NM Education Department provides academic coaches, food to struggling students

The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) says that the tiny Sandoval County village of Cuba, a rural community with an estimated population of 735, seamlessly shifted from in-person classroom instruction to distance learning. The Cuba Independent School District, which educates students living in the surrounding pueblos, had received a grant to upgrade its technology infrastructure, allowing for a mostly headache-free transition for area students and teachers, said Nancy Martira, PED director of communications.