In light of the fiscal enormity – an average of $11,327 spent per student at the SpaRRk Academy, housed at Joe Harris Elementary – and declining enrollment, the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday evening to close the K-5 virtual school.
The saga of Rio Rancho Public Schools Career-Technical Education building added another chapter the evening of Feb.6, when the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education approved a joint use agreement with Central New Mexico Community College.
Four of the five members (Gary Tripp was absent) of the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education endorsed nine resolutions for the New Mexico School Board Association to carry to the 2023 state legislature.
Although traffic issues were, as usual with the start of a school year, challenging as Rio Rancho Public Schools opened secondary buildings Aug. 5 and elementary buildings Aug. 8, the transportation woes of the past may have been lessened.