Education

Head Start Heads to Chimayo

   The Head Start program administered by Youth Development Inc. at Mountain View Elementary is moving to Chimayó for the upcoming school year. Parents...

Board Members ClashOver Construction Priorities

   “I don’t understand the cry-babying,” said Española School Board member Ralph Medina after a split vote on approving a project to repair the...

Security Could Fall VictimTo Further Budget Cuts

    A shortfall of roughly $300,000 in the Española School District’s cash balance will put extra pressure on an already strapped security budget for...

State Audit ScandalForces School DistrictTo Sell Its Own Bonds

  In the wake of the audit scandal that hit the New Mexico Finance Authority in July, Española Public Schools is looking elsewhere to...

Cariños Charter SchoolEnrolls High PercentageOf Students with Disabilities

   Cariños Charter School enrolls 5 percent more students with disabilities than Española School District’s average of 10 percent and 2 percent more than...

Pueblo Schools BuckNational Learning Trend

    A study by the National Center for Education Statistics places New Mexico’s Native American fourth-graders in ninth place in reading and math compared...

New Principals Hired,Existing Ones Shuffled

  Española’s school administrative positions are filling up. While Hernandez and Alcalde still await a final decision on their principals, the administrators for Los...

School District Will Ask VotersTo Pass 2-Mil Levy

    The Española Public School District will ask voters in the District to pass a two-mil levy tax increase at a Sept. 18 special...

Northern Summer EnrollmentDown from Previous Summer

  Large decrease in enrollment forces college to drop 30 percent of summer courses By Louis McGill SUN Staff Writer     Summer enrollment at Northern New Mexico...

School Report CardsShow Mixed Results

The Española School District has fewer F-rated schools under the Public Education Department’s new A through F assessment system than it did in 2011....

McCurdy Plans to RazeFour Historic Buildings

   It’s out with the old and in with the new for McCurdy. Multiple old buildings on McCurdy’s campus will soon be demolished to...

School District, UnionSettle Bonus Pay Fight

    The Española School District and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement to resolve one aspect of a controversial teacher incentive pay...

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