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Hobbs Board approves agenda, minutes, expenditures, SkillsUSA trip and 2025-26 calendar
Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Hobbs Municipal Schools Board approved routine agenda items, a request for travel for 42 SkillsUSA students to nationals, the district's expenditures/investments including a $8,467 BAR increase, and the 2025-26 school calendar; the board also gave first reading to two policy advisories.
The Hobbs Municipal Schools Board on April 15 approved routine meeting business and several items brought forward for consideration, including travel for SkillsUSA students to the national conference, monthly expenditures and investments, and the 2025-26 school-year calendar.
The board voted to approve the meeting agenda for April 15 and the minutes of the March 25 regular meeting. The board also approved the district's listed expenditures and short-term investments and accepted a Budget Adjustment Request (BAR) after the state Unit Value was finalized, which added $8,467 to district revenues for the month.
Board members approved a request to allow 42 students who qualified at state-level SkillsUSA competitions to travel to the national SkillsUSA conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in June. Superintendent Strickland said the district historically funds such travel while encouraging fundraising by students and families.
The board approved the 2025-26 school-year calendar (the "Sea Eagle" option) on a motion and second with no recorded roll-call tallies in the minutes. The board also took the first of three readings of two policy advisories from the New Mexico School Boards Association (policy advisories numbered in materials as 261 and 262, corresponding to local policy references IIE and IKF), which address school schedules, course loads and local graduation requirement codification; the advisories will return for additional readings in May and June.
All motions in the meeting carried by voice vote as recorded in the public transcript: "All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion carries." Specific roll-call tallies and individual yea/nay records were not provided in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: - Approve meeting agenda (04/15/2025): approved (voice vote). - Approve minutes of March 25, 2025 regular meeting: approved (voice vote). - Approve expenditures, short-term investments and BAR (increase $8,467 from updated unit value): approved (voice vote). - Approve SkillsUSA national trip for 42 qualifying students (Atlanta, GA): approved (voice vote). - Approve 2025-26 school-year calendar ("Sea Eagle"): approved (voice vote). - First reading approval of Policy Service advisories (IIE, IKF / advisories 261, 262): approved for first reading (will return for 2nd/3rd readings).
No formal roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript for these items. The minutes, agenda packet and BAR listed in the board packet were referenced in discussion.
The board adjourned after routine announcements and community recognitions.
