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Three APS board members are elected without union backing

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The teachers union in New Mexico’s largest city will have fewer friends on the school board next year, after three board candidates won Tuesday's election

Created: July 06, 2021 08:12 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) wants everyone back in the classroom in August. “We think our schools have been very safe,” Sec. Ryan Stewart said. “We would highly encourage everyone to make sure that you know you have a safe school to be able to send your kids back to.” The NMPED is not requiring that every school have online options, but every family should still have access, Stewart said. “What we are doing is making sure that we have a robust set of online offerings available throughout the state,�...

"I was very disheartened to learn that the New Mexico State Auditor's Office raised concerns that our proposed efforts to compensate you, violated the NM State Constitution. And more specifically, the anti-donation clause," Scott Elder the APS superintendent said

Public school district backtracks on promise to give staff bonus elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 The pandemic forced educators to d0 a 180 to teach online. “They spent so much time trying to meet the needs of the kids, Ellen Bernstein with the Albuquerque Teachers Federation said. Then more flip flipping transitioning back to in-person instruction. “We spent months negotiating for every single employee, a small recognition for their hard work, during the most difficult years we ever had in public education,” Bernstein said. “They were so excited.” Bernstein said the union negotia...