Letters To The Editor, Meeker

Letter to the Editor: In support of mill levy override for Meeker

Dear Editor:
Meeker School District has had more than its share of negativity lately. So, let’s shift our thinking to a more positive direction, the future.

As a member of the Citizens for Meeker Schools Committee, a teacher in the Meeker School District and a taxpayer in Rio Blanco County, I would like to ask you to consider the positive effect the proposed mill levy override, Ballot Question 3A, will have on our schools.
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One Comment

  1. Beverly R DeVore-Wedding

    Mrs. de Vergie is absolutely correct about the high school being bare-bones with regards to instructional staff. When I started teaching at MHS in the fall of 1988 there were 2.5 FTE each devoted to math AND science courses; full time business instructor, and foreign languages taught included French, Spanish, and even Russian, Japanese, and German several years.
    However there are a limited number of courses that do help meet business program requirements and Statistics is offered as a stand-alone course every other year, alternating with Calculus.