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Gallup-McKinley schools are ground zero for that disparity

In Gallup-McKinley County Schools, wearing the wrong color shirt can get you written up for “gang-related activity.” Banging on a window is bullying. The district is responsible for most of New Mexico’s disproportionate expulsions of Native students.

Bright costumes, intricate set designs, and strong performances and a few new wrinkles to the story, turn the dazzle dial up to 11.

WISHES DO COME TRUE. Every night, on stage, Marcus M. Martin portrays a genie granting Aladdin three wishes. But the very fact he’s onstage in that role is in itself a wish fulfilled … and an answer to prayer. Mr. Martin, who’s in the national Broadway touring production of “Disney’s Aladdin,” saw “Friend Like Me”

WISHES DO COME TRUE. Every night, on stage, Marcus M. Martin portrays a genie granting Aladdin three wishes. But the very fact he’s onstage in that role is in itself a wish fulfilled … and an answer to prayer. Mr. Martin, who’s in the national Broadway touring production of “Disney’s Aladdin,” saw “Friend Like Me”