US teachers union leader likes RRPS
National AFT President Randi Weingarten listens to a student’s question in Karie Hess’s first-grade classroom at Stapleton Elementary. Gary Herron photo.
It isn’t every day that a national president visits Rio Rancho, but such was the case April 9 when American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten came to town.
Former Rio Rancho Elementary teacher Stephanie Ly, now the American Federation of Teachers New Mexico president, and Rio Rancho School Employees Union President Billie Helean, who took the day off from her first-grade teaching duties at Stapleton Elementary, accompanied her. RRSEU Vice President Gino Satriana was also part of the entourage, which first visited the district’s transportation depot before making the short drive west on Northern Boulevard to Stapleton.
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Student-teachers learning from former RRPS educators
Every year, Rio Rancho Public Schools needs not just teachers, but quality teachers.
Three longtime educators amassing more than a century of teaching and administrative duties recently talked with the
Observer about what they’re doing through New Mexico Highlands University to help future teachers prepare for and stay in the profession and enjoy it at the same time.
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They are Janis Keene, the head of the student teaching program at NMHU, a former teacher and girls basketball coach at Rio Rancho Elementary, with 40 years in education; Cathy Gaarden, a former principal at Maggie Cordova and Sandia Vista elementaries, with 37 years in education; and Cathy Baehr, the former principal at Enchanted Hills Elementary, with 35 years in the profession.
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During that same period, no schools were placed on the Closure List.
The Watchlist, maintained by the New Mexico Environment Department, includes schools and businesses with two or more Rapid Responses within 14 days. Those with four or more Rapid Responses in 14 days are placed on the Closure List and required to close and, where appropriate, return instruction to remote-only learning.
A Rapid Response is a series of interventions designed to prevent COVID-19 spread, beginning when the New Mexico Department of Health notifies a school that an employee or student has a confirmed positive case and was on campus/in the facility during the infectious period. Read the complete COVID-19 Rapid Response Watchlist here.
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PED: 24 New Mexico Schools On COVID-19 Watchlist
PED News:
SANTA FE The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) reports 24 New Mexico school buildings appeared on the COVID-19 Watchlist in the week ending Friday, Feb. 26, signifying they had at least two Rapid Responses within a 14-day period.
Those school buildings are:
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During that same period, no schools were placed on the Closure List.
The Watchlist, maintained by the New Mexico Environment Department, includes schools and businesses with two or more Rapid Responses within 14 days. Those with four or more Rapid Responses in 14 days are placed on the Closure List and required to close and, where appropriate, return instruction to remote-only learning.
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