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LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
The Las Cruces Public School District currently has 35 schools, including 24 elementary schools, 7 middle schools and 4 high schools. The district also has one vocational high school providing career technical education (CTE) to 8th - 12th grade students. Student enrollment is nearly 24,000 students. Las Cruces Public Schools is the third largest employer in Doņa Ana County with more than 3,600 employees, which includes about 2,200 classroom teachers and educational assistants.
MISSION STATEMENT:
LCPS is committed to providing a high-quality, world-class education that ensures success for every student through excellence in teaching, resulting in higher academic achievement. Our educational goals focus every effort and resource to answer Four Critical Questions in a child's education.
Those questions are:
- What should students know and be able to do?
- How will we know when they have learned it?
- What do we do when they haven't learned it?
- What do we do when they come to us already knowing it?
THE LCPS FOUNDATION
The Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation operates independently of the school district and the Board of Education. The LCPSF assists the district, its programs and teachers. The foundation's mission is to attract and manage private gift funds to enhance the district's educational goals. Members of the foundation's board represent a broad cross-section of the community. For more information call (505) 527-5860 or visit www.lcps.k12.nm.us/committees/Foundation.
HOW TO ENROLL
All qualified students in the school district, except those exempted by law, regulations or rules, must enroll in school and are required to attend school full time. Kindergarten students must be at least five years old prior to September 1 of the school year. First-grade students must be at least six years old prior to September 1 of the school year. Parents registering their children for the first time in LCPS must provide proof of age, such as a birth certificate, passport or correspondence from a state agency stating that the child has fulfilled the agency's requirement of proof.
All school-age children must be immunized against DPT, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox and hepatitis B. All kindergarten to third grade students and seventh to twelfth grade students must complete the hepatitis vaccine series. High school students may require a booster for tetanus. For more information, call the New Mexico Immunization Hotline at 1-888-231-2367 or visit the New Mexico Department of Health's web site at:
www.health.state.nm.us/immunize/public.html.
LCPS BOARD OF EDUCATION
District 1: Chuck Davis, Board Secretary elected 2005 - term ends February 2009
District 2: Leonel F. Briseņo, Board Member elected 2005 - term ends February 2009
District 3: Gene Gant, Board Member elected 2005 - term ends February 2009
District 4: Dr. Bonnie Votaw,President elected 2007 - term ends February 2011
District 5: Dr. Connie Phillips, Vice President elected 2007 - term ends February 2011
DISTRICT INFORMATION
Las Cruces Public Schools, 505 S. Main, Suite 249,
Las Cruces, N.M. 88001
Phone: (505) 527-5800
Website: www.lcps.k12.nm.us
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