One Access Road For New Schools?

Updated post: in an earlier post we referred to the new Las Cruces Public Schools elementary school incorrectly. It is Monte Vista Elementary.

In the northern part of our city and just a couple of miles from the stranded golf course, work on the new Mesa Middle School (bottom photo) is well under way. Monte Vista Elementary School (left) is nearly complete. This new elementary school will be opened for students next month. Middle School construction will be completed in December and students will attend in the spring 2011 semester. These two schools will increase the LCPS's presence in the area north of U.S Highway 70 near Sonoma Ranch Road.

Monte Vista Elementary is well-named. A recent tour of the area revealed beautiful views of nearby mountains just to the north and west of the school.
The big question for the Las Cruces City Council is why are the standards being applied to safety concerns for golfers, standards that are effectively keeping the new golf course closed, not being applied to the safety concerns for public school children that will be attending Monte Vista Elementary next month? Perhaps Mayor Ken Miyagishima can answer this question when he appears as a guest on News New Mexico Wednesday morning July 7th at 8:00am. It is our understanding that the mayor is the only member of the Las Cruces City Council that did not cast a job-killing vote in April that continues to delay New Mexico Finance Authority funding that would pay for the building of an adequate second road to both of these new schools and by "coincidence," the new golf course.

One Access Road For New Schools?