WLV Board hears about Middle School progress
The West Las Vegas Board of Education approved bids from three New Mexico companies at its regular meeting Thursday night.
Raton’s Northern New Mexico Gas was approved as the vendor for propane. Septic Works from Estancia was selected for septic removal. And Las Vegas’ Diamond PRO Pest Control will handle extermination for the district, including its eight cafeterias.
The board also heard an update on maintenance projects from Facilities Manager Jerry Maestas, who said a fire marshal has cleared occupancy for the remodeled West Las Vegas Middle School, meaning classes can start as scheduled.
Maestas also gave updates on other projects across the district his crews have been completing ahead of the first day of school, which is Aug. 20.
These projects include roofing replacement, installation of new fencing, repairs to air conditioning vents, and the replacement of windows at several facilities. Maestas also said he and his staff have replaced or repaired some sewer lines, and spent much of the week repairing another.
“We had another line that came from our band and choir room that collapsed on us,” he told the board. “That’s what we were digging up this week. We fixed it.”
The board also publicly congratulated coach Marcus Romero and players from the La Plaza Seniors softball team, who played as Team New Mexico in last month’s Southwest Regionals in Vidalia, La.
Romero thanked the board for lending the team a bus to travel to the tournament. During the trip, the air conditioning on the bus broke, but Romero said the girls never complained; the loss of air conditioning helped prepare them to play in the heat and humidity in Louisiana.
In other action at Thursday’s meeting, the board:
• Approved a Finance Committee report.
• Approved items from its previous regular meeting, including Head Start, Early Head Start and USDA Meal Count reports.
• Introduced the administrative staff for the school year.
• Discussed items to possibly be placed on the agenda for the next regular meeting, including water rights, audit procedures and findings, fundraising, and a continuation of the discussion from the board’s special meeting on drug testing.
• Selected Sept. 6 as the date for the next regular meeting.
