Boundary Meeting Tonight for La Cueva Feeder Schools

A community meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight, where Albuquerque Public Schools officials will hear community input about the attendance boundaries at schools that feed into La Cueva High School. Specifically, the district has been wrestling with overcrowding at North Star Elementary School and under-enrollment at nearby Double Eagle Elementary. See past Journal coverage here. Elementary schools in the far Northeast Heights have struggled in the past with fraudulent enrollment of students who live outside the boundaries, and were criticized last year for requiring extra identification for enrolling families. Read about it here.

There are no specific proposals on the table, and this meeting is for gathering community input on the issues. APS Superintendent Winston Brooks remarked at a recent school board meeting that community members are starting petitions to oppose action by the district, despite the fact that no specific actions are under consideration.

The meeting will be held in the La Cueva Performing Arts Center, and the Journal will cover the meeting and post updates.