New Mexico in Focus; 1002; Resource Management/ Charter Schools

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LOCATED AT 8510 MONTGOMERY, MAJOR FUNDING FOR INFOCUS HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE CITIZENS OF NEW MEXICO. >> NEARLY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL THESE ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONS AND WHY ARE MORE FAMILIES TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHARTER SCHOOLS VS. MAINSTREAM. >> THE RINGING OF THE FIRST

GO TO CLASS THIS FALL, NOT IN A 8500 STUDENTS ARE UP AND RUNNING EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND IN RUN SCHOOLS PROVIDE FAMILIES AN EDUCATIONAL CHOICE, ESPECIALLY IN AT A MAINSTREAM PUBLIC PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL ONLY MAKE RIGHT? INFOCUS. SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATORS. BUT SECRETARY, DR. VERONICA GARCIA. DURAN, WHO HOLDS THE NEWLY DR. LISA GROVER, EXECUTIVE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION'S

LET'S START WITH A QUICK THEY ARE THE LEADING EDGE OF WHY ARE THEY SO POPULAR? >> I THINK BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE DISSATISFACTION IN SCHOOLS THAT NEED FOR THEIR CHILD >> LISA, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK THE SAME THING. PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE. DECISIONS VERY QUICKLY AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME. >> RANDY? >> CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE A CHOICE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF >> HMMM, WE'LL GET INTO THAT. >> YES, I THINK THAT THEY LEARNING IN THE SCHOOLS, AND THERE ARE SOME GREAT EFFECTIVE

LEARNING >> IT'S NOT EASY SETTING UP ONE THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL IS GOING THROUGH TO GET >> SCHOOL STARTS IN JUST A FEW IT'S THE FIRST YEAR FOR THE A SCHOOL ZONE. FOCAL POINT OF NACA'S CAMPUS; A HELP THE GARDEN GROW. ARE THE ONES CHARGED WITH >> WE ARE LOOKING AT KIDS SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY

DEVELOPMENT. HERE IN THE CITY, OR MAYBE FITNESS AND HEALTH >> AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT FOCUS SCHOOLS IN THE APS SYSTEM. >> THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS THIS REALLY STRONG COMMITMENT TO TEACH FROM ANOTHER WORLD VIEW, >> PRINCIPLE KARA BOBROFF SAYS KIDS STAY IN SCHOOL AND GO ON TO DROPOUT RATE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS FINDING A LOCATION. THEIR PROPERTY WITH NACA, EVEN ALLOWING THEM TO CREATE THEIR >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A

STRUCTURE THAT'S LIKE AN OCTAGON AND A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN HAVE A HOMEBASE, IN A SENSE >> IT'S JUST A GOOD MATCH. THE DISTRICT HAS CO-LOCATED BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE >> BUT THAT SHARING DOESN'T END CAFETERIA, GYM, NOT TO MENTION A >> AS YOU MOVE TO THE FAR END THEY ARE ALREADY UTILIZING THE HERE. ACCESSIBLE FOR STUDENTS IN THE >> THE PARTNERSHIP WORKS OUT ADDITIONAL STUDENTS MAKE UP FOR >> I FEEL REALLY FORTUNATE FOR LIBRARY, TO THE CAFETERIA THAT

OF IT. >> BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THAT'S SCHOOL, OR A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, WE OWE IT TO THE TAXPAYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LONGEST WAY >> VERONICA, ARE CHARTER SCHOOL AGO. WE HAVE RECENTLY DONE, AND PLAN >> ONE, LAST YEAR WE PASSED FOR DUAL CHARTERING AUTHORITY, >> RATHER THAN JUST THE SCHOOL >> THAN JUST THE SCHOOL CLEAN-UP LANGUAGE IN THE BILL SO CAPITAL. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR

SOME PARTS OF TOWN THAT ARE AND PROVIDE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES >> ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES YOU BE? >> I THINK THE ROLE I WILL PLAY WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. THE KIND OF PROCESS THAT YOU SEE AND THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND THE AND FACILITIES, PIECE AND GET IT TOGETHER, AND REPLICATE IT, IT HELPS WANT, AND CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SCHOOLS TO TRY TO BRING THEM TOGETHER. >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN >> YES

>> YOU WERE A PRINCIPAL AT >> IN BELEN SCHOOLS >> WHAT'S THE GENESIS OF YOUR >> SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, STUDENT SUCCESS. TEACHERS TO TAKE RISKS, TO DO SOMETHING BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL I HAD WORKED IN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, WHERE WE WORKED IN TERMS OF FINDING DIFFERENT WAYS SCHOOLS, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THEY BRING PARENTS TOGETHER, AND STUDENTS TOGETHER. CHARTERS. AND A LOYALTY TO THAT VISION TO HAVE A VOICE IN THAT VISION, THAT EXCITES ME AS AN EDUCATOR.

>> RANDY, ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS THAT'S OCCURRED SO FAR ALBUQUERQUE. AND WILL ANY OF THESE CHANGES >> WELL, IT WILL EASE SOME OF P.E.D. DEPARTMENT CHARTERS A RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SCHOOL >> INSTEAD OF THE SCHOOL >> INSTEAD OF THE SCHOOL ANSWERED IN FULFILLING THOSE WITH THE CONFLICT WAS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS WEREN'T FULLY IT CAME AT SUCH A QUICK PACE, BOARDS WEREN'T FULLY EDUCATED ON HOW TO HANDLE CHARTERS. THEY'RE BECOMING MORE EDUCATED THEM, AND THAT HELPS >> THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS OF

THE AUTHORITIERS ARE TRAINED SO THAT THE BOARDS HAVE GOOD TRAINING, THEY KNOW THEIR RIGHTS DIRECTION. DO IN THAT REGARD. BUT THE OTHER PIECE, WHEN DON AND FEELING EMPOWERED, AND >> ONE OF THE BIG RUBS IN ALL ITS MONEY. BUT IF IT USES IT POORLY, IT'S BEEN STATEWIDE, AND WHAT CAN >> I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE LIABILITY SHOULD A CHARTER MONEY. SPEAK, OF A CHARTER SCHOOL'S

>> WE DID SEE THE APS BAIL-OUT >> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SO RESTRUCTURING AND A CLEAN-UP. PRACTICES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. OUR ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS HIGH WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN GROWTH FOR WE BELIEVE IN GOOD SCHOOLS. AGREEING NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHARTER >> ON THAT POINT, THIS NEW BOARD OF FINANCE >> YES. >> AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A AUDIT FINDINGS, WIND UP BEING ON FINANCE, THAT ALSO, I THINK,

TENSION >> BEYOND THOSE SORT OF ISSUES, ARE THEY PROVIDING A BETTER >> YES. I THINK, LIKE ANYTHING ON WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE CHARTER. IT'S SUCCEEDING OR NOT. I'VE BEEN JUST AMAZED AT SEEING HAVE ATTENDED GRADUATIONS OF IT HAD THERE NOT BEEN AN OPTION, THEY'RE BEING CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSITIES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AND TO BRAG ABOUT THOSE SUCCESSES. STRENGTHEN?

SUCCESS >> THOSE ARE STORIES OF >> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE SOME >> THE DATA I SEE CONFLICTS -- >> THERE IS VERY LITTLE DATA SCHOOLS WHO ARE DOING GREAT THINGS, JUST LIKE THERE ARE GOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE DOING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND OUR QUESTION IS, IF THERE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ENERGIZING AND BUT CHARTERS HAVE CERTAIN THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO CERTAIN NATIONALLY, CHARTER SCHOOLS THOUGHT THEY WOULD. >> AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO SCHOOLS, BECAUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS MIXED BAG.

ACHIEVEMENT ISN'T AS HIGH. REGULAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF JUST LIKE WE HAVE OF THE REGULAR LOOK AT DROPOUT DATA, AND DATA OF THAT SORT, THAT THERE ARE SAVED THAT WERE OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO >> IN SOME CASES, IN ORDER TO HAVE SET THEMSELVES UP TO BE VERY SPECIFIC. COMMUNITY ACADEMY. AND WE HAVE BEEN UNDER THE TIME THAT DIVERSITY IS GOOD. >> IT GIVES ME PAUSE.

CONVERSATIONS. PERFORMING ARTS. NATIVE AMERICAN IN JEMEZ THAT HAVE THAT SORT OF FOCUS. FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIVERSE POPULATION, BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE A BETTER EDUCATED >> THANK YOU, ALL FOUR OF YOU, FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR >> WE NOW HAVE A BETTER IDEA NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER WE'VE BROUGHT TOGETHER A GROUP THE PARENT OF A STUDENT AT MONTESSORI OF THE RIO GRANDE TECH CHARTER SCHOOL. AND JESSE PONCE, THE PARENT OF A

PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2. TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS. >> WELL, THERE ARE REALLY TWO IS A MONTESSORI BASED ELEMENTARY FIT FOR MY KIDS, AND THEY REALLY THRIVED IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. IN THE FOUNDING OF THIS CHARTER CHILDREN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOST POWERFUL TOOL IN EDUCATION AND CHARTERS ARE THE SECOND HALF IT IS A LEGITIMATE POWERFUL >> YOUR OLDER CHILD IS NOW BETTER PREPARED THAN A CHILD WHO >> I THINK EVERY CHILD IS

WELL FOR THE CHALLENGES OF EXCELLENT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ANY MORE THAN ALBERTSON'S. PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. >> ALBERTSON'S MIGHT TAKE ARE STARTING UP ONE FROM >> WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS FINDING THE RIGHT KIND OF A FACILITY. STATE. OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AVAILABLE, AND SO YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING A

AND REMODELING IT, BUILDING THE LEARNING. IT'S ALL VERY EXCITING. >> IS THERE SUPPORT FROM THE >> THERE IS NOT ANY SUPPORT THE SUPPORT IN THE STATE WILL REIMBURSEMENT, ALTHOUGH I THINK TOTALLY ACCURATE. >> YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT. STUDENT FOR A LEASE REIMBURSEMENT, AND IT'S PURELY THE PAIN OF PAYING FOR A PRIVATE SPACE WHEN THERE AREN'T PUBLIC SPACES AVAILABLE >> NOW, AMY BIEHL JUST MOVED RENOVATED QUARTERS DOWNTOWN, >> WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH

SO THE GENERAL SERVICES REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN FOR. AND SO WE DEMONSTRATED THAT OPPOSED TO A LAW OFFICE, OR A WOULD BE THE BEST TENANT >> AND IT'S A GORGEOUS WINNING TEACHER AND ONE OF ONLY A FEW IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO TEACH AT A YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN AS >> WELL, I TRIED THE REGULAR KIDS A PERIOD, TEACHING THE SAME SUBJECT TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY, I JUST FOUND THAT THAT THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE DOING. THE END OF THE DAY ARE GETTING

SO I FOUND THE CHARTER SCHOOL, WHOLE LOT OF FREEDOM TO BE REGULAR CLASSROOM >> DESCRIBE A TYPICAL TEACHING >> IN MY CLASSROOM, WE WOULD OF CONVERSATIONS. RACISM, SEXISM, CRIME, POVERTY, OUR COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND WE'LL TAKE AND TALK PULL IT OUT OF THAT. SO WE HAVE KIDS FROM ALL OVER SURROUNDING STATES, AND FROM ALL SO THEY BRING IN THEIR OWN EXTRACT THE MATH, AND DO THE

STUDENT, AND WE CAN DO THAT PER INTERESTING THAN BEING ABOUT >> I'M FASCINATED BY THAT SCHOOL MAKES THAT KIND OF >> AGAIN, I THINK IT'S JUST THE AND ALSO THE NUMBERS. IN YOUR MAINSTREAM HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSES. THE OTHER THING IS, TO TEACH LIKE TO TEACH IN THE CHARTER OF SUPPORT FOR DESIGNING YOU NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT YOUR KNOW, IF OUR GROUND LEVEL IS

SO THERE'S NOTHING IN BETWEEN. COMMUNITIES. TO OFFER SERVICES >> KIM, YOU HAD EXPERIENCE IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL AND >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PARENT IN A CHARTER SCHOOL IS THAT I FIND THAT TEACHERS IN THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS AS BEING IN THE CLASSROOM. IN MY INTERACTION IN A MORE SETTING, I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WAS THE SYSTEM, BECAUSE OF THE REGULATION.

CUSTOMER IS THE KID IN THE >> TONY, WE HEAR DOUBTERS ABOUT THERE WAS THE INCIDENT WITH THE THIS YEAR. COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS SYSTEM AND >> THE CHARTER IS NOT THE EDUCATION REFORM? ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE BUT WHAT WE NEED IS DEDICATED AND WHAT WE NEED IS TO MAKE SURE A GOOD JOB. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CLOSE INNOVATIVE THINGS. THEN WE WOULDN'T NEED CHARTER BUT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE

REGROUP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT BECAUSE A FEW FOLKS HAVE DONE >> GIVEN THE SIZE OF MOST POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS LEARN ABOUT >> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD LOT OF THE BIG STRUCTURAL ISSUES SCHOOLS. MODELS. DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR PARENTS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR CHOICES FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DIFFERENT OUTLETS FOR THE EITHER CHARTER SCHOOLS OR BIG

THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE >> I REALLY AGREE WITH THAT. TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL NOW HAS BEEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND I AGREE WITH TONY, WE NEED HOW DO WE GROW THE PIE FOR ALL INCLUDING THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, >> KIM IS SO RIGHT ABOUT THAT. A ZERO SUM GAME. >> BUT THERE IS A HUGE DEBATE SCHOOL, OF ANY KIND OF SCHOOL. AND SHELLY, I'D BE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S NOT?

>> I THINK, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK YOU WERE INTERVIEWING HIM. WERE DEVELOPED BECAUSE THEY SPECIFIC MISSION. AND SO IF WE TO COLLECT THE DATA AND LOOK AT DOING IN TERMS OF THE MISSION, THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE WE ALL WANT ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR THAT MIGHT LOOK VERY DIFFERENT, THE MISSION OF THE CHARTER CERTAINLY WANTED ACADEMIC HAD OTHER ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO TO SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, KEEPING KIDS OUT OF

RISK KIDS. NOW, DID THEY MAKE THE ACADEMIC AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, ACCORDING TO THE AYP AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF? WITH CERTAIN POPULATIONS, IF YOU WE ALL WANT THE SAME THINGS, WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU JOINING US TODAY. AND CAR TITLE LOAN INDUSTRIES. AND BE SURE TO LET US KNOW WHAT UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY, I'M KATE NELSON FOR EVERYONE AT INFOCUS MS. NELSON'S APPAREL WAS

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