Alamo Navajo School Board
History
Due to the passage of the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act, a local school board was established in 1979.
Alamo Community Navajo school opened with grades K-8 on October 1, 1979. Its initial campus was four portable buildings. The high school was established on December 15, 1980.
By 2012 it was the only employer in Alamo. The school board, federally funded, was used as a vehicle to have public works projects without needing to involve the Navajo Nation bureaucracy. Cindy Yurth of the Navajo Times wrote that it is "the de facto government of Alamo".
In 2018 a group of parents criticized the school board for spending $497,000 on expenses not directly related to education.
In 2018 a group of parents collected 299 signatures on a petition to recall board members under the terms set by the Navajo Election Administration.
In 2019 the federal courts indicted three former board members, accusing them of lying about taking business trips so they could take federal funds.
Student body
In 2022 student enrollment was 293.
Student achievement
In the 2014–2015 school year, as per BIE statistics, 1% of the students were categorized as having proficiency in mathematics. This increased to 3% in the 2015–2016 school year. The percentage of students proficient in English in the 2015–2016 school year was 4%. By 2022 5% of students were categorized as proficient in math and 8% in reading with 100% of students reported as being on free or reduced lunch.
See also
References
- ^ "Alamo Navajo School Board: site/index". www.ansbi.org.
- ^ "Alamo Navajo School Board". Bureau of Indian Education. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Home". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Keane, Colleen (May 25, 2017). "Finally, despite controversy, Alamo school has a board". Navajo Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Community School". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "About the Alamo Navajo School Board". Alamo Navajo School Board. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Yurth, Cindy (September 20, 2012). "Remember the Alamo". Navajo Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Denetclaw, Pauly (June 28, 2018). "Parents: Alamo school board wasting money". Navajo Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Recall petition accepted for Alamo School Board". Navajo Times. July 26, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Becenti, Arlyssa (October 26, 2019). "Former Alamo school board members facing criminal charges". Navajo Times. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/disreictsearch/district_detal.asp?ID2=5900046&districtID=5900046
- ^ "Alamo Navajo Community School in".
External links
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