May 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Discussion:  1) Attendance Awards - Best Attendance - secondary - PR Leyva  Elementary - Monterrey Elementary, Most Improved Secondary - PR Leyva, Elementary - Cottonwood Elementary
2) District Essay Contest - Recognize outstanding student  - Paisley Lucas - Achievement - Academic Excellence, Local Rotary; ethics, integrity. Insite and maturity.  Teacher - Andrea Ruiz - Paisley will read her essay. Friendship and Relationships.  Choices we make ever. Friendship should be.  Be kind. 
3)Culinary Art Students - Thank you for investing in our students; 5 state Titles  including some other titles as well. Start in August/September once a month and progress to one day a week. Culinary Facebook page.  Adobe Hearth - public speaking; food cost percentage. NM Prostart Culinary - Iron Chef for kids. 3 course meal in under an hour. $125 or less; team work, cooking and packing.. Skills USA; Investing in Future Chefs  - doing great and amazing things.
4) Real Estate Transactions  - Pig farm transfer - build 3 hours and rebuild the barn.  In looking at barn, and restrictions from the City. Propose to move the barn to property at Muscatel and Orchard. Access to City water, but no sewer. On county side of the lines with no animal restructions. Looks different than the previous barn. Front of building faces orchard.  Significant upgrade, including the floor plan, more space for animals. Transfer property to builders and will resell to us for the cost of a cinder block wall.  Offer a significant improvement.  4H asked to use it for their program.  We could discuss an MOU with them at a later date.  Just Dance Property 805 N. Eighth Street (last piece of property on the block on the High School.  Asking 1.5 million. Art Melendres can pay more than the appraised value, not recommended but we could approve.  New tenant running business with a $2,500.00 rental per month for 2 years.  will bring to the board for consideration next month.  Transition to Opportunity Culture District - all but ECEC and ECHS and CEC. There is no pre-K program available.  Beginning process of revising District Office and District Structure to support Opportunity Culture.


Ms. Emily Wirth - Is also online.  6:04.

Discussion:  Change in Board Policy - Extend the option for the Superintendent - who would have the authority - to other certified staff; teachers would

Discussion:  CEC relocation - to CHS Campus - K-12 moved out of elemtnary services about 3 years ago. Only serving Middle School students for discipline reasons.  Currently enrollment 250-270 and now 150 this year.  Next year it will have 80 students including 1 principal, 1 secretary, 6 teachers,.....portables have bid renovating portables to make them into classroom and meeting spaces $550 thousand.  See remodeled portables and will be similar to the ones at Desert Willow.  Options decline in enrollment either relocate or close it.  Great success, 60 plus kids and 50 this year, next year will be 30.  Some anxiety, regular school does not work for them - support and let them finish school.  Main campus - have anxiety and don't want to be in the chaos of the large high school.  quieter environment.  will keep teachers and ability to service students.  Openings across the district. Some teachers were given the options to move into open positions.  Schedules being created.  Middle school students will remain at their schools  Alternative placement for students. Making the recommendation and will notify PED. 5 teachers, 1 sec, 1 principal, average teacher $600,000.  principe $135,000, support staff - $100,000 part time custodial staff, 2 I.A. - staffing will above 1 million.  Plan to use the facility to house our Special Education staff, no decision yet, space (cafeteria) training room. Optimize the use.Hallway runs South in Eddy we could make those available for small meeting rooms. Need training spaces. - Ability to address that. - Transportation - never have provided any for CEC students. If SPED we would work on that.

Discussion:  Utilize School Suburbans for San Diego Trip. 

Discussion:  San Diego - girls BB to use School Suburbans

Discussion:  2026-2027 School Calendar - 2 options out for vote - will review options; Begin in August and end near Memorial Day.

Recommend Approve Calendar Option B.  Good for one year.  PED recommend with new governor coming in, before we do a 2 year calendar.  address issues that community brought up.  require more info.   Tech dept. surveys and data