Board approves routine consent items, corrects minutes and moves to closed session for superintendent evaluation

The Moriarty‑Edgewood School District board conducted routine business at its Oct. 15 meeting, approving the agenda, correcting the Sept. 17 minutes and passing consent agenda finance items before adjourning to a closed executive session to discuss the superintendents evaluation.

A motion to adopt the meeting agenda for Oct. 15 was made by Albert Chavez and seconded; the chair called for ayes and the motion passed. During approval of minutes from Sept. 17, a board member identified several typographical errors; the board agreed to correct the minutes and passed a motion to accept the corrected version after a revote.

The board approved consent agenda finance items (items 1–3) after a motion and voice vote. During the meeting the superintendent publicly recognized student nutrition staff for their work during a broken gas line incident, and the board acknowledged those staff and several principals for family engagement efforts.

Later in the meeting the board moved to adjourn to a closed executive session under Section 10‑15‑1(H)(2) of the New Mexico Open Meeting Act to discuss limited personnel matters — specifically, the superintendents formative evaluation. The motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded; the chair called a roll call and recorded four yes votes (Linda Hudson, Denny Young, Albert Chavez and Lindsey Donner) before the board left the room. The board later reconvened in open session, confirmed the executive session topics were limited to the motion and announced that no action was taken in the executive session.

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn at 7:46 p.m.