RBC | Any parent or school teacher can tell you that before a child is able to learn, their primary needs, including nutrition, must be met. As local schools recognized the growing number of hungry students they have instituted a variety of programs to help battle student hunger. “It is very[Read More…]
Tag: Meeker School District
Board talks election issues at work session
MEEKER | Election season is nearly upon us, and Meeker’s board of education met for a work session Sept. 10. to discuss several items, including two education-related ballot issues that will come before voters this November. First on the agenda was discussing a draft resolution in support of Amendment 73[Read More…]
Free Love and Logic class coming to RBC
RBC | Parenting with Love and Logic will be presented in Meeker Sept. 12 at the high school auditorium from 7-9 p.m. and in Rangely Sept. 13 at the high school auditorium from 7–9 p.m.
Meeker BOE approves hires, discusses four-day week
MEEKER I Barone Middle School Principal Jim Hanks substituted for Meeker School District Superintendent Chris Selle leading Monday’s Board of Education regular August meeting. Selle was with Meeker’s sixth grade classes at their annual retreat at YMCA’s Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby.
Benefits of the four-day week outweigh perceived drawbacks
MEEKER I It’s been a few years since the Meeker School District, in response to a financial crunch at the time, opted to switch from the traditional five-day week to a four-day week. As of this year, 58 percent of Colorado districts use the four-day plan, including some of the[Read More…]
Rangely and Meeker school testing data in
RBC | Last week the Colorado Department of Education released the spring 2018 school testing results. Elementary students in third through fifth grades and all middle school students took the Colorado Measures of Academic Success test which reports back on English language arts, math and science. High school students participated[Read More…]
CHEVRON DONATION …
Meeker School Board president Bud Ridings receives a $10,000 donation from Chevron’s Chris Archuleta for science, engineering, math, literacy and teacher professional development at Monday’s meeting. REED KELLEY PHOTO
School board moves forward with bond issue
MEEKER I The Meeker Board of Education met Monday for both a special formal board meeting as well as the normal, second Monday of the month work session. The primary focus of attention in the special meeting was what, if anything, to put in front of the district’s voters on[Read More…]
Survey indicates support for school bond initiative
MEEKER | Members of the Board of Education debated the best way to present a bond initiative to voters in November to fund the construction of a new high school and bus garage after reviewing the results of a non-scientific mail survey sent to residents earlier this year. The survey indicated[Read More…]
Guest Column: Meeker School District’s BEST Grant denied; now what?
By Chris Selle Meeker School District Superintendent MEEKER | Meeker School District recently learned that it was not successful in securing a Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant from the State of Colorado. If awarded, the grant would have helped fund a portion of the cost of renovating Meeker High[Read More…]
Meeker School Board accepts BEST rejection, moves on
FCCLA Successes Before getting down to business Monday, the Meeker Board of Education celebrated some student successes. There to describe their endeavors were Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) state award winners Kolbi Franklin, Kirsten Brown and Jacob Slone. All three are headed to the FCCLA nationals in[Read More…]
Council discusses Ute Terrace Road, Mind Springs
MEEKER | Members of the Ute Terrace Homeowners Association opened a discussion with Meeker’s Board of Trustees about the status of Shaman Trail. Doug Merrell, vice president of the HOA, explained to the board that the road, which is within town limits, receives no town maintenance, despite the fact the[Read More…]
