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
TypeTribal school system affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education
Established1979 [1]
SuperintendentJohn Apachito Jr.
Deputy superintendent(s)Rick J. Padilla
NCES District ID 590004600023 [2]
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). [3] It also maintains a clinic and other public infrastructure in Alamo. [4]

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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. [5]

Alamo Community Navajo school opened with grades K-8 on October 1, 1979. Its initial campus was four portable buildings. [6] The high school was established on December 15, 1980. [7]

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". [8]

In 2018, a group of parents criticized the school board for spending $497,000 on expenses not directly related to education. [9]

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. [10]

In 2019, the federal courts indicted three former board members, accusing them of lying about taking business trips so they could take federal funds. [11]

Student body

In 2022 student enrollment was 293. [12]

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%. [9] 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. [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alamo Navajo School Board: site/index". www.ansbi.org.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Alamo Navajo Community School". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Alamo Navajo School Board". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Home". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ Keane, Colleen (May 25, 2017). "Finally, despite controversy, Alamo school has a board". Navajo Times . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Community School". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ "About the Alamo Navajo School Board". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ Yurth, Cindy (September 20, 2012). "Remember the Alamo". Navajo Times . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  9. 1 2 Denetclaw, Pauly (June 28, 2018). "Parents: Alamo school board wasting money". Navajo Times . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Recall petition accepted for Alamo School Board". Navajo Times . July 26, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  11. ↑ Becenti, Arlyssa (October 26, 2019). "Former Alamo school board members facing criminal charges". Navajo Times . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  12. ↑ https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/disreictsearch/district_detal.asp?ID2=5900046&districtID=5900046%5B%5D
  13. ↑ "Alamo Navajo Community School in".

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