Board of Education - Jan 20, 2026

001GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS IS THE TUESDAY, JANUARY 20th REGULAR SESSION FOR THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND MR. NOLAN, WOULD YOU TAKE ROLL, AND IS -- YES. I SEE MR. FRANK IS ON ZOOM. SO -- SO SORRY. WE GOT TO DO A MOTION TO -- NO. JUST -- EVERY ONE OF THE VOTES AFTER THAT. THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING AS SECRETARY, EVERYBODY. SO FIGURING IT OUT. SECRETARY -- MEMBER TENORIO. YES. HERE. PRESIDENT WOFFORD. YES. SORRY. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. PRESIDENT CORT IS OUT, AND MEMBER FRANK? I AM HERE, AND I AM --YOU GUYS ARE COMING THROUGH VERY LOUD AND CLEAR. GOOD. >> AND PATRICK NOLAN, SECRETARY, I AM HERE. OKAY. VERY GOOD, AND THEN FOR THE SUBSEQUENT VOTES WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT ALL ROLL CALL BECAUSE -- YES. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR STUDENT

002ADVISOR, ALEXA WHO GOES TO ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE DAIS TONIGHT, AND ANY TIME YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, EVEN OUTSIDE OF YOUR REPORT TIME, PLEASE DO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE AIDEN WHO IS A FIFTH GRADE BILINGUAL STUDENT AT TOMBAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND HE IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND TODAY IS AIDEN'S 11th SO I THINK E MIGHT -- [ APPLAUSE ] -- WE HAVE A SPECIAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SO PLEASE RISE. DO I START? YES. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] WHOOPS. WE SHOULD HAVE THE -- THERE WE GO.

003I SALUTE THE FLAG OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO AND THE ZIA SYMBOL OF PERFECT FRIENDSHIP AMONG UNITED CULTURES. DO WE HAVE THE SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION? [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. [ APPLAUSE ] AIDEN, COME ON UP. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND HERE'S A LITTLE TOKEN. GOOD JOB. WAY TO MAKE IT EASY ON ME. WELL DONE. WAY TO GO, YEAH. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YAY. [ APPLAUSE ]FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING, AIDEN, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE BY THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR. JOSEPH FLORES, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND INTRODUCE? GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD AND ALL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT, AND STUDENT ADVISOR ALEXA, AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE THIS EENG.VENING. I'M THE

004DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS FOR OUR DISTRICT. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE CENTENNIAL CHAMBER CHOIR UNDER JENNA BATISTA. THE MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES THE MOST OUTSTANDING SCHOOL MUSIC MBLES FROM ACROSS THE STATE. SELECTED ENSEMBLES ARE SELECTED FOR PLEGS FOR RESENTATION FOR THEIR PEERSPEERS AT THE MUSIC FESTIVAL. ONE SCHOOL ENSEMBLE IS SELECTED AS HONOR ENSEMBLE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES --HONOR BAND, HONOR CHOIR, HONOR ORCHESTRA, HONOR JAZZ, AND GENERAL MUSIC. TEACHERS SUBMIT RECORDINGS IN JUNE. THE SELECTION IS MADE THROUGH A BLIND AUDITION PROCESS. SELECTED HONOR ENSEMBLES ARE THEN ANNOUNCED IN JULY. THIS YEAR THEY SELECTED THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR AS ITS 2016 HONOR CHORAL ENSEMBLE. THEY PERFORMED LAST WEEK AT THE ALL- STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR AN AUDIENCE OF 1,400 INDIVIDUALS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. TRULY

005SPECTACULAR AS WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR CENTENNIAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WHO WAS SELECTED AS HONOR ORCHESTRA. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE COULD NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT HOW FANTASTIC THE PERFORMANCE WAS. AND I KNOW THAT MEMBER TENORIO WAS THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBER TENORIO. I PROVIDED EACH OF YOU A COPY OF THE CONCERT PROGRAM AT YOUR SEAT ON THE DAIS. TONIGHT, THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR WILL BE PERFORMING ONE OF THE PIECES FROM THEIR HONOR PROGRAM, A CANADIAN FOLK SONG FROM QUEBEC ARRANGED BY DONALD PATRICK. EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN ME ININ WELCOMING AND CONGRATULATING THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER CHOIR. [ CHOIR SINGING ] [ MUSIC ] [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE AND WIN. THAT WAS VERY SWEET. ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS

006-- LET'S SEE. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO. SECONDED BY SECRETARY NOLAN, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING ROLL. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD? YES. >> SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> AND MEMBER TENORIO. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING YET. I THOUGHT YOU DID. I DIDN'T. >> I VOTE YES. OH. I'M SORRY. I JUMPED RIGHT -- OKAY. I JUMPED RIGHT ON TOP OF IT. CHAIRMAN WOFFORD? YES. >> IF I CAN MAKE ONE SUGGESTION FOR SECRETARY NOLAN, WE HAVE OUR NAMES KIND OF LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND IF IT MAKES IT EASIER, JUST READ FROM THE BOTTOM UP, AND IT KIND OF --IT'S PREFERRED I GUESS OPTION TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT BE THE LAST VOTE --

007OR YES. YEAH. OKAY. >> THAT HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE. THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING THAT --OR POINTING THAT OUT, AND SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 6, 2026 WORK SESSION WITH THE CHANGES THAT I SENT TO SUPERINTENDENT ROBIN. I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION. SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> IT'S MOVED BY -- I'LL SECOND. >> YES. BY MEMBER FRANK. SECONDED BY SECRETARY NOLAN. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. IN THE CORRECT ORDER, MEMBER TENORIO. YES. >> MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. PENULTIMATE VOTE. YES. THANK YOU. ARE THE MINUTES SHOWING THE CHANGES THAT YOU HAD SUBMITTED? YES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> YES, THEY DID, AND SO ALSO TO TAKE CARE OF STARTING BUSINESS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT

008AGENDA ITEMS WHICH ARE SECTION 5B1, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNITED SOCCER FEDERATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 6A1, RFP NUMBER 2526O4P. THE CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES, ITEM 6A2. THE BUDGET REQUESTS THE BARS, AND ITEM 6A3 PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS AND VENDOR PAYMENTS. SO MOVED. >> IT WAS MOVED BY MEMBER TENORIO. I THINK IT WAS SECONDED. >> AND SECONDED BY MR. NOLAN. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, PLEASE. MEMBER TENORIO. YES. >> MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD? YES. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ONTO THE REPORT ON THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR JANUARY 20, 2026. THE BOARD MET AND CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026 :00, 2026 FROM 5:08 P.M. UNTIL 5:32 P.M. TO DISCUSS LIMITED PERSONNEL MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10151H2 UNDER THE ACTS SPECIFICALLY SO

009THAT ONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD, THE LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT AND CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT. TWO, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING THE INVESTIGATION OF CLASSIFIED AND/OR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES, AND B, TO DISCUSS THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 10151H4 OF THE NEW MEXICO OPEN MEETINGS ACT SPECIFICALLY SO THAT ONE, THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD UPDATE THE BOARD AND LEGAL COUNSEL COULD ADVISE REGARDING RECENT INVESTIGATIONS OF STUDENT MISCONDUCT INVOLVING WEAPONS AND RESULTING DISCIPLINARY ACTION, AND I AFFIRM THAT THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE LIMITED TO THOSE STATED ABOVE. AND SO WE'RE ONTO ITEM 2, RECOGNITIONS. LET'S SEE. IS THAT -- THERE WE TWO. MS. JAMISON, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE OUR HONOREES. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD,

010AND STUDENT ADVISOR, ALEXA. I'M COMMUNICATION FOR LCPS. TONIGHT IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MRS. KARIN HITE AS THE 2025NEA NEW MEXICO ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR. A DISTINCTION SHE EARNED THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND HEART. SHE WAS PROUDLY NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF LAS CRUCES WHO WROTE IN HER NOMINATION, MRS. HITE HAS SERVED PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR 30 YEARS, 18 AS A TEACHER AND 12 AS AN ADMINISTRATOR. HER JOURNEY BEGAN JUST UP THE ROAD IN GRANTS, NEW MEXICO, AND CONTINUED HERE IN LAS CRUCES AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY, HILLRISE, AND NOW AS THE ESTEEMED PRINCIPAL AT SONOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, MRS. HITE BEEN RECOGNIZED TIME AND AGAIN FOR EXCELLENCE. HER HONORS INCLUDE A FULBRIGHT TEACHER EXCHANGE IN FINLAND, THE CRYSTAL APPLE AWARD, THE LCPS TEACHER OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP, THE EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, AND MOST RECENTLY

011AS OUR 2024LCPS PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. BUT BEYOND TITLES AND ACCOLADES, WHAT TRULY DEFINES MRS. HITE IS HER PHILOSOPHY OF VALUING EVERY PERSON IN A SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SHE OFTEN SAYS THAT BEING AN EDUCATIONAL LEADER IS LIKE CONDUCTING A SYMPHONY. EVERY STAFF MEMBER PLAYS AN ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENT AND ONLY WHEN ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE HONORED, CAN WE HEAR THE FULL MUSIC OF A THRIVING SCHOOL. FOR HER LEADERSHIP, HER SERVICE, AND HER DEEP BELIEF IN PEOPLE, WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE MRS. KARIN HITE, THE 2025 NEA NEW MEXICO ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR. [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ APPLAUSE ] MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YES, YOU -- YES, PLEASE. COME TO THE -- YEAH. EITHER PLACE. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT REESE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART

012OF THIS AMAZING DISTRICT AND TO SERVE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE AMAZING LEADERS THAT SERVE --HAVE SHOWN THE WAY BEFORE ME, THOSE WHO ARE MY LEADERS NOW, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MY MENTORS ALONG THE WAY. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE -- ALL OF THE STAFF WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE ME NOW BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD TO CHANGE STUDENTS' LIVES, AND I AM FOREVER CHANGED OF THAT. TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO CHEER ME ON, AND ALSO KEEP ME HUMBLE BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO DO THE DISHES AT HOME AND -- THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME ALL THIS TIME, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANTED TO HONOR ONE SPECIAL PERSON, THE

013WOMAN WHO MADE ME, MY MOM WHO'S HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] BECAUSE SHE CLEARLY MADE ME, WE'RE ALMOST IDENTICAL, I THINK. AND SHE MADE ME THE PERSON THAT I AM. HER STRONG, INDEPENDENT NATURE, KIND, AND COURAGEOUS IS EVERYTHING THAT I AM, AND I WOULDN'T BE THE PERSON THAT I AM WITHOUT YOU, AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR SUPPORTING ME IN EVERY SINGLE THING THAT I'VE DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, EVEN WHEN I WAS WRONG, WHICH THANKFULLY ISN'T VERY OFTEN, BUT -- I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. IT'S MY HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] KARIN, IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU ARE AN AMAZING, AMAZING ADMINISTRATOR. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERYWHERE YOU GO, YOU CREATE A BEAUTIFUL SYMPHONY OF PEOPLE WORKING

014IN HARMONY. SO THANK YOU. MR. WOFFORD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO AFTER THE SECOND RECOGNITION? YES. LET'S PUT THE PHOTOS OFF ONE --YES. SO LET'S HAVE OUR SECOND RECOGNITION OF THE NIGHT, AND THAT IS CYNTHIA DONNELLY, THE CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THANK YOU, SIR. AFTER A REMARKABLE CAREER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MS. CINDY DONNELLY JOINED DURING THE UNCERTAINTY OF COVID, A TIME WHEN GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES MEANT LONGER ZOOM MEETINGS AND DOZENS OF PHONE CALLS, AND BEING TOLD THAT YOU LOOK TALLER ON ZOOM. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US IN THE ROOM WHO COULD SPEND HOURS SHARING THE WONDERFUL QUALITIES THAT MAKE CINDY A REMARKABLE LEADER, BUT NONE ARE AS MEANINGFUL AS THE ONES FROM HER TEAM WHO SHE CREATED TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TRY TONIGHT.

015TERRY PANEDO WHO UNDER CINDY'S TENURE ADVANCED TO THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR, RECALLED HER MEET WITH EMPLOYEES LISTENING WITH EMPATHY TO THEIR CONCERNS WERE HEARD. HE REMEMBERS HER LISTENING CAREFULLY TO DATA AND THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS. HER CONFIDENCE PROFOUNDLY SHAPED HOW I LEAD AND SERVE OTHERS. JESSE PERRIO WHO HAS TAKEN THE HR REINS IN THE INTERIM SAID SINCE HE JOINED THE TEAM FIVE YEARS AGO, CINDY SERVED AS HIS COLLEAGUE, ROLE MODEL, LEADER, AND GREATEST SUPPORTER. ROBERT ESTRADA WHO ADVANCED TO SHARE LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES IN HR AS ON ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SAID CINDY IS AN INSPIRATIONAL LEADER WHO OFTEN REMINDED US THAT WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS. SHE MODELED THE POWER OF LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND AND ALWAYS KEPT STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF HER DECISION-MAKING, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS. OUR DEAREST CINDY, AS YOU CELEBRATE ANOTHER WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT ON

016BEHALF OF EVERY EDUCATOR, STUDENT, AND MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, LET ME SAY A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, EVERY TEACHABLE MOMENT, AND THE MOMENTS A CARRY US ALL FORWARD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CINDY DONNELLY. [ APPLAUSE ] SPEECH. >> SPEECH, SPEECH. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. REESE, MY TEAM, KARIN, YOU'RE MY SOUL SISTER. AS I HEARD YOU TALK, AND MENTIONED THE SUPPORT THAT YOU RECEIVED, I ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENT. I AM HERE BECAUSE OF MY PARENTS, MY FIRST TEACHERS, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF BRINGING THEM WITH ME TODAY. THEY ARE HERE WITH ME. THEY RAISED FOUR OF US, ALL WHICH HAVE SERVED IN EDUCATION. THEY RAISED MY SISTER WHO'S AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MY DAUGHTER WHO IS A TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. I HAVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER IN AUSTIN THAT LEADS THE

017CAUSE IN EDUCATION ADVOCACY, AND IT REALLY IS BECAUSE OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE. TO DO SO. MY MOTHER CONTINUES TO LIGHT THE CANDLE ANY TIME I HAVE AN IDEA OF INTERVIEWING FOR ANOTHER POSITION, AND JUST SAYS, DO, MIJA. JUST MOVE FORWARD. MOVE FORWARD, AND SO THIS CHAPTER WITH LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A REALLY UNWELCOME SURPRISE THAT JUST REALLY AMAZED ME AT THE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT LAS CRUCES IS. MR. REESE, YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM. YOU CONTINUE TO MENTION THAT EDUCATION IS THE EQUALIZER. I AM THAT. I AM THAT, AND MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME THAT, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR STORIES THAT BECAUSE OF EDUCATION, IT'S WHERE WE ARE, WANT TO DO THE SAME FOR THE KIDS HERE IN LAS CRUCES, AND THEY'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. THIS TEAM

018THAT I'VE SERVED ARE HERE TO DO THE SAME, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE, AND IT TRULY IS, AND SO I'LL MOVE ON, CONTINUING TO HELP BUILD EDUCATORS BACK IN TEXAS, BUT ALL IT'S ALL ABOUT OUR KIDS AND OUR FUTURES. SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND THE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT I WAS HERE. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] MS. DONNELLY, WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE YOU LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALL THESE YEARS, AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEXT ITERATION OF WORK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS? KARIN, WE'LL TAKE YOUR PHOTOS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOURS. I THINK WE SHOULD INVOLVE THE PARENTS IN THESE PHOTOS. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] LET'S HAVE ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR HONOREES TONIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ]

019THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FOR WHAT DO YOU FOR THE KIDS AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO WE ARE UP TO ITEM 3, PUBLIC COMMENT. BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR AUDIENCE OF THE BOARD'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH ARE FOUND IN BOARD POLICY BEDH, AND ON THE PUBLIC INPUT FORM REFERENCED IN POLICY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER. HOWEVER, THE BOARD MAY HER RESTRICT OR WAIVE THESE TIME LIMITS. THE BOARD WELCOMES PUBLIC INPUT. THEY DO NOT PROHIBIT CRITICISM OR COMMENT UPON PERSONAL MATTERS. ANY PERSON MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THEIR COMMENTS. THE BOARD NEITHER ADOPTS NOR ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY COMMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, AND WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED

020UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST IS CAROL OWENSBY. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, AND ALEXA. MY NAME IS CAROL OWENSBY, AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CLEAN, INDOOR AIR IN OUR SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO FURTHER MITIGATE AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION IN SCHOOLS. I RECOGNIZE THE FILTRATION FOR EACH CLASSROOM CAN BE COSTLY AND MAY BE UNREALISTIC AT THIS TIME GIVEN THE CURRENT DISTRICT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS CALLED THE SWISS CHEESE MODEL FOR RISK PREVENTION. THIS APPROACH BASICALLY LAYERS RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES SO THAT IF ONE LAYER IS INSUFFICIENT, ADDITIONAL LAYERS MAY HELP TO OFFSET THAT FAILURE. SO WE HAVE HIGH- QUALITY AIR FILTERS INSTALLED ON THE HVAC SYSTEMS AS WELL

021AS CO2 MONITORING TO ENSURE THE AIR STAYS AS PRESSURE AS POSSIBLE, BUT AS I NOTED LAST TIME, THE HVAC FANS DON'T RUN CONTINUOUSLY AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, SO MAYBE SOME PATHOGENS MAKE IT THROUGH. THIS IS WHERE IT'S AWESOME THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ORGANIZED AND IS PROMOTING VAC CINE CLINICS FOR VARIOUS ILLNESSES SUCH AS COVID, ONE EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION FOR OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS, BUT IT STILL MIGHT NOT COVER ALL OF THE HOLES IN THAT OF SWISS CHEESE. NOW I'LL TALK ABOUT A THIRD LAYER, ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING ANY AIRBORNE ILLNESS AS WELL AS ALLERGIES. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT WEARING N95 OR BETTER MASKS. BELIEVE ME, I WOULDN'T BE WEARING A MASK IF I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY FOR MY OWN HEALTH AND THAT OF OTHERS AROUND ME. THEY

022ARE NOT MY FAVORITE FASHION ACCESSORY, BUT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE. STUDIES SHOW THAT A DUCK BILL N95 MASK WHEN WORN BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL CAN CUT DISEASE TRANSMISSION BY 89%. IT PREVENTS AT LEAST 70% OF PARTICLES FROM ING THE SOURCE, AN AFFECTED PERSON'S EXHALED BREATH. 40% TO 60% OF COVID INFECTIONS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASYMPTOMATIC. IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR MORE OF US TO START WEARING MASKS. I RECOGNIZE THAT MANDATING MASK-WEARING WOULD BE A DIFFICULT ASK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GENTLY SUGGEST THAT MODELING MASK WEARING MIGHT BE HELPFUL. CURRENTLY MANY HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE RETURNING TO MASK MANDATES FOR THEIR FACILITIES GIVEN THE RECENT SURGE IN FLU, COVID, RSV, AND MEASLES CASES. THERE WAS A REPORT ON THE ALBUQUERQUE NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THEIR AREA HOSPITALS ARE AT CAPACITY DUE TO THIS

023WAVE OF WINTER ILLNESSES. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IF MORE OF US, LCPS TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STAFF, WERE TO MODEL MASK-WEARING IN THE WORKPLACE AND IN CROWDED AREAS, WE COULD HELP REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ILLNESS CIRCULATING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THUS IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH WOULD HELP TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES DUE TO ILLNESS. ATTENTION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, MS. OWENSBY. OUR SECOND SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MICHAEL HAYES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL HAYES. I'M A RESIDENT OF LAS CRUCES. I SPEAK FROM AN EXTENSIVE AND DIVERSE BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION. I HAVE TO ELABORATE HOWEVER MODEST IT MAY SEEM TO BE. I WAS A TEACHER FOR 45 YEARS IN PRIVATE SINGLE-SEX AND PUBLIC CO-ED HIGH SCHOOLS, IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES IN NINE STATES INCLUDING NEW MEXICO, AND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

024I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY, PERMANENT CERTIFICATION IN NEW YORK STATE, AND AN AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED TEACHING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WHICH I RECEIVED A Ph.D. IN ENGLISH. I AM A PUBLISHED SCHOLAR IN MY FIELD WITH A BOOK AND ABOUT A DOZEN ARTICLES. IN ADDITION TO BEING A TEACHER AND SCHOLAR, I WAS A LONGTIME PTA ACTIVIST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I READ WITH INTEREST IN THE 21 NOVEMBER VIEWS HELD BY THE THREE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS. I AM UNIMPRESSED BY WHAT THEY SAY IS MOST IMPORTANT. NONE OF IT NEW, AND I'M PALLED BY WHAT THEY DO NOT SAY AT ALL. ABSENTEEISM REMAINS A PROBLEM. NO ONE CAN TEACH STUDENTS NOT IN CLASS, A POINT TO WHICH I SHALL RETURN. COMMENDABLE, BUT NOT MENTIONED CRITICAL OR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO

025MAKE TRANSPORTATION FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE TUTORING AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. ALSO COMMENDABLE ARE PREPARING FOR STUDENTS NON-COLLEGE CAREER TRACKS AFTER GRADUATION, BUT I SUSPECT THAT SUCH PROGRAMS ALSO SERVE AS EXCUSES FOR NOT EXPECTING PROFICIENCY BY ALL STUDENTS IN ALL BASIC ACADEMIC SUBJECTS. GRADUATES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE HINDERED BY THEIR LACK OF PROFICIENCY IN THESE BASICS FROM ADVANCING IN THEIR CAREER, CHANGING CAREER, OR SEEKING ADDITIONAL EDUCATION. HERE'S THE RUB. SOME BOARD MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT THE DISTRICT SHOULD ACCEPT THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS CAN MASTER BASICS LIKE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE, AND SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH ANY LEARNING WHICH THEY ACQUIRE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY SUCH STUDENTS THERE ARE, BUT I DEPLORE BOARD MEMBERS' EXPECTATIONS IN THE STUDENT REPORT APPROACH TO EDUCATION, AND THE DISREGARD OF REASONABLE STANDARDS OF ADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. NO RE-ELECTED MEMBER EVEN MENTIONED

026THE DISTRICT'S CONTINUED RECORD OF POOR STUDENT PERFORMANCE WITH PERCENTAGES OF AVERAGE PROFICIENCY IN READING IN THE 30s, AND IN MATH IN THE 20s. IN MY VIEW, ANYONE EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT WITH INTENT OF THIS DISMAL LEVEL IS CONTEMPTUOUS OF TO THEIR EDUCATION. IN CLOSING, I OFFER THE CONJECTURE THAT ABSENTEEISM MIGHT REFLECT ABSENTEES' BELIEFBELIEF THAT A SCHOOL WHICH TEACHES SO LITTLE AND CARES SO LITTLE ABOUT TEACHING SO LITTLE IS NOT WORTH THEIR TIME OR TROUBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAYES. OUR THIRD PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM PAUL FIRTH. HELLO, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD AND THE BOARD. OUR STUDENT ALEXA, AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. I WANT TO FIRST EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE CHANGE IN POLICY JFB THAT WOULD ALLOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN THE SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE IN. I'M HAPPY FOR THAT STABILITY. I ALSO JUST

027WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING WITH THE MAGNET PROGRAM AT CR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUSTJUST OPTION OF ARROWHEAD PARK HIGH SCHOOL. SO WHILE TRANSFERRING IS ONE OPTION FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THESE OTHER TWO OPTIONS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. I ALSO AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE MLU WITH SOCCER AND --AND LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I SEE SOUTH CCER AS A LIFE SPORT AND A LIFE SKILL. LASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PRAY IF I MAY. SO HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, AND WE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND WE BLESS YOU THIS DAY. IN THE WORDS OF JESUS, I SAY OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME. MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL BE DONE HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

028LORD, GIVE US TODAY, OUR DAILY BREAD, FORGIVE US OUR SIN, AND LORD, WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. GOD, WE'RE SO THANKFUL HAT YOU'RE ON OUR SIDE AND LORD, WE BLESS OUR STUDENTS. WE BLESS OUR FAMILIES. WE BLESS OUR STAFF AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DO HERE FOR OUR STUDENTS, THEIR HARD WORK, THEIR LOVE, THEIR SKILL, THEIR TALENT, THEIR TIME, THEIR LIFE, LORD. FATHER, I ALSO PRAY FOR SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY WOULD BOTH EXPERIENCE SAFETY AND FEEL SAFE, LORD, AND LORD, EVEN BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS, I PRAY ANY PLANS OF THE ENEMY TO HURT OUR STUDENTS, AND I JUST SAY NO TO THAT. I ALSO BLESS OUR STUDENTS CONNECTING WITH ONE ANOTHER

029AND CONNECTING WITH OUR STAFF, AND THEN I BLESS THE LEARNING THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS THIS SEMESTER. AND I PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. THANK YOU, MR. FIRTH. WE ARE ONTO ITEM 4. THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR UNION PARTNERS ACTUALLY, MS. WACO IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING, BUT WE DO HAVE MS. IRMA THE PRESIDENT. I'LL ASK HER TO COME UP AND GIVE US HER REPORT. GOOD EVENING. BUENAS TARDES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND STUDENT ALEXA. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE PASSING OF MS. HELEN DAVIS. THOSE OF YOU THAT KNEW MS. HELEN DAVIS SAW HER AS A NICE, KIND, FRIENDLY TEACHER,

030BUT LET ME TELL YOU. A FIERCE ADVOCATE. A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. I DO NOT RECALL OR I DO NOT KNOW ACTUALLY HOW MANY YEARS SHE TAUGHT HERE IN THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MANY, MANY YEARS, AND --AND SHE -- FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, SHE WAS ALSO AN ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND --AND FOR STUDENTS AND FOR TEACHERS. MS. DAVIS WAS ONE OF THE -- ONE THAT MOBILIZED, GOT TOGETHER ALL THE TEACHERS IN LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS BACK IN THE EARLY '90s, AND WHEN THE FIRST COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW WAS PASSED. SO SHE WAS -- AS SOON AS THE LAW WAS PASSED, SHE STARTED HER JOURNEY, AND HER ADVOCACY TO GIVE COLLECTIVE BAR GAPING RIGHTS FOR THE TEACHERS OF LCPS. IN FACT, LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHERS, THEY WERE THE FIRST

031TO GET COLLECTIVECOLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHTS NEW MEXICO. HER HUSBAND, CHUCK DAVIS, WAS A MEMBER OF THE LAS CRUCES SCHOOL BOARD FOR MANY YEARS AS WELL, AND WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. SHE ALSO HAD TO TEACH -- HERE IN LAS CRUCES, TWO DAUGHTERS WHO WERE TEACHERS WITH LCPS. MS. KATHY DAVIS AND MS. PATTY BERM. SO WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, WAS VERY SADDENED, BUT AGAIN, SOME JOY THAT HER LIFE WAS OVER. HER JOURNEY ON THIS EARTH WAS OVER, AND SOON HER LIFE WILL BE CELEBRATED. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHO SHE WAS AGAIN, AND A STRONG ADVOCATE OF SUCH A GRACIOUS WOMAN THAT --THAT SO MANY OF US REMEMBER HER KINDLY. THANK YOU. I SHARE THOSE SENTIMENTS. IT'S A SAD PASSING. SHE WAS A PHENOMENON IN OUR DISTRICT, AND SHE AND

032HER WHOLE FAMILY. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS. THANK YOU. NEXT, I WANTED TO ALSO --AND CINDY DONNELLY HAS LEFT, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY --MY WORK WITH CINDY DONNELLY. I GOT TO KNOW HER AND AS SHE MOVED UP THE RANKS IN THE HR DEPARTMENT, NOW DIVISION, I GOT TO KNOW HER AND WORKED WITH HER, AND SHE WAS THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR FOR THE DISTRICT FOR, I THINK, LAST YEAR AND YEAR BEFORE, BUT I GOT TO KNOW HER ALSO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS AN AMAZING INTEGRITY FOR A PERSON, AN AMAZING ADVOCATE AS WELL FOR STUDENTS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE WORKED TOGETHER WHEN SHE WAS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT SHE LISTENED WITH KIND EARS, AND ALSO WITH SUCH INTEGRITY, AND I THINK I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT --THAT OUR

033NEGOTIATIONS WERE VERY UNIQUE, VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE STANDARD TYPE OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE HELD BETWEEN UNIONS AND A DISTRICT. I WILL TRULY MISS HER, AND BECAUSE --I GOT TO KNOW HER. AGAIN, I CONSIDER HER SOMEBODY THAT I COULD DEPEND ON. WHENEVER THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT I NEEDED TO CONSULT WITH HER WITH, SHE WAS RIGHT THERE, AND --ALWAYS LISTENING, AND US -- WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO COME TO A RESOLUTION, A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT I --THAT WE WERE HAVING. MANY TIMES I WOULD CALL HER AT 7:45, 7:30, WHEN I KNEW SHE WAS ON THE WAY TO LAS CRUCES BECAUSE I KNEW SHE WOULD ANSWER MY PHONE CALL BECAUSE SHE HAD QUITE A BUSY SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT --THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO --AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I CALLED HER AND SHE COULDN'T GET

034TO ME, SHE WOULD CALL ME THE NEXT DAY ON HER WAY TO LAS CRUCES, AND SHE SAYS, I'M ALL YOURS, AND THEN WE WOULD CONVERSE ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS. SO I WILL TRULY MISS HER, AND BECAUSE OF --AGAIN, SHE WAS VERY UNIQUE AS AN EDUCATOR, AND AS AN ADMINISTRATOR. SO I WISH SHE WAS HERE FOR ME TO HEAR MY WORDS, BUT I HAVE ALREADY TOLD HER HOW YOU FELT ABOUT HER, SO AGAIN, YOU WISH HER THE VERY BEST, AND GOD BLESS HER FOR ALL WHAT SHE HAS DONE, AND SHE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. NEXT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT YOU ALL WILL BE VOTING ON THE CSEC AGREEMENT. FINALLY. IT TOOK US A LONG TIME, BUT I THINK -- I THINK THAT THE PRODUCT, THE END PRODUCT IS VERY -- IS GOING

035TO BE VERY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF WHETHER YOU ALL HAVE READ FROM PAGE ONE TO THE END OF THE AGREEMENT, BUT YOU ALL WERE GIVEN A SUMMARY, AND I BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND IT WAS QUITE A LONG TIME, BUT WE GOT IT DONE, AND THERE WERE MANY PAUSES IN BETWEEN. WE STARTED WITH --WITH CHIEF OF OPERATIONS GABE SANCHEZ, AND THEN AFTER HE LEFT, WE CONTINUED WITH MS. CINDY DONNELLY. SO -- SO I DO HOPE ONE OF THESE --ONE OF THESE EVENINGS YOU GET THE AGREEMENT AND READ IT BECAUSE IT'S --IT'S A FABULOUS DOCUMENT. SO MUCH LABOR OF LOVE. I'M GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PUT INTO IT, AND -- AND I IT BENEFITSBENEFITS EMPLOYES BUT I THINK IT ALSO BENEFITS THE MORES ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL, AND WHAT I THINK WE DID

036IS WE PUT A LOT OF CLARITY INTO THE AGREEMENT. AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VOTE WHEN -- FURTHER ON, ON THE AGENDA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY TEAM THAT WAS ON --THAT WAS MY PARTNERS IN NEGOTIATING THE AGREEMENT. IT WAS -- LET ME THINK. OH MY GOOD NESS. VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AL RIVERA, ALVARADO RIVERA. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES COTTON, VICE PRESIDENT NUTRITION SERVICES CHRIS ARRIETA, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SECRETARIES, JOSIE LOPEZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPUTER TECHNICIANS, DOMINIC MALDONADO, AND VICE PRESIDENT OF -- OH MY GOODNESS. DID I SAY DOMINIC MALDONADO? YES. DID I SAY -- YOU DID. >> SECRETARIES -- WHO AM I MISSING? CHRIS ARRIETA? CHRIS ARRIETA, TERRY HELP ME. WHO AM I MISSING? GOSH. I HOPE --I'M GOING TO GET A PHONE CALL. YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME. LET ME

037SEE. CUSTODIANS DANIEL SURE. FABULOUS TEAM THAT I -- THAT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH, AND ALSO A BLESSING THAT I HAVE THEM AS PART OF MY LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO ONE MORE THINGTHING THAT I TO DISCUSS IS THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT STARTED TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FEBRUARY THE 19th. IT'S A 30-DAY SESSION. A WHIRLWIND OF A SESSION, MAINLY THE FOCUS IS THE BUDGET, AND SO I AM --WHAT I'M HEARING IS I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD CERTAIN COUNTY EGISLATORSEGISLATORS SAY THAT NEW MEXICO IS NOT A POOR STATE, AND WE HAVE BEEN -- WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT AND PROBABLY HAVE BELIEVED THAT NEW MEXICO IS A POOR STATE, AND IT IS NOT. WE ARE --WE ARE A STATE IN IN STANDING FINANCIALLY, AND -- BUT -- BUT YET WE -- WE

038HAVE BEEN TOLD YEAR AFTER YEAR. I CANNOT REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST STATES IN GOOD FINANCIAL STANDING HERE IN THE NATION. WELL, WHAT I'M DISAPPOINT SECOND-DISAPPOINTED IS THAT I'M HEARING THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING A 1% INCREASE. MM-HMM. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSING, BUT THE OTHER FINANCE AND LEGISLATIVE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEES, I DO --I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, BUT WHEN I HEARD THE 1% BY THE GOVERNOR, IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO ME. YES, WE --IT SOUNDS VERY GOOD WHAT I AM HEARING FROM OUR UNION LOBBYISTS, THAT THE BILL OF 8020 WHEREBY THE DISTRICT WILL PAY 80% OF THE PREMIUM AND THE EMPLOYEE WILL PAY 20% --IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN FOOD GOOD STANDING. WE HOPE THAT BILL

039DOES PASS, BUT GOING BACK TO THE 1%, I THINK WHAT THE LEGISLATORS ARE THINKING THAT IF THIS BILL PASSES, THE 80/20, THAT THAT'S PART OF A WAGE INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES, AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE INSURANCE IS A BENEFIT. THE 1% IS ACTUALLY WAGES. SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE --IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT ONE OF OUR SALARY SCHEDULES, WHICH ARE POSTED ONLINE, AND LET'S TAKE AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS AND EARNS $18 AN HOUR. A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ARE HOURLY EMPLOYEES. THAT MEANS THAT THEY WOULD GET 18 CENTS IF IT GOES THROUGH THE 1%. 18 CENTS. THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY WOULD GET. THAT'S SHAMEFUL IN MY OPINION, AND I WISH I WAS IN THE BESTBEST THAT I COULD GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND --LIKE I USED TO IN THE PAST, BUT I'M HAVING A TEAM,

040AND THEY WILL BE REPRESENTING CSEC AT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THEY WILL VOCALIZE WHAT THE --WHAT OF THE 1%. AGAIN, WITH CONTINUE KNOW, BUT IT COULD PASS. WE DON'T KNOW. SO I WISH I COULD TELL THE GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW, MYSELF HOW I FEEL AND WHAT I BELIEVE IN, AND DID YOU ALL KNOW -- AND YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ME FOR MANY YEARS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SOME OF YOU, ABOUT EMPLOYEES THAT --THAT HAVE TO WORK TWO JOBS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LCPS EMPLOYEES THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, DONATE PLASMA TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME? DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES IN YOUR DIVISION THAT THEY HAVE TO DONATE PLASMA TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET? ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. I WANT TO BRING THAT UP

041TO YOU. I SAID THAT QUITE SOME TIME, BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN. THE SAME THING, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THE LAST TIME I MENTIONED THAT, AND I WISH I COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR TO TELL HER THAT MYSELF. I WISH THAT I COULD GO TO THE --TO THE LEGISLATURE AND TELL -- AND TELL THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES KNOW THAT PUBLIC SERVANTS, YOUR PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO --WHO SERVICE THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE TO DONATE PLASMA TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME? ISN'T THAT SHAMEFUL? ISN'T THAT SHAMEFUL THAT THAT HAPPENS? BUT AGAIN BECAUSE OF MY HE ALTH, I CANNOT VOICE MYSELF, BUT AGAIN, I'M THANKFUL FOR MY UNION LOBBYISTS AND MY TEAM AND T THEY WILL GO UP THERE AND THEY BE VOCALIZING

042THAT. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BYE-BYE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALSO THE WORK IN COLLABORATION THAT WENT INTO THE AGREEMENT, AND, YOU KNOW, EXCITED THAT WE ARE BRINGING IT FORWARD FOR A VOTE. MM-HMM. >> I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO ALEXA FOR OUR STUDENT ADVISOR REPORT. WELCOME, ALEXA. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ALEXA EDMONTON, AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE THE TONIGHT'S MEETING. TO BEGIN, THE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A SINCERE THANK YOU TO MR. RODRIGUEZ, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THOUGHTFULLY ADDRESSING CONCERNS FROM EACH SCHOOL. HE MADE AN EFFORT TO RESPOND TO THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WERE RAISED AND PROVIDED

043INSIGHT TO THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THE WORK OF OUR DISTRICT WHICH WAS A MAJOR TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. ALSO NOTING THE SCHOOL'S REPORTS, WHILE THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT STUDENTS CAN CONTROL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT MAINTAINING A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL SCHOOL A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. STUDENTS TAKE PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND TOGETHER WITH STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION, EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES TO THE CARE AND SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS. BEGINNING WITH MAYFIELD, THERE WERE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THE ING CONDITION OF THE BUILDING WITH PARTICULAR CONCERN ABOUT THE POOR STATE OF THE RESTROOMS. ONGOING PLUMBING ISSUES WERE NOTED, LARGELY CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE ITEMS BEING FLUSHED BY STUDENTS. STUDENTS ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM SECURITY AND SHARED THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY GUARDS AS THIS WOULD HELP WITH MONITORING GIRLS' RESTROOMS. AT ORGAN MOUNTAIN, PEOPLE REPORTED BEING

044HAPPY WITH SECURITY MEASURES AND ADDITIONAL SECURITY GUARDS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY WITH MANAGING AND MONITORING THE METAL DETECTERS. THERE ARE RESTROOMS NEAR OUR GYM THAT ARE OUTDATED AND HEAVILY WHILE SOME ISSUES ARE RELATED TO STUDENT BEHAVIOR, THERE IS A STRONG DESIRE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO THESE FACILITIES. AT ARROWHEAD, THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT SECURITY STAFF IS STRETCHED TOO THIN. NOTING THAT CAMERAS ARE NOT PREVENTIVE AND ARE ONLY USED AFTER INCIDENTS OCCUR, THEY ARE EXPLORING OPTIONS TO LIMIT ACCESS BETWEEN BUILDINGS, THOUGH CHANGES AT ARROWHEAD ARE LIMIT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT DOES NOT OWN THE LAND. STUDENTS ALSO REPORTED POOR FOOD QUALITY AND ASKED WHAT IS BEING DONE TO DRESS IT WHILE GUIDELINES ARE MET. TRANSPORTATION ISSUES HAVE MEALS LEADING THE DISTRICT TO REVIEW STATE REQUIREMENTS AND CONSIDER THIRD-PARTY OR PRIVATE FOOD SERVICE OPTIONS, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE CONTAINERS TO

045PREVENT FOOD FROM BECOMING SOGGY. STUDENTS ASKED ABOUT SECURITY OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS AND SHARED CONCERNS ABOUT SLOW HIRING AND LIMITED SECURITY PRESENCE WITH CLARIFICATION THAT OFFICERS ARE TYPICALLY FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT. SECURITY IS NOW MANAGED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING IS IMPORTANT, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS FROM CENTENNIAL, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT, AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL EXCUSE MYSELF EARLY AS I HEARD THIS MEETING MIGHT RUN A LITTLE LONG. SO --THAT LEADS TO THE CONCLUSION OF MY REPORT. THANK YOU, ALEXA. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEXA ON WHAT SHE'S OFFERED? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADDRESSED ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT

046UP. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ALEXA. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MOVING MY REPORT, IF WE COULD POP UP THE POWER POINT ONCE AGAIN THERE, COLIN. THANK YOU. I WANT TO START WITH A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR LEGISLATIVE ENGAGEMENT AS WE HEAD INTO THE 2026 NEW MEXICO LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHICH OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF TODAY AT NOON. THIS WEEKEND, I'LL BE TRAVELING TO SANTA FE WITH S. O'BRIEN AND MR. RODRIGUEZ WHERE WE'LL BE LIFTING UP THE STRENGTH OF OUR REGION AND THE PRIORITIES THAT SCHOOLS. ALSO LATER THIS MONTH ON JANUARY 28th, I'LL BE JOINING OUR UNION PARTNERS AT THE NEA CSEC DAYS AS WE SHARE OUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, OUR TEAM HAS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME MEETING WITH LOCAL LEGISLATORS AND COMMUNITY

047PARTNERS INCLUDING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE BRIDGE OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES. THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON ALIGNING OUR PRIORITIES. WHEN ENCOURAGED BY LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMITTEE LERKS SC, AND LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY THEIR INTEREST IN REVISITING A IDEA WHICH IS UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION. SOME OF THOSE FUNDING SHORTLE FALLS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AS WELL AS THE 80/20 SPLIET FOR EDUCATORS. THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT REPRESENT THE GROWING RECOGNITION OF THE NEEDS FACING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AS WE MOVE INTO THE SESSION, I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP, YOUR ENGAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONSISTENT CONSISTENT SUPPORT STRENGTHENING OUR MESSAGE, AND POSITION US AS WELL FOR A PRODUCTIVE AND HOPEFUL 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON BEHALF OF LCPS STUDENTS AND STAFF. ON JANUARY

04812th, MR. SILVER AND I MET WITH DR. MONICA TORRES, CHANCELLOR OF DONA ANA COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO DISCUSS WAYS TO DEEPEN OUR PARTNERSHIP. A KEY FOCUS OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS THE BILINGUALBILINGUAL CCO AND HOW IT CAN BE LEVERAGED IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION AND LOCAL WORK FORCE. WE SEE A STRONG POTENTIAL THAT SUPPORTS NOT JUST AS GRADUATION, BUT INTO CAREERS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WHO WILL CONTINUE AS BOTH GROUPS LOOK FOR WAYS TO CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS. ALSO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE BOTH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN TOWN AROUND THE SEAL BY LITERACY, AND WHAT THE BENEFIT FOR OUR KIDS IS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE BRIDGE OF SOUTHERN WHICH I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF AS WELL. AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEN OUR SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO CENTENNIAL HIGH

049SCHOOL. THE CENTENNIAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR, AGAIN FOR BEING SELECTED FOR THE STATE HONOR FOR THE NMMEA STATE HONOR PERFORMANCES THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK IN ALBUQUERQUE. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO DR. MILLER TOMLINSON FOR REPRESENTING THE LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MS. TENORIO AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS EVENT AND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT MADE THIS SUCH A SPECIAL EVENT. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th, MESILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXPERIENCED A POTENTIAL GAS LEAK. UNDER AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THE ENTIRE CAMPUS WAS SAFELY EVACUATED TO THE MESILLA COMMUNITY SCHOOL. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ALL STUDENTS WERE SAFE, COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES WAS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE SITUATION, AND EVERY STUDENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY PICKED UP AND REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILY. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO RUSSELL HERNANDEZ AND THE COMMUNITY OF MESILLA FOR OPENING THE COMMUNITY CENTER

050FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. I'M ALSO THANKFUL TO OUR TEAM, DISTRICT STAFF, AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE CALM, COORDINATED RESPONSE. THE PRINCIPAL KEPT THE FACULTY AND STAFF IN GOOD SPIRITS. EVEN ON THEIR BUS RIDE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, BACK TO CAMPUS, AFTER THE STUDENTS WERE PICKED UP. ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, LCPS WILL HOST OUR FOURTH ANNUAL OFFICE PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE AT ARROWHEAD COLLEGE FOOTBALL FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SECRETARY CONFERENCE. THIS EVENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ESSENTIAL OFFICE PROFESSIONALS TO COME TOGETHER FOR A DAY OF NETWORKING, LEARNING, AND CELEBRATION OF THE VITAL WORK THEY DO ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO GOLDEN EAGLE EVENT PLANNING AT RGPI AND TO OUR STUDENTS FROM OUR DISTRICT WHO WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THAT EVENT. BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME, AND THIS IS LISTED IN

051YOUR MONTHLY EVENT LIST PROVIDED TO YOU FROM MY OFFICE. OUR MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FFA STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO JOIN TODAY DUE TO A PRIOR CONFLICT, AND SO AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, BUT I WOULD ALSO AT THIS POINT ACTUALLY LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. SHIRLEY O'BRIEN, OUR CHIEF OF STUDENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. AS SHE COMES UP, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THIS IS PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, POLICY --YEARLY POLICY EXPECTATION AS WE REDISTRICTED LAST YEAR AS YOU RECALL. PART OF OUR POLICY IS TO BE --TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE REVISITING AND LOOKING AT OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT DATA, MAKING ANY DECISIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS, AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE

052TODAY AROUND THOSE EFFORTS. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, AND THANK YOU MS. O'BRIEN FOR BEING HERE. ABSOLUTELY. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ALEXA, AND SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ. I AM HERE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES. COLLEEN MARTINEZ FROM VISIONS AND PLANNING IS JOINING US US ZOOM AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE THOUGHT PARTNER AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE NUMBERS, AND ALL THE DATA SURROUNDING REDISTRICTING AND TRANSFERS. SO THANK YOU, COLLEEN, FOR BEING WITH US HERE THIS EVENING. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER DATA, I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE REDISTRICTING PLAN IS A THREE TO FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT WE BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THE CHANGES ARE SUBTLE FOR SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES AS WE DID ALLOW FOR STUDENTS TO STAY

053IN THEIR ENROLLED SCHOOL BASED ON EXCEPTION RULES AND TRANSFERS. STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THE EXCEPTIONS WILL BEGIN TO PHASE OUT, ESPECIALLY FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE ALLOWED INCOMING FIFTH AND EIGHTH TO STAY AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. SOME SIBLINGS MAY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE EXCEPTIONS AS WELL. WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING ENROLLMENT OF EAST MESA SCHOOLS INCLUDES TRANSFERS. THE DISTRICT WILL LIMIT TRANSFERS AS PER POLICY TO HELP PREVENT OVERCROWDING. WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HIGH ENROLLMENTS, POTENTIALLY MOVING SOME PROGRAMS TO OTHEROTHER WHO HAVE MORE CLASSROOM SPACE AVAILABLE. FOR OUR TRANSFER DATA, WE ARE THE 80th DAY COMPARISONSCOMPARISONS FROM 2024 TO 2025. AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THE 80th DAY WAS ON DECEMBER 1st FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. ON THIS

054SLIDE, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ATTENDING THEIR ZONED SCHOOL BY ALMOST 10%. ELEMENTARY TRANSFERS HAVE DECREASED OVERALL AS COMPARED TO THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THE DECREASE OF 5.9% OF STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT AND A DECREASE OF 4.8% OF STUDENTS TRANSFERRING IN. FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE'RE SEEING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING THEIR ZONE SCHOOLS. THE MAGNET SCHOOLS IMPACT THIS NUMBER. ALL MAGNET SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE GIVEN AN EXCEPTION. THERE'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TRANSFERRING IN AND OUT OF ZONED MIDDLE SCHOOLS. FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, 76. 1% ARE ATTENDING THEIR ZONED SCHOOLS WHICH IS A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER LAST SCHOOL YEAR. THIS NUMBER HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM 2024. TRANSFERS OUT HAVE SLIGHTLY DECREASED FROM 2024 AND TRANSFERS IN HAVE DECREASED BY 2.2%.

055OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE SHOWING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRANSFERS OUT AMONG ALL GRADES AT 23.9%. AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WERE 13.8% AND OVERALL, WE ARE SEEING MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH TRANSFER RATES DOWN AND MORE STUDENTS ATTENDING THEIR ZONED SCHOOL. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 13 HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN PROGRESS. SOME HOMES AND SOME ARE APARTMENTS. IS SLOWING. 11 OF THE 13 DEVELOPMENTS ARE ON THE EAST MESA. ONE IS IN THE TOMBAUGH ZONE, AND ONE IS IN THE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ZONE. THE 11 DEVELOPMENTS ON THE EAST MESA WILL INCLUDE 1,106 HOMES, AND 288 APARTMENTS OVER TIME. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND NOT ALL HOUSING WILL RESULT IN STUDENTS. AS WE CHART THE COURSE FOR SUCCESS, WE WANT TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF REDUCING TRANSFERS AND THE

056PHASING OUT OF EXCEPTIONS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY MICROADJUSTMENTS. ONE MORE YEAR OF MONITORING IS IN ORDER. FOR OUR SCHOOLS AT OR CLOSE TO CAPACITY, TRANSFERS WILL BE LIMITED. PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS AT OR NEAR CAPACITY WILL ALSO BE CLOSELY MONITORED. SHIFTING SOME SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS TO OTHER CAMPUSES FOR '26/'27 YEAR MAY BE NECESSARY. PRE-K AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ARE THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT. EXCUSE ME. PER BOARD POLICY, THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE MONITORING CAMPUS ENROLLMENTS CLOSELY TO ASSIST WITH FUTURE PLANNING, INCLUDING THOSE WITH LOWER ENROLLMENTS. AND I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. VICE PRESIDENT, IF I MAY, IN ADDITION TO MS. O'BRIEN'S REPORT AS YOU SAW IN THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS TIME ARE NOT RECOMMENDED TO MAKE ANY MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED, THE EAST MESA, WE'RE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE. THERE'S A LOT OF,

057YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT UP THERE. WE FEEL THAT FOR THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WILL NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RUIZ. BOARD MEMBERS, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. O'BRIEN? YES. MS. TENORIO. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SURE. YOU GAVE US THE GRAPHS AND EVERYTHING, AND I STILL, LIKE, I COULDN'T VISUALIZE HOW TRANSFER IN AND TRANSFER OUT WOULD BE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. LIKE, I DON'T -- I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE IT, LIKE, IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF KIDS ARE LEAVING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL, THAT SAME CERTAIN NUMBER OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING INTO ANOTHER SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE NUMBERS COULD BE DIFFERENT. SO COLLEEN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? YES. >> OKAY. MR. RUIZ HAS A POINT FIRST. YEAH, AND I

058THINK IF I MAY, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MISS TENORIO. BECAUSE NOT ALL STUDENTS WOULD GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRING OUT. THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD SEE SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND COLLEEN, TO ADD TO SOME OF THAT AS WELL. ONE OTHER POINT REAL QUICK, COLLEEN, BEFORE YOU STEP IN, AND ALSO WE HAVE A DECLINE IN OUR ENROLLMENT. SO THAT IMPACTS ALSO HOW MANY ARE TRANSFERRING IN AND HOW MANY ARE TRANSFERRING OUT AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COLLEEN. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ALEXA, MR. RUIZ. MEMBER TENORIO, MR. RUIZ IS CORRECT. BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF TRANSFERS, YOU HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN AN ATTENDANT ZONE OF 500 KIDS. LET'S SAY WE'LL JUST MAKE A BOX WITH 500 KIDS IN IT. NOT ALL

059500 KIDS ARE GOING TO GO TO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED. SOME KIDS LEAVE AND GO TO, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACROSS TOWN OR WHATNOT. SO YOU MAY HAVE SOME THAT GO, I'LL USE Y SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE. YOU MAY HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS THAT LIVE IN DESERT HILLS AND YOU MAY HAVE 55 OUT TRANSFERS. SO 55 OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, OF THOSE 55, YOU MAY HAVE 10 THAT GO TO SONOMA, 10 THAT GO OVER TO HIGHLAND AND WHATNOT ACROSS THE BOARD, AND WHAT THEY RECEIVE BACK IS NOT ALWAYS EQUAL BECAUSE JUST AS THOSE KIDS THAT LIVE IN THAT ATTENDANCE ZONE HAVE A CHOICE OR, YOU KNOW, CAN REQUEST A TRANSFER, STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN AN ADDITIONAL ATTENDANCE ZONE HAVE THAT SAME CHOICE. SO YOU MAY NOT --YOU MAY SEND TEN KIDS OVER TO

060SONOMA, BUT YOU MAY ONLY GET FIVE BACK. THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF THOSE NUMBERS. AND THEN YOU ALSO ADD IN THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. EVEN AT MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE NVLA AND THEN THE MAGNET SCHOOLS. IT'S NOT AN EQUAL EXCHANGE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS OVERALL DOESN'T CHANGE. IT'S JUST CHANGING BASED ON WHICH SCHOOLS THEY CHOOSE TO TRANSFER TO, AND WHICH ONES THAT GO TO THE SCHOOLS -- TO OTHER SCHOOLS. ARE THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE THE ONES WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMS OR ARE THEY OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, LIKE, CHARTER? THE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE WOULD BE RGPI FOR SCHOOL AND ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL MAGNET PROGRAMS. AND NVLA. THOSE ARE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE. DID IT ALSO COULD WANT THE -- COUNT THE

061ONES THAT HAD SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS? THOSE ARE INCLUDED. >> THEY'RE NOT CALLED SCHOOLS OF CHOICE? NO. THEY'RE JUST PROGRAMS. SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. OKAY. CAN YOU POP UP THE POWERPOINT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? JUST SOME OF THE TRANSFER NUMBERS UP THERE. I NEED, LIKE, LITTLE LEGOS. LITTLE MODELS. I'M A VISUAL LEARNER. THANKS. >> THE DESERT HILLS THING WORKED. FOLLOW- UP QUESTION, BOARDMEMBER TENORIO? I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO, LIKE, GO BACK AND RELISTEN TO THIS SECTION BECAUSE I JUST -- I FEEL LIKE OKAY. MAYBE THERE'S A LOSS TO KIDS THEIR SCHOOL ZONE, THEY ARE -- THEY'RE JUST GOING OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. IS THAT WHERE THE DISCREPANCY IS. NO, BOARD MEMBER TENORIO. AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO THE BOXES OF HOW MUCH GO OUT AND HOW MUCH GETS FILLED BACK IN. HAVE THE QUANTITY OF STUDENTS

062THAT RESIDE IN A PARTICULAR SCHOOL ZONE, AND THAT ATTENDS SCHOOL THERE. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME ON, LIKE, WHEN I LOOK AT ONE SCHOOL, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S -- THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE O WORK ON. IT'S A ME PROBLEM. IF YOU -- IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT OFFLINE. WE CAN SET UP A ZOOM THROUGH MR. RUIZ, AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND SHOW YOU. OKAY. SO IT MAKES SENSE. IT'S COMPLICATED. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT CHARTS LIKE BEFORE. WE TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. AND

063OUR GOAL, OF COURSE, IS WE WANT TO KEEP THAT THRESHOLD AT 15% OR BELOW. I MEAN, OUR ACTUAL GOAL IS 0% OF TRANSFERS. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD LOWERING, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER. AND VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, THE DATA IS SHOWING THAT AFTER THE ONE YEAR OF REDISTRICTING, WE'RE SEEING MORE STABILITY, IS WHERE WE WANT TO GET, RIGHT? WE WANT TO ENSURE -- NOT ENSURE, BUT WE WANT TO BE AS A DISTRICT THAT OUR SCHOOLS -- THAT OUR KIDDOS REMAIN IN THEIR ATTENDANT ZONES. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF REDISTRICTING TO BALANCE OUT OUR SCHOOLS. NOW THE CHALLENGE STILL REMAINS AT EAST MESA, AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR, AND AT SOME POINT, LOOK AT WHETHER IT'S AN ELEMENTARY

064SCHOOL OUT THERE, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, THAT IN ITSELF IS A CHALLENGE. WITH THE BUDGET, ET CETERA, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO FIRST, STABILIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET A TRUE INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER -- THE TRANSFER WINDOW'S COMING UP HERE SOON, AS PER -- PER POLICY, AND AS WE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT, ALL --EVERYONE WILL --ALL WILL NEED TO RE-APPLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS WE LOOKED TO STABILIZE. AS WE LOOK AT NUMBERS, HOW MANY TRANSFERS WILL BE APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, AND SO AGAIN, IT'S AFTER ONE YEAR, I --WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH REGARDS TO STABILITY AND AGAIN, ENSURING THAT WE'RE NOT OVERCROWDING OUR SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

065THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. MR. FRANK, MR. NOLAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. O'BRIEN OR MS. MARTINEZ? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THEN WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF NEW SUBDIVISIONS, THEY'RE ALL UP THERE IN EAST MESA. JUST OVERWHELMINGLY SO I'M ASSUMING THOSE ARE OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE AT CAPACITY. YES. YES, SIR, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. MS. MARTINEZ IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FOR DEVELOPMENTS, AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS SLOWING TO THE GROWTH. MM-HMM. SO WE'LL, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO MONITOR. WE REALLY WANTED THAT EXTRA TIME TO SEE HOW THE NEXT YEAR PLAYS OUT WITH --WITH THE EXCEPTIONS, THE TRANSFERS, THE DEVELOPMENTS SO THAT WE CAN THEN FOCUS ON THE

066MICRO-ADJUSTMENTS. AND ON A FINAL NOTE, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DEMOGRAPHICS, RIGHT? IS ANOTHER ONE AS WE LOOK AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS MOVING FORWARD. MM-HMM. >> THE OTHER THING THAT E'LL ALSO HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT AND WE'LL START REALLY LOOKING AT THAT INTERNALLY THIS YEAR ALSO OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE SHRINKING BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE UNDER -- UNDER-ENROLLED AND WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT AND A LOT OF IT IS OUR FAMILIES ARE MIGRATING FROM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY OVER TO THE EAST MESA AGAIN, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALSO UNDER-ENROLLED AS WELL. MM-HMM. RIGHT. AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING? OUR ENROLLMENT IS DIPPING. AS YOU LOOK AT OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 3.5% OR

067SO OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION THAT ARE ATTENDING CHARTERS. IT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER. IT'S NOT LIKE OUR CHARTERS ARE GROWING. IT'S A LOT OF --RIGHT, A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS. THE EAST MESA JUST CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE FACTOR FOR US TO CONSIDER. AND WE STILL HAVE A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN GENERAL, DON'T WE? YES, WE DO. SO --OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FOR THAT REPORT. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MARTINEZ. WE APPRECIATE YOU ZOOMING IN. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. ITEM 5, OLD BUSINESS. WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE QUOTES REGARDING CONTRACTING SERVICES FOR BOARD POLICIES, AND JOSH, THAT'S YOU AND MR. THOMAS. YES, SIR. I HAVEN'T SAT HERE IN A WHILE. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING,

068ALEXA. GOOD EVENING, MR. RUIZ. SO WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING AS A FOLLOW-UP FROM OUR DECEMBER MEETING JUST AS A REMINDER. IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING WHEN WE HAD BROUGHT THIS FOR ORIGINAL CONVERSATION, AT THAT POINT, PRESIDENT CORT HAD APPOINTED MR. NOLAN AND MS. TENORIO AND MYSELF TO A COMMITTEE TO BUILD THIS SCOPE OF WORK AND THEN BRING THIS BACK TO A FUTURE MEETING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. WHAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET WAS THE FULL REQUEST FOR QUOTE STUFF, RIGHT, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS -- I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WAS BOILERPLATE, BUT IT WAS THE STANDARD PACKAGE FOR THOSE REQUESTS OUT OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. THE SPECIFIC PART THAT I MAYBE WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO TODAY WAS THIS EXHIBIT WHICH WAS THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE

069WORKED ON. SO IF I CAN JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF THINGS ON HERE AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SALAZAR TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, LIKE, THRESHOLDS AND KIND OF THE BOUNDARIES FOR US. THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BREAKS DOWN A -- SO THE GOALS FOR THIS DOCUMENT WERE TO CREATE A MENU THAT WOULD BREAK DOWN THE REQUESTS OF -- SORT OF OF THE CONVERSATION OF THE BOARD IN DECEMBER TO REVIEW POLICIES, AND SO REALLY THIS BREAKDOWN PROVIDES A MENU FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER. LET ME BACK UP. THIS SCOPE OF WORK PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR A VENDOR TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A MENU OF OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN SELECT AT THIS OVERALL SCOPE OF WORK, YOU SEE THERE'S A PART 1 POLICY REVIEW. THE SECOND

070PART SPEAKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE ALIGNMENT. THERE'S A SPECIFIC PART BUILT IN HERE UNDER NUMBER 3 TO OBTAIN, GET INPUT FROM ALL BOARD MEMBERS. NUMBER 4 SPEAKS TO SOME SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES THAT WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT NUMBER 5. I KNOW THIS WAS A CONCERN FOR MR. NOLAN. HE EXPRESSED THAT BEFORE. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS A SPACE TO -- TO GRADE. TO SCORE THE QUALIFICATIONS, AND THEN FINALLY THAT TIMELINE AND COST PIECE. SOME OF THAT IS AROUND THRESHOLDS FOR PURCHASING PRICES. WE TALK ABOUT THOSE THRESHOLDS. IF YOU LOOK AT LETTER B AS IN BOY, IT SPEAKS TO THAT $60,000, AND THIS ALSO PROVIDES A BIT OF A TIMELINE. SO THAT LAST PIECE BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT THE GOAL OUT OF THIS

071IF YOU APPROVED THIS TODAY WOULD BE THE WORDS I HAVE BEEN USING WITH MR. RUIZ WE'RE APPROVING GOING FISHING, RIGHT? WE'RE CASTING THAT NET OUT AND SEEING WHAT COMES IN. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT COMES IN AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD BE ASKING ANY POTENTIAL VENDORS TO NOT EXCEED $60,000. AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH, LIKE, A MENU PIECE, LIKE, A LA CARTE MENU. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER US PRICES WITH THINGS AND AS A BOARD, AS A COMMITTEE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SORT OF PICK AND CHOOSE AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. I'LL TURN THIS OVER. WE CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE PURCHASING PIECES THERE, AND ULTIMATELY THE CONSIDERATION FOR A VOTE TODAY BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IS --AND I JUST WANT TO

072CLARIFY THAT IS NOT TO APPROVE OR HIRE ANYONE AT THIS POINT. WE ARE --THE VOTE IS TO CAST THE NET, SO GO FISHING AND SEE WHAT WOULD COME IN. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING I MISSED. THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, MR. SILVER. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, AND ALEXA. WHEN THIS QUOTE SOLICITATION IS APROVED, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME PROCEDURAL KEY POINTS REGARDING THIS FQR. NUMBER ONE, THIS FQR WILL BE ISSUED ON JANUARY 22nd AND WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR 13 DAYS. RESPONSES WILL BE DUE ON FEBRUARY 3rd AT 2:00 P.M. TO MYSELF. THE FQR WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO A MINIMUM OF THREE SOURCES. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, MR. NOLAN AND MEMBER TENORIO, AND PROBABLY MR. SILVER, WILL THEN

073REVIEW THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSALS WHICH INCLUDE THE COMPANY'S COMPETENCE, THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE, AND PROPOSED APPROACH TO THE REQUESTED SERVICES, PURCHASING MYSELF WILL EVALUATE THE COST PROPOSAL. THE INITIAL CONTRACT TERM WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE 30th OF 2016 AND THE BOARD MAY ELECT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT PROVIDED THE TOTAL CONTRACT TERM DOES NOT EXCEED ONE YEAR AND THAT THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE DOES NOT EXCEED $60,000. SO WITH THAT, I STAND WITH QUESTIONS WITH MR. SILVER. IF I COULD JUST ADD, EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID IS HOW TO PURCHASING, THIS WHOLE LIST JUST COMES THROUGH. ULTIMATELY, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT --THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT THE GOAL AROUND REALLY MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY. SO THAT'S WHY THE RESPONDENTSRESPONDENTS --IT WOULD BE IN, LIKE, A -- LIKE I SAID, LIKE AN A LA CARTE MENU FORMAT.

074TO THE POINT ABOUT THE DATES, THE GOAL WITH THOSE DATES IS ONE, IF YOU ALL DID APPROVE THIS TO MOVE THAT OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN START THE PROCESS, BUT THAT SORT OF --THE JUNE 30th AND THEN THE EXTENDED TIME UP TO ONE CALENDAR YEAR IS AGAIN --IT'S ABOUT FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BOARD. WE HAVE THE OPTION TO END THAT AT THE FISCAL YEAR OR CONTINUE THAT UP TO FEBRUARY OF '27. MM-HMM. SO THE GOAL OUT OF THIS IS REALLY TO FIND THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY FOR THIS CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT. AND WITH THAT, I THINK MR. WOFFORD, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. SILVER. I APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY THAT --ESPECIALLY WE'RE NOT COMMITTING OURSELVES TONIGHT. THAT THIS IS FISHING BECAUSE MY SENSE WAS SO WE HAVE A POLICY REVIEW UNDER

075WAY, AND I WONDERED ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF WHAT THIS IS. WE REALLY WON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING US UNTIL THEY MAKE THAT OFFER AND YOU'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT IT SO THAT IT COULD BE A LA CARTE? YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL HAD IN YOUR PACKET THAT INCLUDES THIS SCOPE OF WORK IS THAT REQUEST FOR AN A LA CARTE. SO THE RESPONSE OUT OF THIS DOCUMENT FROM THE POTENTIAL VENDOR RESPONDENTS WOULD BE BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU ALL AS A BOARD AND ESPECIALLY THE COMMITTEE COULD SELECT --COULD PICK AND CHOOSE PIECES. THANK YOU. LET ME OPEN IT UP TO BOARD MEMBERS. MS. TENORIO AND MR. NOLAN, YOU WERE PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR WHAT HAVE YOU THAT BROUGHT THIS TOGETHER. DO YOU -- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE

076TO SAY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE GOAL IS HERE, WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK YOU ENVISIONED, THE NECESSITY? I'LL GO. SO I THINK MR. SILVER'S A VERY GOOD LISTENER AND FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY THAT MOST OF WHAT I WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IS SAID BETTER THAN WHAT I COULD SAY. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET --WE COULD GET THIS DONE SOONER. THAT WAY BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICIES, WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUTTING THIS OFF UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR'S ALREADY HERE. SO MY ONLY OTHER REQUEST IS WHEN READING THIS FIRST ONE, THAT IT'S LOOKING AT POLICY, BUT I TO WORK WITH US TO LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN IMPROVE THE STRATEGY

077IC PLAN, BUT IF WE DON'T IMPROVE IT, THEN THE POLICIES CAN ONLY GET SO MUCH BETTER, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. SO I'M JUST THINKING YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE BOTH. AND IF I COULD JUST REPEAT THAT BACK, I THINK THE WAY MS. TO BUILD THAT INTO THIS, AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT NUMBER ONE POLICY REVIEW WITH THOSE FOUR LETTERS, THE REVIEW CURRENT BOARD POLICIES, ASSESS ALIGNMENT, EVALUATE CLARITY, AND IDENTIFY GAPS, WE COULD TAKE, AGAIN, MAYBE NOT VERBATIM, BUT TAKE THE ESSENCE OF THOSE FOUR AND CREATE ANOTHER LINE THAT WOULD SAY STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW. IT WOULD BE STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW AND THOSE FOUR LETTERS. REVIEW, ASSESS, EVALUATE, IDENTIFY GAPS. YES. >> OKAY. >> AND THEN THAT WOULD COME BACK AS A MENU OPTION. IT WOULD JUST BE A SORT

078OF A LA CARTE PIECE THAT THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT 1B ASSESS ALIGNMENT FOR STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITIES. DOES THAT NOT CAPTURE? NO. BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE POLICIES AND DO THEY MATCH UP WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR YOUR YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT YOUR GOALS AND SAYING, IS THIS IS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR DISTRICT? OR IS IT WRITTEN IN A WAY --ARE THE GOALS WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE CAPTURING IT CAN AND GETTING THE DATA? OKAY. I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I GOTCHA. AND IF I MAY, AS -- JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE FISHING STAGE AND THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION ONCE WE SAW THE RESPONDENTS' RESPONSES TO BE ABLE TO WORK OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN A FORMAL, LIKE, CONTRACT FOR THE

079BOARD. AND LET'S SAY WE CATCH A FISH AND LET'S SAY WE LIKE THE FISH AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN THE TANK AND WORK WITH THE FISH. SO IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE LATER, WE COULD ASK, RIGHT? MM-HMM. >> LIKE, CAN YOU ADD SOMETHING TO THE MENU? GOOD QUESTION BOARD MEMBER TENORIO. THE FISH. >> THE CHEF'S GOING TO BE ANGRY. YEAH. >> SO YES, WE CAN AMEND THE CONTRACT AS LONG AS IT FALLS WITHIN ONE OF THE SCOPE PARAMETERS. WE CAN'T ADD BRAND-NEW SCOPE TO SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ISSUED ALREADY BECAUSE ANOTHER VENDOR THAT COULD HAVE RESPONDED COULD PROTEST THAT. HEY. WHY IS THIS CONTRACT DIFFERENT AFTER THE CONTRACT'S ALREADY BEEN ISSUED? SO ON AND SO FORTH. AS LONG AS THAT ADDITIONAL SCOPE FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT'S

080ISSUED INITIALLY, THEN WE CAN DO THAT. MR. FRANK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN? I WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE I AM REALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING. IT JUST -- I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S EVER GOING TO CONNECT WITH WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES, AND I JUST REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING THAT LEAP. AND I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO I REALLY THINK THAT IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE A --A VENDOR IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED, I JUST, LIKE, VOTE NO. SO AND I'M -- IT JUST KIND OF CONCERNS ME THAT ALL THIS TIME THAT MIGHT BE SPENT AND I'M GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO IT AT THE END. SO WHY NOT JUST COME OUT RIGHT NOW AND

081OPPOSE IT FROM THE BEGINNING? I NEED TO BE CONVINCED WHERE THE NEED FOR THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THIS BOARD UNDERPERFORMING THAT WE NEED SOMEBODY TO COME IN HERE AND IDENTIFY THAT? BECAUSE I CAN'T IDENTIFY IT. MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME. I'LL SAY ONE THING. I WAS --WHEN I FIRST KIND OF PROPOSED THIS IDEA, IT WAS THE IDEA THAT WE WERE DOING THIS FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO MAYBE WE COULD IMPROVE THAT BY THROWING THE WORD IN THERE HERE AND THERE, BUT THE WHOLE --THE WHOLE POINT OF IT IS FOR IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. YES. EXACTLY. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. HOW SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME IN HERE AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

082I KNOW OF SOME TYPE OF --SOME CONTRACTORS OR SOME PEOPLE WHO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK, AND ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT I CAME ACROSS WAS HOW TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS OF COLOR TO LOOK MORE LIKE THE KIDS, LIKE, IN SOME SENSE, LIKE, I THINK THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THAT WASWAS THAT I THINK THAT IT DOES IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. I THINK THE DATA SHOWS THAT, AND WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR POLICY, YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW HOW EXACTLY IT WOULD WORK IN THERE, BUT I KNOW WE CAME ACROSS THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTRIGUING. MR. FRANK, I SHARE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS POLICY REVIEW WOULD BE. DO WE NEED THE HR POLICIES DONE? WHERE ARE WE OUT OF ALIGNMENT IS ONE OF MY

083QUESTIONS? WHAT WOULD THE SCOPE OF WORK BE, AND WHAT POLICIES DO WE AS A BOARD THINK WE NEED TO WORKWORK ON? DR. MILLER TOMLINSON PUTS TOGETHER A POLICY REVIEW FOR US, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING THAT THE AND WE'RE PRETTY UP TO DATE I THOUGHT IN TERMS OF ALIGNING POLICIES, AND SO I --WHILE I TENORIO'S RESEARCH, AND I THINK THAT IDEA OF BRINGING IDEAS INTO THE POLICY REVIEW THAT WE DO WOULD BE MOST WELCOME, I'M NOT SURE THAT I SEE THAT HIRING AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM IS GOING TO -- TO HELP US SUBSTANTIALLY WITH OUR POLICIES. I ALSO HAD A CONCERN -- I UNDERSTAND THE $60,000 LIMIT THERE PUTS US INTO A SOMETHING CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURES, BUT I WONDERED IF WE --BUT THAT SEEMED -- IF YOU PUT THAT NUMBER OUT THERE, THEN THEY'RE

084GOING TO RUN RIGHT UP TO IT, WHICH IS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A LA CARTE. IT SEEMED LIKE WELL, MAYBE THAT'S A WAY TO NOT -- NO NOT DUPLICATE WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK I SHARE ULTIMATELY, MR. FRANK'S POINT OF VIEW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON OUR POLICIES AS WE ARE. I DON'T SEE THIS AS A NECESSARY THING, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WANT TO -- TO BRING ANY FISH IN AND THEN TELL THEM NO, NEVER MIND. I THINK IF WE HAD A STRONGER SENSE OF WHAT IT IS WE'RE ASKING AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO DO, AND FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PURSUE THAT IDEA. WHAT IS -- WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT NEEDING GUIDANCE FOR? MY KNEE ALWAYS JERKS WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SAYS, THAT'S

085A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE. AN OUTSIDE PERSON COMING IN AND GIVING A PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS GOING ON GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OURSELVES, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO REFLECT ON IT AND THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO AT THIS POINT. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS? I GUESS WHAT I WOULD JUST ADD IS I SEE EVERYBODY'S POINTS HERE. APS DID THIS. IT DID NOT GO WELL. FOR THE RECORD, I TOLD THEM THAT THEY MADE A BAD DECISION, BUT IT DID NOT GO WELL FOR APS. THAT BEING SAID, I DO THINK AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE IS ALWAYS VALUABLE. WHETHER OR NOT WE DO IT OR NOT, I DON'T --ULTIMATELY I'M NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I THINK IT'S WORTH GETTING SOMETHING OUT THERE

086TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE AT THE DAIS, AND THE --I WAS COMING HERE AND I WAS WONDERING, WELL, LET'S SAY WE SPEND $10,000, RIGHT? ULTIMATELY $10,000 WON'T GET YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE $60,000, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT GIVES YOU MORE OF A WINDOW. HOW DID WE COME UP WITH THAT? WAS THAT AN ALEX NUMBER? HOW DID WE -- HOW DID WE SETTLE ON THAT NUMBER? MEMBER NOLAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THAT'S THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SMALL URCHASE THRESHOLD. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S A LONGER PROCESS. THIS IS -- THIS PROCUREMENT WOULD KIND OF GET YOU GUYS STARTED IF YOU WANTED TO PROCEED WITH IT, AND THEN YOU CAN GET A FEEL FOR IT AND THEN,

087YOU KNOW, GO FROM THERE. I GUESS I'M -- I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE WORLD AROUND BOARD CONSULTATION LOOKS LIKE AND HOW --AND WE WON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER UNTIL WE GET PROPOSALS. WE COULD BE, LIKE, NO. I DON'T LIKE THE VIBES OF ANY OF THESE FOLKS AND NOT GO WITH THEM. I JUST FEEL ULTIMATELY WE DON'T HAVE THE --WE CAN'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION WITHOUT KNOWING WE'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN I GUESS IS MY POINT. SO THAT'S -- THAT'S WHAT I'LL SAY. BUT IT SEEMS -- WELL, NEVER MIND. THANK YOU, SECRETARY. LAST THING. NOT EVERY VENDOR IS LIKE THE ONE THAT ALBUQUERQUE GOT. WHICH IS WHY I REALIZE THAT. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE. THERE'S ONE I WILL VOTE NO ON, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO GET THERE YET. BUT --

088NOPE. I AM --I STILL HAVE MY RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF WHAT POLICY NEEDS REVIEW. WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK WOULD BE. IS THERE A COST TO A SCOPE OF WORK TO PUTTING THIS OUT OTHEROTHER THAN YOUR HOURS OF -- THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING? BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, SO NO. WE CAN SOLICIT THIS. WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO GO WITH ANY VENVENDORS. YOU CAN REVIEW IT AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY OF THE RESPONSES, CAN SHUT THE PROCUREMENT DOWN AND END IT AT THAT POINT. SO WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME IS NO HARM, NO FOUL IF WE APPROVE THIS AT THIS POINT EXCEPT THE TIME THAT THE PEOPLE SPEND. I SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT CORT AS WELL WHO'S UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND SHE AND I HAD SIMILAR RESERVATIONS

089ABOUT TO DO HERE, AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE --NEED TO TALK AMONG OURSELVES IF YOU WILL BEFORE WE GO OUT TO ASK SOMEONE TO PRESENT US WITH AN IDEA THAT WE'RE NOT SURE QUITE WHAT IT IS. AND SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WE COULD FOCUS INTERNALLY TO --TO HELP US SEE WHAT POLICIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO REVIEW, IF IT IS POLICY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? WELL , IF I MAY, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CONSULTANT WOULD HELP US IDENTIFY. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. >> IF THERE'S A THERE THERE. WE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A THERE THERE. SORRY, MEMBER TENORIO. PRESIDENT, I WOULD HATE TO PUT THIS OFF ANY LONGER. NO HARM, NO FOUL, YOU'RE ASSURING ME. YES,

090SIR. >> YES, I AM. YES. MY MIC, I THOUGHT IT WAS OFF. MR. WOFFORD --VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, I WOULD JUST ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THAT MOTION, I THINK THAT IN RESPONSE TO WHAT MEMBER TENORIO SAID, I THOUGHT THAT MR. SILVER HAD AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. AGAIN, TO GIVE YOU OPTIONS. I MEAN, THE GOAL HERE IS TO GIVE YOU OPTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN BEST MAKE A DECISION AND MEMBER TENORIO SUGGESTED -- MADE A SUGGESTION THAT MR. SILVER TRANSLATED INTO ANOTHER NUMBER BELOW POLICY REVIEW THAT HAS THE HEADING STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN HAS COMPARABLE A THROUGH D AS THE POLICY REVIEW. YES. >> OKAY. SO IF THAT IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE BOARD IN TERMS OF A MOTION, THEN MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEN YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION, YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THE CHANGE

091AS DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION AND THE OTHER THING THAT MIGHT HELP THE BOARD IN TERMS OF GETTING THE RESPONSES TO BE --TO MOST MATCH WHAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN, THE OTHER SUGGESTION THAT MR. SILVER MADE OR MAYBE IT WAS BOARD MEMBER TENORIO, WAS TO ADD THE TAG FOR IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES. THAT MIGHT GET VENDORS TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THERE REALLY IS A ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY OFFER AND THE RESULTS. OKAY. >> SO THOSE --THOSE WHO CHANGES FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IN THIS DISCUSSION, I RECOMMEND YOU --YOU CONSIDER AS PART OF YOUR VOTE WHEN YOU MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE CHANGES AS DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION. THANK YOU, ELENA. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE --THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR QUOTES

092REGARDING CONTRACT AND SERVICES FOR BOARD POLICY REVIEW WITH THE INSERTION OF A MAJOR HEADING ON STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THE INSERTION OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AS A PORTION OF THAT AS WELL AS THE REVIEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IDENTIFYING GAPS REDUNDANCIES, THE LANGUAGE WHICH YOU HAVE THERE UNDER POLICY REVIEW ESSENTIALLY REDONE INTO THAT SECOND SECTION THAT WE SEE CLARITY WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL. THAT WE WANT TO ALIGN THAT PLAN TO THE POLICIES. IT'S INVERTING LETTER B IF YOU WILL. YES, SIR. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> MOVED BY MS. TENORIO. SECONDED BY SECRETARY NOLAN. PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE. MEMBER TENORIO? YES. >> MEMBER FRANK? DARN. I HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS? OKAY. I MEAN, I'M RELUCTANT, BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE YES WITH AN OPEN MIND, AND IT'S GOING TO

093BE TOUGH TO GET ANOTHER YES OUT OF ME DOWN THE ROAD. CURVEBALL FROM MEMBER FRANK. MEMBER NOLAN -- SECRETARY NOLAN, SORRY, I VOTE YES, AND VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. I PASS. THAT MOTION IS APPROVED, 3-0. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ONTO -- THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF POLICY JFB STUDENT TRANSFERS WITH DR. MILLER TOMLINSON. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, ALEXA. WE ARE HERE FOR SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF POLICY JFB STUDENT TRANSFERS AND TO REMIND YOU OF THE REVISION MADE TO THIS POLICY. IT IS TO -- IT IS ONE SENTENCE IN SECTION 4E TO ENSURE THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO RE- APPLY ANNUALLY FOR -- TO RENEW THEIR TRANSFERS. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND

094FOR OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. NOLAN TOMLINSON REGARDING THIS POLICY? I FEEL LIKE WE DID SOME GOOD WORK ON THIS IN THE FIRST ONE. THIS IS AN EASY ONE. YES. PRESIDENT WOFFORD, I JUST --I NEED TO JUST BE REMINDED WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN DECEMBER. SO THE GRADES THAT ARE IN THERE ARE THE CURRENT GRADES OR --RIGHT? SO, LIKE, A FIFTH GRADER, THAT'S THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO SIXTH GRADE NEXT YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO RE-APPLY. SO VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBER FRANK, SO THESE ARE SO THE TRANSFER WINDOW OPENS IN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY. SO THESE ARE THE CURRENT GRADE LEVELS OF STUDENTS. SO A FIFTH GRADER WOULD NOT RE-APPLY FOR A TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE AT THE SAME SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. SO THEY COULD

095APPLY FOR A NEW TRANSFER, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE APPLYING TO RENEW A CURRENT TRANSFER BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE AT THE SAME SCHOOL. RIGHT. >> RIGHT. SO I MEAN, IS IT --I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE TO MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR TO ANYBODY READING IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NO CHANGE FROM THE FIRST READING TO THE SECOND READING AS A RESULT OF THAT DISCUSSION. THAT'S CORRECT. THE RESULT OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE END WAS NOT -- NOT TO ADD ANY MORE LANGUAGE. OKAY. I DIDN'T --THAT'S NOT THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT OKAY. I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT IT WILL BE WELL EXPLAINED TO ANYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, BRINGS THIS UP. YES. YEAH. WE WON'T HAVE A FIFTH GRADE --WE WON'T HAVE THEM COME FORWARD BECAUSE --YEAH. THEY WOULD NOT

096HAVE THAT NECESSITY. SO I THINK --I THINK THE LANGUAGE -- THERE IS CLARITY THERE, MR. FRANK. OKAY. >> EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS ODD. YEAH. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT POLICY JFB? OH, AND THEN I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF IN THE EMAIL REGARDING, THANK YOU FOR CLEANING UP PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I NORMALLY WOULD TRY TO HOLD BACK AND I THINK I DID, BUT THEN SOMEHOW THE REGRESSIVE THING JUST CAME OVER ME. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION -- I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MS. TENORIO. OKAY. OKAY. I WILL CONFESS. I DID NOT READ THIS BEFORE WE GOT HERE. SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE BEGINNING OF THE POLICY, BUT STUDENT --WE'RE CALLING THEM A TRANSFER, AND THEN THE NEXT FF G WE'RE CALLING THEM TRANSFER STUDENTS WHICH IS --I PREFER

097THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF FURTHER UP IN D, C, B, A, IF WE'RE CALLING THEM TRANSFERS, OR TRANSFER STUDENTS. THERE'S ONE AT C, TRANSFERS. IT'S DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN -- IT'S THE ACT. SO YOU HAVE IT EXACTLY. >> I WOULD JUST PREFER IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS, CALLING THEM TRANSFER STUDENTS. WHERE IS THAT? ON E WITH THE LITTLE TINY --THAT'S BEING MADE. IN GRADES, K, 4, 6, AND 7 -- IS THAT THE ACT? >> THAT'S STILL THE ACTION OF TRANSFER. THEN WHY AM I THINKING PERSON? OKAY. THAT'S MY PROBLEM. TRANSFOR STUDENTS -- I ALWAYS CONFESS WHEN I DON'T HAVE TO. GOSH. ALL RIGHT. AND VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. >> YES. IF I MAY BEFORE YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION, ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS LISTED AS AN ACTION ITEM AFTER SECOND READING. RIGHT. >> AND SO IN

098ORDER TO CONFORM TO YOUR BOARD POLICY HAVING TO DO WITH WHEN THE BOARD CAN APPROVE SOMETHING UPON SECOND READING, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME -- WAIVER. >> --UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. SO PERHAPS WE CAN COMMENT ON THAT SO THEN THE BOARD IS PERSUADED. THANK YOU GUYS. YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER HOW QUICKLY THIS PROCESS WILL BEGIN. CORRECT. YES, THANK YOU. SO VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL AFTER SECOND READING DUE TO THE TIMELY -- THE TIMELINESS OF THE TRANSFER WINDOW. SO THE TRANSFER WINDOW WILL BE OPENING ON MONDAY. IT IS A VERY TIGHT TURNAROUND BETWEEN THE END OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS AND STUDENTS' PREREGISTRATION, AND NEXT STEPS AND THEN STAFFING AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT FOLLOW. SO REALLY IT'S IMPERATIVE TO MAKE THE

099CHANGE IN ORDER FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED TO FLOW SMOOTHLY FROM THIS POINT ONCE THE TRANSFER WINDOW CLOSES. AND SO THE TRANSFER STUDENTS CAN BREATHE MORE EASILY. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THEN UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER COMMENT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING OF POLICY JFB AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO APPROVE POLICY JFB, STUDENT TRANSFERS BASED ON BEST INTEREST OF OUR DISTRICT AND THE TIMELINESS OF THE POLICY'S APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND. >> IT'S MOVED BY SECRETARY NOLAN, AND SECONDED BY MR. FRANK. THANKS FOR THE ROLL. MEMBER TENORIO? YES. >> MEMBER FRANK? >> YES. SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD? YES. POLICY APPROVED, 4-0. THANK YOU. WASN'T THAT JUST TO WAIVE THE ROLL OR DID WE DO -- TO APPROVE THE POLICY. AND TO WAIVE THE THIRD READING. I THOUGHT YOU

100DID A MOTION --SORRY. NEVER MIND. DO YOU REVOKE YOUR VOTE? NO. YES. I STILL VOTE YES. SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ALL IN ONE. IT SOUNDED LIKE -- IT WAS A MOTION TO WAIVE AND APPROVE. I'M WITH YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE UP TO ITEM THREE, THE SECOND READING OF POLICY J --EXCUSE ME. GBJC, EMPLOYMENT HIRES, INVESTIGATIONS, VERIFICATIONS, AND EXAMS. MR. PERRIO. YES. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT RUIZ, STUDENT ADVISOR ALEXA. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE SECOND READING OF POLICY GBJC. IF YOU NOTICED, I HAVE PLACED THE REVISIONS --PROPOSED REVISIONS IN BLUE WITH THE STRIKEOUTS IN RED IF THAT FIRST VERSION. I'VE ALSO PROVIDED A CLEAN VERSION AFTER THAT. JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE, WE DID --WE UPDATED DEFINITIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE DEFINITION OF APPLICANT AND THEN WE

101PLACED THE DEFINITIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. WE ENDED THAT SECTION CREATING TWO SENTENCES FOR CLARITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. FOR 3B, 4, AND THEN 4H THROUGH J, I PUT IN PROPOSED CAPITALIZING FIRST LETTERS OF LISTED ENTRIES FOR CONSISTENCY AS 2B. FOR 4D, I UPDATED THE FIRST SENTENCE USING MR. FRANK'S RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR LAST MEETING. 4D ALSO, WE UPDATED THE LAST SECTION BY CREATING TWO SENTENCES WITH PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO SEPARATE THE CONVICTION LANGUAGE FROM THE OTHER INFORMATION LANGUAGE INTO TWO SENTENCES FOR CLARITY, AND THEN 4E, WE CHANGED "AT THE EXPENSE" TO "WILL BE PAID. " I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. I DID GET YOUR EMAIL WITH SOME QUESTIONS, POSSIBLE REVISIONS TO 4A AND 4D, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED MY INFORMATION ON THAT. I HAVE JUST SEEN THAT

102YOU DID SEND THAT TO ME, YES. BUT I HAD NOT BEFORE. SO YOU --IF I MAY, YOU MADE AN EXCELLENT POINT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINE APPLICANT IN 3A, AND THEN OUR WORDING IN 4A WAS KIND OF ODD AND DIDN'T ALIGN WITH --WITH THE DEFINITION OF APPLICANT. MM-HMM. SO I DO HAVE A PROPOSED REVISION TO THAT IF I MAY READ THAT. PLEASE. SO 4A WITH YOUR LOOKING AT THE ALIGNING OF THE DEFINITION, TO POSSIBLY WORD IT, "THIS POLICY APPLIES TO ALL APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TO ANY ANY WHO IS BEING CONSIDERED AS A CONTRACTOR, A CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEE, OR SCHOOL VOLUNTEER WHO MAY HAVE UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OR STUDENTS ON SCHOOL PREMISES" AND THAT MATCHES THE LAST PART OF THE DEFINITION. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MAKES IT CLEARER. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE,

103BOARD MEMBERS? YEAH, I THINK SO. OKAY. >> AND LITERALLY I JUST --WHAT I --I TOOK THE LAST SECTION OF THE DEFINITION OF APPLICANT AND ALIGNED IT TO THE LAST PART OF THAT -- RIGHT. >> -- 4A. AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, YOU ALSO MADE A POINT, 4D. FIRST OFF, YOU BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THE DOUBLE COMMA THERE. THAT CAN BE REMOVED. IT'S A LONG PAUSE. I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDED PROPOSAL TO THAT VERY LENGTHY FIRST SENTENCE. AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW DEFINED APPLICANT EARLY IN THE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT -- VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, ABOUT THE SEMICOLON. I PROPOSE WE STRIKE THE ENTIRE MIDDLE SECTION OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DEFINED APPLICANT. DID THAT ABOVE. MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO WORD IT, "BACKGROUND CHECKS MUST BE CONDUCTED ON ALL APPLICANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL

104ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. " OKAY. AND MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHETHER WE WERE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SUBSTITUTES AS WHOM WE KNOWKNOW WILL ACCESS TO STUDENTS, AND THEN THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT. SO I THINK THAT MAKES IT CLEARER. I AGREE. DOES IT MESS THINGS UP LEGALLY? WERE WE STEALING -- WERE WE BORROWING THE LANGUAGE RIGHT FROM CODE? IS THE CLARITY STILL THERE? MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I THINK THESE ARE EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS. OKAY. I THINK -- YES. I HAVE NO CONCERNS. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN. OKAY. THANK YOU. WERE THERE ANY OTHER -- ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU HAD MADE? THERE WERE NO OTHER CHANGES, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, LET'S OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS THEN. YES. YES, SIR. FOR MR. PERRIO ON THIS POLICY. MR. WOFFORD LOOKS LIKE HE DOES. I

105MEAN, SORRY. MR. CORT --I MEAN, MR. FRANK? YEAH. NO. I'M, YOU KNOW, HAPPY WITH THIS. I THINK WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS WITH CLARIFYING THIS, AND ENING THINGS UP TO I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AT THIS TIME. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A THIRD READ UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. I WOULD JUST SAY THE MOST STRIKEOUT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO KIND OF ELIMINATES SOME REDUNDANCY. SO SOUNDS GOOD. THERE'S A HUGE REDUNDANCY BUILT INTO THIS POLICY WITH H AND I, BUT I THINK YOU WANT THAT. MY OMIT NEEDLESS WORDS, I CAN PUSH THAT ASIDE. OKAY. >> BUT WE MENTIONED THE VOLUNTEERS IN OTHER AREAS. YES. YEP. >> SO -- YES. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY FOLLOW-UP? IF NOT, THEN THANK YOU, MR. PERRIO, AND WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT BOARD

106MEETING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE ARE READY FOR ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL --EXCUSE ME. YES. APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER, WHO IS A PARENT OR A STUDENT ATTENDING THE DISTRICT. AND SO I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO IS A PARENT OF A STUDENT ATTENDING THE DISTRICT. DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I ASKED THE CURRENT AUDIT PARENT IF SHE WAS INTERESTED TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT. SHE SAID YES. OKAY. MR. NOLAN OR MR. FRANK, DID YOU HAVE ANY? NOPE. I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY TO SUGGEST. SO I AM IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF MEMBER TENORIO'S PERSON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MICHELLE ADAMES. >> YES. I ALSO HAVE A NOMINATION. HOW DO WE DO THIS? DO WE --DO

107WE DO IT WITH TWO NOMINATIONS, ELENA, AS WE DID SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR? OR HOW DOES THIS PROCEED? I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN HAVE TWO SECONDS, AND SO AS LONG AS THERE'S A SECOND ON EACH OF THEM, THEN YOU COULD PUT THOSE FORWARD. OKAY. >> AND I THOUGHT THAT HOW PRESIDENT CORT DID THAT LAST TIME WORKED EXTREMELY WELL. SO EITHER APPROACH IS FINE. THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A SECOND FOR MRS. ADAMNI. SO MOVED. >> WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JESSE ALLRED TOO, FOR THIS POSITION. HE'S A PARENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOLER HERE AND IS A TEACHER, AND HAS BEEN ON THE CBA BARGAINING COMMITTEE WORKING WITH FINANCE AS WELL, AND I THINK THE INSIGHTS THAT HE MIGHT GAIN AND OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THAT

108THROUGH WORKING ON THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR BARGAINING PROCESS HAPPENS, AND SO --SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THIS POSITION. I'LL SECOND THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES AND FOUR OF US TO VOTE. SO PLEASE INDICATE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVING IN THIS POSITION, AND WE THANK THEM BOTH FOR BEING WILLING TO DO THIS. ESSENTIALLY. MISS TENORIO, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING HER BECAUSE WE HAD SOMEONE TONIGHT WHO WOULD TAKE ON THAT ROLE, AND SO MR. NOLAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE THE VOTE ASKING PEOPLE TO SAY EITHER THE NAME MS. ADAMES -- ADAMES. ADAMES, OR MR. ALLRED. MEMBER TENORIO. MS. ADAMES. MEMBER FRANK. >> I'M GOING TO PASS ON THIS. I WILL VOTE, ONLY --I WILL VOTE FOR MR. WOFFORD'S CHOICE TO GIVE SOMEBODY

109ELSE A CHANCE. MR. ALLRED? I WILL ALSO VOTE FOR MR. ALLRED WITH MAINLY THE SAME IDEA IN MIND. HAD HE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE CHOSEN, HIS HEART WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BROKEN TONIGHT. AND I TOLD HIM HE HAD A 1 IN 5 SHOT, BUT OKAY. THEN WE WILL ASSIGN MR. JESSE ALLRED AS THE PARENT COMMITTEE MEMBER TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WITH OUR THANKS TO MRS. ADAMES FOR HAVING SERVED THIS LAST YEAR. ALL RIGHT. ALL THIS IS EXTRA VERBIAGE I THINK. ARE WE DONE WITH THIS SECTION? YOU ARE DONE. LET'S MOVE ONTO ITEM B, NEW BUSINESS. B NUMBER 2, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE CSEC LAS CRUCES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AND SO THAT IS -- WHO IS OUR -- YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. TERRY PINADO AND MS. VALDESPINO. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS RIGHT

110AFTER RECOGNITIONS. OH. I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FABULOUS IDEA, MS. TENORIO. THANKS. THANK YOU. THIS IS A BASIC SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS CHANGES AND I -- THAT WE NEGOTIATED. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND ALSO UNDER LEAVES AND BENEFITS. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT ON JOB PERFORMANCE AND DISCIPLINE, WE --IT'S A MORE DETAILED STEP TO BENEFITBENEFIT THE TO KNOW THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE IF IT COMES TO --TO THAT. EITHER ANY TYPE OF CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, AND ALSO TO ASSIST THE ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW THE DUE PROCESS OF EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE PROCESS, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE -- THE WAGES AND ALLOWANCES, HOW THEY INCREASE FOR --FOR THE LEAD MECHANIC, AND ALSO NUTRITION SERVICES

111EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION, SAFETY AND SUPPORT. WE HAD LANGUAGE FOR THAT. WE REVISED THE HARASSMENT AND INVESTIGATION FORMS AND TIMELINES AS WELL, AND THEN -- AND THEN YOU CAN SEE SENIORITY PROBATION, HOW IT CLARIFIED THE RETENTION FOR REHIRED EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PROBATIONARY PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES. THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE, AGAIN, ADDS MORE CONFIDENTIALITY AND ARBITRATION DETAILS, AND IN THE AGREEMENT, WE DO NOT YET WITH THE APPENDICES AND FORMS, BUT MS. BENETTO AND I ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE POSTED AFTER YOUR APPROVAL. ALSO, ONE OF OUR NEGOTIATION TEAM MEMBERS, HE --HE DEVELOPED A NEW PAGE SO WE HAVE A NEW PAGE THAT IT'S THE BEAUTIFUL ORGAN MOUNTAINS AND WE HAVE IT ON OUR

112PAGE. I'M TELLING THIS. BUT ANYWAY, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THAT PAGE TO BE THE NEW PAGE OF THE AGREEMENT. SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AGAIN, WE -- THE --WHEN --I GUESS YOU WERE GIVEN IN YOUR PACKET THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AS WELL, CORRECT? AM I CORRECT ON THAT? YES. OKAY. SO AGAIN, IT'S --LIKE I THERE'S MORE CLARITY FOR ALL CONCERNED THAT AGREEMENT REPRESENTS, AND EVEN THOUGH WE -- AND ACTUALLY, IT SHOULD SAY LCPS BOARD OF EDUCATION TENTATIVE, IS CSEC TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE -- YES, THE DISTRICT IS YOUR -- THE NEGOTIATION TEAM OF THE DISTRICT REPRESENTS YOU, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE LCPS BOARD OF EDUCATION AGREEMENT, BUT THAT'S INDICATED ON THE COVER PAGE OF THE AGREEMENT. SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS -- IF -- MS. PENEDO? VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD

113-- MOVE THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE. THANK YOU. STUDENT ADVISOR, ALEXA. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MS. VALDEZPINO AND HER TEAM. THE EMPLOYEES THAT SERVE, AND THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM THE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SITES AND I REALLY PERSPECTIVE THE PROCESS THE EMPLOYEES FOLLOW, THE BARGAINING AGREEMENT PROCESS. I THINK IT WAS SUMMED UP PRETTY WELL. A LOT OF IT WAS THE STRUCTURE CONTINUED. THE BENEFITS, THE RIGHTS, AND PRESENTED IS ALL A CONTINUATION. WHAT WE DID A LOT OF WAS CLARITY AND ALIGNMENT, AND A LOT OF REWORDING, A LOT OF MOVING THINGS TO APPROPRIATE ARTICLES, IT'S WELL WRITTEN. SO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR YES. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN THE POLISHING OF THIS GEM FOR A WHILE NOW, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU

114GUYS HAVE COME TO THIS PLACE, AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU SENORA SENORA VALDESPINO AND HER TEAM, AND THE VISION IT TOOK TO GET THIS EXACTLY HOW YOU WANTED IT. THANK YOU, MS. PINEDO. I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH MS. PINEDO BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WILL BE --I WILL BE WORKING WITH HER, AND SO I WILL BE CALLING YOU AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING. I'M JUST KIDDING. NO. BUT AGAIN, WHEN TERRY JOINED THE TEAM -- WHAT IS IT? LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO? LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, SHE WAS FABULOUS AT SWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH HER, BUT YES. MS. TENORIO, IT TOOK A LONG TIME, AND OF COURSE, THERE WERE MANY PAUSES IN BETWEEN, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THE END

115PRODUCT, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. MM-HMM. VERY GOOD. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ANY JUST CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW THIS PROCESS CAN BE LONG AND TEDIOUS. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THIS CONTRACT, AND HOW HARD YOU WORK ON IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK THE --I LIKE THAT WE DO THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE. I THINK THAT'S -- YES. GOOD. >> I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK THAT'S REFRESHING CONTRACT. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND THAT CAME ABOUT YEARS AGO. IT CAME FROM ONE OF OUR --ONE OF OUR MEMBERS THAT -- THAT WE NEEDED THAT TYPE OF LEAVE, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IT IN, AND SO --AND SO ANOTHER MEMBER BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT --ASKING THAT WE COULD SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEAVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEES AND HAVE, YOU

116KNOW, TWO OR THREE KIDDOS AND WHY THEY NEED TO ATTEND VARIOUS MEETINGS. SO THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT FORTH BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, AND WE TOOK FORTH THE PROPOSAL AND IT WAS ACCEPTED. AND IT IS --AND IT IS A FABULOUS LEAVE BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS RECOGNIZED A LONG TIME AGO THAT EMPLOYEES ARE PARENTS AS WELL, AND THEY NEED TO TAKE THE --THEY NEED TO GO TO PARENT CONFERENCE MEETINGS. THEY NEED TO ATTEND ACTIVITIES, AND -- AND SO WITH THIS TYPE OF LEAVE, THEY CAN LEAVE AND THEY DON'T GET A DOCK FROM THEIR PAY TO ATTEND THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THEIR KIDDOS WHO ARE STUDENTS OF LCPS. VERY GOOD. MR. FRANK, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? OKAY. YOU'RE MUTED, BUT I THINK YOU SAID NO. SO I HOPE -->> SO YOU GUYS CAN'T

117READ MY LIPS? YEAH, I'M SORRY. BUT I NO. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I'M JUST --GO AHEAD. I'M GLAD IT'S DONE AND I'M GLAD PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH IT. THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING. YES. YEAH. >> WELL, NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, I ALREADY NOTIFIED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SO THE -- THE MEMBERS OF CSEC ARE IN THE PROCESS OF VOTING FOR IT. GOOD. >> SO WE HAVE THE BALLOT WENT OUT TODAY, AND I TOLDTOLD SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HAVE TILL -- THE MEMBERS HAVE TILL FRIDAY AT NOONTIME TO VOTE, AND AS SOON AS WE GET THE RESULTS, I KNOW, AND THEN HE WILL NOTIFY YOU ALL AS TO THE APPROVAL. I DON'T FORESEE ANY PROBLEMS, BUT --OF IT PASSING AMONG THE MEMBERS, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO YOU KNOW

118HOW MANY CBAs YOU HAVE NEGOTIATED? IN MY LAST 25 YEARS, PROBABLY MANY. MORE THAN YOUR FINGERS. >> I HAVE THEM AT HOME. I HAVE A HARD COPY AT HOME AND I HAVE IT ON MY COMPUTER, SO YES. WELL, IT'S DELIGHTFUL TO HAVE THIS NEGOTIATION BROUGHT TO AN END. AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CSEC LAS CRUCES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. SO MOVED. >> SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY MISS TENORIO. SECONDED BY MR. FRANK, AND THEN THE ROLL PLEASE. MEMBER TENORIO. YES. >> MEMBER FRANK? >> YES. SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. YES. THAT MOTION PASSES, 4-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND HARD EFFORT HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YEP. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT THE NUMBER

119OF CBAs. IT'S THE QUALITY CBA. I THINK SHE'S GOT THIS DOWN. YEAH, SHE DID. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE MOVING ONTO ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE UPDATE OF THE APRIL, 2026 BOARD OF EDUCATION WORK SESSION. SINCE IT CONFLICTS WITH OUR REGIONAL MEETING. UGH. >> YES. GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S NICE TO BE UP HERE AGAIN. HI, ALEXA. MR. RUIZ. I THINK WE HAVE DONE THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, BOARD MEMBERS. WHERE WE'VE REVISED THE CALENDAR, BUT I AM HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND THAT WE CHANGE THE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED APRIL 7th WORK SESSION. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE REGION 7 MEETING IS THAT SAME DAY. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT ON THIS CALENDAR. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE --THIS TIME OF YEAR IS A LITTLE

120BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE SPRING BREAK IS --IS THE WEEK OF MARCH 16th. SO IF I CAN JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO YOU ALL, YOU HAVE A WORK SESSION ON MARCH 3rd AND YOU HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 24th. YOU ALSO HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 21st. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT APRIL 7th MEETING, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, YOUR OPTIONS ARE SORT OF LIMITED HERE. RIGHT. >> AND KIND OF WHEREVER WE PUT THAT, I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE A TUESDAY -- OR BACK-TO- BACK MEETING. RIGHT. >> SO I DEFER TO THE BOARD AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE. WE ARE SEEMINGLY MEETING EVERY OTHER WEEK THERE, AND SO WHETHER WE HAVE TIME FOR THAT WORK SESSION IS WHAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT GIVEN --

121YES, AND VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE OTHER THING, I WOULD -- IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO NOT LOOK AT THE 31st OF MARCH JUST BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK, AND THE TIMING FOR US TO PREPARE A PACKET AND FOR YOU. THAT 24 OR 31 DAY WOULD BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE CABINET. MR. WOFFORD? >> YES. COULD WE CONSIDER APRIL 14th AND THEN MOVING THE 21st DOWN A WEEK? SO IT WOULD BE THE 14th AND THE 28th? MR. SILVER, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH YOUR CALENDAR? YES. THAT -->> I THINK WE HAVE A BOARD WORK SESSION THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE 5th OF -- YES, SIR, YOU DO. MAY. YOU HAVE A WORK SESSION ON MAY 5th. SO WE END UP BACK TO BACK THERE. AND WHEN

122IS THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION? YES, MA'AM. THE EXTENDED WORK SESSION WAS RESCHEDULED AND IS ON FEBRUARY 27th, WHICH IS A FRIDAY. OKAY. >> MM-HMM. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN EARLY FEBRUARY, RIGHT? WE MOVED IT BECAUSE WE'LL BE IN SANTA FE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SKELD SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 6th. WE HAVE A WORK SESSION ON MARCH 3rd? YES, MA'AM. >> WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON MARCH 24th? YES, MA'AM. WHICH IS THEN -- APRIL 7th IS THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONE WE NEED TO MOVE? YES, MA'AM. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON APRIL 21st. DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WORK SESSION? THAT IS A QUESTION. I MEAN -- HOW --HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE FOR YOU TOTO SOME OF THE WORK FROM THAT WORK SESSION BACK TO OUR MEETING ON MARCH 24th AND TO

123DEFER SOME OF IT TO THE 21st? DO WE HAVE LARGE AGENDA ITEMS THERE? IT'S A BUDGET TIME OF YEAR. WE HAVE --WE HAVE A CALENDAR APPROVED. WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT EARLIER ANYWAY. HOW IMPERATIVE IS -- WILL THAT WORK SESSION BE A HEAVY AGENDA? COULD WE POTENTIALLY ABSORB IT VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD, SO WE KEEP A RUNNING INFORMAL AND INTERNAL AGENDA LIST FOR OURSELVES. THAT IS A VERY SHORT AGENDA RIGHT NOW. WITH ONE EXCEPTION. I DON'T KNOW --I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME YOUR POLICY READINGS, AND IF THERE IS A -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT --OUR POLICY READINGS ARE, LIKE, THIS YEAR WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO FOLLOW THAT THREE READINGS AND THAT GOT A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE ONE OF THIS, AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER HR HAD A COMPANION POLICY THEY WERE GOING TO

124BE BRINGING. MM-HMM. >> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF POLICY ADJUSTMENT THERE. SO I'D HAVE TO MAP THAT OUT. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. I GUESS -- IT'S HARD TO SAY. >> THERE'S AN HR POLICY THAT'S --YEAH. IT'S SORT OF UP IN THE AIR THAT I THINK WILL BE COMING TO AGENDA SETTING FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION. THOSE THREE READINGS WOULD TAKE IT --THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE END OF MARCH. SO I DON'T SEE ANY URGENT --RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE ANY URGENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS ON APRIL 7th. OKAY. SO POTENTIALLY WE COULD JUST DO AWAY WITH IT OR WE COULD HAVE BACK-TO-BACK BOARD MEETINGS ON THE 14th AND 21st. RIGHT? WELL, CHOICES. YES. >> WHEN EXACTLY ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE IN AROSA? WE LEAVE HERE AT 5:00 OR -- THE 7th OF APRIL. SO YOU

125SAID 31 IS NO GO, MARCH? THIS IS YOUR BOARD MEETING. THE 31st --THE 24th, 31 --THAT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET EVERYTHING READY WITH THE SPRING BREAK. YEAH. YEP. >> BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TWO- SO ITEM 7, BOARD REPORTS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF? I WILL. SO WE DID OUR LAST AUDIT MEETING FOR THE LAST -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS CALL IT. AN EXIT INTERVIEW OR -- THE AUDIT SEASON OR WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT WHOLE --[ INAUDIBLE ] EXIT CONFERENCE OF AUDIT. SO THAT'S THAT. WE'LL START WITH A WHOLE NEW ONE. AND CAN'T SAY MUCH THERE. THAT'S JUST THE RULES. RIGHT. >> AND I HAD A COMMUNITY SCHOOL MEETING AND I GOT TO MEET THE NEW OR FOR DONA ANA, AND SHE SEEMS LOVELY AND LIKE SHE'S GOING TO BE

126A GOOD FIT. GOOD. >> THEY WERE DISCUSSING PER SCHOOL, THEY WERE ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND IT WAS JUST A FUN GROUP ACTIVITY. AND I WENT TO THE LCPS FOUNDATION MEETING AND THAT WAS REALLY NICE. I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES AND NEW FACES, AND IT FELT GOOD TO BE THERE. THAT'S A NEW COMMITTEE FOR YOU ISN'T IT? YES. >> VERY GOOD. >> THAT'S ALL. OKAY. MR. FRANK? >> SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN THE HOUSE FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. SO I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN OUT VISITING SCHOOLS AND SEEING THE GREAT STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND OR TALK ABOUT. SINCE THE LAST --OUR LAST MEETING, TWO PEOPLE HAVE PASSED AWAY WHO I THINK DESERVE RECOGNITION DURING OUR MEETING. HELEN DAVIS, I MEAN SHE, YOU KNOW, WAS

127-- SHE GREATLY AFFECTED OUR DISTRICT, AND WE SPOKE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT HER PASSING CONTRIBUTIONS. HER PASSING HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY PEOPLE AT NEA, NEW MEXICO RETIRED, AND THE OTHER PERSON THAT I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE IS RENEE GOOD WHO WAS JUST BRUTALLY MURDERED BECAUSE SHE REFUSED A REQUEST TO GET OUT OF CAR AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AT THE SOUTH SIDE FAMILY CHARTER SCHOOL, AN CREDIBLY SMALL SCHOOL, BUT SHE WAS A FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD IF HE WOULD GRANT MAYBE A MOMENT OF SILENCE SO THAT WE CAN REFLECT UPON THE PASSING OF TWO PEOPLE. YES. YES. WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH OUR REPORTS, WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. FRANK. LET'S SEE. MR. NOLAN? SURE. WELL, IT'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I'M

128EXCITED TO GET UP TO SANTA FE WITH -- I THINK WITH ALL GOING, RIGHT? BUT EXCITED TO GO UP THERE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR LOBBYING DAYS. SO BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE LEGISLATORS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF FOR GETTING US PREPARED AND READY TO GO FOR THAT. I DID --THERE'S A SORT OF A MELDING OF TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS, BUT THERE'S AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT LCPS IS INVOLVED WITH, AND IN MY JOB, WE ARE TAKING SOME OF THESE INTERNS AND IT'S A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP. IT'S MAYFIELD, AND ORGAN MOUNTAIN STUDENTS WHO MAYBE TRADITIONALLY WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED FOR INTERNSHIPS. SORT OF MAYBE --I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE --THEY JUST --THEY DON'T ASK FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARILY, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE NOT GIVEN THESE OPPORTUNITIES. SO IT'S A REAL UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. THEY'RE

129WORKING WITH APRENDAMOS AND KRWG. SO I DON'T KNOW. THINK A REALLY GOOD MODEL AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A GRADUATION FOR THEM IN APRIL. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT LEADERS HERE GET AN INVITE TO THAT, AND A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO ENGAGE NEW MEXICO WHO'S REALLY BOTTOM LINING A LOT OF THAT WORK, BUT ALSO REALLY WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH LCPS FOLKS. SO YEAH. AND THEN I ATTENDED THE --NOT REALLY SCHOOL- RELATED, THE MLK DINNER. I THINK MOVING FORWARD WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO ATTEND THOSE KIND OF EVENTS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE ATTEND THOSE EVENTS, IN PARTICULAR MLK I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO ATTEND. MM-HMM. >> SO YEAH. THAT'S ME. THANK YOU, SECRETARY NOLAN. I WAS SAD NOT TO BE AT THAT EVENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE

130IT HAS BEEN VERY ENLIGHTENING IN THE PAST, AND OUR LAST BOARD MEETING WAS 16th OF DECEMBER SO WE HAVE HAD A GOOD CHUNK OF HOLIDAY AND BEING OFF DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. SO -- SO I HAVE NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT IN SCHOOL. SO I WAS NOT IN SCHOOL MYSELF ALTHOUGH I DID GET TO SPEAKSPEAK A SCOUT TROOP AT HILLRISE ELEMENTARY. A BUNCH OF VERY ACTIVE PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION AND I ENJOYED THAT VERY MUCH, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. FRANK FOR HIS SUGGESTION. I JUST FOUND OUT TONIGHT THAT HELEN DAVIS HAD DIED, AND HELEN WAS A FORCE OF NATURE IN MY LIFE MY YOUNG TEACHER AND NEA MEMBER WHEN IT WAS TIME TO KNOCK IN OCTOBER OF ELECTION YEARS. HELEN CALLED AND WE SAID YES. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SHE

131WAS VERY ACTIVE IN LEADERSHIP --LEADERSHIP ROLES IN LAS CRUCES. THE WHOLE FAMILY DEVOTED TO EDUCATION. I HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF TEACHING HER GRANDDAUGHTER, AND SO HER PASSING IS -- IS ONE WORTHY OF MARKING AND THANK YOU, MR. FRANK, FOR SUGGESTING THAT. AND I JUST CAME FROM THE IMMIGRATION RALLY AT THE PLAZA DE LAS CRUCES BEFORE THIS MEETING IN SUPPORT OF --IN SUPPORT OF ALL OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND SO RENEE GOOD'S DEATH IS SENSELESS, AND I BELIEVE WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE BOTH THESE PEOPLE AND OUR THOUGHTS. SO PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE ONTO ITEM 7, ADJOURNMENT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. >> SECOND. IT'S MOVED BY MR. FRANK, SECONDED BY SECRETARY NOLAN. AND PLEASE

132CALL THE ROLL. MEMBER TENORIO? YES. >> MEMBER FRANK? YES. >> SECRETARY NOLAN VOTES YES. VICE PRESIDENT WOFFORD. YES. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. GOOD NIGHT, MR. FRANK.