The Alamo Navajo School Board is a non-profit organization governed by an elected, all Native American board. The board has full authority to establish policies as well as operate its programs. The Board is responsible for all administrative and program activities for each project. ANSB was created under resolutions from the Alamo Navajo Community and from the Navajo Tribe. ANSB was organized within the Alamo Navajo Chapter Community to establish and operate Federal and State programs that serve the people of Alamo under Contracts, Grants, or Cooperative and/or Joint Powers Agreements. ANSB operates a variety of services such as a K-12 School under a PL 100-297 grant, Early Childhood Program, Radio Station, Division of Community Services, and the Alamo Navajo Health Center under a PL 93-638 mature contract with coordinated substance abuse prevention and treatment programs.
The environment of the Alamo Navajo Reservation due to the isolated, remote location has had a major impact on the educational goals and aspirations of the Alamo Community. The Reservation consists of 63,109 acres of arid rocky land in West Central, New Mexico. A paved road (1982) connects the Reservation with a border town of Magdalena (pop. 800) located approximately 30 miles south of the Alamo Navajo Chapter. Socorro, New Mexico, located approximately 60 miles away, the county seat and only nearby town of appreciable size.
