Alamo Navajo School Board

Alamo Navajo School Board
Address
P.O. Box 5907 Aloma , New Mexico, 87825 United States
District information
Type	Public school district
Established	1979 [1]
Closed	Active
Superintendent	John 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]

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]

See also

• Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation

References

1. "Alamo Navajo School Board: site/index". www.ansbi.org.
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. 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^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12. "Alamo Navajo Community School in".

External links

• Alamo Navajo School Board

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