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Parents express frustrations with state school restrictions to local board

By Hobbs News-Sun
September 18, 2020
in :  Education
3,517

Parents came to the regularly held Hobbs Municipal School Board meeting Tuesday night expressing their concerns about what the state restrictions are doing to students, and to find out if anything can be done to get children back in school. Currently HMS students are only taking classes remotely with the exception of pre-K through 3rd graders allowed to attend one …

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NMJC reduces tuition for some out-of-state students

By Hobbs News-Sun
September 1, 2020
in :  Education
1,827

New Mexico Junior College is reducing the tuition rate it charges some out of state students after the board agreed to the change last week. Currently, NMJC has an in-district tuition rate $39 per tuition hour for students who live in Lea County. It then has an out-of-district rate of $58 for those students who live in New Mexico but …

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Governor hopes for K-5 return to classrooms after Labor Day

By Hobbs News-Sun
August 21, 2020
in :  Education
3,333

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed hope Wednesday that most elementary school students will be able to return to classrooms after Labor Day under a hybrid mode, citing declining statewide rates of coronavirus infection. In a live video interview with Washington Post journalist Eugene Scott, Lujan Grisham said New Mexico is “crushing it” when it comes …

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Interest in homeschooling has ‘exploded’ amid pandemic

By Hobbs News-Sun
August 12, 2020
in :  Education
2,110

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin homeschooling. Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program. For others who may have been considering homeschooling, concerns for their …

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Column: Hobbs High lays out plan for graduation Saturday, July 18

By Hobbs News-Sun
July 13, 2020
in :  Education
3,731

Hobbs High School is pleased to have the honor of celebrating our graduating class of 2020 on Saturday, July 18. Due to an increase of cases of COVID-19 and the recent changes in expectations of restarting school, it is necessary to do a graduation with social distancing as its number one priority. Below is some important information for graduates and …

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All Hobbs, Lovington students to receive $299 EBT payments

By Hobbs News-Sun
June 16, 2020
in :  Education
16,024

Parents of children enrolled in the Lovington and Hobbs school districts may have been surprised to learn their children will receive either a new Electronic Benefits Transfer card or, if they are already using an EBT card, will have money deposited on to it. Since breakfast and lunch is provided for every student at both school districts, every student is …

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Salutatorian Claire Newey’s plan is to sing & dance

By Hobbs News-Sun
June 4, 2020
in :  Education, Local News
3,122

Claire Newey is 17, going on 18 and she’s Hobbs High School’s 2020 Salutatorian. She’s been in Hobbs schools her entire academic career and credits the school for her academic success. As Claire sees it, “There is a lot of opportunity for Hobbs students if they just take advantage of what’s offered.” That’s what she’s done, concentrating not only the …

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HHS valedictorian Troy White

By Hobbs News-Sun
June 2, 2020
in :  Education, Local News
5,109

Troy White may be the Hobbs High School Class of 2020’s valedictorian, but he used to be, what he called, a horrible student. Growing up in Albuquerque, he was pretty decent in elementary. Then came middle school. Three school years, three different schools. He almost got kicked out of the first. His teachers “genuinely despised” him and the third dealt …

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NMJC offering all classes in the fall

By Hobbs News-Sun
May 26, 2020
in :  Education, Local News
2,809

Kelvin Sharp, president of New Mexico Junior College, has announced the college is planning to offer a full range of classes for students beginning in the fall 2020 semester. “We are planning to operate all classes including face-to-face, online, dual credit, and ITV. We intend to give students every possible choice to meet their needs,” Sharp said. “Our executive team …

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Lovington holds graduation parade

By Hobbs News-Sun
May 20, 2020
in :  Education, Local News
3,097

Amidst the honking cars and celebration, Lovington High School graduate Breena Villalobos shared smiles and tears with her fellow high school graduates. In the back of her mind were her thoughts of her grandmother, Belinda Clara, who passed away in September of 2018. Even though she couldn’t be at her granddaughter’s graduation, her family created a ceremonial chair just for …

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