The Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education on Aug. 28 approved a consent calendar, appointed board representatives to the Partners in Education Foundation and met in executive session to discuss the possible purchase, sublease or management of the Brookdale property at 640 Alta Vista.
Board President Joe Abeyta called for the consent calendar and a motion to approve was moved and seconded; a voice vote carried the consent items. The meeting record shows the board subsequently moved to appoint Board Secretary Dr. Gonzales and Board President Abeyta to serve as board representatives for the Partners in Education Foundation following a bylaws change that will make PIE the district’s foundation. “So moved,” one member said; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.
Separately, Superintendent Griffin announced the district had received a $100,000 grant from the Northern New Mexico Youth Fund with the New Mexico Community Trust serving as fiscal agent to expand work-based learning and the engineering pathway at Santa Fe High School.
Executive session: The board voted to go into executive session to discuss "the purchase, acquisition, or disposal of real property, NMSA 1978 10-15-1(H)(8), sublease and management agreement of the Brookdale property located at 640 Alta Vista and rent determination," a motion made by Dr. Gonzales. The board recessed into executive session and later reconvened; on return the board announced the motion to exit executive session carried. The public meeting record shows no formal public vote or decision about real-estate transactions during the open session; any substantive negotiations may be ongoing and, by law, specific bargaining positions may have been discussed in executive session.
Why it matters: The appointment of foundation representatives and the grant target district programming; executive-session discussion indicates the district is actively exploring options for the Brookdale property but offered no public action or contract awards at this meeting.
Decisions and actions recorded: Approval of the consent agenda and appointment of board representatives to Partners in Education Foundation were approved by voice vote; executive session was convened under the cited NMSA statute and later closed with no public action announced.