Editing Ramah, New Mexico (section)

==Education==
[[Gallup-McKinley County Schools]], the local school district,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35031_mckinley/DC20SD_C35031.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-07-20}}</ref> operates Ramah Elementary School and [[Ramah Middle/High School]] in Ramah. Due to an agreement between McKinley County and [[Cibola County, New Mexico|Cibola County]], residents of the [[Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation]] are bussed to these schools even though they are physically in Cibola County due to the long distance of the nearest Cibola County schools away from the reservation.<ref name=LinthicumLeslie>{{cite news|last=Linthicum|first=Leslie|title=Navajos Say County Is Stealing Students|newspaper=[[Albuquerque Journal]]|place=[[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]|date=1995-03-06|pages=A1, A3}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81861504/for-ramah-navajo-res/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81862422/for-ramah-navajo-res/ of second page] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>

In 1954,<ref name=RNSBHist>{{cite web|url=https://www.rnsb.k12.nm.us/history|title=RNSB History|publisher=[[Ramah Navajo School Board]]|accessdate=2021-07-20}}</ref> a dormitory opened at Ramah Schools, which allowed the majority of residents of the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation to attend public schools close to their residences.<ref name=LinthicumLeslie/> The Ramah Village public high school closed in 1968,<ref name=RNSBHist/> due to being condemned.<ref name=LinthicumLeslie/> The district also stated that the enrollment was too low.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bartel|first=Jon|title='Am Pleased At Example'|newspaper=[[The Gallup Independent]]|place=[[Gallup, New Mexico]]|date=1970-09-14|volume=81|issue=216|pages=1, 6}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92379724/for-pine-hill-schools/ Clipping of first] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92379761/for-pine-hill-schools/ of second page at] [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> Area secondary students were reassigned to [[Zuni High School]], then in the Gallup-McKinley district.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rushton|first=Ted|title=Parents Concerned About Ramah High School Policies|newspaper=[[The Gallup Independent]]|place=[[Gallup, New Mexico]]|date=1970-10-08|volume=81|issue=237|pages=1, 6}} - Page six cited here - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92362119/for-pine-hill-schools/ Clipping of the first page] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92362081/for-pine-hill-schools/ of the second page] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> Accordingly the dormitory became restricted only to elementary school students. Ramah Navajo High School opened in the former Ramah High School in 1970; in 1975 it moved to [[Pinehill, New Mexico|Pinehill]], where it became [[Pine Hill Schools (New Mexico)|Pine Hill Schools]].<ref name=RNSBHist/> In 1983 the Ramah Village public high school reopened.<!--Linthicum doesn't specify which public school closed and reopened, but the Ramah Navajo Board one clarifies it was the HS that closed--> In 1995 the combined enrollment of this school and the elementary school in Ramah was fewer than 400.<ref name=LinthicumLeslie/>