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Española Public Schools
Española Public Schools
Location
	Northern New Mexico; South Rio Arriba County and Northern Santa Fe County
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Reaching for Excellence, one student at a time.
Grades	K-12
Established	1920
Superintendent	Eric Spencer
Students and staff
Students	4,970
Other information
Website	http://www.k12espanola.org

Española Public School District #55 (EPSD) or Española Public Schools (EPS) is a school district based in Española, New Mexico, USA. It includes sections of Rio Arriba County and Santa Fe County.

In the year 2000 the district had a total of 16 schools with approximately 6,103 students. In the 2011–2012 school year, the district had an enrollment of 4,970. Currently there are 10 elementary schools, a kindergarten center, a middle school, and a high school.

History

In 2016 Bobbie Gutierrez resigned as superintendent,^[1] and at that time Eric Martinez became the superintendent.^[2]

The New Mexico Public Education Department criticized Martinez, who left in 2017 and was paid $130,000 and leave money as part of a buyout. That year the school board members changed in composition to a significant degree.^[3]

Service area

In addition to Española, the district serves:

Sections of Rio Arriba County, including: Abiquiu, Alcalde, Canova, Chamita, Chili, Dixon, El Duende, Hernandez, La Mesilla, La Villita, Los Luceros, Lyden, Medanales, Ohkay Owingeh, Pueblito, San Jose, Santa Clara Pueblo, Velarde, and a portion of Ojo Sarco^[4]
Sections of Santa Fe County, including Chimayo, La Puebla, Rio Chiquito, Santa Cruz, Sombrillo, and a portion of El Valle de Arroyo Seco^[5]

School Board

Name	Position	Took office	Up for re–election
Jeremy G. Maestas	Board President, District 4	2019	2023
Katrina J. Martinez	Vice-President, District 1	2021	2023
Brandon M. Bustos	Secretary, District 2	2019	2025
Ruben Archuleta	Member, District 5	2015	2023
Javin Coriz	Member, District 3	2021	2025