In the early 1980's, teachers from the surrounding areas spent Thursdays at Ghost Ranch. The new director at Ghost Ranch is very committed to partnering education and economic development. Frank has already done some interviewing with people concerning who is doing the teaching and how the teaching plans are prepared. Some feedback he is getting so far is that there is no incentive for teachers to stay teaching due to salaries. New Mexico is very teacher unfriendly as far as bringing in teachers from out of state.
Tests are costly and very time consuming.
The meeting will be hosted by Sheila Ortego at Santa Fe Community College. The expectations for student success is growing. Students live in isolated rural communities. Many students reach high school with problems like substance abuse. Our communities are looking at how ready students are.