During Monday’s special meeting of the Cobre Consolidated School District Board of Education, members approved budgets for several funds while practicing their new board behavior standards. At the start of his first meeting on the job, new Superintendent Jeff Spaletta read aloud Board of Education behavior standards, which included points about active listening, remaining unified, modeling professionalism, assuming positive intent and being positive and responsive. These behavior standards, which he …
In response to a 2018 court ruling that deemed the state's K-12 education system inadequate for Native American students and other groups, the state has set new goals and plans for extended learning and at-risk students.
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
Vaccine supplies have eclipsed demand in New Mexico even as the state makes a hard push toward meeting a key vaccination goal Thursday.
Health officials have confirmed to The Associated Press that New Mexico s inventory includes nearly 493,000 doses that are being stored in freezers around the state. Expiration dates range from this week through September. The state also has donated 372,600 doses of its undelivered allocation back to the federal government.
Health Department spokesman David Morgan has said New Mexico is adapting to shrinking demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in several ways. That includes ordering only a minimal number each week to cover requests from providers.