To hear a podcast of this meeting, visit http://cmsbears.podbean.com
The agenda for the meeting is here.
The Green Energy Works brochure and the Bring Energy Improvements to Your Schools brochure were handed out during the visitor's portion of the meeting.
Here is the article that I wrote for the Daily News.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Podcast for School Board Meeting of February 14, 2011
Sorry this is late, but the podcast for the February 14, 2011 school board meeting can be heard at http://cmsbears.podbean.com
Sunday, February 13, 2011
School Board Meeting February 14, 2011 - Agenda
Here is the agenda for Monday night's meeting. I am out of town so there may not be a podcast or newspaper coverage unless I can find someone to cover for me...any volunteers?
Friday, February 4, 2011
New School Board Members
Congratulations to the new School Board Members voted in on Tuesday. And kudos to all of those who braved the nasty weather to vote!
Doug Porch will return to the school board, along with new members Arlan Ponder and Gerold Green.
Here is the article from the Alamogordo Daily News.
Doug Porch will return to the school board, along with new members Arlan Ponder and Gerold Green.
Here is the article from the Alamogordo Daily News.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Meet the School Board Candidates
You can listen to a podcast of Thursday night's "meet the candidates" forum at http://cmsbears.podbean.com or search for the podcast on ITunes.
Here is the article covering the meeting which ran in the Alamogordo Daily News.
Here is the article covering the meeting which ran in the Alamogordo Daily News.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
School Board Elections
There are three school board seats open in the upcoming election:
1) the seat currently held by Doug Porch...Doug will be running again and is unopposed.
2)The seat currently held by Terry Butram...Terry has opted not to run again. There are three candidates running for this position: Dulaney Barrett, Gerald Green, and Denny Schilling
3)The seat currently held by Ed Woten...Ed will be running again. Arlan Ponder is also running for this position.
There are several opportunities for you to meet the candidates, ask them questions and become an educated voter:
January 11 at 7pm at the Mayhill Community Center
January 12 at 7pm at the Weed School Gym Kitchen
January 13 at 7pm at the Pinon Extension Building
January 18 at 7pm at the Timberon Community Center
January 20 at 6:30pm at the Cloudcroft High School Commons
I am truly impressed and appreciative that the candidates are making such a concerted effort to appear throughout the district. It's a lot of driving and and a lot of time, and shows a lot of commitment on their part. I might add that these dates were not set at the last school board meeting. In fact, it was one of the candidates, Dulaney Barrett, who set up all but the January 20th meeting and had the information published in the Mountain Monthly. There was some discussion about this at last night's meeting, (you can listen on the podcast, http://cmsbears.podbean.com, under the Superintendent's Report section). The school board, after this discussion, set up the meeting at the school on January 20th.
So, the candidates are out there. If you have an interest in Cloudcroft Schools, surely you can make the time to visit with all of them, ask them their position on key issues, and make an educated choice in the upcoming election.
Early voting has already started, or you can vote in person on February 1, 2011.
1) the seat currently held by Doug Porch...Doug will be running again and is unopposed.
2)The seat currently held by Terry Butram...Terry has opted not to run again. There are three candidates running for this position: Dulaney Barrett, Gerald Green, and Denny Schilling
3)The seat currently held by Ed Woten...Ed will be running again. Arlan Ponder is also running for this position.
There are several opportunities for you to meet the candidates, ask them questions and become an educated voter:
January 11 at 7pm at the Mayhill Community Center
January 12 at 7pm at the Weed School Gym Kitchen
January 13 at 7pm at the Pinon Extension Building
January 18 at 7pm at the Timberon Community Center
January 20 at 6:30pm at the Cloudcroft High School Commons
I am truly impressed and appreciative that the candidates are making such a concerted effort to appear throughout the district. It's a lot of driving and and a lot of time, and shows a lot of commitment on their part. I might add that these dates were not set at the last school board meeting. In fact, it was one of the candidates, Dulaney Barrett, who set up all but the January 20th meeting and had the information published in the Mountain Monthly. There was some discussion about this at last night's meeting, (you can listen on the podcast, http://cmsbears.podbean.com, under the Superintendent's Report section). The school board, after this discussion, set up the meeting at the school on January 20th.
So, the candidates are out there. If you have an interest in Cloudcroft Schools, surely you can make the time to visit with all of them, ask them their position on key issues, and make an educated choice in the upcoming election.
Early voting has already started, or you can vote in person on February 1, 2011.
Regular School Board Meeting January 10, 2011
Here is the agenda for this meeting. Sorry this didn't get loaded last week, but life got in the way!
Please listen to the podcast of this meeting at http://cmsbears.podbean.com/
The Alamogordo Daily News article covering this meeting.
Please listen to the podcast of this meeting at http://cmsbears.podbean.com/
The Alamogordo Daily News article covering this meeting.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Regular School Board Meeting December 13, 2010
The podcast for last night's meeting is available at http://cmsbears.podbean.com
The article covering this meeting can be found here.
The article covering this meeting can be found here.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Agenda for School Board Meeting to be held December 13, 2010
Here is the agenda for Monday's meeting.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
School Board Meeting November 8, 2010 *Updated with Article*
The podcast of last night's meeting is available at http://cmsbears.podbean.com/
Among the items discussed were proposed policy changes to the discipline policy. I have included a link to the documents that were provided to the Board members.
Here is a summary of the meeting from the Alamogordo Daily News.
Among the items discussed were proposed policy changes to the discipline policy. I have included a link to the documents that were provided to the Board members.
Here is a summary of the meeting from the Alamogordo Daily News.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Alamogordo Daily News article covering School Board Meeting
Here is the article from the Alamogordo Daily News covering Monday's School Board Meeting.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
School Board Meeting October 11, 2010
The podcast of this meeting is available at www.cmsbears.podbean.com. During the meeting, Superintendent Tommy Hancock gave a presentation he called "school finance 101" where he outlined how the state allocates money and some of the constraints that are placed on the school as to how they can spend the money. Part of this presentation included copies of the financial overhead presentation that he gave last month with the source of the funds noted.
Also discussed at the meeting was the upcoming school board election. There are three four-year terms up for grabs. Those positions are currently held by Doug Porch, Ed Woten and Terry Butram. Doug Porch mentioned that he would run again. I did not hear Ed Woten or Terry Butram declare their intentions.
If anyone is interested in running for the school board, they must declare their candidacy on December 21, 2010 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Otero County Clerk's Office. There is only one day to get on the ballot. If you miss this date, then you have until December 28, 2010 to be a write-in candidate. The election will be held on February 1, 2011.
Business Manager Sharlotte Lund mentioned that most of the 3.2% operational budget cut was being covered with Federal stimulus money from the Educational Job Fund. After those monies are applied to salaries, the school is left with a $17,000 budget cut.
Also discussed at the meeting was the upcoming school board election. There are three four-year terms up for grabs. Those positions are currently held by Doug Porch, Ed Woten and Terry Butram. Doug Porch mentioned that he would run again. I did not hear Ed Woten or Terry Butram declare their intentions.
If anyone is interested in running for the school board, they must declare their candidacy on December 21, 2010 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Otero County Clerk's Office. There is only one day to get on the ballot. If you miss this date, then you have until December 28, 2010 to be a write-in candidate. The election will be held on February 1, 2011.
Business Manager Sharlotte Lund mentioned that most of the 3.2% operational budget cut was being covered with Federal stimulus money from the Educational Job Fund. After those monies are applied to salaries, the school is left with a $17,000 budget cut.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Regular School Board Meeting September 13, 2010
The podcast is posted for tonight's meeting. This posting has been updated to include copies of the overhead presentation given by the Superintendent.
As you will hear in the podcast, most of the meeting was routine, with the exception of the Superintendent's presentation, which lasted about 30 minutes. During this presentation, the Superintendent covered the various improvements that have been made to the schools over the past three years, and the improvements that the school cannot afford to make. He used a "to do" list developed three years ago and blocked out the columns where the architect had estimated the cost of the proposed projects. (These were also blocked out in the copies he provided to me.) He started with a summary for the elementary and middle school. (overhead 1) He gave me some additional information to pass along that wasn't provided at the meeting. (overhead 1A). Then he discussed improvements made at the high school and what the school could not afford to do. (overhead 2).
In the second half of his presentation, the Superintendent addressed some public input (complaints?) that he has received along the lines of the organization being top-heavy. He used this overhead as a visual aid. He also gave me a summary to pass along that was not used at the meeting. (overhead 3A).
Again, all of these overheads will be much more useful if you look at them while listening to the podcast.
There was some discussion during the Financial presentation as to whether or not the closing of the campus will translate into cafeteria profits. The jury seems to still be out on that one.
As you will hear in the podcast, most of the meeting was routine, with the exception of the Superintendent's presentation, which lasted about 30 minutes. During this presentation, the Superintendent covered the various improvements that have been made to the schools over the past three years, and the improvements that the school cannot afford to make. He used a "to do" list developed three years ago and blocked out the columns where the architect had estimated the cost of the proposed projects. (These were also blocked out in the copies he provided to me.) He started with a summary for the elementary and middle school. (overhead 1) He gave me some additional information to pass along that wasn't provided at the meeting. (overhead 1A). Then he discussed improvements made at the high school and what the school could not afford to do. (overhead 2).
In the second half of his presentation, the Superintendent addressed some public input (complaints?) that he has received along the lines of the organization being top-heavy. He used this overhead as a visual aid. He also gave me a summary to pass along that was not used at the meeting. (overhead 3A).
Again, all of these overheads will be much more useful if you look at them while listening to the podcast.
There was some discussion during the Financial presentation as to whether or not the closing of the campus will translate into cafeteria profits. The jury seems to still be out on that one.
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