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Classrooms across Albuquerque Public Schools have been prepared for students’ return. Some classes that require close contact will have plexiglass dividers. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
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Highland High School band director Josephine Gonzales knows there will be hurdles when students return to school today. But that hasn’t tempered her noticeable excitement.
It may be April but the teacher of nine years has first-day-of-school feelings on steroids.
Wilson Middle School staff distanced desks last week to prepare for the reopening of Albuquerque Public Schools campuses. All APS schools will resume in-person learning Monday. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
APS school board locks in final details for in-person reentry plan
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APS school board locks in final details for in-person reentry plan
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Parents are concerned about how APS will return to school Share Updated: 6:19 PM MDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 6:19 PM MDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript I’M BRITTANY HOPE AND I’M RON BURKE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES A THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS ARE PREPARING FOR APS TO RING IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR IN THREE WEEKS, BUT WE LEARNED THERE ARE SOME PARENTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO SEND THEIR KIDS BACK AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FEARS OF THEIR CHILDREN CATCHING COVID. EMAILS LIKE THIS HAVE MANY APS PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL WILL BE LIKE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT THEY’RE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WOULD BE BEST TO STAY HOME. MARY ENGLAND IS THE MOTHER OF THREE ELEMENTARY AGED CHILDREN. SHE GOT AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF HER CHILDREN’S TEACHERS EXPLAINING HOW THINGS WOULD WORK WHEN APS RETURNS TO SCHOOL IN THREE WEEKS. MY GOAL WAS TO HAVE THE KIDS SPECIALLY THE ELEME
ABQ teachers union says reactions are mixed on going back 100% to in-person learning Share Updated: 7:57 AM MST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 7:57 AM MST Mar 10, 2021
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Show Transcript YOU CAN COUNT ON FORWARD SPOKE TO THE TEACHERS UNION AND JOINS US LIVE FROM APS WITH WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEM KAYLA FOR THE HEY RON, YEAH STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THIS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL TEACHERS UNION TOLD ME THAT SOME ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOGISTICS AND OTHER SAFETY. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS SURPRISED I CERTAINLY WAS PD ANNOUNCED MONDAY. ALL NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE STUDENTS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM NO LATER THAN APRIL 5TH. THAT MEANS TEACHERS NEED TO BE BACK TOO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE SO FAR. SHE’S GETTING A MIXED REACTION. AND FROM THOSE IN THE UNION A TEACHER JUST CALLED ME SAYING THIS IS THE BEST THING AND I’M READY TO GO BACK AND I’VE HAD EMAILS FROM TEACHERS SAYING I’M NOT FEELING SAFE. THIS I