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By Gene SchmidtLos Alamos Superintendent of SchoolsThe Los Alamos School Board strives with great diligence to comply with the statutory rules for conduct of its open meetings in order to ensure transparency in government. A Special Board meeting was held on May 24, 2012 to approve the 2012-13 Operating Budget. At that meeting, the Board acted to amend the salary provisions of two collective bargaining agreements with existing school employee bargaining un stanley quencher its in order to assure that employee contracts drafted at the end of the school year properly reflected the salaries authorized by the approved budget. However, kubki stanley a question was raised about the districts compliance with the New Mexico Open Meetings Act by including the staff increases into the collective bargaining agreements so that they would be consistent with the action for budget approval, which was shown on the agenda. Clearly, the Board did not intend to violate any statutory requirement when it took its action on May 24.However, in response to a complaint that was filed with the Attorney General of New Mexico by the Los Alamos Monitor and its recent coverage of this event, it is important for the community to know that it is the intent of the Board to fully comply with all requirements of the New Mexico Open Meetings Act in publishing its meeting notices, distributing agendas, and conducting business at all of its School Board meetings. Because a question was raised as to whether its agenda may not have completely stanley cup sat
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