Media Release by Portales Municipal Schools
Board Meeting October 6, 2024
Board Room 6:00 p.m.
This meeting will be held in compliance with the New Mexico “Open Meetings Act,” NMSA 1978, Chapter 10, Article 15.
The following agenda sets forth subjects of the meeting. The order in which the agenda is followed is subject to change by the Board. If a topic on the agenda is permitted by law to be discussed in closed session, the Board may or may not, at that time, close the meeting as to such topic. The agenda will be available at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting from the Superintendent of Schools whose office is located at the L. C. Cozzens Administrative Offices located at 501 S. Abilene.
Any person desiring to address the Board should complete a “Request to Address the Board” form. The forms are available at the door of the board meeting and should be submitted to the board president.The School Board President will recognize those requests during the Public Comments portion of the meeting.
The meeting is also being conducted in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (42 U.S.D. 12101
1991). The facility where the meeting is to be held is wheelchair accessible, and handicapped parking is available.
Sign interpretive services are available. Requests should be received at least one (1) week prior to the meeting. To make arrangements for those or other handicapped services, please call 575-356-7000.
MEMBERS: Present Absent
Inez Rodriguez, President
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Braden Fraze, Vice President
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Cade Standifer, Secretary
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Dustin Cabeldue , Member
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Doug Pfaffenberger, Member
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Sharon Rowley, Superintendent
Others Present: Administrators
Principals
Assistant Principals
Others:
ITEM NUMBER I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
ITEM NUMBER II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ITEM NUMBER III. RECOGNITION OF SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND GUESTS-Ginger Terry -Choir
ITEM NUMBER IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Regular Meeting – August 11, 2025
ITEM NUMBER VI. PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT ORGANIZATION REPORTS
A. Portales High School Student Council Report-MRs. Malone
ITEM NUMBER VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS –
ITEM NUMBER VIII. CONSENT AGENDA
Items are placed on the agenda so the Board, by unanimous consent, can designate those routine agenda items they
wish to be approved or acknowledged by one motion. If any item does not meet with the approval of all Board members,
that item will be heard when reached under the regular agenda.
A. Approval of Fixed Asset Disposal List Not Requiring State Auditor Approval
B. Personnel Report
VISION – All students will be productive and successful citizens.
MISSION STATEMENT – The Portales Municipal School District will provide all students a quality education.
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C. Donations- SW District Kiwanis Foundation ℅ Robin Wells $1000 to be disbursed to 5 families
($200 each) encountering food insecurity
Mike Stratton Class of 1975 to Student Council- $203
D. Out-of-State Travel- Dusty Nusser-
Boys JV/V and Girls JV/V Basketball to Lubbock Christian December 16th
Girls Basketball to Denver City Tournament on December 4 to December 6
Girls Basketball to Brownfield Tournament on December 11 to December 13
Girls Basketball to Littlefield Tournament on December 29 to December 31
E. Ratification of Budget Adjustment Request (Pages )
1. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0033-T-Transfer – PreSchool IDEA-B
2. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0034-D-Decrease- Rural &Low Income Schools
3. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0035-I-Increase- Capital Improvements SB-9 Local
4. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0036-M-Maintenance- Operational
5. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0037-M-Maintenance – Operational
6. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0038-M-Maintenance- Pupil Transportation
7. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0039-M-Maintenance – Food Services
8. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0040-M-Maintenance- Non-Instructional Support
9. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0041-M-Maintenance – Entitlement IDEA-B
10. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0042-M-Maintenance- Entitlement IDEA-B
11. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0043-M-Maintenance – PreK Initiative
12. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0044-M-Maintenance-Public School Capital Outlay
13. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0045-M-Maintenance- Capital Improvements HB-33
14. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0047-M-Maintenance- Education of Migratory Children, Title I
Part C
15. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0048-M-Maintenance- Title I Part A -ESEA
16. Doc. ID: 057-000-2526-0049-M-Maintenance – Title I Part A- ESEA
ITEM NUMBER IX. SUPERINTENDENT
A. Resolution No. 25-26-04 Declaring Fixed Assets Obsolete and Authorizing Auction, Donation
or Disposal
ITEM NUMBER X. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
A. Superintendent’s Discussion Items
1. Superintendent’s Report
2. Director’s & Principals Reports
ITEM NUMBER XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
A. The next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Monday, November 10,
2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the BoardRoom of the L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices at 501 S.
Abilene. A closed session may be held.
If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign
language interpreter,or any other form of auxiliary aide or service to attend or participate in
the hearing or meeting, please contact the Superintendent of Schools’ Office at the L.C.
Cozzens Administrative Offices at 501 S. Abilene, in Portales, New Mexico at least one (1)
week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda
and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the
Superintendent of Schools’ Office at 501 S. Abilene if a summary or other type of accessible
format is needed.
B. October 24 is the Parent/Teacher Conference.
ITEM NUMBER XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION
It is the recommendation of the Superintendent that the Board recess to Executive Session in
compliance with the New Mexico “Open Meetings Act”, Section 10-15-1 Paragraph (H) (2)
Limited Personnel Matters and more specifically the Evaluation of the Superintendent.
“The Matters discussed in the closed session were limited only to those specified in the
motion for closure.”
ITEM NUMBER XIII. ADJOURNMENT
VISION – All students will be productive and successful citizens.
MISSION STATEMENT – The Portales Municipal School District will provide all students a quality education.
