By The Daily Press Staff
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Grant County and its schools but fortunately, a positive case in the Cobre School District didn’t force the closure of a building, school board members learned at their regular meeting held virtually Monday evening.
“We did have one positive student case at one of our schools last week, which resulted in 22 students having to quarantine,” said Joyce Barela, school improvement coordinator for the district. “So those students, this week and next week, they will be learning remotely.”
According to Barela, the New Mexico Public Education Department is preparing to offer voluntary student school-based surveillance testing for COVID-19, which will be made available to parents on an opt-in basis. Many of the details of the effort are still being worked out at the state level, however.
February 9, 2021
Cobre students will return to classrooms March 8 Written by Dean Thompson on February 9, 2021
After a lengthy discussion Monday night, the Cobre Schools Board of Education voted to announce a tentative date for moving classes in the district to the hybrid model March 8 and to approve the reopening of athletic practice pods beginning Monday, Feb. 15.
Joyce Barela, the district’s school improvement coordinator, gave the board a rundown on school reentry from the Public Education Department.
Barela said there were three options: remaining remote 100 percent and continuing small groups for special education; continuing in remote, but expanding small group sessions; or a move to hybrid instruction, with kids with last names beginning with A through L going to school Mondays and Tuesdays, and those with last names beginning with M through Z going Wednesdays and Thursdays, with their days away from classrooms inc
Cobre schools post improved student grades Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 15, 2020
During the Cobre Schools Board of Education meeting Monday evening, principals from nearly all the elementary schools in the district reported an improvement in their pass rates for students, despite new challenges brought on by online learning.
Nearly all principals were in agreement that the remaining students’ failing grades were a result of a lack of attendance and failure to turn in assignments, rather than a lack of competency. Most schools additionally reported most of their failing grades came in so-called enrichment courses, such as PE or music, rather than in core subjects.
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