Meet Bob Wofford
Candidate for LCPS School Board District 3
Bob Wofford was born in Las Cruces and was fortunate to attend public schools: Valley View Elementary, Zia Middle School, and Las Cruces High School. His family put their roots down in this community when his grandparents moved here during the 1930’s depression, first homesteading on the west mesa near the Corralitos Ranch, then moving into Las Cruces.
Bob taught English at Las Cruces High School from 1983 until his retirement in 2017. He was also an Advanced Education Services gifted and talented facilitator, and he taught part time in the English Department at New Mexico State University early in his career.
Bob has a Master of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from NMSU. While at Las Cruces High, he sponsored the Amnesty International Club for over thirty years, and the Gay Straight Alliance for the last several years of his teaching. He is the first openly LGBTQ+ member of the Las Cruces School Board. He served on numerous school, NEA-LC, and LCPS district committees over the years, was department head of English, and served as Test Supervisor for the SAT and ACT college entrance exams at LCHS. Bob also received a year-long Fulbright Teaching Exchange to teach English and drama at E.L. Crossley Secondary School in Ontario, Canada.
Working with teachers to improve the quality of instruction is one of Bob’s passions, and to that end, he has consulted for the Advanced Placement Program of The College Board in AP English Literature since 2004, conducting workshops and summer institutes to teach AP teachers how to teach AP English Literature. He has served on their Consultant Advisory Panel since 2016, and was an AP/ETS Reader for the AP English Literature exam, scoring essays for the annual AP test. Bob also worked part-time for the National Math and Science Initiative as an AP English Literature professional development coach, sharing his expertise in teaching Advanced Placement English.
Bob’s service on the school board springs from his belief that the relationship educators build in the classroom ultimately enables students to learn and to grow, so when we support our educators and education support staff, we create opportunities for student success. Critical to that success is parent and community involvement, and Bob believes that our work together as a community—parents and guardians, individual volunteers, and support agencies—enables students to thrive.
