001Good evening. Like to welcome everyone to our Clovis school board meeting. Will the clerk please call roll? >> Yes. President Cordova >> here. >> Vice President Hamilton >> here. >> Secretary Martin >> here. >> Member Osborne >> here. >> Member Edward >> here. >> Everybody's here. So we do have a quorum. And now if Mr. Martin I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I salute the flag of the state of New Mexico symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures. Thank you, Mr. Martin. >> Okay. Okay. And now we'll move down to the approval of the agenda. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Motion by
002Mr. Hamilton. >> Second by Miss Edber. Um, we have a All in favor? >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. And now we'll consider the approval of the minutes. Do I have a motion for that? >> Make a motion. I'll second. >> Okay. A motion by Miss Edber and a second by Miss Osborne. All in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. Now we'll move down to the consent agenda. Are there any questions? >> No. >> If not, I'll entertain the motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Motion by Mr. Hamilton. >> A second by Miss Ed. All in favor? >> I opposed. Motion carries. Okay. Miss Russ, superintendent report. >> You're moving right along. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. So my first item this month is Hispanic Heritage Month and so we
003are blessed to start our meeting tonight with our CH Philico dancers. We'll have them perform and then we'll hear from their sponsor, Modric. Hey, [Music] first one. Oh, that was great, You guys did great. >> Thank you. Good evening. Let me introduce these dancers to you. I have Jacqueline Rasas, >> Cruz Arlette, Lopez, Medina, Gel Galvan, my most popular male dancer, Yanka Alapar. Last but not least, Natsumi Clemente. >> Thank you. >> Great job. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, >> these uh dancers danced a song from Salua. There are 32 states in Mexico. Each state has their dance. Each state has their own unique way of stomping the faloo, the way they turn their skirts. >> And so this one was focused on the state of Sinalua. And um it has meaning. So the male
004dancer is a bull. So I don't know if you noticed it was like a a sound kind of like a a bull. So when he started it was like, >> you know, he was bending down and they would lift the skirts kind of like ole, you know, in Spain kind of like that. And so every dance has meaning. And so that was today's dance. It was um El Toro, El Toro Mambbo. And so we're very proud of them. They practice very hard. They practice every week. And we're now working on new choreography so that we don't repeat this dance again. And the next time you invite us, we have something different to share from a different state. So thank you so much for including us and thank you so much for your support. We appreciate
005it. Can you talk a little bit about their competition? I think it was last week. Can you just want to highlight that? >> Yes, we go to competitions every year and for the first time uh this past Tuesday on the 16th they won first place in Portalis. They were super excited cuz we we do come back bummed. You know when you work so hard and you don't win, we come back bummed. But this time we came back so excited. Um, Yokan was awarded the best male dancer overall the whole competition because they had uh elementary school, they had middle school, they had junior high and high school. And so they also won first place for the high school competition cuz they they competed against Portales, Bovina, and Hondo. And they won. And then um they
006had best choreography and best form. So, we came back with three plaques and then the overall was uh first place overall competition. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. We were very excited. That brought up our morale, you know. >> Thank you so much. >> Can we uh sign up Mr. Mr. Martin? I think he >> he was interested in done after the first twirl. >> Every Tuesday in the lecture hall at four o'clock. See you there. >> Thank you. All right, moving on. Miss Sarah Williams, could give us a canon update. >> I have no idea. Just give it a try. >> That was amazing, though. The dresses are absolutely gorgeous. >> Right. Good evening, U board members, superintendent. Sorry, I feel like I'm so tall here. Um, I don't have a whole lot of things.
007I just want to say thank you for all the teacher signups we got for Tudos. We cut it off. We have about 41 teachers between the local districts going. And so we had our meeting tonight and they're very excited to put them on their flights. And then um we're working hard with the freshman academy to do um pilots and sensors for the career fair. And then um we're planning three field trips with them for um 40 kids each to the base to go ahead and um get them into our detachment 17 and on the flight line and stuff. And I just had four more meetings this week with four more units. Um, so we're getting ready to adopt some more schools and we're excited. We're they have some prospects that they're looking at. Um, so
008we're just going to go ahead and make sure they're a yes and then I'll reach out to the school principles and we'll get that taken care of. So our goal is to get all of the schools adopted by the end of the school year. So wish us luck. >> But that's all I have unless you guys have any questions for me. >> No, ma'am. >> No m. >> Okay. I would like to invite our Clovis High School student representatives. You guys can shift that podium around if you need to. >> Good evening members of the board. My name is Alana Baka and I'm the student body representative for Clovis High School student council. I am Emily Gibson, the junior class president at Clovis High School. >> I'm Beth Zarcia and I'm a representative for student
009council at the high school. >> Last week we had numerous events to build and showcase school spirit. We kicked off the week with the powder pip game for the CHS students on Tuesday. We did a bracket of seven teams which was successful with the last team with the last game being two undefeated teams. Overall, the powder poof was very successful. We also had our bonfire, but this year we combined it into a block party, inviting multiple food trucks and the whole community to enjoy along with the CHS students. >> Personally, one of my favorite events that I participated in was face painting for the homecoming game. I liked it because I was able to make many kids happy and also I was able to represent the broadcast spirit having fun at the football game also.
010Um, we also had a great time hosting the high school's pep rally on Friday morning. We were really surprised at student engagement, but it's always appreciated. Um, we played three games, um, including musical chairs and then a game with pizza boxes. We did the battlecry and the seniors won, even though I think the juniors were louder. Um, it was an overall really fun experience and a great way to showcase the various teams and organizations um, through the homecoming court as well. Um, to wrap it all up, we had a very successful week, but we are not done yet. Next month, we have our district meeting in Carlsbad and our fourth annual trunk or tree at the high school. We hope to see you there. Thank you. >> Thank you guys. >> Respect. >> I know
011you were just commenting on the parade and >> Oh, yes. Yes, I was commenting on the parade. I took my granddaughter down there. It was really awesome. And there were a sea of purple. So, I know that you guys were partly responsible for that. So, it was very exciting. And I didn't personally go to the bonfire, but I heard that it was very exciting. And people appreciated that there were food trucks and so thank you for all the work that you do behind the scenes. So, >> and no administrators were tired following last. >> They had energy to spare. Right. Now, we'll move on to some more student successes, beginning first with recognizing our FCCA students who went to nationals. Come on up. >> Here's some medals from >> I think that's what you told
012them to not come home without any. >> Wow. Thank you. >> Thank you. Hello, my name is Jessica Pton, one of the code advisors for FCCLA. We just wanted to thank you for having us and then I'm going to let the students represent us. Hello, I'm Haley Holmes. I'm a representative for Clovis High School FCCLA and I want to first of all thank you guys so much for letting us go to Orlando, Florida for our national trip for a national conference this year. Um, and it was an amazing opportunity that allowed us to expand our leadership skills as well as sharpen our individual talents and we were able to explore different career paths related to FCS and family consumer sciences sciences. We really want to recognize uh the participants who um had a star event
013and a star event is basically students taking action with recognition. It is a competitive event where members will uh create a portfolio. They'll they follow a rubric and they'll address an issue concerning family consumer sciences and advocate for a positive change in their community. H I first want to recognize Kimberly Yamas Gayos who placed fourth in the nation and received gold for her star event interview skills and this event was uh provided o was um where members provide an opportunity to gain self-confidence and demonstrate jobseeking skills. I then want to recognize uh myself. Thank you. Um, I uh I placed sixth in the nation and received gold. This was my project. >> I competed in repurpose and redesign. And that's exactly what it sounds like. I had to take something old and make something new.
014And that was basically old t-shirts and I cut it up to make uh to crochet a little backpack. >> Wow. >> Thank you. >> That's awesome. I also want to recognize chapter and review display by these ladies uh Anelise Watson, Lisana Loya and Emily Bjorkland and they um had they participated in chapter in review and display and if they want to they can explain that. So ladies, hi. So we decided to do chapter review and display. And what this basically is is we go over everything that our chapter has done throughout the year. So all the community service and around town and in our school. So right there you can see a bunch of pictures that we've about all the things we've done. And we've also done many fundraisers to help our chapter and advocate
015for ourselves. Some of the community service that we've done is we've gone through nursing homes and we played bingo with our senior citizens. We have sent out holiday cards to different nursing homes. We have done truck for trash and on the highways we picked up trash. And we've also done different fundraisers. We've worked with the Lions Club and the Civic Center and we've just done multiple different things as you can see on the board. Um we just go over everything like nationals from the previous year and different projects. >> Thank you. All right, that was chapter and review display. Uh they basically go over everything we do over a year and display it to a panel of judges and they received gold and placed ninth in the nation. >> Next we have uh sports nutrition
016by Jasine Kintana um Angelie Viegas and Kylie Borhas who unfortunately is not here. Uh this is a star event where members uh develop a nutritional plan for an in an individualized nutritional plan. So they had someone um they built a nutrition. Yeah. Sorry it's not my event. I'm not really expertised in it. But they got gold. >> Hey. Uh we also have um food innovations which was by Isabelle Sanchez who also is not here with us right now. Uh but she got silver and that was basically an event where uh particip participants demonstrate their knowledge in food science, nutrition, food preparation and safety and product making. We also had uh members participate in interpersonal communication that was by our very own state president Waqen Sanchez and Jeremiah Landon who both played silver. And this is
017an event where participants used family consumer sciences andor related occupational skills to and applied those and applied communication techniques to develop a project designed to strengthen communication in a chosen area. and they play silver as I said. And then we have promote and publicize by Aaliyah Valerde. And this is when members develop a an FCCLA promotion campaign to educate the school parents and members. It's almost kind of like chapter and review display, but instead of focusing on oursel as a chapter, they focus on FCCL FCCLA as a whole and practically just uh show other show schools, show families, show communities what FCCLA is about and what uh we have to offer. Unfortunately, Aaliyah is not here with us tonight, but she's doing great. She actually graduated. Um we also want to recognize uh Nia Peroki
018who participated in early childhood education. This was when participants would demonstrate their ability ability to use knowledge and skills gained from their enrollment in an FCS program. I want to thank you one last time for letting us go to nationals. It was an amazing opportunity, a once in a-lifetime opportunity probably. and hopefully we can go to Washington DC next year. We are a dedicated chapter and we do not intend to stop our hard work. Last year we recorded 1,210 hours of community service as well as 1,215 hours of leadership and we have no intention of slowing down. Along with its exceptional members, FCCLA Clovis is high. FCCLA is also the proud home of Wain Sanchez, our New Mexico FCCLA state president, as well as Jose Yamasayos, who is the first vi vice president for New
019Mexico FCCLA. And I cannot emphasize this enough. Thank you so much for letting us go to Florida. And um hopefully we can go to Washington next year. But thank you. That's it. I I just have to say you guys are perfect example of in it to win it. Congratulations on your outstanding. >> How many win how many medals did you guys win? >> Uh well we compete on the uh regional, state and national level. So we gather up medals all across those levels. But >> good that's all. >> But uh I think at nationals everyone everyone got a medal. Yeah. But yeah, and I think 13 15 of us went to nationals. So 14 14 of us went to nationals and we all received a medal. >> Good. >> Yep. >> Awesome. >> Thank you
020for your community service. >> That's that's awesome. You guys being out there. You You're everywhere. >> Yeah. I mean, >> we try our best. >> Thank you for that. Thank you for that. >> Good job. >> Yeah. We actually have an event to go to right after this. >> Well, we're gonna give you a big clap. Yeah. Next, Miss Nia is going to share with us success with our culinary arts students. >> Shove circle gear. >> We brought treats. So >> while they are passing those out, I will announce um who I brought here with me. Right here I have Daleen Ferrer and then I have Hiro Rangel and then Shauna Hatcher. And what they are passing out are pumpkin little pumpkin muffins with a topped with cream cheese. >> Some of them have nuts
021and some of them don't. So if you're not a walnut, please make sure you let them know so they don't give you one. I don't want anybody to have an allergic reaction. So, >> surprise me. >> So, while they are passing those out, I kind of I'll go over a little bit as far as what they've been up to here recently and um in the spring. Again, I just want to thank y'all for letting us be here this evening. We're glad that ProStart was able to come and represent uh the students at the high school. So, um, these students just recently participated in the 2025 ProStart green chili cookoff at the New Mexico State Fair, and that was on September 10th. Um, the students are given an hour and a half to make from scratch,
022flour tortillas, corn tortillas, and a green chili stew within an hour and a half, and that's not a lot of time. And so, and they're only allowed to do it off of two burners. And so, they have to be able to work with each other and um, off of those two burners and talking and communicating with each other as well. We did uh occur some technical difficulties. It did start to rain while we were there and so we had to adjust our tables because we were on the end and the the water was falling over onto our tables. So things like that that they had to be on their toes and be able to adjust. I'm not allowed to say anything to them once it starts. I have to be away and can't say a
023single word, which is so hard. Especially me being a coach. I just want to be like walk over there and say something, but I can't. So, um it's a little bit stressful for me, but I enjoy it. and we had a blast. Unfortunately, we did not place, but we were told that we had the best um stew, the flavor of the stew. There was just those technical difficulties that we kind of have to adjust for next year cuz we plan on going back again and and placing next year. Uh they competed against seven other schools outside of the fair. It was actually outside, so we weren't even inside a building. It was people walking by and they're asking them questions while they're competing. And so they had to stop and be able to talk to
024the judges, talk to the the fans that were out there. And I was really surprised about how many people were there during the morning. So it kind of, you know, again, it threw them off a little bit, but they still had fun. I do have some of these students that do participate in with FCCLA. So that's why I was here with FCCLA because we do have our culinary, our ProStart program that does FCCLA individual events. And so they can compete in culinary, they can compete in baking and pastry, and they can compete in knife skills. And so we did have a student last year that made it to nationals. Unfortunately, she was not able to to attend, but this year we do have some students that are going to be competing in the FCCLA events
025as well. So we work together, Miss Garcia and I, with our both of our programs and trying to get our kids involved as many competitions as we can. ProStart only has one. Well, they have the green chili which is new. This is the second year. And then we have the prostart that will be in March this year. So I think that's about Oh, we did this is something new. We have a business entrepreneurship with our ProStart kids this year. And so I have two of them right here that are in the business entrepreneurship which will be working with Miss um Westbrook and with the nutrition program. And so here pretty soon we're we've got a little thing working up for y'all that y'all will get to taste our green chili stew that we handed out.
026>> So that is in the works and we hope to get that flyer out to y'all for I believe the 20th I believe is when we're going to do that. So >> awesome. >> That's all we have. >> Hope y'all enjoy the treat. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Oh yeah. to invite Mr. Garrett Lee to give us a report on how the rest of the season went here last month. >> Got some competitions ahead of them. >> Yes. Again, thank y'all for having us up and presenting to y'all again. Uh we went to Statef Fair in Albuquerque two weeks ago now. They all kind of blend together at this time of the year. So, uh, we we went to state fair. We showed up on Fridays when animals come in. Got
027everything settled. We spend the entire weekend getting everybody kind of fit, clipped, dressed to the nines, getting ready to go for competitions. Monday morning was the hog show. We had Cisco Johnson and Presley Johnson take some pigs up there. Did exceptionally well. I think Cisco made the sale with a couple different pigs. Presley was actually second in one of her classes. So, I mean, >> I don't know if any of y'all have been and watched any of the state fair animal shows. It's it's to another level. I mean, it's just like going for football or anything else as a state. >> We bring two or 300 hogs into Albuquerque. We couple hundred sheep. It it it gets intense in a hurry just to make it into the show ring. They have a judge that says,
028"Okay, this one's good enough to go into the big show." Sorry, there's your 5 seconds of fame. Go back to the barn. And it's it's intense, but they they stepped up to the plate and both made sale. I think they they did very well at the sale the next Friday. So, it's it's very good. And I'm going to have uh these other students talk about their respective projects as they uh as they come up here. So, liberal. Uh our show this year. Uh we did make sale at county but unfortunately we did not make it at state but it was a good experience. Now we know what to do better next year. Had to train our animals better, feed them, all that other stuff. That's about it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Um
029we also took our a mechanic projects up there. Um I made a wooden sign with epoxy um of our new FFA like Clovis FFA emblem. Um, and as Michelle was saying, state fair is a little more tougher than um, maybe county or other state um, fairs, but we did really good. We got first place um, with the crumbler that some of the boys made. Um, and I think third and fourth as well. And I'll let Maddie explain a little bit more about her project. Um, I made a ranch sign, so I had to use the CNC machine, design all that stuff, and then I spray painted it. And we used like little tubing to make it was like 3D so it was really cool. And then I placed second. >> Congratulations. >> No, her ranch
030sign was really cool. Like she said, we instead of just the standard ranch signs, we had a back plate and actually set the emblems off of it. It turned out really nice. So, state fair, like I said, we didn't do quite as well as county fair. Not as many accolades, but it it was an amazing experience. I'm happy to be out of Albuquerque. That a week up there is plenty. But thank y'all all for having us again. I wanted to uh shout out Miss Blackborn and these two girls in our floral design uh class. They built that monstrous mum that y'all saw at homecoming pep rally. I want to say they took it to the football game that night as well. So, I mean it it was really cool. They did a heck of a
031job with that. So, >> but thank you question. Thank you. Awesome. Thanks. I just want to mention there were several of us who were in Grady last week and one of their students gave her speech and she referenced you a number of times Mr. Lee and that made us really really proud that you belong to our district. >> Made me a little scared like no >> that's all I have for you. All right. Well, thank you, Mr. Rust. Okay. We'll go to uh academic services. Uh Miss Dagger. Good evening, President Cordova, members of the board, and superintendent Russ. Tonight, I have a few consideration items for you that were introduced last month. First, uh the updates to the discipline matrices for the new school year. Just as a reminder, we had a few additions of
032language just for clarity in both the 3rd through sixth grade and the 7th through 12th grade documents. specifically some clarification around sexual harassment as well as the addition of a level two theft offense. But I would be happy to stand for any questions that you may have before you take those items for consideration. >> Seems pretty straightforward. >> Yeah. >> And and I like that there's a little bit of wiggle room in there if it's an extraordinary offense or if it's like, oh, come on. Yeah. >> Kind of. Are there any other questions? >> No, sir. >> No question. >> Okay. This is an action item. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Okay. I have a motion by Mr. Hamilton. I'll >> Second by Miss Osborne. All in favor? >> I post. >>
033Okay. Motion passes. >> So, I think those are listed separately on the agenda. I don't know if they need to be taken separately or if you took them together. I'm sorry. I didn't mention that first. just referring to A. >> Okay. >> Yes. Because they are separate >> and the same changes apply for 7 through 12 as well. >> So now we'll move down to to B. >> Yes. >> Now entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Okay. I have a motion by Miss Edward. >> I'll second. >> Second by Mr. Hamilton. All in favor? >> I >> oppose. Motion carries. >> Thank you. Next for consideration is the menu of items to be utilized for the two LEA specific graduation credits. This is a menu that includes fine arts, a
034language other than English, AP or dual credit courses, as well as CTE courses, and digital citizenship. These are choices that would allow students to pursue areas of greater interest for themselves. Um, but I'm also happy to answer any questions you may have before you consider this item. >> There any questions? >> I have none. Yeah, I I think it's kind of complicated. I our guidance counselors, bless their hearts, right? >> That is true. So >> So really the only changes are they kids do are not required to take algebra 2 and >> so overall there are several changes in the requirements coming from the state in uh in different core content areas. This specifically is a change that requires every LEA to create their own two specific credits toward graduation. And so we were proposing
035a menu of options so that kids have the ability to focus in on on their areas of interest. >> I like that. >> And they took away the New Mexico history. >> Correct. Those standards are in so the content still exists there. Those standards are embedded into other courses. It just would not be a required standalone course. >> A viable question. Thank you. >> This is an action item. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Motion by Mr. Hamilton. >> Second by Miss Edward. All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. >> Thank you. And now I'll ask Laura Atkins to come forward to discuss the bilingual program progress report. Good evening, board of directors and superintendent Russ. I am here to just um answer questions and kind of summarize our annual bilingual report
036for our bilingual program. Um it's kind of like writing a 90-day plan for our whole program. So you look at the data and you set some new goals. And just a quick summary is um over the past year as Clovis schools we served 485 students in grades K through 12 in our bilingual program. Um Clovis schools has a dual language model at Lacita and at sixth grade academy. We have a heritage model for Yucka Middle School freshman academy and uh Clovis High School. So that gives us a K12 U vertical program. A heritage model is designed to really be that assetbased um program where we are honoring kids cultural values and their heritage and we're trying to support and revitalize their home language. Um, and sometimes that's lost through our elementary programs because they um,
037a lot of parents choose to have um, an English immersion model um, instead of a bilingual model. And so they kind of lose some of their heritage language and um, our heritage model is to build that back and help them be biliterate when they graduate. Some of the key outcomes that we've achieved through our bilingual program this year is um this is the second consecutive year of growth that we've had of 5% or more growth in our biiteracy uh outcomes that is measured by our Avant um assessment that we take every year. Usually we take that about November, December. Um this year I'm not sure when the schools will select because they've kind of moved the window. We also have learned that as an eighth grader, if you take the Avant test and you score
038proficient in all of the uh areas of five or more is considered proficient, but you have to score that in every domain, not just that's like a average of the test, then you could bank that score to go towards your bilingual seal as you're in high school. So, that's kind of exciting. you have to take it in the spring if you're going to bank it. You can't take it in the fall. Um, as far as our academic performance, um, we had in the elementary level a doubledigit growth this year in our proficiency rate and the highest, um, score was in writing. So, I have a feeling that is really linked to our work with our center for biiteracy. uh they really emphasize how you've got to have that ory piece in place, but you've got
039to assess that and move that to writing. And so they're doing a lot more writing than they used to and using that as a a formative assessment piece instead of just um an activity. Another big question um that comes about as we uh promote our bilingual program is if they're in a Spanish bilingual program, does that interfere with them developing English language um in an academic setting? And our data aligns with our n with the national research data. um our bilingual program students that are English language learners, they scored um 1.4% greater growth in their English language access score than our uh students in an English immersion program. in the academic achievement world with NUMASA and uh looking at our state assessments uh the students that were English learners scored 4.9% higher proficiency than our
040non bilingual English learners. So that is perfectly aligned to what the research says is going to happen and that's why we believe so strongly in this program for our English learners. Our goals for next year um based on our data analysis is we would like to continue that consecutive growth that we've had on our biiteracy outcomes and move um for a 6% gain from 24 to 30% proficiency and u biiteracy outcomes. We would also like to improve our English language development by 6% and uh raise our academic proficiency by 7%. So that's kind of a summary of this report for you and I stand for any questions. >> Are there any questions from the board? >> Sounds like good success. >> They're doing good. It's good. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Mr.
041Strickland, >> President Cordova, members of the board, Superintendent Russ, you're going to like this one. Right. I think if uh Brandon, if you can go to the um that report right there. Sometimes in life, we just do what we've always done and we kind of blindly go through the process and then there's this aha moment where we go, "Oh, wait. That's really not the right way we should be doing it." So, you're going to notice some things here that I want to talk to you about. Uh number one, Mr. Sparks has done a really good job of finding contracted people. And in the past when he would do that or in years have gone by, uh, we left it open on the board even though we had a contracted person because they're not technically our
042CMS employee, but they're a contracted licensed individual doing our work. So, our sped teachers, our OT's, our PTs, all those kind of things. But we've been representing it like we have an empty classroom that doesn't have a qualified teacher. So, we have decided to take those off because the contracted person is going to be here for the whole year. Uh, at the end of this hiring season, we'll look over all those contracted positions. Some contracted positions are probably going to exist forever because they're easier to find that way. Um, but if we want to open some up, then we'll have some open up in the summertime. Those that don't get filled and then get filled with contracted people, then we'll come back off. So, um, we thought we had it all squared away and then
043we had a Mandy had an extra meeting because she likes to gather all the players together and get everybody on the same page. So, today when they looked at it again, there's five more people that we hadn't identified. Um, so in all actuality right now in our sped department, we have three positions that are not filled with a certified person. Now, some of these are going to stay on the report. So for example um if you look at the arts academy where it says sped teacher contracted that contracted means that they're with proximity learning and proximity is different from our other contracted people in that it is a monthby-month position and so if we are able to find somebody that position just goes away and we and we move on but I think that's great
044progress and it shows that our sped area is really way better covered than we we're representing. So, I apologize for my 15 years of failure to see that. But, uh, going forward when you look at it, this is a representation of of what's actually open and we're actually looking for a contracted person on. So, I stand for any questions. That did bring our total number also, I think, down, Mandy, I think it's 48 total positions, which I don't know that I've seen in the last many, many years. >> I definitely appreciate that. So I think gives a bigger picture a better picture. This >> should make office of special ed happy. Mr. Spark, >> we're getting there, right, Mr. Sparks? >> Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'll move down to financial matters. Miss Neto. >>
045Good evening, President Cordova, members of the board. Superintendent Russ. Tonight, the only thing that I have um for consideration is just the disposal of miscellaneous maintenance items. I stand for any questions. >> Are there any questions from the board? >> No, sir. >> If not, I will entertain a motion. >> Make a motion to approve. I'll second. >> Have a motion by Miss Edber, a second by Miss Osborne. All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Brady. >> I thought about it. >> Good evening, President Cordova, members of the board, Superintendent Russ. Just one item. We're going to update you on our bond campaign. Kevin Summers, I asked him to help out, and little did I know, this guy's just a maverick. He does an amazing job with bonds
046and selling and putting that package together. So, we're going to turn that over to him to update you. Okay. >> President Cordova, members of the board, Superintendent Russ, good evening. Um, I'm not sure how I feel about that word maverick. Uh, my my family has some history of cattle wrestling and and I don't know if I if I appreciate that yet or not, but >> Oh, sure. Why not? Uh, so so good evening, board. Over the last uh several weeks, I've been I've been a little bit on a history mission of Clovis schools and and the history of Clovis in general. And had a lot of conversations, dug into a lot of documents and all of my conversations or nearly all of my conversations, uh a single theme tends to emerge, which is the fact
047that Clovis High School is not just a school. It's a part of our stories. It's a part of our community. Um, and so in digging through some of these uh historical documents, I was actually looking at a a bond flyer from 1958. 1958 is when the band hall and the choir hall were were built. >> Wow. >> And so in 1958, this uh this flyer had a picture of the choir in it. And I snapped a picture and I sent it to my mom and she said, "Oh, that's your grandmother." And so I went, "My mom is delusional. There's no way." Sure enough, in 1956 when the new Clovis High School uh was built, >> my grandmother was a sophomore. And so I have her page bookmarked here. >> So my grandmother went through Clovis
048High School. I knew I knew I had some paternal ties to the area, particularly Fort Summoner, but um I also have some maternal ties to to this area. So when we talk about Clovis High School being a part of our community and a part of our story, it applies to even me. And I had no idea that that existed. Um since 1958, since 1956, I guess, when when that new campus opened up, um you guys know a thousand thousands and thousands and thousands of students have walked through those halls. So, I think what's important for us is to clearly and openly communicate those stories and talk about what could be the possibilities of tomorrow while still honoring our past. So, before you tonight on on the projector, you see kind of our uh communication strategy.
049Um, we're really trying to reach families and voters where they're at. Be that radio, digital media, print media, um, face-to-face conversations. Uh, we're really trying to do everything we can to make sure that people have the the correct information and be informed voters. That's ultimately what we're going for. Um, as you can see, we've added quite a few um, in-person and radio events. Even anything that's in yellow is probably new from the timeline that you received previously. So, we've added some some presentations to the city commission, the base community council, uh, Altruusa, Evening Lions Club. Um, it it's it's quite a few people that we're trying to engage. We also, as of this morning, were able to see sample ballots. So having those uh materials available for our voters to see I think is going
050to be very important because we do have two questions on the ballot. So we can talk about that as we go here. Um I do want to make sure that everyone in this room knows I'm not doing this alone. Um and I would be remiss if I didn't um show my gratitude to Sarah Brooks. She's an amazing communications director. Um as well as Matthew Wolf. He's he's carted a camera around with me as we're interviewing people and the guy is just Johnny on the spot. Never complains. My feet hurt and he's still like, "Come on, let's go. We got to go to the next building." Um so, so thanks to those two people. Um Mr. Boreo, will you pull up that flyer? So, we also have these print flyers. Um some like this I think
051you have before you today. One's in English, the backside's in Spanish. Um, we we have two different forms of this flyer. We have another flyer that is actually blown up into a poster, a 18 by 24 poster that's in the lobbies of all of our schools as well. So, anybody who walks through the doors of our schools, that's the flyer that's uh in front of our schools now. They're going to see that. Both of those flyers have a QR code. Um, when that QR code is scanned or if that link is actually clicked, if they get it in digital form, it'll take them to our website. So, Mr. Mr. Bor, will you pull up our bond election website, please? And there we go. So, this is probably the biggest compilation of materials and we're we're
052updating this pretty constantly. If you just want to kind of scroll through that, Brandon, this has concept renderings, has a little bit of a video, which you'll see tonight. Um, has quick facts about our our district and our specifically Clovis High School. It also has, you know, the impact of the bond, the dates in which those buildings were built. Um, all of those things all in one place for people to see. Um, one of the things that we realize though, will you stop there, Brandon? I'm sorry. So, there are two questions that we have on the ballot, as you know, you you approved these questions in July. Um, but I think it's important for voters to realize that they're actually going to be on opposite sides of the ballot. And so I want to make
053sure that everybody knows when you get through that first part of the ballot, turn it over. There's going to be another question and that question is important to us. Um, being the people that approve the the budget annually, you know what it takes to heat, cool, and maintain our facilities. And it's something to the tune of about $6 per square foot. And that question on the back, that's the 2 mill question. That's the continuing uh tax that we have that allows us to maintain our facilities the way that we do. So, first first page of the of the ballot has our bond question. Second page has our mill levy question. I also realized that facts and figures aren't always enough for some people and some people just tend to vote with their heart. And so,
054as a result of that, we created a video that we're going to share with you tonight. Um it's our hope that this video not only tells the shared memories, the current realities, but but probably more important that it um it talks about the possibilities to come. And so u I want you to pay particular attention to the first about two and a half minutes before uh interviews start happening on this video because that first two and a half minutes we referred to as our commercial. Yesterday we published it on Facebook. It's already received over 9,000 views. And then starting on September 29th, it's going to be airing before every movie at the Allen theaters on all seven screens 24 uh well, not 24 hours a day, but the entire time that they're open seven days
055a week uh through November 2nd. So, we we're hoping to engage a pretty wide demographic by having that advertisement. So, um, I just want to be clear and say we know that this is about more than buildings and we want to be able to honor that past and so we hope that this video does that. So, without further ado, I want to uh present to you our our bond video. >> For decades, Clovis High School has been the heartbeat of our community. Since 1956, when the oldest building today was finished, tens of thousands of students have walked these halls, learning, growing, and preparing to take on the world. These walls have witnessed generations of memories of pride, of achievement. They carry the stories of our town, the spirit of our people, and the legacy of
056those who came before. But time moves forward. What was once state-of-the-art is now worn and outdated. The world has changed and so have the needs of our students. The spirit of Clovis High is as strong as ever. But spirit alone cannot prepare tomorrow's leaders. Our students, our families, our community deserve more. They deserve the best. Modern education requires modern spaces. safe, flexible, innovative classrooms that inspire creativity, fuel curiosity, open doors to opportunity, and empower wild cats. And this is about more than just new buildings. New schools are a promise to our future. They're a beacon to families searching for a place to belong. They give businesses the confidence to invest, to grow, and bring new opportunity. They assure the men and women of our community that their children will be cared for, challenged, and inspired
057in safe, worldclass schools. Clovis High School has given so much to us. Now it's our turn. Our turn to honor the past while imagining the future. Our turn to carry forward the dreams of those who came before us. and our turn to build something even greater for those yet to come. >> Came back from all state when they finished our building and we told us we could move in. We were all straight with kids. We came home and we started before we got back to high school. The kids started helping when we started moving the at night. They started helping me move our equipment from the old building to the new building. So for me, my whole family is rooted in Columbus. Um my father and mother both graduated from Columbus High. um myself, my
058brother and my sister, all Clovis graduates, and all of our our kids have all gone through Clovis and andor going through Clovis. So, Clovis schools is a big part of my life. Um not only in the fact that we've that we've uh um all been through the Clovis school system, but also as we become adults, it's been big for us to be able to give back to the to to the school that um that built us. schools have meant so much to the presiding family. Of course, this is the first district that I got hired in and the last district I left. So, I stayed here my whole career, 27 years ago. And uh so it provided us a livelihood and an opportunity to serve our community that uh is second to none. Some of
059my best memories are high school. My uh my future wife here raised our daughter here. Our daughter went to this school. This school has meant so much to me in helping develop my skills, my ability to do what I do best. So, our schools are are facing a lot of different challenges. Um, the the the thing that's funny about all those challenges is you can usually um follow most of them back to they start with fun um funding across across the board is an issue for most schools in our statements. um our state as a whole it's on the poorer side we have kids you know all ranges so economics and so I think that definitely impacts um but you know and the possibilities for our students I went to high school here 15 years
060ago I see the same classroom I've seen the same egg shop it's great facility but it's old the um the biggest opportunity is we have a a high school um that is that that's old and and for lack of a better term uh it's getting dilapidated. I think we've got a we've got a building one of the buildings that the high school was built in uh 1956. We need to think about our kids and and the young people in in this community and and think about how it is that we can set them up the greatest chances of success. They're they're going to go out in a very competitive world and and and workplace uh market if if you will. Let's let's give them the best opportunities possible. And so, you know, a challenge while
061public schools is doing a excellent job uh with with what they've got, the challenge would be, you know, doing that in in an outdated facility. >> My family is a long long years of high school starting back with my mom who graduated in 1946. Um, my children all played sports, my grandchildren all played sports, and my family, I will say, bleeds purple. And there's people from Clovis, New Mexico that have done remarkable things that have made this world a better place because they were able to be students in Columbus, New Mexico. They had a place to go to school. They had a nice lady to feed them at lunch. They had somebody to take care of the building and keep it clean and safe. Uh you know we one person that I always think of
062when I'm talking about something like this is uh Dr. Ali Ray Smith is a 1952 some believe he is a 1952 graduate of Columbus High School. He uh was the co-founder of Pixar. Steve Jobs, George Lucas, Ali Brave Smith's Pixar. Two of the smartest guys in the world. And I guess if our school is stronger, we can build better leaders. Our kids get those hands-on experiences. Those experiences they take out into our community and serve our community and give back to our our community. Having a school that's very supported in our program not only helps our program grow and allows us to go and and attend these events and attend these organizational functions that give kids opportunities, but it allows those kids to, like I said, grow into leaders that then go off to college
063and then come back home to help improve the community, you know, after they done all their education. their >> we have wonderful teachers, wonderful teachers. But the teachers also need the resources to help students get the best of their ability. >> You figure most buildings have about a 50 year life and we're roughly 20 years past that. The struggles that I think schools have are the facilities and their the age that they are doesn't allow for certain things to be implemented into their classrooms. I'll give you an example. We have zero technology for the overhead projectors to be able to throw anything up on a screen. For instance, if I wanted to do a cyber reading exercise and I want to throw it up on the screen and say we're all cyber reading this across
064the screen today. Everybody's looking we don't have >> as we are able to gather more funds we can do more things that uh we need to do to um to take care of some of the challenges challenges that we have. And also these kids are just, you know, just kind of looking around today. They there's there's so many need kids out there and but they, you know, things are different. We we dress differently than but I think that they need a place that they feel comfortable. They feel safe and like I said earlier with the new high school or at least a renovated high school, they're going to have they're going to have better morale and they're going to want to do things that that helps the school. And I just I just see this
065generation as I just see them as good solid kids that want to do better, but they need to have some encouragement. So, and and when you have that sense of belonging, I mean that there there's that increased connection. And so, even from a mental health perspective, you know, that sense of belonging, it it can take us places. It sends a sense of pride in our community and our students want to be here. They want to interact. They want to learn and they want to come to school and learn these things and they're excited to be here. >> The kids don't always have to come first. Everybody's always talking about, you know, uh this generation and um this generation needs help. This is our we don't have some magic being coming around just grant us load
066of gold and money. This is our community. If we want our community to shine, we have to invest. If we want our children to have a great place to get an education, we have to invest in it. We can't just sit here and think somebody else is going to do it for us. We have to do it for ourselves. How do we support future generations of students like I was 52 years ago? Closed municipal schools has done such a great job, excellent track record of of leveraging the matching funds that are that are available from the state. We see beautiful new campuses all over the the school district and um and even these older facilities are taken care of exceptionally well. Most municipal schools are good stewards. >> But it's for the betterment of kids
067and children. You know, it's for kids. It's for our kids and children. Whether you've got somebody in school now or not is immaterial. It's for all the kids. So, that's our bond video which uh Mr. Brady and I will be carting around town uh meeting with those various organizations. Um it'll likely be posted on that bond website as well. So, uh Mr. Hamilton, you don't look as purple on this screen. I think the projection just kind of goofy over here. Um, so if you want to look at it and go, I don't really look purple, do it, you don't. Um, you'll be able to see that online. So, I'll stand for any questions or comments that the board may have. >> Any comments? >> Yeah, fine job. >> The total approach. >> Yeah, I mean,
068outstanding. >> Well, thank you very much. It's >> I think that basically what I saw right there that motivate our community. >> Thank you. I think that that's uh that that's our goal, right? We want people to feel something. Um but at the same time again honoring the past that uh 70 years of of education have taken place in. So thank you very much. >> When they first showed it to me I was like is that Morgan Wallen or I'm sorry Morgan Freeman >> nar narrating the the the first part of it. Anyway, >> it's AI. >> Oh AI. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. Pretty cool. Awesome job. That was >> Yeah. I don't know if you noticed in yourformational folder, you've got all those resources. So, you find yourself >> you're armed as
069everyone in this room is now armed. So, >> and comfort. >> Wow. That that was nice. It's nice to see Mr. How uh I love Mr. Hal. Yeah. And everybody that was involved, Mr. Vinio, I mean every I don't want to leave anybody out, but you know the range of of people that have went to school and um just you know when he when he made the comment that he went to school uh Randy >> Oh yes. >> And you know it's still the same. >> It's still a good school but you know so we Yeah. It's That was a great video. So thank you very much for that. Um, okay. So, uh, I guess, uh, we don't have anything an open forum. >> President Cordova, I have no cards. >> Okay. Be a good
070thing. So, we'll turn it back over to M. >> Thank you, sir. October 10th will be fall break, no school for students on that day, but our staff will be engaging in review of data. October 13th will be fall break for everyone and then we will reconvene here October 28th for your next regular board of education meeting 5:30 p.m. Okay, before we we uh ask for a motion, I'd like to say great job on the parade. That was that was amazing the the whole week. But the parade, it's nice to go down um Main Street and see all the families out there, all the kids hollering, you know, for the Wildcats and all the different activities that we have going on. So, good job on putting all that together. And with that, I'll ask for
071a motion. >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Have a motion by Mr. Mr. Hamilton, a second by Miss Osborne. All in favor? I >> oppose. Motion carries. This meeting is now adjourned. >> Thank you, sir.