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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Los Lunas schools presenting plan for Bosque Farms ElementaryLos Lunas Los Lunas Schools Superintendent Bernard Saiz reported that he and the assistant of finance and operations for the district, Mario Guggino, would be reporting to the Public School Capital Outlay Committee (PSCOC) in Farmington in regard to the fate of the planned remodel of Bosque Farms Elementary. Saiz said he and Guggino would explain the reasons the funding would benefit, and is necessary, to the elementary school. The PSFA invited the Los Lunas School Administration to Farmington when they visited BFE to do a site assessment to determine if the school would remain on the state list to receive funding for the construction project. The PSCOC is the commission that will make the ultimate decision on funding for the project. "We still have a 15 percent chance of getting it (the funding), but we're not going down yet," Saiz said, adding that the district should know by mid-July if BFE will receive that money. If PSCOC decides BFE is a project that will be funded this year, students will be moved to the Blue School, near Daniel Fernandez Elementary. The Blue School has the capacity to hold 800 students, and has working utilities. The Board of Education also approved an Education Plan for Student Success (EPSS) and Alternative Governance Plan for R1 schools Raymond Gabaldon Elementary, Daniel Fernandez Elementary, Century High School, Los Lunas High School, and R2 schools, Desert View Elementary, Los Lunas Middle School and Manzano Vista Middle School. The governance plan is for schools in "need of improvement" or schools that failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress standards. The district is required to submit the plan to the Public Education Department for approval to determine that Los Lunas Schools is making progress in this area. In other action, the board:
Vicki Parker, director of purchasing for Los Lunas Schools, said bids were mailed to four vendors, and five vendors responded to the solicitation. Of the five vendors, three were local with one from each Bosque Farms, Belen and Tome. Parker said the local vendor out of Bosque Farms submitted an email requesting its bid be withdrawn from the process due to an error. Out of the four remaining bids, Parker stated Albuquerque Fence Company submitted the overall low bid. Guggino said that the district is very sensitive about supporting local vendors whenever it's possible. He said he comes from a family of local vendors and understands the importance of community support. Saiz said the district would give as much business as it can "to our local vendors and local businesses as long as it's in the constraints in the law." Parker stated, when questioned by the board, that last year the district spent roughly $100,000 on fencing.
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