New Las Cruces charter school to focus on immigrant students

This new charter school has special strategies to teach English to immigrants in high school and others who did not get a diploma.   - - Donna Poisl

By Diana Alba

LAS CRUCES — Construction of Doña Ana County's sixth charter school is in full-swing in downtown Las Cruces, and school officials are recruiting their first-ever students and teachers.

The New America School, a publicly funded school, will focus on teaching English to immigrant high schoolers and anyone — regardless of their age — who never earned a high school diploma, school officials said.

The nonprofit that pitched the idea to the state of New Mexico already has similar schools in Denver, Albuquerque and Las Vegas, Nev.
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