Quemado Independent Schools (Independent School District 2) is a school district headquartered in
Quemado, New Mexico
Quemado is a census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 228. Walter De Maria's 1977 art installation, '' The Lightning Field'', is between Quemado and Pie Town, New Mexico. ...
, U.S. Shelby Perea of the ''
Albuquerque Journal'' described the district, located in a rural area, as being "small".
In
Catron County the district includes Quemado,
Datil,
Escudilla Bonita,
Homestead
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*Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses
* Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres
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,
Pie Town, and some areas held by the
Zuni Reservation
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. Additionally the district serves a portion of
Cibola County
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, including
Fence Lake.
History
Joe McDee was superintendent until 1965, when Herman D. Harm of
Marsing, Idaho
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Geography
Marsing is located at (43.545484, -116.807811), at an elevation of above sea level. The c ...
replaced him.
In 2019 superintendent David Lackey stated that the district was unable to use New Mexico's school safety funding due to the conditions involved in the funding.
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Schools
It has two schools: a K-12 school called Quemado Elementary and High School, and an elementary school called Datil Elementary School. The latter is a two-room schoolhouse
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with multi-level classes.
References
External links
Quemado Schools
{{Education in Cibola County, New Mexico
Education in Catron County, New Mexico
Education in Cibola County, New Mexico
School districts in New Mexico