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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …