School starts in New Mexico with many masked, few vaccinated

Published August 11, 2021 12:57 PM

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press / Report for America

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico education officials launched the start of school in Albuquerque with a pep rally at Highland High School. Incoming state Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus led 1,000 teens in a chant of “Show up, it matters.” Getting kids to show up amid the ongoing pandemic will be a major challenge for Steinhaus as he replaces outgoing Secretary Ryan Stewart next week. Enrollment in New Mexico public schools has dropped about 4%, mostly due to growth in homeschooling. State health officials said Wednesday that New Mexico could see as many as 1,000 new infections a day by the end of the month and urged people to take precautions to limit spread.

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