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Parents and drivers press board on remote learning days, volunteer costs and bus contractor practices

Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education · October 28, 2025
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Summary

Public commenters urged changes to district calendar remote-learning designations, questioned volunteer support and background-check costs, and detailed operational and safety concerns with the district's private bus contractor. The board heard calls for clearer expectations for remote days and for better contractor oversight.

Three members of the public addressed the board during the public-comment period, raising separate but policy-relevant concerns about remote learning days, district policies, and bus operations.

Rebecca Grama, a parent of two middle-school students, urged the board to reconsider four designated remote learning days on the district calendar (Aug. 28, Oct. 13, Feb. 13 and April 6, 2026). Grama said she found no guidance on district websites or the student handbook about expectations for those days and told the board she had been told by school staff that students should…

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