Hannah Burnette, new Cobre Board of Education student representative

Photos and article by Margaret Hopper

Cobre school board met at the district office on September 26, 2016. The closed session began at 6:02, where they discussed student identifiable information and limited personnel issues. The public portion came to order at 7:12, with a rather brief agenda. All five directors were present: Frank Gomez, Robert Montoya, Frances Kelly, Frank Cordova and Toy Sepulveda, president of the board, who reported that no action was taken during closed session.

Unfinished business consisted of the 2016-2017 Budget returning unchanged from the State, ready for their review. As Robert Mendoza said, they had to sign it before being sent to the State, and now they could look it over again. He added that they would continue to give the board the encumbrance figures at the end of each month, as had been done in the past, so they could easily see the remaining balances. Information requests would be welcomed.

Below is Hannah Wecks, Snell Middle School librarian,
talking about the new plantings underway at the school.Hannah Wecks, Snell Librarian, reported on the Keep New Mexico Beautiful grant she had received recently. Wanting to plant trees, shrubs and flowers on the grounds last year, she said she and others had tried to raise funds by running a small caf+