How does Gallup-McKinley County Schools decide how to discipline students?.

What rights do students with disabilities have?.

Can New Mexico schools search students or their things?.

Do New Mexico schools have to hold disciplinary hearings for students?.

How do New Mexico schools decide how to discipline students?.

Can New Mexico schools call the police on students?.

Do New Mexico schools tell parents when they discipline students?.

This guide answers these questions about discipline in New Mexico schools: You can also ask school officials about the rules in your state. You can visit this website to learn about rules in other states. Gallup-McKinley County Schools must follow these rules.

Some rules come from the Gallup-McKinley County Schools handbook.

All New Mexico schools must follow these rules.

Some rules come from the national government.

This guide explains how school discipline works in Gallup-McKinley County Schools and other New Mexico public schools. Roxanne said, “I don't think the time is taken to really explain the situation to a parent.” That makes school discipline hard to understand. She said families do not understand the school discipline process. Roxanne works for the Native American Disability Law Center. She worked with Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Families also said school discipline is confusing. Many said they thought the district was harsh. We talked to many families in Gallup-McKinley County Schools. He called our story “ completely false.” He said Gallup-McKinley County Schools expelled 15 students in the last 7 years.īut we found data that said Gallup-McKinley County Schools expelled students at least 211 times between fall 2016 and spring 2020. Mike Hyatt is the superintendent of the Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Gallup-McKinley County Schools calls the police on students more than the rest of the state. We wrote a story about how Gallup-McKinley County Schools expels students more often than in the rest of the state.

Gallup-McKinley County Schools is in western New Mexico. Gallup-McKinley County Schools is the reason for most of this difference. New Mexico public schools expel Native American students more often than white students. Fact-based, independent journalism is needed now more than ever.

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