THERE COULD BE SOME BIG CHANGES IN STORE FOR THREE UNDERPERFORMING ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS PLACED WHITTIER, HAWTHORNE AND LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARIES ON A LIST FOR “MORE RIGOROUS INTERVENTION.”
THAT MEANS THE SCHOOLS COULD BE CLOSED, RESTARTED AS CHARTER SCHOOLS, OR OTHERWISE RESTRUCTURED AND REDESIGNED. WHITTIER AND HAWTHORNE HAVE EACH GOTTEN SIX CONTINUOUS “F” GRADES. LOS PADILLAS HAS EARNED FIVE CONTINUOUS “F’S.”
