Education - The Journal

Key takeaways from Montezuma-Cortez work session

School consolidation, four-day weeks, teacher pay, Wit and Wisdom, medical marijuana among topics discussed

DATE: Nov 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Teachers working to avoid ‘controversial’ curriculum, superintendent says

Board wants to decide on replacement curriculum by January to be implemented at the start of next school year

DATE: Nov 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores County and Rico decide on funding questions

Funding request to replace Seventh Street Elementary in Dove Creek is denied by voters

DATE: Nov 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

State says Montezuma-Cortez school district can remove curriculum

Colorado Department of Education says Montezuma-Cortez district doesn’t need permission to remove curriculum

DATE: Nov 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez families protest school closures on Main Street

Families use signs to urge Superintendent to change course of action — and some called for her resignation

DATE: Oct 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez expresses concern, postpones discussion about medical marijuana in schools

Some board members concerned about self-administration and possession of medical marijuana in schools

DATE: Oct 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

700 Montezuma-Cortez students quarantined, five hospitalized with COVID-19

Schools closed through Nov. 5

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Counseling to be offered in Mancos schools

Services will be offered through January

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez schools closed down; charter schools remain open

Students scheduled to return to school Nov. 8

DATE: Oct 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College brought in huge number of freshmen. Now, how does it keep them?

960 students is the largest class in 17 years, but retention remains a concern

DATE: Oct 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez says change to policy won’t disband LGBTQ+ lunch group

Some feared – and some hoped – that the change would terminate a lunchtime LGBTQ+ group at the middle school

DATE: Oct 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma-Cortez talks potential consolidation, four-day school week

Proposals would help mitigate staff shortages