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Silver City Daily Digest Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Ty McDuffey

30 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

The school board's time spent on student handbooks might sound like the kind of administrative tedium that puts people to sleep, but anybody who's sat through one of those meetings knows better—handbooks are where the rubber meets the road on what we actually expect from our kids. Silver City's got a mix of families that don't always agree on much, from the mining families still here to the newcomers who moved in for the arts scene, and a handbook's got to thread that needle somehow. When the board's hashing out rules and expectations on a Tuesday night, they're really trying to figure out who we are as a community and what kind of young people we're raising. It matters more than the paperwork makes it sound.

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Silver School board goes over student handbooks

The Silver City Consolidated Schools board met June 15 to review student handbooks and discuss administrative matters. Superintendent William Hawkins and four board members attended, while board member Kimberly Klement was absent accompanying National History Day students in Washington DC. The...

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