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Amid increasing COVID-19 transmission rates countywide, Durango School District 9-R has begun to examine ways to slow the spread of the virus in schools, and that might mean temporarily ending the...
DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Three new COVID-19 exposures or potential exposures have led to the full closure of Needham Elementary School and new quarantines for students and staff members at Durango High School and Park...
DATE: Nov. 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Alyssa Nicoly, an Animas High School senior, would like to become an elementary education teacher, but first she has to get through an 85-question application to register for federal financial aid....
DATE: Nov. 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Voters on Tuesday opened their pocketbooks to Durango School District 9-R. Ballot Issue 4A, seeking $90 million in new bonds to repair aging schools, add security upgrades and build some new...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Eight students and four staff members at The Juniper School began a quarantine Tuesday after an individual at the school tested positive for COVID-19. The exposure affected only one cohort at the...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Sixty students at Escalante Middle School and 22 students at Durango High School have begun quarantines after exposures to individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19. Additionally, seven...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Prompted by more than a dozen people who spoke against Durango School District 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger’s email directive reminding teachers that they must remain apolitical on heated...
DATE: Oct. 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A student at Miller Middle School tested positive for COVID-19, the district confirmed Tuesday night, and one cohort of 15 students at the school began a 14-day quarantine Wednesday. The district...
DATE: Oct. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A positive COVID-19 test by a senior and a presumptive positive test by a 10th grader at Animas High School has led the school to go to all-remote, online learning for both grades. AHS Head of...
DATE: Oct. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Durango teachers, stressed by the compounding demands placed on them by COVID-19, will get two days to step away from the classroom and sharpen their skills at the end of the month. Two additional...
DATE: Oct. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
One cohort with 16 students at Durango High School began a 14-day quarantine Tuesday after exposure to a person exhibiting symptoms of the virus and who had close contact to someone who has tested...
DATE: Oct. 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Teachers may be given two consecutive professional-development days to share ideas and plan for teaching different learning models that Durango schools are using to accommodate students’ return to...
DATE: Oct. 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News