SFPS has retained Research & Polling, Inc., located in Albuquerque, to engage the community in redistricting, collect information, report to the Board and develop maps for each district based on population.

“The Board’s obligation is to rebalance each district’s population based on the census. This will be done through community consultations and careful listening,” said Superintendent Hilario “Larry” Chavez. “The redistricting process will impact Board elections starting in November 2023. This process is not about closing schools or even reimagining our district. It is about drawing or redrawing district lines for Board member elections,” he said.

In a Board presentation last January, Board counsel Geno Zamora said the key principles of redistricting include ensuring a nearly equal population in each Board district and preserving minority voting. He said that a voter in an individual Board member’s district should be as equally represented as another in any other Board member’s district.

SFPS has developed core beliefs regarding standards-based teaching and learning, which stress, as part of the theory of change, that "standards and accountability shift the culture and raise the equity of education for everyone," with a key belief that grades are equitable through grading that will be fair, accurate, specific and timely.

As adapted by Dr. Douglas Reeves in Elements of Grading: A Guide to Effective Practice, SFPS' standards-based grading will ensure that the same work by the same student should receive the same grade, even if the teacher is different, that grades are based solely on achievement, that grading policies are clear so that students know how they will be assessed and their grade determined and that feedback to students is timely so they can apply that feedback right away.

SFPS ha desarrollado creencias fundamentales con respecto a la enseñanza y el aprendizaje basados ​​en estándares, que enfatizan, como parte de la teoría del cambio, que "los estándares y la rendición de cuentas cambian la cultura y aumentan la equidad de la educación para todos", con la creencia clave de que las calificaciones son equitativas. a través de calificaciones que serán justas, precisas, específicas y oportunas.

The Premier Medical Group (PMG) COVID testing site at 430 La Madera, behind Aspen Community School, will remain open over spring break, from March 14th to 18th, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily.

On March 21st, following spring break, surveillance testing at SFPS' Technology Department, located at 2516 Cerrillos Road, will expand to Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Starting on Wednesday, March 16th, the HR Department will be located at the district's Educational Services Center (ESC) at 610 Alta Vista and SFPS' assessment, accountability and student data offices will relocate to 2516 Cerrillos Road.

"This move is really exciting as it brings together the district's assessment, accountability and technology teams in one location, ensuring a one-stop shop for parents needing personal interaction on everything from student information to technology support. By locating the HR Department at the Educational Services Center, we can better orient new employees to the central office, where the superintendent's office, business services and safety and security teams are housed," said Superintendent Chavez.