About the School District Administration

Office	Contact	Phone Number
Superintendent's Office 1118 W. Aztec Blvd Aztec, NM 87410	Linda Paul, Ed.D, Superintendent Kirk Carpenter, Deputy Superintendent Nancy Ross, Assistant Superintendent for Finance	334-9474 334-9861 (Fax)
Federal Programs / Curriculum 1607 W Aztec Blvd Aztec, NM 87410	Michael Vallejo, Director	334-9505 334-8615 (Fax)
Exceptional Program Office 1607 W Aztec Blvd Aztec, NM 87410	Brad Calvert, Director	334-3695 599-4388 (Fax)
Food Services 500 E. Chuska Aztec, NM 87410	Jonni Arnold, Director	599-4351 334-2150 (Fax)
Maintenance Department 1118 W Aztec Blvd Aztec, NM 87410	Charles Lee, Director	599-4301 599-4386 (Fax)
Technology Office 1118 W. Aztec Blvd Aztec, Nm 87410	Franklin Woodis, Director	599-4302 334-9861 (Fax)
Transportation 1118 W. Aztec Blvd Aztec, Nm 87410	Riley Roland, Director	599-4303

School	Contact	Phone Number
Aztec High School 500 E. Chuska Aztec, NM 87410	Dean Hill, Principal Rick Espinoza, Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Melissa Maestas, Assistant Principal Warman Hall, Dean of Students	334-9414 (Principal) 599-4387 (Fax)
Vista Nueva High School 315 S. Ash Suite 100 Aztec, NM 87410	Gary Everett, Principal	334-3831 334-1427 (Fax)
Koogler Middle School 455 N Light Plant Rd Aztec, NM 87410	Richard Vogel, Principal Pat Sannes, Assistant Principal	334-6102 (Principal) 599-4385 (Fax)
Lydia Rippey Elementary 401 Rio Pecos Rd Aztec, NM 87410	Judy Englehart, Principal	334-2621 599-4391 (Fax)
McCoy Elementary 901 N. McCoy Ave Aztec, NM 87410	Cynthia Sosaya, Principal	334-6831 599-4384 (Fax)
Park Avenue Elementary 507 S. Park Ave Aztec, NM 87410	Tania Prokop, Principal	334-9469 599-4336 (Fax)

School	Age/Grade Level
Lydia Rippey Elementary School	Grades PreK-3 (serving students west of the Animas River)
McCoy Elementary School	Grades PreK-3 (serving students east of the Animas River)
Park Avenue Elementary	Grades 4-5
Koogler Middle School	Grades 6-8
Aztec High School	Grades 9-12
Vista Nueva High School	Grades 9-12

Every day 3,151 students cross the threshold of their school in Aztec and begin their school day. They come to us with different skills, with different backgrounds and with different fears but full of energy and dreams. They are our most important stakeholders and we take our mission to ensure all students develop a strong educational foundation seriously.

Aztec is located in the northwest corner of New Mexico in the beautiful San Juan River Basin, a rural community just south of the Colorado border. The Aztec Municipal School District (AMSD) serves 3,151 students in preschool through grade twelve. The district is located in the "four corners area" where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona meet. We have a diverse student population of approximately 63% Anglo students, 22% Hispanic students, and 13% Native American students. The City of Aztec is the county seat of San Juan County and our economic base is tourism, coal, oil, natural gas production and agriculture. The district employs 272 certified staff members and a support staff of 166 to provide transportation and educational services to our students. We own our own busses, provide our own custodial and maintenance services and we outsource food service management to Chartwells. Our students do well on standardized tests and they are extremely well behaved.