RIO RANCHO EYES NEW SCHOOL TO EASE OVERCROWDING

 

NO BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR RIO RANCHO'S THREE OVERCROWDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT FROZE OUT-OF-DISTRICT AND OUT-OF-BOUNDARY TRANSFERS TO MAGGIE CORDOVA, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND ERNEST STAPLETON. THE BOARD ALSO TOLD THE DISTRICT TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY … A PROJECT SPOKESPERSON KIM VESELY SAYS WAS SCRAPPED WHEN FUNDING DRIED UP AFTER THE RECESSION HIT IN 2008.

VESELY TELLS US THEY HAVE 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN BOND MONEY FROM 2012, BUT STILL NEED MORE COMPLETE THE 20 MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION MONEY AND COVER OPERATING COSTS.