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Good Happenings Transcript November 26, 2007 |
2nd-- Radio Spot
Keshshi. This is Superintendent Kaye Peery.
Let me welcome everyone back from what I hope was a wonderful
Thanksgiving or Shalak’o cooking day….or, both.
This week I would like to concentrate on some good things currently
going on in the District.
On Tuesday, November 20, 2007, I spent some extended time with Mr.
Dan Simplicio in my office discussing several issues concerning the
community. In addition, we spoke about how the negativity for this
administration is not helping to resolve the more important concerns
of our community…..the education of our children. I feel hopeful
that some of Mr. Simplicio’s concerns have been addressed. I feel
that we are on the threshold of a genuine attempt, on all of our
parts, to work together.
By the Christmas Break, we are hopeful that the Twin Buttes High
School renovation project will be under way. As you know the Public
School Capital Outlay Council (PSCOC) has approved the expenditure
of $2.1 million to remediate the health and safety concerns in Twin
Buttes High School. The architects expect the design phase to be
completed by the first week of January, with construction to begin
in February. The schedule calls for all work to be completed before
the opening of school in August 2008. District staff is planning to
temporarily relocate the TBHS students to available space in the
“old high school” building while construction is underway. Plans are
to accomplish this move over the winter break. Many of the Zuni
residents have attended school in the Twin Buttes facility and we
are excited about reviving this old school building.
I have been working with Fred Whey at the Zuni Branch of UNM to
provide educational training for our instructional staff. We are
especially interested in assisting local people to become endorsed
in the areas of math, science, special education or educational
administration. Mr. Whey and I are committed to offering courses in
these areas, locally here in Zuni. Please contact Fred or me
immediately if you are interested. If we can put together enough
interested people, classes can start as early as January. This is a
wonderful opportunity for the Zuni people to pursue a teaching or
educational administration degree, and to become more involved in
the teaching of our children.
Additionally, I have recently been informed that ZHS will be
offering their students the opportunity to attend an “auto mechanics
course” at the Zuni Branch of UNM, during blocks 1 and 2. This
course is scheduled to start during the winter semester, which
starts in January 2008. Each class will be able to accommodate
approximately 15 students for each class, for a total of 32 students
for the two (2) blocks.
I am also happy to announce that we have extended our District web
page to include an interactive message board. In layman’s terms….a “blog.”
We hope everyone in the community will visit the “blog” and share
their comments, concerns or questions. You can get to the “blog”
through our web page at www.zspd.org. We can’t wait to hear from
everyone! Remember, if you don’t have a computer you can go to the
local library, where several are available for community use.
Your Zuni Board of Education and I continue to invite the community
to attend each and every board meeting. The next scheduled Board
Meeting is December 10, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. at Twin Buttes High
School.
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