TOP OF MIND: Do you believe local school districts in New Mexico should be allowed to continue four-day school weeks?

LAST WEEK'S QUESTION

Do you believe local school districts in New Mexico should be allowed to continue four-day school weeks?

If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. Leave alone the above average local districts showing continuous improvement and focus on the districts like APS with real problems. The PED secretary needs to be very wary about edicts that could cause a teacher exodus.

— David Coulie

Albuquerque

Schools with four-day school weeks should be allowed to continue only if they fulfill two conditions: students test scores in math and reading average 60% or above; student attendance rate averages 90% or above. Preparing students for success is more important than the convenience of a shortened school week.

— Janet Glass

Albuquerque

Why shouldn't local school districts or charter schools be allowed to have four-day-weeks as long as the NM PED sets a minimum number of classroom hours that are required annually for all students and those hours are not for teacher development, etc.

— Ronica Caudill

Los Ranchos

Until NM recognizes that it has a minority/majority school system and makes appropriate changes to the curriculum - multicultural material - nothing will change.

— Elisa Sánchez

Albuquerque

MORE ON THE MISSING EV ONE:

Answers to: Why do you think Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham does not use an electric vehicle for official business?

Since when does any autocrat demonstrate commonalty with the masses? Besides her ego is too big to fit into any existing EVs.

— Key Jones

Santa Fe

The governor probably wants an affordable EV bought from a New Mexico dealer. Limited choices at sales lots in NM mean she’d have to go out of state. But clean cars and trucks rules will bring affordable, low polluting cars that save money on maintenance and at the gas pump.

— Diane Reese

Albuquerque

It’s really not about electric vehicles. She wants to control the public, and EVs are just the latest tool to do it. We saw during her controlling COVID lockdowns that she didn’t follow her own mandates, so she doesn’t feel a need to set an example with electric vehicles.

— Monte Harms

Albuquerque

The governor is driven in a large vehicle with special security features. Electric vehicles are still new, and while new models come out every month, that kind of high security car is not yet available as an EV. It’s likely to be coming soon.

— Tom Solomon

Albuquerque

I think she will when we get her promised EV infrastructure. Maybe she doesn’t know that an EV can go 150–300 miles on a charge. I think she doesn’t to increase revenues for NM taxes—oh, and oil and gas tycoons.

— Jody Benson

Los Alamos

Bill Gates. Barack Obama. Leonardo DiCaprio. Al Gore. Mark Ruffalo. Prince Harry/Meghan Markle. Michelle Lujan Grisham. These Clean Energy advocates are hypocrites of the highest order. MLG is hooked on power – having a fleet of (gasoline vehicles) to ferry her about is far sexier than arriving in a Prius.

— Scott Daughtry

Albuquerque

THIS WEEK’S NEW QUESTION:

With New Mexico earning a record-breaking $2.75 billion from the oil and gas industry in 2023, are the people of New Mexico benefiting from this boom?

Answers will be published next Sunday. To participate send your thoughts in 50 words or less to abqjournal.com/opinion — At top right, go to Other Forms to find Top of Mind