ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS APPEALING THE STATE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S HANDLING OF HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL, THE DISTRICT CLAIMS DEPARTMENT SECRETARY CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY IN CALLING FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF HAWTHORNE DUE TO SIX CONSECUTIVE “F” GRADES.
THREE APS SCHOOLS WERE DEEMED IN NEED OF MORE RIGOROUS INTERVENTION. THE STATE APPROVED APS PLANS FOR TWO OF THEM…BUT REJECTED HAWTHORNE’S.
THE DISTRICT’S APPEAL WAS FILED IN STATE DISTRICT COURT IN SANTA FE.
