When a little thing like a pandemic closes school for the year, it’s good to have a warrior like Sonia Medina in your corner. Medina, the Hobbs Municipal Schools Nutritional Services district manager, doesn’t like Netflix, detests sitting still and is a master strategist, according to her boss. She’s also calm in the face of a crisis. “I’ve been in …

The City of Hobbs, the Permian Strategic Partnership, and the JF Maddox Foundation have each committed $10 million for a new career technical education high school in Hobbs, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is encouraging local voters to approve $15 million more needed for the new school in a November bond election. “All of New Mexico is excited about the …

The City of Hobbs, the Permian Strategic Partnership, and the JF Maddox Foundation have each committed $10 million for a new career technical education high school in Hobbs, and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is encouraging local voters to approve $15 million more needed for the new school in a November bond election. “All of New Mexico is excited about the …

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.         …

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 …

Parking chaos? Residents upset about student on-street parking near Hobbs High School   Reports of “hoodlum” teenagers parking in driveways, sitting on porches and acting up aren’t as dire as they may sound, say some students and residents parking near Hobbs High School. On-street parking near the high school became an issue at Monday’s Hobbs City Commission meeting, with some …

Parking chaos? Residents upset about student on-street parking near Hobbs High School   Reports of “hoodlum” teenagers parking in driveways, sitting on porches and acting up aren’t as dire as they may sound, say some students and residents parking near Hobbs High School. On-street parking near the high school became an issue at Monday’s Hobbs City Commission meeting, with some …

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 …

HMS growth faster than expected By the 2021 school year, HHS will be at overcapacity When TJ Parks started anticipating student growth within Hobbs Municipal Schools, his anticipation was HMS would grow by 200 students a year. The Hobbs Schools superintendent may have to up that number. During his presentation at Tuesday’s Hobbs School Board meeting, HMS Asst. Superintendent of …