Save Puesta del Sol Elementary!
Update for the 2025-26 School Year
The Rio Rancho Public School Board has voted 4-1 in favor of keeping Puesta Del Sol as an elementary school!
In addition, the board has approved expanding Puesta Del Sol's capability to include pre-K children. One wing of the school will be dedicated to a new pre-K program, ensuring the school continues to serve our community while growing to meet new needs.
Thank you to everyone who advocated and supported our school. This is a huge win for the Puesta Del Sol community and for Rio Rancho families!
Next RRPS board meeting:
Monday, August 25th, 2025
Regular Board Meeting
5:30 PM
RRPS Board Room500 Laser Road NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
On 4/8/2024 at the RRPS board meeting, our board and superintendent voted to move forward with plans to look at dissolving Puesta Del Sol Elementary School. They want to turn it into a full day pre-k for 3 year olds and 4 year olds. The benefits of pre-k are great. However, by choosing to utilize an existing school, they will displace almost 600 low-income families from Puesta, families from other schools, and 100 staff members. This removes the community that Puesta has worked years to build. It will also create an influx of students at the other elementary schools which are already pushing capacity. There are other options that district does not want to explore. Current data and statistics show that closing and re-districting existing schools is detrimental to both social-emotional health and academic achievement for students. Help us get our district to utilize other options to advance our pre-k program!
Help by getting involved!
Puesta needs the community to show up. Here are some ways:
Sign the petition to show your support
Attend the board meetings
There is power in numbers!
Send a concerned email to the board members and other elected officials.
Elected Official Contact Information
Use the email addresses below to contact local officials.
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(Puesta's District Highlighted)
Board Members:
- Gary Tripp - District 1 (gary.tripp@rrps.net)
- Amanda Galbraith, President - District 2 (amanda.galbraith@rrps.net)
- Jeffrey Morgan, Vice-President - District 3 (jeffrey.morgan@rrps.net)
- Beth Miller - District 4 (elizabeth.miller@rrps.net)
- Jessica Tyler, Finance Committee Chair - District 5 (jessica.tyler@rrps.net)
City Officials:
- Greggory D. Hull - Rio Rancho Mayor (ghull@rrnm.gov)
- Deb Dapson, Council Member - District 1, Puesta's District (debdapson4rr@gmail.com)
- Jeremy Lenentine, Council Member - District 2 (jlenentine@rrnm.gov)
State Officials:
- Michelle Lujan Grisham - NM Governor (505) 476-2200
- Governor Online Contact Form
- Joshua N. Hernandez - House District 60 (joshua.hernandez@nmlegis.gov)
- G. Andrés Romero - House District 10 (andres.romero@nmlegis.gov)
- Joy Garratt - House District 29 (joy.garratt@nmlegis.gov)
- Jack Chatfield - House District 67 (jack.chatfield@nmlegis.gov)
- Yanira Gurrola - House District 16 (yanira.gurrola@nmlegis.gov)
- Cristina Parajón - House District 25 (cristina.parajon@nmlegis.gov)
- Patricia Roybal Caballero - House District 13 (pat.roybalcaballero@nmlegis.gov)
- Senator Katy M. Duhigg - Senate District 10 (katy.duhigg@nmlegis.gov)
- William P. Soules - Senate District 37 (bill.soules@nmlegis.gov)
- Harold Pope - Senate District 23 (harold.popejr@nmlegis.gov)
- Craig W. Brandt - Senate District 40 (craig.brandt@nmlegis.gov)
- Antonio Maestas - Senate District 26 (antonio.maestas@nmlegis.gov)
- Shannon D. Pinto - Senate District 3 (shannon.pinto@nmlegis.gov)
Together we can make a difference!