Education

Four Make Shortlist for Pojoaque Superintendent

The Pojoaque Valley School District Board announced Feb. 12 four finalists to become the District’s new superintendent. The Board met in executive session for nearly...

‘Backup Plan’ Would Send Juvenile Prisoners to Farmington

Families of Rio Arriba’s juvenile detainees may soon have to travel to San Juan County to visit incarcerated children. In response to the possible closure...

Española Police Department to Place Officers in Schools

Nine months after a Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office deputy tased a student with special needs at Española Valley High School, police officers will...

Family Settles with County After Tasing

The family of a teenager with special needs reached a settlement with Rio Arriba County for an undisclosed sum Monday after a sheriff’s deputy...

New Health Care Rule Could Increase Teacher Vacancies

School district officials from around the state, including in the Española School District, are concerned a change in public employee health care rules could...

Tasing Case Nears Settlement

A settlement is likely coming soon in the civil case between the family of a 15-year-old boy tased by former Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s...

Report on Special Education Overlooks Parent Complaints

The New Mexico Public Education Department released an annual report which states Española School District was 100 percent compliant with federal special education law,...

Attorney General’s Office Trains School Staff

A group of Española School District teachers, educational assistants and security personnel attended a training Jan. 6 on children and adults with special needs...

New Middle School Principal Continues to Build on Progress

   When Cliff Tompson took over Española Middle School as the new principal in July, he brought with him a vision of what he...

Espanola School District to Seek Funds for Band

    Española School District officials held a breakfast meeting the morning of Dec. 16 with state representatives to outline the projects for which they...

Special Education Student’s Parents Say School District Not Performing Well

  Manuel Martinez pulled a pile of large textbooks out of his computer case, laying them out on his kitchen table.     All the books...

In Civil Rights Suit, Sheriff Finds Tasing Justified

Rio Arriba Sheriff James Lujan filed a response to the civil rights violation complaint against himself and former deputy Jeremy Barnes over Barnes’ May...

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