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Belen BoE discusses possible closure of H.T. Jaramillo Elementary
It was data versus emotion at a Monday evening workshop to discuss the possible closure of a Belen elementary school.
With a shrinking student population, Belen Consolidated Schools finds itself having to consider the closure of H.T. Jaramillo Elementary School in the near future in order to be able to ask for financial help from the state to build new schools down the road.
At the July 13 Belen Board of Education meeting, BCS Superintendent Lawrence Sanchez and consultant Colleen Martinez laid out two plans to redraw attendance boundaries for the district’s elementary schools, both of which would close the elementary school, which serves kindergarten through third-grade students.