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Santa Fe school board orders rapid analysis of three options to keep EJ Martinez intact after weeks of community pleas
Summary
After hours of public testimony urging the board to preserve EJ Martinez’s school community, the Santa Fe Public Schools board directed staff to analyze three options — rebuilding EJ, a school‑within‑a‑school at Chaparral, or a school‑within‑a‑school at Milagro — and return with costs, timelines and impacts.
The Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education on Jan. 15 directed district staff to deliver a rapid analysis of three concrete options for EJ Martinez Elementary after more than two hours of public comment from families, teachers and students urging the district to keep the school community intact.
During a packed public forum, parents, staff and students described long ties to EJ Martinez, raised safety and facility concerns at the temporary Chaparral site and warned that relocating the school could damage students’ social and academic progress. “I think that EJ Martinez should stick together,” student Audrey Tapia told the board. Parents and teachers repeatedly asked the board to honor previous commitments to rebuild EJ.
Superintendent Christine Griffin framed the presentation as an explanation of choices, not a decision. She said the district had engaged stakeholders in 10 structured meetings, gathered 256 survey…
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