N.M. Border Town Proposes Binational School

By Peter Schmidt

A southern New Mexico community is seeking to create a novel binational public school that would receive students and funding from both the United States and Mexico.

Residents of Columbus, N.M., which sits across the border from Palomas, Mexico, argue that a binational school has become a necessity as the boundary between the two countries increasingly blurs.

"We are basically binational now, culturally, economically, and family-wise," said Jack H. Long, the executive director of a community group called the Columbus...