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Alamogordo, NM – Families across the Alamogordo area are invited to kick off the 2026-2027 school year with a fun-filled Back to School Block Party hosted by Alamogordo Public Schools.
The free community event will take place on Friday, July 31, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 805 12th Street, located across from the Post Office. Attendees can swing by to receive free backpacks and school supplies while enjoying a neighborhood block party atmosphere.
This marks another year in APS’s popular annual tradition. Last year’s event drew strong community participation, building on the success of prior gatherings. In 2025, the Annual event attracted an estimated 3,000–4,000 attendees at the APS Administration Complex on Hawaii Avenue. Organizers distributed over 1,000 free backpacks and thousands of school supplies, conducted 106 free sports physicals in partnership with CHRISTUS Health, provided 100 free haircut vouchers, and offered a wide range of family resources from 25 community partners. Families also enjoyed live entertainment from the Alamogordo High School Tiger Band, giant games, food trucks, STEM demonstrations, and information from various APS departments.
The upcoming 2026 event continues this tradition of serving as a “one-stop-shop” to help students and families prepare for the new school year with essential supplies, information, and community connections.
Click “Interested” or “Going” on the event page to get a reminder!
For more information on school supply lists and resources for the 2026-2027 school year, visit the Alamogordo Public Schools website at alamogordoschools.org.
Another disgruntled employee pandering to the government to save whatever failed in real life? Public employees are totally brainwashed into thinking that every problem has to be, and can be, solved by the government. Only they know. Why can't this guy raise the money and buy it to do what his vision is?
Imo, Mr. Dooling’s suggestions seem like a great way to preserve the observatory. If we stand by and watch it be demolished ($10m demo cost), where would the contaminated materials go?
Source of Revenue? For who? Some non-profit that gets government grants to pay for incompetent managers? They can't keep a liquor store open in Cloudcroft. Now, maybe they can make it an RV park.
Sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear for the afternoon and evening,
This is really good news because publicly we see that Brian Caesar is Amy Barela's cousin. Both are big fat losers who do nothing but whine and cry after riding the gravy train and doing nothing for decades. Let's Make Alamogordo Great Again and buy some Pampers for the crybabies.
Heck yeah! What size do you wear?
I see constant belittling by Josefosky? Notice what makes political opinions unique. Nobody lectures their electrician about voltage, but this one holds strong opinions on politics and economics because these things feel knowable because of low-education blogs.
What outstanding qualities does Mr. Hernandez possess that got him appointed as a City Commissioner for District 5?
The same as every other member: They're brain-dead poseurs who bully anyone trying to ask a question and therefore gain membership in the butt boy club of old school fools that could screw up a two-car funeral and not get a ticket. And these amateurs run your water system!
Thank you for your continued, detailed coverage of both the County Commission and City Commission meetings. Decisions made by both of these governing bodies directly affect everyone in Otero County, Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Undecided.
this is a sad ending, but certainly not unexpected.