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Board approves SRO agreement, IDEA application and security upgrades; several operational items pass by voice vote
Summary
At the July 15 meeting the Moriarty-Edgewood School Board approved a school resource officer agreement with Edgewood Police Department (reimbursement listed as not to exceed $42,000), the IDEA Part B application for special education funds, multiple facility quotes including a $225,200 surveillance system for Edwood Middle, and several policy and budget housekeeping items.
The Moriarty-Edgewood School Board voted on multiple action items during its July 15 regular meeting. Trustees approved a service agreement with the Edgewood Police Department to provide a certified School Resource Officer beginning in August, approved the district’s IDEA Part B application for special education funding, and authorized several facility and budget items, including a video surveillance system at Edwood Middle School.
School Resource Officer agreement: The superintendent recommended a service agreement with the Edgewood Police Department for a certified school resource officer. Board members asked staff to correct the term year and clarified the reimbursement figure; staff noted the agreement should state reimbursement "not to exceed $42,000" for the coming 2024–25 school year. Trustees approved the agreement by voice vote; the motion passed and staff said they will coordinate start-up details with the police department and local chiefs.
IDEA Part B application: District staff walked the board through the IDEA Part B application phases and a constrained budget picture (staff described reduced allocations and little carryover). Planned uses named during the presentation include educational assistants and support personnel, student supplies and materials, and preschool child-find and planning activities. Staff said final budget figures should be verified in posted application documents; the board voted to approve the application.
Facility and security approvals: The board approved a revised quote for an outdoor classroom at Route 66 Elementary (board members noted asphalt removal and curbing as cost drivers) and approved a video surveillance system quote from Apex Solutions for Edwood Middle School stated in the meeting at $225,200. Trustees asked about timing and equipment delivery; staff said installation depends on equipment arrival.
Other approvals: Trustees approved the consent agenda for finance items, a request to complete internal budget adjustments before the July 31 reporting deadline, and a package of policy advisories with a modification to policy BDH (public participation) to prohibit a participant from transferring their allotted time to another speaker. The board moved into executive session to discuss the superintendent’s formative evaluation under Section 10-5-1(H)(2) NMSA 1978 and reconvened before adjourning.
Votes at a glance (items recorded from the meeting): - Vision/mission/values/goals slides (adopted, voice vote) - School Resource Officer service agreement with Edgewood Police Department (approved; reimbursement "not to exceed $42,000" stated in meeting) - IDEA Part B application (approved) - Route 66 Outdoor Classroom quote (approved) - Edwood Middle School video surveillance system — Apex Solutions, $225,200 (approved) - Consent agenda: Finance items 1–3 (approved) - FY23–24 internal budget adjustments permission (approved) - Policy advisories (approved as modified; BDH amended to prohibit passing of public-comment time)
Where transcripts showed fragmented or inconsistent numeric text in meeting remarks, staff committed to provide corrected documents; reporters and readers should verify dollar figures and final contract terms in the district’s posted agenda packet or the signed agreements.
