SANTA FE (AP) – State officials say 16 schools across New Mexico are in such bad shape they need to be torn down.
Public School Capital Outlay Council Chair David Abbey told lawmakers on Tuesday that schools are being phased out or being combined with other schools to save cost.
Abbey unveiled to members of the Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force a list of the top 50 schools with construction needs.
Abbey also told lawmakers that the Public School Capital Outlay Council could be facing financial challenges in the future due to the volatile oil and gas market. In addition, he said there are more needed projects than available funding.
The state funds public school capital via bonds on severance tax revenue levied upon the extraction of oil and natural gas.
KRTN NOTE There are two classrooms at Kearny Elementary School that are unusable due to structural issues. Dr Neal Terhune noted that this list is ever changing and noted that all three of the elementary schools in Raton are in the top 100 as determined by PSFA.
Top 50 Schools
Schools with * next to the name are potentially going to be closed pending completion of an awarded construction project and the receipt of permission from PED to close. ** Moved from this facility.
Rank, District School | Name
- Gallup McKinley – * Juan de Onate Elementary School
- Lordsburg – * Central Elementary School
- Lordsburg – * Southside Elementary School
- Reserve – Glenwood Elementary School
- Taos – Chrysalis Alternative School
- Roswell – Del Norte Elementary School
- Espanola – ** Carinos Charter School
- Albuquerque – Valle Vista Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Monte Vista Elementary School
- Alamogordo – Oregon Elementary School
- Raton – Columbian Elementary School
- Alamogordo – High Rolls Mountain Park Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Hubert Humphrey Elementary School
- Roswell – Mesa Middle School
- Roswell – Nancy Lopez Elementary School
- Tatum – Tatum Elementary School
- Espanola – Abiquiu Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Inez Elementary School
- Roswell – Roswell HIGH SCHOOL
- Taos – Ranchos de Taos Elementary School
- Raton – Longfellow Elementary School
- Eunice – Caton MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Albuquerque – Zuni Elementary School
- Clovis – Highland Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Bellehaven Elementary School
- Clovis – Cameo Elementary School
- Santa Fe – Acequia Madre Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Taylor MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Farmington – McCormick Elementary School
- Clayton – Clayton HIGH SCHOOL
- Carlsbad – Pate Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Painted Sky Elementary School
- Eunice – Eunice HIGH SCHOOL
- Carlsbad – Joe Stanley Smith Elementary School
- Roswell – Washington Avenue Elementary School
- Jemez Valley – San Diego Riverside Charter School
- Carlsbad – Riverside Elementary School
- Gallup McKinley – * Lincoln Elementary School
- Carlsbad – Sunset Elementary School
- Los Alamos – Barranca Mesa Elementary School
- Carrizozo – Carrizozo Combined School
- Tatum – Tatum Jr./Sr. HIGH SCHOOL
- Las Vegas – City Paul D. Henry Elementary School
- Animas – Animas Elementary School
- Animas – Animas MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL
- Roswell – Mountain View MIDDLE SCHOOL
- Central Consolidated – Newcomb Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Eubank Elementary School
- Gallup McKinley – Red Rock Elementary School
- Albuquerque – Sierra Vista Elementary School
