The school board exited an executive session at 11:52 p.m. after receiving a status update from the auditing firm and the superintendent on a special audit, the board said. The board cited the New Mexico Open Meetings Act and the New Mexico Audit Act as authorities allowing the closed discussion and said it could not disclose more details at this time.

For the record, the board reported it entered executive session at 8:03 p.m. “pursuant to section 10‑15‑1(H) of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act, section 12‑6‑5 of the New Mexico Audit Act, and 2.2.0.2.1583,” a board official said. “While in executive session, the board was updated by the auditing firm and the superintendent in regards to the current status of the special audit. That is all we can share at this time.”

The board took a formal motion to exit executive session and conducted a roll call. Board member King, Secretary Trujillo, Vice President Spray and President Flores were recorded as voting yes on the motion to end the closed session. The board also noted a second executive‑session agenda item, described as a limited personnel matter to allow the superintendent to update the board on contemplated employee movements, had no discussion.

The board did not release substantive content of the audit update at the meeting. No public timetable, findings, or next steps were provided in open session; the statement said only that the auditing firm and superintendent had provided an update. The board did not identify additional public disclosures or a date for a full report during the session.

The board’s citation of the Open Meetings Act and the Audit Act indicates the discussion was held under statutory exceptions that allow the governing body to close portions of a meeting for specified audit and personnel topics. The board did not provide text of the statutes cited or further legal analysis at the meeting.

The meeting moved on to scheduling and future agenda topics after the executive‑session announcement.