The Deming Public Schools Board took the following formal actions during its Feb. 20, 2025 meeting. This list summarizes motions, approvals and outcomes recorded on the meeting agenda and in the public transcript.

- Consent agenda: Approved (motion and roll-call recorded). Items included routine approvals listed under agenda item 7.

- Out-of-state travel approvals:
• Bataan Elementary: Approved travel for fifth-grade students to Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ (motion presented by school principal; board approved by voice/roll call). (agenda item: action a)
• Early College High School (AVID juniors): Approved field trip to University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (agenda item: action b)

- Grants and donations:
• Accepted White Sands/NASA grant to DHS Robotics, $14,300, to support competition travel, parts and equipment (approved). (agenda item: action c)

- Memoranda and partnerships:
• Region 9 Education Cooperative MOU for autism evaluations and training: Approved; district to provide stipends to staff completing training (agenda item: l)

- Budget and finance:
• Budget adjustment requests: Approved (papers presented by CFO Joseph Adcock; several grant increases and function transfers to cover benefits, salaries and professional development). (agenda item: f)
• Selection of audit and finance committee members: Audit committee and finance committee seats filled as announced during meeting (agenda item: b)

- Contracts and capital/operational purchases:
• Accepted quote from Beck Total Office Interiors: $338,869.15 for central office (Cody) furniture refresh (agenda item: g; approved). See separate article for details.
• Accepted two internet-access quotes: Valley Telecom Group for Columbus Elementary, $61,440 per year over 36 months; Lumen for district Internet access, $53,568 (both approved; E-rate federal support anticipated for a large portion of cost). (agenda items: Valley Telecom; Lumen)
• Accepted quotes from 4 Rivers for playground upgrades and shade structures at Memorial/Bell Elementary playgrounds (approved). (agenda item: 4 Rivers)

- Technology and surplus:
• Approved a resolution to dispose of 1,287 technology items via public auction; most items fully depreciated; a small number under further review were provisionally included. (agenda item: resolution approving disposal)

- Personnel and policy:
• Adopted an electronic-communications policy prohibiting student personal device use during instructional periods, passing periods and lunch (board approved; administrators to return with implementation details and budget estimates). (agenda item: m)
• Accepted superintendent's resignation effective March 31, 2025 (agenda item: Q; approved in open session after closed executive session). The board recorded acceptance by roll call; no further personnel appointments were announced at the meeting.

- School resource officer (SRO) MOU request from Luna County: The county requested early release from SRO contract due to severe deputy shortages; the board voted to refer the matter to the district’s attorneys for contract review and tabled further action pending counsel’s guidance (agenda item: d).

Notes and provenance: Where transcript detail was not explicit about a specific voter's name for each roll call, this roundup records outcomes as described in the meeting transcript and on the record. For some motions, individual roll-call tallies appear in the transcript as affirmative votes but the excerpt does not list every individual vote for each item; the board’s minutes and posted roll-call records should be consulted for full vote-by-name tallies.