This summer has flown by. It’s hard to believe that the start of school is less than a month away. Students are already starting to arrive with volleyball players arriving next week and soccer and rodeo team members soon after. New student orientation will be Aug. 18-20 and our fall[Read More…]
Tag: Education
A strong budget for rural Colorado
RBC I We at the legislature just passed a historic, balanced, and bipartisan annual state budget. After hours of debate and review alongside my colleagues, the budget we sent to Governor Polis sets rural Colorado up for success. With significant investments towards our ranchers and agricultural industries, water conservation, and[Read More…]
SWAP success: Blake Smith, SWAP and National Disability Employment Awareness Month
RANGELY I Longtime readers of the Herald Times may remember reporting and photos by Blake Smith from Rangely. Writing for the HT was Smith’s first job, thanks to assistance from the School-to-Work Alliance Program (SWAP). Born with spina bifida, a genetic condition in which an area of the spinal column[Read More…]
Guest Opinion: Local control: accept it or make a difference
BY JOYCE RANKIN | Special to the Herald Times RBC I We talk a lot about local control, and we believe that government works best when it’s closer to the people. It sounds good and seems to work well unless you disagree with your local government or school board. Recently,[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Teacher appreciation
MEEKER | We are quickly approaching the end of another school year. Recently the celebration of teacher appreciation week took place in schools across the country. A national news story about one teacher in Texas reminded me of so many of my fellow teachers over the years. It featured a[Read More…]
Two BMS students win regional math competition; MES Principal Kathy Collins to retire
MEEKER | Barone Middle School students Sam Hightower and Tucker Chinn were celebrated at Monday’s school board meeting for winning first and second place in the regional MathCounts contest. The MathCounts club meets twice a week after school to practice. Of the six students participating this year from BMS, Hightower[Read More…]
CNCC awarded RISE Education Grant
RBC | Yesterday, Governor Polis announced the second round of Response, Innovation, and Student Equity (RISE) Fund awardees to innovate and transform public education. The RISE fund was created to support innovation in high-needs school districts, charter schools, and public institutions of higher education to address the learning challenges related[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor: May 14, 2020
Overdue thank you Dear Editor: I would like everyone to know what a great community Meeker is! Thank you so much to the first responders, Meeker Volunteer Fire Department and the BLM firefighters. Your quick response to the fire up Lions Canyon saved homes, people, and their animals. Just can’t[Read More…]
Interested in teaching a CNCC class?
Come find out what it takes to teach a class for CNCC Community Education during Adjunct Instructor Recruitment Day. In Meeker from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 at the CNCC Center at 345 6th St. and Wednesday, Aug. 7 at the Weiss Conference Room in Rangely.
{Guest Column} Teacher to class: ‘Can you hear me now?’
By JOYCE RANKIN Special to the Herald Times RBC | “It’s just common sense.” How many times have you heard this phrase and thought “If only more people would just use common sense”? I was thinking that during a conversation with Dan Snowberger, school superintendent in Durango. Dan and I,[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Under the Dome: Am I nuts?
By Bob Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | This is the time of year when my frustration with government reaches a peak. They keep telling me that you can’t expect government to run like a corporation and I guess that’s true but I keep reaching back to my[Read More…]
{Guest Column} Across the Street: Preparing students for an unforeseen future
By Joyce Rankin Special to the Herald Times RBC | Road Trip: I attended the Summit on Education Reform in Nashville, Tenn. Jeb Bush opened the conference and repeated a quote from the first conference in 2008: “The country’s school system is an 8-track in an iPod world. The irony[Read More…]
