Noah Alcala Bach

New Mexico

Covering local government for @ABQJournal | Previously @startelegram @TexasTribune @POLITICOEurope @CoMissourian | San Antonio, TX native

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Articles

90K gallons of sewage spilled at a South Valley school. APS didn't tell anyone about it right away

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Noah Alcala Bach

May 12—In December, a ruptured sewer line caused more than 90,000 gallons of wastewater to spill out of a manhole onto the campus of Harrison Middle School, which the local utility has since cleaned up. But school and district leadership never told students, parents or staff about the incident — and concerns have surfaced around the lack of communication. It's not the first time the sewer system has malfunctioned in the South Valley.
90K gallons of sewage spilled at a South Valley school. APS didn't tell anyone about it right away

2 days ago | abqjournal.com | Noah Alcala Bach |Megan Gleason

In December, a ruptured sewer line caused more than 90,000 gallons of wastewater to spill out of a manhole onto the campus of Harrison Middle School, which the local utility has since cleaned up. But school and district leadership never told students, parents or staff about the incident — and concerns have surfaced around the lack of communication. It’s not the first time the sewer system has malfunctioned in the South Valley.
Albuquerque Public Schools board passes largest budget to date despite enrollment decline

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Noah Alcala Bach

May 8—The Albuquerque Public Schools is set to spend more than ever despite an enrollment decline of more than 20,000 students over the past decade after its budget for the upcoming school year was approved Wednesday.
Overcoming adversity: How this CNM student became the schools graduation speaker

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Noah Alcala Bach

May 4—While family members and friends of Central New Mexico Community College graduates filed into Tingley Coliseum on Saturday, in a small building just west of the auditorium, Marijke Ypma nervously mulled over the pages of the speech she was set to deliver just an hour later. Ypma was a clear choice to be the student speaker at a graduation event that coincided with CNM's 60th anniversary.
Santa Fe Public Schools hires new superintendent

1 week ago | abqjournal.com | Noah Alcala Bach

After a two-month search, Santa Fe Public Schools has selected a new superintendent to lead the district. On Thursday, the SFPS board voted unanimously to hire Christine Griffin, the current superintendent of Humboldt Unified School District in Prescott Valley, Arizona. She is set to make $205,000 on a one-year contract with the district. Griffin was not available for comment Thursday because she was traveling back to Arizona, according to district spokesperson Tara Melton.
New report: Indigenous students at APS struggling

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Noah Alcala Bach

The academic performance of Native American students in the Albuquerque Public Schools is lagging behind their peers, a new study four years in the making shows. New Mexico boasts one of the largest Indigenous populations in the country, and Albuquerque has an estimated 30,000 Native residents. APS serves more than 3,000 Indigenous students, making up around 5% of its students. kAmsFC:?8 E96 a_ab\ac D49@@= J62C[ x?5:86?@FD DEF56?ED 5:DA=2J65 AC@7:4:6?4J C2E6D @7 2AAC@I:>2E6=J abT :? C625:?8[ aaT :?
Judge issues latest order in Yazzie-Martinez case

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Noah Alcala Bach

Apr. 29—A Santa Fe judge determined the New Mexico Public Education Department had not held up its end of the bargain in a decade-long legal battle over the quality of education it provides Native American and underserved students. Judge Matthew Wilson on Tuesday ordered PED to create a plan to fix its primary and secondary education system in the latest chapter in what has become known as the Yazzie-Martinez case.
Judge issues latest order in Yazzie-Martinez case

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Noah Alcala Bach

A Santa Fe judge determined the New Mexico Public Education Department had not held up its end of the bargain in a decade-long legal battle over the quality of education it provides Native American and underserved students. Judge Matthew Wilson on Tuesday ordered PED to create a plan to fix its primary and secondary education system in the latest chapter in what has become known as the Yazzie-Martinez case.
All students at NMs largest universities have visas restored

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Noah Alcala Bach

Apr. 28—All students at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University have had their visa status reinstated after they were revoked earlier in the month, the universities confirmed to the Journal Monday.
All students at NMs largest universities have visa status restored

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Noah Alcala Bach

All students at the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University have had their visa status reinstated after they were revoked earlier in the month, the universities confirmed to the Journal Monday.