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Former New Mexico teacher faces license status after misconduct case
A Questa math teacher and assistant football coach, Jose Antonio Lopez, was fired from Coronado High School in Gallina and faces possible license revocation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor aggravated battery in 2004. The case stemmed from a 2002 incident with a 14 year old student and included a $40,000 civil settlement paid by NMPSIA. PED notified Lopez of contemplated action, citing moral turpitude and danger to students. The district reports they would not have hired him had they known of the Questa battery charge, and discuss how background checks and publication of records vary by law.
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