RBC | At a special meeting held prior to their work session Tuesday night, the Meeker Board of Education accepted the resignation of Barone Middle School and Meeker High School choir and band director Jeff Hemingson. Hemingson delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” on Jan. 24. Hemingson, who is[Read More…]
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{Guest Column} Meeker School District: Facilities were worse than expected
By Chris Selle Special to the Herald Times RBC | “We know problems are present… we just don’t know how bad they are.” This was the prevailing thought when the Meeker School District engaged in a facilities master plan process in order to quantify the need for our facilities. Following[Read More…]
Meeker School District desperately seeking bus drivers
MEEKER | Tuesday night was the first work session of the newly re-constituted Meeker Board of Education. Just elected and re-elected board members Bill deVergie, Bud Ridings and Laurie Simonsen joined hold-over members Tom Allen, Kevin Amack and Bob Dorsett in the effort. Re-elected member David Smith was unable to[Read More…]
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…]
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Guest Column: Meeker School District takes proactive steps toward safety
By Chris Selle Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | Annually, the Meeker School District Safety Team meets to review the district’s emergency operations plan. While many of the components to the plan remain similar from previous years, it is important for the school district to annually share the basics[Read More…]
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…]
Meeker schools earn accreditation with distinction for second year in a row
MEEKER | The Meeker School District (MSD) began this school year with a July 1 unaudited fund balance of $4.285 million compared to $4.7 million last year. This figure reveals an intentional partial spend-down of the MSD reserve, but not as much as expected as the Board of Education (board)[Read More…]
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Four seats opening on Meeker school board
MEEKER I Four seats on the Meeker Board of Education are up for election or re-election Nov. 7. The seats held by current school board president Bud Ridings, member Todd Shults, and current board secretary Bill deVergie, are up as the four-year terms of these individuals come to a close.[Read More…]
Guest Column: Marijuana taxes haven’t helped schools as promised
RBC I The greatest challenge faced by public schools in Colorado over the past eight years has been finance. When faced with this information, many citizens in our state ask about marijuana money. Amendment 64 passed in 2012 with a hollow promise of providing funding to schools. To be blunt,[Read More…]




