MEEKER I As the 2016 legislative session begins, funding for school finance will once again take center stage. For the Meeker School District, multiple programs and offerings have been cut over the past several years in response to the declining investment Colorado is making in K-12 education.
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Selle joins superintendents calling for more funding
MEEKER I Meeker Superintendent of Schools Chris Selle participated Jan. 14 in a news conference by state school superintendents at the State Capitol, urging the Legislature to properly fund public schools.
MSD, RSD superintendents displeased with ACT switch; state may delay action
RBC I The state may be reconsidering its most recent state testing change, and that would make local school superintendents happy.
State changes from ACT tests to SATs for college entrance, sophs
MEEKER I On Dec. 23, when virtually no public school or administrative offices in the state were open, Colorado school superintendents were notified by email that the New SAT and the PSAT (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and the Preliminary SAT) had been chosen by an independent selection committee to serve[Read More…]
Superintendent in Meeker still being impressed by students in district
MEEKER I It has been my privilege to be a part of the Meeker School District for a full semester. In applying for and subsequently accepting the superintendent position in the district, it was my belief that committed adults were working with phenomenal students.
Meeker program furnIshes healthy foods …
The Meeker School Lunch Program has been consulting with the Livewell Colorado chefs and all that the program brings to the district. “This program has not only given new recipes for our children to try, but it has also been a guide in helping make our program the best it[Read More…]
Meeker High School science students testing roller coaster energy loss
MEEKER I Four judges picked out the top 10 Meeker High School freshmen’s marble roller coasters last week from more than 50 submitted as part of their physical science classes taught by Michelle Selle this fall. Some were done by individuals, others by teams of two. The projects were part[Read More…]
Meeker School District 2015 Winter Community Concert
MSD certifies property tax levy, receives mixed test results
MEEKER I Certifying the 2015 county property tax mill levy to fund the school district for the next year was the primary task of the Meeker Board of Education (BOE) on Dec 8. The district operates on a general fund mill levy of 6.542, resulting in $5,057,335 of local property[Read More…]
Selle presents review of student testing and assessment results
MEEKER I Meeker Superintendent of Schools Chris Selle returned this past weekend from the Colorado Association of School Boards’ (CASB) annual convention in Colorado Springs along with Meeker School Board President Bud Ridings and newly elected board members Kevin Amack and Davey Smith. After his return, Selle stated, “Student learning[Read More…]
MSD board meets, looks at budget
MEEKER I Meeker’s new Board of Education (BOE) met for the first time Nov. 17 as election victors were sworn in and new officers, for two-year terms, were chosen.
From the Superintendent: It is important to keep student expectations high
MEEKER I Results from the initial Partnership of Readiness for Assessment for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments are slowly becoming available. The PARCC assessments tested English and mathematics skills for students in third through 11th grade in the spring of 2015.
