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District proposes moving 6th grade academy into high school wing during middle-school construction
Summary
To avoid portables during construction, the district proposed using six classrooms and dedicated restrooms in the high school east wing for the 6th grade academy, adding visual/physical separation and staggered schedules; board members asked for safety and egress clarifications.
District leaders proposed temporarily relocating the 6th grade academy to the east wing of Pojoaque Valley High School for the upcoming academic year while the new middle school is constructed. The relocation plan described six dedicated classrooms, a shared principal/counselor office, dedicated restrooms for 6th graders, staggered lunch periods, escort procedures for electives, and a visible/physical separator (an "accordion" gate) to maintain separation from high school students.
Administrators said the move preserves instructional integrity and avoids portables and portable restrooms; they described transportation alignment with PBHS bell schedules and plans for communications to families. Board members raised safety questions (egress and crash hardware for emergency evacuation), ancillary services access and location of camera/security rooms; district staff and Principal Cordova described available office space for conversations and monitoring, and said a parent letter would go out the following day with details.
