During Tuesday’s Hobbs Municipal Schools board meeting, Paula Smith and Barry Young made a presentation on the benefits of starting a school-based health clinic for Hobbs schools. Smith and Young are part of a committee that did research on bringing a health clinic to Hobbs schools and developed the “RoadMap to Reduce Teen Pregnancy in Lea County.” The Hobbs Municipal …

After several years of discussion, the Hobbs school board and school officials are close to establishing a school-based health clinic on the high school campus. HMS Superintendent TJ Parks spoke to the board about the planned health facility at its regular meeting on Aug. 15. He said the district is working with a company that provides school-based health care. When …