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APS looks to advertising to comeback from a big drop in enrollment and a $45 million budget deficit Share Updated: 9:42 PM MDT May 24, 2021 Share Updated: 9:42 PM MDT May 24, 2021
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Show Transcript THE GAPS. BUT IF THE ENROLLMENT DOESN’T BOUNCE BACK AS MUCH AS WE NE,ED WE WILL HAVE ANDD AITIONAL PROBLEM NEXT YEAR. THEY’RE CURRENTLY FACING A BIG DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT AND LOST ABTOU 5,200 STUDENTS THIS PAST YEAR APS SPOKESPERN,SO MONICA ARMENTA SAYS THE DISTRICT WAS ALREADY LOSING ABOUT 1040 A YEAR ON AVERAGE MAINLY IN ELEMENTARY THIS PAST YEAR. THEYOS LT NEARLY 4,000 MORE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHGIN WE CAN TO RECRUIT STUDENTS AGAIN NEXT YEAR WHICH WE WILL ACTIVYEL BE DOING WE ALREADY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING LEADERSAY S THEY’RE INCREASING THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET AND TAKING A CLOSE. LOOK AT CHARTER AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHICHAV HE DONE. WELL IN THAT AREA THEY PUT MONEY INTO BILLBOAR
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) â Amid pressure from some parents and teachers, public schools across New Mexico have rejected tens of millions of dollars in state funding for extra learning days.
Each ânoâ vote from local school boards is a blow to the state Legislatureâs signature education initiative.
Based on years of research about how best to improve academic outcomes for children and narrow the achievement gap for struggling students, the plan takes aim at the three idle summer months that hold back many students. The research found that extending the school year with the same teacher is more effective than summer school.
April 22, 2021 Share
As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best to stifle her own emotions and keep from crying. She sensed a sadness mirrored in her students.
“I don’t think until that moment they felt the weight of it,” she said.
The guilty verdicts were welcomed by her students in Fort Worth, Texas all Hispanic with one Black student but they had a range of viewpoints. Some were relieved because violent protests might have broken out otherwise. One boy said he didn’t see why former police officer Derek Chauvin should serve a lengthy prison sentence, prompting a groan from classmates.
2021/04/22 04:49 As she watched a broadcast of the verdict in the murder trial of the police officer charged with killing George Floyd with her last-period class, middle school teacher Diana Garcia-Allen did her best to stifle her own emotions and keep from crying. She sensed a sadness mirrored in her students. “I don’t think until that moment they felt the weight of it,” she said. The guilty verdicts were welcomed by her students in Fort Worth, Texas all Hispanic with one Black student but they had a range of viewpoints. Some were relieved because violent protests might have broken out otherwise. One boy said he didn’t see why former police officer Derek Chauvin should serve a lengthy prison sentence, prompting a groan from classmates.