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CyberMagnet director outlines enrollment goals, GrowDome projects and safety pilots
Summary
CyberMagnet director Naomi Martinez Standard told the board she wants to grow enrollment from 14 students by 25–50%, expand hands‑on programs including a GrowDome garden, and pilot vape detectors and other safety measures at the site.
Naomi Martinez Standard, director of the CyberMagnet campus, presented an extended report to the Taos Municipal Schools board on May 6 outlining enrollment goals, program plans and campus safety work.
Martinez Standard said current enrollment stands at 14 and she aims to increase that number by "25 to 50%," targeting the low‑to‑mid 20s or 30s as a stretch goal. She described program priorities that include reducing reliance on credit‑recovery courses, expanding hands‑on electives (solar gardening, physical training, guest speakers) and strengthening partnerships with higher‑education institutions for dual credit opportunities.
On campus metrics, Martinez Standard reported that since January the site has recorded 82 student course enrollments (36 classes completed, 46 in progress), with four students currently behind in their cohorts; she said those students are a priority for summer or targeted support with the aim of raising the cohort’s graduation rate above the current figure of roughly 50 percent.
Martinez Standard also discussed safety and staffing: a named safety team (nurse Chrissy Romero, math interventionist Enrique Gonzalez, SEL coordinator Margo Valdez) and newly drafted evacuation drills and safety binders for substitutes and staff. On student behavior technology, she described a pilot of wall‑mounted vape detectors that successfully detected an incident in a campus bathroom and can be checked against camera time stamps in the district’s camera app; she acknowledged sensitivity adjustments are needed to avoid false positives from cleaning aerosols.
Board members asked for clarification on nurse coverage and how feedback on the new scratch‑made menu is being collected; the director said feedback so far has been informal (word‑of‑mouth and emails from parents and staff) and that she plans a short survey before next school year. Martinez Standard emphasized community outreach and scholarship fundraising as ongoing priorities.
The presentation concluded with praise from board members for the campus GrowDome project and for the director’s recruitment and community‑schools work.
