Letter To School Board and Superintendent From Parent

Dear School Board Members,
Dear Mr. Hancock,

Have you considered the NM supreme court decision No. 29190:  AUGILERA vs. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HATCH VALLEY?  In that case the board of education was allowed to terminate even tenured teachers without offering incentives.  This opportunity to get rid of ineffective teachers at a low cost should not be overlooked.  The current policy of reorganizing teachers to positions they do not want to be in is not going to improve the education offered in Cloudcroft.  Those teachers will be overstretched and forcing them to cover positions they do not wish to cannot be positive for the school as a whole.

I, and many other members of the community believe that the changes and decisions currently being proposed are not in the best interest of our kids.  We would like to help in brainstorming long term solutions that will help support our school now and in the future.

Please see the attached document that covers your proposed cuts.  This document shows that the proposed cuts only hurt our kids and may eventually cause the closure of our school. (CMS Budget Cuts, Recommendation for RIF)

It isn't too late to change things, as far as I am informed, the school board still must approve the final budget at the next meeting.

Sincerely,
Amanda Woeger

cc:  Hanna Skandera, NM Secretary of Education,
Paul J. Aguilar, Deputy Secretary, Finance and Operations NM-PED,Bernadette Tennyson, Executive Secretary, Finance and Operations NM-PED,
Yvette Herrell, New Mexico State Representative District 51,
Nora Espinoza, New Mexico State Representative District 59,
Vernon D. Asbill, New Mexico State Senator District 34