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View Comments LAS CRUCES - Both Gadsden Independent School District and Hatch Valley Public Schools decided to extend their academic calendar for the 2021-22 academic year. These extensions follow a state bill that encouraged districts and charter schools to extend their calendars to help supplement potential learning loss due to school closures and remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. Senate Bill 40 was signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 8. The bill makes districts eligible for additional program units and funds if...

Preparing Students of Color for the Future Workforce Lessons From Communities in Indiana and New Mexico Download the PDF here. When it comes to readying students for the jobs of the future, America’s K-12 education system too often does not sufficiently prepare Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students. Research has shown that this negatively affects these students’ life outcomes, specifically in terms of their long-term career prospects and economic security. 1 For example, Black, Latinx and Indigenous people are currently underrepresented in high-wage jobs but overrepresented in low-wage w...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Coach Ben Trujillo stands behind his Hatch Valley girls’ basketball team. Trujillo’s wife, Karen, the Las Cruces Public Schools superintendent, passed away on Feb. 25. (Courtesy of Hatch Valley High School) LAS CRUCES — Ben Trujillo looks at the upcoming high school girls basketball season as a blessing. The Hatch Valley athletic director and girls basketball head coach usually has a lot on h...

April 5 is the district's designated snow day, so school is out of session that day. "Full reentry" means that any student who wants to return to class can do so five days a week. Students who choose to remain online may do so. The announcement from PED about this expectation came as a surprise to HVPS Superintendent Michael Chavez, the same as many district officials statewide. "We knew something was up, but gosh, I don't know that anybody expected that kind of announcement," Chavez said. "It really took us back a little bit … I'm happy as heck that we're coming back, because our kids ju...

New Mexico's Karen Trujillo: A huge advocate for students and teachers Tracey Bryan “New Mexico just lost a huge advocate for kids,” said Michael Chavez, superintendent of Hatch Valley Public Schools. The enormity of that loss advanced like a black fog across Las Cruces and New Mexico, as news of the tragic death of Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo spread across social media. Karen loved kids, and she loved teachers. She wanted both to realize their potential and to know that we, as a community, believed in them. “Karen was truly a shining light in our educationa...