Despite the increased traffic, the shortage of housing, the packed restaurants throughout Lea County, only the Hobbs Municipal Schools is showing a significant increase in school population. On the last day of the 2018-19 school year, Hobbs’ total enrollment was 10,341. On the fifth day of school this school year, the enrollment was 10,615 according to the Hobbs Municipal Schools …

Acting University of the Southwest Provost Ryan Tipton said Tuesday that there is “some really cool stuff going on at the university.” His description of some of the “cool stuff” indicates just how much the university is dedicated to being a living example of its “servant leadership” credo. “We have lots of global presence,” Tipton said. “We have students on …

They say there is no free lunch. Unless you happen to be a student in the Hobbs Municipal Schools. Beginning next school year, Hobbs schools will be providing a free lunch to every student that wants one. “Hobbs Municipal Schools will be able to provide lunch to every student within Hobbs Municipal Schools at no charge,” states a letter by …

       It takes a special kind of student to earn an associate’s degree – sometimes two associate’s – before a high school diploma. Yvonne Carpenter, Hobbs Municipal School’s Early College academic advisor, said the 11 Hobbs High School students who did just that earlier this month are committed, disciplined and mature beyond their years.         …

Thanks to the energy of fifth-grader Emaleigh Criswell, students at College Lane Elementary School now have two bright red benches where they can go to sit if they find themselves bereft of playmates during recess. On Tuesday, Emaleigh dedicated the benches as her parents, Brian and Tonya Criswell, her grandmother, Sandra Hubbard, and the entire College Lane student body watched …

Laura Hunt’s defense of her doctoral dissertation University of the Southwest was unique in several ways. First, Hunt is the first doctoral candidate at the university and she represented an important step in the evolution of the school’s academic program. The university has offered Masters degrees in business and in educational leadership for several years. School administrators said pans are …

Trump to order colleges to back free speech or lose funding By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday requiring U.S. colleges to certify that they protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal research funding, White House officials said. Trump initially proposed the idea during a March 2 speech …

Every Hobbs secondary school participated in a weekend Science Olympiad Regional competition at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. The majority of the Hobbs teams qualifed for the state contest on Feb. 23 at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. In addition, there were a number of first-place finishers from individual schools. Hobbs High School finished in third-place overall in the …

The Hobbs Municipal Schools is ramping up the exploration of a possible career technician school in Hobbs. The idea is to gather as much information about the impact and cost such a school would have in the Hobbs community and then present it to voters for bond approval. During his report to the Hobbs School Board last week, Superintendent TJ …

An early childhood educator of 38 years standing left a message asking if I had advice for encouraging cooperation from parents. She reports what every veteran teacher (defined as having 20 years or more classroom experience) I have spoken with over the past 40 years reports: to wit, that it is the rare parent who does not become defensive, even …