RRHS Class of 2021’s diplomas ‘start’ in rainstorm
Class President Talisa Canales with school board President Amanda Galbraith. Gary Herron photo.
It didn’t exactly match the local weather forecast, but the nearly 500 members of the Rio Rancho High School Class of 2021 and their families have probably been in New Mexico long enough to know there’s no guarantee on weather prognostications.
And, wouldn’t you know it, about 11 a.m. Tuesday, when the first diplomas were about to be handed out, that’s when the clouds opened and the rain began pelting everyone at Rio Rancho Stadium.
The nearly 500 members of the school’s 23rd graduating class had a pleasant ceremony till then, anyway, laughing and maybe even tearing up at what they heard from the speakers.
RRPS virtual school continuing next year
School board members, from left, Amanda Galbraith, Noreen Scott and Catherine Cullen take part in their first in-person session since March 2020. Board member Wynne Coleman was also present, while board member Jeffery Morgan was absent and Superintendent Sue Cleveland participated virtually. The meeting was not open to anyone else, but streamed online. Courtesy photo.
Although the nation is seemingly winning its war vs. COVID-19, parents in Rio Rancho Public Schools will still have the option of keeping their kids in a virtual-learning format for the 2021-22 school year and probably well beyond.
What society had in 2019, RRPS Superintendent Sue Cleveland said at the three-hour April 12 school board meeting, is “not the reality we’re looking at,” and it’s important for the district to have educational options to keep parents in the district.