The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education reviewed a proposed two-year community engagement and monitoring calendar Wednesday and requested refinements to clarify purpose, reduce staff burden and better align events with the student outcomes focused governance (SOFG) stages.

Chair Courtney Jackson, who led the ad hoc committee, said the calendar is intended to provide predictable public opportunities and better planning for both board members and community groups. The draft lays out recurring items such as a state-of-the-district presentation, district-level engagement events (described in prior materials as "town halls"), regional listening sessions and SOFG training for the public.

Committee vice chair Heather Benavides and others urged a smaller, higher-quality set of engagement events rather than many events that require extensive staff support. Board members asked for an explicit glossary on the calendar to define terms used in the SOFG model (for example, "community engagement" vs. "community outreach") and for the ad hoc committee to provide more precise event goals and standard slide decks for district-level sessions.

Sendhil Revelari, the new SOFG coach, said board-led engagement is designed to surface community vision and values and is complementary to district- or school-led engagement that addresses operational problems; the board's role is not to manage every issue raised but to represent community priorities and ensure the superintendent addresses operational matters.

The board set a timeline for revisions and asked the ad hoc committee to deliver a revised calendar in time for the May 7 meeting, where the board expects to vote on the community engagement and progress-monitoring calendars.