South Valley school to relieve overcrowding

TWO VERY CROWDED SOUTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT TO GET SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF. TO...  More »

TWO VERY CROWDED SOUTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE ABOUT TO GET SOME MUCH NEEDED RELIEF. TONIGHT PARENTS MET WITH A-P-S OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS BOUNDARIES OF THE NEW SCHOOL. THAT'S WHERE ERIC KAHNERT IS LIVE ... WITH THE DETAILS, ERIC? DOORS OPEN HERE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR ... AND THAT'S A GOOD THING ... BECAUSE TWO NEARBY SOUTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE OVERCROWDED BIG TIME. THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS CALLED SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY AS OF NOW, IS GOING UP AT VERMEJO PARK AND VALLE VIDAL PLACE SOUTHWEST. TONIGHT PARENTS GOT A LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES. BOTH ADOBE ACRES AND NAVAJO ELEMENTARY WILL BE RELIEVED OF OVERCROWDING. RIGHT NOW ABOUT 850 KIDS GO TO ADOBE ... ROUGHLY 350 OF THEM WOULD GO TO THE NEW SCHOOL. NAVAJO HAS ABOUT 750 KIDS ... 100 OF THEM WILL TRANSFER. THE DISTRICT SAYS GROWTH IN THIS AREA LED TO THE NEW SCHOOL ... WHICH WILL ALSO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. 5:49 'i think a lot of taxpayers appreciate that this will result in savings when it comes to electric and gas bills, but most of them just want a good adequate, equitable space for their kid.-12' 7:01 'I'm part of the growth here, I moved here from back East, yes it is a much needed new school.-7'ANTICIPATING EVEN MORE GROWTH IN THIS AREA ... THE DISTRICT IS ALREADY PLANNING FOR ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GO UP JUST SOUTH OF HERE IN 20-11. THE BOARD WILL MAKE IT'S FINAL DECISION ON THE BOUNDARIES BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH. FOR A LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BOUNDARIES, LOG ONTO KOB.COM AND CLICK ON 4 LINKS.... REPORTING LIVE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY, EKEYWN4. SOME LIGHT RAIN  « Less