New Mexico K–5 Plus

The purpose of K–5 Plus is to demonstrate that increased time in kindergarten and the early grades narrows the achievement gap between at-risk students and other students, increases cognitive skills and leads to higher test scores for all participants.

View a video about K-5 Plus! (password: nmped)

The program extends the school year for K–5 by 25 instructional days beginning before school starts. The K–5 Plus program provides funding for additional educational time for students in kindergarten through fifth grade in elementary schools. K–5 Plus must be offered school wide and teachers and cohorts are required to remain together for the remainder of the school year after the K-5 Plus program.

For Summer 2020 NMPED also offers the K-12 Plus Pilot program which offers select flexibilities.

Please refer to the pamphlet and the Power-Point presentation below the applications for more information

Downloads

Summer 2020 K-5 Plus and K-12 Plus Pilot PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

K-5 Plus and K-12 Plus Pilot Program Informational Pamphlet (PDF)

Memorandum to Superintendents and State Charter Leaders Regarding K-5 Plus and K-12 Plus Pilot Programming for School Year 2020-2021, March 19, 2020 (PDF)