The Colorado Department of Education recently released its 2018 assessment results with a number of bright spots for Pagosa area schools.

After a short summer break, the Board of Education (BOE) reconvened on Tuesday, August 14, to receive important updates on programs and discuss several topics affecting the school district. Here are some of the highlights.

On June 28, the ASD school board met to determine if two pending proposals should appear on the November ballot. Based on the input from a special task force, Superintendent Linda Reed recommended that the board move forward on the mill levy override and postpone action on the bond measure to build a new elementary school until next year, giving the district more time to refine the proposal and to educate the community. Members of the board agreed. To learn more, read Superintendent Reed’s comments at that meeting.

A community task force wraps up initial meetings and provides input to Superintendent on recommendations to the Board regarding a possible bond measure and mill levy override.

Recruiting and retaining experienced teachers is a challenge for small rural districts like Archuleta County. Watch this short video, produced by the Colorado Department of Education, on what Archuleta School District is doing to meet that challenge.

Dog houses sold like hotcakes at the 1st Annual Dog House Auction on Friday, May 18. The event raised more than $17,000 for the Building Trades program at the high school.

With his regimen, 2005 PSHS graduate Raul Palmer stands next to Karen and Mike Pence in this photo taken June 28, 2018.