The New Mexico School Boards Association is a non-partisan, non-profit, educational association and is offering this candidate workshop so prospective candidates can understand the nature and scope of service on boards of education in New Mexico.
School board elections will be held Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015.
Up for election this cycle in Deming are seats in school board districts 3, 4 and 5 – the seats currently held by Dr. Andy Hernandez, Bayne Anderson and Ruben Torres, respectively.
Candidate declaration day will be Tuesday, December 16th.
The workshop presenter will be Vicki Smith, who reportedly has more than 30 years of service as a teacher and administrator in New Mexico public schools, served on the Cobre School Board for 12 years and on the state board for more than 9 years.
The workshop will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. Monday, November 10th, in the Deming Public Schools’ Emmett Shockley Administration Building, 400 Cody Road. Anyone interested in running for school board is encouraged to attend.