Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. (ANSB) refers to the entity controlling a K-12 tribal school in
Alamo, New Mexico
Alamo ( nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,085 at the 2010 census. It is the largest community on the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation.
Geography
Alamo is located at (34 ...
. It is affiliated with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and A ...
(BIA). It also maintains a clinic and other public infrastructure in Alamo.
History
Due to the passage of the
Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (Public Law 93-638) authorized the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and some other government agencies to enter into contracts with, a ...
, 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
The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest fe ...
.
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 2018 the number of students was under 300.
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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%.[
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See also
* Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation
References
External links
Alamo Navajo School Board
Public K-12 schools in the United States
Public elementary schools in New Mexico
Public middle schools in New Mexico
Public high schools in New Mexico
1979 establishments in New Mexico
Educational institutions established in 1979
Education in Socorro County, New Mexico
Education on the Navajo Nation
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