Bernalillo Public Schools is a school district with its headquarter in Bernalillo, New Mexico .
3-706: As of 1970 Hispanic and Latino people are the majority ethnic group in the area. Prior to 1969 the school board had five members. To encourage elections of members of non-Hispanic groups, in 1969 the number of board members increased to seven. The two new board members included an American Indian and a non-Hispanic white person. Bernalillo High School alumnus Matthew Montaño became the superintendent in 2021. It service area includes most of Bernalillo as well as Algodones , Cochiti , Cochiti Lake , La Madera , Peña Blanca , Placitas , Pueblo of Sandia Village , San Felipe Pueblo , Santo Domingo Pueblo , and most of Santa Ana Pueblo . This New Mexico school-related article
6-860: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bernalillo High School Bernalillo High School is a public high school in Bernalillo, New Mexico , United States . The school is a part of the Bernalillo Public Schools district and is the only high school in the district. The mascot is the Spartan. The service area of its school district, and therefore the high school itself, includes most of Bernalillo as well as Algodones , Cochiti , Cochiti Lake , La Madera , Peña Blanca , Placitas , Pueblo of Sandia Village , San Felipe Pueblo , Santo Domingo Pueblo , and most of Santa Ana Pueblo . Bernalillo High School competes in
9-471: The District 2-AAAA. In 2023, the high school posthumously honored Benny Shendo Sr. who won the state mile with a time of 4.44 (for all schools, regardless of size) in 1953, becoming the first state champion for Bernalillo High, with an honorary diploma. (The spring after his championship, Benny's grandfather died, requiring Benny to leave school to help run the family farm . He was then drafted to serve in
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