001meeting to order. May we please stand and do the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. >> All right. Right. I think we just use this microphone. I think they can. >> Okay. >> Here. Yes. Madame President, thank you. Um action item moving on with the agenda. Adoption of tonight's November 18th agenda um as is. So, I have a recommendation to adopt the agenda. >> Okay. Uh Superintendent Viviano recommends to adopt the agenda as is. May I have a motion? I so move. Is there a second? >> I'll second. Second. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Okay. Motion approved. >> Thank you. All right, Madam
002President. Welcome to our guests tonight. >> Yes. It's always nice to see so many chairs filled. So, it's welcome to all of you. We're happy to have you here with us and um thank you for coming. >> All right. [snorts] Madame President, I recommend approval of minutes from the regular meeting from October 21st, 2025. >> Okay. Unfortunately, I didn't find it first time around, but there was one u mistype in there in the last paragraph. Um it says um u madame president, but it says young instead of Hudson. >> That's the only thing. So that is in >> that uh final down in the bottom part um it talks about it's towards the >> just so we have it on record which >> okay it was up there up there in the big >> the
003big paragraph okay now I'm not finding it I'm sorry I should have >> no that's okay we got time >> what line it There was a thing with young right before mine and then it was a comment I guess by me but it said now I'm not seeing it. I'm sorry it's not popping out at me. Bear with us everybody. We will get it >> just to make sure. Vice president. There it is. Yeah. >> Okay. So, um, under section D, board president, board of education, it says that, um, >> Superintendent Bibbiano. No, no, I apologize. It says vice president. >> I don't see it. >> I think it was under >> there it is. It's in it is in that section. >> Okay. >> So, it says um, Madame President. Oh, yeah. Motion. >>
004It's the one, two, three, four, five, six line up. Yeah. So, Madame President, um I recommend approval of the minutes with the um change on um under superintendent board comments and accommodations item D. There was um misprint says Madame President Young. It should say Madame President Hudson. >> Okay. >> So, I recommend approval of minutes um as amended. >> With the correction as amended. Yes. Superintendent Viviano recommends approval of the minutes uh as amended. Can I have a motion? >> So I second. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. I opposed. Okay. >> Correct. Thank you, ma'am. >> Thank you. Sorry for the >> No, no problem at all. All right. Madam President, move to superintendent board comments and accommodations. Um student staff recognition. So tonight, um we do have the Morard Edgewood School
005District FFA National um competition student, right? One student. Um we did have the um um team go to Indianapolis um tonight. There was some conflict with some of the team members having to do some of their FFA duties. >> Um they're taking pictures and doing stuff. But we do have with us tonight Mr. Jeremiah Young who will give us an update and he competed on the team and all the uh awards and and what they were able to bring back to to um not just New Mexico but to Sarah Morardi. >> Yes, we had um amazing time out in Indianapolis. Me and my team went and competed in aronomy which was >> which out there we were told is one of the hardest if not the hardest contest in the nation. that aronomy is the
006hardest one you can compete in. A close second with farm business management. But um we had a great time. We went we placed silver in the nation and then me, Madison Satderfield and Lexi Goodram got silver individual and then Caleum Cook got bronze individual. So it was a great experience. We had a lot of fun. It was a really good contest. Got to meet a lot of people and it really broadened a lot of our knowledge on different leadership aspects that we haven't seen. So, it was a great experience for all of us. >> Well, congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> And um Jeremiah, if you don't mind me asking, there's a district comp leadership competition coming up Friday, right? >> Yes. District for public speaking and >> career ready. >> Career. Yeah. Excellent. All right. Well,
007good luck. >> And that'll be at Moriardi High School. >> Yes. all day. >> Yeah. At Morardi High School. Yeah. Yeah. We've hosted the district LD de LE [laughter] um for the past few years. So, well, good luck with that. >> All right. So, Madam President, moving on now. We are honored to have um where is she? Miss Paige. Miss Paige with us and and several of u her students that she works with. Um these students um are youth and government students who have been keep on Here they come. All right. Here they come. >> They're sort of all >> Yeah. So these uh youth and government students and students that also participated over the summer in National History Day. So um the floor is yours, ma'am. >> Thank you. Um so I have just
008a few. We took 16 from Morerti Middle School and I think uh 22 from Edgewood Middle School. So it was a bigger group than last year that we took up there. And um I was very proud of our students from Morerti Middle School. They represented our district um very well. Um a few of them it was their first time and I think you wouldn't even be able to tell. I had um we did have one bill make it through and the governor the youth governor signed it. Uh others uh most of the others made it through committee and I think it was just a very good educational process for them to see parley pro and see how our government works and unfortunately we were not in the chambers this year. They had a an emergency
009session set for Monday to discuss the SNAP benefits and such. So we couldn't use the chambers. So, they were all very flexible and we made used all the committee rooms on the third floor. So, it wasn't ideal, but they went with the flow and did really well. So, um I can let a few of them talk about their bills real quick. Yeah. So, >> go ahead. And so, uh Haley and Payton worked together on their bill. So, what your goal is for New Mexico? Um, our bill was to include home economics as a required uh semester long class for middle school and high school because we felt that uh if we had a class that was required, it would benefit our graduates in future life and give them better skills. Whenever we went to the
010roundhouse, we had to join with three other groups of people from different schools because we all had the same project. It was like really hard work, but it was also really fun. >> Yeah, they did a bill amendment to amend their bill and together. So pass. >> Um me and two others um Frank Romero and John Wayne Tapia, we proposed a bill to remove uh renewable energy from public lands. Um we made it to the Senate but got shut down. Um we wanted to preserve the natural n natural beauty of the New Mexico and by removing the um what's the word? Yeah. Yeah. at the wind turbines and solar fields uh to preserve the beauty. >> Um my Lennena's bill was about uh increasing the kindergarten age requirement because we feel like kindergarteners are not
011mature enough already to be in the like classroom environment. >> And this is um aka >> Pickle. He is not part of youth in government, but he went to National History Day to Washington DC this last summer. >> Um, do you want to say what your project was about? >> Um, so this works. >> Yeah, it does. It doesn't sound like it works. >> Um, so our project is about McDonald's uh lunches and how the toy makes kids eat them. >> And your goal this year with NHD? >> I don't know. >> You don't know really? You want to go back to DC? >> I mean, yeah. >> Is going up in the Washington Monument this next year because we did not go up. >> He's doing it again. And Payton is also in NHD.
012And Haley, so I have a great group of NHD kids this year, too. So, I'm very proud of them. And unfortunately, not everybody could be here. soccer banquetss, basketball scrimmages because as you guys all know, kids that are involved in a lot of this um these activities are um involved in a lot of activities. And McKenna, can you come up real quick? She was our high school mentor for youth and government. So >> um yeah, so I basically ran all the middle school delegations. We had some from like Albuquerque, Los Cusus, TRC, all of them came up to the conference. It was about you guys were there for two days. >> Um we were there for three and then I've like have an officer team um all high school students from New Mexico. We like
013plan the whole thing made it accommodated to the changes of not being able to use the chambers. So we were the ones that had to accommodate to the committee rooms in the floor level three. And then yeah, we reviewed all of their proposals and we had like I believe 300 and something proposals to go through and we finished them this week. So yeah, >> and I really appreciate McKenna coming to the middle school and helping the students get ready because the parliamentary procedure is a little intimidating sometimes and she really helped them to be prepared and I felt like our kids were a little more prepared than other schools because of her. So yeah, thank you. Thank you so much for having us. >> Thank you ma'am. Thank you for the all the work you're
014doing with the students. Uh uh really building a program. um you know, youth and government and national history day had you strong program at the high school and a couple years ago had conversations and started uh with the midchoolers with a very small handful of students. Um and and it sounds again you said 20 over 20 >> that went to to YAG. >> Yeah. >> 31 >> from our district 31 middle school students. Yeah. Excellent. All right. Well well done. Well done students. Keep up the great work. That's good stuff. Um, >> moving on to um our cross country state champion. >> So, Morardi High School, for those of you that didn't know that that don't know, and you will now here in a few seconds, >> we have Miss Carmen Dorsy Spitz with us
015and we would like to congratulate her publicly. Um, coach and I is with her and um she can tell us about her accomplishment. All right. >> Um, good evening. Um, Superintendent Biviano, Madame President, members of the board, this is Carmen Dorsy Spitz. Um, she is probably the one of the top runners in cross country in the state, if not the top runner in the state of New Mexico. >> Um, this past year out of the 10 meets we went to, she won nine of them. >> The only one she um, she did get her venge on that girl at the state meet. So, [laughter] um, she became known as the cross country girl. I'd be getting calls from other ads around the state constantly like who is this girl from Moriardi? It's the cross country
016girl. It's We'd be in our MMA meetings. You say why didn't they talk about the cross country girl? Our girl Carmen Dor spits. One of the best stories was when they went to East Mountain. I guess you have to do the loop twice and she almost there's like um the ATV 4x4 that trails the last person and they're saying, "Oh, don't worry. She won't catch us." And I guess you caught the ATV. Yeah. [laughter] So, um, this year she won New Mexico State 4A cross country. She broke the state record and she broke the cross country course record across all classes. So, yes, she is the fastest in the state of New Mexico. So, congratulations. >> Thank you. >> I just want to thank my coaches, Coach Gustoson and Coach and my dad because he
017put in a lot of work. And, uh, Mr. and I because I'm terrible at paperwork and I submitted so many forms of the wrong forms way too many times. And uh yeah, I'm just grateful that Mori already has a good running structure, community, and good loops. And uh also specifically wanted to pinpoint how much they care about our safety. Uh we'll be going out on long runs and uh they'll follow us with the big we call it the stalker van with Gustoson's big van that she'll just follow us to make sure that we're safe when we get back. So very good community. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Madam President. [clears throat] Moving on to Morerti High School student council report with McKenna and Jeremiah once again with us. >> Okay, so first things first,
018we had a very big turnout for Veterans Day. We had an assembly and it was a huge success. So, we want to give a big thank you to Mr. Johnston for organizing their entire event. We had over 30 veterans show up and all the students cooperated very nicely and it was very respectful and a very nice day overall. >> Yeah, it was a really cool event and I'm really glad that he or helped organize this for our school because you really saw all these kids like show their best put their best foot forward for these veterans. It was really impressive seeing these kids that you see rustling around in the hallway really sitting there and respecting these people for what they deserve. Yeah, we had a guest speaker and like it inspired a lot of
019people. I talked to a lot of the students afterwards and they said that it was good hearing like that point of view because you usually like hear from teachers like oh what Veterans Day is but hearing it from someone who actually is a veteran gives a different perspective on it. Assembly for December will be rescheduled due to the Bruce and Alice King tournament. So, our December pep assembly, we'll have to reschedule just because we have a scheduling conflict there. >> And then the next big event that we have is sweetheart week. Um, so we will coordinate the times and dates for sweethearts and announce the winners during the home basketball game. So, we'll get those dates to you. >> And then tomorrow from 4:00 to 7:00, we'll be having a blood drive with at the
020high school. So, everyone's welcome to come and donate blood in um at our school and so yeah, >> I think that's it. I think covered all on our [laughter] >> All right. Thank you guys. >> Thank you too. >> All right. [cough] [clears throat] So, Madam President, before we move on to um principles and athletic directors board report, um we can excuse the families if they'd like to go. If you if it's okay with the the board, if anybody >> we will wait for them and thank them for being here and and spending some time with us. >> Yeah. Congratulations all of you. >> Yep. And good job, student council. >> Yes. All right, Madam President, moving on to principles and athletic director board reports. any um questions or comments on any of the board
021reports? And we finally have Mr. Nye here tonight. We always had games or something scheduled, but it's good to see him here tonight. So, thank you. And >> principles, thank you for being here. >> Well, thank you for being here and thank >> game the other night was awesome, Joel. >> Yes, >> that was a good football game. >> Got to congratulate coach and for doing what they did. Yes. >> Yeah. They played their heart out. >> They really >> all season long towards the end, especially those final games to get into the playoffs and then >> stepping up at that home game, that playoff home game against Portales and >> was wonderful >> that long trip down to Chapperel and and and going into overtime and >> um going against Portal. Portal is a
022bigger school. We are >> I think >> but we did awesome. >> No, >> thank you. >> A lot of scoring went on on that game. [laughter] >> Yeah, it was back and forth. back and forth. So, yes, thank you and um thank you for all of your board reports. Um, sounds like everything's busy and moving towards the holidays, but um, reading all of your reports on your Veterans Day, um, appreciations were good and the one at the high school was very good and, um, the kids were very, um, interested and, um, appreciative of the veterans that were there. So, thank you for that. And then also for um uh what else was there? Oh, I totally enjoyed the first quarter awards night and that 250 students were recognized for their attendance and that's wonderful.
023Things are going in the right direction. So, that's good to see. And then also the outrageous performance that you all had at the high school was very fun. and those art. It's nice to see those artworks around the different schools that the fifth and eighth grader and high school students got to participate in. So, that was a lot of that was very good. >> So, thank you. >> Uh, Mrs. Loose, I knew you had a fire day because I came home and my daughter was coming to me with stickers and said, "When's the last time you checked the smoke detectors?" And I [laughter] was like, I'm like, so yeah, I saw her to do report and I was like, she was on me with her stickers and checking my smoke detectors. >> Yeah, thank you.
024That uh I was I happened to be there that day and um it was it was fun. They the um it was Morardi Fire Department and was it was it a state fire inspector? I believe I believe that's what it was who put on um grade level appropriate um education about fire safety at home. So um you're welcome Vice President Young [laughter] >> not addressed any of those issues yet >> annually check the battery check the batteries every New Year's Day, right? Or something like that, >> right? But uh yeah, the kids loved it and I think this year was a little different when they had the mascot um Sparky, right? the the dog walking around and just interacting with the students and yeah, it was really really nice for them not only to get
025that education but just to build that relationship with the firefighters. >> Yes. >> Right. And to see them and and whatnot. So, thank you. >> And the outrage just was pretty cool. >> It was cool. >> That was that was >> it was I enjoyed it. >> I we we talked about it. Didn't know what to expect. And after that performance was done within an hour, we said, "Wow, this is this is something that we should see bringing the to the, you know, we had um who did we have there? We had our third fifth graders, eighth graders, and high schoolers. >> Um but to expand it, um they did a great job and they're local. They're from the Edgewood Edgewood to Harris. Um and they mentioned several times that this was the closest they've
026ever performed." >> Yes. you know, um but they've also been in the Philippines and Canada and whatnot. So, um very grateful to um the ATP Foundation um for for providing that to us. >> Um we are just so the board knows and and and and members of the audience um they are um trying to set up a a second performance um for the Estantia schools. >> Okay. And we are talking about use um letting the stance schools use our pack um at the high school um and so they can bring and and also experience um um gosh what the singing, the dancing, the art and the [clears throat] positive messages um you know it just was I mean they talk about reading, writing, math, science and how your scores could increase as a student if
027you're involved with the with the fine arts um visual arts. So very very very entertaining and and educational for the students as well. >> And they're very colorful. [laughter] >> They're very colorful. Yep. Yes, ma'am. >> Any other comments, questions on the um board reports? If not, Madam President, we will move to um board of education board president. Um before we move um and into um item one discussion MESD transportation, are there any board members um ma'am that would um like to comment or have any accommodations other than what we've already talked about so far? >> Everybody good? >> Okay, everybody. >> Okay. So, Madame President, for discussion purposes only, um we did put on the agenda um for tonight. It says MEESD transportation. Um there has been um some public comment in past meetings
028um about some of the decisions that were made about transportation in particular from daycarees um or a daycare that that uh services our students and and families. And um we just had um a request to put it as a discussion item if there was going to be any discussion by board members um or would like to say anything um further than than what already been said. Oops. Forgot. >> That's okay. So, no no no additional comments or anything by vice president. Okay. >> Okay. Then we can move on. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Madame President, members of the board, um the state of New Mexico public education department has um posted and it's open to the public the New Mexico vistas for the 24 2425. I don't know why I keep forgetting.
029I keep saying 2425 um categories data um compilation of different topics and and subjects that uh the public can can um pull up the website. They can look at every school in the state of New Mexico. Um I did mention when it when it went live um and I notified the board that it was live. Um, and so we'd like to see if we could pull it up. What I'd like to do and this is just a brief overview of what uh Vistas looks like and some of the data that uh we celebrate some that we are looking at um that we know that have some regressions. last year when we um introduced Vistas to the board, it was um it had been up for a year prior to that, but it really wasn't as
030in-depth. Um and so what I'll ask um Mr. Gatsby to do is to pull up the website and just to show because there are some additional areas um on on the Vistas. Um so this is what it looks like. Um, if you see up on top, um, on the bar on top, it says view by school, view by district, or view by state. Um, all years. It does go back three years. But really, what we're going to be looking at tonight is just real quick comparisons. I mean, really big views because most of the data that that is um on this website um we've already presented either through Mr. Gatsson Bey at our beginning of year data um in the board meeting or the principles have have presented it in their 90-day plans that we're
031working on. Um Mr. Gatsby, if you could scroll down. Yeah, I just want to show the board some some of the newer areas. So, it shows well the areas it shows proficiency and we talk about that, right? Students at grade level. Then we talk about growth which is which is always a nice conversation to have. Are our students growing? Right? They may be below proficiency coming to us or starting the school year, but are we growing our students? >> So, if you keep scrolling down, sir, we do have um these additional items here, if you English language um I'm sorry, English learner progress, college and career readiness, they do have pieces of data in it that you can click. Regular attendance as well. But as you scroll down, um these three items as well as
032the two below it will not be available until January. >> They're still collecting data. Um school climate I believe is going to be tied to our panorama data. And if you keep scrolling down, sir, this is a new piece as well, and I've mentioned it to um President Hudson um when I met with her a couple of days ago. Um school board members are required to have a certain amount of of hours of training. um whether you're a new school board member or a veteran. And so that's being tracked. Um it's not in there right now. Okay. So if we were to click on that, it would say January. >> Um that's when it's available. And then the last piece all the way down is to highlight and congratulations to our principles. Uh the designations
033that the Mario school districts, the six schools that are the preschool is does not um um have their data on vistas. But congratulations on our spotlight and traditional designations. Um those are the top two designations um that schools can get based on all of the achievement data and um attendance and all of the other pieces of data that the that the PED is putting together. All right, sir. So >> thank you. >> So if we do a little comparison from 23 All right, good job, guys. Thank you. You got it. We're getting it now. >> All right, so some district highlights on the second slide. Math proficiency overall increased from 23.3 to 27.2. Um, all of this all of this data, again, this isn't all the data, but some all of this is available for
034comparison from the previous year to this year. um you click, you hover, you can look at all the different growth rates. Um but if you take a look there and and and I'd like to point out there are two sections. There's proficiency and then there's growth, >> right? So when we look at these slides or we have these conversations, we try to make sure that we separate the two because they're the two very different um and important um data points. U math growth improved and in many of our subgroups and in particular um male students um grew five um five% economically disadvantaged 3.5 and students identified as homeless grew 13% in their math from from last year as individuals. Now um the proficiency rates and we were having this conversation again are three grades 3
035through 8th and 11th whereas the growth rates um are um the median growth of students fourth through 8th grade compared to their peers. So you know as people and the public and as our own staff look at vistas it's it's important to know these data points and how they're disagregated. students with disabilities, their four-year graduation rate increased by almost five and a half percent. And um we're moving along with college and career readiness participation. So our high school students from last year to this year, we have 82.8 of our students that are in identifiable college and career readiness um classes. That's a a 4% growth. Math, the 3.9 overall proficiency throughout the subgroups. Um, and again, if you look at Vistas, it breaks it down in subgroups. So, the first little bar you'll see always
036would be all students, again, third through 8th and our 11th graders. Then it'll break it up into male, female, um, um, different ethnicities, um, and different designations, students with disabilities, students without disabilities, um, economically disadvantaged students, um, homeless students, um, and and there's some other subgroups. um Hispanic students had a 5.5 proficiency gain and our male and female students um there's the numbers there on their math proficiency gains. Some areas that that regressed from last year. Um so this is where you got to break down the data and start looking. We did have proficiency that went up but be when you look at the entire state proficiency went up in the entire state and so we fell from the 52nd percentile to the 48th percentile. So just a little dip >> right our growth wasn't
037overall um we have not broken that down to see what uh grade levels that might be in yet. Science proficiency did take um some steps back 9%. Our EL reading growth fell sharply by 13 and they dropped from the 52nd to the 39th percentile. And then our our math declined with students with disabilities from the 43rd to the 40th percentile. Subgroup performance math proficiency is up in nearly all groups. Students with uh disabilities show consistent need for targeted interventions, increased proficiency, growth, and graduation rates. And our overall graduation rem our overall four-year graduation rate basically remained flat. Um it was at 67.4 I believe or 67.2 last year um to 67.5. Um and this is our four-year graduation rate. If you look at Vistas, they have a four-year graduation rate, a fiveyear, and a six-year.
038So, we do have some students who um do not um graduate within four years, but they may be our summer graduates or they may be our winter graduates and they fall into that 5-year rate and that's up in the 80%. I believe um Madame President, members of the board that um looking at the data um from last year um starting this summer um going into August, the principles have done an excellent job in setting up their 90-day plans. Um some of the action steps here are just, you know, kind of general action steps. there's more targeted ones because every school and every subgroup group at every school has um different data. Um but we need to continue to strengthen our tier one literacy instruction, maintain math momentum with our aligned curriculum and PLC's. We do
039have a math curriculum adoption um year coming up. Um so we will be looking at the highly um HQIM um for that um targeted interventions with students with disabilities and EL >> [clears throat] >> um may you know looking at graduation coaching for high-risisk groups strong and early warning system and credit monitoring systems. We actually are going to start at the high school very soon um a program called level up. >> Level all apologize. Level all um and that is um a credit monitoring system, the next step plans um an early warning system all put together um so we can catch students and have those conversations and coach them up and then continue professional development with AIS building thinking classrooms. And this is a new concept to me, a new model. I know it's coming
040out there, but we're looking at um um and and Mr. Gats &Be has a breakdown of it in his in his board report. It's called the five E lesson model. Um we do have our trainers from AIS that have been here this week and they've been working on those things um even more so with our teachers. So, we do have some regression. We do have some areas where, you know, maybe the state um average is up a little bit more. But if we take a look at Vistas and I encourage you to um look through the look through the the website whenever you get a chance um and come back with any questions um we'll continue working on our data presenting our data to the board to the public. Um the next step that we'll
041be looking at that that that is in my plan and working with the staff is looking at those cohort cohort data. um you know when kids were fourth, fifth, uh third graders last year they were fourth graders where they at as fifth graders now and be able to present that. Um I know they're working on it at the schools and they're looking at on a regular basis but we'll do it on a district level moving forward. So again, Madam President, thank you. Um members of the board, I just wanted to again let the public know, let you know that Vistas is up and running. Um we get notified that Vista data is ready to go. um probably a month before it goes live and we have an opportunity once it's embargoed to look at the
042data and dispute it um if we needed to. Um so we do have an opportunity to to um um talk to the peed if we think that they don't have our data correct. >> So Madame President, members of the board, any questions, comments? >> I thank you. I'm very encouraged by that report and [clears throat] that we are headed in the right direction and you guys are working very hard and there's evidence of that and the fact that you have your action plans um in place. Um so thank you. Thank you for a good report. >> Yeah, you're welcome. >> Anybody else? when I when I look through Vistas just a little bit at the you know math um science and English reading what is it language arts I see that we're slightly ahead of
043the state average right so we're >> okay and so obviously that that's that's a good that's a good thing it's just uh I'd like to see a little more but ahead of everybody else >> we're headed there >> yeah thank you for pointing that out um if you look at the attendance data. We may be a little bit below it in some areas. Um but again, um we've had um our attendance team, we've we put in some new new plans, our um student success coaches at the middle school um and really trying to to work on that data, but um yes, sir, Vice President Young, um we will be headed those numbers will increase. >> That's right. >> Those numbers will increase. >> Thank you everyone. Moving on to director of learning services board report.
044Mr. Gatson BD, you have anything to add uh since you submitted your report or ready for questions if anybody has any? >> So, I was looking at your I guess they would call it a checks report. Is that is that kind of the acronym? Is that what it's supposed to say? I I just I How is it that only like 48 or 49 were identified as how I don't understand how this data comes when there's only 49 selected? I guess I don't I don't I can you explain it just a little bit? >> Yes, we're still in the process still fairly new to the state of New Mexico experiences questionnaire, right? And the data goes to UCLA. Um, and as you can see, the data that we just received is for our current first graders.
045>> Um, so there's still information that they they need to disseminate as far as interpreting data. Um, and we haven't received all of that yet. >> So, we're still in a kind of a holding pattern. How do we interpret this? >> Yeah. I saw 48 and 49. like even if it's first grade students I sleep okay >> I was I just didn't I just >> anyone else guess we're good >> okay thank you all right madam president moving on to student support services director of student support services. Uh Mrs. Ortiz, any updates that you would like to add to your report or um if not available for questions? >> No updates. >> So, is it just me or is there more kids in special education like 500 last 590 or something? >> I think we
046started out with 606. >> Okay. And it's obviously it fluctuates. We've had students qualify. Some students were exited and some new students enter yesterday. >> It's a revolving door. >> I see more kids. So >> that's good. >> In the right direction. >> Okay. >> Anyone else? >> Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. All right, moving on to business. Um, Madame President, I recommend um approval of consent agenda finance items one through three. >> Superintendent Viviano has recommended approval of consent agenda items 1 through three. May I have a motion? >> I second. All those in favor say I. I opposed. Okay. >> All right. Moving on to reports for business. Mrs. Young, any updates on anything or if not, ready for questions? Madam, President, members of the board, um the finance committee met yesterday. Um
047we just went over the first quarter reports that we submitted to the state. Everything's looking good. I mean, I don't have any concerns at this point. >> Um and then as far as audit goes, our audit has been submitted for review. So, we should be having either an update meeting soon or hopefully an exit conference. Um, >> um, I guess I'll I'll ask this now and it's something I could have asked before and and especially yesterday when we were meeting in the finance committee though, but uh there was going to be a delay with some of the work for the audits, right? But we're we're fine, right? Yeah. So, Madam President, members of the board, Superintendent Viviano, um the because of the federal government shutdown, they did extend the audit deadline to January 20th. Normally,
048they would have been due last Friday, November 15th is usually the deadline. >> So, um we're still on track. They're going to submit our state part, but the federal part has to be submitted later. So, it is in two pieces. They did let me know that we will um have an additional fee. It's a little over $3,000. Not quite sure what that entails, but [clears throat] okay. >> Okay. >> So, [laughter] not not like we have a choice in the matter. We have to finish our audit. So, >> yeah, we didn't have [clears throat] any any say in the extension, but they want to charge us because there was an extension. >> We have no control. >> Yeah. So, that's that's interesting. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Um, thank you, madam. >> Thank you.
049Um, Madame President, if I may, um, you know, since it does have to deal with, uh, finances and funds coming up, um, want to thank the, um, communities, um, community members, um, everyone and all the voters that went out and, um, helped us pass our, uh, general obligation bond and our 2 mill levy. Um, again, I bring that up because when we look at those finance reports, those quarterlys, and Antinet is telling us it's, you know, 1,13 and 5 all these line items and and then but then she comes back and says, [clears throat] "Oh, well, that's operational and that's general obligation bond and that's 2 mill levy and this is SB9." um you know, just uh um really really appreciate the the work that everybody put in to um help us um not only
050get the word out, but uh to really support the students um onto the staff members and onto the the the district with uh with the the way that the vote turned out. >> And really, that's where all that money is. The students, >> nobody else but the students. >> Yes. >> I too want to say thank you. And I I too thank you, Todd. and Antuinette [clears throat] for all the work that you did to get the information together and get it out there. So, thank you. Job well done. >> Think we had a pretty good team put together. >> Yes. Mhm. >> I agree. Um, and and the last thing I'll just say about that is it was a um um looking at past what they call off cycle elections um where you don't
051have the big federal elections or the governor's race for state and stuff. Um it was a it was a it was a great turnout, you know, over what the over 3,400 >> um voters um in all the counties um total that that voted. And uh um again, um just I mean from the bottom of my heart, thank thank everybody for for setting us on the right path so we can start um working on facilities and maintenance and and um doing some doing some things we need for the students and the staff members. >> Yeah. No, [laughter] there's always stress, sir. There's always something to But I appreciate it that at least on that. >> All right, moving on to personnel. Director of uh personnel. Uh Dr. Buckley, any updates? Um or uh if not ready
052for questions. Okay. I think we will be we'll turn the tide come January. So people people who want to come to a good place >> They'll see us. Yeah. Yeah. >> Any other questions or anything for Dr. Buckley >> moving forward. >> All right. Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry, Dr. Buckley. I thought you were saying something else. All right. Yep. >> Thank you. >> All right. Um, moving to sport services, special projects, and other items. Um, again, ma'am, if it's okay, I will just ask if there's any questions for transportation, um, tech coordinator, maintenance, food services, or our CTE coordinator when they're not here, but I can try to answer them. I was certainly glad to see in transportation though that they said all uh buses have drivers and we have an extra driver. I
053believe >> that's Yes, ma'am. >> So that was good. Although it did say you also consolidated routes. >> So part of um Mr. Linen has really done a great job of and his staff really. I mean it's been a team effort in that in that uh department um trying to consolidate and you know so we have routes filled. We have one, but we still unfortunately may have to cancel some routes because we're just at a stable level now. But if somebody gets sick or they have to call, you know, an appointment or or the day off, then um we may not have enough. But we're we're again, that's another piece of of the puzzle that's that's moving in the right direction in that in that in that department. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Um I
054just had a comment. I guess it goes along with the geo bond, but I think it's pretty awesome that we're able to start moving on the Edgewood Middle School HVAC. I think that's big. >> It is. >> So, thank you again. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> And um I don't know the outcome of the meeting today, but I know Mrs. Young had a meeting with uh with your out and um that conversation is even moving forward even more so. Um Yeah. Yeah. Um >> yeah, so you know, if we can get um >> there's going to be a variety of options of units and and and or what we can do and and it's not only the actual units that provide heating and cooling, but it's the the controls as well. So we can
055we can try to um monitor and and remotely um control the system. So yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you, Member Donner. Anything else for support services, special projects, or other items? No. All right. Then we move to board policy. So, Madame President, we don't have um it's been a while, right, that we don't have policies and we will be getting some more and revisiting and revising. Um but we did have in September um um Mrs. Peterson um come and present um and and ask the board to consider um proposed endorsement of of library book rating system. Um we did print out some of the pamphlets and some of the flyers that she provided. Um there were some others as well, but that's what it really is. And so, um, we put on the, um, on
056the agenda for discussion purposes only, um, about a proposed endorsement, um, where you, um, Madame President, or members of the board, um, may want us to provide more information on if anybody has any suggestions or would like to discuss this any further. Um, I, um, had Mrs. Peterson had emailed me and I emailed her back, >> um, to let her know that, you know, it's on the agenda tonight. Um she mentioned again that um State Senator Thornton um Representative Lord >> um that they are still um in the works and and and it looks like they're planned on um at least proposing um a book a library book rating system in the state legislature this this session. Um this session is only a 30-day session um typically just around budget only. Um, so I don't
057know if the introduction would just start and the conversation at the state level where it would go with it if it's not tied to the money which would you would think it would have to be tied to some funding. Um but um is there any discussion um anything that that the the board would like for me and my staff maybe to um get some more input from from staff members um where we want to head. you know, um, in my thought process and and and talking, um, with others, if a, um, letter of endorsement or a resolution were to happen, um, there's a suggestion that possibly um, setting up a committee um, doing some sort of input um, from community members that way. Um, might have to bounce the idea around a little bit more
058to to see exactly how we could do that. um to to provide the board um some some guidance on what the what the communities um community members and families may may want the board to uh to move on. >> So we're talking about rating uh books at the library. >> Do students really use books at the library like they used to or do they use the phone more? So, Madam President, if I may, can I get Miss Apple >> to to answer that question? >> Use the books. >> Yeah. What What is still use the books like we used to or they use the phone more? >> Oh, well, it depends on what grade you're talking about. [laughter] So, our elementary schools and the preschools are very heavy heavily library like they they check out
059books, they do lessons. It's just it's very heavy library. Um, what we notice as they get to middle school and to high school, their interest in reading is taking a dive. Um, we're definitely battling screens right now. Um, so there's there's not the use at the upper at the upper levels. Um, so does that answer your question? >> Yes, it does. >> Yeah. But every kid at the elementary school, they're checking out books every single week. So, >> and elementary. >> Yes. >> But that middle schoolers and high schoolers use the phone. >> So, how are we going to rate those phones? >> Yeah, I know, right? YouTube. >> Oh, see what what I'm saying is in my mind, this is me. >> I'm old school. How are we going to control the kids with
060our books and putting all the money into it and stuff like that? But yet we still have the f the phones ready at home everywhere. And that's all they use. That's all I ever see kids. I never see them reading books or nothing. I see them on their phone. So >> it's kind of hard for me to cope with what we're trying to do. But that's just me. Like I said, not everybody thinks like I thank you for the information. >> I think my comment on that would just be that the school district is responsible for what the school district provides. So, I mean, you can't monitor [clears throat] what the kids doing on their phone, but you can >> monitor what the district is providing. >> I understand that. >> Um, but I think
061it's a good idea personally to get a committee together, see what the public or at least the staff thinks about it. Um, I mean, I personally would lean towards sending a resolution and support, but I think it would be great to get input from people that are in it. >> That's why I asked >> Yeah, get more information. >> You know, I've been in school 60 years now, >> right? >> It's just it's just what goes through my head. I see the kids, you see families in restaurants, they don't ever talk to each other. They're all on the phone. >> All on there. I kind of got in trouble in Texas because I asked this family. I said, is it a thing in Texas or am I just seeing things? And they said, "Why is
062that?" I said, "Ever since you sat down, you guys have not looked at each other, but you've been texting. Are you keeping secrets from each other? What are you doing texting the father and the father?" And they just laughed and they said, "No, Albert." No, they didn't say, "No, sir. We're not." They said, "But you know what I mean. But we're trying we're trying to to fix something that's been the same forever. But yet we're putting AI out there to there. AI is going to be the one that's going to be judging the books, judging the kids. It's to me it's I know it's the way of the world. It's the way of the future now. But to me, it's kind of funny to do stuff like that. I'm still in school. But >> um
063another comment I would make is just that with movies and media like that that's shared in class, they there's a policy for rating on what >> is allowed in class, right? Or parental consent. >> Yes, ma'am. >> So I think I can I can see that. >> Yeah. So I think it's in my view it's similar and I think it lays it out pretty good on the form as well. um similar rating system to what our kids are able to access without parental consent. And to me, it seems a like a lot of just information for parents to know what kind of material their kids have access to. >> The phone has a lot of material. >> Yeah. >> And it's hard to control that. So >> agree. >> I'm not I'm not arguing. Thank
064you. >> Yes. >> So my two cents is, you know, a rating system as good as the use, right? So are parents notified when a kid's trying to check out a book? I I guess I just need to know more because the parents who are checking backpacks when their kids get home know what their kids are reading. Okay. So if you're not checking backpacks, you don't care about a rating system. Okay. So, I mean, the more academically involved you are in your kids, the more this makes sense. >> This makes sense to me because we open backpacks. >> But not everybody opens backpacks. >> I mean, so I did see this rating system in Albuquerque. I was at a school. I saw it. I didn't understand what I was looking at because I didn't know.
065I mean, I was in a library and I'm looking and I'm like, "What are all these stickers? yellow and like green and like orange and red and I'm like but I would assume it's something similar to this which if it's AI driven depending on the prompt how you prompt it is how you get your rating. I mean you can make something that's generally good for everybody uh and prompted in a way that it sounds negative. So I mean we have to be careful with the use of something like that. I don't have a problem with this. I just think that the people who are checking backpacks, this is going to be helpful, but those that aren't, I I just don't see it really being a big, you know, moving the needle in any direction. >>
066Yeah, I think that's a really good point with parental involvement. Um, but if there is an R-rated book that I would assume would need some kind of parental consent, then I think parents would have to >> be involved in some way at that level. Mhm. >> Well, I was even wondering, you know, if you have the librarian or whoever is checking the books out, would they let a 5-year-old check out an R-rated book? >> Yeah. >> I mean, >> I my hope would be if this rating system was in place that we would not have R-rated books in the >> I would hope we wouldn't either. >> Elementary school, right? I mean like there's some books in there that are not and and I say that by by just >> because the movies that are
067that are >> rated, >> right? >> There's only certain ones in certain libraries, right? Yeah. Yeah. >> Right. >> Can I just share something with the board, please? >> Um so, um as the district librarian, I can kind of tell you how we do acquire books. Um and this is going to be my fifth year in this position. Um so one of the things first of all our district our library catalog is available on the website for students to or for parents to access. So they are more than welcome to go and look at what's in the catalog. Um and see what's what's available at each site. Um the other thing is um and we talk about this especially at the elementary school because they're more hands-on with the kids. If the parents don't want
068their kids to check something out, they let that library assistant know. And we've done that like and and it could be something it's not necessarily an R-rated book. It's because they don't want their kid reading a graphic novel, but there's that communication that's always an option. Um, as for purchasing the books, um, I do all the purchasing, so I oversee it all. And yes, I'm human, so sometimes things like slip through the cracks. I tend to take a more conservative stance on things, but I do know that I'm purchasing books that represent all of our students at the same time. Um, but with that said, when I do make a purchase, I um reference at least two actual journals that give a rating, give background, all of that. see if it's appropriate. So, um there's
069just a lot of like things in place. I I've gone through every collection in the district and I can tell you if I look at the Alliance of the Freedom, whatever, I've gone through their list that they have and I know where that list is stemming from. Um there are no flagged books in our elementary schools that are on that list. So, I can tell you um obviously things get when when the kids get older, it's different, but our books in our elementary schools, I think that's like the like people's biggest concern, right? Um just and at our middle schools and our high schools, there's very few books. And also keep in mind when you start doing that, our classics, I'm pulling this up and a lot of the books that we use as our
070our text in our classes are on those lists as well. So, we're kind of opening up an entire can of worms when we start talking about this kind of rating system. So, that just that's just all I had to say. Um, but I do want you to know that we're not just grabbing books and throwing them out on the shelves. There is a process. Um, I'm trying to make sure that everything that gets put out there is appropriate for the the age and the grade level. Um, as I was going through them, yeah, there's a couple I'm like, I can't believe that was there. Like the Hunger Games at elementary school, we pulled that a couple of years ago because it's just not quite and that was there for like 15 years, but we're keeping
071an eye on it. Um, so I just that's just my two cents. Probably overshared. Sorry, but >> No, thank you. I appreciate that. And I overexaggerated by using an R-rated book. I mean, for elementary school. But anyway, are there books that that peed or that Santa Fe has designated as books they want in the libraries? >> What >> are there books from peed and Santa Fe that get >> I I've got >> recommended for libraries to to have >> has pulled all library stuff. They used to even have standards and it's not even on their website anymore. I mean there you can't find anything. If you go on there you can't find anything. If you do a deep dive in the internet you might find something from like 2004 >> from the pet. So >>
072okay. >> Yeah. That's good. Thank you. >> Um sorry. >> Um I really appreciated that insight. That was great and clearly a very high standards which is awesome. Is the is there a procedure and excuse me for my ignorance in this, but is there a procedure or a policy for the librarian to have the same high standards that you have like going forward forever? Like if someone else were to come into the role down the road, would they have the same high standard that you have now for the policy? >> Okay. >> Yeah. The district has >> Are you comfortable with how how that policy is laid out? I think we could update it, but that would be another discussion. But yes. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Um Madame President,
073um members, um starting with um Mrs. Apple um and then other staff members. Um I can get a group together to look at that selection policy. Um maybe we start there um and bring it to the board if there's going to need be any updates or it's it's it's it's fairly old. It's fairly old. It's one of the policies that's in and um maybe we can just uh also um try work on getting some input um from from others as well moving forward. Um one thing I do want to you know and and I'm we can continue on more than Yeah. But um if I remember correctly, this was a rating system that the way it was presented for library material. Library book uh library >> what it was it was library books and materials.
074>> Um and I need to get a a a definition. Does that mean library materials or does that mean materials within the schools? Because that's a whole another level of >> of leveling up of just work. Yeah. Um, but I think it is it's more presented by Mrs. Peterson is within the libraries themselves and the materials that are in it. >> Okay. >> Good discussion. Yeah. Thank you. >> All right. >> Any other? >> No citizens comment ma'am. And then so we will go to advanced planning. Um listed three items. The uh New Mexico School Board Association annual conference. Uh December 4th through 6th. Uh the 4th is like a afternoon and it's got veteran and new member training. And then on the 5th is the all day and then on the 6th it's only
075in the morning. Um we have our December 16th um board of education meeting um regular meeting at 6:00 and um work session and traditionally has been for the um my summitive my the superintendent uh summitive evaluation. So um we would go into close executive session for that work session at 5:00. Um again this isn't set in stone. if we needed to do something obviously before then and and move because of of um everybody's calendars then we can. And then um Principal Romero high school winter graduation is still on December 17th. At what time, ma'am? I didn't put the date. 2:30. >> 2:30. >> I apologize. 2:30. Um again, tomorrow is the health fair from 4 to 7. Um Jeremiah wants you to go get blood. [laughter] from 4 to 6. Uh but um it's open
076and it's been publicized um social media um websites all over the place. Uh all our community members are invited um for that. Is there anything um there is there um any other requests for discussion for planning? >> No. All right. So, Madame President, I recommend that we adjour adjourn uh tonight's regular meeting. >> Superintendent Viviano's recommended that we adjourn tonight's uh board meeting. Is there a motion for that? >> A second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Motion carried. Meeting adjourned. >> All right. I think I'm speaking French. Azure. Azure.