Zuni Public School District

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Zuni Public School District
Address
12 Twin Buttes Drive
ZUNI
, New Mexico, 87327
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID 3502800 [1]
Students and staff
Students1,232 [1]
Teachers78.92 (FTE) [1]
Staff88.37 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio15.61 [1]
Other information
Website www.zpsd.org

Zuni Public School District (ZPSD) is a school district headquartered in the Zuni Pueblo census-designated place of unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

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It includes sections in Cibola County and McKinley County (including Zuni Pueblo and Black Rock). [2] [3]

History

Created on July 1, 1980, [4] it was the first tribally controlled public school system in the United States. [5] The last school district creation, prior to that of Zuni, occurred in 1950. Zuni School District, which largely coincides with the Zuni Indian Reservation, became the 89th school district in New Mexico. The initial prospective enrollment was 1,800, [6] with 98% of them being Zuni people. Hayes Lewis, the acting superintendent, stated that the reason why the Zuni Pueblo community decided to leave the Gallup-McKinley County Schools system is because the Zuni people wanted to make their own educational decisions, and a Zuni had never been elected to the school board of the previous district. The Zuni people had attempted forming their own school district for about ten years prior. [7]

In 1999 the district leadership criticized the New Mexico school district funding formulas, stating they are not enough to support the district. [8]

Schools

Alternative school
Former schools (K-5)

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References

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  3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cibola County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. "Home". Zuni Public School District. 1998-11-11. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  5. Carrillo, Cruz, Lynn (2007). "No Cake for Zuni: The Constitutionality of New Mexico's Public School Capital Finance System". New Mexico Law Review. 37 (2). ISSN   0028-6214.
  6. Sanchez, Arley (1980-07-02). "Zuni Pueblo Launches Its Own School District". Albuquerque Journal . Vol. 100, no. 184. Albuquerque, New Mexico. pp. A-1, A-16. - Clipping of first and of second page from Newspapers.com.
  7. Ragland, Ruth Ann (1980-06-30). "Zuni school officials to celebrate creation of state's newest district". The Santa Fe New Mexican . Santa Fe, New Mexico. Associated Press. p. B-2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. Roberts, Chris (1999-02-07). "Educational Equity: Pueblo Fights for Federal Dollars". Albuquerque Journal . p. B4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  9. "Invitation to Bid ("ITB")" (PDF). Zuni Public School District. p. 10/17. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  10. 1 2 "Zuni School Sites". Zuni School District. 1999-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  11. "Who We Are". A:shiwi Elementary School. 2000-12-12. Archived from the original on 12 December 2000. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
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