February 11, 2010
Belen Consolidated Schools is planning to move its Family School to the site of Infinity High School on Becker Avenue in Belen for the 2010-11 school year. The school was moved at the beginning of the current school year from Eastside School on River Road, after Eastside School was deemed unsafe, condemned and shut down. [...]
February 11, 2010
A week ago the Belen Consolidated Schools Board of Education held a board retreat to talk about Superintendent Patricia Rael’s goals and objectives. Instead of retreating in a winter lodge or fancy hotel, the board decided to keep their retreat local, for the second time in a row holding a retreat at the 13th Judicial [...]
January 28, 2010
Two Los Lunas Schools board members told constituents last night that the district is bracing for more cuts to education funding during the state legislative session currently underway in Santa Fe. “We’re doing our best as the administration — the school board — to try to minimize the impact on any of our teachers, administrators [...]
January 26, 2010
Sen. Michael Sanchez wants school districts to have the option of holding their elections at the same time as other elections, which could include November general elections. Sanchez has introduced a joint resolution — SJR8 — during the special session that attempts to strip the state constitution of language that forces school districts to hold [...]
January 21, 2010
The University of New Mexico Valencia Campus has seen a fast increase in its enrollment since last semester that’s putting the campus’s total student population at more than 2,100, breaking all previous enrollment records. “I’ve never seen an increase like this in my entire career, and I’m going on 36 years in this business,” said [...]
January 13, 2010
Belen Consolidated Schools Board President Jamie Goldberg last night continued his stance against authorizing out-of-state travel for employees, voting against allowing two employees to travel to a conference later this month. Goldberg took the stance for the first time in September in anticipation of cuts to education funding made during the following month’s special legislative [...]
January 12, 2010
The Los Lunas Schools Board of Education voted during a special meeting last week to move forward with the design of a field house at the Valencia High School football field. The project had been held up in December after Board Member Christopher Martinez questioned whether the district should try to get more bang for [...]
January 11, 2010
Sen. Michael Sanchez has introduced the first piece of Senate legislation for the 30-day legislative session, hoping to add to state law safety protocols for student athletes who suffer or are suspected of suffering concussions. With this year’s session beginning later this month, legislators are prepping and introducing legislation as part of a prefiling period. [...]
January 05, 2010
Frank A. Otero, a Los Lunas Schools board member, has filed his declaration of candidacy to run for mayor of Los Lunas.
December 16, 2009
In what might have been their first public appearance together since the two became political rivals, a state legislator and his primary election challenger met face-to-face last night during a board of education meeting in Belen. The Belen Consolidated Schools Board of Education invited legislators to provide the district with an update on the coming [...]