Las Cruces Public Schools announce 2 finalists for superintendent
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LAS CRUCES – The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education has selected two finalists to fill the permanent superintendent position. The candidates are Ralph Ramos, who is currently the interim superintendent, and Oscar Rico from the Canutillo Independent School District in the El Paso area.
The two will participate in a forum Wednesday, May 26 at 6 p.m. The event will be livestreamed and is open to the public for viewing at https://livestream.com/lcpstv.
Questions will be moderated by the Superintendent Search Advisory Committee, an eight-member group of parents, LCPS staff, community members and a student. School board President Ray Jaramillo serves as chair of the committee.
Public comment reveals divide in the community
Before public comment began, board President Ray Jaramillo proposed that the discussion for Policy JBC be moved up to the top of the agenda.
Dozens of Las Cruces community members filled the board room of the Dr. Karen M. Trujillo Administration Complex.
During public comment, seven speakers expressed that they were in favor of the policy and seven shared their criticisms of JBC. Where are the stacks of reports that we have complaints from parents and students about being oppressed? Dave Gallus said during public comment. Would you like to be a white student in the school after you pass this? I don t think so. I wouldn t want my kid to do it. So if we convince our children that they re victims, they will be victims. If we lift our children up and say we re all the same, then they ll get along.
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LAS CRUCES - Both Gadsden Independent School District and Hatch Valley Public Schools decided to extend their academic calendar for the 2021-22 academic year.
These extensions follow a state bill that encouraged districts and charter schools to extend their calendars to help supplement potential learning loss due to school closures and remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years.
Senate Bill 40 was signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 8. The bill makes districts eligible for additional program units and funds if it extends learning time to the minimum requirements of the bill.
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