Cruces schools to open to in-person learning

LAS CRUCES — Las Cruces Public Schools will initiate a plan to increase in-person learning opportunities that was presented at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

Increased in-person learning opportunities begin on Feb. 22 for high school students.

For elementary and middle school students, these opportunities begin on March 1 based on individual student need.

LCPS Superintendent Karen Trujillo led the presentation. The plan was constructed after the school board rejected Trujillo’s initial full hybrid plan on Feb. 2.

“At this point, we really do need to prioritize those that we’ve identified as really needing that extra level of support from us,” Trujillo said during the meeting. “(Thank you to) our parents for being patient, I know it’s difficult, and (to) our students for understanding, and being able to come back and follow all of the rules, because if we don’t all do it together, it’s not going to work. The last thing we want is to open just to close.”