School

Letter to the Editor: Hen house attracts clever foxes

Dear Editor: An engineering firm and common sense has determined our new Meeker elementary school to be “unsafe” for our children and teachers. The taxpayer now has an $18,000,000 white elephant.

August 30, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: A rainbow after the storm

Dear Editor: My wife, Toni, just began working for the Meeker Elementary School.

August 26, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

What you can do to ensure “No Child is Left Behind”

RBC I “Test cheating scandal!” “Budget cuts!” “Accreditation lost!” These are the types of headlines associated with school districts around the nation today. With issues like these mounting on the front lines of education, even the best and brightest teachers need reinforcements.

August 20, 2011 by editor Comments are Disabled

Meeker Elementary: The move is on

MEEKER I More than 10 days after the Meeker Board of Education directed superintendent Susan Goettel to remove students from the new elementary school because of safety concerns and take steps to provide for their education, including modifying the school calendar, plans were adopted to do both, even though they[Read More…]

August 18, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

New staff at Rangely Schools

“The staff is in place and everything is ready to go,” Todd Cordrey, the new superintendent for the Rangely School District said at a community barbecue held last Friday in Elks Park.

August 18, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled

Parkview Elementary Supply List

Preschool supply list Backpack (normal Size with student name written inside)Folder (to send notes home)Change of clothes in a Ziploc bag with their name on it(shirt, pants, underwear, socks) Old shoes to leave at school (if possible) The supplies below are combined to be used by all the students in the[Read More…]

August 17, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker RE-1 School Supply Lists

Meeker Elementary Supply List PRE-SCHOOL • 6 Elmer’s Glue Sticks • 1 large package of napkins • Backpack • Girls: Small pkg. of paper plates, LG container Clorox wipes, LG Ziploc bags • Boys: large box anti-viral Kleenex, LG paper plates, container of baby wipes KINDERGARTEN • 1 2-pocket folder • 1 backpack/bag • 1 big eraser • 1 set[Read More…]

August 17, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Call for nominations for RE-1 election

MEEKER | Nominations for school board candidates in the Meeker RE-1 district are now open. In November three directors will be elected for four-year terms on the school board.

August 15, 2011 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Safety concerns prompt closure of new school

MEEKER I Seven weeks after dedicating the new $18 million elementary school built by The Neenan Company, safety concerns about movement of the east wall of the gymnasium forced the closure of the gymnasium from Oct. 6 to Nov. 9 last fall. Now, after an independent review of the new[Read More…]

August 11, 2011 by Bobby Gutierrez Comments are Disabled