Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
The creation of Clovis Municipal Schools Sixth Grade Academy at Marshall means a relocation for seventh and eighth graders who would have gone to Marshall Middle School this upcoming school year.
Depending on which option the school board chooses, Gattis would receive the majority of the former Marshall seventh and eighth graders – at least 206 and maybe as many as 294.
Yucca could gain between 20 and 128 students, depending on the proposal selected.
That will be decided later this month or in April, officials said.
All five board members were present as they heard from Michael Sharp of the Albuquerque firm Research & Polling describe four plans of varying boundaries.
“The Sixth Grade Academy will give students the opportunity to grow,” board Vice President Terry Martin said. “Somebody will be happy, some will not.”
CMS Executive Director of Strategic Planning and School Support Carrie Nigreville said school personnel are working on getting information about the redistricting on the CMS website.
“Video will be online along with presentations,” Nigreville said.
In other business:
• Board members held an executive session to “discuss the superintendent’s summative evaluation and contract” according to the agenda.
Board President Shawn Hamilton said the vote was unanimous to extend Superintendent Renee Russ’ contract by three years, to June 30, 2026.
Russ will also receive a 5% pay increase on her annual salary of $169,575.
“All the board members were very pleased with the job Mrs. Russ and her team are doing,” Hamilton said.
• CMS Information Technology Director Eric Wimbish outlined a major technology upgrade for the school system that will be happening this year.
“We have 22 buildings, 20,000 devices and 12,000 users on our network every day,” Wimbish said.
Wimbish said the goal is to have a network that will run at 75% operating capacity.
• CMS Executive Director of Talent Management and Development Mandy Carpenter reported on her Tuesday visit to “Clovis Hires” youth job fair event.
“It was amazing,” Carpenter said. “I interviewed 30 of our own juniors and seniors.”
Carpenter said she was excited to have CMS students in the area’s workforce. “We truly have the best students,” Carpenter said
See the proposed redistricting maps:
