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A bit of good budgetary news finally came for Durango School District 9-R after the introduction of the School Finance Act in the Colorado General Assembly on Friday. Instead of cutting an...
DATE: June 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The cost of preschool at Durango School District 9-R next school year will increase slightly, but not nearly as much as the 100% increase feared if rigid COVID-19 restrictions had remained in...
DATE: June 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
It goes without saying that Durango High School’s seniors will not get the traditional graduation experience, but staff members worked to ensure the June 13 ceremony will provide them some...
DATE: June 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A large majority of parents rejected the idea of continuing remote learning in the fall for Durango School District 9-R students at an online meeting Wednesday with Superintendent Dan Snowberger....
DATE: June 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
To support families struggling with food insecurity, Durango School District 9-R will host the Pack the Pantry food drive this week at local schools. A live radio broadcast with American General...
DATE: June 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Fort Lewis College will look at furloughs and layoffs, the details and scope of which will become more clear in the next month, to deal with an anticipated drop of $1.58 million in revenue,...
DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Juniper School is on schedule to move into a 5,500-square-foot remodel of the old CenturyLink building on a 4-acre site in Bodo Industrial Park for the next school year. Long-term plans are to...
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Residents within Durango School District 9-R boundaries were given a look at the difficult budgetary alternatives in this COVID-19-marred year and asked to provide feedback about what paths they...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Durango School District 9-R is expecting to take a 15% reduction in state funding next school year as the state grapples with lost tax revenue after COVID-19 restrictions brought the economy to a...
DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
With state health guidelines for COVID-19 reducing the number of preschool children in a classroom to no more than 10, the cost for a child at Durango School District 9-R’s preschool is set to more...
DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Editor’s note: This essay was written for a social studies class at Escalante Middle School. Because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the paper was written from home. By McKenzie Hayden Escalante...
DATE: May 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Education