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Northern Briefs 10/22/26

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Items for Northern Briefs may be submitted by sending them to jgarcia@riograndesun.com Submissions must be received no later than noon Monday for publication that week. Library Events The Española Public Library will host Family Halloween Watercolor Day...

Board Puts Mesa Vista Superintendent on Leave

Education
The Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools Board of Education voted 4-1 Sunday night, during a special meeting, to place interim superintendent Dr. Esmeralda Valdez on non-disciplinary paid administrative leave pending assistance from the New Mexico Public Education...

Northern’s Lawyer Wants Suit Dismissed

Education
    The attorney representing Northern New Mexico College is asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit a former employee filed, seeking damages.     Mark Komer,...

16 Findings on School District Audit

Education
    Independent auditors revealed several findings on the Española School District audit, which, if not promptly corrected, could make it harder to detect material...

Dulce Elementary Faces Takeover

Education
This story was originally published in the Rio Grande SUN on Jan. 4, 2018. Dulce School District’s top administrator believes high turnover rates in a...

Students Spread Christmas Cheer

Education
    La Tierra Montessori Charter School students are doing their part to help the area’s unwanted animal population.     The students collected food, toys and...

LANL Foundation Pays For Teacher Certification

Education
    A local nonprofit is doing its part to ensure one local school district has qualified educators.     The Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation is...

60 Get GEDs from Northern

Education
    Several Española-area residents are one step closer to enjoying the middle-class lifestyle that many experts believe an education helps secure.     About 60 Northern...

Putting Young Minds to Work

Education
    Brothers Nahir and Shamz Khan didn’t waste any time turning blue foam blocks into a store. Their classmates, a group of unidentified girls,...

Tackling the Truancy Problem

Education
    When students don’t attend school one consensus is that they run a greater risk of getting involved with activities such as drug use...

La Tierra, We Have Liftoff

Education
    La Tierra Montessori Charter School seventh grade teacher Sylvia Probasco took a democratic approach to decide what her students would cover for their...

Teens Enter Electric Car Challenge

Education
    Santiago Garcia already has a good idea of how he wants to earn a living when he gets finished with all the years...

Districts Not Making the Grade

Education
    Only one of the eight school districts and charter school systems operating within in Rio Arriba County’s borders received a favorable grade on...

School’s Retention Pond Damaging Home

Education
    Ohkay Owingeh resident Maria Isabel Maestas’s front porch sags, and at times, appears as if it will collapse.     During the summer months, her...
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