ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ARE TEAMING UP TO CREATE A NEW HIGH SCHOOL ON C-N-M'S MAIN CAMPUS ON COAL SOUTHEAST. MONICA ARMENTA WITH APS SAYS MANY STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKING COLLEGE COURSES ALONG WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES. BUT SHE SAYS THIS SCHOOL WOULD PROVIDE A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE.
STUDENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE 50 PERCENT HIGH SCHOOL COURSES AND 50 PERCENT COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES AT THE SCHOOL. THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO NOT ONLY FINISH WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, BUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF COLLEGE. ARMENTA SAYS THAT MEANS STUDENTS COULD ENTER COLLEGE AS A JUNIOR.
THE SCHOOL IS FOR ALL STUDENTS, NOT JUST THOSE FROM A-P-S. IT WILL BEGIN CLASSES THIS FALL.
