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Meeker Board of Education sails through long agenda

MEEKER | The full body of the Meeker Board of Education (board) Monday night heard Superintendent Chris Selle report good news from Colorado’s General Assembly. The Legislature, he said, is claiming through their budgeting process they plan to “buy down” (reduce) the negative factor, which they’ve been applying to state funding[Read More…]

April 1, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Meeker school board votes 6-1 to hire bonding help

MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Education held a special meeting Monday night to discuss the presentation from the George K. Baum & Company’s Denver office the board had at their work session last week. This presentation—focused on the investment banking firm’s ability to help the Meeker School District achieve success[Read More…]

March 19, 2018 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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Meeker school board will apply for BEST grant

MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Education (BOE) was out in force Tuesday for their regular December meeting. Of long-range importance was their go-ahead for the Meeker School District (MSD) to apply to the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant to help pay[Read More…]

December 18, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

Letters To The Editor

Letter: Thank you from a former school board member

Dear Editor: At this time I would like to say thank you to all those who voted for me, and showed support for the past four years while I served on the school board. I would also like to wish the new board continued success in our district. I enjoyed[Read More…]

December 4, 2017 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Meeker School Board installs new members

MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Education convened Thursday, Nov. 16 for a special meeting to install new school board members and appoint board officers. Incumbents Bill deVergie, Bud Ridings and Dave Smith with new board member Laurie Simonsen were sworn in by Janelle Urista, joining continuing members Tom Allen,[Read More…]

November 29, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Fourth seat on Meeker school board still too close to call

MEEKER | Late night final vote counting at the county courthouse Tuesday left announcement of one of four winners of Meeker school board seats undecided, with 10-12 votes still out. Voters clearly returned incumbents Bud Ridings with 736 votes and Davey Smith with 730 votes to the board. Challenger Laurie[Read More…]

November 9, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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Meeker school board hears final assessment on high school, bus garage

MEEKER | “You have a building (Meeker High School) that is about 65 years old and has had very little renovation done. The systems are at the end of its life,” said architect Anne Weber from Bennet Wagner Grody Architects, the firm hired by the Meeker School Board to provide[Read More…]

October 20, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Meeker School Board candidates respond to questions before forum

MEEKER | There are five candidates for four four-year terms on the Meeker Board of Education (BOE). These candidates are Bill deVergie, Bud Ridings, Davey Smith, Laurie Whiteman Simonsen and Todd Shults. Ridings is the current board president, Allen is vice-president and deVergie is secretary. deVergie served as board president[Read More…]

October 13, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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Meeker School Board seeking policy to address staff conduct

MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Education (BOE) is constantly reviewing policy. These policies are categorized by subject area and referenced by a series of alphabetical tags that aren’t even acronyms; they are just three to four or more letters, any group of which, with the same first letters, concern[Read More…]

October 3, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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Five candidates to vie for four openings on Meeker school board

MEEKER | Meeker School District RE-1 Superintendent Chris Selle announced last week that five candidates for the four openings on the school board will be on the Nov. 7 ballot. The candidates are incumbents Bill deVergie, Buddy Ridings, Todd Shults and David Smith plus challenger Laurie Whiteman Simonsen. deVergie has[Read More…]

September 9, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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Three petitions out for Meeker school board election

MEEKER | Only three nominating petitions are currently out for the Meeker school board elections which will culminate in November. There are four seats up for election this year. If four or fewer candidates complete the nomination process, the board can cancel the election process, seat all the candidates, and[Read More…]

August 26, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled

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Meeker school board approves 2017-18 budget

MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Education last week approved a $7.2 million budget for the fiscal year 2017-2018. This amount includes a projected budget deficit of about $431,000, which will be taken out of the district’s reserve. It has been projected that this kind of deficit spending could occur[Read More…]

July 1, 2017 by Reed Kelley Comments are Disabled