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Clovis Municipal Schools, New Mexico

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Budget N
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Meetings Y
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Elected Officials Y
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Administrative Officials Y
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Contracts P
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Audits Y
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Academics Y
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Background checks N
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Clovis Municipal Schools is a school district in New Mexico. Stats and information on the district can be found on the its website here.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of New Mexico school district websites

The good

  • School board members are listed with contact information.[1]
  • Meeting schedule, minutes, and agendas are posted.[2]
  • Administrative officials are listed with contact information.[3]
  • Open bids are posted.[4]
  • District report card posted.[5]
  • Audits are available.[6]
  • Information regarding public records are available, but the information was not easy to find.[7]

The bad

  • Budget is not published.
  • Does not provide information on taxes, labor contracts, and background checks.

Leadership

School Board

The School Board is made up of five elected members:[8]

First Last Position First Elected
Charles Guthals Member 2011
Terry Martin Member 2003
Max Best Member 2005
Lola Bryant Member 2004
Paul Cordova Member 2011

Recent Issues

  • The school board recently approved an application for a gay-straight alliance club, but stipulated that as a non-curriculum based club it cannot meet during the school day. The ACLU intervened when it perceived that the application for the club was being delayed and says it will closely monitor the treatment of the club going forward.[9]
  • Clovis was cited for minor reporting compliance issues along with 14 other school districts after a state audit.[10]

Teacher Contracts

The district website posts salary schedules here.

During 2011-2012 school year employees that earn more than $20,000 a year will have to contribute 1.75% more to their retirement and health care contributions will rise to 0.917% to 0.833%.[11]

According to Teacher Salary Info, the average teacher salary in Clovis is $44,018.[12]

Grade Level Average 10th percentile 25th percentile Median 75th percentile 90th percentile
Pre-school $22,350 $15,826 $16,545 $18,787 $26,894 $35,375
Kindergarten $46,580 $32,370 $39,830 $47,160 $54,450 $60,910
Elementary $52,866 $36,623 $42,421 $50,462 $61,737 $75,933
Middle school $47,380 $31,940 $38,050 $45,680 $53,980 $67,160
High school $50,916 $35,469 $43,633 $50,375 $58,925 $66,983

Administrative Officials

The superintendent of the district is Terry Myers.[13]

First Last Position
Terry Myers District Superintendent
Cindy Martin Deputy Superintendent of Instruction
Joel Shirley Deputy Superintendent of Operations

School Budget

The 2011-2012 school budget is $115,633,295 which is $11 million higher than in 2010-2011. Capital outlay is responsible for $39 million of the total budget in 2011-2012. The budget does not include a raise for employees and will be absorbing the salaries of 20 employees that was previously paid for with stimulus money.[14]

Academic performance

The district has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in the past two years which makes the district designated Corrective Action 2.

Out of all students, 52.90% were not proficient in math and 45.40% were not proficient in reading.[15]

The graduation rate for 2010-2011 was 71%.[16]

External links

References

  1. ↑ School board
  2. ↑ Meetings
  3. ↑ Administration
  4. ↑ Bids
  5. ↑ District Report Card
  6. ↑ Audits
  7. ↑ Public Records
  8. ↑ School Board members
  9. ↑ ABQ Journal "UPDATED: Clovis Schools Approve Gay-Straight Alliance Club"
  10. ↑ CNJ Online "Four area school districts audited"
  11. ↑ Just a Reminder
  12. ↑ Teacher Salary Info
  13. ↑ Administration
  14. ↑ CNJ Online "School board passes budget with $11 million increase"
  15. ↑ District Report Card
  16. ↑ District Report Card
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