Sascha for SFPS

Glad to see the U.S. Senate pushing back on the FDA for allowing illegal flavored v**es marketed to kids to flood stores nationwide. Please keep up the fight, Senator Martin Heinrich and Senator Ben Ray Luján!

Senators grill FDA about va**ng Senate Republicans and Democrats agree they need to deal with what they call a va**ng epidemic impacting kids in the U.S.

🙏🏻Thanks Senator Martin Heinrich 🙏🏻for asking the FDA important questions about the flood of illegal flavored v**es being marketed to kids. Together, we can keep kids safe!

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VIDEO: Heinrich Questions FDA Commissioner on Avian Flu, Infant Formula Supply, Illicit Va**ng Products, and Mifepristone | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico WASHINGTON – Today during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget Request for the...

Many thanks to Aviva Markowitz for her perspective as a professional educator.

Trauma-informed teaching in an era of standardized testing An educator’s perspective on a bigger conversation about student achievement

It’s a straightforward truth that our schools were not built to affirm Indigenous identities—and that affirmation of identity and culture is critical to ensuring our Indigenous students learn and engage in our school communities.

Hats off to Native American Student Services for creating safe and affirming spaces for native youth, including urban Indigenous students like my own kids, to thrive and succeed.

New Santa Fe High class aims to raise Indigenous attendance rate The Identity Project brings in teaching artists to help Native students explore their identities through the arts.

School nurses do so much for our kiddos. They are on the front lines & see it all--including ni****ne addiction and health problems from va**ng. Something must be done to get the FDA to enforce its own regulations to keep illegal, flavored v**e products out of schools and away from our kids.

Senator Martin Heinrich Senator Ben Ray Luján Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández

OPINION: Disposable to***co products being sold have increased 1,500% since 2020 OPINION: The ban of traditional flavored e-cigarettes was a step forward, but we must close the loophole for flavored disposable products.

I hope everyone had an amazing first day of school, with minimal jitters!

We had a kiddo off to school this morning who was greeted with hugs from her friends, a classroom visit to the homeschool program that starts tomorrow, and a wonderful time meeting our youngest child’s teacher before kindergarten kickoff.

We were greeted in the morning and in the halls by numerous teachers, the speech language pathologist, the nurse, and our wonderful principal. I got texts from the superintendent about the fantastic things happening on the first day at schools across the district (except for the traffic by Capital and Cesar Chavez—sorry to all who braved that!).

Boy, I am filled with excitement, hope, and joy for our upcoming year!

Last night the Board heard the first reading of the Re-alignment of District Schools and Facilities resolution. It's part of the hard work of the Re-imaging Steering Committee, which grew out of a difficult conversation a few years ago about one of the most contentious issues to face a school district: closing schools.

The truth is that birth rates are declining, charters are increasing, and our schools are feeling the realities of those factors.

As much as we hope with all hope that we won't face the decision to close or consolidate schools, it may come to that point. And if it does, it must come to that point with full community engagement and an exit strategy that takes families into account.

Last night, I said that if we must close or consolidate schools, we must do so with a robust communications strategy that helps parents understand that there are myriad amazing schools in our district, in all parts of the city. When I listened to the conversation a few years ago at the meeting where closing schools was concerned, I heard a number of parents saying they would just pull their children from SFPS and send them to private schools because their school was the only school that met muster. And it's simply not true! There are incredible schools, probably right next door to you. That doesn't mean there isn't incredible pain involved in closing a school and finding your community changing, but it does mean that leaving SFPS isn't the only option.

I've attached the policy here, and I'm interested to know your thoughts before we consider the second reading of the policy. Is this the process you hope a Board would consider before closing or consolidating a school? Are there other options? How do you think the Board should approach this very difficult issue?

534 Realignment of District Schools and Facilities (1).pdf

Many congratulations, Santa Fe High Class of 2023! It was an honor to be with you today during this special moment in your lives. Sending congratulations and best wishes for a fruitful future to graduates of ECO, Desert Sage, Mandela, and Capital High, too! We’re so proud of each and every SFPS grad. Go forth and do wonderful things!

Such a great opportunity to spend some time as a Salazar Elementary Knight!

Salazar Summer Adventure Camp
For ANY K - 6th grade SFPS student with a district ID
July 10 - 28
8 am - 1 pm
https://forms.gle/nTySmKPwj8H6rZRa9

Santa Fe Public Schools Summer Food Service Program

This endeavor is just incredible!