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Public commenters urge LCPS to act on classroom air and warn large high schools harm learning

Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education · February 17, 2026
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Summary

At the LCPS board meeting, Carol Owensby urged district advocacy on classroom air and long-term COVID risks, and Dr. Paul Furst presented research arguing smaller high schools yield better learning outcomes; both said they would provide supporting citations.

Two public commenters used the Feb. 17 Las Cruces Public Schools meeting to press the board on health and structural education issues.

Carol Owensby told the board she has advocated for cleaner classroom air since in-person learning resumed. Owensby said repeated COVID infections can inflict lasting vascular and neurological harm and argued the district should promote cleaner indoor air and public-health education. She said she would email the board peer-reviewed citations supporting…

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