001WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE FOR OUR WORK SESSION. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 4:07. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLLCALL? MR. FRANK? >> HERE. >> MS. TENORIO? PRESENT. >> WOFFORD IS HERE. VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN? HERE. >> PRESIDENT CORT? I AM HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE HAVE AZUL HERE FROM SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL . AZUL, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO SIT -- WE ARE NOT SITTING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER TO THE PODIUM -- PERFECT. WE CAN PULL DOWN THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. AWESOME. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
002IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 'S -- ALL. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES. [ SPEAKING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] AZUL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. CAN EVERYONE GIVE HER A HAND? [ APPLAUSE ] AZUL, WOULD YOU COME UP? WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU. I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AZUL. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAY TO REPRESENT SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SHE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, AZUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW. THEY GOT MOVED AROUND. DO YOU NEED
003A MOMENT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING. THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. WE WERE CHECKING. MY MICROPHONE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE. HOLD PLEASE WHILE WE --TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. SOMEBODY MESSED WITH MY THING WHILE WE WERE GONE. WE KNOW WHO WAS. THANK YOU AGAIN, AZUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT SEMESTER. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 6, 2026 WORK SESSION AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECONDED. >> MOVED BY MS. TENORIO AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. ALL IN FAVOR --ACTUALLY, SECRETARY WOFFORD , IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE ROLL FOR US? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THAT IS 5-0, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 16, 2025 REGULAR SESSION MINUTES. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> MOVED BY MR. WOFFORD AND SECONDED
004BY MR. FRANK . ALL IN --THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. SECRETARY WOFFORD, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THAT IS 5-0, UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SECRETARY WOFFORD. THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2026 AND 3:10 P.M. UNTIL 3:45 P.M. TO DISCUSS A LIMITED PERSONAL MATTERS AS SUBMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-1 TWO OF THE MEXICAN OPEN MEETINGS ACT , SPECIFICALLY SO THAT, ONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD OF LEGAL COUNCIL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC AND CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENTS AND, TWO, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNCIL COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION OF CLASSIFIED AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES AND, B, MET WITH LEGAL COUNCIL TO DISCUSS PENDING OR THREATENING LITIGATION AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10-15-187 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SPECIFICALLY HEMINGWAY VERSUS LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,
005HR 24-06-0683-E BEFORE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. I HAVE FROM THAT THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED ABOVE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW STRAIGHT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, TAKE AWAY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> I LOVE SAYING THAT. AS I START OFF HERE, PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BEFORE OUR STUDENTS LEFT FOR WINTER BREAK, LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSURED FAMILIES WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD DURING THE HOLIDAYS. ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, WE HELD THE FIRST HOLIDAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT THE FIELD OF DREAMS, SERVING VEHICLES WITH
006CHILDREN AGES ONE THROUGH 18. THIS WAS A LARGE-SCALE EFFORT AND I WANT TO THANK OUR NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM, OUR STAFF AND PARTNERS WHO MADE THAT EVENING POSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL FOOD SUPPLIES, L CPS WAS ALSO ABLE TO HOLD A SECOND DISTRIBUTIONAL ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER ALLOWING US TO REACH EVEN MORE FAMILIES. THESE EFFORTS REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO CARING FOR STUDENTS BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY AND MEETING BASIC NEEDS SO LEARNING CAN CONTINUE. AGAIN, IT WAS A NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM, STAFF FROM PPD. IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE OUT THERE AND HELPING FAMILIES. THANK YOU ALSO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED. MOVING ON, IN DECEMBER, ALSO OUR SITE SUPPORT TEAMS AND LEADERSHIP TEAMS CAME TOGETHER WITH PRINCIPLES TO PREPARE FOR JANUARY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY . THIS
007WORK IS INTENTIONAL. IT ENSURES THAT PRINCIPALS, SITE SUPPORT TEAMS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM ARE ALIGNED, THAT EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR AND THAT THERE IS CONSISTENT INVESTMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT BY PLANNING TOGETHER. WE ARE STRENGTHENING COHERENCE, SUPPORTING INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP , AND MAKING SURE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ACROSS LCPS REFLECTS SHARED PRIORITIES AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS. AS I VISITED AND WALKED AROUND AND LISTENED IN ON THE CONVERSATIONS, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR, TO HAVE THOSE LEADERSHIP TEAMS THERE, THE PRINCIPALS, THE STAFF, AND REALLY THINKING THROUGH WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE CAN BEST SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. SO, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THOSE EFFORTS. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE END OF SEMESTER POSADA, A JOYFUL AND MEANINGFUL CELEBRATION FOR FAMILIES. THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.
008LOZANO CARL O'REGAN ON THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS TEAM WHO WORKED TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT ONLY PLACES OF LEARNING BUT PLACES OF BELONGING. EVENTS LIKE THIS HONOR CULTURE, BUILD COMMUNITY AND REMINDS US THAT SCHOOLS ARE CENTRAL GATHERING PLACES FOR OUR FAMILIES. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT CORT, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN AND SECRETARY WOFFORD ON THEIR REELECTION AND THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 16 OF 2025. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY CLERK DR. AMANDA LOPEZ FOR JOINING US AND OVERSEEING THE CEREMONY. WE APPRECIATE HER TIME AND SERVICE IN THE SUPPORTING THIS VERY IMPORTANT CIVIC PROCESS. THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE ADDITION TO MY REPORT BUT I WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE SPRING 2026 PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WHICH I MENTIONED HAPPENED YESTERDAY A FEW SLIDES AGO. OUR SITE SUPPORT
009TEAMS, OUR ADMINISTRATION TEACHER LEADERS FROM THE SCHOOLS PREPARED OUR 2026 PL. THIS WAS DELIVERED AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOL SITES AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO REVIEW THE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PERSONAL LEARNING SESSION AND CONTINUE TO REFINE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOCUSED ON TIER 1, LAYER 1 INSTRUCTION. AND, JUST THIS MORNING, I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT OREGON MOUNTAIN AND THE STS BUS DRIVER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN THE SERVICE. THANK YOU TO OREGON MOUNT FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT AND GIVING OUR BEST DRIVERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND LEARN. AS I WALKED AROUND AND WAS ABLE TO INTERACT WITH SOME OF OUR FOLKS WHO WERE EXCITED AGAIN TO NOT ONLY START THE SEMESTER STRONG BUT ALSO FINISH STRONG THIS NEXT YEAR OF THE YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW MORNING, WEDNESDAY, AND
010WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE OUR SCHOOLS FULL AGAIN AND WE WANT TO WISH OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILY SAFETY BACK TO SCHOOL STARTING TOMORROW. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY. I GOT ONE MORE PAGE. I'M SORRY. WE CAN'T GO PAST THIS ONE. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES OF LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS . YOUR WORK REQUIRES TIME, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THOUGHTFULNESS, AND A DEEP SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACH THIS ROLE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS SO THANK YOU AGAIN
011FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY REPORT. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. THANK YOU FOR THE APPLAUSE BACK THERE. YOU ALL ARE ON THE BEST --ARE THE BEST. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEW BUSINESS, BOARD ITEMS. JUST AS SHE IS READING MY MIND, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MS. DONLEY COME UP AND HAVE THE FIRST READING OF POLICY GBJC WHICH IS EMPLOYMENT HIRES AND INVESTIGATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CORT AND SUPERINTENDENT. YES I HAVE ASKED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO JOIN ME . HE IS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND IS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WILL HAVE HIM CHIME IN IF NECESSARY ON THE PROCEDURES. ALL OF THIS IS IN RELATION TO, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS SPECIFICALLY FROM MY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THE NEW MEXICO STATE
012STATUTE 19 7822-10 A-5 AS WELL AS 22-10 A-5.2 THAT CODIFIES STATES BILL HB 128 WHICH, IF YOU RECALL, THAT COULD BE HB 128 SO IT IS VERY TIMELY. ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE ARE ALIGNED WITH THESE STATUTES. YOU SEE HERE ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE PROVIDE IN THE PACKET THAT I CHOSE TO PROVIDE THE STATUTE REFERENCES BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT INVOLVED WITH THE LANGUAGE AND HOW IT RELATES TO WHAT OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF POLICY CHANGES IN RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DID DO A CLEAN COPY OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT IS OVERWHELMING TO ME AND I HAVE WORKED WITH IT AS WELL AS MR. PERIO. WE ARE JUST REFERENCED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY? SO,
013IF I MAY START WITH THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION OF THE TITLE. THE REASON WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE WORD INVESTIGATIONS AND CHANGE IT TO APPLICANTS IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE UNDER THESE STATUTES, THERE IS A TWO PART. THERE IS A PART AND A PROCESS ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEN THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS ONCE WE HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH US AND THERE IS NEED FOR AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON SOME KIND OF ALLEGATION, REPORTING PIECE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REPORT BASED ON THIS STATUTE. SO, A RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE WORD INVESTIGATION, FOCUS THIS POLICY JUST ON APPLICANTS AND THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS THE PROCESS FOR VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, NONEMPLOYEES. THEN, THE INVESTIGATIONS PIECE IS A SECOND PART OF THAT STATUTE. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING GB EB BE
014NEXT BOARD MEETING WHICH IS STAFF CONDUCT WITH EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THAT PIECE FITS IN WHERE IF THERE IS MISCONDUCT, THERE HAS TO BE REPORTED. THAT IS WHERE THAT STATUTE COMES IN. SO, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO FOCUS JUST ON THIS WITH THE NEW TITLE, APPLICANTS, INVESTIGATIONS UNDER GBEBB AND THAT AGENDA STUDY TOMORROW, YOU WILL HEAR ME SAY THIS AGAIN THAT I SUPPOSE WE BRING FIRST READING OF GBEBB , EASY WHILE IT IS FRESH ON YOUR MIND AS TO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY HIRED. SO, THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT TITLE. THAT IS A LOT. I'M GOING TO UNPACK IT ONE STEP AT A TIME. I JUST WANT YOU TO SAY GBEBB ONE MORE TIME. JUST FOR FUN? >> JUST FOR FUN. GBEBB. >> I LOVE
015IT. THAT IS ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THAT IS THE INTENT FOR THAT TITLE CHANGE AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO STEP STEP AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MEMBER FRANK. HE DID PROVIDE SOME INPUT AND THOUGHTS AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT IN JUST A BIT. UNDER PURPOSE, THAT STAYS THE SAME. THAT IS THE OVERARCHING PURPOSE, TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BUT WHAT I JUST REFERENCED. THE BACKGROUND CHECK, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THERE THAT I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT DEFINITIONS. YOU WILL SEE THERE, THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE REFERENCES COME IN. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THEY STAY SPECIFICALLY ALIGNED WITH THE STATUTE AND THAT IS WHY I THINK THOSE REFERENCES ALL THE WAY THERE THROUGH THE C TO SCHOOL PREMISES SEND
016THE REFERENCES THERE FOR YOU TO NOTE THAT WE ARE USING THE SAME LANGUAGE SO THAT IT MIRRORS. THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS. UNDER POSITION, MOVING FORWARD, OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN NOT TO CITE STATUTE. WE MOVE THIS SITE BECAUSE AS THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, WE WERE SITING SO WE JUST REMOVED THAT. THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE UNDER POSITION. THEN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO H, ALL OF THAT IS WHAT THE POSITION WOULD ENTAIL, REMOVING CITATIONS. THEN, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO FOCUS ON LETTER H THROUGH M. ALL OF THIS IS NEW ON THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. SO, ALL OF THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE STATUTE . I KNOW THERE IS A LOT THERE. PLEASE, THIS IS FIRST READING. AGAIN, ALIGNED WITH THE CITATION FOR YOU TO LOOK BACK FOR
017THAT BUT ALL OF THAT IS NEW. I WOULD LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT FORTH BY MEMBER FRANK UNDER BACKGROUND. I KNOW YOU HEAR ME, MR. FRANK, SO PLEASE HERE -- FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN IF I DON'T I GET THIS RIGHT. OKAY? BACKGROUND. OKAY. THE MYSTERIOUS WIZARD OF OZ VOICE. OKAY. HERE WE GO. THERE WAS RECOMMENDATION FOR BACKGROUND. I'M GOING TO TAKE IT SLOWLY AND MAKE SURE I AM EXPLAINING THIS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. THERE IS A LONG SENTENCE THAT LEADS TO WHERE, ON THE UNDERLYING SECTION, CONDUCT A CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE WORK HISTORY AND OTHER INFORMATION ON AN APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED EMPLOYMENT, OR A SCHOOL VOLUNTEER AND THE SENTENCE READS ON. THAT IS FROM THE STATUTE. MR. FRANK'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO STOP AND MAKE IT INTO TWO
018SENTENCES. SO, IT WOULD READ WHAT I JUST READ AND THEN INSTEAD OF CONTINUING WITH THAT STATEMENT, IT WOULD START A NEW STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE SAME INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCT IT FOR SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL PREMISES. THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE FOR THAT, INSTEAD OF THE WORD INVESTIGATION, MR. FRANK, WOULD BE TO USE THE WORD PROCESS BECAUSE IN OUR MIND, AN HR INVESTIGATION LEADS US TO A DIFFERENT TUNNEL. MY SUGGESTION BASED ON WHAT MR. FRANK'S FEEDBACK WAS, WOULD BE, TURN IT INTO TWO SENTENCES AND SAY THE SAME PROCESS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL PREMISES. DID I CAPTURE THAT CORRECTLY, MR. FRANK? YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. I TOTALLY
019AGREE THAT THE PROCESS IS THEIR CHOICE. MY REASONING BEHIND THAT IS THE SENTENCE IS SO LONG. BY THE TIME I GET TO THE END, I AM FORGETTING HOW IT KIND OF STARTED OUT. ANYWAY, I HAD TO READ IT A FEW TIMES IN ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND IT AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR TO PEOPLE WHO CONSULT OUR POLICIES TO MAKE THEM WORK SO HARD. I THINK IF WE CAN MAKE IT CLEARER BY BREAKING IT INTO TWO SENTENCES, I THINK THAT IS A POSITIVE THING TO DO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT? ARE WE OKAY WITH TURNING THAT INTO TWO SENTENCES FOR NOW? BOARD MEMBERS, ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? I AGREE. THAT IS A BETTER WORD, MR. FRANK. WHICH WORD? >> THE TWO SENTENCES ARE NOT ON THE BACKGROUND. MR. FRANK HAD SUGGESTED INVESTIGATIONS.
020BECAUSE WE ARE REMOVING INVESTIGATIONS FROM THIS POLICY, THAT INVESTIGATION BECOMES PROCESS BUT IT IS NOT WRITTEN HERE BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED BY MR. FRANK. I THOUGHT SHE WAS READING PURPOSE. AM I WRONG? NO. I AM UNDER BACKGROUND. WOULD YOU READ THOSE TWO SENTENCES AGAIN FOR US? I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YES, PRESIDENT COURT. I AM REFERRING TO BACKGROUND WHERE YOU SEE THE UNDERLINED PORTION THERE. IT IS ALL ONE SENTENCE. AND, MR. FRANK IS RECOMMENDING TO BREAK THAT INTO TWO SENTENCES TO WHERE IT WOULD READ, THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION IS COMMITTED TO A SAFE LEARNING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR ITS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES. THEREFORE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL CONDUCT A CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK AND OBTAIN WORK HISTORY AND OTHER INFORMATION ON AN APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED
021EMPLOYMENT. SO, THAT PIECE WOULD PERTAIN TO HIRES. THEN, THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO TURN IT INTO A NEW SENTENCE, THE SAME PROCESS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS OR A CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEES WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL PREMISES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THEN, DEFINITIONS I TALKED ABOUT. THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, OR SUGGESTION, IS UNDER 4 D AND THAT IS POSITION . IF YOU WILL SEE HERE, IT IS TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 2 WHERE IT STARTS, BACKGROUND CHECKS MUST BE CONDUCTED ON ALL APPLICANTS WHO HAVE, AND THIS IS VERY WORDY, I CAN SEE WHAT MR. FRANK WOULD SAY, WHAT? HIS COMMENT WAS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. SO, IT TAKES US A BIT TOO UNPACKED EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE BUT AGAIN, IT IS FROM
022THE STATUTE. SO, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT MR. FRANK BROUGHT FORWARD TO SIMPLIFY THIS. IN A NUTSHELL -- I WILL DO MY BEST. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. COLLIN, WOULD YOU MIND SCROLLING SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING ON THAT ONE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATED. FOR HOLDING ON THAT SO WE COULD FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOU. SURE. IF YOU WOULD NOTICE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO SEE THAT SECOND PIECE WHERE IT SAYS CONVICTIONS. IT SAYS CONVICTIONS OF FELONIES OR MISDEMEANORS CONTAINED IN THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TERMINAL HISTORY REPORTS SHALL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRIMINAL OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT ACT AND THEN WE REMOVED THE CITATION, PROVIDED THAT OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FBI REPORT, IF SUPPORTED BY INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE MAY FORM THE BASIS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT IN THE SCHOOL
023PERSONNEL ACT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? GOOD QUESTION. IT BASICALLY MEANS THAT IF WE HAVE A BACKGROUND CHECK WITHOUT A CONVICTION, YET, THERE ARE CHARGES THERE AND THERE ARE CHARGES THERE THAT ARE OF CONCERN, MORAL TURPITUDE. THE CHARGES WILL INDICATE MAYBE HURTING A CHILD. OR, LET'S JUST TAKE IT , A BUSINESS EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEY ARE APPLYING FOR AN ACCOUNTING POSITION AND THOSE CHARGES ARE THERE. SOMETIMES WE SEE IN THESE BACKGROUND CHECKS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. WITHOUT. DID I SAY -- WITHOUT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT ANYTIME THEY COULD OPEN UP THAT CASE AND THAT WE HAVE HIRED THEM. WITHOUT THIS LANGUAGE , WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR DECISIONS IF A CONVICTION IS NOT THERE. WE NEED IT TO STAY TO WHERE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A CONVICTION, THERE IT
024IS --THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR US TO FEEL UNCERTAIN ABOUT THIS HIGHER --HIRE. I WOULD CAUTION US WITH MAKING A TOO SIMPLE SIDE. I LIKE THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND , AND I DO HAVE A SUGGESTION OF WHAT MR. FRANK BROUGHT FORWARD AND I CAN READ THAT FOR YOU ALL, I JUST WANT TO CAUTION US -- IF WE ARE OKAY WITH WHAT THIS SAYS, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, RIGHT? THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS. JUST TO GIVE YOU FURTHER INFORMATION OF WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE ARE REVIEWING THESE BACKGROUND CHECKS, WE ALL COME TO THE TABLE WITH IT AND WE DISCUSSED IT AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE DIRECTORS, MYSELF . WHAT DOES
025IT MEAN? WHAT ARE THE CHARGES? WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE? WE HAVE THEM PROVIDE INFORMATION. THERE IS A LOT OF THOUGHT BROUGHT INTO THAT AND THAT IS WHERE THIS COMES IN. IT GIVES US THAT RIGHT TO ENTER THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL ACT TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER WE WILL BRING THESE PEOPLE ON BOARD OR NOT. SO, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION BROUGHT FORWARD TO SIMPLIFY THIS AND THIS IS HOW IT WOULD READ. BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON ALL APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN OFFERED EMPLOYMENT , INCLUDING SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTORS' EMPLOYEES WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL PREMISES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHOOL PERSONNEL ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE JOBS. SO , THAT DOES SIMPLIFY WHAT IS SAID HERE, IT JUST DOESN'T SPELL IT OUT AS MUCH. SO, MAYBE IF YOU
026WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THIS, IF WE ARE OKAY WITH SIMPLIFYING THAT, IF THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO, I JUST CAUTION THIS OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR INPUT AS WELL. MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I KNOW WE HAVE POURED OVER THIS COLLECTIVELY AS WELL AND THE HARD PART ABOUT IT IS IT IS REALLY TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS. IT IS AN APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT, THEN REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY WILL BE UNSUPERVISED OR NOT, THEY GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS. IF IT IS A VOLUNTEER, A CONTRACTOR OR CONTRACTORS' EMPLOYEE, THEY ONLY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS IF THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH STUDENTS. SIMPLIFYING IS ABSOLUTELY THE TEMPTATION BUT UNLESS WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY, LIKE MR. FRANK SUGGESTED PREVIOUSLY, WHICH
027I DO LIKE, OF BREAKING IT UP INTO TWO SENTENCES, YOU ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS IS DIFFERENT FOR THOSE TWO GROUPS AND YOU ALMOST HAVE TO KEEP DISTINGUISHING THE DIFFERENCE AS YOU ARE DESCRIBING IT. THAT WOULD BE --I AGREE WITH MS. DONNELLY THAT THAT WOULD BE THE HESITATION INVOLVED IN A SIMPLE VACATION UNLESS WE SIMPLY ATTEMPT TO BREAK IT UP INTO TWO SENTENCES. OKAY. AND I JUST CHIME IN AND TRY TO CLARIFY WHAT I TRIED TO CLARIFY? OKAY. THE SENTENCE, THE REVISION WAS JUST A REVISION OR WHAT I THINK IS A CLARIFICATION OF THE FIRST SENTENCE. OKAY. >> IN 4 D. THE SECOND SENTENCE WAS THE ONE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS SAGGING AND I TRUST THAT , REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS STILL IMPORTANT. MY
028SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO REVISE THE FIRST SENTENCE THE WAY YOU READ IT AND THEN LEAVE THE SECOND SENTENCE COMPLETELY INTACT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO READ THAT AGAIN, THEN? SURE. YES, PLEASE. >> NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST SENTENCE, THE FIRST PIECE AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION. BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON ALL APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN OFFERED EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING, SUBSTITUTES, SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEES WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON THE SCHOOL EMESIS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE -- I RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT. I COULD PUT IT IN SECOND READING AND THEN YOU COULD PUT IT THERE. THE BUTT, NOT LIMITED TO, IS THAT IMPORTANT LANGUAGE? YES. >> PRESIDENT PAMELA CORT , THE PROBLEM WITH THAT
029IS IF WE DO UP, AFTER SUBSTITUTE AND THEN WE JUST LISTED, WE WOULD NOT LEAVE THE AND. IT WOULD BE SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTORS' EMPLOYEES WHO MAY HAVE -- THE PROBLEM IS THEN, WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON SCHOOL PREMISES MODIFIES THE ENTIRE GROUP AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS TWO GROUPS AND THERE. ONE THING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY AROUND WITH IN A SECOND READING IS TO DO THE --IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT BUT WE COULD BREAK THAT UP INTO TWO SENTENCES WHERE WE ARE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT TWO GROUPS THAT THE PROCESS APPLIES TO BUT I THINK -- I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST DO IT WITH COMMAS. I AGREE. I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE REDUNDANCY THERE SO THAT IT IS CLEAR RATHER THAN A
030LOT OF VAGUE THINGS WITH COMMAS. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING MR. FRANK IS SAYING. I THINK WE COULD ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT THROUGH TWO SENTENCES. MR. FRANK? >> SOUNDS GOOD. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT AUGMENTATION --MR. FRANK WAS BUSY OVER THE WEEKEND. PORTAGE E --4 E. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE SIMPLER. IT READS, BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS -- CHECKS --I'M SORRY. LET ME BACK UP. FOR EMPLOYMENT, WHICH INCLUDES MANDATORY FINGERPRINTING. THE CURRENT LANGUAGE SAYS SHALL BE AT THE EXPENSE. SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION IS WILL BE PAID BY LCPS. IN MY RIGHT, MR. FRANK? YES. >> INSTEAD OF, SHALL BE AT THE EXPENSE OF. I THINK IT IS CLEAR WHAT MR. FRANK SAID. WILL BE PAID. >> THEN, ONE MORE, 4 F. IT SEEMS TO BE THERE WAS SOMETHING REDUNDANT AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH CONSISTENT WITH
031BUSINESS NECESSITY. IF I MAY , I WILL READ THIS. EMPLOYMENT MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON A SKILL ASSESSMENT AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION THAT IS JOB RELATED, PROVIDES RESULTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DISTRICT PURPOSES, AND, IS CONSISTENT WITH BUSINESS NECESSITY. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO JUST STOP THE SENTENCE AT DISTRICT PURPOSES. IS THERE ANY LEGAL REASON THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE THAT IN THERE? MADAME CORT, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE VERY SIMILAR CONTEXT BUT I WILL SAY THE LEGAL STANDARD --IT DOES STATE THE LEGAL STANDARD SO IT GIVES A LITTLE MORE LATITUDE . WHILE IT SOUNDS REDUNDANT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE LEAVE THE LANGUAGE THE WAY IT IS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ESTHER FRANK? SURE. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT. I MEAN, TO ME, --FIRST OF ALL,
032I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT BUSINESS NECESSITY IS BUT, IF IT IS THEREFORE A REASON AND IT HELPS TO MAKE THE POLICY STRONGER THEN LET'S LEAVE IT ALONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. GALLEGOS . THOSE ARE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS? EMAILED YOU WITH A FEW. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE WERE SOME COMMA AND OTHER THINGS I WILL SEND TO YOU SEPARATE FOR CLARITY THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AT ANOTHER TIME. AS LONG AS WE ARE THERE AT 4 G, IT READS ALL APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO READ AND SIGN AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT, A FORM THERE. I COULD NOT FIND THAT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE. AGREEMENT ALSO MENTIONS WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM. AM I MISREADING THAT? IT LOOKS VERY
033TITULAR AS IT IS WRITTEN. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS WITHIN OUR APPLICATION. ONCE YOU OPEN UP THE ONLINE APPLICATION, IT IS AN ATTACHMENT AS PART OF OUR FRONTLINE APPLICATION. OKAY. THAT IS WHY I COULDN'T FIND IT. THAT DOES MAKE SENSE. THEN YOU HAVE STRUCTURED H TO BE --ONE IS THE PERSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES , WHAT THEY MUST PROVIDE AND THE OTHERS ARE WHAT THE DISTRICT WILL DO. IF THAT REDUNDANCY IS IMPORTANT TO DO AND WE DON'T WANT TO SAY BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE EMPLOYEE WILL DO THESE THINGS, I THINK THAT IS FINE. YOU SEE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT? YES. >> SO, A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BUT IT WORKS FOR ME. UNDER J, IT SAID -- THIS IS ON PAGE 4 OF SOMETHING IF COLLIN IS SCROLLING FOR ME. ABOUT OUT-OF-STATE THERE --WHERE ARE WE?
034DOWN TO J, PLEASE. DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE. IT SAYS ITEM J AND THE NUMBER 2. THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO MAKE AND DOCUMENT EFFORTS TO OBTAIN FROM AN APPLICANT'S CURRENT OR FORMER OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYER, THE INFORMATION WHICH THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE. THERE WAS NO DESIGNATION OF INTERSTATE. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE HAVE TO SAY OUT-OF-STATE THERE? IN-STATE IS DONE A DIFFERENT WAY? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IS THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE STATUTE? PRESIDENT COURT --CORT AND SECRETARY WOFFORD, IT IS LANGUAGE FROM THE STATUTE BUT THE RATIONALE FOR THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE STRUCTURE THE WAY IT IS IS BECAUSE HOUSE BILL 128 APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYERS. THE ISSUE IS ONCE WE GET OUTSIDE OF THAT REALM INTO A JURISDICTION THAT IS NOT FOUND IN THE SAME WAY, THERE ARE
035ACTUALLY SESSION WE LEFT OUT, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION LEFT OUT OF THIS DRAFT THAT WE COLLECTIVELY DISCUSSED. WHAT ABOUT THIRD-PARTY OBLIGATIONS? THIS RELATES STRICTLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OBLIGATION. IT PROBABLY WOULD SLOW YOU IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THE INTERACTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES BUT THE REASON THAT THAT IS EMPHASIZED IS THAT THERE IS --IT IS ANOTHER JURISDICTION. THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME CORRESPONDING OBLIGATIONS WITHIN THE STATUTE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYER OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ENTITY WOULD HAVE IN NEW MEXICO. WE WILL STILL IS A DISTRICT SEEK TO VERIFY AND DOCUMENT IN THE STATE EMPLOYERS. THAT IS SET OUT ABOVE A CERTAIN SENTENCE. EXACTLY. >> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD ON THAT IS DO WE NEED ANY FOLLOW-UP LANGUAGE THAT WE WILL REPORT ANY ADVERSE INFORMATION? IS THAT A STATUTORY ALREADY? YES. THAT WOULD BE COMING, MEMBER WOFFORD --
036IN THE NEXT POLICY? YOU WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT POLICY. GBEBB. >> I WANTED TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, THEN. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WILL EMAIL YOU . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SECRETARY WOFFORD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? BOARD MEMBERS? MR. FRANK ? I JUST HAVE A CONCERN. I AM WONDERING HOW MUCH OF THIS COULD WE MOVE OUT OF THE POLICY AND PUT INTO REGULATION AS A WAY OF SIMPLIFYING THE POLICY WITHOUT LOSING ANY OF THE POWER THAT WE WANT THE POLICY TO CONTAIN? I BELIEVE MS. GALLEGOS WILL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. MS. GALLEGOS? RESIDENT CORT AND MR. FRANK , THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON THAT. I HOPE THAT THAT IS REASSURING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THOSE
037DIVIDING LINES AND WHEN WE INCLUDE MORE IN POLICY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION VERSUS LESS. THE CONCERN THAT WE HAD COLLECTIVELY AS WE LOOK AT THE TWO STATUTES THAT MS. DONNELLY REFERENCED IS THAT THEY DIRECT THE BOARD OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DEVELOP POLICIES THAT -- WE WERE A LITTLE RELUCTANT FOR THE BOARD TO TRUST THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE THE DETAILS OF THE STATUTE ITSELF. THE BOARD WOULD DEVELOP POLICIES FOR THAT PURPOSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS A LOT FOR THE ORIGINAL POLICY ACTUALLY DELETED. THERE WAS SOME TERM HAVING TO DO WITH THE FBI INVESTIGATION, SOME STANDARDS THAT WE DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WERE AND WE ALL AGREED THAT IF THAT EXISTED, IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN IN POLICY AND IF, IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS TO COMPLEMENT HR, ONE OF THE
038THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS, WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE BUT IN REMOVING THAT, IF IT IS STILL THE STANDARD WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING, WE WILL PUT IT IN REGULATION. THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT THEY SENT TO SHIFT TO REGULATION BUT THE PIECES WERE, BY LAW, THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP POLICIES THAT ACCOMPLISH OR MANDATE THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS. WE WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH JUST WE DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A REGULATION THAT DOES THESE THINGS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE MORE WE GOT INTO THE WEEDS OF WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE, AS THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION HAS DEMONSTRATED, THERE CAN BE LITTLE CHANGES THAT CHANGE THE MEANING. THAT IS WHY OUR COLLECTIVE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BRING IT TO YOU WITH THIS AMOUNT OF DETAIL. THANK YOU. MR. FRANK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I
039ASSUME THAT THERE HAD TO BE A REASON WHY. THIS PARTICULAR POLICY WOULD SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE DENSE THAN MOST OF OUR OTHER POLICIES AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? MS. DONNELLY, WE JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD PUT YOU THROUGH THE RINGER FOR YOUR LAST POLICY READING. THIS IS WHERE I SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH ALL OF THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. GODSPEED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER TWO DIG UNDER NEW BUSINESS WHICH IS WITH DR. MILLER TOMLINSON WHICH IS OUR FIRST READING OF POLICY JFB , STUDENT TRANSFERS. HELLO, DR. MILLER TOMLINSON. HAPPY NEW YEAR. GOOD AFTERNOON. HAPPY NEW YEAR. PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERVISOR RUIZ, IT IS NICE
040TO SEE EVERYONE. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS POLICY. IT WAS REVISED LAST YEAR SO WE ARE REQUESTING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER JUST A BRIEF ADJUSTMENT REGARDING HOW WE HANDLE TRANSFERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. IN CONJUNCTION WITH REDISTRICTING LAST YEAR, IT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE POLICY THAT STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR A TRANSFER EACH YEAR JUST SO WE CAN MONITOR ENROLLMENT . WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT HAVE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, NOT REQUIRE THEM TO REAPPLY FOR A TRANSFER EACH YEAR BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME UNINTENDED -- THERE COULD BE SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES REGARDING ELIGIBILITY, REGARDING PATHWAYS, PROGRAMS OF STUDY, AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR ARE OTHER WAYS, THROUGH THE POLICY AND THE PRIORITY CRITERIA THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN BALANCED ENROLLMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. SO, THE SINGULAR CHANGE --
041THIS IS IN STARK CONTRACT TO MS. DONNELLY'S POLICY THAT YOU JUST SAW. IN SECTION 4 E , CHANGING, JUST ADDING THE PHRASE IN GRADES K THROUGH FOUR, 6 AND 7, TRANSFERS MUST BE RENEWED ANNUALLY AND THAT IS THE CHANGE. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE -- I'M SORRY. MR. FRANK? AHEAD AND I WILL HAVE MR. FRANK GO AFTER. YES. DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE NINE THROUGH 12th JUST CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE STILL OUT OF DISTRICT OR WILL THAT JUST BE OBVIOUS WHEN THEY TURN IN THEIR SCHEDULES? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MR. WOFFORD . THEY WILL CONTINUE ENROLLMENT IN THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL SO THEY WILL NOT BE ROLLED BACK TO THEIR SCHOOL OF RESIDENCE. AND IF THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THEN
042THEY WOULD JUST APPLY? IT WOULD NOT BE A TRANSFER AT THAT POINT BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE? CORRECT. YOU CAN ALWAYS RETURN TO YOUR HOME SCHOOL. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO CROSS THE FEEDS HERE TOO IN TERMS OF THAT. MR. FRANK? YES, THANK YOU. I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS. SO, IN FIFTH GRADE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO APPLY? IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CONTINUING AT THE SAME SCHOOL. THEY ARE TRANSITIONING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL SO THEY WOULD NOT REAPPLY TO STAY AT THE SAME SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE AT THE SAME SCHOOL THE NEXT YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, YES. THANK YOU. SURE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE, MR. FRANK. IF A FIFTH-GRADER WOULD THEN, PARTICULARLY WHATEVER THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONE
043SCHOOL IS NOW, IF THEY DO WANT TO ATTEND, FOR EXAMPLE, A DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A TRANSFER AT THAT POINT BUT FIFTH-GRADERS, EIGHTH-GRADERS WOULD MATRICULATE TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL AT THAT POINT. CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A NEW TRANSFERS SO IF THEY WANTED TO ATTEND A SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A NEW TRANSFER AT THAT POINT. I WOULD RECOMMEND DESIGNATING THESE STUDENTS AS EITHER RISING OR UPCOMING. IF YOU ARE HAVING A RISING FOURTH GRADER -- THIS IS A FOURTH GRADER GOING INTO FIFTH GRADE, RIGHT? I JUST --IT IS JUST CONFUSING FOR ME, AS WRITTEN. A RISING FIFTH-GRADER, YOU WOULD REQUEST A TRANSFER BUT A RISING SIXTH-GRADER YOU WOULD NOT, RIGHT? OR WOULD YOU? THESE ARE CURRENT STUDENTS BECAUSE THE TRANSFER WINDOW IS
044IN THE SPRING SO THESE ARE THE CURRENT GRADE LEVELS SO KIDS CURRENTLY IN -- OKAY. SO THEY ARE A FOURTH GRADER AND THEY ARE PUTTING IN A REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY WILL BE A FIFTH-GRADER. A CURRENT FIFTH-GRADER IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THE SAME SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. THEY WOULD NOT RENEW THEIR TRANSFER. THEY WOULD NOT BE IN THE SCHOOL. THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WELL, AS LONG AS THOSE FAMILIES UNDERSTAND IT. I THINK ONCE THAT CONFUSION COMES IN, THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE NOT APPLYING WHEN THEY SHOULD OR YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE SOME TYPE OF REMINDERS OR LETTERS THAT GO OUT? I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU MEMBER TENORIO. I THINK THAT WE CAN DO A COUPLE --WE CAN ADD
045THE WORD CURRENT . SO STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN GRADES K THROUGH 4, 6 AND 7 IN THE SPRING SEMESTER, WE COULD ADD THAT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WOULD CLARIFY. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS ENSURE IN OUR COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE TRANSFER PROCESS THAT IT IS CLEAR WHO NEEDS A TRANSFER AND THE LETTERS THAT WENT OUT, THERE WAS A SEPARATE LANGUAGE FOR STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN FIFTH GRADE AND CURRENTLY IN EIGHTH GRADE THAT THEY DID NOT NEED TO REAPPLY FOR A TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL NEXT YEAR ANYMORE. BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO TRANSFER TO THEIR ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOL OR IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THE FEEDER PATTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ONE THEY ARE TRANSFERRING TO. CORRECT. BUT THAT IS NOT A TRANSFER RENEWAL, THAT
046IS A NEW TRANSFER SO THEY CAN APPLY FOR A NEW TRANSFER -- IS NOT WRITTEN SOMEWHERE ELSE? YES. THIS LITTLE PARAGRAPH IS ABOUT TRANSFER RENEWALS AND THEN THE OTHER --SO IF YOU LOOK UP D, THAT IS REALLY THE SECTION THAT SPEAKS TO NEW TRANSFERS. DO YOU THINK THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES A NEW TRANSFERS? IF YOU WERE TRANSITIONING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL -- LET'S SAY, THEY CHANGED THE LINES. SO I USED TO GO TO --I DON'T EVEN KNOW. LET'S SAY ONE OF THE FEEDER PATTERNS IN THE COLUMBIA ONE, RIGHT? YEAH. THEN YOU SAY, I'M GOING TO STAY AT HIGHLAND. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLUMBIA EVEN THOUGH I AM ZONED FOR THAT SO THEN YOU STAY AT HIGHLAND AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE VISTA? WHO WAS THE CLOSEST LEVEL SCHOOL? MESA. MESA. OKAY. >>
047PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, MS. TENORIO, IF THEY LIVE --IF THEY ARE A TRANSFER, RIGHT -- I'M SORRY. IF THEY ARE TRANSFER IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STAYS VISTA BUT THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONE IS, I DON'T KNOW, CAMINO, AUTOMATICALLY THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO CAMINO. IF THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO TRANSFER, THEY WOULD -- CORRECT. SO, RIGHT BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK, STUDENTS RECEIVE THE NEXT SCHOOL LETTER THAT BASICALLY INDICATED, THIS IS YOUR ADDRESS BASED ON THIS ADDRESS, THIS IS YOUR ZONED SCHOOL. AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO GET CLEANED UP, RIGHT? PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MS. TENORIO, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE DID GET CLEANED UP ON THAT BUT EVERY YEAR , BACK TO WHAT DR. WENDY JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE THOSE NEXT SCHOOL LETTERS SO FAMILIES ARE ALWAYS GOING TO
048KNOW WHICH SCHOOL THEY ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING AND IF THEY NEED TO SUBMIT A TRANSFER, OR A RENEWAL OF TRANSFER AGAIN. THAT WILL BE ON THE YEARLY BASIS THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE. I IMAGINE THE TRANSFER LANGUAGE IS IN THAT SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT LETTER? CORRECT. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE -- I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT IT BUT WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS -- HOW IS THIS NEGATIVELY IMPACTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? IN A PRACTICAL WAY? THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. ONE THING IS ELIGIBILITY. THAT IS ONE. THE OTHER MORE IMPORTANT ANYWAY IS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. REMEMBER, THE NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARE SOME PATHWAYS OR TWO COURSE SEQUENCES THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO COMPLETE. I WILL USE FRENCH AS AN EXAMPLE. LET'S SAY I'M GOING TO COMPLETE A TWO COURSE SEQUENCE IN FRENCH. I TAKE FRENCH ONE
049AND NOW I HAVE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, THEY DON'T HAVE FRENCH TO. -- 2. NOW, MY TWO COURSE SEQUENCE IS BROKEN. JUST SOME NUANCES LIKE MAD. WE WERE AT A CTE MEETING EARLIER AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS NOT HAVING --WE DON'T HAVE EVERY PROGRAM AT EVERY SCHOOL . SO, THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE STARTED IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY AT THEIR SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT EXIST AT ANOTHER SCHOOL SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. IF A STUDENT WAS OUT OF THEIR ZONE AND THEY ARE AT CENTENNIAL BUT THEY ARE ON THE PATH, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, THEY GET TO STAY THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE EXTRA STEPS. THAT MAKES SENSE. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE OTHER CONSIDERATION HERE, WHERE YOU WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY
050AT HIGH SCHOOL IS IF YOU HAVE AN INCOMING FRESHMAN THAT WANTS TO ATTEND A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WOULD BE A NEW TRANSFER. THEY WOULD HAVE TO INITIATE THAT REQUEST AT THE FRESHMAN LEVEL OR AFTER THE YEAR. CORRECT. >> BOARD MEMBERS? >> ONE MORE QUESTION. YOU GOT IT. I DO TRUST THAT AS COMMUNICATIONS GET OUT, EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE. I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE TRANSFER FAMILIES. I AM NOT SURE. LET'S SAY, FOR HIGH SCHOOL, IF THEY SET UP INCOMING FRESHMAN, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO CONTINUE GOING THROUGH THEIR ZONES. WILL THEY KNOW? DOES THAT GET ANNOUNCED? HOW DOES WORD GET OUT? HOW DOES THE TRANSFER WINDOW GET ANNOUNCED? YEAH. >> WHEN THE WINDOW OPENS, WHICH WILL BE IN LATE JANUARY, IT WILL GO OUT THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, THROUGH THE SCHOOL,
051THROUGH LCPS SOCIAL MEDIA, SCHOOL SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL OF THE USUAL WAYS THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR FAMILIES. THAT WORKS FOR MOST. FOR MOST. >> IT'S FUNNY WHEN SOMEONE POPS UP LATER AND YOU ARE LIKE, WHERE WERE YOU? I ALWAYS ASK FAMILIES TO PICK A WAY, WHETHER IT IS EMAIL, TEXT, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND JUST STICK WITH THAT AND ALWAYS GO TO THAT PLACE AND YOU ARE LIKELY TO GET WHAT YOU NEED. I KNOW THE WORD IS GETTING OUT A LOT WITH --I SEE MOMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHEN THERE IS QUESTIONS FROM OTHER PARENTS ABOUT TRANSFER AND MOST OF THE WORD IS LIKE, YOU CAN'T TRANSFER BUT, THERE ARE OPTIONS AND PEOPLE ARE KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK AND WHAT TO DO. WE ARE ALL LEARNING. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PRESIDENT CORT, IF I
052MAY ADD , WE, AND THIS IS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER APPROVING THIS IN TWO READINGS JUST SO IT IS APPROVED PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER WINDOW OPENING SO WE WILL BRING IT BACK ON JANUARY 20 FOR SECOND READING FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GUESS WHAT? YOU GET TO STAY HERE WITH US, DR. TOMLINSON FOR THE ADOPTION OF OUR ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT. PRESIDENT CORT, WHILE DR. TOMLINSON TRANSITIONS OVER, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OR CONTEXT AROUND THIS NEXT ITEM. PART OF THIS, YOU WILL HEAR DR. TOMLINSON TALK ABOUT THE REPORT FOR THIS AS FAR AS THE APPROVAL FROM THE GUIDANCE WE RECEIVED FROM PED, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT IT IS APPROVED BY NOVEMBER 13. WE ARE IN JANUARY, RIGHT? AND SO -- WE
053MISSED THAT DEADLINE. >> I'M GOING TO PRY THE UPDATE --PROVIDE THE UPDATE ON THIS. THE DATA THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO US UNTIL NOVEMBER 13. DO NOVEMBER 13 AND IT WAS AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 13. THERE WAS ALSO SOME CLEANUP THAT WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH PED AND WE HAD SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE DATA. AGAIN, PROVIDING SOME CONTEXT WHILE WE ARE HERE NOW. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WASN'T OUR FAULT. GOT IT. I WILL TURN IT NOW OVER TO -- I WAS THINKING WE ARE WAY EARLY. IT IS DUE NOVEMBER AND WE ARE IN JANUARY. THEY DON'T SPECIFY WHAT YEAR. 2028? LET'S DO IT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD -- THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT AND PUBLISH THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DISTRICT REPORT CARD AND
054HERE IS THE REFERENCE. IT SHOULD BE DONE BY NOVEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE DISTRICT REPORT CARD ON OUR WEBSITE. IT IS ON OUR ASSESSMENT PAGE AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE YOU CAN SEE THE BUTTON THERE FOR LCPS DISTRICT REPORT CARD. WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PUBLISH IT IN THE LOCAL PAPER FOR THE COMMUNITIES SO WE WILL POST OR PUBLISH THE LINK IN THE LAS CRUCES BULLETIN AND THE PRINT EDITION COMES OUT ON FRIDAYS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL MAKE THE DEADLINE FOR THIS FRIDAY BUT IT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE PRINT EDITION OF THE LAS CRUCES BULLETIN. --BULLETIN TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ON THE
055LINK THERE TO THE SITE, SO MANY OF THE POSTS WERE COMING JANUARY 15 OF THIS YEAR . SO, YOU COULD LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, LOOK AT ALL THE MATH AND THE SCIENCE AND WHATEVER DATA BUT I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT EVEN THOUGH IT SAID 24-25 AT THE TOP, WHEN YOU CLICKED ON THE INFORMATION DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WHERE I AM TALKING ABOUT --I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO REMEMBER WHERE WAS. IT OFTEN SET COMING JANUARY 15. EVEN THOUGH -- 2025? YES. >> THIS IS JUST MORE EVIDENCE. IS IT THE NEW DATA THAT IS COMING ON JANUARY 15? YES. THANK YOU, WOFFORD. AS MR. REESE MENTIONED , THE DATA REMAINS EMBARGOED AND DURING THAT EMBARGO PERIOD, WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A DATA VERIFICATION PERIOD. NOT ONLY CAN
056WE SEE THE DATA, WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE IT IS CORRECT AND SOMETIMES WE DO FIND ERRORS. SO, UPLOADING THOSE ERRORS, THEN THEY CHECK ON THEIR END AND MAKE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY AND THAT IS WHY SOME OF THOSE REPORTS ARE LATE. SOME OF THE DATA THAT WAS CLICKING ON ALAMEDA OR SOME DISTRICT ON THE NEW MEXICO AND THEN THE DISTRICT AND IN THE PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND THE THREE BARS WOULD EMERGE. SOMETIMES THE GRAPHIC DATA -- WHEN YOU CLICKED ON THE TABULAR FORM BELOW THAT, SOMETIMES THOSE DID NOT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE GREEN. I ALMOST CALLED YOU. THAT IS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW. IF YOU DO COME ACROSS THOSE THINGS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE CAN THEN REPORT TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THE BARGRAPH WENT UP TOO HIGH FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE
057SAYING THERE. THAT MAKES SENSE. IF ANY ERRORS THAT WE COME ACROSS, SOMETIMES PRINCIPALS OR TEACHERS WILL COME ACROSS THINGS THAT DON'T QUITE LOOK RIGHT AND THEN WE ALWAYS CALLED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THEY GET WITH THEIR TECHNICAL PEOPLE AND ARE USUALLY PRETTY GOOD ABOUT FIXING IT AND SOMETIMES IT IS MORE OF A TECHNOLOGY THING . IT IS NOT THAT THE DATA IS WRONG NECESSARILY, IT IS JUST THAT IT IS NOT READING THE GRAPHS CORRECTLY. THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I LOOKED AT. DIFFERENT THINGS CAME UP THAT WAY. JUST LIKE YOU, MS. DONNELLY, I TRIED TO CALL YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? MADAME CORT? >> MR. FRANK? I'M GOING TO WONDER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BULLETIN? IS IT ACTUAL DATA OR LINKS TO DATA? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
058WHAT WE WILL PUBLISH IS THE WEBSITE TO THE VISTAS BECAUSE PUBLISHING ALL OF THE DATA WOULD BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TO DO AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, MUCH SMALLER DISTRICTS THAT DO PUBLISH ALL OF THOSE GRAPHS BUT WITH A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE. WHAT WE DO IN THE PRINT EDITION IS DIRECT THE PUBLIC TO THE WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN FIND THE DATA. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARD 2024, 2025? SO MOVED. >> SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED BY MR. NOLAN, SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD. MR. WOFFORD, WOULD YOU TAKE THE ROLE PLEASE? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THAT IS UNANIMOUS, 5-0. >> THANK
059YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THE NEXT THING WE ARE GOING TO DO IS MOVE ON TO BOARD A REORGANIZATION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT POLICY, THE BOARD REORGANIZES ITS OFFICERS ANNUALLY. PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND SECRETARY. WE WILL PROCEED WITH NOMINATIONS. EACH NOMINATION WILL REQUIRE A SECOND. ARE YOU ALREADY? OKAY. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT. MADAME CORT, CAN MAKE A NOMINATION? >> OF COURSE YOU CAN CALL MR. FRANK. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE CURRENT PRESIDENT CORT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR THE NEXT CALENDAR YEAR. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. SECOND. SORRY, I JUMPED IN. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR ME AS PRESIDENT BY MR. FRANK AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD . ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT? ALL RIGHT.
060I APPRECIATE YOUR -- WELL, WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET. SORRY. I APPRECIATE NOTHING RIGHT NOW. HANG ON. SECRETARY WOFFORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLLCALL? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] THANK YOU, ALL. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CONDOLENCES. EXACTLY. >> THANK YOU, ALL. I WILL DO MY BEST. I PROMISE. AS WE HAVE OUR -- SORRY. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR -- MY APOLOGIES. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR -- I HAVE ALREADY MESSED UP. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SECRETARY WOFFORD . SECOND. >> SORRY, I DID NOT WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL SECOND. YOU DID WELL, MR. FRANK. IT IS HARD WHEN YOU ARE ON ZOOM. YOU ARE DOING GREAT. SO, WE HAVE A NOMINATION
061BY NOLAN FOR MR. WOFFORD TO BE VICE PRESIDENT AND A SECOND BY MR. FRANK. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT? ALL RIGHT. MR. WOFFORD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL ? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] CONGRATULATIONS NOW VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. WHERE IS THE APPLAUSE? [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. >> YOU GET ALL THE GLORY AS A VP. PERFECT. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE VICE PRESIDENT NOLAN. WHO IS NOW? >> REGULAR NOLAN. I SECOND IT. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FROM MR. WOFFORD AND A SECOND BY ME FOR PATRICK NOLAN AS SECRETARY . ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY? ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL STILL DO THIS
062UNTIL THE END. I THINK SO. MY HEART IS IN IT. WE DON'T HAVE A SECRETARY AT. A NEW SECRETARY. [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR NEW SECRETARY. THERE IT IS. [ APPLAUSE ] MR. NOLAN, THERE IT IS. I GOT MORE APPLAUSE THAN YOU DID. >> YOU DID. IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT POLICY, THE BOARD REORGANIZES ITS COMMITTEE --REORGANIZES COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANNUALLY. THE BOARD ELECTS A CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND A CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. THE ENTIRE BOARD SERVES ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD THEN APPOINTS ONE ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, ONE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO IS A PARENT OF A STUDENT ATTENDING THE DISTRICT ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ONE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MATTERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE WILL PROCEED WITH
063NOMINATIONS IN THE SAME MANNER OF THE OFFICERS EACH NOMINATION WILL REQUIRE A SECOND. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF FINANCE COMMITTEE --LET'S SEE. MADAME CORT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE A CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD FOR THAT POSITION. ARE WE DOING AUDIT OR FINANCE? WE ARE DOING FINANCE. I SAW AUDIT AS ITEM B. PERHAPS THE SCRIPT IS NOT --WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS AGENDA AS IT IS IN ORDER BUT I THOUGHT YOU HAD SAID AUDIT. MY NOMINATION WAS FOR FINANCE. I'M SORRY. LET'S DO THAT. MY SCRIPT GOES FINANCE FIRST BUT LET'S GO AUDIT BECAUSE IT IS WHAT OUR AGENDA SAYS AND I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN. I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF
064AUDIT COMMITTEE. WHO WAS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THIS TIME LAST YEAR? ME. IT IS NOT EVEN OVER. IT IS IN A PAUSE. IT IS STILL VERY UNFILLED. I WANT TO KEEP GOING UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS. I NOMINATE MS. TENORIO WHO WILL RECEIVE THE MOST APPLAUSE . SECOND. >> TENORIO TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. I SECOND THE NOMINATION. >> DONATED BY MR. WOFFORD --MR. NOLAN AND SECONDED BY MR. WOFFORD . ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT. SECRETARY/VICE PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] ALL RIGHT. 5-0. WE HAVE COMPLETED. [ APPLAUSE ] LOVELY. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE --NO. I AM JUST JUMPING AHEAD. WE NEED ANOTHER AUDIT COMMITTEE, YES? THE ADDITIONAL MEMBER, YES. THAT IS ITEM E. HERE WE GO. I WILL
065NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. WHO IS DOING THAT, CURRENTLY? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD FOR THAT POSITION OF FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR. THANK YOU. FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR. I HAVE DONE THIS FOR THREE YEARS NOW, I BELIEVE. I THINK PROBABLY TWO. IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS? I CAN'T. IT IS HARD TO MAKE THOSE MEETINGS. ARE YOU DECLINING THE NOMINATION? NO. I AM JUST ASKING IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED. IF CALLED UPON, I WOULD DO IT. MR. FRANK IS IN THE ROOM AND SO IS MS. TENORIO IF EITHER OF YOU ARE INTERESTED. MR. FRANK , I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU FOR THE POSITION OF FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR. MY REASONING HERE IS THAT VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD DOES SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WITH THIS IMPORTANT SUBCOMMITTEE THAT
066I WOULD LIKE -- I WOULD BE MORE THAN GLAD TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF THIS. IT IS GETTING RATHER THICK IN HERE. AS PRESIDENT, THAT IS PROBABLY -- I DID BOTH. >> YOU ARE A BETTER PERSON THAN ME. LET'S GO BACK BECAUSE THE NOMINATION FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS MR. WOFFORD. IT HAS BEEN PUT UP BY MR. FRANK. TO HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. MR. FRANK NOMINATED ME AND YOU NOMINATED HIM, WE NEED SECONDS ON EACH OF THOSE NOMINATIONS, THEN. IS THAT CORRECT? WE ARE GOING TO START WITH YOU FIRST. I WILL SECOND THE NOMINATION OF VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE ROLL. DON'T I GET TO SECOND -- NOPE. WE NEED TO DO YOURS FIRST. >> IF SOMEBODY DOES SECOND MR. FRANK AND YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE UP FOR
067THE SAME TITLE OR SEAT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, INSTEAD OF DOING A ROLL OF ONE MOTION AND THEN THE OTHER MOTION, YOU COULD JUST DO LIKE A VOTE OF WHO YOU PICK, RIGHT? SO THEN THE MAJORITY WOULD PICK ONE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES MAKE SENSE. IF SOMEBODY SECONDS YOUR MOTION. OKAY, MR. WOFFORD. I HAVE NOMINATED MR. FRANK IS THERE A SECOND? NO. >> FOR FUN, YES. I SECOND. OKAY. >> MR. FRANK NOMINATED BY MYSELF AND SECONDED BY MS. TENORIO . NOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT PROCESS. I APPRECIATE IT. I LIKE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE MEETING A LITTLE SPACEY. IT'S WHAT YOU GET OUT FOR ZOOMING IN. MR. WOFFORD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL AND WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED , YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN MR. WOFFORD AND MR. FRANK. MR. FRANK,
068WHO DO YOU VOTE FOR? I VOTE FOR VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. OKAY. MS. TENORIO, WHO YOU VOTE FOR? MR. FRANK . [ LAUGHTER ] I'M SERIOUS. HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AS VICE CHAIR. HE IS READY. SECRETARY WOFFORD PASSES. SECRETARY NOLAN? I VOTE FOR MEMBER FRANK . PRESIDENT CORT? I WILL VOTE FOR MR. FRANK . >> OKAY. MR. FRANK, YOU ARE OUR NEW FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. >> HE IS NOT HAPPY. YOU CAN FEEL IT. >> I WILL DO MY BEST. WE KNOW YOU WILL. >> I HAVE REALLY DIFFICULT SHOES TO FILL WITH REGARDS TO THIS POSITION BUT LIKE I SAID, I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN AND OF COURSE, I CAN ONLY DO IT WITH THE TOTAL SUPPORT OF THIS WONDERFUL BOARD THAT I SERVED WITH. YOU CLEARLY HAVE OUR SUPPORT. MR.
069FRANK, YOUR NAME WAS ON ONE OF THOSE POLICIES WHICH MEANS YOU SERVED AS PRESIDENT. YOU ARE TOTALLY CAPABLE. THOSE ARE SANDALS TO FILL, NOT SHOES. THOSE ARE BIRKENSTOCKS. WE HAD TO TOTALLY REVISE THE POLICY TODAY, EXTENSIVELY. I'M NOT SO SURE I LIKE HAVING MY NAME ON IT AT THIS POINT. ANYWAY, YOU ARE CORRECT. I HAVE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY. THANK YOU. NOW, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO A SECOND BOARD MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIR. HERE WE GO. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER? PRESIDENT CORT , WE DO NOT APPOINT A VICE CHAIR TO HELP WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. IS THAT CORRECT? I SEE ITEM D WE ARE MOVING ONTO IS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA,
070I WAS UNCLEAR. UNOFFICIAL. UNOFFICIAL. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU. OKAY. >> GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. HE CAN TELL WHO WILL BE HIS VP. RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. WOFFORD. I WAS NOT CLEAR WHERE THAT WOULD GO AND I WAS GOING TO PUT IT IN WITH SOME OTHER CHOICES LATER BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO NOW, LET'S OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A NOMINATION FOR THE SECOND PERSON ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WHO HAS SERVED ON IT EVER? SEVERAL YEARS AGO, FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS I WAS ON THE BOARD. IT WASN'T SEVERAL. THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. I DID IT IN MY FIRST GO AROUND. I THINK HE HAS DONE IT. >> MADAME PRESIDENT, I HAVE DONE IT AND I THINK I MAY HAVE EVEN DONE IT LAST YEAR. I BELIEVE SO. I DON'T REMEMBER
071MUCH ACTIVITY WITH REGARDS TO IT. IT WAS JUST ONE MEETING. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS IT. WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MR. FRANK. I SECOND IT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR OUR SECOND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER? ALL RIGHT. I NOMINATE PRESIDENT CORT. JUST TO SPICE IT UP? I HOPE WE DON'T GET A SECOND. I LIKE AN EXTRA HOT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME. ALL RIGHT. MR. WOFFORD, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL FOR MR. FRANK TO BE OUR SECOND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER? [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] CONGRATULATIONS, MR. FRANK. YOU ARE THE SECOND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. SECOND AUDIT COMMITTEE. DOESN'T GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WOW. >> WE SEE HOW IT IS. ALL RIGHT.
072NOW WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER. I'M SORRY. ONE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO IS THE PARENT OF A STUDENT ATTENDING THE DISTRICT AND ONE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MEMBERS --MATTERS, EXCUSE ME. THIS WAS OUR HOMEWORK OVER THE HOLIDAYS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I FAILED AT THE PARENT ONE BUT I DO HAVE A VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE. LET'S START WITH THE VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO IS A PARENT OF A STUDENT. I DON'T REMEMBER THIS BEING HOMEWORK. YEAH. >> I GUESS I WASN'T LOOKING. IT IS A HOLIDAY. >> I DID NOT HAVE A PARENT EXCEPT -- MY INQUIRIES WERE UNFRUITFUL. DID YOU HAVE A PARENT? I KNEW THERE WAS HOMEWORK THAT I DID NOT DO IT. IT IS UP TO YOU. >> ED,
073DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK? I THINK MAYBE MY DOG MAY HAVE DESTROYED MY HOMEWORK BEFORE I GOT A CHANCE. I HAVE A REALLY AMAZING THE CTA PERSON BUT THEY TURNED ME DOWN EVERY YEAR AND I JUST DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE THEM RECENTLY OR CONTACT THEM SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER. NO PROBLEM. WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL PUT ON HOLD FOR OUR NEXT MEETING THE PARENT AND I DO HAVE OPHELIA WATKINS WHO SERVED ON OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE THIS LAST YEAR WHO SAID SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT AGAIN. I HAD HER BECAUSE SHE IS RETIRED AND SHE ALSO USED TO WORK IN FINANCE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I THINK IT IS A VERY THOROUGH --ALSO JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON TO BE ON OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE. SO,
074I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE OPHELIA WATKINS AS OUR VOLUNTEER MEMBER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL MATTERS. SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL CALL. [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] I WILL DELIVER THE GOOD NEWS TO OPHELIA. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THEN, BOARD MEMBERS, IF WE COULD LOOK FOR SOME PARENTS WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER FOR THIS POSITION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS ON JANUARY 20. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. SILVER AND THANK YOU, BOARD. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE OTHER COMMITTEES. WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE. WHY HAVE I -- I LOST MY MIND. EQUITY COUNCIL. >> EQUITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU. WE HAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I AM MISSING. CAN ANYBODY HELP ME WITH THAT ONE? THE FOUNDATION. THE FOUNDATION. THANK YOU
075SO MUCH, MR. FRANK. AND THE FOUNDATION. SO, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO A POINT. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO BE ON THE COMMITTEES YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ON. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PREFERENCE ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO? WOULD THEY LIKE TO STAY ON THE SAME COMMITTEES? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT? I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT IS NOT RELATED TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE LIST . OKAY. >> IN THE PAST, DURING FINANCE COMMITTEE, THAT IS WHEN IT HAPPENS. THEY BRING UP THE NUTRITIONAL STUFF AND A COUPLE OF US ARE LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO GO DO THE TASTING, RIGHT? SO, MR. WOFFORD AND I WERE INVITED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A TASTING AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
076A TASTING BUT IT WAS ALSO -- I THINK IT WAS LIKE A WELLNESS COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE. DO YOU THINK? THAT WAS -- THE PRESENTATION MATERIAL WAS ALL VERY MUCH ON NUTRITION, ITS VALUE ON THE GETTING STUDENT INPUT. DOES NOT BECOME SOMETHING THAT WE GET TO DO? IS THERE A PROCESS WE HAVE TO BECOME PART OF THE LIST? I DON'T KNOW. I THOUGHT OF IT HAS ALL OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT THE DISTRICT HAD, THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE, THE SOMETHING THE SOMETHING, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. IF IT WAS JUST LIKE A ONE AND DONE THING, THAT IS FINE. AS OPPOSED TO A BOARD LEVEL COMMITTEE. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK. I LIKED HEARING WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THAT WELLNESS PART. RIGHT.
077>> IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE? MS. GALLEGOS? >> PRESIDENT CORT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU GOT TO ATTEND AND SEE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF IT AND CERTAINLY AS PART OF AGENDA SETTING, YOU COULD ADD THAT AS A REPORT ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING BUT I WOULD CAUTION AGAINST, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONTEXT, RE-EXAMINING WHETHER AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE A BOARD COMMITTEE . WE WANT THE ADMINISTRATION TO FORM PLENTY OF COMMITTEES AND CERTAINLY IF THE BOARD WANTS AN UPDATE ON THOSE ACTIVITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY IF IT OVERLAPS WITH POLICY, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BUT I WOULD NOT ADD IT TO THIS LIST. IF IT LATER SEEMS LIKE IT IS A BETTER FIT AS A BOARD COMMITTEE, IT COULD ALWAYS BE FORMED AS A BOARD COMMITTEE BUT
078IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I THINK A BOARD MEMBER AT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE WOULD BE A BAD THING ULTIMATELY. I AGREE WITH WHAT MS. GALLEGOS IS SAYING IN TERMS OF THAT SEPARATION. SUPERINTENDENT? THAT IS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO CONDUCT. WE CAN ALWAYS CONTINUE TO INVITE BOARD MEMBERS . THAT IS FINE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW IT WORKED. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A --AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING DASCHLE'S INTEREST IN CONTINUING ON THE DCC AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES. I THINK COMMITTEE SCHOOL IS A VITAL COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE BUT WE HAVE HAD GOOD CONSISTENCY AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND OTHER THINGS RIGHT NOW SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE COMMITTEES I AM ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. MS. TENORIO? WHAT
079ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ? UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS --I AM WILLING TO SHIFT. I AM NOT AT ALL COMMITTED TO THESE. BUT YOU ARE. COMMITTED IS NOT THE WORD. >> I AM COMMITTED TO THEM. I AM NOT, WHAT SHOULD WE SAY, ADAMANT ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. >> MS. TENORIO, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? THE ONLY ONE I HAVE NOT EVER SERVED ON HIS FOUNDATION SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING MR. FRANK WOULD BE WANTING TO PASS ON TO ME, THEN I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL BUT IF HE IS NOT, THEN I AM JUST STICKING WITH WHAT I HAVE WHICH IS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. IS IT ONLY TWO PEOPLE ON THE FOUNDATION? I'M SORRY, ONE? I THINK ONE HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE BUT IS THAT HOW -- BE MET JUST ONE. MR. FRANK? IT IS ONE. I WOULD BE MORE
080THAN HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE MS. TENORIO AND LET HER NOW SERVE AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE FOUNDATION. WE DON'T VOTE ON IT. I WILL TAKE ON WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER OR THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT. I WILL SERVE IN ANY OF THE REMAINING ONES. WHAT IS LEFT? I KNOW THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, EQUITY. THEY ARE ALL OPEN. I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JOHNNY JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME CONSISTENCY WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND I HAVE BEEN ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SINCE I STARTED ON THE BOARD AND HE WANTS TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENCY BUT I ALSO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD AND IF THERE IS SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WE CAN MAKE THAT TRANSITION AS WELL. HE WAS A LITTLE WORRIED BECAUSE THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE ALL NEW
081PEOPLE COMING IN SO THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY THERE AND NOT THAT I PROVIDE MASSIVE STABILITY BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE. HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE ON THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE? THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN EACH OF THESE COMMITTEES EXCEPT FOR THE FOUNDATION. OKAY. MS. TENORIO, WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ON COMMUNITY? I -- LIKE I SAID, I AM FINE SERVING ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF MR. FRANK WANTED TO GIVE UP THE FOUNDATION BUT I AM FINE WITH STICKING WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. MR. FRANK? >> MS. TENORIO CAN HAVE THE FOUNDATION IF SHE WANTS IT . THAT WOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. PERFECT. WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION TAKEN CARE OF. I'VE GOT MR. WOFFORD ON EQUITY AND EAC. MR. WOFFORD -- NOLAN, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
082I DO THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THESE, AT LEAST TWO YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON EQUITY ALONG WITH VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. OKAY. I HAVE ALSO REALLY LOVE THE DAC C1 BUT WOULD SWAP THAT ONE OUT IF SOMEBODY WANTED IT. IT IS AN INTERESTING COMMITTEE AND I ENJOY IT. IT IS INFORMATIVE. I AM FINE WITH WHERE I AM AT AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT SOUNDS GREAT. MR. FRANK -- WHAT'S LEFT? COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. >> I WOULD DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT MS. TENORIO WAS GOING TO DO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WITH YOU? SHE CAN BUT THAT DOES NOT LEAVE YOU ANY COMMITTEE WHATSOEVER, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE ON AUDIT. AND FINANCE CHAIR. >> AND FINANCE CHAIR. WE ARE ALL ON FINANCE. THE FOUNDATION IS ONLY ONE PERSON AND THAT IS MS.
083TENORIO. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT GOES. >> ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU WOULD, MR. FRANK AND MS. TENORIO, DECIDE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF SO I'M NOT APPOINTING SOMEBODY WHO WOULD RATHER NOT DO IT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WHAT YOU THINK, YOU TWO X I THINK THAT WE BOTH SAID WE ARE FINE WITH IT AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE JOB. YOU DO WHAT IT SAYS. YOU APPOINT. I AM GOING TO GO WITH WHAT MR. NOLAN SAID IN THAT I LIKE THE CONSISTENCY OF HAVING PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEES FOR TWO YEARS . I AM GOING TO KEEP MS. TENORIO ON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THEN MR. FRANK, YOU WILL SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THEN SERVE AS OUR FINANCE CHAIR. I AM HOPING EVERYONE IS HAPPY.
084I AM HAPPY. THANK YOU. I JUST NEEDED A LITTLE VALIDATION. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. SO, RECAPPING, THE FOUNDATION WILL BE MS. TENORIO. THE ACC WILL BE MR. WOFFORD AND MR. NOLAN. EQUITY WILL BE MR. WOFFORD AND MR. NOLAN. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, MS. TENORIO AND MYSELF AND AUDIT COMMITTEE IS MR. FRANK AND MS. TENORIO AND FINANCE CHAIR IS MR. FRANK AND ASSISTANT CHAIR IS MR. WOFFORD. ALL RIGHT. >> WELL DONE. >> THANK YOU ALL. PRESIDENT CORT , WHEN I SAID THE FOUNDATION, NOBODY TOLD ME WHAT IT MEANT. AS A RESULT, I MISSED SEVERAL MEETINGS. I JUST WANT TO INFORM MS. TENORIO, I BELIEVE IT IS THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH THAT MEETS, I BELIEVE THAT. LET ME CHECK MY CALENDAR ON THAT. I AM PRETTY SURE IT WILL MEET NEXT WEEK. YES. I BELIEVE MR. SILBER
085WILL SEND THOSE DATES TO YOU ALL SO THAT YOU HAVE THEM AND HE WILL SEND THEM RIGHT AWAY SO YOU HAVE THOSE IN THE CALENDAR. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 11:30. DO YOU GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE PERSON WHO RUNS THAT ENDEAVOR? I REMEMBER --THIS WAS MANY YEARS AGO THAT THIS HAPPENED. WE GOT THINGS MUCH BETTER UNDER CONTROL NOW. I'M SURE WE DO. THANK YOU. >> IT HAPPENS. IT DOES HAPPEN, INDEED. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK FOR THAT AND THANK YOU, MR. SILBER FOR FOLLOWING UP. ALL RIGHT, YOU ALL, WE HAVE NOW NEARED THE END OF OUR MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN . SO MOVED. MOVED BY MS. TENORIO, SECONDED BY MR. FRANK . LET'S HAVE OUR NEW SECRETARY CALL US OUT. WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES? DO I GO -- MEMBER FRANK?
086I VOTE YES. >> TENORIO? YES. SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD? I LOOK FORWARD TO CHANGING TRAYS WITH YOU, YES. DO WE SWITCH CHAIRS? >> I THINK WE GET TO SWITCH. ME AND ED. PRESIDENT CORT? >> I ALSO VOTE YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 5:39. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2026.