NEA president to visit southern New Mexico school

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The president of the National Education Association is coming to southern New Mexico to help launch a new "community school." Lily Eskelsen Garcia is scheduled to visit Lynn Middle School in Las Cruces on Thursday to celebrate the opening a school the union says is a multipurpose center. Community schools are usually jointly operated through a partnership between the school and at least one lead community agency. The union president is slated to attend a student rally and speak at a presentation. Garcia became the union's first Latina president after she was elected in 2014.