Board Meetings

Board of Education District and Community Relations Committee Meeting

Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 5:00 PM

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District and Community Relations Committee Meeting

AGENDA

 

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

5:00 PM

DeLayo-Martin Community Room, Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

I.	Call to Order
A.		Roll Call
B.		Adoption of the July 19, 2012, District and Community Relations Agenda and the Approval of the May 22, 2012, District and Community Relations Minutes (Discussion/Action)
II.	Public Forum
III.	Legislative Update (Discussion) Presenter: Carrie Robin Menapace, Legislative Liaison and Policy Analyst, and Don Moya, Chief Financial Officer
A.		New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC)
B.		New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee (LFC)
C.		Funding Formula Task Force
IV.	Presentation of Initial 2013 School Board Member Election Information for APS Website (Discussion) Presenter: Brenda Yager, Executive Director of Board Services and Albuquerque Public School Board of Education
V.	Health and Mental Health Support of Students (Discussion) Presenter: Dr. Kristine Meurer, New Executive Director of Student, Family, and Community Supports
VI.	Preview of the Administrator’s Conference on Education (ACE) (Discussion) Presenter: Lori Valdez, Training Coordinator/Project Manager
VII.	Next District and Community Relations Committee Meeting
A.		Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., at the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex in the DeLayo-Martin Community Room.
VIII.	Adjournment

Minutes of the District and Community Relations Committee Meeting

Board of Education

Albuquerque Public Schools

 

A District and Community Relations Committee meeting of the Board of Education of Albuquerque Public Schools was held Tuesday, July 24, 2012, beginning at 5:00 p.m., in the DeLayo Martin Community Room, Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE.

 

I.        Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 5:03 p.m.

1. A. Roll Call

Present: Analee Maestas, Kathy Korte, Lorenzo Garcia, Martin Esquivel (by phone) arrived at 5:50 p.m., David Robbins, and David Peercy

Absent: Paula Maes

1. B. Adoption of the July 19, 2012, District and Community Relations Agenda and the Approval of the May 22, 2012, District and Community Relations Minutes (Discussion/Action)

Kathy Korte motioned to adopt the agenda and approve the minutes. Analee Maestas seconded the motion.  Board members unanimously adopted the July 19, 2012, District and Community Relations agenda and approved the May 22, 2012, District and Community Relations minutes.

 

II.       Public Forum

There were no participants in the public forum.

 

III.      Legislative Update (Discussion)

Carrie Robin Menapace, legislative liaison and policy analyst, and Don Moya, chief financial officer, reviewed legislative committee activities and legislative issues tracked with potential impact on the district.

A.         New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC)

B.         New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee (LFC)

 

Board members discussed the following regarding this agenda item:

• Request for clarification of grading system from the APS Research, Deployment and Accountability Department (RDA)
• Request for information determining if retention affects improvement
• of student learning
• Non-Title I schools have to meet all additional requirements and do not receive additional funding
• Request for clarification of how the Read to Lead program funds will be used

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV.      Presentation of Initial 2013 School Board Member Election Information for APS Website (Discussion)

Brenda Yager, executive director of Board Services, explained that Albuquerque Public Schools will have an election on February 5, 2013, to elect members of the Board of Education in school board districts 3, 5, 6 and 7. The APS website will provide information about the election for the public and interested parties, which will include maps of the districts based on the recent redistricting, deadlines, disclosure forms for campaign contributions, a questionnaire for candidates and general election information.

 

Board members discussed the following regarding this agenda item:

• Request for information about the upcoming bond election
• Resources for district maps, such as web links
• Requirement to check boundaries to be sure board members actually live in the district they represent

 

 

V.       Health and Mental Health Support of Students (Discussion)

Dr. Kristine Meurer, executive director of Student, Family, and Community Supports, explained that APS has created the Health and Mental Health Team (H/MHT) model, an internal “System of Care Model,” which is implemented throughout the APS district because one indicator of a Safe Schools evaluation study conducted in all of the APS schools showed that students who receive a health and wellness service before and after their first discipline infraction were half as likely (compared to students that had no health and wellness service) to have a second infraction. The Health and Mental Health Teams provide schools an effective avenue to address barriers to learning that are not addressed through the traditional Student Assistant Team (SAT) process.  Leslie Kelly and elementary school counselors- Libby Dolan, Manzano Mesa Elementary School, and Reina Luna, Eugene Field Elementary School gave presentations on program value.

 

Board members discussed the following regarding this agenda item:

• Clarification of response to intervention (RTI)
• 26,000 interventions between students and the health and mental health team members district wide billed to Medicaid, equaling $1.25  million

 

 

VI.      Preview of the Administrator’s Conference on Education (ACE) (Discussion)

Lori Valdez, representing the ACE conference committee, reviewed event details for the 2012 Administrators Conference on Education (ACE).  She explained that this is the 53rd annual ACE conference, which will provide APS administrators an opportunity to reconnect, recharge, and kick-start the 2012-2013 school year through networking events, in-depth professional development sessions, and motivational keynote presentations. Attendees will leave this conference with essential tools, resources and information relevant to their responsibilities.

Board members discussed the following regarding this agenda item:

• Reverse media is an opportunity to ask the media questions. Participation is expected from  Channel 4 and 13, and the ABQ Journal

 

 

VII.     Next District and Community Relations Committee Meeting

Chairman Garcia stated that the next District and Community Relations Committee meeting would be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., at the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex in the DeLayo-Martin Community Room.

 

VIII.    Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.