Belen, Los Lunas claim team district wrestling titles
The Los Lunas Tigers and Belen Eagles both secured boys wrestling district titles last weekend during their march to the state championships, which began on Thursday.
Valencia also earned an individual district championship to complement nine-state qualifiers.
Belen dominated the district 4A-5 meet, finishing with a team score of 241.5 to take the district title.
Valencia, the host school, finished in second place with a score of 107.
In total, the Eagles took home 11 individual district titles, winning in all but three weight classes.
BHS didn’t have a wrestler finish outside of the top two. Marcus Rimorin, Julian Sisneros, Josiah Pemble, Peter Duran, Diego Avila, Ely Gutierrez, Damien Wood, Coleton Gonzalez, Gabriel Tharnish, Bobby Orona and Tregg Johnson all earned district titles for their efforts in their respective weight classes.
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The Socorro Independent School Board has chosen its internal auditor, Marta Carmona, to serve as interim superintendent of the district.
Trustees entered into a closed executive session at a special board meeting Tuesday night to discuss various candidates and ultimately authorized Morales to discuss terms of employment and make an offer to Carmona to fill the role.
The final approval of the agreement will go before the board at a subsequent meeting.
The SISD board first discussed the topic at a May 18 board meeting in which the board unanimously approved having new board President David Morales reach out to a short list of candidates, interview them and gauge their interest, before bringing information about the interested parties to the board.
SISD superintendent steps down after word that newly-elected board desired leadership change
EL PASO, Texas At a special meeting of the Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday evening, Superintendent Jose Espinoza agreed to resign in a voluntary separation deal that results in his immediate departure from the district despite having time still remaining on his contract.
The separation agreement was approved by the board following an executive session for which the lone agenda item was listed as action regarding the contract of Superintendent Jose Espinoza, Ed.D. However, the board did not initially indicate why Espinoza s contract, which ran through 2025, had come up as a discussion topic.
SISD superintendent gets paid $629,308 to resign after election of new school board members
UPDATE, May 6: Socorro Independent School District Superintendent Jose Espinoza, who resigned from his post at a school board meeting Wednesday night, is being paid $629,308 to depart.
That s according to a copy of his separation agreement with the school district, which was obtained Thursday by ABC-7.
The payout reflected in the agreement is the equivalent of one year s salary and benefits under Espinoza s contract.
Below is the copy of the agreement for viewing.
ORIGINAL REPORT, May 5: EL PASO, Texas At a special meeting of the Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday evening, Superintendent Jose Espinoza agreed to resign in a voluntary separation deal that results in his immediate departure from the district despite having time still remaining on his contract.
Since Carlsbad Municipal Schools returned to in-person learning on March 29, hundreds of students were quarantined after potential exposure to COVID-19, about year after the pandemic first struck New Mexico and led to districts throughout the state shifting to virtual classes.
Superintendent Gerry Washburn said a total of 733 students were placed on quarantine, about 8.4 percent of the 8,660 students in the district, per the National Center for Education Statistics.
There were 19 confirmed student cases of COVID-19 since the return to full, in-person learning – eight in elementary school, four in middle school and seven in high school.
Meanwhile, 25 staff members were quarantined since March 29, with four confirmed cases.