TO EXPOSE MYSELF TO WHY PEOPLE ARE --WHY THEY ARE SUPPORTING A DOOR WHAT'S THE GOOD THAT THEY THINK IS GOING TO COME OUT OF IT. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE I WENT TO IS UNDERSTANDING HOUSE BILL 128, AND THIS WAS FOR LOSS PREVENTION PROGRAMS GIVEN BY METAL AND METAL AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALSO SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION THAT I MIGHT BRING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. LET WHAT ELSE. I DID THREE DRIVE EVENTS. I THINK I MENTIONED WHITE SANDS THE LAST TIME. I DID EAST PICACHO, I DID

152MONTA VISTA AND I DID IS A. AND WHAT ELSE --I ATTENDED THE CONCERT FOR PICACHO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE CHOIR PERFORMANCE BY MAYFIELD. AND I HAD ONE THING ELSE I WANTED TO SHARE. IS THAT OKAY? YES, OF COURSE. MAKE THIS MEETING LONGER. IT'S AN EMAIL AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I COULD SEND IT TO YOU SEPARATELY BUT I'D LIKE TO READ IT. IT'S OKAY. >> THE SEASONAL WORK OF SELF REFLECTION. AS WE APPROACH THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR, LEADERSHIP INVITES US TO PAUSE, NOT TO EVALUATE OUR SELF WITH HARSHNESS OR PUSH OURSELVES INTO RESOLUTIONS, BUT TO REFLECT WITH HONESTY, GENTLENESS, AND CURIOSITY. SELF REFLECTION IS NOT AN AUDIT OF OUR SHORTCOMINGS. IT IS A HIGH-LEVEL VIEW OF WHO WE ARE BECOMING AND WHAT WE CHOOSE TO CARRY INTO THE YEAR AHEAD. LEADERSHIP

153IS NOT STATIC. IT GROWS AS WE GROW. ISN'T THAT LIKE A NEW MEXICO MODEL? YES. AND GROWTH BEGINS WITH AWARENESS. A HIGH-LEVEL REFLECTION FOR LEADERS, INSTEAD OF THE USUAL YEAR END QUESTIONS, DID I DO ENOUGH, DID I ACHIEVE ENOUGH, WE CAN ASK SOMETHING MORE SPACIOUS AND MORE HUMANE. WHO WAS I THIS YEAR AS A LEADER? WHAT STRENGTHENED ME? WHAT SOFTENED ME? WHAT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED TO LEARN? THIS KIND OF REFLECTION AFFIRMED THE QUIET SUCCESSES THAT OFTEN GO UNNOTICED. THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HANDLED WITH CARE. THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE WITH INTEGRITY. THE MOMENTS WHEN PATIENCE WAS CHOSEN OVERREACTION. AND THESE ARE THE CHOICES THAT SHAPE A LASTING LEADERSHIP LEGACY. AND WITH THAT SAME HONESTY, WE CAN GENTLY ASK OURSELVES WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GROW. WHERE DID I FEEL STRETCHED?

154WHERE DID I LOSE CLARITY OR CONFIDENCE? WHERE DO I WANT TO SHOW UP DIFFERENTLY IN THE COMING YEAR? GROWTH ENTERS THROUGH THE DOORWAY OF SELF RECOGNITION, NOT THROUGH PRESSURE BUT THROUGH AWARENESS. ONE OF THE DEEPEST QUESTIONS A LEADER CAN ASK IS THIS --HOW CAN I HELP MORE WITHOUT DOING MORE? AND AT FIRST THAT MAY FEEL CONTRADICTORY BUT TRUE LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT EXPANDING OUR WORKLOAD. IT'S ABOUT EXPANDING OUR INFLUENCE, OUR CLARITY, AND OUR TRUST IN THE PEOPLE AROUND US. DOING MORE IS NOT THE SAME AS HELPING MORE. HELPING MORE HAPPENS WHEN WE CREATE CONDITIONS THAT WILL ALLOW OTHERS TO STEP FORWARD, CONTRIBUTE AND RISE. THIS LEADS TO ANOTHER REFLECTION. WHERE CAN I TAP THE TALENT AROUND ME TO RISE UP? WHO HAS SHOWN QUIET STRENGTH? WHO BRINGS CLARITY WHEN THE ROOM FEELS SCATTERED? WHO HAS

155BEEN WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE DEEPLY? LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT CARRYING THE MISSION. IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING WHO IS READY TO CARRY IT WITH YOU. I THINK IT GOES ON AND ON. I WANT TO KEEP GOING BUT MAYBE I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. I WISH YOU WOULD. I WILL. >> THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. HAPPY NEW YEAR. I KNOW YOU GUYS, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO KEEP DOING THINGS BUT I GUESS I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR, Y'ALL. ESTHER WOFFORD? YES. LIKE BOARDMEMBER TENORIO, I ATTENDED A COUPLE METAL AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS FUN TO DO, AND IN THE FULL CEREMONY, THREE OF US WERE THERE FOR THE RECOGNITIONS AND [ INAUDIBLE ] MOUNTAIN, THAT WAS A FUN THING AS WELL. AND THEN UNFURL THE HUGE POSTER EVENTS WHERE THEIR MATH SCORES OR THEIR LITERACY

156SCORES HAVE GONE UP. WE ARE ALSO [ INAUDIBLE ] AND MS. TENORIO DESCRIBED [ INAUDIBLE ] VERY WELL IN TERMS OF --IT WAS A GOOD CONVENTION THIS YEAR. I FOCUSED A COUPLE SESSIONS ON FINANCE AND A.I. AS WELL AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE AND SVA GAVE A VERY INTERESTING UPDATE AS WELL. SO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. THE AMAZING SHAKE. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. [ INAUDIBLE ] LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. THOSE KIDS JUST DID A FANTASTIC JOB. I SAT AND LISTENED TO SEVERAL IS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER SPEECHES OR BE PREPARED SPEECH. I LOVED THE HAVE AN. CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. WORK THROUGH SESSIONS. IT WAS JUST A VERY NEAT EVENT. KUDOS TO MV L.A. FOR THAT AND KUDOS TO HILLRISE FOR THEIR GINGERBREAD HOUSE EVENT, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY

157TRYING TO HELP PARENTS INCORPORATE QTEL STRATEGIES. THEY GAVE THEM LOTS OF THINGS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO INCREASE THAT LITERACY SUPPORT AT HOME AND THEY DID IT IN A VERY FUN AND INVITING WAY. THERE WERE GRAHAM CRACKERS AND GUMDROPS INVOLVED. AND I THINK I MOST ENJOYED, THOUGH, READING THE WORDS OF SPELLING THE CONTEST AT UNIVERSITY HILLS. THAT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN. I TOLD THE COORDINATOR THERE, PLEASE INVITE ME BACK. THIS IS FUN. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE WORD? >> MUSTACHE. I DON'T KNOW. MUSTACHE HAS TWO SPELLINGS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THE ETYMOLOGY? DO YOU NEED A SENTENCE? IT WAS JUST --THOSE KIDS, YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH PRESSURE BUT THEN SO MUCH REWARD AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE INEVITABLY SOMEONE MISSPELLS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND SO IT'S BOTH VERY HARD IN THAT SENSE

158BUT ALSO A NEAT REINFORCEMENT TO THEM OF OUR WANTING THEM TO SUCCEED SO I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. THAT'S ENOUGH. WELL, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY HANUKKAH, KWANZAA, ALL THE HOLIDAYS. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'LL HAVE A WELL-DESERVED BREAK OVER THE NEW YEAR. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL BACK IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. I DID MANY OF THE SAME THINGS. I WAS AT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MEETING AT LYNN WITH MS. TENORIO AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT AND IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO BE IN THOSE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MEETINGS, BECAUSE A SCHOOL WILL SAY, HEY, WE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THIS AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THERE THAT GO, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR THAT OR HERE'S HOW WE CAN HELP YOU. I LOVE THAT IT'S COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, LITERALLY IN ACTION. I

159ATTENDED THE WINTER SPORTS MEDIA DAY AT OUR GPI, WHICH I HAD DONE FALL SPORTS AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS AND THEN THE WINTER SPORTS AT OUR GPI AND IT WAS SO FABULOUS, AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT R GPI HAD EVERYTHING SO ORGANIZED AND THEY BUILT ALL OF THE SETS, AND THEY WERE BASICALLY -- THE ADULTS WERE JUST SORT OF HANGING AROUND, GOING YOU ALL HAVE IT, THIS IS GREAT, TAKE OFF AND GO. SO I LOVE THAT. THE CEREMONY OF CHAMPIONS AT OREGON MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE JUST CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS IN THAT WAY. SPELLING THE, I WAS A JUDGE AT THE VALLEYVIEW SPELLING BEE AND I WAS PROBABLY MORE NERVOUS WITH THE KIDS THEN THE KIDS. I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO WRITE DOWN THE WORD AS THEY'RE SPELLING IT AND I'M WILLING THEM

160TO PUT THE R IN FEBRUARY. PLEASE DO IT. GET THE R. OH, THERE'S NO R. BUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS, UNDER PRESSURE, AND THEY JUST ALL BEEN SO BEAUTIFULLY. IT WAS GREAT. THE CUTTING YOU EVENT I DID AT DESERT HILLS AND R GPI AND ALEXA, WHO WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FROM R GPI GOT THE [ INAUDIBLE ] AWARD SO IT WAS VERY LOVELY TO SEE HER AND SHE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I LOVED THE BIKE GIVEAWAY AT LYNN WITH SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND MR. WOFFORD WAS THERE, AS WELL. TO SEE THE JOY ON ALL OF THOSE COULD FACES WHEN THEY GOT THERE BIKE AND TO FIT THEM WITH THE HELMET, VERY SERIOUS, BUT THIS IS TWO FINGERS HERE, ONLY TWO FINGERS HERE, HERE, GOT THE WHOLE HELMET

161THING GOING ON AND THEN SOME OF THOSE KIDS RIDING A BIKE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND THE THRILL OF THAT, AND THE FRUSTRATION OF THAT AS WELL. THEY'RE LIKE THIS BALANCE SHOULD BE EASIER MOST KIDS GOT IT RIGHT AWAY AND IT WAS AMAZING. SO OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL WITH SOUTHWEST DISPOSAL PROVIDING ALL OF HIS BICYCLES, IT WAS A MAGICAL EVENT AND I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A HOLIDAY MEAL DISTRIBUTION. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE --IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK BUT IT WILL BE REALLY REWARDING AND I LOVE THAT THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS PROVIDING HOLIDAY MEAL KITS FOR SO MANY KIDS. SO WITH THAT, VERY CHRISTMAS. GIOIA NOEL, AS WE SAY IN FRENCH. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL THE HOLIDAYS, ALL THE FESTIVALS OF LIGHT THAT COME FOR

162THIS TIME OF YEAR. I HOPE THEY ARE ALL MAGICAL FOR YOU AND THAT 2026 JUST KEEPS US DOING GREAT THINGS FOR KIDS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU ALL. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MR. WOFFORD. SECONDED BY MS. TENORIO. IF YOU WOULD DO THE ROLL CALL FOR US? MR. FRANK. YES. >> MS. TENORIO. >> YES. >> I VOTE YES. PRESIDENT CORT? YES. ALL RIGHT Y'ALL. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:42 POINT FOR EVERYONE WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A SHORT MEETING, HA HA. THEY DID A GOOD JOB.