Alamo Navajo School Board

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Alamo Navajo School Board
Alamao Navajo School logo.png
Address
P.O. Box 5907
Aloma
, New Mexico , 87825
United States
District information
TypePublic school district
Established1979 [1]
ClosedActive
SuperintendentJohn Apachito Jr.
Deputy superintendent(s)Rick J. Padilla
Other information
Website www.ansbi.org

The Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. (ANSB) is the entity controlling a K-12 tribal school in Alamo, New Mexico. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [2] It also maintains a clinic and other public infrastructure in Alamo. [3]

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History

Due to the passage of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act, a local school board was established in 1979. [4]

Alamo Community Navajo school opened with grades K-8 on October 1, 1979. Its initial campus was four portable buildings. [5] The high school was established on December 15, 1980. [6]

By 2012 it was the only employer in Alamo. The school board, federally funded, was used as a vehicle to have public works projects without needing to involve the Navajo Nation bureaucracy. Cindy Yurth of the Navajo Times wrote that it is "the de facto government of Alamo". [7]

In 2018 a group of parents criticized the school board for spending $497,000 on expenses not directly related to education. [8]

In 2018 a group of parents collected 299 signatures on a petition to recall board members under the terms set by the Navajo Election Administration. [9]

In 2019 the federal courts indicted three former board members, accusing them of lying about taking business trips so they could take federal funds. [10]

Student body

In 2022 student enrollment was 293. [11]

Student achievement

In the 2014–2015 school year, as per BIE statistics, 1% of the students were categorized as having proficiency in mathematics. This increased to 3% in the 2015–2016 school year. The percentage of students proficient in English in the 2015–2016 school year was 4%. [8] By 2022 5% of students were categorized as proficient in math and 8% in reading with 100% of students reported as being on free or reduced lunch. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.ansbi.org [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ "Alamo Navajo School Board". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Home". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. ↑ Keane, Colleen (2017-05-25). "Finally, despite controversy, Alamo school has a board". Navajo Times . Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  5. ↑ "Community School". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  6. ↑ "About the Alamo Navajo School Board". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  7. ↑ Yurth, Cindy (2012-09-20). "Remember the Alamo". Navajo Times . Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  8. 1 2 Denetclaw, Pauly (2018-06-28). "Parents: Alamo school board wasting money". Navajo Times . Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  9. ↑ "Recall petition accepted for Alamo School Board". Navajo Times . 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  10. ↑ Becenti, Arlyssa (2019-10-26). "Former Alamo school board members facing criminal charges". Navajo Times . Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  11. ↑ https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/disreictsearch/district_detal.asp?ID2=5900046&districtID=5900046 [ bare URL ]
  12. ↑ "Alamo Navajo Community School in".

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