Editing Holloman Air Force Base (section)

==Education==
It is zoned to [[Alamogordo Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35035_otero/DC20SD_C35035.pdf|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Otero County, NM|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2021-07-27}}</ref>

The base hosts Holloman Elementary School (grades K-5), the zoned elementary school;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aps4kids.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_372378/File/Our%20District/About%20APS/Welcome/Elementary_School_Zones.pdf|title=Elementary School Zones|publisher=[[Alamogordo Public Schools]]|access-date=2021-07-27|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728035402/http://www.aps4kids.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_372378/File/Our%20District/About%20APS/Welcome/Elementary_School_Zones.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Hollomon Middle School (grades 6–8), the zoned middle school,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aps4kids.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_372378/File/Our%20District/About%20APS/Welcome/Middle_School_Zones.pdf|title=Middle School Zone Maps Effective 2014-2015 School Year|publisher=[[Alamogordo Public Schools]]|access-date=2021-07-28|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728042853/http://www.aps4kids.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_372378/File/Our%20District/About%20APS/Welcome/Middle_School_Zones.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> both named after the base. The mascot of the middle school is the falcon.<ref>http://www.holloman.af.mil/ Official website of Holloman AFB</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060715002428/http://www.aps4kids.org/holloman_middle/index.htm Alamogordo Public School</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ho3.aps4kids.org/index2.html |title=Holloman Middle School |access-date=2009-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224203311/http://ho3.aps4kids.org/index2.html |archive-date=24 February 2009  }} Official Website for Holloman Middle School</ref> [[Alamogordo High School]] is the school district's comprehensive high school.

Holloman Middle was formerly Hollomon Junior High School and originally held classes at barracks while the permanent facility was being established. Holloman Elementary opened in 1954. In 1956, 1959, 1965, and 1966 additions were built for the elementary.<ref name=Allbegan>{{cite news|title=It all began here in a tent school in 1898|newspaper=[[Alamogordo Daily News]]|place=[[Alamogordo, New Mexico]]|date=1975-08-15|page=4}} – [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6369400/education-in-aamogordofri-aug-1975/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>

When the personnel at the base asked for the school district to completely desegregate for the benefit of its black employees, {{circa|1949}}, the school system did so.<ref>{{cite news|last=Maxwell|first=Nicole|url=https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/local/community/2019/07/29/school-integration-alamogordo/1826134001/|title=An Executive Order and a teen who just wanted to play football: How APS integrated schools|newspaper=[[Alamogordo Daily News]]|date=2019-07-29|access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref>