Santa Fe School District Report raises option of shutting Atalaya school, to parents' dismay

From the Santa Fe New Mexican.com - by Robert Nott - Many Atalaya Elementary School parents are unhappy about a new report suggesting, among other things, that the school district consider closing Atalaya and sending the students to nearby elementary schools.  The 32-page "Atalaya Elementary School Facility Program and Recommendations" report, prepared by the Albuquerque-based Hartman + Majewski Design Group, also offers three options for renovations and additions to the existing school, and one option that calls for the demolition of the facility and relocation of the existing student body to another location for up to two years while a new school is constructed.  But the report recommends that the Board of Education review the school's demographics, declining enrollment, location, programs and facility conditions, and "consider whether or not an elementary school continues to be needed in this area and the BOE should consider full facility closure."  Board Vice President Glenn Wikle, who represents District 2, told The New Mexican via email that closure is "a recommendation which a majority of the board and the superintendent do not support."  Read more

Santa Fe School District Report raises option of shutting Atalaya school, to parents' dismay