RIO RANCHO — Independence High School is preparing for restructuring next school year due to low graduation rates over the last several years in Rio Rancho.
School officials are discussing “next steps” as the New Mexico Public Education Department initiates releasing “Significant Restructure and Redesign, Restart and Closure” applications this month, according to IHS Principal Jessica Sanchez, who spoke to the RRPS Board of Education during a meeting on Monday. According to federal law, restructuring involves making changes to school’s operations – from leadership to instruction – to address low performance.
“I will tell you, before we even get that (application), we are meeting constantly in a proactive approach for the restructuring and coming up with some ideas. I want to get ahead of it,” Sanchez told the board and RRPS Superintendent Dr. Sue Cleveland…