I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The state’s largest school district will see a $22 million budget cut in the upcoming fiscal year, and more than 70 percent of the money designated for salaries will go to teachers and educational assistants, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The budget for Albuquerque Public Schools will be $594 million after a 3.3 percent cut from the legislature.
The Journal reported that the shortfall was caused by increased utilities and the costs of increasing pay for teachers who move up the pay scale.
The plan will cut nearly 400 positions, including 183 teachers positions. APS hopes most of the jobs are lost through attrition.
The budget will go to the school board for review and is expected to be voted on by June.
APS superintendent Winston Brooks has been criticized by Gov. Susana Martinez over the amount of money spent on administrative positions in the school district.
Martinez said that APS was “refusing to admit that there are dollars that can be cut in the bureacracy” and instead wanted to cut money from the classrooms.
