TIME NOW FOR YOUR
MORNING RUSH. NEW MEXICO
OPEN AT FULL CAPACITY
FOR ALL GRADES - BY NEXT
MONTH.
YESTERDAY, THE STATE'S
PUBLIC EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCED ALL SCHOOLS
CAN BEGIN IN-PERSON
LEARNING -- WITH
THE TIMELINE FOR
REOPENING WILL BE UP TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
BUT THE STATE EXPECTS
ALL KIDS RETURN UNLESS A
FAMILY CHOOSES
FOR THEIR CHILD TO BE
REMOTE ONLY.
SANCTIONED ACTIVITIES
CAN
START BACK UP.
BEFORE PLAYING A GAME --
FOOTBALL WILL STILL HAVE
TO WAIT AT LEAST FIVE
DAYS AFTER COMING IN
CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.
DIRECTOR SAYS SHE WILL
REACH OUT TO
SCHOOLS WHO OPTED OUT OF
HYBRID LEARNING TO SEE
IF THEY WILL
NOW PLAY.
TEAMS WILL USE THE
REVISED SPORTS CALENDAR
THAT WAS RELEASED
LAST MONTH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SAYS IT WILL PUSH TO GET
ALL K-THROUGH-12
TEACHERS... STAFF... AND
EARLY CHILDHOOD
PROFESSIONALS
VACCINATED THIS MONTH.
THIS WEEK -- THE FOCUS
IS OUTSIDE OF THE
ALBUQUERQUE AREA.
NEXT WEEK -- STATE
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
PLANNING A MASS
VACCINATION SITE FOR
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IN THE
METRO. SCHOOL WORKERS
MUST REGISTER TO GET
VACCINATED... THAT WAY
THEY'LL
BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE
THERE'S A SHOT READY.
TODAY...Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of
rain showers. Highs in
the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph in
the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear.
Southwest winds 15 to 20
mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Windy.
Mostly sunny. Highs in
the lower 60s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph
increasing to 20 to 30
mph with gusts to around
40 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY
clear. Lows in the mid
20s to lower 30s. West
winds 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to around 40 mph
decreasing to 10 to 15
mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Breezy.
Mostly sunny in the
morning then becoming
partly cloudy. Highs in
the lower 60s. Southwest
e afternoon.
HURSDAY
NIGHT...Brzy. Partly
oudy. Lows around 30.
RIDAY...rtly cloudy.
ghs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Breezy.
rtly cloudy with a
ight chaef rain
and snow showers. w
in the upper 20s.
POLI SAY THE DRIVER
O LLED LAS CRUCES
BLIC SCHOOLS
PERINNDENT KAREN
UJIO, WILL NOT FACE
GS LA MONTH WHEN SHE
WASIT BY AN
18-YEAR-OLD DVING A
NIVAN.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE
S WALKING IN T
REET AND W
RBUDS... SO
E LIKY COULD NOT
AR THE CAR COMING.
LICE SAY THDRIVER
S NOT SPEEDING AND IT
ULD HAVE BEEN
HARD FOR HIM TO AVOID
E CRASH.
AUTHITIES ARE STILL
ARCHI FOR TWO
LLINA11-YEAR-OLD
IN VALENCIA COUNTY.
21-YEAR-OLD SANTOS MATEO
GARCIA -- AND
24-YEAR-OLD ERIC
CARILLO-GARCIA ARE STILL
AT LARGE.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS THE TWO OPENED FIRE
OUTSIDE A
MONTEREY PARK HOME
OVER THE WEEKEND....
WHEN 11-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH
HOBBS WAS KILLED.
ALEXANDRIA TABORA WAS
ARRESTED YESTERDAY.
TOSS TO CRYSTAL
A PROPOSAL TO SUSPEND
AND EXPEL FEWER STUDENTS
A PROPOSAL TO SUSPEND
AND EXPEL FEWER STUDENTS
FROM SCHOOL... IS
MOVING THROUGH THE
ROUNDHOUSE.
AT CONSIDERING STUDENT
HOMELESSNESS... FOSTER
CARE ISSUES... AND OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT MIGHT AFFECT A
STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR.
SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION
WOULD ONLY BE ON THE
TABLE IF DEEMED THE
ONLY SAFE RESPONSE.
THE BILL PASSED THE
HOUSE... AND PASSED ITS
FIRST SENATE COMMITTEE
YESTERDAY.
A PROPOSAL TO
INCORPORATE MORE BLACK
PERSPECTIVES INTO NEW
MEXICO SCHOOLS IS MOVING
TO THE SENATE. HOUSE
BILL 43-- KNOWN AS THE
"BLACK EDUCATION ACT"--
WOULD PUT
200-THOUSAND DOLLARS
TOWARD PROGRAMS
PROMOTING BLACK
CULTURE AND ANTI-RACISM
IN PUBLIC AND HIGHER
EDUCATION.
THAT PROPOSAL PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY IN THE
HOUSE.
A NEW MEXICO WOMAN IS
FACING CHARGES FOR
ALLEGEDLY STEALING MORE
THAN 20-THOUSAND DOLLARS
FROM A HIGH SCHOOL
SOCCER TEAM.
ALAMOGORDO POLICE SAY
YVETTE ROMERO WAS THE
TREASURER FOR
ALAMOGORDO HIGH SCHOOL'S
SOCCER BOOSTER CLUB.
INVESTIGATORS SAY ROMERO
WAS ARRESTED WHEN IT WAS
DISCOVERED
SHE STOLE MONEY OVER THE
LAST THREE YEARS.
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
CITY COUNCILOR BROOK
BASSAN IS PROPOSING A
ROUNDABOUT TO BE BUILT
IN THE INTERSECTION OF
HOLLY AND VENTURA NEAR
PASEO -- BECAUSE OF
YESTERDAY -- A CITY
COMMITTEE VOTED IN FAVOR
OF ADDING IT TO THE
CITY'S
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PLAN.
THOSE CHANGES WILL NOW
GO TO THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL. IT'S ESTIMATED
TO COST MORE THAN
700-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A NEW COLORING CONTEST
ENCOURAGES CHILDREN TO
"DITCH THE DITCHES."
THE DITCH AND WATER
SAFETY TASK FORCE POSTED
THE CONTEST
DITCHES AND ARROYOS.
THE CONTEST WILL RUN
THROUGH MID SUMMER.
WE'VE POSTED A LINK TO
MORE AT K- R-Q-E DOT
COM, JUST LOOK UNDER THE
TIME FOR THE FIVE FACTS
YOU GO THIS MORNING.
AT NUMBER FIVE...
THE C-D-C IS RELEASING
NEW HEALTH GUIDELINES
FOR FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE.
OFFICIALS SAY IF YOU'RE
VACCINATED -- YOU CAN
SAFELY VISIT WITH OTHER
INDOORS WITHOUT MASKS OR
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
PLUS - THE NEW
GUIDELINES ALSO STATE
THAT PEOPLE CONSIDERED
AT
LOW-RISK CAN COME
TOGETHER.
SUCH AS -- A GRANDPARENT
WHO'S BEEN
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN WHO
ARE DEEMED LOW-RISK. THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS
STILL ENCOURAGING NEW
MEXICANS TO WEAR
MASKS IN PUBLIC.
AT NUMBER FOUR...
A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO
OFFER PAID SICK
LEAVE...NEEDS TO CLEAR
ONE MORE COMMITTEE
BEFORE HEADING TO THE
FULL SENATE.
BEFORE IT DOES SO - ITS
SEEING CHANGES.
HOUSE BILL 20 -- KNOWN
AS THE "HEALTHY
WOULD MANDATE WORKERS
ACCRUE SICK LEAVE THE
LONGER THEY'RE
WITH A COMPANY.
MANY BUSINESS OWNERS ARE
SAYING IT WOULD BE A
COSTLY BURDEN.
SO NOW, REPRESENTATIVE
CHRISTINE CHANDLER HAS
INTRODUCED TWO CHANGES.
ONE - WOULD DELAY THE
LAW FROM KICKING IN THIS
YEAR... TO NEXT YEAR.
THE OTHER - WOULD ALLOW
BUSINESSES THAT ALREADY
OF PAID TIME OFF-- TO
QUALIFY.
AT NUMBER THREE...ADLIB
WEATHER WINDY WITH
SHOWERS
AT NUMBER TWO...
WHY THE DRIVER WHO
KILLED LAS CRUCES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT KAREN
TRUJILLO, WILL NOT FACE
CHARGES.
POLICE SAY TRUJILLO WAS
WALKING HER DOGS LAST
MONTH, WITH
THEY SAY SHE WAS IN THE
STREET AND WEARING
EARBUDS... AN 18-YEAR
OLD DRIVING A MINIVAN
HIT HER. POLICE SAY HE
WAS NOT SPEEDING, AND IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN
DIFFICULT FOR
HIM TO AVOID HITTING
TRUJILLO.
AT NUMBER ONE...
APS WILL MEET THIS WEEK
DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S
TIME TO WELCOME ALL
KIDS BACK TO THE
CLASSROOM - BY APRIL
5TH.
THE P-E-D SAYS -- SINCE
FEBRUARY 8TH ... ABOUT
50-THOUSAND
STUDENTS, ALONG WITH
HYBRID MODEL, WHICH
PROVES STUDENTS CAN
SAFELY RETURN WITH
COVID PROTOCOLS.
THE P-E-D'S THREE-WEEK
ROLL OUT PLAN - WILL
START WITH
THE EDUCATION SECRETARY
SAYS EDUCATORS AND STAFF
WHO WANT A
VACCINE CAN RECEIVE
THEIR FIRST DOSE BY THE
END OF THE MONTH.
A-P-S BOARD PRESIDENT
DR. DAVID PEERCY, SAYS
APS WILL MEET THE
APRIL DEADLINE.
BUT ADDED -- FAMILIES
CAN STILL OPT FOR REMOTE
LEARNING.