Education

The Public School Finance Act, expected to be introduced in the state Senate on Tuesday, will include an extra $23 million to reduce the state’s outstanding obligation to school districts, plus $30...

The Mancos preschool is at capacity, and a new one is coming in to meet the demand. Preschools fill a dual need, providing working parents with child care and serving as an introductory schooling...

Animas High School students broke out in spontaneous line dancing Friday as a bluegrass band jammed in the school’s parking lot. Songs From The Road, a band from Asheville, North Carolina, visited...

After a monthslong application process, the Dolores School District RE-4A has a new superintendent. At a special board meeting Thursday night, directors voted 3-2 to offer the job to Elisabeth...

The Mancos Middle School recently released honor roll results for the third quarter of the school year. Of the school’s 104 students, 24 were named to the high honor roll, awarded for receiving a...

Communication themes take center stage at Cortez Middle School, as theater students tackle the 1957 drama “The Miracle Worker.” The play tells the story of Helen Keller, the famous deaf-blind child...

Workers of all sorts descended this week on Cortez Middle School for the school’s second career fair. The fair allowed students to meet people employed in a variety of professions. Participants...

The Mancos school board unanimously approved next year’s academic calendar during its regular meeting March 18. The upcoming calendar for Mancos School District RE-6 looks very similar to that of...

The four finalists for the superintendent post at Dolores School District RE-4A have been selected, and they are now in the last phase of the interview process. Dolores teachers, school board...

An investigation into a balloon game played earlier this month at a Durango High School pep rally found no ill intent. Durango School District 9-R released a written statement Friday to The...

Winter math scores have been tallied and evaluated at Dolores elementary and secondary schools. During a recent board meeting for the Dolores School District RE-4A, the two school principals...