MEEKER I The highlight of the Jan. 19 Meeker School Board meeting was the re-approval of the Fiscal Year/School Year 2015-2016 district budget of $6,299,485. Included in this budget is a projected deficit of $399,229, which will come out of the district’s reserves.

MEEKER I The Meeker Board of Education (BOE) approved a revised district policy guiding the handling of public concern and complaints. The board repeated unequivocally that “constructive criticism motivated by a sincere desire to improve the quality of the educational program or to equip the schools to do their tasks[Read More…]

MEEKER I Oct. 20 was the last meeting of the current Meeker Board of Education (BOE) as there will be at least one new board member after Tuesday’s elections.

MEEKER I After students escorted the Board of Education (BOE) candidates down the aisle on the evening of Oct. 13, Meeker High School Head Boy Nick Burri led off the questions at the public candidate forum. The nine candidates were spread across the stage at the high school auditorium and[Read More…]

MEEKER I There are three candidates for one two-year term on the Meeker Board of Education. Each candidate was asked to provide a brief biographical description, answers to five questions and a photo. They were asked to keep each answer to about 150 words. The Herald Times ran the answers[Read More…]

MEEKER I At several Meeker Board of Education (BOE) meetings, Dr. Bob Dorsett has asked the board to identify the “more than $130,000 in grants for various educational and academic improvement programs in the 2013-14 academic year” that High School Building Accountability Committee (BAC) co-chairs Robert D. Amick and Stacy[Read More…]

At the trustee meeting Tuesday night, Meeker School Board members accepted the resignations of two prominent high school staff members, including Meeker High School Principal Dr. Kim Ibach.