Santa Fe school board holds executive session to review personnel complaint; no action taken

The Santa Fe Public School Board of Education met in a special session on Feb. 4, 2025, and voted to enter an executive session at 5 p.m. to discuss limited personnel matters and review a complaint involving a licensed administrator. The board later returned to open session and stated that no action was taken.

The meeting facilitator called the meeting to order, led the Pledge of Allegiance and a state-flag salute, and read an acknowledgement of tribal land. The facilitator then asked for a motion to approve the agenda; a motion and second were recorded and the facilitator said the motion carried by voice vote.

Dr. Gonzales, a board member, moved the board into executive session "where we're gonna discuss limited personnel matters and review of complaint by licensed administrator," according to the meeting record. The board recessed into the closed session. After the closed session, Dr. Gonzales moved that the board come out of executive session and stated that "no action was taken." The motion was seconded and the facilitator said the motion carried. The meeting was then adjourned.

The meeting record shows three formal, procedural actions: approval of the agenda, a vote to enter executive session under the limited-personnel exception, and a vote to end the executive session with no formal decisions recorded. The transcript does not identify any names for who made or seconded the agenda motion or the seconds on the executive-session motion beyond the statements logged in the record. No specific details about the complaint, the administrator named, or any personnel decisions were disclosed in open session.