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Española Police Department to Place Officers in Schools

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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   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

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    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

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  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

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

Meet the Española School Board Candidates

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Dominic Tafoya Running for: District 1 Age: 43 Occupation: Manager at Fruit Basket in Velarde Education: University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Lives in: Truchas What’s one issue with Española schools...

College Community Day This Friday

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Northern New Mexico College will be hosting a Community Day on Friday run by the nonprofit Service, Employment, Redevelopment (SER). According to SER’s website, the...
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