POPULARITY MAY COME WITH A PRICE

THAT MAY BE THE SITUATION IN RIO RANCHO WHERE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE DEALING WITH OVERCROWDING. DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN KIM VESELY TELLS US ONE FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT. IN FACT, THREE OF THE SCHOOLS AFFECTED ALREADY HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS. THE BOARD IS NOW CONSIDERING SOME BOUNDARY CHANGES TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING AT MAGGIE CORDOVA, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR AND ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE PROPOSALS ARE POSTED ON THE RIO RANCHO SCHOOL DISTRICT WEB PAGE.