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>> I was just going to say that some people say they can't hear

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us very well so we should do a better job of speaking

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into the mic.

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I don't know.

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>> Seems quiet tonight, doesn't it?

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Are the teachers all scared?

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>> Thank you.

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>> I don't have any of that stuff.

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Where is that stuff?

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>> (Indistinct)

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>> Yeah.

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But I thought we were supposed to get a bunch of stuff today.

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>> Here you go.

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President Cort: Hello everybody and welcome.

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Thank you for your patience while we get organized.

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I officially call this meeting to order at 4:06.

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Thank you all for being here comment especially early

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on in the afternoon's.

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I'm glad to see her smiling faces,

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or your faces just looking at me. (Laughs)

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thank you very much.

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Mr. Nolan, will you take the roll?

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[Roll call]

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President Cort: There are four of us here.

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We have a quorum.

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Thank you so much.

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I would like to entertain a motion to approve the September

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1st, 2026 work session agenda with an amendment that we move

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the 6 to 12 Academy Focus update with Doctor Miller Tomlinson

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to right after public >> So moved.

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Member Frank: Second.

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President Cort: All in favor please indicate by saying aye.

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>> Aye.

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President Cort: Opposed?

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The ayes have it.

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I would like to have a motion to approve the minutes.

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>> Second.

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>> Moved.

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President Cort: In favor, say aye.

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>> Aye.

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President Cort: Opposed?

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The ayes have it.

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Approval of New Mexico capital outlay grant agreement capital

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appropriation project and three before Commerce PSCBC

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project closeout certification project number P19-005 desert

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Hills Elementary School.

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>> So moved.

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>> Second.

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President Cort: All in favor comment

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please indicate by saying aye.

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>> Aye.

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President Cort: All opposed?

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All right.

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The ayes have it.

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Before we move to public comment,

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I would like to remind the audience of the board's

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procedure for handling public comment which

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are found on the public import form for policy.

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Public comment is limited to three minutes

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per individual speaker.

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The Board President may further restrict or waive

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these time limits.

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The board does not prohibit public criticism

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or comment along personnel matters.

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However, the person will be responsible for making

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the public comments.

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We take no responsibility for comments made by individuals

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during the public comment session of the board meeting.

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Today we have five public comments.

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And so we will start -- and I will do it in the order they are

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received.

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So I will start with Corey Neil.

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>> Carey.

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President Cort: Oh, is it Carey?

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It looked like an O.

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>> It's okay.

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Good afternoon comment Madam President.

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My name is Carrie Neil.

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I'm proud parent of students at NGPRA.

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At the end of last school year, the parents

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were told that the schools would be sharing a campus.

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Two separate schools, one campus.

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A week or two later we were told that the schools

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were going to be combined.

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We were given no information as the timeline or reasoning.

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We were told that students would no longer take their laptops

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home.

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They were supposed to have access to the laptops at school.

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Students learned that there was only

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about laptops for one classroom to use them at a time.

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They were told to go back to paper and pencil,

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but there's not enough paper and ink

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for teachers to print necessary material and by the time

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teachers were notified, there was

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no time for planning or collecting resources.

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Our children are now suffering because they don't

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have the resources they need.

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Parents were then sent to survey about a new school

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with questions designed to elicit

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answers the administration clearly wanted to receive.

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There was no other information given,

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and those were the answers that you heard about

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at the last meeting.

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Then we had meetings with almost no notice,

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again, to ask the same or similar questions

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as the survey questions and designed

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to get the answers the administration wanted.

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At the last meeting, you are presented

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with a ridiculous plan about how the combined schools were

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going to work.

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And at the last meeting, you were

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shown pictures of a huge building that

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is supposed to be the new CTE high school,

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but is really only a shop and 1 or 2 classrooms.

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We come at the parents, we're told

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it's going to be a very small building.

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Board members, we are all being fed a line of bullshit

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and told it is honey.

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You have an amazing CTE school right now.

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They could definitely use that CTE building,

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but what they really need is the support of the district,

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a campaign to educate parents about our PE and the means

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to get kids to and from school that don't require students

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to sit at a bus stop for two hours before school

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starts because that school is already surpassing Arrowhead,

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and they have the accreditation to prove it.

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Let me say that again.

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RGP I's academic program is surpassing arrowhead,

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and they have the accreditation to prove it.

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I'm asking you to look beyond the smoke and mirrors

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and say no to combining these two schools until we have

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real answers and a solid plan.

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As a taxpayer and a parent, I deserve

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to know why the administration is playing Russian roulette

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with my children's education, and my children

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deserve better than to be treated

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as pawns in this experiment.

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Thank you very much.

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President Cort: Kate now.

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Welcome, Kate.

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Good to see you.

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>> Good to -- it's nice to meet you comment members of the board

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my name is Kate Neal.

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I am a student of RGPI, and even though my speech

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won't be as fancy as my mom's, I wrote down

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what I really like about RGPI.

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It's a place where I have learned

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that you can learn at your own pace

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as long as you are actually taking the learning seriously.

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It's a community, and it doesn't feel like a place

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where kids will want to run away from.

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I feel safe around my fellow students and staff members.

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I'm actually making connections with other people,

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and I'm allowed to be a kid.

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Just in general, I like everything about GPI

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the exact way it is.

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So I'm not really sure what else to say.

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Thank you for listening.

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President Cort: Mm-hmm.

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Thank you, Kate.

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[Applause] Lillian now.

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Welcome, Lillian.

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>> Hello Piermont good afternoon president Cort and members

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of the board.

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My name is Lillian Neal and I am a student at Nvla.

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When I was in sixth grade, I was really nervous around all

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the eighth graders and so how would a fifth grader just double

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that -- a sixth grader feel around high schoolers in general

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when they would already be very nervous around an eighth grader.

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And so another thing is that I think

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that we shouldn't have to think about what

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careers we want to do in middle school

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when we are still trying to figure out

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who we are as a person.

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And something about houses, why we shouldn't get rid of them is

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that they can help you learn about a lot of things that will

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help with leadership and working together with other people .

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And even if you don't like that person very much,

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you can learn that you can still work together

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very well with that person.

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I don't really have much of anything else,

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but thank you for your time.

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President Cort: Thank you.

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Jeffrey Neal.

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Welcome.

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>> Thank you.

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Thank you, madam president and members

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of the board for hearing us out.

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My name is Jeffrey Neal and I am the proud parent of a seventh

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grader at Nvla and a 10th grader at RGPI.

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Both schools are phenomenal as they stand and exceed

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all requirements set by the administration and those

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by the state.

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My question is why the administration

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is focusing on dismantling the two schools that are succeeding

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for our children.

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Instead of supporting them with their needs

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to become even greater.

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What does the administration have against these two schools

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that would make them want to change

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the schools from a successful learning facilities to a science

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experiment with no structure or a guaranteed outcome.

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Nvla has had a lot of positive support

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from the community, parents, and students from the past meetings.

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So I would like to discuss some positive points on RGPI

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and what they offer that makes them stand out.

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First off, they as well as Nvla strive

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to have the school have a sense of community

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instead of the institutionalized structure of other schools.

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This makes the students feel safe as well as feeling

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that this teachers care about their education

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and their well-being.

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They hold a Golden Eagle showcase once a month

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to allow parents to come in and see what their kids are doing

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in school and give them 12 opportunities to meet

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with the teachers instead of waiting for the parent

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teacher conferences that happen only once a semester.

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They are already a CTE school that my daughter is engaged in.

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Last year, she learned about construction,

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and this year she learned about the culinary arts

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as well as achieving straight edge.

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These schools are succeeding in doing more

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to prepare our students where they go for high school

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where they stand, so why does the administration feel

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the need to get out and create the state of the art weel.

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If this proposal was so glorious for our children,

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why did the administration get caught telling us

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lines about what they really wanted.

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Why are they pushing so hard to make this happen quickly

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without proper research and unanswered questions?

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Why do they feel the need to not be transparent with us

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and not communicate with us?

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If this proposition is approved, it

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will very likely hurt our children more than it will help.

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I'm asking you to vote no on the 612 Academy

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until the administration can come back with a plan that

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actually benefits our children.

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Thank you very much for your time.

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President Cort: Thank you.

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>> Lara Corbos.

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>> Thank you.

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I'm gonna start off by addressing the elephant

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in the room and that's the fact that the district has never

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asked the community whether or not they

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want a K through 12 school.

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This all started with press releases in the center

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where the district sent out press releases

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making it seem like it was a done deal.

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This is inevitable.

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Then they started sending out surveys.

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The surveys did not Ask, hey, Las Cruces,

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would you like a K through 12 school?

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They asked what would you like to see in this school instead

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of asking the basic and obvious question of do you want this K

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through 12 school.

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That's a press release.

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That's the surveys.

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And then let's get to the focus group.

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This same thing happened at the focus group.

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Was the community asked, do you want this school?

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No.

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They were provided with leading questions.

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Let's talk about what you would like to see in this school.

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This whole time, strategically done

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to create an impression that everyone had already

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agreed on the school.

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We all know that the school has not been approved.

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Why is there press releases showing

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that this is somewhat of an inevitable thing that

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is going to happen, something that we all just have to accept.

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Then we get to the steering committee

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so finally parents, teachers, students

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we're going to be included.

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We are going to have a voice.

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We are going to be able to voice our opposition.

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We get to the steering committee, what do we get?

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We get a community feedback sorting worksheet for stickers.

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For two hours, we get stickers that we

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are sorting through and categorizing feedback

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from the focus group.

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And let me tell you, the feedback

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was already manipulated because the number one feedback

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that I emailed each one of you is

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that we want to preserve Nvla.

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Did not get rid of Nvla.

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That is not in the feedback that you guys are giving.

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But why are we categorizing sorting and manipulating

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feedback for two hours when you have asked for the raw data?

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Why has the community not been asked if they

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want a K through 12 school?

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I think we all know the answer to that,

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and I think the district is scared to ask the community do

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you want a K through 12 school?

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Why?

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Because we all know the answer, and these are

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very intelligent people here.

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I am not going to pretend like you are not intelligent

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and that you do not know the answer to that question.

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Why has the district not asked the community whether or not

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they want a K through 12 school?

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Not through the survey, not through the focus group,

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not through the steering committee,

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not through press releases: Because they know the answer.

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So I challenge you as a board, have the district ask

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the community the obvious question: Does the community

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want the school?

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Because guess what, no one is going to send their kids here

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if they don't want it.

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This is going to be a huge flop.

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Before we start getting into details

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and are distracted in the details of a school

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nobody wants, ask first the basic question.

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Thank you.

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[Applause]

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President Cort: Thank you.

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All right.

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We are now going to move to board items.

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As per my amendment, we will start

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with Doctor Miller Thompson and the K

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through 12 focus group update.

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Doctor Miller Thompson, whenever you are ready, thank you.

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Hey.

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Good afternoon.

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>> Hey.

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Good afternoon, madam Cort, members of the board.

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This is a k 12 Academy update.

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A couple of things we will go over here,

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the focus group that happened two weeks ago, the steering

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committee work, and basically what that feedback is,

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and then some next steps in the process.

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So the focus groups took place a couple of weeks ago August 18th

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and 19th you saw on August 18th there were nine parent

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participants and three staff participants.

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On August 19th, there were 18 parent participants,

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three community participants, and nine student --

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students for middle school and five high school that took place

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at the focus groups on those dates.

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These focus groups were held at the RGPINVLA campus

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and facilitated by steering committee members.

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So the focus group feedback data first

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was organized, collected, sorted, and categorized.

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The steering committee did review the feedback.

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It gave the steering committee and opportunity

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to discuss the feedback, to look at it.

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There was a paper and sticker activity.

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Rather than doing it electronically

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at the end of the meeting, participants

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indicated they appreciated having the opportunity to have

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those conversations.

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So it wasn't people on computers,

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everyone staring at a screen.

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It was looking at the feedback and categorizing it

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into three categories, what is general feedback, kind

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of high level feedback to share with the board.

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The second thing they looked through all the feedback and saw

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feedback indicating what things from both schools

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should be preserved, protected, or what

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needed to be changed in the draft design.

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And then the third category for some of the feedback

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was just questions or comments, and so categorizing that.

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What came from that feedback is we

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are preparing a couple of things,

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a public facing FAQ document with the answers

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to those questions.

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Some of the things on there didn't really have anything

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to do with the 6-12 design.

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It had more logistical or operational things

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that need to be addressed now.

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So those were routed to the appropriate individual

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or department.

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And we are also creating a public facing document

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indicating what is happening with the feedback.

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So if the feedback was , we would like to maintain

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the programs that are currently at those two schools,

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then that is a design consideration,

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and this document will show exactly where and how

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the feedback is being addressed.

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So the committee did a great job in that work discussing

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the feedback, very thoughtful conversations about, you know,

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just kind of gleaning what the participants were thinking.

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And again, the participation in the focus group,

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you know, there were not great numbers of participants,

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but it was really the First opportunity.

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And you will see later in the presentation

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that there are more focus groups in opportunities

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for the community to learn more and to share

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more thoughts about the design.

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So some key -- and, again, these are categorized by what came out

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of the steering committee, what they elevated to high level

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feedback that should be shared with you this evening.

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So one of the things, preserving trusted relationships,

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really maintaining supportive teachers

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who know their students.

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So that was at the forefront of the student input,

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making learning active.

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Students on both campuses really like the hands on approach,

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project based learning, collaboration,

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expanding choice and careers.

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So connecting interests that they

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have with courses and future pathways.

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So there are some existing pathways at the school

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and we need to be responsive to future students

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as students are coming in, thinking

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about what programs of study they may like to pursue.

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What other things can we offer their?

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Protecting enrichment, continuing

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some of the competitions and experiences

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that students currently have at this schools,

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elevating student voice, letting students

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help shape programs, the culture, and the identity.

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And then connecting grades thoughtfully, building community

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while respecting grade level needs,

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and middle school students are not high school students,

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and students really thoughtful about articulating, you know,

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what that might look like and how those two experiences may

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look different.

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So the key takeaways from community and parent focus

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groups, preserving what works, retaining

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successful staff and programs and structures,

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allowing time and input.

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Providing meaningful opportunities

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to shape decisions.

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And you'll see, we've built in more opportunities

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for the entire community.

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So far, we've heard from the students and the families

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currently at those schools, but as students

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are moving through the system, elementary school, maybe

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current middle school students thinking, you know,

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getting more input as well, communicating clearly, sharing

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a transparent roadmap and regular updates, equitable

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access, addressing administrative, administrations,

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and outreach.

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Some of the logistical struggles that we have with these two

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schools of choice, getting students there

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in a timely manner was something that surfaced.

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Supporting staff early, which means clarifying timelines,

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retaining experienced employees, and ensuring

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that the level of uncertainty among staff members

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is addressed and brought down.

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A plan for safe mentoring, creating supervised,

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age appropriate interactions.

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The two -- there are a middle school and a high school sharing

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a building, and the administration teachers,

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staff there have been really thoughtful about student

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supervision and not having, like,

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unsupervised time among the different age groups

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of students.

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There were some concerns about this site.

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The town of Mesilla traffic parking safety capacity.

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There was a time in the last ten years

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when I did have an enrollment of 250 students.

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So that school site has had a greater capacity.

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We had district summer school there in the past

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for years and years.

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So during the summer, there were hundreds

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of students that came to school there in the summer.

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So I think the town of Mesilla is aware and have always

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been great partners with us and very supportive in the students

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in that building.

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And then again, elevating student voice,

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engaging students, strengthening partnerships.

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So as you'll see when we talk about the timeline,

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these are all things that have been incorporated

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into the process to elevate student voice and to widen

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the net to get --

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to give more students and families

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the opportunity for input.

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The staff focus group -- and again,

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there were three people that attended this focus group.

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So centering staff expertise, involving current employees

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in designing the Academy, preserving school culture,

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the great relationships and positive things that

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are happening.

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That has always been at the forefront of the design,

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clarifying staffing early.

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One request is to select who the principal will

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be prior to staffing just so staff can decide

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if that is a leader that they want to work with,

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can work with.

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Defining roles carefully.

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Preparing the facility.

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Some facility concerns regarding air conditioning, which

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has been addressed this week.

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The air conditioning in the gym is working.

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We had a win today on our t shirt press and dryer.

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There was not adequate electricity

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to run that equipment.

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That was resolved today.

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So the teacher will not be implementing her solution, which

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would have probably gotten us in big trouble

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with the fire Marshal and others.

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So that is a great win, and the students

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are super excited to have the opportunity

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to utilize that equipment and kind of bring

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their designs to life.

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So that's a great thing.

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And then building a flexible staff.

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Prioritizing teachers that can teach multiple courses.

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Again, we have great programs of study there.

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A few were mentioned earlier.

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There's culinary arts.

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There's construction.

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There is the Golden Eagle event planning and the hospitality

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piece, and they do really great things.

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Of course, all of that, we want to preserve.

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Again, that's the student voice of what else do students want.

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What potential programs of study as the new CTE facility

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is built, how will that space be utilized?

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So I think it's exciting to think about not only what's

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there, what's working, but what is

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the potential for the current students,

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but also future students to come into that space,

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grow the enrollment, and have a great learning

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environment for everyone.

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So charting the course for success.

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So, you know, the first step in form hold informational sessions

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for community stakeholders, part of that is to go out and --

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everything pretty much has been centered in Mesilla

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in the building, but also getting out to other

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stakeholders in our community where students may not know

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about either Mvla or GPI or the potential that the 612 Academy

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could bring for their students.

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And I think it's really critical that this

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is an offering for everyone in our community,

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that people are informed, and that people can also have input.

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Then of course, incorporating stakeholder feedback

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into draft design two, and that's

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why looking at the feedback was so important.

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00:45:44,790 --> 00:45:45,454
Even though it was a small number

534
00:45:45,454 --> 00:45:47,790
of folks that provided that feedback,

535
00:45:47,790 --> 00:45:50,126
all feedback is useful.

536
00:45:50,126 --> 00:45:53,918
It's important, and if we don't know what the feedback says,

537
00:45:53,918 --> 00:45:57,139
we are just going to keep getting the same thing over

538
00:45:57,139 --> 00:45:58,320
and over.

539
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:02,166
So having those conversations, looking at feedback

540
00:46:02,166 --> 00:46:05,406
will always be a part of the steering committee,

541
00:46:05,406 --> 00:46:08,726
and that is the purpose of the steering committee

542
00:46:08,726 --> 00:46:12,406
is to look at the research, look at the feedback,

543
00:46:12,406 --> 00:46:17,426
and to keep massaging the design until we get something

544
00:46:17,426 --> 00:46:19,512
that everyone can embrace.

545
00:46:19,512 --> 00:46:23,526
One of the things that we are planning later in the month

546
00:46:23,526 --> 00:46:28,856
is to have an academy experience, talking with parents

547
00:46:28,856 --> 00:46:30,236
and some stakeholders.

548
00:46:30,236 --> 00:46:34,126
There are some good ideas, but we really

549
00:46:34,126 --> 00:46:37,392
can't envision, what is it going to look like?

550
00:46:37,392 --> 00:46:39,966
What is the school day going to be?

551
00:46:39,966 --> 00:46:42,779
What is this new building going to look like?

552
00:46:42,779 --> 00:46:46,510
To just kind of envision the whole thing coming together.

553
00:46:46,510 --> 00:46:49,286
So the Academy experience will really

554
00:46:49,286 --> 00:46:54,860
be an opportunity for future students, current students,

555
00:46:55,646 --> 00:47:00,112
families to come and share in that vision

556
00:47:00,112 --> 00:47:02,992
and see what it might look like, what

557
00:47:02,992 --> 00:47:07,792
are some of the possibilities, and to think

558
00:47:08,259 --> 00:47:13,686
about how we can enhance that experience as we continue

559
00:47:13,686 --> 00:47:16,860
through the design process.

560
00:47:16,860 --> 00:47:18,860
And then refining.

561
00:47:20,766 --> 00:47:22,766
Continue --

562
00:47:23,182 --> 00:47:25,958
as we gather input along the way,

563
00:47:25,958 --> 00:47:30,198
continue to refine and strengthen the academy design.

564
00:47:30,198 --> 00:47:34,398
So draft design one was just that.

565
00:47:34,548 --> 00:47:36,948
It was a draft.

566
00:47:37,126 --> 00:47:43,326
And there will be a draft design two, three, four, five,

567
00:47:43,326 --> 00:47:45,952
however long it takes to get the input

568
00:47:45,952 --> 00:47:50,426
and, again, to get to a point where everyone

569
00:47:50,426 --> 00:47:52,826
can embrace this opportunity.

570
00:47:52,976 --> 00:47:57,536
And then one of the things around staff success --

571
00:47:57,536 --> 00:48:03,536
so Superintendent Ruiz, Miss, the chief of human resources met

572
00:48:07,566 --> 00:48:12,890
with the staff on Monday -- which was yesterday --

573
00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:14,126
and to just go through the staffing,

574
00:48:14,126 --> 00:48:17,666
no decisions have been made in the draft.

575
00:48:17,666 --> 00:48:20,406
There were some things that I think

576
00:48:20,406 --> 00:48:23,406
were misconstrued as final decisions

577
00:48:24,286 --> 00:48:29,686
and, you, the first step, we have been collaborating,

578
00:48:30,539 --> 00:48:35,378
talking with community partners about what is the timeline?

579
00:48:35,378 --> 00:48:37,960
What does that look like?

580
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,206
There has not been a staffing plan developed.

581
00:48:40,206 --> 00:48:43,806
That collaboration is still to come,

582
00:48:43,912 --> 00:48:46,711
but there has been conversations.

583
00:48:46,711 --> 00:48:49,939
They are developing some staffing proposals

584
00:48:49,939 --> 00:48:51,886
for consideration.

585
00:48:51,886 --> 00:48:54,918
It's always good to have a starting point

586
00:48:54,918 --> 00:49:00,956
to consider and then to work from there, and to a staffing

587
00:49:00,956 --> 00:49:03,956
proposals alongside the steering committees

588
00:49:04,318 --> 00:49:09,718
vision for the new school, just to make sure

589
00:49:10,412 --> 00:49:14,102
that folks currently employed at those schools

590
00:49:14,102 --> 00:49:17,102
feel good about what's happening.

591
00:49:18,346 --> 00:49:23,146
They are giving other educators across our district

592
00:49:24,626 --> 00:49:27,872
the opportunity to have an opportunity

593
00:49:27,872 --> 00:49:30,872
to work in this academy.

594
00:49:30,934 --> 00:49:35,588
So just making sure that those things go hand in hand

595
00:49:35,588 --> 00:49:38,206
and then just being responsive.

596
00:49:38,206 --> 00:49:39,826
Being flexible.

597
00:49:39,826 --> 00:49:43,426
Again, no decisions have been made.

598
00:49:43,983 --> 00:49:50,583
We are in -- drafting some things and working through it

599
00:49:51,718 --> 00:49:57,118
together as stakeholders, so bringing more voice and choice

600
00:49:57,374 --> 00:50:01,494
into the process as we go through.

601
00:50:01,494 --> 00:50:05,940
So this is a tentative timeline.

602
00:50:05,566 --> 00:50:08,566
Here we are, September 1st.

603
00:50:09,990 --> 00:50:13,899
So this update on the focus group feedback .

604
00:50:15,382 --> 00:50:19,706
The steering committee next week will work on the FAQ document,

605
00:50:19,706 --> 00:50:25,706
start thinking about the academy experience, what that might look

606
00:50:27,936 --> 00:50:33,206
like, and in the near future, doing some more listening

607
00:50:33,206 --> 00:50:37,146
sessions with students, because in those focus groups,

608
00:50:37,146 --> 00:50:41,186
those were things that emerged from both

609
00:50:41,186 --> 00:50:45,386
the parents, the community, and the student,

610
00:50:46,534 --> 00:50:50,596
that students want to have more say in the design,

611
00:50:50,596 --> 00:50:54,622
so giving those current students in those buildings

612
00:50:54,622 --> 00:50:58,822
some more time to voice their ideas.

613
00:50:59,934 --> 00:51:04,134
And then also getting out and talking

614
00:51:04,206 --> 00:51:08,876
to families across the district, current fifth grade students,

615
00:51:08,876 --> 00:51:11,206
just providing some information.

616
00:51:11,206 --> 00:51:16,606
Here's some opportunities that are out there if you're

617
00:51:16,734 --> 00:51:22,134
interested in a smaller learning environment, hands on learning,

618
00:51:22,419 --> 00:51:25,419
smaller learning communities, whether it's

619
00:51:27,166 --> 00:51:29,816
houses or something similar to that,

620
00:51:29,816 --> 00:51:32,786
just getting the information out there

621
00:51:32,786 --> 00:51:37,586
and getting input from others across the community,

622
00:51:37,782 --> 00:51:43,182
and then also the academy experience, sometime maybe late

623
00:51:45,106 --> 00:51:49,306
September, and bringing the board more feedback,

624
00:51:49,712 --> 00:51:53,312
perhaps opening another survey and bringing

625
00:51:54,726 --> 00:51:58,339
that back to the board at the end of the month.

626
00:51:58,339 --> 00:52:03,558
And then, whatever the time frame is after that, again,

627
00:52:03,558 --> 00:52:08,912
will be determined as we go along as long --

628
00:52:08,912 --> 00:52:13,516
I think the process deserves the time to take as much time

629
00:52:13,516 --> 00:52:15,712
as we need to get it right.

630
00:52:15,712 --> 00:52:20,512
So with that, I will stand for questions.

631
00:52:20,886 --> 00:52:24,876
President Cort: Thank you, doctor Miller Tomlinson.

632
00:52:24,876 --> 00:52:29,760
Board members, anyone want to Member Frank:

633
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,457
I'm just wondering, does this time schedule give us enough

634
00:52:33,457 --> 00:52:37,334
time -- if the board approves it,

635
00:52:37,334 --> 00:52:41,534
what approval is needed at that point?

636
00:52:42,686 --> 00:52:46,886
>> Thank you comment Madam President, member Frank.

637
00:52:47,831 --> 00:52:51,376
As soon as the board has made a decision

638
00:52:51,376 --> 00:52:55,720
on the logistical side of it, which

639
00:52:55,720 --> 00:52:57,966
is around more of the operational piece

640
00:52:57,966 --> 00:53:01,246
and sending that to the state for review.

641
00:53:01,246 --> 00:53:06,460
We were given the timeline of three months.

642
00:53:06,318 --> 00:53:11,526
I don't know what that timeline is based on.

643
00:53:11,526 --> 00:53:15,460
Certainly, we can ask, and there has

644
00:53:15,460 --> 00:53:18,946
been some indication from the public Education Department

645
00:53:18,946 --> 00:53:22,206
that they would assist in shepherding it

646
00:53:22,206 --> 00:53:24,486
through because what we don't want

647
00:53:24,486 --> 00:53:27,426
is to have students in limbo.

648
00:53:27,426 --> 00:53:32,166
We want to know all students and families know where

649
00:53:32,166 --> 00:53:34,412
they are going to go to school.

650
00:53:34,412 --> 00:53:39,579
But we are not going to rush to get there.

651
00:53:39,579 --> 00:53:42,600
So whatever the time frame is, we

652
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:43,946
will work with the public education department

653
00:53:43,946 --> 00:53:47,546
on the other side of that.

654
00:53:52,460 --> 00:53:53,460
Member Frank: Thank you.

655
00:53:53,460 --> 00:53:58,726
Member Tenorio: I was going to go last if anyone had questions.

656
00:53:58,726 --> 00:54:01,558
President Cort: I have a couple.

657
00:54:01,558 --> 00:54:05,777
We have a listening session from students, which I love.

658
00:54:05,777 --> 00:54:08,539
As far as I heard from people, we

659
00:54:08,539 --> 00:54:11,406
had them come to the school board

660
00:54:11,406 --> 00:54:13,966
meeting and the sisters who came today,

661
00:54:13,966 --> 00:54:15,758
but I would really love student feedback.

662
00:54:15,758 --> 00:54:19,310
So I am really excited about those listening sessions.

663
00:54:19,310 --> 00:54:23,440
My call is for students to let us know what do you want.

664
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:24,456
What do you want?

665
00:54:24,456 --> 00:54:26,486
This school is for you.

666
00:54:26,486 --> 00:54:28,206
It's not for the adults.

667
00:54:28,206 --> 00:54:33,526
And you are going to do a fifth grade listening session.

668
00:54:33,526 --> 00:54:36,526
Why not in eighth grade?

669
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:42,446
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : We had fifth grade on there, yes,

670
00:54:42,446 --> 00:54:43,159
eighth grade.

671
00:54:43,159 --> 00:54:45,314
It would be more about communities

672
00:54:45,314 --> 00:54:48,846
and doing it by feeder patterns so we are getting out

673
00:54:48,846 --> 00:54:51,566
to different places in the community,

674
00:54:51,566 --> 00:54:55,396
thinking about holding those at middle school,

675
00:54:55,396 --> 00:54:59,402
attracting from the elementary, but also current middle school

676
00:54:59,402 --> 00:54:59,902
students.

677
00:54:59,902 --> 00:55:05,511
So that's a great question, and it would really be open to all

678
00:55:05,511 --> 00:55:09,540
grade levels or any stakeholder that wanted to attend,

679
00:55:09,540 --> 00:55:13,546
but making sure that current fifth graders and eighth graders

680
00:55:13,546 --> 00:55:20,146
had the opportunity to come and get the information to highlight

681
00:55:20,406 --> 00:55:24,846
-- to highlight the great things that are going on.

682
00:55:24,846 --> 00:55:29,646
>> President, yes, we can definitely integrate the eighth

683
00:55:30,341 --> 00:55:31,760
grade on that.

684
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,166
That's a great suggestion.

685
00:55:33,166 --> 00:55:34,997
President Cort: Perfect.

686
00:55:34,997 --> 00:55:37,250
And I just think that --

687
00:55:37,250 --> 00:55:39,494
I don't really have any questions.

688
00:55:39,494 --> 00:55:42,766
I know we are trying to balance timing and everything else,

689
00:55:42,766 --> 00:55:48,166
but I would encourage us to not hurry through,

690
00:55:48,518 --> 00:55:52,186
and that's what you stated, and waiting

691
00:55:52,186 --> 00:55:54,932
a semester or even possibly a year

692
00:55:54,932 --> 00:55:58,591
just to see how things pan out, right?

693
00:55:58,591 --> 00:56:03,346
This is a year where we have two schools in the same building

694
00:56:03,346 --> 00:56:06,558
and sort of go through the process a little slower,

695
00:56:06,558 --> 00:56:10,294
that way people have time to wrap it around their heads

696
00:56:10,294 --> 00:56:13,928
about what's going on, and the board as well, that we

697
00:56:13,928 --> 00:56:15,868
can go and figure out and go and visit.

698
00:56:15,868 --> 00:56:18,978
We can talk to the kids and see what's happening.

699
00:56:18,978 --> 00:56:24,319
I wish it didn't take so long, and I'm

700
00:56:24,319 --> 00:56:28,196
worried if they tell us three months, it might be 5 or 6.

701
00:56:28,196 --> 00:56:32,326
Just for me, unfortunately, relying on the pet

702
00:56:32,326 --> 00:56:35,399
to get things done when they say they are makes me a little bit

703
00:56:35,399 --> 00:56:35,899
nervous.

704
00:56:35,899 --> 00:56:38,948
And so I think that we shouldn't base our time

705
00:56:38,948 --> 00:56:41,428
on what the PED is saying.

706
00:56:41,428 --> 00:56:45,192
I think we have to do it at the pace that we need to.

707
00:56:45,192 --> 00:56:48,192
And that's all I've got.

708
00:56:50,806 --> 00:56:52,846
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : Well stated.

709
00:56:52,846 --> 00:56:55,846
President Cort: It really wasn't.

710
00:56:57,646 --> 00:57:01,990
Member Tenorio: You're pretty nice to the ped.

711
00:57:01,990 --> 00:57:05,617
I'm just gonna reiterate something on my notes

712
00:57:05,617 --> 00:57:08,617
that Madam Cort touched on.

713
00:57:10,552 --> 00:57:14,501
I need to make sure everyone can hear me.

714
00:57:14,501 --> 00:57:16,126
They said to speak into the microphone.

715
00:57:16,126 --> 00:57:20,846
Also, I think that the thought exchange --

716
00:57:20,846 --> 00:57:24,106
I was hoping for more participants.

717
00:57:24,106 --> 00:57:31,291
I don't know the window that it was that it was open.

718
00:57:31,291 --> 00:57:33,246
Could it be reopened?

719
00:57:33,246 --> 00:57:35,246
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : Sure.

720
00:57:35,486 --> 00:57:36,952
We could reopen that one.

721
00:57:36,952 --> 00:57:40,886
I think at this point, the feedback has been that thought

722
00:57:40,886 --> 00:57:44,350
exchange has been just general --

723
00:57:44,350 --> 00:57:50,260
tingling general ideas and now that we have one draft design

724
00:57:50,260 --> 00:57:56,626
and another probably coming soon is to really get more specific

725
00:57:57,780 --> 00:58:01,878
feedback on the design pieces of, you know,

726
00:58:05,326 --> 00:58:07,206
what does the day look like?

727
00:58:07,206 --> 00:58:08,976
What are the programs of study?

728
00:58:08,976 --> 00:58:11,976
What is the instructional model?

729
00:58:12,126 --> 00:58:16,926
Just some very specific things because those questions

730
00:58:18,460 --> 00:58:20,446
were intentionally very general.

731
00:58:22,146 --> 00:58:25,452
To have a starting point, because when

732
00:58:25,452 --> 00:58:30,886
you go into any project, it's hard to start from zero.

733
00:58:30,886 --> 00:58:33,286
So just having --

734
00:58:34,486 --> 00:58:37,726
Member Tenorio: When was it opened?

735
00:58:37,726 --> 00:58:40,809
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : It was opened in the summer,

736
00:58:40,809 --> 00:58:42,246
June or July.

737
00:58:42,246 --> 00:58:45,326
Member Tenorio: I just think the awareness wasn't there

738
00:58:45,326 --> 00:58:47,168
Pema could we open something that would

739
00:58:47,168 --> 00:58:48,739
reflect when the work was done?

740
00:58:48,739 --> 00:58:49,966
I don't know.

741
00:58:49,966 --> 00:58:52,460
Just open up a new thought exchange.

742
00:58:52,460 --> 00:58:56,846
I think you'll get a lot more responses.

743
00:58:56,996 --> 00:58:58,621
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : That's coming.

744
00:58:58,621 --> 00:59:01,166
We want to make sure we are getting --

745
00:59:01,166 --> 00:59:05,853
Member Tenorio: Is that the orange bottom left corner?

746
00:59:05,853 --> 00:59:07,853
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : Somewhere around there,

747
00:59:07,853 --> 00:59:09,686
doing more listening sessions.

748
00:59:09,686 --> 00:59:12,266
The more feedback we get, the more intentional

749
00:59:12,266 --> 00:59:16,731
we can be on the design and the more specific feedback

750
00:59:16,731 --> 00:59:20,526
we can ask for in a survey.

751
00:59:20,526 --> 00:59:24,726
So I think, you know, just, again,

752
00:59:26,139 --> 00:59:30,939
gathering additional feedback, widening our net in terms

753
00:59:30,952 --> 00:59:33,401
of who's getting the information,

754
00:59:33,401 --> 00:59:39,794
who knows even about the project and getting the information out

755
00:59:39,794 --> 00:59:45,794
there, drafting -- taking all the feedback that we've gotten,

756
00:59:46,606 --> 00:59:49,926
having the steering committee consider that feedback and how

757
00:59:49,926 --> 00:59:54,382
it would be incorporated in an updated draft design and putting

758
00:59:54,382 --> 00:59:59,782
that out and saying now based on your feedback,

759
00:59:59,822 --> 01:00:04,342
this is what it's saying now, and now let's get additional

760
01:00:04,342 --> 01:00:10,342
feedback on the new draft or drafts that come Member

761
01:00:12,118 --> 01:00:14,826
Tenorio: Also, I appreciate that what I hear is that there's more

762
01:00:14,826 --> 01:00:18,294
opportunities for additional focus groups comment because I

763
01:00:18,294 --> 01:00:22,590
think that maybe was a place that could give more notice --

764
01:00:22,590 --> 01:00:25,703
advance notice to where they are able to come.

765
01:00:25,703 --> 01:00:28,406
It was brought to my attention that there

766
01:00:28,406 --> 01:00:35,600
may be staff who are ambivalent to share their identity, right?

767
01:00:37,966 --> 01:00:39,966
Or they may be worried about retaliation.

768
01:00:39,966 --> 01:00:42,300
I've never seen it.

769
01:00:42,300 --> 01:00:44,860
I've never witnessed it.

770
01:00:44,860 --> 01:00:48,910
I've never heard of it happening in -- like,

771
01:00:48,910 --> 01:00:52,990
recently or the time that I've been on the board.

772
01:00:52,990 --> 01:00:56,188
But I want to respect where they are feeling at,

773
01:00:56,188 --> 01:00:59,686
and I'm trying to rack my brain.

774
01:00:59,686 --> 01:01:02,926
Well, how would we even get their information

775
01:01:02,926 --> 01:01:04,926
to get their input, right?

776
01:01:04,926 --> 01:01:09,406
Is that something we could go through the unions?

777
01:01:09,406 --> 01:01:16,606
>> President, if I may,, Member Tenorio, I did meet with them --

778
01:01:18,746 --> 01:01:23,260
with the staff, and actually they provided some feedback,

779
01:01:23,260 --> 01:01:27,610
things like more time for some of our focus group meetings.

780
01:01:27,610 --> 01:01:31,810
Also, as we look at this timeline,

781
01:01:32,326 --> 01:01:36,152
after the Academy experience and looking at some of the feedback,

782
01:01:36,152 --> 01:01:39,790
probably hold another meeting just with staff being

783
01:01:39,790 --> 01:01:43,896
that the feedback that we have, it was three staff members

784
01:01:43,896 --> 01:01:45,140
that it reflects.

785
01:01:45,140 --> 01:01:50,546
So I really wanted to hear from the entire, from both sides,

786
01:01:50,546 --> 01:01:51,236
right?

787
01:01:51,236 --> 01:01:53,862
So yesterday was a great opportunity just

788
01:01:53,862 --> 01:01:56,862
to hear some of their concerns and challenges

789
01:01:56,862 --> 01:01:59,699
and some of their input as well around this process.

790
01:01:59,699 --> 01:02:03,718
So as you can see here, we are slowing this down.

791
01:02:03,718 --> 01:02:07,750
We have not even -- we are not giving a date of approval

792
01:02:07,750 --> 01:02:14,350
at this point because I really feel, as Dr. Wendi mentioned,

793
01:02:16,226 --> 01:02:18,956
our focus is to get this piece right.

794
01:02:18,956 --> 01:02:20,686
What is the programmatic piece?

795
01:02:20,686 --> 01:02:24,294
But again, our community of parents or teachers,

796
01:02:24,294 --> 01:02:25,979
that we lean into this.

797
01:02:25,979 --> 01:02:28,739
So that's going to be the priority.

798
01:02:28,739 --> 01:02:31,486
If and when we get there, then we

799
01:02:31,486 --> 01:02:33,566
will take care of the PED piece.

800
01:02:33,566 --> 01:02:35,566
Obviously with the staffing, there

801
01:02:35,566 --> 01:02:37,236
should not be any retaliation.

802
01:02:37,236 --> 01:02:41,286
There should not be any fear of retaliation.

803
01:02:41,286 --> 01:02:45,226
Monday, like I said, was a great meeting with the staff

804
01:02:45,226 --> 01:02:47,632
and I think they appreciated that we were there

805
01:02:47,632 --> 01:02:49,486
and they wanted to listen.

806
01:02:49,486 --> 01:02:52,566
Member Tenorio: So I hear what you are saying

807
01:02:52,566 --> 01:02:53,672
and I agree with you.

808
01:02:53,672 --> 01:02:56,846
I don't think we have a culture of retaliation.

809
01:02:56,846 --> 01:03:01,186
However, how can we respect if there are staff who want

810
01:03:01,186 --> 01:03:05,386
to share without -- like, feeling outed?

811
01:03:07,606 --> 01:03:08,878
Feeling vulnerable?

812
01:03:08,878 --> 01:03:10,918
Can we go through the union?

813
01:03:10,918 --> 01:03:12,366
Can something be done?

814
01:03:12,366 --> 01:03:15,666
We can't do it for them.

815
01:03:15,666 --> 01:03:17,382
Can we reach out to the union presidents

816
01:03:17,382 --> 01:03:19,788
to figure out what we can do with the staff

817
01:03:19,788 --> 01:03:23,558
to get their input to feel that they

818
01:03:23,558 --> 01:03:26,566
share more freely with their union representation.

819
01:03:26,566 --> 01:03:28,177
I think also with thought exchange,

820
01:03:28,177 --> 01:03:32,377
is that a way to do that?

821
01:03:35,463 --> 01:03:40,164
Superintendent Ruiz: Asking some of those questions, Ms. Tenorio,

822
01:03:40,164 --> 01:03:42,606
to make sure we are in agreement.

823
01:03:42,606 --> 01:03:46,206
>> To answer your question, Ms. Tenorio,

824
01:03:49,947 --> 01:03:54,986
I was very glad to hear from the staff who wanted other channels

825
01:03:54,986 --> 01:03:55,950
to share.

826
01:03:55,950 --> 01:03:58,194
Some like group focus groups.

827
01:03:58,194 --> 01:04:00,596
Some don't want to share their name

828
01:04:00,596 --> 01:04:02,206
for any type of retaliation.

829
01:04:02,206 --> 01:04:06,990
So I did meet with the NEA president and others

830
01:04:06,990 --> 01:04:10,262
from NEA to talk about ways to create anonymous thought

831
01:04:10,262 --> 01:04:11,766
exchange when it comes directly.

832
01:04:11,766 --> 01:04:15,936
I also stayed after for those that wanted to have one on one

833
01:04:15,936 --> 01:04:18,312
rather than speak in front of others.

834
01:04:18,312 --> 01:04:20,796
I know working with the schools collectively

835
01:04:20,796 --> 01:04:23,902
to set up different staff focus groups that

836
01:04:23,902 --> 01:04:26,590
work at their location at different times

837
01:04:26,590 --> 01:04:30,306
to help ensure that they feel that they are controlling

838
01:04:30,306 --> 01:04:33,302
the schedule and the calendar to give me feedback

839
01:04:33,302 --> 01:04:35,894
on behalf of the staff plan.

840
01:04:35,894 --> 01:04:40,694
So everyone likes different -- to your point,

841
01:04:40,793 --> 01:04:42,210
different styles of communication,

842
01:04:42,210 --> 01:04:46,446
and I am taking that into consideration for our plan.

843
01:04:46,446 --> 01:04:48,919
Member Tenorio: Great to hear.

844
01:04:48,919 --> 01:04:49,419
Thank you.

845
01:04:49,419 --> 01:04:51,836
Also when we are thinking about having these informational

846
01:04:51,836 --> 01:04:55,512
sessions with fifth grade and now eighth grade --

847
01:04:55,512 --> 01:05:00,312
and I know everything is still very undecided.

848
01:05:01,822 --> 01:05:06,319
Can we at least have, like, a range

849
01:05:06,319 --> 01:05:09,126
of how many enrollees or applicants that you are trying

850
01:05:09,126 --> 01:05:10,432
to reach up to?

851
01:05:10,432 --> 01:05:13,550
Because I think you need to be realistic with speaking

852
01:05:13,550 --> 01:05:17,306
to fifth graders and eighth graders of how many you

853
01:05:17,306 --> 01:05:19,306
can realistically accept.

854
01:05:24,196 --> 01:05:27,179
Superintendent Ruiz: President, if I may comment Miss Tenorio,

855
01:05:27,179 --> 01:05:29,706
I think that's a great idea.

856
01:05:29,706 --> 01:05:32,495
Our initial thought on that is that we have these listening

857
01:05:32,495 --> 01:05:35,860
sessions that we could also pull comment

858
01:05:35,860 --> 01:05:39,886
like an informal poll of the family's interest,

859
01:05:40,286 --> 01:05:42,600
potential interest where we could

860
01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:45,270
get a little bit of a projected number of where we are looking

861
01:05:45,270 --> 01:05:48,752
as far as potential registrants or students that

862
01:05:48,752 --> 01:05:51,966
would participate, if that's your question.

863
01:05:51,966 --> 01:05:55,846
Member Tenorio: I think also if you are saying max capacity

864
01:05:55,846 --> 01:05:58,718
of this building is 250 to --

865
01:05:58,718 --> 01:05:59,966
I don't even know.

866
01:05:59,966 --> 01:06:04,166
Superintendent Ruiz: It's a 300 range, I think.

867
01:06:04,486 --> 01:06:08,162
Member Tenorio: And maybe you won't be ready by the first year

868
01:06:08,162 --> 01:06:09,172
if this happens.

869
01:06:09,172 --> 01:06:13,660
So there may be a graduated decrease.

870
01:06:13,660 --> 01:06:16,886
I'm just kind of curious, with that first year,

871
01:06:16,886 --> 01:06:19,286
what's a doable range?

872
01:06:20,686 --> 01:06:23,446
Superintendent Ruiz: And I can answer

873
01:06:23,446 --> 01:06:25,494
that, president, miss Tenorio.

874
01:06:25,494 --> 01:06:30,262
The building is ready for the 300 kids, if we get there if you

875
01:06:30,262 --> 01:06:34,112
the original intent of viola when it was first approved

876
01:06:34,112 --> 01:06:36,934
in 2013, if I remember correctly,

877
01:06:36,934 --> 01:06:41,294
was a goal of 250 kids at the previous building, which

878
01:06:41,294 --> 01:06:42,966
does not fit 250 kids.

879
01:06:42,966 --> 01:06:44,846
But we are ready.

880
01:06:44,846 --> 01:06:50,566
I'm looking over there, the building is ready to increase

881
01:06:50,566 --> 01:06:52,312
student enrollment as we speak..

882
01:06:52,312 --> 01:06:52,899
368.

883
01:06:52,899 --> 01:06:57,990
So that would be a great --

884
01:06:59,486 --> 01:07:04,818
I'm not going say -- it would be a challenge for us to be able

885
01:07:04,818 --> 01:07:09,366
to have that many kids to enroll in for next year.

886
01:07:09,366 --> 01:07:12,109
Member Tenorio: So maybe consider the scenarios

887
01:07:12,109 --> 01:07:15,766
if you were to open to that many or if you were to start smaller.

888
01:07:15,766 --> 01:07:19,303
My question is what happens if it is delayed?

889
01:07:19,303 --> 01:07:23,879
And you said we didn't want kids to feel like they are in limbo,

890
01:07:23,879 --> 01:07:26,592
but, like, what's gonna happen if we

891
01:07:26,592 --> 01:07:29,860
wait six minutes to a year?

892
01:07:29,860 --> 01:07:32,445
Superintendent Ruiz: So president, Miss Tenorio,

893
01:07:32,445 --> 01:07:34,966
one of the concerns is the raphe I

894
01:07:34,966 --> 01:07:37,266
based on their school improvement status

895
01:07:37,266 --> 01:07:39,540
with the state with PED.

896
01:07:39,540 --> 01:07:43,388
So there's potential, I guess, implications if you will,

897
01:07:43,388 --> 01:07:45,960
and that is something we would definitely

898
01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:47,256
work with the public editor department.

899
01:07:47,256 --> 01:07:51,586
So right now, the grant dollars that are allocated for those

900
01:07:51,586 --> 01:07:57,792
school improvement efforts are being held until we have a --

901
01:07:57,792 --> 01:08:01,806
whatever the plan will be specifically for our GPI moving

902
01:08:01,806 --> 01:08:02,406
forward.

903
01:08:02,406 --> 01:08:06,196
And so working with PED at this point,

904
01:08:06,196 --> 01:08:10,860
and as soon as we have a -- you know,

905
01:08:10,860 --> 01:08:15,472
a potential plan moving forward, then those considerations --

906
01:08:15,472 --> 01:08:20,166
the consideration of receiving those funds for the school

907
01:08:20,166 --> 01:08:24,966
improvement efforts at this -- at this point,

908
01:08:26,970 --> 01:08:31,966
as we have been talking to them, they have been giving us about

909
01:08:31,966 --> 01:08:38,822
until January to give if our GPI is going to be moving forward.

910
01:08:38,822 --> 01:08:42,422
If this rolls into, 28, 29, we definitely

911
01:08:43,966 --> 01:08:45,566
need to make a decision.

912
01:08:45,566 --> 01:08:48,278
What is our g p status moving forward?

913
01:08:48,278 --> 01:08:53,162
Based on their school improvement status for, I think,

914
01:08:53,162 --> 01:08:59,162
year three, there has to be drastic changes as Member

915
01:08:59,941 --> 01:09:00,941
Tenorio: You say 28, 29.

916
01:09:00,941 --> 01:09:02,379
Next year is 27, 28.

917
01:09:02,379 --> 01:09:04,806
You are talking two years from now?

918
01:09:04,806 --> 01:09:07,252
Superintendent Ruiz: As I stated earlier,

919
01:09:07,252 --> 01:09:10,926
what I want us to prioritize is that we get this programmatic,

920
01:09:10,926 --> 01:09:14,510
at the design piece right that we are all

921
01:09:14,510 --> 01:09:17,126
on the same page on this.

922
01:09:17,126 --> 01:09:19,286
If it takes a situation where it takes three months

923
01:09:19,286 --> 01:09:23,686
consideration, what we don't want to do is this decision --

924
01:09:23,686 --> 01:09:25,494
I'm just putting out scenarios --

925
01:09:25,494 --> 01:09:27,750
this scenario is made in February,

926
01:09:27,750 --> 01:09:31,497
this program is not going to be able to open in 27, 28.

927
01:09:31,497 --> 01:09:34,497
It would be looking at 28, 29.

928
01:09:34,766 --> 01:09:38,270
Because we have to really work with that three month

929
01:09:38,270 --> 01:09:40,130
timeline that the PED is giving us.

930
01:09:40,130 --> 01:09:43,310
We have to give our parents enough time, scheduling.

931
01:09:43,310 --> 01:09:47,226
There's a lot of logistics that go into preparing

932
01:09:47,226 --> 01:09:48,942
for another school year.

933
01:09:48,942 --> 01:09:53,712
It's going to depend when the decision is made

934
01:09:53,712 --> 01:09:56,600
in moving this program forward.

935
01:09:56,600 --> 01:10:00,206
Once that decision is made, then we

936
01:10:00,832 --> 01:10:07,663
can work with the public department working at our g p I

937
01:10:07,663 --> 01:10:10,520
status and what does that mean.

938
01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:12,118
It just depends on what that decision

939
01:10:12,118 --> 01:10:16,177
is made on what that's going to look like in regards to the PED

940
01:10:16,177 --> 01:10:18,766
and when we Would open up this program.

941
01:10:18,766 --> 01:10:23,358
The original goal was to open up this program in 27, 28,

942
01:10:23,358 --> 01:10:26,726
but we are given this timeline to be able to get there.

943
01:10:26,726 --> 01:10:29,529
Member Tenorio: Does it have to start

944
01:10:29,529 --> 01:10:31,134
at the beginning of a school year?

945
01:10:31,134 --> 01:10:33,534
Could it be mid-year?

946
01:10:34,566 --> 01:10:37,246
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson : As Superintendent Ruiz mentioned,

947
01:10:37,246 --> 01:10:39,254
there are a lot of considerations that go

948
01:10:39,254 --> 01:10:42,622
into a new school year, budgeting, staffing.

949
01:10:42,622 --> 01:10:47,606
I think on the staffing side, if we are taking two schools that

950
01:10:47,606 --> 01:10:52,112
have an enrollment under 200, and we are expanding that,

951
01:10:52,112 --> 01:10:57,512
we are going to have to pull staff --

952
01:10:58,221 --> 01:11:00,138
staff is going to have to come from somewhere.

953
01:11:00,138 --> 01:11:03,216
So that would potentially disrupt others.

954
01:11:03,216 --> 01:11:05,886
So it's kind of like a big puzzle

955
01:11:05,886 --> 01:11:08,460
that we need to put together.

956
01:11:08,460 --> 01:11:12,846
Its not unprecedented that schools have started --

957
01:11:14,118 --> 01:11:17,422
I think that one of the things that is important to note

958
01:11:17,422 --> 01:11:19,676
is that students who are currently

959
01:11:19,676 --> 01:11:23,860
enrolled at these campuses would have the opportunity

960
01:11:23,860 --> 01:11:26,560
to stay at those campuses.

961
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:30,471
So really looking for the students that are their.

962
01:11:30,471 --> 01:11:33,352
Their experience would be seamless.

963
01:11:33,352 --> 01:11:36,846
We don't want to disrupt students that are currently

964
01:11:36,846 --> 01:11:38,846
in those schools.

965
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:41,479
It would just be any students coming

966
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:44,760
in that we would have to think about,

967
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:47,460
what does that look like for them?

968
01:11:47,460 --> 01:11:50,600
Member Tenorio: Plus, this summer

969
01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:51,638
would allow better transition, right?

970
01:11:51,638 --> 01:11:53,686
I just had to ask.

971
01:11:53,686 --> 01:11:56,390
I'm going to venture into public comment.

972
01:11:56,390 --> 01:11:59,725
We were saying, o, if the public were

973
01:11:59,725 --> 01:12:03,246
asked do they want a six through 12 school,

974
01:12:03,246 --> 01:12:07,286
I think if it was just asked in a very generic sense

975
01:12:07,286 --> 01:12:09,790
without any context, I think there

976
01:12:09,790 --> 01:12:11,910
would be people asking a lot of questions,

977
01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:15,916
having a lot of concerns, giving pushback.

978
01:12:15,916 --> 01:12:20,116
I think having had the board allowed

979
01:12:20,411 --> 01:12:22,566
to receive this information at the same time

980
01:12:22,566 --> 01:12:27,990
as the public of why Nvla was moving to our P,

981
01:12:27,990 --> 01:12:31,217
just that alone, what was happening with our g p,

982
01:12:31,217 --> 01:12:34,336
I think that context, the public would

983
01:12:34,336 --> 01:12:38,780
be more open to trying to understand what's happening,

984
01:12:38,780 --> 01:12:44,305
and why the next step was being considered to merge and unite

985
01:12:44,305 --> 01:12:47,566
them, and what those steps might look like.

986
01:12:47,566 --> 01:12:49,716
So we are here now.

987
01:12:49,716 --> 01:12:53,339
And so we are trying to work all together.

988
01:12:53,339 --> 01:12:57,459
But I do think that -- yeah.

989
01:12:57,459 --> 01:13:04,590
I just think -- just knowing my experience with Las Cruces,

990
01:13:04,946 --> 01:13:08,478
a lot of times they care so passionately that if information

991
01:13:08,478 --> 01:13:11,326
is coming at them with just little bits,

992
01:13:11,326 --> 01:13:14,606
they are going to react strongly,

993
01:13:14,606 --> 01:13:18,286
and how do we maybe as a board have that first meeting together

994
01:13:18,286 --> 01:13:24,225
to discuss the whys and the hows, very fresh, then --

995
01:13:24,225 --> 01:13:25,600
I don't know.

996
01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:27,685
Then I think it wouldn't be so easy to say

997
01:13:27,685 --> 01:13:28,771
no they don't want it.

998
01:13:28,771 --> 01:13:34,432
I don't think that would have been such an easy answer.

999
01:13:34,432 --> 01:13:37,729
Superintendent Ruiz: President Cort, if I may,

1000
01:13:37,729 --> 01:13:39,694
Miss Tenorio, great points.

1001
01:13:39,694 --> 01:13:42,980
Could we have done some things better?

1002
01:13:42,980 --> 01:13:42,598
Absolutely.

1003
01:13:42,598 --> 01:13:45,651
As I mentioned on Monday, some of the things that we

1004
01:13:45,651 --> 01:13:47,946
own as far as the communication pieces.

1005
01:13:47,946 --> 01:13:50,276
Some of the initial conversations

1006
01:13:50,276 --> 01:13:52,862
that I was having with the board around this

1007
01:13:52,862 --> 01:13:56,626
was the concern with the sustainability of two schools,

1008
01:13:56,626 --> 01:13:58,186
basically, right?

1009
01:13:58,186 --> 01:14:01,150
Two students with about 150 students

1010
01:14:01,150 --> 01:14:04,486
that also had two administrators, two office

1011
01:14:04,486 --> 01:14:09,286
staff, and then, you know, art teacher FTE.

1012
01:14:09,606 --> 01:14:13,496
The initial conversation around this as we started studying this

1013
01:14:13,496 --> 01:14:18,600
and analyzing it was also on the fiscal side of this as well,

1014
01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:22,651
our fiscal responsibility that this was not --

1015
01:14:22,651 --> 01:14:26,251
these were not sustainable systems basically,

1016
01:14:26,866 --> 01:14:29,886
in schools with moving forward with regard to the pupil cost

1017
01:14:29,886 --> 01:14:31,402
and those types of things.

1018
01:14:31,402 --> 01:14:33,150
The other piece n viola.

1019
01:14:33,150 --> 01:14:34,479
We did have meetings.

1020
01:14:34,479 --> 01:14:36,686
We did communicate with a lot of parents.

1021
01:14:36,686 --> 01:14:39,592
Part of that was because they were moving out

1022
01:14:39,592 --> 01:14:42,937
of the previous building, so the goal was

1023
01:14:42,937 --> 01:14:46,832
to ensure that we have the room to recruit

1024
01:14:46,832 --> 01:14:49,832
more kiddos into that program.

1025
01:14:50,318 --> 01:14:53,637
And so that fiscal piece of that is also

1026
01:14:53,637 --> 01:14:55,512
important as part of this conversation

1027
01:14:55,512 --> 01:14:59,126
because as it stands now, it's not

1028
01:14:59,126 --> 01:15:01,766
sustainable in moving this forward.

1029
01:15:01,766 --> 01:15:04,310
Member Tenorio: I just want to clarify,

1030
01:15:04,310 --> 01:15:07,926
up until the last regular session, any information you

1031
01:15:07,926 --> 01:15:10,600
shared with us was one on one.

1032
01:15:10,600 --> 01:15:13,366
We did not know what the other person was hearing or saying.

1033
01:15:13,366 --> 01:15:15,366
Superintendent Ruiz: Yes.

1034
01:15:15,526 --> 01:15:16,446
Thank you.

1035
01:15:16,446 --> 01:15:18,846
Member Tenorio: Thank you.

1036
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:21,150
President Cort: Thank you.

1037
01:15:21,150 --> 01:15:22,686
Mr. Frank.

1038
01:15:22,686 --> 01:15:27,286
Member Frank: What I really want to talk about is what matters:

1039
01:15:27,286 --> 01:15:31,318
What is going to happen in classrooms.

1040
01:15:31,318 --> 01:15:34,246
Who is going to develop that?

1041
01:15:34,246 --> 01:15:36,170
Is that going to be the people?

1042
01:15:36,170 --> 01:15:39,586
If the school is approved, is it the people assigned

1043
01:15:39,586 --> 01:15:45,292
to those levels along with the people of the school

1044
01:15:45,292 --> 01:15:49,206
or will the program be developed in central office right to them

1045
01:15:49,206 --> 01:15:52,294
and say, this is what you are going to do.

1046
01:15:52,294 --> 01:15:55,452
You know, I think I know the answer to this question,

1047
01:15:55,452 --> 01:16:00,686
but I'd like to hear maybe a discussion of that.

1048
01:16:00,686 --> 01:16:04,201
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you, madam president,

1049
01:16:04,201 --> 01:16:05,231
member Frank.

1050
01:16:05,231 --> 01:16:07,198
That's a great question.

1051
01:16:07,198 --> 01:16:10,980
I think that's part of the frustration

1052
01:16:10,980 --> 01:16:13,302
is that there are some things that we can't answer

1053
01:16:13,302 --> 01:16:16,846
because we are not there yet.

1054
01:16:16,846 --> 01:16:21,460
And just like any school, school leaders

1055
01:16:25,886 --> 01:16:27,638
have autonomy along with the staff,

1056
01:16:27,638 --> 01:16:31,566
and that's why these two schools are thriving as they are

1057
01:16:31,566 --> 01:16:36,966
is because they have taken concepts such as project

1058
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,600
based learning, programs of study,

1059
01:16:41,206 --> 01:16:45,366
listening to student voice, and taken those things

1060
01:16:45,366 --> 01:16:47,699
and brought them to life.

1061
01:16:47,699 --> 01:16:51,526
And so I think in the next phase,

1062
01:16:51,526 --> 01:16:55,846
which we can call it phase two or design phase or whatever,

1063
01:16:55,846 --> 01:16:59,894
it's the actual school leader, the school staff

1064
01:16:59,894 --> 01:17:03,494
along with students, stakeholders, community members,

1065
01:17:04,886 --> 01:17:08,486
to really make those design decisions.

1066
01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:14,559
There's a lot of excitement in the community about a CTE space,

1067
01:17:14,559 --> 01:17:18,182
and how can we leverage that space

1068
01:17:18,182 --> 01:17:22,982
to provide more opportunities for not only students

1069
01:17:23,430 --> 01:17:28,566
at that site, but potentially students from other schools

1070
01:17:28,566 --> 01:17:31,686
that could also use that space.

1071
01:17:31,686 --> 01:17:37,259
I, there's just a lot of things to be decided collaboratively

1072
01:17:37,259 --> 01:17:42,659
with the school leadership, the staff, the students, parents,

1073
01:17:43,646 --> 01:17:45,646
and the community.

1074
01:17:46,926 --> 01:17:48,526
Member Frank: Thank you.

1075
01:17:48,526 --> 01:17:52,206
And that is pretty much what I wanted to hear because, as you

1076
01:17:52,206 --> 01:17:56,926
said, the current staff there have created some pretty good

1077
01:17:56,926 --> 01:17:58,926
things .

1078
01:18:00,514 --> 01:18:05,314
And, you, so, we want that to continue.

1079
01:18:06,366 --> 01:18:08,366
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: For sure.

1080
01:18:08,366 --> 01:18:10,398
Member Frank: All right.

1081
01:18:10,398 --> 01:18:12,398
Thank you.

1082
01:18:13,206 --> 01:18:16,379
>> I think my colleagues have made some good points.

1083
01:18:16,379 --> 01:18:22,526
I met with staff at both Rapai and the academy last Friday,

1084
01:18:22,526 --> 01:18:24,676
and we only have three people.

1085
01:18:24,676 --> 01:18:27,219
Let me tell you, every single person in that room

1086
01:18:27,219 --> 01:18:32,780
had an opinion and a thought, and I appreciate that of them.

1087
01:18:32,780 --> 01:18:34,739
That we only have three actively participating

1088
01:18:34,739 --> 01:18:38,210
is interesting and probably something we should address.

1089
01:18:38,210 --> 01:18:43,166
I get the point about the anonymity on feedback,

1090
01:18:43,166 --> 01:18:51,566
but I'm also a bit -- there's a place for anonymity in a school

1091
01:18:51,902 --> 01:18:53,912
district in all sorts of things.

1092
01:18:53,912 --> 01:18:56,426
I don't think there's a place for anonymity

1093
01:18:56,426 --> 01:18:58,312
in something like this.

1094
01:18:58,312 --> 01:19:01,836
Like, we need to have a public, open conversation

1095
01:19:01,836 --> 01:19:04,491
of what the vision of the school is going to be.

1096
01:19:04,491 --> 01:19:07,390
And I'm not going to -- whatever,

1097
01:19:07,390 --> 01:19:10,646
do what you want to do at the end of the day to get more

1098
01:19:10,646 --> 01:19:13,862
feedback, but I do struggle with that sense that we are sort

1099
01:19:13,862 --> 01:19:15,346
of providing --

1100
01:19:15,346 --> 01:19:18,236
I think I as a school board member

1101
01:19:18,236 --> 01:19:23,360
will weigh anonymous comments and feedback with significantly

1102
01:19:23,316 --> 01:19:26,952
less weight than I would if it was in person and somebody

1103
01:19:26,952 --> 01:19:29,432
that I know and has their name on it.

1104
01:19:29,432 --> 01:19:31,806
And that's just the reality of the situation.

1105
01:19:31,806 --> 01:19:36,894
So I just don't know how valuable anonymous interest

1106
01:19:36,894 --> 01:19:41,940
or feedback is in this particular project.

1107
01:19:43,479 --> 01:19:46,479
>> Madam Cort, Member Nolan --

1108
01:19:48,910 --> 01:19:53,312
Secretary Nola, I think giving people their own voice

1109
01:19:53,312 --> 01:19:56,226
to give the opinion, there's value

1110
01:19:56,226 --> 01:19:58,286
that the person has an avenue.

1111
01:19:58,286 --> 01:20:00,719
I do agree with you.

1112
01:20:00,719 --> 01:20:02,566
When there's not a name attached,

1113
01:20:02,566 --> 01:20:05,190
there's not much to follow up or get clarity,

1114
01:20:05,190 --> 01:20:07,777
but sometimes it takes that first step for them

1115
01:20:07,777 --> 01:20:10,234
to feel like there is an avenue, and then

1116
01:20:10,234 --> 01:20:12,670
they feel more confident to come forward.

1117
01:20:12,670 --> 01:20:16,886
That's my hope to give different communication avenues

1118
01:20:16,886 --> 01:20:19,986
for different styles so that those don't feel comfortable

1119
01:20:19,986 --> 01:20:23,774
yet maybe feel more comfortable after that first step

1120
01:20:23,774 --> 01:20:28,446
small small groups, bigger groups, time differences, style

1121
01:20:28,446 --> 01:20:30,846
differences, online, in person.

1122
01:20:31,390 --> 01:20:35,126
The more I think -- on the staffing side,

1123
01:20:35,126 --> 01:20:37,594
at least I could speak to that --

1124
01:20:37,594 --> 01:20:42,396
that we are able to provide avenues directly from

1125
01:20:42,396 --> 01:20:45,166
the district where those are more comfortable,

1126
01:20:45,166 --> 01:20:50,279
I know our HR team will get all that and then kind of see

1127
01:20:50,279 --> 01:20:54,479
the themes, see where fears, concerns are,

1128
01:20:56,326 --> 01:21:01,880
and then collectively address those the best I can.

1129
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:02,921
Secretary Nolan: Information is information,

1130
01:21:02,921 --> 01:21:04,659
and it's all valuable.

1131
01:21:04,659 --> 01:21:07,121
I just want to tell them.

1132
01:21:07,121 --> 01:21:09,870
There's probably a phrase that I'm forgetting

1133
01:21:09,870 --> 01:21:11,486
or that I don't know.

1134
01:21:11,486 --> 01:21:13,486
[Laughter] But yes.

1135
01:21:13,646 --> 01:21:17,566
Giving anybody that avenue, but I don't want to sort of send

1136
01:21:17,566 --> 01:21:22,840
this message that we are a place that sort of --

1137
01:21:22,840 --> 01:21:26,366
it feels like an acknowledgment that we will retaliate,

1138
01:21:26,366 --> 01:21:28,434
that retaliation is a thing.

1139
01:21:28,434 --> 01:21:30,432
That is not a thing in our district, right?

1140
01:21:30,432 --> 01:21:32,450
We do not do that.

1141
01:21:32,450 --> 01:21:36,206
That's some general sort of philosophical concerns around

1142
01:21:36,206 --> 01:21:40,819
that, but I do get the strategy, and I get that it can be

1143
01:21:40,819 --> 01:21:44,186
valuable to a certain extent, but I do want to encourage folks

1144
01:21:44,186 --> 01:21:48,606
to participate in this process, because there's not --

1145
01:21:48,606 --> 01:21:50,254
there's a union phrase.

1146
01:21:50,254 --> 01:21:52,497
If you are not --

1147
01:21:52,497 --> 01:21:54,686
I'm going to mess it up again.

1148
01:21:54,686 --> 01:21:56,278
This is not my day for phrases.

1149
01:21:56,278 --> 01:22:00,426
If you are not sitting at the table, you are on the menu.

1150
01:22:00,426 --> 01:22:02,426
There we go.

1151
01:22:03,886 --> 01:22:06,126
>> There is no toe in the ring?

1152
01:22:06,126 --> 01:22:11,342
Secretary Nolan: We are going to move past the toe in the ring

1153
01:22:11,342 --> 01:22:12,358
comment.

1154
01:22:12,358 --> 01:22:15,958
Creating as much possibilities as possible

1155
01:22:17,286 --> 01:22:21,360
for people to provide feedback I think

1156
01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:23,308
the superintendent going in there to meet people

1157
01:22:23,308 --> 01:22:24,766
is a good step.

1158
01:22:24,766 --> 01:22:28,710
And -- Miss, what are the options?

1159
01:22:28,710 --> 01:22:30,206
What's on the table?

1160
01:22:30,206 --> 01:22:37,636
I guess I do have -- say we punt until the February or March.

1161
01:22:37,636 --> 01:22:41,236
Essentially punting until the 28 school year.

1162
01:22:41,332 --> 01:22:47,932
Are there -- are there any sort of funding implications, like,

1163
01:22:50,366 --> 01:22:56,420
that come with that because of our p I --

1164
01:22:56,420 --> 01:23:01,590
are we putting ourself in any further risk by pushing that can

1165
01:23:01,590 --> 01:23:05,805
further down the road than addressing what we need to do

1166
01:23:05,805 --> 01:23:07,805
at RGPI.

1167
01:23:07,904 --> 01:23:09,446
Superintendent Ruiz: My understanding

1168
01:23:09,446 --> 01:23:13,598
of funding that overall budget is no.

1169
01:23:13,598 --> 01:23:17,198
We receive our pupil allocation budget.

1170
01:23:17,386 --> 01:23:22,786
Potentially on the RGPI side, the school improvement plan

1171
01:23:26,638 --> 01:23:28,766
would be that we have to come up with a plan

1172
01:23:28,766 --> 01:23:32,966
with RGPI specifically on how to defer

1173
01:23:34,782 --> 01:23:36,566
what that school improvement.

1174
01:23:36,566 --> 01:23:43,660
I will continue with -- it's at the point where we need to make

1175
01:23:43,660 --> 01:23:49,430
some decisions with RGPI with closures and things that we need

1176
01:23:49,430 --> 01:23:54,577
to finalize because of the the fact that they are in a, what is

1177
01:23:54,577 --> 01:23:58,406
it, year three of school improvement and the gains that

1178
01:23:58,406 --> 01:24:03,206
are expected have not been there as well.

1179
01:24:05,498 --> 01:24:08,312
Secretary Nolan: So we are at decision time for RGPI

1180
01:24:08,312 --> 01:24:10,712
for the 28, 27 school year?

1181
01:24:12,846 --> 01:24:14,846
Superintendent Ruiz: Correct.

1182
01:24:15,206 --> 01:24:16,966
Once the state knows what the plan is,

1183
01:24:16,966 --> 01:24:19,540
they will release those funds to utilize

1184
01:24:19,540 --> 01:24:22,600
for whatever that plan may be moving forward.

1185
01:24:22,600 --> 01:24:24,312
Secretary Nolan: That's helpful.

1186
01:24:24,312 --> 01:24:26,312
Thank you.

1187
01:24:30,186 --> 01:24:31,894
Member Tenorio: I have one more question.

1188
01:24:31,894 --> 01:24:37,760
I think when -- since then there have been changes.

1189
01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:40,606
Whatever we approve, that could evolve, right?

1190
01:24:40,606 --> 01:24:47,206
Could it -- do you -- are we allowing ourselves room

1191
01:24:50,360 --> 01:24:51,526
to evolve?

1192
01:24:51,526 --> 01:24:55,216
Superintendent Ruiz: I'm trying to understand the question.

1193
01:24:55,216 --> 01:24:58,816
Are you speaking specifically to Nvla?

1194
01:25:03,430 --> 01:25:05,126
Member Tenorio: Are we expecting a perfect package

1195
01:25:05,126 --> 01:25:09,437
when we send it to the ped with everything thought out or are we

1196
01:25:09,437 --> 01:25:11,671
expecting room for growth and possibility

1197
01:25:11,671 --> 01:25:14,946
that this is changing into something

1198
01:25:14,946 --> 01:25:17,346
that is working better?

1199
01:25:18,238 --> 01:25:19,446
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Sure.

1200
01:25:19,446 --> 01:25:22,266
Thank you for the question, member Tenorio.

1201
01:25:22,266 --> 01:25:25,782
The actual paperwork, if you will,

1202
01:25:25,782 --> 01:25:30,486
that goes to the public education department --

1203
01:25:30,486 --> 01:25:36,286
there's a narrative about why we are doing this and what is this

1204
01:25:36,286 --> 01:25:40,766
school or new organization or whatever we are asking for.

1205
01:25:40,766 --> 01:25:43,190
You know, kind of why we are doing it.

1206
01:25:43,190 --> 01:25:47,419
So there is a narrative piece, but the rest of --

1207
01:25:47,419 --> 01:25:51,566
I'll call it an application for lack of a better word --

1208
01:25:51,566 --> 01:25:54,566
is really about enrollment, transportation,

1209
01:25:56,626 --> 01:26:03,312
all of those kinds of -- all of those kinds of logistical kinds

1210
01:26:03,312 --> 01:26:04,600
of things.

1211
01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:07,174
So they are really not looking for the kinds of things

1212
01:26:07,174 --> 01:26:10,342
we are including in the design.

1213
01:26:10,342 --> 01:26:12,774
They don't want to know the bell schedule.

1214
01:26:12,774 --> 01:26:15,806
They don't want to know the instructional model

1215
01:26:15,806 --> 01:26:17,806
things like that.

1216
01:26:17,894 --> 01:26:22,366
But that's important for our community and our families

1217
01:26:22,366 --> 01:26:24,752
to know what is the complexion, what

1218
01:26:24,752 --> 01:26:30,752
is the vision, the mission of the school you know,

1219
01:26:30,834 --> 01:26:33,234
before we move forward.

1220
01:26:34,539 --> 01:26:40,326
So we are doing that in concert with those logistical pieces,

1221
01:26:40,326 --> 01:26:47,897
because if it was just that, you know, we could pull data on that

1222
01:26:47,897 --> 01:26:50,586
and be done in a day with just that part.

1223
01:26:50,586 --> 01:26:53,406
But really, I think the question you are asking

1224
01:26:53,406 --> 01:26:55,254
is an important one.

1225
01:26:55,254 --> 01:26:58,326
Can we evolve as we go?

1226
01:26:58,326 --> 01:27:03,126
And if you think about Rio Grande prep,

1227
01:27:03,334 --> 01:27:08,134
where the school started, kind of the history

1228
01:27:08,230 --> 01:27:12,254
of that campus where it had a certain purpose,

1229
01:27:12,254 --> 01:27:17,836
and over time, that purpose has changed due to changing

1230
01:27:17,836 --> 01:27:22,606
needs in the district, changing needs of students,

1231
01:27:22,606 --> 01:27:28,380
and I think that is a great example of how a school has

1232
01:27:28,380 --> 01:27:32,360
evolved from just being a place where you go when you're behind

1233
01:27:32,360 --> 01:27:36,179
to catch up on credits to being a place to go because you want

1234
01:27:36,179 --> 01:27:38,596
to be there and you want to take advantage

1235
01:27:38,596 --> 01:27:43,726
of the instructional program at that school and what that school

1236
01:27:43,726 --> 01:27:45,286
has to offer.

1237
01:27:45,286 --> 01:27:51,886
And, you know, I think the same is true with MVLA

1238
01:27:52,119 --> 01:27:56,312
that with iterations and design and hard work of people,

1239
01:27:56,312 --> 01:27:59,446
it has gotten to where it is today.

1240
01:27:59,446 --> 01:28:03,722
So I think many schools evolve and continue

1241
01:28:03,722 --> 01:28:06,116
to evolve because we have students,

1242
01:28:06,116 --> 01:28:08,806
and they are not static.

1243
01:28:08,806 --> 01:28:14,600
Kids change, and I think it's incumbent upon us

1244
01:28:14,600 --> 01:28:18,206
to change with students and students needs.

1245
01:28:18,726 --> 01:28:23,176
Member Tenorio: In my thinking was just, like, to refine.

1246
01:28:23,176 --> 01:28:27,320
We are trying to be mindful of not waiting too long

1247
01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:32,318
for the other consequences, but if we are feeling like, well,

1248
01:28:32,318 --> 01:28:38,430
we needed more time to refine -- to make people feel comfortable

1249
01:28:38,430 --> 01:28:42,758
and happy of where it's going, that that's still a possibility.

1250
01:28:42,758 --> 01:28:43,830
I'm sorry.

1251
01:28:43,830 --> 01:28:46,166
I guess it is a second question.

1252
01:28:46,166 --> 01:28:52,486
But just as far as -- this application is like the ask.

1253
01:28:52,486 --> 01:28:55,759
We are telling them what the enrollment is going to be.

1254
01:28:55,759 --> 01:28:57,952
The ask is not going to be the lower range.

1255
01:28:57,952 --> 01:29:00,558
You are going to be asking for the higher capacity.

1256
01:29:00,558 --> 01:29:03,446
I'm just kind of curious.

1257
01:29:03,446 --> 01:29:06,246
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: It's a projection.

1258
01:29:06,246 --> 01:29:09,361
Current enrollment, if you are reorganizing a school,

1259
01:29:09,361 --> 01:29:11,280
they want to know what's going to happen

1260
01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:12,344
to the kids that are there.

1261
01:29:12,344 --> 01:29:16,206
What is the current enrollment, and what is the projection

1262
01:29:16,206 --> 01:29:18,270
for the reorganized school?

1263
01:29:18,270 --> 01:29:20,952
So it's questions like that.

1264
01:29:20,952 --> 01:29:24,552
And, you know, just to reiterate,

1265
01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:29,286
that's why this project was phased out,

1266
01:29:29,934 --> 01:29:34,430
to kind of get through that first part, the logistical part,

1267
01:29:34,430 --> 01:29:36,772
but to really think about the design

1268
01:29:36,772 --> 01:29:40,430
and answering a lot of those questions,

1269
01:29:40,430 --> 01:29:45,860
like, what is the bell schedule going to be?

1270
01:29:45,860 --> 01:29:49,382
A lot of those structural details that --

1271
01:29:49,382 --> 01:29:54,782
back to remember Frank's question -- who decides that?

1272
01:29:55,742 --> 01:29:59,430
That's decided later by the staff and the school leader.

1273
01:29:59,430 --> 01:30:02,886
They are going to kind of fill in those details later on.

1274
01:30:02,886 --> 01:30:04,795
Member Tenorio: Okay.

1275
01:30:04,795 --> 01:30:06,795
Thank you.

1276
01:30:12,309 --> 01:30:14,726
Vice President Wofford: I just really want to repeat that.

1277
01:30:14,726 --> 01:30:18,460
The really important work of this academy really can't take

1278
01:30:18,460 --> 01:30:21,926
place until the board would approve and the PED would

1279
01:30:21,926 --> 01:30:26,682
approve, and that's when this stuff would really count --

1280
01:30:26,682 --> 01:30:29,814
the stuff that's going on in the classrooms,

1281
01:30:29,814 --> 01:30:31,661
that's the really important work.

1282
01:30:31,661 --> 01:30:34,606
And that's going to be done, like you said,

1283
01:30:34,606 --> 01:30:37,166
by the community of that school.

1284
01:30:37,166 --> 01:30:40,339
The students will have hopefully a lot

1285
01:30:40,339 --> 01:30:46,156
to say about it, certainly the staff, certainly the leadership.

1286
01:30:46,156 --> 01:30:51,556
And I think that's just a massively important point.

1287
01:30:54,523 --> 01:30:58,123
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you, president Cort,

1288
01:30:58,546 --> 01:31:00,206
member Frank.

1289
01:31:00,206 --> 01:31:03,706
That's why this time frame was a little bit compressed

1290
01:31:03,706 --> 01:31:09,226
is because the sooner we get to that to start recruiting

1291
01:31:09,226 --> 01:31:13,190
students, to start doing some of that,

1292
01:31:13,190 --> 01:31:16,540
then you have your school community.

1293
01:31:16,540 --> 01:31:19,199
So until you have the school community established,

1294
01:31:19,199 --> 01:31:22,606
who are the teachers who are the kids?

1295
01:31:22,606 --> 01:31:24,230
Who is the leader?

1296
01:31:24,230 --> 01:31:28,126
A lot of that detailed design work can't happen.

1297
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But I think all of the feedback that we are getting

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01:31:32,434 --> 01:31:36,340
is pointing in the right direction.

1299
01:31:36,436 --> 01:31:40,360
So students, family, staff, everyone knows,

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01:31:44,326 --> 01:31:48,446
what are the things that are valued by the school community

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01:31:48,446 --> 01:31:50,846
that is already there?

1302
01:31:51,460 --> 01:31:55,590
So we are not -- you know, I've heard,

1303
01:31:55,590 --> 01:31:58,220
why are we starting from scratch?

1304
01:31:58,220 --> 01:32:00,710
We are not starting from scratch.

1305
01:32:00,710 --> 01:32:03,350
We want to preserve and protect those things that

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01:32:03,350 --> 01:32:06,334
are important to these school communities, that are working

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01:32:06,334 --> 01:32:10,854
in these school communities, and elevate those and give

1308
01:32:10,854 --> 01:32:18,540
more students an opportunity to be part of a school with this.

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01:32:19,566 --> 01:32:21,246
President Cort: Thank you.

1310
01:32:21,246 --> 01:32:23,646
Thank you, doctor Miller-Tomlinson

1311
01:32:28,839 --> 01:32:30,558
and miss Ritter.

1312
01:32:30,558 --> 01:32:32,814
But guess what, doctor Miller Tomlinson.

1313
01:32:32,814 --> 01:32:36,200
You get to stay up here for this second reading.

1314
01:32:36,200 --> 01:32:39,200
Reading of policy g b.

1315
01:32:39,278 --> 01:32:42,161
You take your time to get to what you need.

1316
01:32:42,161 --> 01:32:44,161
Thank you.

1317
01:32:57,328 --> 01:32:58,745
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: All right.

1318
01:32:58,745 --> 01:33:02,710
Now I am prepared for policy g b.

1319
01:33:02,710 --> 01:33:05,806
Madam president, members of the board,

1320
01:33:05,806 --> 01:33:09,366
we are here for second reading of policy B,

1321
01:33:09,366 --> 01:33:14,166
and I still don't have the right --

1322
01:33:16,223 --> 01:33:16,848
>> (Indistinct)

1323
01:33:16,848 --> 01:33:19,248
President Cort: That's okay.

1324
01:33:20,931 --> 01:33:25,131
>>, we don't have an >> They all left.

1325
01:33:28,825 --> 01:33:30,825
[Laughter]

1326
01:33:32,302 --> 01:33:35,286
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: As soon as you say policy, people leave.

1327
01:33:35,286 --> 01:33:37,386
This is the exciting part.

1328
01:33:37,386 --> 01:33:39,992
Excuse me for not having everything here.

1329
01:33:39,992 --> 01:33:41,982
Madam president, members of the board,

1330
01:33:41,982 --> 01:33:44,806
we are here this evening for the second reading

1331
01:33:44,806 --> 01:33:50,300
of policy B g, policy adoption revision and review.

1332
01:33:50,300 --> 01:33:57,230
So this is -- we had the second reading earlier in August,

1333
01:33:58,806 --> 01:34:03,631
I believe, and there were a couple of changes made after

1334
01:34:03,631 --> 01:34:05,151
first reading.

1335
01:34:05,151 --> 01:34:11,151
So the following language was added in section three B,

1336
01:34:11,942 --> 01:34:16,142
and that was regarding putting policies directly

1337
01:34:18,346 --> 01:34:20,346
on consent agenda.

1338
01:34:21,372 --> 01:34:26,172
And with the advice of Miss Gallegos, really

1339
01:34:27,431 --> 01:34:30,189
changing the wording in the policy

1340
01:34:30,189 --> 01:34:34,686
so that it reflects that there is no substantive change,

1341
01:34:34,686 --> 01:34:38,220
but just a change in wording or something

1342
01:34:38,220 --> 01:34:41,406
that was changed in LA regulations

1343
01:34:41,406 --> 01:34:46,999
that we had to change the wording in the policy

1344
01:34:46,999 --> 01:34:48,419
to match up.

1345
01:34:48,419 --> 01:34:53,706
So that would be an example of something that could go directly

1346
01:34:53,706 --> 01:34:55,706
onto consent agenda.

1347
01:34:56,846 --> 01:35:02,846
The other language that was added in section four --

1348
01:35:02,986 --> 01:35:06,526
so when you look at our policies and regulations,

1349
01:35:06,526 --> 01:35:09,566
you might note that for some policies,

1350
01:35:09,566 --> 01:35:15,326
there is no regulation, and most policies have language that

1351
01:35:15,326 --> 01:35:18,296
the superintendent will promulgate the regulation

1352
01:35:18,296 --> 01:35:21,296
for implementation of the policy,

1353
01:35:21,606 --> 01:35:24,356
but not every policy has that language.

1354
01:35:24,356 --> 01:35:28,556
So again, in discussion with Miss Gallegos,

1355
01:35:28,966 --> 01:35:34,779
my question was, what if we have a policy without a regulation?

1356
01:35:34,779 --> 01:35:38,278
There's no language in the policy

1357
01:35:38,278 --> 01:35:40,299
that calls for a regulation.

1358
01:35:40,299 --> 01:35:46,657
Can we write a regulation if we need one to implement ?

1359
01:35:46,657 --> 01:35:49,926
So she said since we are working on this policy revision anyway,

1360
01:35:49,926 --> 01:35:53,926
it would be a really good idea to add that language here

1361
01:35:53,926 --> 01:35:59,926
so in the future should staff need a policy --

1362
01:36:00,592 --> 01:36:07,192
or a regulation to clarify how a policy might be implemented,

1363
01:36:07,526 --> 01:36:11,860
the superintendent would have the latitude to develop

1364
01:36:11,860 --> 01:36:13,399
a regulation to go with the policy.

1365
01:36:13,399 --> 01:36:16,946
So it in no way changes the policy,

1366
01:36:16,946 --> 01:36:20,438
the meaning of the policy or anything like that.

1367
01:36:20,438 --> 01:36:26,966
It would just solely be on the regulation side of the policy.

1368
01:36:26,966 --> 01:36:29,966
Those were the fundamental things.

1369
01:36:31,790 --> 01:36:35,879
Mr. Frank did have a couple of suggestions,

1370
01:36:36,536 --> 01:36:44,660
and they were just to change out a couple of words to --

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01:36:44,660 --> 01:36:47,846
in section three B where it says,

1372
01:36:47,846 --> 01:36:51,854
unless a board member requests that it be considered a separate

1373
01:36:51,854 --> 01:36:57,254
action item -- ending the sentence with second reading

1374
01:36:57,506 --> 01:37:01,742
and approval, and changing the unless to however.

1375
01:37:01,742 --> 01:37:07,694
So then it would read, however, any board member requests

1376
01:37:07,694 --> 01:37:09,478
that it be removed.

1377
01:37:09,478 --> 01:37:14,278
So just a simple change of wording there.

1378
01:37:14,406 --> 01:37:20,406
And then adding the word being two 3(b)(2) so instead

1379
01:37:27,947 --> 01:37:31,646
of reading if a policy is revised,

1380
01:37:31,646 --> 01:37:37,460
it would read if a policy is being revised.

1381
01:37:37,686 --> 01:37:41,286
>> Mr. Lewis, would you scroll down?

1382
01:37:41,766 --> 01:37:45,599
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: So on number two there in red,

1383
01:37:45,599 --> 01:37:51,780
this suggested change was if a policy is being revised.

1384
01:37:51,780 --> 01:37:54,860
So just adding the word being.

1385
01:37:54,860 --> 01:37:59,486
>> Where was the one that you were adding however?

1386
01:37:59,694 --> 01:38:01,236
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: However would

1387
01:38:01,236 --> 01:38:06,636
be on the previous page, column three >> So unless.

1388
01:38:09,860 --> 01:38:11,974
Take out that unless and add however.

1389
01:38:11,974 --> 01:38:13,307
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Correct.

1390
01:38:13,307 --> 01:38:15,838
Ending the sentence, putting a period,

1391
01:38:15,838 --> 01:38:18,700
and changing unless to however.

1392
01:38:18,700 --> 01:38:22,270
Which I thought those were nice suggestions.

1393
01:38:22,286 --> 01:38:26,676
>> Would it say, however, a board member requests that it be

1394
01:38:26,676 --> 01:38:28,676
--

1395
01:38:30,377 --> 01:38:32,576
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: However, any board member

1396
01:38:32,576 --> 01:38:34,686
may request that it be removed.

1397
01:38:34,686 --> 01:38:35,582
Thank you.

1398
01:38:35,582 --> 01:38:38,480
I didn't circle that on my copy.

1399
01:38:38,480 --> 01:38:42,886
So those were the other changes that were being suggested

1400
01:38:42,886 --> 01:38:44,318
by member Frank's.

1401
01:38:44,318 --> 01:38:48,518
With that, I will stand for questions.

1402
01:38:49,860 --> 01:38:52,652
>> The only thing that I saw was that there's no space between

1403
01:38:52,652 --> 01:38:54,886
three B one and two.

1404
01:38:54,886 --> 01:38:57,460
Spaces between the other two.

1405
01:38:57,460 --> 01:38:58,406
That's just a formatting thing.

1406
01:38:58,406 --> 01:39:00,470
I was going to email you.

1407
01:39:00,470 --> 01:39:02,870
We can fix that.

1408
01:39:05,286 --> 01:39:07,286
>> There's another concern.

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01:39:07,846 --> 01:39:10,166
There's an Or that I'm not crazy about.

1410
01:39:10,166 --> 01:39:12,806
I know I've been criticized for this.

1411
01:39:12,806 --> 01:39:18,486
And if it bothers you, I will just shut up.

1412
01:39:18,486 --> 01:39:20,886
>> It's a work session.

1413
01:39:21,486 --> 01:39:23,486
Will allow it.

1414
01:39:24,726 --> 01:39:26,939
Member Frank: It's here somewhere

1415
01:39:26,939 --> 01:39:29,146
in one of the red ones, I think.

1416
01:39:29,146 --> 01:39:31,197
I mean, I could find it.

1417
01:39:31,197 --> 01:39:34,176
I thought I sent it to you, but that was

1418
01:39:34,176 --> 01:39:37,176
three weeks ago or something.

1419
01:39:40,853 --> 01:39:43,806
>> She talked about the two changes that you sent.

1420
01:39:43,806 --> 01:39:46,390
Member Frank: Here it is.

1421
01:39:46,390 --> 01:39:47,736
It's at two at the top.

1422
01:39:47,736 --> 01:39:51,526
If a policy is being advised by state or federal law

1423
01:39:51,526 --> 01:39:53,274
or regulation policy.

1424
01:39:53,274 --> 01:39:56,274
I think that or --

1425
01:39:57,617 --> 01:40:00,866
I mean, we have to make sure we are

1426
01:40:00,866 --> 01:40:04,832
connecting a regulation and a policy to state and federal law.

1427
01:40:04,832 --> 01:40:09,119
So I think it would be better if we took out the or after law.

1428
01:40:09,119 --> 01:40:13,700
First of all, I think we should make all them plural.

1429
01:40:13,700 --> 01:40:16,639
We shouldn't say federal laws, regulations, policies.

1430
01:40:16,639 --> 01:40:22,390
But take out the or after, put a, there,

1431
01:40:24,230 --> 01:40:26,374
and everything is cool.

1432
01:40:26,374 --> 01:40:31,726
So it would read policies and advises for state and federal

1433
01:40:31,726 --> 01:40:36,526
laws,, comma, regulations, , and just everything else is

1434
01:40:38,766 --> 01:40:40,406
the same.

1435
01:40:40,406 --> 01:40:41,860
>> Beautiful.

1436
01:40:41,860 --> 01:40:42,226
Makes it clearer.

1437
01:40:42,226 --> 01:40:44,406
Thank you, member Frank.

1438
01:40:44,406 --> 01:40:47,406
Member Frank: Is it good?

1439
01:40:47,406 --> 01:40:49,406
>> It is good.

1440
01:40:50,406 --> 01:40:54,846
>> I like the idea of a regulation and adding these

1441
01:40:54,846 --> 01:40:56,146
guardrail.

1442
01:40:56,146 --> 01:41:02,190
It's a doomsday part of me that if in the future you have

1443
01:41:02,190 --> 01:41:05,121
a specific board or type of leadership where there is

1444
01:41:05,121 --> 01:41:05,971
something --

1445
01:41:05,971 --> 01:41:06,588
I don't know.

1446
01:41:06,588 --> 01:41:10,188
I don't think it's realistic. (Laughs)

1447
01:41:10,526 --> 01:41:12,446
>> You never know.

1448
01:41:12,446 --> 01:41:14,472
Member Tenorio: You never know.

1449
01:41:14,472 --> 01:41:17,542
The idea that we are going to slide a policy through.

1450
01:41:17,542 --> 01:41:20,636
People would be like comet what happened?

1451
01:41:20,636 --> 01:41:21,710
The consent agenda.

1452
01:41:21,710 --> 01:41:24,590
We are trying to protect against that.

1453
01:41:24,590 --> 01:41:27,438
Here, we are mentioning if it's in the best

1454
01:41:27,438 --> 01:41:30,406
interest in the school district to take immediate action,

1455
01:41:30,406 --> 01:41:34,600
we would take more immediate action,

1456
01:41:34,646 --> 01:41:38,106
but the contrary is that something is really important,

1457
01:41:38,106 --> 01:41:39,862
we may need more than two readings.

1458
01:41:39,862 --> 01:41:43,974
And we know that, but just to clarify that something

1459
01:41:43,974 --> 01:41:47,886
a very high public notice, two readings may just

1460
01:41:47,886 --> 01:41:52,819
be, if we try and pass it, they are going to think,

1461
01:41:52,819 --> 01:41:54,446
press the brakes.

1462
01:41:54,446 --> 01:41:57,839
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you, member Torreyana.

1463
01:41:57,839 --> 01:42:00,839
I like the word doomsie.

1464
01:42:01,316 --> 01:42:03,716
That's a new one.

1465
01:42:04,226 --> 01:42:07,638
These changes provide guardrails on both sides.

1466
01:42:07,638 --> 01:42:10,460
If something needs immediate action, which

1467
01:42:10,460 --> 01:42:13,278
we have had a few where we needed to act quickly,

1468
01:42:13,278 --> 01:42:16,817
it allows for that, but also, it allows

1469
01:42:16,817 --> 01:42:21,950
if we need to slow down, get more thought, put more input,

1470
01:42:21,950 --> 01:42:24,950
the board still has that.

1471
01:42:25,806 --> 01:42:27,814
Member Tenorio: The student transfer one,

1472
01:42:27,814 --> 01:42:30,814
that was the second review.

1473
01:42:31,385 --> 01:42:32,718
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Correct.

1474
01:42:32,718 --> 01:42:35,718
We did that 1 in 2 readings.

1475
01:42:37,326 --> 01:42:38,676
President Cort: Okay.

1476
01:42:38,676 --> 01:42:39,912
Anything else?

1477
01:42:39,912 --> 01:42:41,912
All right.

1478
01:42:43,806 --> 01:42:45,646
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you.

1479
01:42:45,646 --> 01:42:50,870
President Cort: Now miss O'brien will be talking about --

1480
01:42:50,870 --> 01:42:55,990
will be discussing and possibly approving another legislative

1481
01:42:55,990 --> 01:42:55,912
resolution.

1482
01:42:55,912 --> 01:42:58,312
Thank you, doctor Miller-Tomlinson.

1483
01:43:02,486 --> 01:43:04,486
High, miss O'brien.

1484
01:43:05,686 --> 01:43:07,546
>> Good afternoon.

1485
01:43:07,546 --> 01:43:13,499
I am here this afternoon to discuss our six resolution

1486
01:43:13,499 --> 01:43:18,299
for the mass BA for consideration and member

1487
01:43:19,406 --> 01:43:23,446
Tenorio spent a great deal of time working on this resolution.

1488
01:43:23,446 --> 01:43:28,246
So I will turn it over to her.

1489
01:43:30,766 --> 01:43:33,907
President Cort: I'll just say it looks really great.

1490
01:43:33,907 --> 01:43:36,486
Thank you for all the work you did.

1491
01:43:36,486 --> 01:43:39,914
Member Tenorio: I just want to say it was on one page.

1492
01:43:39,914 --> 01:43:40,899
That is a good look.

1493
01:43:40,899 --> 01:43:42,534
I want to say member Frank's.

1494
01:43:42,534 --> 01:43:47,141
Look at our letter that we sent to PD and with our legislators.

1495
01:43:47,141 --> 01:43:48,742
Already with this feedback.

1496
01:43:48,742 --> 01:43:54,459
We are wanting now, I guess, make it more bite size pieces

1497
01:43:54,459 --> 01:43:58,659
for the NMSBA to lobby with us.

1498
01:44:01,866 --> 01:44:05,246
I didn't know that not every district is treated the same.

1499
01:44:05,246 --> 01:44:08,705
Let me say this: We are the only district that come at like,

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01:44:08,705 --> 01:44:15,566
had to go to a third party vendor, from what I understand.

1501
01:44:15,566 --> 01:44:18,826
>> And I don't know if we were the only district,

1502
01:44:18,826 --> 01:44:24,226
but I know our neighboring areas, we were --

1503
01:44:25,703 --> 01:44:29,566
Dr. Wendi, is that the same information you know?

1504
01:44:29,566 --> 01:44:32,566
Contracted vendors for the summer internship?

1505
01:44:32,566 --> 01:44:35,917
Member Tenorio: So I really thought about that

1506
01:44:35,917 --> 01:44:36,973
after my first draft?

1507
01:44:36,973 --> 01:44:39,286
This is a separate draft where I really

1508
01:44:39,286 --> 01:44:43,874
tried to think about when I presented this to the NMSBA

1509
01:44:43,874 --> 01:44:46,470
resolutions committee, they all have a different experience

1510
01:44:46,470 --> 01:44:47,780
with this.

1511
01:44:47,780 --> 01:44:49,929
They are not going to know what it was like for a third party

1512
01:44:49,929 --> 01:44:53,846
vendor, and I want them to care because it

1513
01:44:53,846 --> 01:44:56,977
could happen to them down the road, and I want to avoid that.

1514
01:44:56,977 --> 01:45:01,780
And I want to express to them how it affected us.

1515
01:45:01,780 --> 01:45:03,543
Originally, I was being very nice

1516
01:45:03,543 --> 01:45:05,926
in how I kind of explained it.

1517
01:45:05,926 --> 01:45:09,726
And then I just thought it needs a little more teeth to it

1518
01:45:09,726 --> 01:45:11,706
to really share that impact.

1519
01:45:11,706 --> 01:45:14,546
And we also added the information

1520
01:45:14,546 --> 01:45:17,646
about students with disabilities just to make sure

1521
01:45:17,646 --> 01:45:19,659
that that was gonna stick out.

1522
01:45:19,659 --> 01:45:22,806
The part with equity is very important.

1523
01:45:22,806 --> 01:45:25,162
Legally serving students with disabilities,

1524
01:45:25,162 --> 01:45:32,726
and I think the other one was -- equity at the district level

1525
01:45:32,726 --> 01:45:35,530
and at the student level in local control.

1526
01:45:35,530 --> 01:45:39,699
I think that's always a really important thing to advocate

1527
01:45:39,699 --> 01:45:43,999
for so that we just didn't -- as a community,

1528
01:45:43,999 --> 01:45:47,846
we didn't have enough local voice or control on what was

1529
01:45:47,846 --> 01:45:48,456
happening.

1530
01:45:48,456 --> 01:45:55,656
So I hope that you all got a chance to read it.

1531
01:45:58,241 --> 01:45:59,366
President Cort: Absolutely.

1532
01:45:59,366 --> 01:46:00,230
It's nicely stated.

1533
01:46:00,230 --> 01:46:03,656
In my opinion, I think you are very clear on establishing

1534
01:46:03,656 --> 01:46:04,156
guidelines.

1535
01:46:04,156 --> 01:46:07,478
So it's saying, here's what our expectations are.

1536
01:46:07,478 --> 01:46:09,414
Here's where that fell short.

1537
01:46:09,414 --> 01:46:11,814
I think it's fabulous.

1538
01:46:11,966 --> 01:46:13,886
Member Tenorio: Thank you.

1539
01:46:13,886 --> 01:46:15,999
I also want to share the good news

1540
01:46:15,999 --> 01:46:18,141
that I was appointed by the state president

1541
01:46:18,141 --> 01:46:21,166
to serve one more year in the resolutions committee.

1542
01:46:21,166 --> 01:46:23,166
One more time.

1543
01:46:23,686 --> 01:46:26,860
>> Yes, yes, very good.

1544
01:46:28,446 --> 01:46:30,286
President Cort: We need your advocacy.

1545
01:46:30,286 --> 01:46:34,286
Member, do you have something to say?

1546
01:46:34,286 --> 01:46:37,860
Member Frank: This covers the problems

1547
01:46:37,860 --> 01:46:41,358
that needed to be covered and what need to be done.

1548
01:46:41,358 --> 01:46:43,826
Thank you for doing this, and congratulations

1549
01:46:43,826 --> 01:46:46,600
for being on that resolutions committee

1550
01:46:46,600 --> 01:46:47,758
because that's very important.

1551
01:46:47,758 --> 01:46:49,851
What comes out of there could end up

1552
01:46:49,851 --> 01:46:52,486
in front of the legislature, and they

1553
01:46:52,486 --> 01:46:54,710
could pass it and make a difference,

1554
01:46:54,710 --> 01:46:57,616
and we couldn't have a more passionate person pleading

1555
01:46:57,616 --> 01:47:00,160
for justice and equity.

1556
01:47:00,606 --> 01:47:07,770
Member Tenorio: You imagine, they have to shut me up, too.

1557
01:47:07,770 --> 01:47:07,680
It's true.

1558
01:47:07,680 --> 01:47:11,259
I remember being in there one time I don't think Gadsden had

1559
01:47:11,259 --> 01:47:15,740
representation in the committee, but they were the ones who put

1560
01:47:15,740 --> 01:47:20,466
in a few years back a stipend for teachers --

1561
01:47:20,466 --> 01:47:22,466
special education teachers.

1562
01:47:23,142 --> 01:47:25,486
I thought, I know Gadsden and I'm

1563
01:47:25,486 --> 01:47:27,246
going to really fight for this.

1564
01:47:27,246 --> 01:47:29,726
I know there was back and forth because there's a lot

1565
01:47:29,726 --> 01:47:33,600
of questions about how are they going to fund this and what

1566
01:47:33,600 --> 01:47:38,796
constitutes -- why special Ed teachers and not all people that

1567
01:47:38,796 --> 01:47:40,436
serve special Ed students.

1568
01:47:40,436 --> 01:47:43,256
I know those conversations were had,

1569
01:47:43,256 --> 01:47:46,350
and last year there was one about a resolution that

1570
01:47:46,350 --> 01:47:52,350
did not pass, very slim margin on making discipline harsher

1571
01:47:53,860 --> 01:47:54,212
on kids.

1572
01:47:54,212 --> 01:48:00,812
And I forget exactly all the details, but it was like,

1573
01:48:02,526 --> 01:48:09,726
the act -- the idea of making the discipline harsher I just

1574
01:48:09,886 --> 01:48:13,994
thought it's a dangerous place if you don't have data,

1575
01:48:13,994 --> 01:48:17,222
if you don't have the research to back it up.

1576
01:48:17,222 --> 01:48:18,606
So yeah.

1577
01:48:18,606 --> 01:48:21,694
President Cort: And what many people don't realize

1578
01:48:21,694 --> 01:48:23,966
is that larger school districts are

1579
01:48:23,966 --> 01:48:28,726
the minority in the New Mexico School Board Association.

1580
01:48:28,726 --> 01:48:31,594
There are not very many, and there are a lot

1581
01:48:31,594 --> 01:48:32,886
of very small school districts.

1582
01:48:32,886 --> 01:48:36,646
It's not just important for the larger school districts there.

1583
01:48:36,646 --> 01:48:40,486
Member Tenorio: Sometimes they don't have the same issues.

1584
01:48:40,486 --> 01:48:42,546
President Cort: They do not.

1585
01:48:42,546 --> 01:48:43,460
Absolutely.

1586
01:48:43,460 --> 01:48:45,382
So I would like to entertain a motion

1587
01:48:45,382 --> 01:48:48,982
to approve the NMSBA resolution entitled

1588
01:48:49,594 --> 01:48:53,206
realize the full potential of New Mexico summer internship

1589
01:48:53,206 --> 01:48:57,606
program with that of a collaborative local partnership

1590
01:48:57,606 --> 01:49:01,806
and serving all students legally and equally.

1591
01:49:03,166 --> 01:49:05,566
Member Tenorio: So move.

1592
01:49:05,726 --> 01:49:08,306
President Cort: I'm not done.

1593
01:49:08,306 --> 01:49:11,576
To forward to NMSBA with the regulations

1594
01:49:11,576 --> 01:49:14,576
that were passed in August 2026.

1595
01:49:14,806 --> 01:49:17,206
Member Tenorio: So moved.

1596
01:49:19,993 --> 01:49:21,993
Secretary Nolan: Second.

1597
01:49:22,646 --> 01:49:27,102
President Cort: So moved by Miss Tenorio and move by Mr. Nolan.

1598
01:49:27,102 --> 01:49:30,182
Thank you so much comment miss O'brien comment and Miss

1599
01:49:30,182 --> 01:49:32,326
Tenorio, I appreciate your work.

1600
01:49:32,326 --> 01:49:35,166
Member Tenorio: It was teamwork.

1601
01:49:35,166 --> 01:49:37,906
President Cort: Our next discussion

1602
01:49:37,906 --> 01:49:42,200
is that Secretary Nolan has had to drop from the DAC

1603
01:49:42,200 --> 01:49:45,682
advisory board, and we need two board members

1604
01:49:45,682 --> 01:49:48,206
to serve on that advisory board.

1605
01:49:48,206 --> 01:49:50,660
So I would like to open for discussion

1606
01:49:50,660 --> 01:49:53,526
if anyone is interested in serving in the DAC Advisory

1607
01:49:53,526 --> 01:49:55,526
board.

1608
01:49:56,486 --> 01:49:59,600
Member Frank: I'll do that.

1609
01:49:59,600 --> 01:50:01,656
I've never done it before, but I have substituted

1610
01:50:01,656 --> 01:50:04,940
so I have some familiarity.

1611
01:50:04,940 --> 01:50:07,940
There may be other possibilities.

1612
01:50:07,766 --> 01:50:11,446
President Cort: Thank you for stepping up so quickly.

1613
01:50:11,446 --> 01:50:15,460
>> Actually enjoy serving on that committee.

1614
01:50:17,326 --> 01:50:20,926
>> You are an officer, aren't you?

1615
01:50:21,566 --> 01:50:23,966
>> So you are president.

1616
01:50:26,579 --> 01:50:28,579
[Laughter]

1617
01:50:30,680 --> 01:50:34,346
>> So public record, I am teaching a course at DAC,

1618
01:50:34,346 --> 01:50:42,146
so conflict of interest -- there isn't one, but if there is one.

1619
01:50:42,832 --> 01:50:46,406
>> I think we'll redo that election.

1620
01:50:46,406 --> 01:50:47,570
>> No.

1621
01:50:47,570 --> 01:50:48,340
I emailed them.

1622
01:50:48,340 --> 01:50:49,961
I also haven't officially resigned.

1623
01:50:49,961 --> 01:50:53,286
I don't know how that works.

1624
01:50:53,286 --> 01:50:55,368
>> Send in an email?

1625
01:50:55,368 --> 01:50:57,826
>> I don't know if I'm supposed to do that or someone else.

1626
01:50:57,826 --> 01:51:01,426
I don't know if there's protocol.

1627
01:51:04,873 --> 01:51:06,206
>> Madam court is replacing you.

1628
01:51:06,206 --> 01:51:11,606
>> Mr. Silver, if you would like to come up.

1629
01:51:14,966 --> 01:51:18,310
>> I think it would be appropriate for Mr.

1630
01:51:18,310 --> 01:51:19,806
Nolan to send the email.

1631
01:51:19,806 --> 01:51:21,962
It's not a board elected position.

1632
01:51:21,962 --> 01:51:24,271
It's a board appointed position.

1633
01:51:24,271 --> 01:51:27,486
So just as in January we did this

1634
01:51:27,486 --> 01:51:29,456
when President Court appointed you,

1635
01:51:29,456 --> 01:51:32,134
she's basically an appointing you right now,

1636
01:51:32,134 --> 01:51:35,886
and you have the point to change change your mind

1637
01:51:35,886 --> 01:51:38,286
and select someone else.

1638
01:51:38,366 --> 01:51:41,236
President Cort: And certainly this

1639
01:51:41,236 --> 01:51:43,766
isn't because of Secretary Nolan's capability

1640
01:51:43,766 --> 01:51:46,766
and the conflict of interest.

1641
01:51:47,806 --> 01:51:50,646
>> The one meeting I chaired was dynamite.

1642
01:51:50,646 --> 01:51:54,686
Member Tenorio: There are actual better meetings

1643
01:51:54,686 --> 01:51:58,132
when it doesn't require each district to have a quorum.

1644
01:51:58,132 --> 01:52:01,872
Those seem to be a lot of information packed in and not

1645
01:52:01,872 --> 01:52:06,646
really those presentations when you get -- when I served,

1646
01:52:06,646 --> 01:52:12,816
it's like you get to see that next step post graduation,

1647
01:52:12,816 --> 01:52:17,202
post 12th grade, to see what students are doing to get

1648
01:52:17,202 --> 01:52:20,416
their -- what do you call it?

1649
01:52:20,416 --> 01:52:23,870
Associates, and CTE programs and even just the

1650
01:52:23,870 --> 01:52:25,606
support services that they offer.

1651
01:52:25,606 --> 01:52:28,506
It's just really nice to know about.

1652
01:52:28,506 --> 01:52:31,286
I think you should try it.

1653
01:52:31,286 --> 01:52:34,212
President Cort: I would love to.

1654
01:52:34,212 --> 01:52:36,910
Maybe next year when we redo the committees again,

1655
01:52:36,910 --> 01:52:38,628
I would absolutely love to do it.

1656
01:52:38,628 --> 01:52:40,354
But for now I would like to appoint

1657
01:52:40,354 --> 01:52:43,414
Ed Frank to be the DAC advisory board

1658
01:52:43,414 --> 01:52:46,600
person to replace Secretary Nolan,

1659
01:52:46,600 --> 01:52:48,450
and I appreciate you volunteering.

1660
01:52:48,450 --> 01:52:52,206
I know you're going to do a great job.

1661
01:52:52,206 --> 01:52:54,206
>> Thank you.

1662
01:52:54,606 --> 01:52:57,886
Member Tenorio: What's his new office title?

1663
01:52:57,886 --> 01:53:02,860
Is he >> I think he's just chair.

1664
01:53:03,406 --> 01:53:05,806
Your double meetings now.

1665
01:53:07,166 --> 01:53:08,766
Chair chair Frank.

1666
01:53:08,766 --> 01:53:14,166
Member Frank: Stop scaring President Cort: Thank you, Mr.

1667
01:53:14,969 --> 01:53:15,469
Frank.

1668
01:53:15,469 --> 01:53:16,602
We appreciate it very much.

1669
01:53:16,602 --> 01:53:18,659
We are going to move to Doctor Lozano

1670
01:53:18,659 --> 01:53:21,986
to talk to us about early childhood programs

1671
01:53:21,986 --> 01:53:24,206
and give us our annual report.

1672
01:53:24,206 --> 01:53:26,860
Thank you so much for being here.

1673
01:53:26,860 --> 01:53:29,686
>> Good afternoon member of the board.

1674
01:53:30,516 --> 01:53:34,686
We are coming to you this afternoon

1675
01:53:34,686 --> 01:53:38,286
to provide our early childhood report.

1676
01:53:38,326 --> 01:53:42,990
This is a requirement of the Head Start program that we run.

1677
01:53:42,990 --> 01:53:45,779
It's good to give an update of some things

1678
01:53:45,779 --> 01:53:49,976
we are doing with the little ones across the district.

1679
01:53:49,976 --> 01:53:55,342
With that, here is an overview of the major programs

1680
01:53:55,342 --> 01:53:58,706
that we have across our district, the first one

1681
01:53:58,706 --> 01:54:00,702
being our developmentally delayed preschool.

1682
01:54:00,702 --> 01:54:02,854
So this is IEP based.

1683
01:54:02,854 --> 01:54:07,834
So these students are qualified, dependent on the type

1684
01:54:07,834 --> 01:54:11,831
of disability or learning needs that they have.

1685
01:54:11,831 --> 01:54:15,686
So we do have half day double sessions.

1686
01:54:15,686 --> 01:54:17,694
We have classrooms across our district.

1687
01:54:17,694 --> 01:54:21,526
In addition, we have our Head Start program, which

1688
01:54:21,526 --> 01:54:24,346
is obviously a federal program that we've had,

1689
01:54:24,346 --> 01:54:27,114
I believe for now over 55 years.

1690
01:54:27,114 --> 01:54:30,177
So a long standing tradition here in our district.

1691
01:54:30,177 --> 01:54:33,850
With it comes a lot of things that we

1692
01:54:33,850 --> 01:54:36,806
have to do in addition to what it's good for kids.

1693
01:54:36,806 --> 01:54:41,366
So lastly we have our New Mexico pre-K program.

1694
01:54:41,366 --> 01:54:45,822
This is a program that is funded through our state.

1695
01:54:45,822 --> 01:54:49,306
As you know, now we have a dedicated office.

1696
01:54:49,306 --> 01:54:53,192
This program is run not through the public education department,

1697
01:54:53,192 --> 01:54:57,992
but through the early childhood Education care Department.

1698
01:54:58,506 --> 01:55:01,806
The acronym, I always forget it.

1699
01:55:01,806 --> 01:55:05,678
So we have 19 classrooms across our district.

1700
01:55:05,678 --> 01:55:12,278
So in total, we have 73 classrooms, in 33 out of our --

1701
01:55:17,554 --> 01:55:21,154
classrooms so the classrooms are centrally.

1702
01:55:22,446 --> 01:55:24,990
I'll just say it, space.

1703
01:55:24,990 --> 01:55:26,966
It's a small school.

1704
01:55:26,966 --> 01:55:31,620
Students who go in that area either go to Alameda.

1705
01:55:31,620 --> 01:55:34,886
There's plenty of options for our little ones.

1706
01:55:34,886 --> 01:55:37,886
And Sunrise Elementary, which, obviously,

1707
01:55:39,766 --> 01:55:42,686
is a third through eighth grade elementary school.

1708
01:55:42,686 --> 01:55:45,860
Next is our enrollment.

1709
01:55:47,550 --> 01:55:52,102
So purple indicates the number of funded enrollment,

1710
01:55:52,102 --> 01:55:54,699
what we get funded for.

1711
01:55:54,699 --> 01:56:00,699
So this is head start, 413 seats we get funded for.

1712
01:56:04,860 --> 01:56:07,220
I'll note that New Mexico pre-K has increased over the last six

1713
01:56:07,220 --> 01:56:07,720
years.

1714
01:56:07,720 --> 01:56:13,246
I know back in 2017, we had, if I recall, two classrooms

1715
01:56:13,246 --> 01:56:14,579
across our district.

1716
01:56:14,579 --> 01:56:17,566
Obviously, there has been a lot of investment

1717
01:56:17,566 --> 01:56:21,300
across our state for investment opportunities for students.

1718
01:56:21,300 --> 01:56:24,316
So we have taken advantage of that.

1719
01:56:24,316 --> 01:56:25,630
Also capacity filled.

1720
01:56:25,630 --> 01:56:28,166
So why is this important?

1721
01:56:28,166 --> 01:56:31,628
Because we need to get it to a certain level so

1722
01:56:31,628 --> 01:56:33,390
we can get the full funding.

1723
01:56:33,390 --> 01:56:37,686
One of the topics that I want to mention today

1724
01:56:37,686 --> 01:56:40,916
is the unintended consequences of free child

1725
01:56:40,916 --> 01:56:42,214
care across the state.

1726
01:56:42,214 --> 01:56:44,416
It's great for our community.

1727
01:56:44,416 --> 01:56:47,934
One of the consequences for us is that it's

1728
01:56:47,934 --> 01:56:48,916
less enrollment for us.

1729
01:56:48,916 --> 01:56:51,374
If you are a family with a four year old or three year old,

1730
01:56:51,374 --> 01:56:55,956
now you have an option to go for free to a lot of our partner

1731
01:56:55,956 --> 01:57:01,857
childcare across our city, which are open earlier than we are.

1732
01:57:01,857 --> 01:57:05,457
Some of them are open until 7:00.

1733
01:57:05,546 --> 01:57:07,546
6:00 is the average.

1734
01:57:07,566 --> 01:57:10,752
For obvious reasons, many of our families

1735
01:57:10,752 --> 01:57:13,686
choose to take that route, which we are happy for,

1736
01:57:13,686 --> 01:57:18,312
but at the same time, it does cause us to increase

1737
01:57:18,312 --> 01:57:19,826
our recruitment efforts.

1738
01:57:19,826 --> 01:57:23,446
Obviously, there is room for us to keep recruiting.

1739
01:57:23,446 --> 01:57:27,546
I know Evangeline and her team do a great job of promoting

1740
01:57:27,546 --> 01:57:29,600
and going to different events.

1741
01:57:29,600 --> 01:57:31,126
We will continue to do that.

1742
01:57:31,126 --> 01:57:34,846
In addition, just working with our principals and capacity.

1743
01:57:34,846 --> 01:57:37,470
Really monitoring where are the needs at.

1744
01:57:37,470 --> 01:57:41,691
For example, last year, we did shift a few of the classrooms

1745
01:57:41,691 --> 01:57:44,238
into our higher need areas.

1746
01:57:44,238 --> 01:57:47,726
One that comes to mind is Desert Hills.

1747
01:57:47,726 --> 01:57:50,179
Typically in that area, we have a higher waitlist

1748
01:57:50,179 --> 01:57:52,752
so we were able to get the classrooms there.

1749
01:57:52,752 --> 01:57:56,600
It's evolving, and we are monitoring and making

1750
01:57:56,600 --> 01:57:59,994
sure that we fill as many seats as we can so that we

1751
01:57:59,994 --> 01:58:01,798
can continue that programing.

1752
01:58:01,798 --> 01:58:04,886
One of the things that I didn't mention

1753
01:58:04,886 --> 01:58:08,362
is that if you recall I didn't mention the developmentally

1754
01:58:08,362 --> 01:58:09,700
delayed programs.

1755
01:58:09,700 --> 01:58:11,878
The reason I didn't put the funding up for that

1756
01:58:11,878 --> 01:58:14,982
is because that goes through our SEG funding.

1757
01:58:14,982 --> 01:58:17,926
So that's really dependent on the student need.

1758
01:58:17,926 --> 01:58:21,230
So each student is way different depending

1759
01:58:21,230 --> 01:58:24,986
on the type of services that we are offering them.

1760
01:58:24,986 --> 01:58:28,526
So in an inclusive setting as well.

1761
01:58:28,526 --> 01:58:29,526
Correct.

1762
01:58:29,526 --> 01:58:35,526
Next, this gives you a good overview of the different

1763
01:58:35,606 --> 01:58:41,352
overviews that we have across our district and which schools

1764
01:58:41,352 --> 01:58:46,936
-- the type of program each school has pretty much the two

1765
01:58:46,936 --> 01:58:50,299
schools that do not have a program are Central and Sunrise,

1766
01:58:50,299 --> 01:58:53,306
but we try to really offer different options

1767
01:58:53,306 --> 01:58:57,712
for our families across the city to make sure that they have

1768
01:58:57,712 --> 01:59:03,866
access to our two different programs that we offer or three.

1769
01:59:03,866 --> 01:59:06,866
Now to the funding part.

1770
01:59:07,526 --> 01:59:11,137
So combined with Head Start and New Mexico pre-K --

1771
01:59:11,137 --> 01:59:14,459
I think you are very familiar with the Head Start budget

1772
01:59:14,459 --> 01:59:17,619
because we go over it every month with the Finance Committee

1773
01:59:17,619 --> 01:59:19,619
combined $9,712,000.

1774
01:59:20,726 --> 01:59:23,318
Of course, the majority of it goes

1775
01:59:23,318 --> 01:59:26,860
to our salaries, which makes up the majority

1776
01:59:26,860 --> 01:59:28,870
of the budget that we spend on early childhood.

1777
01:59:28,870 --> 01:59:36,670
As a district, we do have a lot of anything you can imagine,

1778
01:59:41,446 --> 01:59:42,980
that's what our in-kind goes to.

1779
01:59:42,980 --> 01:59:47,686
I know Angie has to fill out a lot of forms

1780
01:59:47,686 --> 01:59:50,472
to show what the program is doing to support.

1781
01:59:50,472 --> 01:59:56,853
Next, I will hand it over to go over some of the numbers.

1782
01:59:56,853 --> 01:59:58,270
Evangeline Barela: Good afternoon.

1783
01:59:58,270 --> 02:00:03,510
In this particular slot we are getting a snapshot

1784
02:00:03,510 --> 02:00:05,302
of what the programs provide.

1785
02:00:05,302 --> 02:00:10,266
I want to preface that this is from 2526 school year.

1786
02:00:10,266 --> 02:00:14,394
The date Anita, we need an entire year of.

1787
02:00:14,394 --> 02:00:15,852
We started with the scholastic year

1788
02:00:15,852 --> 02:00:18,166
we are looking at the previous year here at.

1789
02:00:18,166 --> 02:00:20,606
You can see our enrollment and attendance come up

1790
02:00:20,606 --> 02:00:22,326
we serve 651 children.

1791
02:00:22,326 --> 02:00:27,499
356 came from New Mexico and 275 from New Mexico pre-K.

1792
02:00:27,499 --> 02:00:30,579
As far as our meals which includes breakfast and lunch,

1793
02:00:30,579 --> 02:00:36,579
we were able to provide 702,000 meals to children in pre-K.

1794
02:00:36,852 --> 02:00:40,717
You can see how that's divvied up.

1795
02:00:40,717 --> 02:00:44,256
We also provide services to our family,

1796
02:00:44,256 --> 02:00:47,746
our methodology and theory early childhood to support the family

1797
02:00:47,746 --> 02:00:49,590
as well as the child's.

1798
02:00:49,590 --> 02:00:52,590
We provided 21 parent training opportunities.

1799
02:00:53,486 --> 02:00:56,472
These are some but not limited to I

1800
02:00:56,472 --> 02:01:02,129
can, in during our parents how to create healthy nutrition

1801
02:01:02,129 --> 02:01:04,686
at home for a very low amount per month we also

1802
02:01:04,686 --> 02:01:07,789
did our premed in assisting parents

1803
02:01:07,789 --> 02:01:12,446
to see how they are their child's first teacher

1804
02:01:12,446 --> 02:01:16,590
and assisting those literacy skills from the home.

1805
02:01:16,590 --> 02:01:20,846
We did nurturing our parents by affecting beneficial parenting

1806
02:01:20,846 --> 02:01:21,346
skills.

1807
02:01:21,346 --> 02:01:23,686
Again, these are opportunities and based

1808
02:01:23,686 --> 02:01:26,662
on interest for those who sign up to these opportunities

1809
02:01:26,662 --> 02:01:29,918
we also provide districtwide family engagement plans

1810
02:01:29,918 --> 02:01:32,526
this does not include the two events that are

1811
02:01:32,526 --> 02:01:34,600
required at the classroom site.

1812
02:01:34,600 --> 02:01:37,592
On top of these, there was one during the fall and one

1813
02:01:37,592 --> 02:01:39,920
during the spring at each classroom.

1814
02:01:39,920 --> 02:01:42,766
Some of you had the opportunity to attend some of them.

1815
02:01:42,766 --> 02:01:47,172
I know you were able to attend some.

1816
02:01:47,172 --> 02:01:50,498
As you know, they are very play oriented,

1817
02:01:50,498 --> 02:01:53,211
but they are also intentionally focused

1818
02:01:53,211 --> 02:01:57,392
on our indicators which are early childhood standards.

1819
02:01:57,392 --> 02:01:59,296
They provide activities which parents

1820
02:01:59,296 --> 02:02:03,526
are able to take home and do at home with resources from home,

1821
02:02:03,526 --> 02:02:06,742
whether it's counting macaroni or sopita

1822
02:02:06,742 --> 02:02:11,200
or doing various activities from books that they have at home.

1823
02:02:11,200 --> 02:02:14,566
We also are looking at our staffing and leadership.

1824
02:02:14,566 --> 02:02:16,679
We have 131 total staff?

1825
02:02:16,679 --> 02:02:19,526
One of those is the executive director.

1826
02:02:19,526 --> 02:02:22,376
You are looking at her.

1827
02:02:22,376 --> 02:02:25,139
13 facilitators, which I will discuss more

1828
02:02:25,139 --> 02:02:27,518
in detail in a future slide?

1829
02:02:27,518 --> 02:02:29,918
44 teachers, 45 Pas, and 47 temporarily

1830
02:02:32,366 --> 02:02:33,832
educational assistants.

1831
02:02:33,832 --> 02:02:38,600
We also have a policy council along with our governing body,

1832
02:02:38,600 --> 02:02:40,894
which is you all, and we have 34 representatives --

1833
02:02:40,894 --> 02:02:45,600
we had 34 representatives in the past year within that policy

1834
02:02:45,600 --> 02:02:47,600
council.

1835
02:02:47,646 --> 02:02:52,310
If you want to switch over to the next slide.

1836
02:02:52,310 --> 02:02:54,590
Thank you.

1837
02:02:54,590 --> 02:02:54,559
Okay.

1838
02:02:54,559 --> 02:02:58,660
So this is our early childhood framework.

1839
02:02:58,660 --> 02:03:01,479
It's very similar to that for our kindergarten through 12th

1840
02:03:01,479 --> 02:03:01,979
grade.

1841
02:03:01,979 --> 02:03:05,140
We also run and guide all of our instructional practices

1842
02:03:05,140 --> 02:03:06,238
on our standards.

1843
02:03:06,238 --> 02:03:08,966
We currently have the New Mexico Early Learning guidelines

1844
02:03:08,966 --> 02:03:11,152
which are now going to change and have

1845
02:03:11,152 --> 02:03:13,812
changed into our New Mexico Early learning standards.

1846
02:03:13,812 --> 02:03:17,260
Somewhat similar, but they go into more detail in depth.

1847
02:03:17,260 --> 02:03:20,600
So that's specifically what we teach.

1848
02:03:20,600 --> 02:03:23,101
How we go about teaching it is using our curriculum.

1849
02:03:23,101 --> 02:03:26,854
We have the three cheers for early readers

1850
02:03:26,854 --> 02:03:29,646
and it focuses on literacy and numeracy.

1851
02:03:29,646 --> 02:03:33,540
It incorporates a lot of social and emotional learning as well.

1852
02:03:33,540 --> 02:03:36,276
We have our Kimojis which are specifically

1853
02:03:36,276 --> 02:03:40,476
focused on our social and emotional learning,

1854
02:03:40,826 --> 02:03:45,706
and our computer awareness, and play based hands on awareness

1855
02:03:45,706 --> 02:03:47,230
with all of our curriculum.

1856
02:03:47,230 --> 02:03:49,442
How we assess these, we have measurements

1857
02:03:49,442 --> 02:03:53,626
as well that we look at very quickly for our early childhood

1858
02:03:53,626 --> 02:03:56,166
PLC and we drive these based on our assessments.

1859
02:03:56,166 --> 02:03:59,390
We have our echo which is our early childhood education tool.

1860
02:03:59,390 --> 02:04:03,214
We have our executive function skills assessment and our ages

1861
02:04:03,214 --> 02:04:04,566
and stages questionnaire.

1862
02:04:04,566 --> 02:04:08,860
The top assessment focuses on the academic portion

1863
02:04:08,860 --> 02:04:11,566
of our practices on the two lower

1864
02:04:11,566 --> 02:04:14,626
ones focus on social emotional development

1865
02:04:14,626 --> 02:04:18,958
as well as children's emotional skills and ability

1866
02:04:18,958 --> 02:04:23,158
to develop their self-management and cognitive control.

1867
02:04:23,759 --> 02:04:28,559
We also have how we improve these practices.

1868
02:04:28,826 --> 02:04:33,626
We monitor them through our efforts environmental rubric

1869
02:04:34,552 --> 02:04:36,352
and we go through these on a monthly basis

1870
02:04:36,352 --> 02:04:39,460
and we look for both instructional practices

1871
02:04:39,460 --> 02:04:41,406
in the classroom as well as safety

1872
02:04:41,406 --> 02:04:44,734
walks to make sure outdoor and indoor environments are

1873
02:04:44,734 --> 02:04:47,171
safe for the children 3 to 4 years old.

1874
02:04:47,171 --> 02:04:49,910
You guys are very familiar with our Elevate New

1875
02:04:49,910 --> 02:04:52,910
Mexico which is our evaluative tool for teachers.

1876
02:04:52,910 --> 02:04:57,126
We also provide our teachers coaching in early childhood,

1877
02:04:57,126 --> 02:04:59,635
it's called practice based coaching.

1878
02:04:59,635 --> 02:05:03,506
We have two internal coaches and three external coaches,

1879
02:05:03,506 --> 02:05:06,390
who are provided to us through the state.

1880
02:05:06,390 --> 02:05:11,470
I wanted to share this with you all because many times

1881
02:05:11,470 --> 02:05:16,966
it's a bit more difficult, but it's not as new knowledge

1882
02:05:16,966 --> 02:05:20,340
for our district that we have --

1883
02:05:20,340 --> 02:05:23,306
I always say it's a small district within a district.

1884
02:05:23,306 --> 02:05:26,622
We have our facilitators who are very content oriented

1885
02:05:26,622 --> 02:05:28,826
and they work very collaboratively

1886
02:05:28,826 --> 02:05:31,390
with our departments, and you are

1887
02:05:31,390 --> 02:05:33,106
going to see a lot of similarities

1888
02:05:33,106 --> 02:05:36,516
with the wraparound supports from early childhood and LCR

1889
02:05:36,516 --> 02:05:37,160
departments.

1890
02:05:37,160 --> 02:05:39,846
We have two facilitators in each area

1891
02:05:39,846 --> 02:05:43,403
except for our family community resource liaison,

1892
02:05:43,403 --> 02:05:45,486
and I will tell you a little more detail about her

1893
02:05:45,486 --> 02:05:46,206
in a minute.

1894
02:05:46,206 --> 02:05:50,832
We have our facilitators, our health safety nutrition

1895
02:05:50,832 --> 02:05:53,521
facilitators who help with our safety screenings

1896
02:05:53,521 --> 02:05:56,460
pretty much they ensure that our children are eating well

1897
02:05:56,460 --> 02:05:58,806
and that they are following family style dining.

1898
02:05:58,806 --> 02:06:00,970
We have what we call disability facilitators.

1899
02:06:00,970 --> 02:06:04,900
This is a term used by Head Start, which pretty much is

1900
02:06:04,900 --> 02:06:06,791
our special education area, ensuring

1901
02:06:06,791 --> 02:06:08,462
that our students with special needs

1902
02:06:08,462 --> 02:06:11,630
are being provided and supported in the appropriate way.

1903
02:06:11,630 --> 02:06:15,552
We have our IEP case managers of social Behavioral support

1904
02:06:15,552 --> 02:06:16,686
specialist.

1905
02:06:16,686 --> 02:06:19,246
We have parent family and community engagement

1906
02:06:19,246 --> 02:06:21,646
facilitators for specialists, which

1907
02:06:22,439 --> 02:06:26,614
focus in on that home engagement along with the school site.

1908
02:06:26,614 --> 02:06:29,506
We have our practice based coaches,

1909
02:06:29,506 --> 02:06:31,278
which I had mentioned earlier.

1910
02:06:31,278 --> 02:06:34,118
And then of course, we have Victoria Garcia,

1911
02:06:34,118 --> 02:06:38,300
who is our family community resource liaison.

1912
02:06:38,300 --> 02:06:42,534
She is who receives our referrals from --

1913
02:06:42,534 --> 02:06:45,654
it could be the family itself that refers,

1914
02:06:45,654 --> 02:06:49,566
it could be school site principals or teachers.

1915
02:06:49,566 --> 02:06:51,436
If there is a family in need, there

1916
02:06:51,436 --> 02:06:53,236
is a referral place by these individuals,

1917
02:06:53,236 --> 02:06:55,206
and she reaches out to the community

1918
02:06:55,206 --> 02:07:01,860
and ensures that the family receives what is in need.

1919
02:07:01,860 --> 02:07:04,152
>> One of the things that we are working on aligning

1920
02:07:04,152 --> 02:07:06,566
to our efforts in the support center.

1921
02:07:06,566 --> 02:07:09,166
I know Victoria also works closely with the liaisons

1922
02:07:09,166 --> 02:07:12,196
there in the Family Support Center because it's

1923
02:07:12,196 --> 02:07:16,396
similar services, right, except for this it's

1924
02:07:16,706 --> 02:07:19,396
dedicated to completely to 3 to 4 year old students

1925
02:07:19,396 --> 02:07:21,396
across our district.

1926
02:07:22,686 --> 02:07:25,966
Evangeline Barela: So you can see how well

1927
02:07:25,966 --> 02:07:27,390
we align to the district.

1928
02:07:27,390 --> 02:07:28,318
Next slide.

1929
02:07:28,318 --> 02:07:31,912
We also set goals through our grants both New Mexico pre-K

1930
02:07:31,912 --> 02:07:32,749
and Head Start.

1931
02:07:32,749 --> 02:07:35,934
We ensure that we are not only meeting the goals or needs

1932
02:07:35,934 --> 02:07:37,986
that we identify from the data we

1933
02:07:37,986 --> 02:07:39,946
collect through our programs self-assessment

1934
02:07:39,946 --> 02:07:43,226
and our community assessment, because we do send out surveys

1935
02:07:43,226 --> 02:07:46,646
as well, gathering information from the community as what

1936
02:07:46,646 --> 02:07:49,496
they feel the needs for three and four year Olds are.

1937
02:07:49,496 --> 02:07:52,686
Once we set the goals, we ensure that they are very well

1938
02:07:52,686 --> 02:07:56,506
aligned to district goals because we work along as one.

1939
02:07:56,506 --> 02:07:59,986
We see how we are aligned to go one, two,

1940
02:07:59,986 --> 02:08:02,318
three of our strategic plan.

1941
02:08:02,318 --> 02:08:07,866
In our goal one, we have initiated this past year --

1942
02:08:07,866 --> 02:08:11,466
actually, we are going on two years with early childhood PLCs

1943
02:08:11,466 --> 02:08:13,706
and our practice based coaching.

1944
02:08:13,706 --> 02:08:15,758
We also included dual language programs

1945
02:08:15,758 --> 02:08:19,859
we have dual language programs in three elementary schools now,

1946
02:08:19,859 --> 02:08:22,832
and every year we intend to increase it

1947
02:08:22,832 --> 02:08:26,296
by two schools per month we are very focused

1948
02:08:26,296 --> 02:08:29,902
on our social emotional, and behavioral support

1949
02:08:29,902 --> 02:08:31,806
for our little ones.

1950
02:08:31,806 --> 02:08:33,658
If we can get them kinda ready, then what

1951
02:08:33,658 --> 02:08:34,956
they can learn academically.

1952
02:08:34,956 --> 02:08:37,441
We also focus on the health and safety monitoring

1953
02:08:37,441 --> 02:08:40,326
of our classrooms and partnerships and inclusivity

1954
02:08:40,326 --> 02:08:42,326
in classrooms .

1955
02:08:44,537 --> 02:08:47,358
When it comes to goal three, we have the expectation

1956
02:08:47,358 --> 02:08:50,512
of providing 180 instructional hours and head start

1957
02:08:50,512 --> 02:08:53,696
hours in New Mexico pre-K. We check on attendance early

1958
02:08:53,696 --> 02:08:57,396
and monitor that and do early outreach to families in need.

1959
02:08:57,396 --> 02:09:01,910
And we also are heavily focused on all of our family learning

1960
02:09:01,910 --> 02:09:05,291
and engagement, ensuring that parents are heavily

1961
02:09:06,702 --> 02:09:08,574
engaged in classrooms at school sites

1962
02:09:08,574 --> 02:09:10,510
and providing opportunities to receive

1963
02:09:10,510 --> 02:09:13,832
training and work on their future educational efforts

1964
02:09:13,832 --> 02:09:15,832
or goals.

1965
02:09:20,854 --> 02:09:21,729
President Cort: Okay.

1966
02:09:21,729 --> 02:09:23,766
And we stand for questions.

1967
02:09:23,766 --> 02:09:26,906
Dr. Roberto Lozano: With that comment Madam President,

1968
02:09:26,906 --> 02:09:29,926
we stand for any questions that we have in our report.

1969
02:09:29,926 --> 02:09:32,226
President Cort: Thank you for giving

1970
02:09:32,226 --> 02:09:33,626
such a comprehensive report.

1971
02:09:33,626 --> 02:09:36,260
Board members any questions?

1972
02:09:37,846 --> 02:09:41,706
>> Where does the Nonfederal head start money come from?

1973
02:09:41,706 --> 02:09:43,794
It was $1 million or so.

1974
02:09:43,794 --> 02:09:49,794
It was one of the early slides where -- right.

1975
02:09:52,246 --> 02:09:54,646
The 1.1 million Nonfederal match.

1976
02:09:57,966 --> 02:10:01,686
Evangeline Barela: I was going to answer that incorrectly.

1977
02:10:01,686 --> 02:10:06,486
I'm so glad you clarified that for me.

1978
02:10:08,119 --> 02:10:14,719
If we look at the $9 million that is the monetary amount

1979
02:10:17,740 --> 02:10:18,580
that we receive.

1980
02:10:18,580 --> 02:10:24,580
What you are talking about the 5,000,738 908 is what we have

1981
02:10:24,660 --> 02:10:26,936
to match from the way we have to match it is through volunteer

1982
02:10:26,936 --> 02:10:28,319
services that are provided.

1983
02:10:28,319 --> 02:10:30,754
And then we call it in-kind.

1984
02:10:30,754 --> 02:10:36,806
And what we do -- for example, my HSN staff is currently doing

1985
02:10:36,806 --> 02:10:40,566
screeners and vision and hearing for babies.

1986
02:10:40,566 --> 02:10:42,198
We are also providing them three pairs

1987
02:10:42,198 --> 02:10:44,326
of glasses for those children that are in need.

1988
02:10:44,326 --> 02:10:46,406
Those individuals doing the screening,

1989
02:10:46,406 --> 02:10:51,886
we get an approximated amount of salary that is calculated.

1990
02:10:51,886 --> 02:10:55,470
For example, if they were to go to an eye doctor

1991
02:10:55,470 --> 02:10:58,416
and receive services, what would the eye doctor

1992
02:10:58,416 --> 02:10:59,766
charge for those services?

1993
02:10:59,766 --> 02:11:02,931
And we get to accumulate that amount.

1994
02:11:02,931 --> 02:11:03,976
Does that make sense?

1995
02:11:03,976 --> 02:11:06,797
If we had somebody come in and screen for six hours,

1996
02:11:06,797 --> 02:11:10,656
we would get an eye doctor salary for that amount of time

1997
02:11:10,656 --> 02:11:18,317
as in-kind, and we have to match that amount on an annual basis.

1998
02:11:18,317 --> 02:11:18,966
>> (Indistinct)

1999
02:11:18,966 --> 02:11:20,800
Evangeline Barela: Right.

2000
02:11:20,800 --> 02:11:21,392
And it's not just that.

2001
02:11:21,392 --> 02:11:22,962
Parents work with their children.

2002
02:11:22,962 --> 02:11:24,942
We provide what we call engagement binders,

2003
02:11:24,942 --> 02:11:27,201
and we do a calendar of events that

2004
02:11:27,201 --> 02:11:29,969
can be done on a daily basis with the children.

2005
02:11:29,969 --> 02:11:34,300
Parents, when they engage with children on that level,

2006
02:11:34,300 --> 02:11:38,912
we get teacher salary -- if they work with their child

2007
02:11:38,912 --> 02:11:43,742
in our that day and we can prove it's done based on their work

2008
02:11:43,742 --> 02:11:46,630
and signature, we can prove that.

2009
02:11:46,630 --> 02:11:48,210
There's a variety of ways we get those matches.

2010
02:11:48,210 --> 02:11:51,699
A large part of that comes from Lscs, believe it or not,

2011
02:11:51,699 --> 02:11:55,760
because we get a lot of support from CPS that we don't pay for.

2012
02:11:55,760 --> 02:11:57,326
When you look at the school site and the services that

2013
02:11:57,326 --> 02:12:00,832
are from our program, we don't pay for those salaries.

2014
02:12:00,832 --> 02:12:03,326
It's operational funds and LK that pay for those,

2015
02:12:03,326 --> 02:12:04,619
not our head start grant.

2016
02:12:04,619 --> 02:12:06,990
My salary is not paid through the head start grant.

2017
02:12:06,990 --> 02:12:11,726
It's paid through CPS that is an in-kind grant as well.

2018
02:12:11,726 --> 02:12:12,286
>> Okay.

2019
02:12:12,286 --> 02:12:12,846
Thank you.

2020
02:12:12,846 --> 02:12:14,546
It sounds very complicated.

2021
02:12:14,546 --> 02:12:19,946
My other question is that we have -- pre-K,

2022
02:12:20,166 --> 02:12:25,246
does that have to get passed every year in order to sustain

2023
02:12:25,246 --> 02:12:25,966
itself?

2024
02:12:25,966 --> 02:12:32,566
Does it just go year to year because of previous legislation?

2025
02:12:39,718 --> 02:12:42,510
Dr. Roberto Lozano: Madam president, board member Frank,

2026
02:12:42,510 --> 02:12:42,560
no, it's already been passed.

2027
02:12:42,560 --> 02:12:45,234
So we can request additional seats if we would like,

2028
02:12:45,234 --> 02:12:46,674
if we have this space.

2029
02:12:46,674 --> 02:12:49,670
To answer your question, it's not up for renewal

2030
02:12:49,670 --> 02:12:51,214
every year with the state legislature.

2031
02:12:51,214 --> 02:12:53,518
It's already been a fund that's been established.

2032
02:12:53,518 --> 02:13:00,118
A few years ago, what we did is tap into --

2033
02:13:06,518 --> 02:13:07,893
I forget the name of the funding.

2034
02:13:07,893 --> 02:13:09,893
The fund.

2035
02:13:21,589 --> 02:13:25,932
>> I think it's technically the permanent land grant trust fund.

2036
02:13:25,932 --> 02:13:26,432
[Laughter]

2037
02:13:26,432 --> 02:13:28,932
>> That's good that we don't have to constantly fight for it

2038
02:13:28,932 --> 02:13:30,932
every year.

2039
02:13:35,402 --> 02:13:38,270
Evangeline Barela: So we don't have to fight for it every year.

2040
02:13:38,270 --> 02:13:38,360
For the head start it's a five year grant

2041
02:13:38,360 --> 02:13:38,799
and for the Mexico pre-K it's a three year life on that grant.

2042
02:13:38,799 --> 02:13:41,126
We do have to apply for the grant every year.

2043
02:13:41,126 --> 02:13:43,126
Member Frank: Okay.

2044
02:13:46,451 --> 02:13:48,226
Right.

2045
02:13:48,226 --> 02:13:50,900
And it has to get -- in their budget,

2046
02:13:50,900 --> 02:13:54,166
they have to make sure that they fund it adequately, certainly?

2047
02:13:54,166 --> 02:13:56,566
>> Where are we --

2048
02:13:59,871 --> 02:14:02,890
I have a question and a comment.

2049
02:14:02,890 --> 02:14:04,600
Where are we at the five year grant currently?

2050
02:14:04,600 --> 02:14:09,406
Evangeline Barela: Thank you for that question comment member

2051
02:14:12,632 --> 02:14:13,132
Nolan.

2052
02:14:13,132 --> 02:14:13,138
This is our first year of.

2053
02:14:13,138 --> 02:14:14,138
Next will be our second.

2054
02:14:14,138 --> 02:14:20,738
Secretary Nolan: It's good to be early in the current political

2055
02:14:20,746 --> 02:14:21,246
situation.

2056
02:14:21,246 --> 02:14:21,909
In your conversation, I was reminded about a report

2057
02:14:21,909 --> 02:14:23,216
that since been debunked.

2058
02:14:23,216 --> 02:14:26,632
It was questioning the impact of Head Start.

2059
02:14:26,632 --> 02:14:30,720
I think that word got out about the questioning

2060
02:14:30,720 --> 02:14:33,720
the effectiveness of Head Start.

2061
02:14:33,126 --> 02:14:34,736
There have been subsequent studies

2062
02:14:34,736 --> 02:14:38,472
that have debunked that and talked about the positive pieces

2063
02:14:38,472 --> 02:14:39,419
of it.

2064
02:14:39,419 --> 02:14:44,219
And now as I think Doctor Lozano mentioned,

2065
02:14:45,860 --> 02:14:49,886
the pressure around the free -- universal daycare,

2066
02:14:59,466 --> 02:15:02,490
I think it would be interesting to see what a recruitment Comp

2067
02:15:02,490 --> 02:15:02,570
strategy would be for the Head Start program.

2068
02:15:02,570 --> 02:15:04,432
The services that you are talking about at Head Start are

2069
02:15:04,432 --> 02:15:06,143
much different than you are getting at --

2070
02:15:06,143 --> 02:15:07,994
I don't want to --

2071
02:15:07,994 --> 02:15:10,726
I mean comment they do good work at the centers.

2072
02:15:10,726 --> 02:15:13,894
What we are doing at Head Start is really unique

2073
02:15:13,894 --> 02:15:15,854
and it's sort of a level up.

2074
02:15:15,854 --> 02:15:20,966
I also think the uniqueness of it already being in the school

2075
02:15:20,966 --> 02:15:22,994
is also an added bonus.

2076
02:15:22,994 --> 02:15:26,806
So I think the challenge for us is how do we sort of tell that

2077
02:15:26,806 --> 02:15:28,931
story to get --

2078
02:15:28,931 --> 02:15:33,934
I'm sure that you do tabling events and all these things.

2079
02:15:33,934 --> 02:15:37,866
I think just thinking about in a public outreach way comment

2080
02:15:37,866 --> 02:15:40,862
how do we start to tell that story about Head

2081
02:15:40,862 --> 02:15:44,790
Start and its impact and why it matters and why it's important.

2082
02:15:44,790 --> 02:15:48,379
I think that would be who best to fill some of these gaps,

2083
02:15:48,379 --> 02:15:49,526
certainly.

2084
02:15:49,526 --> 02:15:52,526
Evangeline Barela: If I may.

2085
02:15:56,441 --> 02:15:58,483
The great thing about it is we have built rapport

2086
02:15:58,483 --> 02:15:58,822
with what I call sister organizations or community

2087
02:15:58,822 --> 02:15:59,405
organizations.

2088
02:15:59,405 --> 02:16:01,312
In the past, our sister organizations

2089
02:16:01,312 --> 02:16:04,814
were struggling with enrollment, and we would always

2090
02:16:04,814 --> 02:16:08,456
work very closely with them, and every time we had a recruitment

2091
02:16:08,456 --> 02:16:13,246
effort, we invite them to support a kiosk around us we

2092
02:16:13,246 --> 02:16:15,241
know that we are all working to support

2093
02:16:15,241 --> 02:16:16,726
the children of our community.

2094
02:16:16,726 --> 02:16:18,166
It's not a competition.

2095
02:16:18,166 --> 02:16:20,254
It's to build the best program for families.

2096
02:16:20,254 --> 02:16:25,186
Every time they do that-- when they have a recruitment effort,

2097
02:16:25,186 --> 02:16:26,238
we aren't invited.

2098
02:16:26,238 --> 02:16:27,534
We meet monthly.

2099
02:16:27,534 --> 02:16:29,939
They are now sharing their waitlist with us,

2100
02:16:29,939 --> 02:16:32,330
and we are closely trying to make sure

2101
02:16:32,330 --> 02:16:34,598
that we are able to effectively provide

2102
02:16:34,598 --> 02:16:38,486
all those services as a whole unit rather than competition.

2103
02:16:38,486 --> 02:16:41,506
I think the current struggle in my personal opinion

2104
02:16:41,506 --> 02:16:45,860
with the universal child care is we have newbies coming

2105
02:16:45,860 --> 02:16:48,380
to the table that are opening up private daycares,

2106
02:16:48,380 --> 02:16:51,586
and they are taking a piece of that pie.

2107
02:16:51,586 --> 02:16:53,860
I don't think they are intentionally

2108
02:16:53,860 --> 02:16:55,332
trying to wreak havoc on the rest of our programs

2109
02:16:55,332 --> 02:16:58,446
I think it's just not having that knowledge.

2110
02:16:58,446 --> 02:17:00,990
Our intention now is to reach out and invite them

2111
02:17:00,990 --> 02:17:03,532
to our meetings so they can be aware of how we work

2112
02:17:03,532 --> 02:17:05,886
and how we can make this work together.

2113
02:17:05,886 --> 02:17:08,286
Secretary Nolan: That smart.

2114
02:17:15,960 --> 02:17:18,960
Thank you for that answer.

2115
02:17:21,246 --> 02:17:22,621
Superintendent Ruiz: If I may add

2116
02:17:22,621 --> 02:17:22,629
that, I think the data supports the kinder

2117
02:17:22,629 --> 02:17:22,641
readiness that the kids that are going through pre-K and the head

2118
02:17:22,641 --> 02:17:24,641
start, you can tell the difference in the impact

2119
02:17:24,641 --> 02:17:28,278
that the instructional piece has for them being ready for kinder.

2120
02:17:28,278 --> 02:17:31,860
So that's a great suggestion there.

2121
02:17:31,860 --> 02:17:34,686
Secretary Nolan: Or also, God forbid,

2122
02:17:38,365 --> 02:17:40,198
we offer parents an opportunity to send them

2123
02:17:40,198 --> 02:17:41,730
when they're at work.

2124
02:17:41,730 --> 02:17:42,876
We have to criticize Head Start.

2125
02:17:42,876 --> 02:17:45,176
That's not necessarily for the people in this room.

2126
02:17:45,176 --> 02:17:48,176
That's for the general public.

2127
02:17:49,206 --> 02:17:54,690
Member Tenorio: I just want to thank you so much for your time

2128
02:17:54,690 --> 02:17:57,230
today, for putting together such a really well organized

2129
02:17:57,230 --> 02:17:58,356
and easy to follow presentation.

2130
02:17:58,356 --> 02:18:01,906
There's a lot of information there to digest.

2131
02:18:01,906 --> 02:18:04,906
And also, just the --

2132
02:18:05,480 --> 02:18:08,600
I think every time I look at numbers,

2133
02:18:08,600 --> 02:18:10,882
I always imagine what goes behind the numbers.

2134
02:18:10,882 --> 02:18:14,862
You kind of touched on that in your answer comment Mr. Frank.

2135
02:18:14,862 --> 02:18:18,630
It's -- I want to bring up when you started,

2136
02:18:18,630 --> 02:18:22,256
and I think you've done amazing work and I'm really appreciative

2137
02:18:22,256 --> 02:18:25,856
of our programs and the leadership.

2138
02:18:27,406 --> 02:18:29,479
And now I have a hard question.

2139
02:18:29,479 --> 02:18:32,766
But I didn't mean to do nice and then --

2140
02:18:32,766 --> 02:18:38,766
[Laughter] I really did want to say all those things.

2141
02:18:40,563 --> 02:18:41,646
About the available seats.

2142
02:18:41,646 --> 02:18:44,271
Like, how does that compare to previous years and kind of like,

2143
02:18:44,271 --> 02:18:49,326
what's -- is there any kind of consequence if we don't fill

2144
02:18:49,326 --> 02:18:51,326
those seats?

2145
02:18:52,246 --> 02:18:55,846
Evangeline Barela: Thank you, member Tenorio.

2146
02:19:00,540 --> 02:19:01,471
There is a consequence if we don't

2147
02:19:01,471 --> 02:19:03,263
meet the specific or identified percentile.

2148
02:19:03,263 --> 02:19:05,502
We don't have to fill all of them.

2149
02:19:05,502 --> 02:19:10,537
Headstart has 97 percentile, in New Mexico pre-K has a 95.

2150
02:19:10,537 --> 02:19:13,770
So if we meet that, then we are in the clear.

2151
02:19:13,770 --> 02:19:16,827
I will tell you that historically --

2152
02:19:16,827 --> 02:19:21,216
we are always provided up until October to meet that percentile,

2153
02:19:21,216 --> 02:19:23,238
but we started relatively early.

2154
02:19:23,238 --> 02:19:25,679
So if you compare it to the past,

2155
02:19:25,679 --> 02:19:28,299
we have filled more seats than we have in the past

2156
02:19:28,299 --> 02:19:29,930
at this point.

2157
02:19:29,930 --> 02:19:32,401
But I don't want to get too big headed now.

2158
02:19:32,401 --> 02:19:36,190
I don't know if that's it and going to come to a standstill

2159
02:19:36,190 --> 02:19:37,806
and we will be stagnant.

2160
02:19:37,806 --> 02:19:40,213
I don't want to be too confident.

2161
02:19:40,213 --> 02:19:43,686
I want to make sure that we can continue our efforts in placing

2162
02:19:43,686 --> 02:19:46,206
children in these seats we like the difficulty we have is

2163
02:19:46,206 --> 02:19:49,226
that we offer so many programs at so many school sites.

2164
02:19:49,226 --> 02:19:51,414
We have children sitting at waiting lists

2165
02:19:51,414 --> 02:19:55,686
with parents who are set on going to that particular school

2166
02:19:55,686 --> 02:19:56,326
site.

2167
02:19:56,326 --> 02:19:58,466
I really try to massage that.

2168
02:19:58,466 --> 02:20:00,874
I have personal conversations with them

2169
02:20:00,874 --> 02:20:03,262
saying if we can get the child enrolled

2170
02:20:03,262 --> 02:20:06,272
and work throughout the year and sing as soon as there's

2171
02:20:06,272 --> 02:20:08,710
an opening comment we can transition on that placement

2172
02:20:08,710 --> 02:20:12,182
that your child is missing out on an opportunity and waiting,

2173
02:20:12,182 --> 02:20:16,846
and I try to educate them and recognizing the benefits

2174
02:20:16,846 --> 02:20:18,334
in starting now.

2175
02:20:18,334 --> 02:20:22,376
Working to find the closest school site for them

2176
02:20:22,376 --> 02:20:24,781
because transportation is difficult for them.

2177
02:20:24,781 --> 02:20:27,160
It's about having those individual conversations

2178
02:20:27,160 --> 02:20:29,872
with them and identifying what their needs are.

2179
02:20:29,872 --> 02:20:33,236
We don't have to stay there.

2180
02:20:33,236 --> 02:20:35,268
We can move them just to get them in.

2181
02:20:35,268 --> 02:20:37,646
So we are working with all that, and we

2182
02:20:37,646 --> 02:20:39,646
are working with special education department

2183
02:20:39,646 --> 02:20:42,432
as well on how we can massage the members

2184
02:20:42,432 --> 02:20:45,946
and ensure that all of the kiddos are getting the spot.

2185
02:20:45,946 --> 02:20:47,950
That's probably my largest difficulty

2186
02:20:47,950 --> 02:20:50,779
is we have a waiting list in which parents are choosing not

2187
02:20:50,779 --> 02:20:55,332
to go because they want a specific school

2188
02:20:55,332 --> 02:20:58,932
site for their child to attend.

2189
02:20:59,325 --> 02:21:04,125
Member Tenorio: That's the doomsday part of me.

2190
02:21:06,390 --> 02:21:07,973
If we don't the percent, what happens?

2191
02:21:07,973 --> 02:21:12,773
Evangeline Barela: We returned the funding for child

2192
02:21:13,311 --> 02:21:14,269
for who isn't enrolled.

2193
02:21:14,269 --> 02:21:15,526
It would be percentage.

2194
02:21:15,526 --> 02:21:17,526
Member Tenorio: Okay.

2195
02:21:21,715 --> 02:21:22,579
Thank you.

2196
02:21:22,579 --> 02:21:23,787
I think it's going to happen.

2197
02:21:23,787 --> 02:21:29,187
President Cort: I have one question because I unsure

2198
02:21:29,237 --> 02:21:32,916
of your -- you mentioned employees with temporary special

2199
02:21:32,916 --> 02:21:34,916
education assistant.

2200
02:21:36,396 --> 02:21:38,188
Why do you have so many what is their role?

2201
02:21:38,188 --> 02:21:39,355
Do they fill when necessary?

2202
02:21:39,355 --> 02:21:44,155
Evangeline Barela: Thank you the question, president Cort.

2203
02:21:48,218 --> 02:21:51,962
We work through a district, and I know you are all well of that.

2204
02:21:51,962 --> 02:21:51,972
We have policies and rules and that we follow

2205
02:21:51,972 --> 02:21:53,180
through the district as well.

2206
02:21:53,180 --> 02:21:58,206
Something that we offer is a duty free lunch.

2207
02:21:58,206 --> 02:22:02,406
They have a specified amount of breaks.

2208
02:22:02,886 --> 02:22:06,900
On the early childhood side of the house,

2209
02:22:06,900 --> 02:22:07,936
our regulation is that we have to have

2210
02:22:07,936 --> 02:22:09,786
two adults in the classroom.

2211
02:22:09,786 --> 02:22:12,866
As our teacher leave for their duty free lunches

2212
02:22:12,866 --> 02:22:16,503
and our a leave for their breaks comment we have to walk in

2213
02:22:16,503 --> 02:22:18,966
and support the classrooms as they do so.

2214
02:22:18,966 --> 02:22:21,366
President Cort: Lovely. that.

2215
02:22:27,178 --> 02:22:27,678
All right.

2216
02:22:27,678 --> 02:22:27,686
Thank you so much for once again,

2217
02:22:27,686 --> 02:22:27,713
this really nice comprehensive report.

2218
02:22:27,713 --> 02:22:28,213
Thank you.

2219
02:22:28,213 --> 02:22:30,846
Thank you for all your hard work.

2220
02:22:30,846 --> 02:22:36,246
Doctor Miller Tomlinson, third time is definitely a charm.

2221
02:22:38,439 --> 02:22:42,325
We get to hear about the Las Cruces Public School Connection

2222
02:22:42,325 --> 02:22:44,325
Center.

2223
02:22:55,456 --> 02:22:56,956
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: (Indistinct)

2224
02:22:56,956 --> 02:22:58,414
because he was kind enough to wait.

2225
02:22:58,414 --> 02:23:01,191
President Cort: Thank you comment Mr. De La

2226
02:23:01,191 --> 02:23:02,483
I was seeing you in the corner.

2227
02:23:02,483 --> 02:23:06,468
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: So Madam President comment members

2228
02:23:06,468 --> 02:23:06,481
the board, superintendent Ruiz comment we are super to be here

2229
02:23:06,481 --> 02:23:08,523
this evening to talk about Elk Connection Center.

2230
02:23:08,523 --> 02:23:11,709
First of all, I'm going to start with the department.

2231
02:23:11,709 --> 02:23:14,726
So this is a new department under the Teaching and Learning

2232
02:23:14,726 --> 02:23:16,952
division, and it is the Department

2233
02:23:16,952 --> 02:23:20,552
of Innovative Learning and Student Support.

2234
02:23:21,886 --> 02:23:27,886
You see on the left hand side the Department leadership.

2235
02:23:31,206 --> 02:23:34,806
Susie Hendee is the executive Director.

2236
02:23:38,801 --> 02:23:39,634
She is a soccer mom.

2237
02:23:39,634 --> 02:23:41,115
So she is doing that this evening.

2238
02:23:41,115 --> 02:23:48,915
We have Jaime De La Torre who is the director in the department.

2239
02:23:49,355 --> 02:23:55,955
We have two counselor, we have Norma Arrieta and Joe Teran.

2240
02:24:00,289 --> 02:24:03,889
Estella Guzman is our social worker.

2241
02:24:04,294 --> 02:24:06,419
Cobra Vista which is the detention facility for pre

2242
02:24:06,419 --> 02:24:09,750
adjudicated youth, juveniles, graduation Alliance which

2243
02:24:09,750 --> 02:24:13,350
is a program for dropout recovery,

2244
02:24:15,976 --> 02:24:17,616
the partial hospitalization program

2245
02:24:17,616 --> 02:24:19,586
and providing support for students

2246
02:24:19,586 --> 02:24:24,986
that are receiving treatment for mental health who receive

2247
02:24:25,236 --> 02:24:30,678
that therapy part of the day, and we support them

2248
02:24:30,678 --> 02:24:33,840
in their education for the other part of the day.

2249
02:24:33,840 --> 02:24:37,286
Of course, we have our Student success Academy

2250
02:24:37,286 --> 02:24:40,886
for students serving long term suspensions

2251
02:24:42,455 --> 02:24:47,255
so they can continue their education with us.

2252
02:24:48,674 --> 02:24:50,174
We have this subject platform, which

2253
02:24:50,174 --> 02:24:52,382
we use for credit acceleration for students that want

2254
02:24:52,382 --> 02:24:54,399
to take an additional course.

2255
02:24:54,399 --> 02:24:56,450
Maybe it's a course that we don't

2256
02:24:56,450 --> 02:25:01,250
offer through virtual learning, or students would like

2257
02:25:02,106 --> 02:25:04,379
to take a course to get ahead.

2258
02:25:04,379 --> 02:25:08,106
We also offer transition support for students

2259
02:25:08,106 --> 02:25:12,306
that are moving either between these programs

2260
02:25:13,126 --> 02:25:19,126
or transitioning out of these programs, going back to school.

2261
02:25:19,299 --> 02:25:22,899
Our wonderful transition liaison Jessica Chavez

2262
02:25:23,438 --> 02:25:27,246
does a remarkable job working with schools,

2263
02:25:27,246 --> 02:25:29,782
attending every single one of those transition meetings

2264
02:25:29,782 --> 02:25:35,926
just to ensure that students have support, that if they have

2265
02:25:35,926 --> 02:25:39,306
been out of school in a different educational setting,

2266
02:25:39,306 --> 02:25:42,906
whether it's Cobra Vista Student Success

2267
02:25:43,560 --> 02:25:46,560
Academy, partial hospitalization, wherever they

2268
02:25:46,870 --> 02:25:49,806
have been, that they have the adequate support

2269
02:25:49,806 --> 02:25:52,246
as they are transitioning back to school.

2270
02:25:52,246 --> 02:25:56,786
We want to ensure that they can continue and are successful.

2271
02:25:56,786 --> 02:26:00,386
Of course, our virtual learning academy,

2272
02:26:00,886 --> 02:26:05,366
which is our online school there and, and we

2273
02:26:05,366 --> 02:26:10,166
will talk a little bit more about that.

2274
02:26:10,679 --> 02:26:13,226
I just wanted to share some numbers.

2275
02:26:13,226 --> 02:26:16,826
Currently, in our Student Success Academy,

2276
02:26:17,486 --> 02:26:22,716
we have 15 high school students and nine middle school students.

2277
02:26:22,716 --> 02:26:29,916
Ten of those attended SSA last year, and the remainder of those

2278
02:26:31,662 --> 02:26:35,539
were suspended, like, at the end of the year last year.

2279
02:26:35,539 --> 02:26:39,106
So they are starting in the Student Success Academy

2280
02:26:39,106 --> 02:26:41,278
at the beginning of this year.

2281
02:26:41,278 --> 02:26:46,260
We have four students that were long term suspended,

2282
02:26:46,260 --> 02:26:49,686
referred to SSA, but are not attending.

2283
02:26:49,686 --> 02:26:56,886
So we continue to monitor -- to see if those students reengage

2284
02:26:57,270 --> 02:27:01,406
with us after the terms of their suspension.

2285
02:27:01,406 --> 02:27:04,899
Full time Virtual Learning Academy students,

2286
02:27:04,899 --> 02:27:09,990
we have 283 full time students, 27 elementary, 79 middle,

2287
02:27:11,981 --> 02:27:16,781
and 177 high school students that are fully online.

2288
02:27:16,806 --> 02:27:20,406
Also in, we have 1083 students that

2289
02:27:20,782 --> 02:27:25,126
are cross enrolled, which means they were taking one or more

2290
02:27:25,126 --> 02:27:29,926
classes either for original credit or credit recovery.

2291
02:27:32,446 --> 02:27:36,646
Also in this mix, we have 29 students

2292
02:27:36,736 --> 02:27:40,936
that we are classifying as connections students,

2293
02:27:41,478 --> 02:27:46,526
and we will talk more about that here in a moment.

2294
02:27:46,526 --> 02:27:49,526
So this new department --

2295
02:27:50,942 --> 02:27:54,436
and really bringing all these programs together under one

2296
02:27:54,436 --> 02:27:58,518
umbrella and better serving the needs of all of these students

2297
02:27:58,518 --> 02:28:05,718
with the staff , that there is staff attached to all of these

2298
02:28:05,896 --> 02:28:06,396
programs.

2299
02:28:06,396 --> 02:28:09,782
So what we've done is we've leveraged the staff

2300
02:28:09,782 --> 02:28:15,286
to serve all of the students in all of the programs

2301
02:28:15,286 --> 02:28:20,860
and really provide both academic support, social, emotional

2302
02:28:22,600 --> 02:28:25,600
learning support, tutoring, counseling, advising,

2303
02:28:27,706 --> 02:28:31,246
whatever kind of support the students need.

2304
02:28:31,246 --> 02:28:37,566
Really, the idea -- one of the fundamental ideas within this

2305
02:28:37,566 --> 02:28:41,746
department is the idea of high school my way,

2306
02:28:41,746 --> 02:28:45,691
and that's the concept of meeting students where they are.

2307
02:28:45,691 --> 02:28:48,942
We talk a lot about attendance and how

2308
02:28:48,942 --> 02:28:55,542
we have kids that don't come to school, who are disengaged,

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02:28:56,686 --> 02:28:58,526
and how do we get them back.

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One of the things that we have noticed

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over the past several years is students

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02:29:05,340 --> 02:29:08,676
think that they don't need us, think

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02:29:08,676 --> 02:29:12,156
that they don't need education, and we know better.

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02:29:12,156 --> 02:29:14,322
So then the question becomes, how

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02:29:14,322 --> 02:29:16,686
do we meet them where they are?

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02:29:16,686 --> 02:29:20,150
Because what we are hearing is the school experience

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02:29:20,150 --> 02:29:23,552
as a traditionally has been may not be working.

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02:29:23,552 --> 02:29:27,866
So how do we provide other options, other alternatives

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02:29:27,866 --> 02:29:34,118
to meet their needs and ensure that they receive an education?

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02:29:34,118 --> 02:29:41,966
So some of the -- some of the things that we work on in this

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02:29:41,966 --> 02:29:46,246
concept, flexible scheduling -- and a lot of the times,

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02:29:46,246 --> 02:29:49,486
we think flexible scheduling could be online or in person

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02:29:49,486 --> 02:29:52,366
or it could kind of be a hybrid of both.

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02:29:52,366 --> 02:29:54,878
But flexible scheduling also is meeting

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02:29:54,878 --> 02:29:59,780
the needs of students, perhaps, that work.

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02:29:59,174 --> 02:30:01,622
We have students that sometimes have

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to care for younger siblings, and they

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02:30:05,966 --> 02:30:08,726
may miss first and second period every day.

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02:30:08,726 --> 02:30:14,790
So what can we do -- how can we work on their schedule so they

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02:30:14,790 --> 02:30:17,174
don't have classes first and second period,

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02:30:17,174 --> 02:30:21,918
and maybe we do something online or at a different time of day

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02:30:21,918 --> 02:30:23,262
for those classes.

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02:30:23,262 --> 02:30:27,686
Maybe we have some work experience or career

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02:30:27,686 --> 02:30:33,686
co-op or other types of things for students to do.

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02:30:35,526 --> 02:30:39,126
Alternative credit, capstone experiences, community service,

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02:30:40,310 --> 02:30:43,486
those types of things or students

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02:30:43,486 --> 02:30:46,646
are actually getting out in the community,

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02:30:46,646 --> 02:30:49,646
self-directed learning, some facilitated learning,

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02:30:50,686 --> 02:30:54,286
independent studies for capstones, and then

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02:30:54,836 --> 02:30:57,836
career pathways, also helping students

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02:30:58,392 --> 02:31:03,174
identify their trajectory, what happens after high school.

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02:31:03,174 --> 02:31:06,299
It goes very quickly, and we want

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02:31:06,299 --> 02:31:09,360
to ensure that students have the skills and the tools

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02:31:09,360 --> 02:31:11,626
that they need and sometimes credentials

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02:31:11,626 --> 02:31:13,832
where they can go into the workforce

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02:31:13,832 --> 02:31:19,460
immediately after high school should that be their choice.

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02:31:19,460 --> 02:31:23,896
I just wanted to share a couple of stories of students.

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These are two students, and there are many more.

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02:31:28,806 --> 02:31:33,526
The student on the left comment Jesus Rodriguez

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02:31:33,526 --> 02:31:36,339
graduated from Arrowhead Park in 2025.

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02:31:36,339 --> 02:31:40,200
He didn't really know what he wanted to do.

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02:31:40,200 --> 02:31:43,752
He was at Arrowhead, accelerated High School.

2353
02:31:43,752 --> 02:31:46,152
He's taking College classes.

2354
02:31:47,966 --> 02:31:50,211
He was kind of stuck.

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02:31:50,211 --> 02:31:52,392
I like La, I like medicine.

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02:31:52,392 --> 02:31:54,742
Through based learning program, it

2357
02:31:54,742 --> 02:31:59,352
gave him the opportunity to try them out and really see

2358
02:31:59,352 --> 02:32:02,276
what was his passion, what was his love.

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02:32:02,276 --> 02:32:06,260
He went over to Mountain View and did an internship

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02:32:06,260 --> 02:32:08,426
in the operating room.

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02:32:08,526 --> 02:32:13,703
Medicine, that's his thing, and now he is going to be a doctor.

2362
02:32:13,703 --> 02:32:17,303
So another story on the right.

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02:32:20,446 --> 02:32:25,246
Evan Kraenzel who graduated from Centennial, brilliant soccer

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02:32:28,116 --> 02:32:29,866
player, Gatorade soccer player of the year

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02:32:29,866 --> 02:32:32,126
two years ago for the state of New Mexico.

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02:32:32,126 --> 02:32:37,526
He wanted to pursue soccer as his career choice.

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02:32:38,686 --> 02:32:42,766
So he wanted to attend a training academy for soccer,

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02:32:42,766 --> 02:32:46,726
and he was able to do that and finish his high school

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02:32:46,726 --> 02:32:48,726
coursework through Vela.

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02:32:48,961 --> 02:32:51,966
And so it's those flexible options

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02:32:51,966 --> 02:32:57,366
that allow students the latitude to pursue their passion

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02:32:57,382 --> 02:33:00,876
or to find their passion sometimes.

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02:33:00,876 --> 02:33:05,676
Again, we have many more stories like this.

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02:33:06,846 --> 02:33:14,460
>> Was Jesus able to stay at Arrowhead and do the work based

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02:33:17,763 --> 02:33:19,763
learning thing too?

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02:33:24,670 --> 02:33:26,199
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Yes.

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Work based learning is available to students

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02:33:26,206 --> 02:33:27,206
at all six high schools.

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02:33:27,206 --> 02:33:29,366
So that brings us to the Connection Center.

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02:33:29,366 --> 02:33:34,112
So the physical location of the Connection Center

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is 881 East Lohman, in the former home of Lucia Valeo

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02:33:39,926 --> 02:33:43,259
Learning Academy, and a lot of other things

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02:33:43,259 --> 02:33:45,739
have been in that building over the years.

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02:33:45,739 --> 02:33:49,659
It is centrally located, which is a benefit.

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02:33:49,659 --> 02:33:52,903
Last week, we did get the signage up.

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So we see the nice sign there.

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02:33:55,636 --> 02:33:59,151
So what is the connection center?

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02:33:59,151 --> 02:34:03,698
It's really a specialized center for advisement and support.

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02:34:03,698 --> 02:34:07,102
So working with students who either are disengaged

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02:34:07,102 --> 02:34:10,666
or at risk of becoming disengaged.

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02:34:10,666 --> 02:34:13,488
May be thinking school is not for me.

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02:34:13,488 --> 02:34:15,230
I don't want to do this.

2393
02:34:15,230 --> 02:34:19,774
I can't do this, students seeking alternative pathways

2394
02:34:19,774 --> 02:34:24,206
like the two students whose stories I shared previously,

2395
02:34:24,206 --> 02:34:26,979
or students just needing flexibility

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02:34:26,979 --> 02:34:28,706
or additional support.

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02:34:28,706 --> 02:34:32,856
We have students that are parenting their own children,

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02:34:32,856 --> 02:34:36,826
students that are helping parent younger siblings, students

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02:34:36,826 --> 02:34:39,312
who have to work to support their family.

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02:34:39,312 --> 02:34:43,506
There are all kinds of situations and circumstances

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02:34:43,506 --> 02:34:47,466
out there, and really providing that additional support

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02:34:47,466 --> 02:34:50,526
for students to reengage and to be

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02:34:50,526 --> 02:34:53,526
able to pursue their education.

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02:34:53,982 --> 02:34:59,982
And it also -- and this is the great thing,

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02:35:00,286 --> 02:35:07,286
and the Villa staff are very excited to have it in learning

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02:35:07,286 --> 02:35:11,606
space for virtual learning Academy because, you know,

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02:35:11,606 --> 02:35:15,546
previously if students needed a space to come and take

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02:35:15,546 --> 02:35:21,160
an assessment, to do a project, to meet with their teacher,

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02:35:21,160 --> 02:35:23,360
to get tutoring --

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02:35:23,360 --> 02:35:27,460
because sometimes there are opportunities for face to face

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02:35:27,460 --> 02:35:30,206
-- they would be here in a conference room or a meeting

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02:35:30,206 --> 02:35:32,806
room, and that's not the greatest space.

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02:35:32,806 --> 02:35:37,656
And so they are actually in more of a school learning space

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02:35:37,656 --> 02:35:41,278
where they can come and do those things

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02:35:41,278 --> 02:35:43,246
and meet with their teachers.

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02:35:43,246 --> 02:35:47,910
It is also the home of the Student Success Academy.

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02:35:47,910 --> 02:35:52,446
So we have our students and teachers in SS

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02:35:52,446 --> 02:35:56,246
that are located in that space as well.

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02:35:56,246 --> 02:36:01,460
>> Do you know how many are there now?

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02:36:11,541 --> 02:36:13,941
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: For which?

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02:36:14,858 --> 02:36:16,504
SSA?

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02:36:16,504 --> 02:36:18,504
16.

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02:36:19,930 --> 02:36:21,930
>> (Indistinct)

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02:36:25,447 --> 02:36:26,947
Member Tenorio: Oh, I didn't listen.

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02:36:26,947 --> 02:36:27,489
I took notes.

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02:36:27,489 --> 02:36:29,745
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you for taking notes.

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02:36:29,745 --> 02:36:31,953
There are three primary ways for students to connect.

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02:36:31,953 --> 02:36:32,382
How do they connect with the connection center?

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02:36:32,382 --> 02:36:33,757
There are school based referrals.

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02:36:33,757 --> 02:36:36,958
One of the things is we connect with the schools

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02:36:36,958 --> 02:36:39,454
pretty much this connection center is not

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02:36:39,454 --> 02:36:41,386
a school in and of itself.

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02:36:41,386 --> 02:36:45,392
It is there as a resource, a tool for support.

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02:36:45,392 --> 02:36:49,110
So we really want to work hand in hand with the schools

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02:36:49,110 --> 02:36:52,106
to provide support for students.

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02:36:52,106 --> 02:36:54,106
It was interesting.

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02:36:54,726 --> 02:36:58,942
We met with high school counselors back in July.

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02:36:58,942 --> 02:37:02,772
It was July 13th when they first came back on contract

2439
02:37:02,772 --> 02:37:07,946
for the year, explained the concept of the Connection

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02:37:07,946 --> 02:37:11,636
Center, the things that we would help them with,

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02:37:11,636 --> 02:37:15,598
provide for students, and they were a little reluctant

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02:37:15,598 --> 02:37:16,302
at first.

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02:37:16,302 --> 02:37:19,446
They were like, we do all those things.

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02:37:19,446 --> 02:37:21,680
And we got this.

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02:37:21,680 --> 02:37:24,206
And about the first week of school,

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02:37:24,206 --> 02:37:27,686
referrals started rolling in because counselors realized

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02:37:27,686 --> 02:37:33,406
that it is nice to have a resource and other people that

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02:37:33,406 --> 02:37:37,694
can sit down and take the time, especially those first couple

2449
02:37:37,694 --> 02:37:40,446
weeks of school where it's overwhelming

2450
02:37:40,446 --> 02:37:43,326
just getting everyone's schedule set

2451
02:37:43,326 --> 02:37:47,286
and things like that that counselors really appreciated

2452
02:37:47,286 --> 02:37:51,486
having a resource, having a thought partner,

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02:37:58,420 --> 02:38:00,420
and having someone else there for their students

2454
02:38:00,420 --> 02:38:01,752
pretty much students can also self refer.

2455
02:38:01,752 --> 02:38:04,958
So if they are thinking I need something different,

2456
02:38:04,958 --> 02:38:07,976
I want to try something different,

2457
02:38:07,976 --> 02:38:11,566
they can reach out to the connection center,

2458
02:38:11,566 --> 02:38:16,966
and then there are also parent and community referrals.

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02:38:17,386 --> 02:38:21,586
And I've told this story a couple of times.

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02:38:21,586 --> 02:38:24,906
I was in a business here in town,

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02:38:24,906 --> 02:38:28,190
and I was talking to the young lady that was working there,

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02:38:28,190 --> 02:38:30,606
and she asked what I did for a living.

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02:38:30,606 --> 02:38:33,294
I told her that I worked for the school district,

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02:38:33,294 --> 02:38:36,526
and she asked me do you know anything about Geds?

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02:38:36,526 --> 02:38:38,459
And I said yes.

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02:38:38,459 --> 02:38:40,188
Why do you ask?

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02:38:40,188 --> 02:38:42,886
So we started chatting, and it turns out

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she had disengaged with school and wanted to get back.

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02:38:46,526 --> 02:38:49,552
She was 18 working in a retail job,

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02:38:49,552 --> 02:38:51,966
and she said I need to go back to school.

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02:38:51,966 --> 02:38:54,459
I want to get my diploma.

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02:38:54,459 --> 02:38:59,102
And so I referred her to the connection center,

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02:38:59,102 --> 02:39:05,228
so they have been working with her to get back in school.

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02:39:05,228 --> 02:39:09,600
And it's great for me to have a place instead of,

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02:39:09,600 --> 02:39:13,292
come to my office, and I'm going to try to figure it out.

2476
02:39:13,292 --> 02:39:16,912
And that's something that I struggled with when kids came in

2477
02:39:16,912 --> 02:39:24,712
for Geds, and I'm signing the release to release them for a G,

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02:39:24,793 --> 02:39:30,793
and I'm thinking you're not ready for that that's not

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02:39:31,390 --> 02:39:31,539
enough.

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02:39:31,539 --> 02:39:31,542
Let's do more.

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02:39:31,542 --> 02:39:33,167
But having a team to work with students

2482
02:39:33,167 --> 02:39:36,274
and do that and be a consistent place for students to go

2483
02:39:36,274 --> 02:39:41,740
has been a great benefit for our community.

2484
02:39:42,926 --> 02:39:47,126
And just talking a little bit more

2485
02:39:47,546 --> 02:39:54,670
about kind of the dual counselor model and how we work together.

2486
02:39:54,670 --> 02:39:59,470
You know, the home school counselor still does

2487
02:39:59,806 --> 02:40:05,206
all of the things, monitoring, the records, the transcript,

2488
02:40:05,246 --> 02:40:08,156
making sure they are on track for graduation,

2489
02:40:08,156 --> 02:40:12,894
the connection center, staff really works with them

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02:40:12,894 --> 02:40:14,606
on their options.

2491
02:40:14,606 --> 02:40:16,526
What are some things that students can do?

2492
02:40:16,526 --> 02:40:17,846
What are their struggles?

2493
02:40:17,846 --> 02:40:18,866
What are barriers?

2494
02:40:18,866 --> 02:40:22,598
What are the opportunities or community resources

2495
02:40:22,598 --> 02:40:26,526
do we have to connect students and families

2496
02:40:26,526 --> 02:40:28,926
to social emotional learning.

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02:40:29,826 --> 02:40:34,626
If there's an acute need, helping identify that

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02:40:34,836 --> 02:40:40,836
and getting students connected to the right kind of support.

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02:40:41,226 --> 02:40:46,260
Our connection center counselors really work three things:

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A transition bridge.

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02:40:50,436 --> 02:40:54,220
Again, that reentry, if you have been out of school,

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02:40:54,220 --> 02:40:55,750
coming back in.

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02:40:55,750 --> 02:40:58,546
Some students that come into the connection center,

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02:40:58,546 --> 02:41:01,176
they don't want to come back to the building,

2505
02:41:01,176 --> 02:41:02,852
but they need support.

2506
02:41:02,852 --> 02:41:06,806
And so one of the things that I love to go over

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02:41:06,806 --> 02:41:13,826
there to see Mr. De La go and say hi to him,

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02:41:13,826 --> 02:41:15,194
but just to see students.

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02:41:15,194 --> 02:41:19,290
They are just doing their work, bringing a computer.

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02:41:19,290 --> 02:41:22,520
We have a teacher there in the morning,

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02:41:22,520 --> 02:41:24,510
and we have a teacher there in the afternoon.

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02:41:24,510 --> 02:41:28,806
So any student that comes in that needs support,

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02:41:28,806 --> 02:41:32,832
there is a teacher on staff that is available to help them.

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02:41:32,832 --> 02:41:37,632
Of course, we have our administrators, our counselors,

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02:41:37,686 --> 02:41:43,686
our social workers, you know, a whole team that's there.

2516
02:41:48,860 --> 02:41:51,438
Engagement for students are working on online courses.

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02:41:51,438 --> 02:41:55,638
There is that social and emotional piece .

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02:41:57,348 --> 02:41:58,806
It really is a collaborative effort

2519
02:41:58,806 --> 02:42:01,140
between our schools and our staff

2520
02:42:01,140 --> 02:42:05,110
and just ensuring that students have what

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02:42:05,110 --> 02:42:07,792
they need to be successful.

2522
02:42:07,792 --> 02:42:10,346
So that is the concept.

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02:42:10,346 --> 02:42:14,686
And I'll let Mr. De La Torre add anything.

2524
02:42:14,686 --> 02:42:20,719
He's there on the daily, so I'll let him add anything.

2525
02:42:20,719 --> 02:42:23,119
Do you have anything?

2526
02:42:31,448 --> 02:42:32,512
>> I don't.

2527
02:42:32,512 --> 02:42:33,595
[Laughter] Good afternoon.

2528
02:42:33,595 --> 02:42:38,395
The concept that Dr. Wendi is talking about

2529
02:42:40,116 --> 02:42:41,574
is super important so that students

2530
02:42:41,574 --> 02:42:41,581
know that they are welcomed and they

2531
02:42:41,581 --> 02:42:41,586
are welcomed at every school.

2532
02:42:41,586 --> 02:42:41,998
One of the things that's really important

2533
02:42:41,998 --> 02:42:44,170
is that we go out of our way.

2534
02:42:44,170 --> 02:42:46,610
Students are escorted out of their vehicles.

2535
02:42:46,610 --> 02:42:50,326
We say hello to their parents and sign them in and bring them

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02:42:50,326 --> 02:42:51,798
into the Welcome Center.

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02:42:51,798 --> 02:42:58,398
We've created a space there with Dr. Wendi and our team.

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02:43:03,144 --> 02:43:05,311
That's really where we focus on and provide students

2539
02:43:05,311 --> 02:43:05,315
any support we can.

2540
02:43:05,315 --> 02:43:08,146
The other component -- and this happened just this past week is

2541
02:43:08,146 --> 02:43:11,266
we welcome our counselors back to come see the Connection

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02:43:11,266 --> 02:43:11,776
Center.

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02:43:11,776 --> 02:43:15,261
We spoke a whole lot more about the collaborative piece

2544
02:43:15,261 --> 02:43:17,666
where although this is a central location,

2545
02:43:17,666 --> 02:43:21,220
we represent every school site that we are supporting

2546
02:43:21,220 --> 02:43:24,681
because we do have students from every single high school.

2547
02:43:24,681 --> 02:43:27,571
We let them know that they are also welcome there.

2548
02:43:27,571 --> 02:43:30,590
They are a huge part of our community

2549
02:43:30,590 --> 02:43:32,378
to let them know that they are there with our partners

2550
02:43:32,378 --> 02:43:34,842
and whatever we can do to support students.

2551
02:43:34,842 --> 02:43:38,686
We have those conversations on a daily basis with campuses,

2552
02:43:38,686 --> 02:43:43,486
and that's really an important point for us.

2553
02:43:44,446 --> 02:43:46,846
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you.

2554
02:43:51,110 --> 02:43:52,261
Just a couple of other things.

2555
02:43:52,261 --> 02:43:52,269
So at the beginning of the year --

2556
02:43:52,269 --> 02:43:54,561
and we have been meeting regularly because this is new.

2557
02:43:54,561 --> 02:43:59,802
We want to ensure that we don't have students that were missing

2558
02:43:59,802 --> 02:44:04,200
and that that collaboration between the campus

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02:44:05,286 --> 02:44:10,860
and the Connection Center is solid and seamless.

2560
02:44:10,446 --> 02:44:13,246
We are also working with the attendance team.

2561
02:44:13,246 --> 02:44:17,486
You know, once the attendance team has identified students

2562
02:44:17,486 --> 02:44:21,868
and said, hey, let's go back to school, and they say,

2563
02:44:21,868 --> 02:44:23,792
I don't want to go back to school.

2564
02:44:23,792 --> 02:44:24,857
That's not for me.

2565
02:44:24,857 --> 02:44:27,860
Then they have a place to refer them

2566
02:44:27,860 --> 02:44:31,326
where we can work on finding out what is for them.

2567
02:44:31,326 --> 02:44:38,406
We also have just -- are going to start working and reaching

2568
02:44:38,406 --> 02:44:44,406
out to the international welcome center coordinators just to make

2569
02:44:45,366 --> 02:44:47,318
sure we are covering all our students,

2570
02:44:47,318 --> 02:44:51,139
and a lot of students in our schools are emergent bilingual

2571
02:44:51,139 --> 02:44:52,566
students.

2572
02:44:52,566 --> 02:44:55,446
May be newcomer students when they first come into schools

2573
02:44:55,446 --> 02:44:59,846
go to the IWC, and the IWC coordinators,

2574
02:44:59,846 --> 02:45:02,796
because that's a place where they feel comfortable.

2575
02:45:02,796 --> 02:45:05,783
So working with them as well.

2576
02:45:05,783 --> 02:45:11,386
And I also want to acknowledge and appreciate the collaboration

2577
02:45:11,386 --> 02:45:15,846
with Amy Himmelwright and the Eva Martinez who

2578
02:45:15,846 --> 02:45:19,670
have been our partners along the way

2579
02:45:19,670 --> 02:45:23,376
and really making sure that we have that seamless relationship

2580
02:45:23,376 --> 02:45:28,176
with our school counselors, so their, there insight,

2581
02:45:31,238 --> 02:45:34,838
their advice has been really valuable

2582
02:45:36,342 --> 02:45:41,742
as we have been working through this endeavor together.

2583
02:45:42,886 --> 02:45:47,446
And with that, we will stand for questions.

2584
02:45:47,446 --> 02:45:49,846
President Cort: Thank you.

2585
02:45:54,878 --> 02:45:56,253
Thank you all for the information

2586
02:45:56,253 --> 02:45:56,257
about this wonderful center.

2587
02:45:56,257 --> 02:45:57,424
I'm really excited about it.

2588
02:45:57,424 --> 02:46:02,446
I would like to know if there's a bus stop around the center.

2589
02:46:02,446 --> 02:46:04,241
Transportation is the great equalizer.

2590
02:46:04,241 --> 02:46:06,881
Those students who don't have transportation,

2591
02:46:06,881 --> 02:46:08,774
how do we get them there?

2592
02:46:08,774 --> 02:46:11,468
That's a really important place for them to be.

2593
02:46:11,468 --> 02:46:15,680
Is there a city bus stop?

2594
02:46:17,860 --> 02:46:20,686
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: It's across Amador and.

2595
02:46:23,116 --> 02:46:24,574
That's the benefit of this location

2596
02:46:24,574 --> 02:46:26,949
is having that central location even for students Success

2597
02:46:26,949 --> 02:46:28,766
Academy students to get there.

2598
02:46:28,766 --> 02:46:33,246
It's a great location to ensure that they

2599
02:46:33,246 --> 02:46:39,600
can use city transportation if they need to get there.

2600
02:46:39,600 --> 02:46:42,606
President Cort: And pardon my ignorance,

2601
02:46:46,135 --> 02:46:47,718
I believe city transportation is free,

2602
02:46:47,718 --> 02:46:51,918
kids can ride the bus for free?

2603
02:46:54,726 --> 02:46:56,590
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Correct.

2604
02:46:56,590 --> 02:46:57,943
President Cort: Perfect.

2605
02:46:57,943 --> 02:46:58,579
I love that you have a transition counselor.

2606
02:46:58,579 --> 02:46:58,588
The kids that I spoke to did not want

2607
02:46:58,588 --> 02:46:59,286
to go to school because they were worried

2608
02:46:59,286 --> 02:47:01,836
about going to the same school with the same environment

2609
02:47:01,836 --> 02:47:04,746
and falling into the same patterns.

2610
02:47:04,746 --> 02:47:07,942
I love that there is a safety net for them.

2611
02:47:07,942 --> 02:47:09,599
That makes me super happy.

2612
02:47:09,599 --> 02:47:13,110
Tell me comment if you will, your partnership.

2613
02:47:13,110 --> 02:47:18,246
Do we oversee the teachers and the counselors there?

2614
02:47:18,246 --> 02:47:21,902
Because other than that, I'm not sure what

2615
02:47:21,902 --> 02:47:23,566
our connection would be.

2616
02:47:23,566 --> 02:47:26,466
Because when I went and visited there with Miss Tenorio,

2617
02:47:26,466 --> 02:47:31,286
we met the young man, and most of those young men

2618
02:47:31,286 --> 02:47:32,691
are from out of the city.

2619
02:47:32,691 --> 02:47:36,291
They aren't even from Las Cruces.

2620
02:47:43,230 --> 02:47:44,356
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Correct.

2621
02:47:44,356 --> 02:47:44,366
To your point, many students that are in Cobra Vista

2622
02:47:44,366 --> 02:47:45,357
may not be part of Las Cruces Public Schools.

2623
02:47:45,357 --> 02:47:47,000
Maybe from out of the area.

2624
02:47:47,000 --> 02:47:50,590
But we do have teachers that serve those students

2625
02:47:50,590 --> 02:47:54,190
while they are in that facility.

2626
02:47:54,838 --> 02:47:58,886
We do provide services all the way

2627
02:47:58,886 --> 02:48:03,860
until either they are adjudicated and transferred

2628
02:48:03,766 --> 02:48:08,952
somewhere else or released, and if they are released

2629
02:48:08,952 --> 02:48:12,318
and they are ours, we work on that transition

2630
02:48:12,318 --> 02:48:16,862
to get them back into school so that their education can

2631
02:48:16,862 --> 02:48:17,590
continue.

2632
02:48:17,590 --> 02:48:21,896
And I would have to ask Miss Hindi for the numbers,

2633
02:48:21,896 --> 02:48:24,366
but we did have some students that

2634
02:48:24,366 --> 02:48:28,661
graduated in Cobra Vista that completed the requirements

2635
02:48:28,661 --> 02:48:31,610
for a diploma there.

2636
02:48:32,806 --> 02:48:39,396
So our teachers -- they work really hard to ensure that those

2637
02:48:39,396 --> 02:48:44,710
teachers are receiving an education while they are there,

2638
02:48:44,710 --> 02:48:50,110
and they are our President Cort: I love that.

2639
02:48:57,129 --> 02:48:58,546
We attended a graduation ceremony.

2640
02:48:58,546 --> 02:48:58,555
That was not last year, but the year before.

2641
02:48:58,555 --> 02:48:58,563
There was a group of kids that graduated.

2642
02:48:58,563 --> 02:49:00,546
It was important that we came and were able to give them

2643
02:49:00,546 --> 02:49:01,171
their diplomas.

2644
02:49:01,171 --> 02:49:02,752
It was really moving.

2645
02:49:02,752 --> 02:49:03,766
Thank you.

2646
02:49:03,766 --> 02:49:06,766
I took over the conversation.

2647
02:49:06,779 --> 02:49:11,600
Board members, do you have any questions, comments?

2648
02:49:11,600 --> 02:49:13,600
Member Tenorio: Sure.

2649
02:49:16,244 --> 02:49:19,743
I just wanted to say that I don't know,

2650
02:49:19,743 --> 02:49:19,751
you guys really stepped up this presentation thing.

2651
02:49:19,751 --> 02:49:20,834
They all look really good.

2652
02:49:20,834 --> 02:49:24,256
They are really nice, and the Roadrunner themed,

2653
02:49:24,256 --> 02:49:25,739
just really eye catching.

2654
02:49:25,739 --> 02:49:30,206
There's a lot of different logos that they all tie together

2655
02:49:30,206 --> 02:49:32,606
with the graduate profile.

2656
02:49:32,950 --> 02:49:38,350
So other than looking good, it's really valuable information.

2657
02:49:38,512 --> 02:49:43,646
They really helped to give me the bigger picture of how

2658
02:49:43,646 --> 02:49:47,586
that center is being used and just bringing it all together

2659
02:49:47,586 --> 02:49:50,846
as a hub is a smart thing to do.

2660
02:49:50,846 --> 02:49:52,846
So thank you.

2661
02:49:53,806 --> 02:49:56,206
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you.

2662
02:50:01,454 --> 02:50:04,454
President Cort: Board >> I'm just

2663
02:50:06,670 --> 02:50:08,545
really glad that we have a program like this.

2664
02:50:08,545 --> 02:50:08,556
There's a lot of students that don't need our help who

2665
02:50:08,556 --> 02:50:10,460
are going to make it because they are incredibly emotionally

2666
02:50:10,460 --> 02:50:11,610
stable and talented.

2667
02:50:11,610 --> 02:50:13,170
There are some that need help.

2668
02:50:13,170 --> 02:50:15,446
This is what we really are all about

2669
02:50:15,446 --> 02:50:18,315
is to make sure that every one of the students

2670
02:50:18,315 --> 02:50:21,386
to come through our schools has opportunity.

2671
02:50:21,386 --> 02:50:23,386
So thank you.

2672
02:50:25,126 --> 02:50:27,526
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you.

2673
02:50:32,840 --> 02:50:33,996
>> Yes.

2674
02:50:33,996 --> 02:50:35,732
Kudos for bringing this.

2675
02:50:35,732 --> 02:50:41,132
When we were talking about the MVLA and RGPI

2676
02:50:41,485 --> 02:50:43,277
thing and the added benefit of this center.

2677
02:50:43,277 --> 02:50:45,235
That was a big thought process at least for me.

2678
02:50:45,235 --> 02:50:51,835
Kudos to everyone, Wendi, your team comment Mr. De La Torre.

2679
02:50:53,334 --> 02:50:54,501
Mr. Rodriguez at operations.

2680
02:50:54,501 --> 02:50:54,588
This came together wonderfully fast.

2681
02:50:54,588 --> 02:50:55,880
Well done.

2682
02:50:55,880 --> 02:50:56,726
I'd love to come by and see it someday.

2683
02:50:56,726 --> 02:51:00,860
Glad to see that SSA is getting a permanent home.

2684
02:51:00,860 --> 02:51:02,446
I think that's really important.

2685
02:51:02,446 --> 02:51:06,152
Since I've been here, they were behind our GPI.

2686
02:51:06,152 --> 02:51:08,582
They were at Centennial, and they

2687
02:51:08,582 --> 02:51:12,239
might have been between somewhere else at some point.

2688
02:51:12,239 --> 02:51:15,206
Happy to get them into a place.

2689
02:51:15,206 --> 02:51:18,206
President Cort: An actual building.

2690
02:51:32,478 --> 02:51:32,978
>> Yes.

2691
02:51:32,978 --> 02:51:33,695
An actual building.

2692
02:51:33,695 --> 02:51:34,646
Can we do something similar to what New America is doing out

2693
02:51:34,646 --> 02:51:36,176
of this place?

2694
02:51:36,176 --> 02:51:38,576
Like, that GED --

2695
02:51:38,891 --> 02:51:41,726
I think they are getting a diploma there.

2696
02:51:41,726 --> 02:51:44,446
I don't know exactly how it works.

2697
02:51:44,446 --> 02:51:47,358
Is there an opportunity for more programing

2698
02:51:47,358 --> 02:51:51,146
GED based because I think there's a need for it.

2699
02:51:51,146 --> 02:51:52,726
So I'm curious.

2700
02:51:52,726 --> 02:51:58,126
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: Thank you for the question comment Mr.

2701
02:52:00,981 --> 02:52:01,481
Nolan.

2702
02:52:01,481 --> 02:52:01,598
I think there are a couple different answers to that.

2703
02:52:01,598 --> 02:52:03,950
One of the things as a public education entity,

2704
02:52:03,950 --> 02:52:10,920
as a school district, our school is a high school diploma.

2705
02:52:10,920 --> 02:52:16,692
But we recognize that as students age out and, you know,

2706
02:52:17,819 --> 02:52:24,966
may lose the opportunity to get a diploma through us that we

2707
02:52:24,966 --> 02:52:27,216
still want them to be supported.

2708
02:52:27,216 --> 02:52:33,940
So this initial year, one of the things that we are really doing

2709
02:52:33,940 --> 02:52:34,190
is gathering data.

2710
02:52:34,190 --> 02:52:35,666
Who are the students?

2711
02:52:35,666 --> 02:52:37,600
What are the barriers?

2712
02:52:37,600 --> 02:52:39,326
How old are they?

2713
02:52:39,326 --> 02:52:40,959
Where do they come from?

2714
02:52:40,959 --> 02:52:44,792
Those kinds of things so we can continue to refine the program.

2715
02:52:44,792 --> 02:52:51,392
I know in the past, we have had -- for example,

2716
02:52:51,880 --> 02:52:56,811
we had students that were going to age out of foster care,

2717
02:52:56,811 --> 02:53:00,830
and they were kind of a long way from getting a diploma.

2718
02:53:00,830 --> 02:53:03,863
Kind of the best option for them was

2719
02:53:03,863 --> 02:53:08,270
to help them obtain a GED so they

2720
02:53:08,270 --> 02:53:12,219
have that credential as they were being kind of thrust out

2721
02:53:12,219 --> 02:53:14,899
on their own that they would kind of have that.

2722
02:53:14,899 --> 02:53:18,860
So I think that's something that we could examine.

2723
02:53:18,860 --> 02:53:23,700
The other thing that we are going to start doing

2724
02:53:23,700 --> 02:53:26,700
is offering some different classes.

2725
02:53:27,226 --> 02:53:33,226
And these classes would be kind of like, resume writing,

2726
02:53:34,366 --> 02:53:37,926
mock interviewing, things like that that

2727
02:53:37,926 --> 02:53:43,306
would be open to connections students, v La students, SSA

2728
02:53:43,306 --> 02:53:47,540
students, any students that fall within that umbrella that

2729
02:53:47,540 --> 02:53:48,446
could come in.

2730
02:53:48,446 --> 02:53:52,460
But if family members, parents sometimes

2731
02:53:52,582 --> 02:53:55,206
need help with those things, they

2732
02:53:55,206 --> 02:53:58,206
could also attend those sessions.

2733
02:53:58,422 --> 02:54:01,526
So we are working with our work based

2734
02:54:01,526 --> 02:54:04,574
learning teachers and our CTE teachers

2735
02:54:04,574 --> 02:54:09,792
to just provide some of those opportunities as well.

2736
02:54:09,792 --> 02:54:15,192
So I think this will also continue to expand,

2737
02:54:15,662 --> 02:54:21,926
and we can refine offerings just based on what the needs are,

2738
02:54:21,926 --> 02:54:24,352
and so just data collection and really

2739
02:54:24,352 --> 02:54:28,118
looking at who are we serving is going to be super important,

2740
02:54:28,118 --> 02:54:30,586
and who are we not serving?

2741
02:54:30,586 --> 02:54:31,937
Who are we missing?

2742
02:54:31,937 --> 02:54:35,222
And what can we do to provide services

2743
02:54:35,222 --> 02:54:38,222
to meet those needs too?

2744
02:54:40,281 --> 02:54:43,281
So that's a great question.

2745
02:54:47,234 --> 02:54:50,691
Secretary Nolan: So it can and will evolve as an institution.

2746
02:54:50,691 --> 02:54:50,697
That's interesting to hear about that.

2747
02:54:50,697 --> 02:54:51,197
Thank you.

2748
02:54:51,197 --> 02:54:55,397
Member Tenorio: I have one more question.

2749
02:54:57,420 --> 02:54:58,625
Can you remind me, graduation alliance

2750
02:54:58,625 --> 02:54:58,685
helps kids to get caught up with their credits.

2751
02:54:58,685 --> 02:55:00,630
Let's say it's recommended to do the one that you just

2752
02:55:00,630 --> 02:55:01,819
mentioned with the GED.

2753
02:55:01,819 --> 02:55:08,446
Do you guys offer that prep for them to take the test?

2754
02:55:08,446 --> 02:55:10,846
Wendi Miller-Tomlinson: So that's

2755
02:55:14,754 --> 02:55:16,129
a great question, member Tenorio.

2756
02:55:16,129 --> 02:55:16,479
So in rare instances in the past,

2757
02:55:16,479 --> 02:55:18,776
we've provided that because that was in the best

2758
02:55:18,776 --> 02:55:20,118
interest of the student.

2759
02:55:20,118 --> 02:55:24,170
Now that we have -- at that time,

2760
02:55:24,170 --> 02:55:27,406
we did not have a partnership with Graduation Alliance.

2761
02:55:27,406 --> 02:55:31,506
So there really was -- for those particular students,

2762
02:55:31,506 --> 02:55:34,506
there was not another alternative.

2763
02:55:34,606 --> 02:55:37,906
Now we have that as an alternative for students

2764
02:55:37,906 --> 02:55:39,860
that have disengaged.

2765
02:55:39,860 --> 02:55:42,626
It is a dropout recovery program.

2766
02:55:42,626 --> 02:55:46,226
So students that have dropped out,

2767
02:55:46,422 --> 02:55:51,851
getting them back in with us, getting them to graduation

2768
02:55:51,851 --> 02:55:53,266
is important.

2769
02:55:53,266 --> 02:55:58,660
And working with our high school counselors who

2770
02:55:59,206 --> 02:56:03,666
are good candidates for graduation alliance because it

2771
02:56:03,666 --> 02:56:08,219
is not designed to be a graduation accelerator.

2772
02:56:08,219 --> 02:56:13,417
Like, I just want to graduate early, so I'm going to do this.

2773
02:56:13,417 --> 02:56:16,299
That is not the purpose.

2774
02:56:16,299 --> 02:56:18,726
But if kids want something different

2775
02:56:18,726 --> 02:56:20,814
than the traditional pathway, that

2776
02:56:20,814 --> 02:56:23,619
could be a connection center conversation.

2777
02:56:23,619 --> 02:56:27,662
I'm looking at how we can engage them in something that

2778
02:56:27,662 --> 02:56:30,662
would better suit their needs.

2779
02:56:31,606 --> 02:56:35,806
Member Tenorio: So under more unique circumstances

2780
02:56:38,770 --> 02:56:39,494
or hardships, GED is going to seem

2781
02:56:39,494 --> 02:56:40,994
to be what's in your best interests,

2782
02:56:40,994 --> 02:56:43,686
but overall, you guys are trying to promote getting a diploma?

2783
02:56:43,686 --> 02:56:45,686
>> Absolutely.

2784
02:56:53,848 --> 02:56:55,765
Superintendent Ruiz: Presenting board members,

2785
02:56:55,765 --> 02:56:55,774
I just want to show the workaround to this

2786
02:56:55,774 --> 02:56:55,781
and having a pathway to every student

2787
02:56:55,781 --> 02:56:57,566
that walks through our doors.

2788
02:56:57,566 --> 02:57:01,886
And you can see the connection center is a huge part of that

2789
02:57:01,886 --> 02:57:04,446
as we are working on the 612 model.

2790
02:57:04,446 --> 02:57:09,846
Again, another piece of that so that, to me,

2791
02:57:10,590 --> 02:57:13,406
that completes that well-rounded and multiple

2792
02:57:13,406 --> 02:57:16,454
pathways that students have to get them to that finish line.

2793
02:57:16,454 --> 02:57:18,766
So just wanted to add that as well.

2794
02:57:18,766 --> 02:57:19,726
Thank you.

2795
02:57:19,726 --> 02:57:21,726
President Cort: Amazing.

2796
02:57:27,955 --> 02:57:28,705
Really great work.

2797
02:57:28,705 --> 02:57:28,712
Thank you for presenting that to us,

2798
02:57:28,712 --> 02:57:29,500
and thank you so much for waiting a couple of weeks

2799
02:57:29,500 --> 02:57:31,405
since we had to have the agenda.

2800
02:57:31,405 --> 02:57:34,848
I think we are even going to get out of here before it

2801
02:57:34,848 --> 02:57:36,590
gets dark, which is exciting.

2802
02:57:36,590 --> 02:57:38,140
Thank you so much.

2803
02:57:38,140 --> 02:57:39,726
Appreciate your time.

2804
02:57:39,726 --> 02:57:45,460
I would like to entertain a motion to adjourn.

2805
02:57:45,460 --> 02:57:47,460
>> So moved.

2806
02:57:55,448 --> 02:57:55,948
>> Second.

2807
02:57:55,948 --> 02:58:01,948
President Cort: All in favor, please indicate by saying aye.

2808
02:58:06,562 --> 02:58:08,562
>> Aye.

2809
02:58:09,843 --> 02:58:13,443
President Cort: The ayes have it.

2810
02:58:13,502 --> 02:58:15,502
Thank you.

2811
02:58:15,808 --> 02:58:18,208
We are adjourned at 6:48.