Questa Independent School District, also known as Questa Independent Schools, is a school district headquartered in

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. It has two district-operated schools: Alta Vista Elementary & Intermediate School and Questa Junior/Senior High School. There is an affiliated

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, Roots & Wings Charter School, in

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. Located in

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, the district includes Questa, Amalia, Costilla, and Red River.

History

In 1983, 12 children in Red River, including two in high school, attended the schools they were zoned to in Questa, while the remaining 68 children attended other schools. Some parents speaking to ''

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'' felt that the Questa schools were not academically strong. John Hanron of ''The Taos News'' stated that the fact that many Red River parents did not use Questa schools made it less likely that the Questa district would build a school in Red River. From 2012 to 2019, the acting secretary of the

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suspended the Questa school board. However Geoffrey Plant of the ''Taos News'' stated that the board acted swiftly to address complaints about IT issues regarding

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* {{Education in Taos County, New Mexico School districts in New Mexico Education in Taos County, New Mexico