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…]
Tag: Meeker School Board
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…]
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…]
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…]
School board approves new hires, honors retirees
MEEKER | In a special meeting on June 6, the Meeker Board of Education approved two new hires: Rebekah Cravens as an elementary para-professional and Maria Beckington as the high school Spanish teacher. Cravens is coming from Westcliffe with her husband Greg Cravens, who has been approved as the new[Read More…]
MSD approves rest of budget: $399,299 shortfall
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 school board strengthens public complaints policy
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…]
New members…
The top two new officers of the Meeker Board of Education, elected at the Nov. 17 board meeting, are, from left to right, President Bud Ridings and Vice President Tom Allen. Bill deVergie, the outgoing board president, was elected secretary/treasurer, but was not available for the photo. Board officers are[Read More…]
MSB approves new personnel
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 School Board candidates answer questions from public
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…]
Three Meeker candidates run for one two-year school board seat
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…]
Selle believes there are no missing MSD funds from grants
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…]
