Ralph Chapoco

Students lack necessary supplies

    It is well into the academic year and schools throughout the Española School District are still missing the supplies necessary to educate students.    ...

District sees small student increase

    The New Mexico Public Education Department’s deadline to report enrollment numbers has just passed and Española School District administrators said 3,916 students are...

Young poets get work published

A number of Española District elementary students became published authors for poems they wrote during spring 2013 for a national competition.     Students from Karen...

Parents plead their case to keep Velarde open

    After a 4-1 vote, less than favorable vote by Española School Board members to close Velarde Elementary, parents pleaded their case to state...

Failure to follow protocol costs school officials $800,000

    Española School District Superintendent Danny Trujillo’s hopes of a large football field construction cost reimbursement were crushed during the Oct. 2 Public School...

Cariños students to be temporarily housed in El Rito

    After fighting to keep their location, being asked to share the facility with the Española School District and enduring several court hearings to...

Board may have violated act

    There are times when administrators send notices to school board members advising them of agenda items for an upcoming meeting, but the topics...

Commissioner’s presentation not very smooth

    Española School Board members had mixed reactions to the presentation that 2 Smooth Advertising owner and Rio Arriba County Commissioner Barney Trujillo gave...

Agency to collect Northern student debt

    Northern New Mexico College administrators are searching for revenue wherever they can find it, even from former students who owe the college unpaid...

No free ride for students that fail classes

    Failing a class can be costly in terms of time and energy, but students and parents are finding out that it can also...

Two schools slated for closure

    Charges of politics, appeals to childrens’ welfare and calls to preserve a community’s culture dominated the conversation during the Sept. 17 Española Board...

Grant not submitted because of Northern firewall issue

    A technology issue at Northern New Mexico College may have cost one of its partners an opportunity to obtain a grant that would...

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