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Durango School District 9-R releases plan for return of in-person classes
Priority placed on bringing back youngest students
Education
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Durango School District 9-R commits to protect Buckley Park
Agreement with city begins search for equitable land swap
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Durango school board all ears in superintendent search
Focus groups held with 9-R staff, community members
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Durango offers an assist to students struggling with remote learning
9-R sets up instructional rooms to help students cope with online classes
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Durango School District 9-R wants your views on new superintendent
Surveys available on website through Monday
Business
Durango School District wants to give students real-world experience
High school looking to expand internship opportunities
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Durango School District 9-R sets timeline for superintendent search
Goal is to hire next leader in early April
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Durango writer turns pandemic challenges into children’s podcast
‘My hope is it fills a lot of needs’
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Durango school board keeps hands off controversial-topics policy
Students say they see no problem in way hot subjects are taught
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State awards $3.6 million for learning collaborative in SW Colorado
Money will help students interested in building trades, environmental science
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Dan Snowberger resigns as Durango School District 9-R superintendent
Board members offer praise for leader’s nine-year tenure
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COVID-19 spike forces Durango schools to remote learning
At-home learning to continue at least through Jan. 4
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Increased COVID-19 transmission rates hit La Plata County
Durango schools studying ways to lower exposures
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Eight students quarantine at The Juniper School in Durango
Four staff members also exposed to COVID-19
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Quarantines begin for 82 students, 11 staff members at Durango schools
COVID-19 exposures recorded at Escalante Middle and Durango High
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Public health officials urge caution as COVID-19 cases trend upward
‘The virus is roaring back all over the country’
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Bayfield School District loosens COVID-19 precautions
Full student body returns to in-person instruction
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Animas High School dealing with 2 COVID-19 cases
Two grades will go to all-remote, online learning
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Durango School District 9-R adds two teacher work days
Classes will be held for K-6, severe-needs students on Oct. 30, Nov. 2
Arts and Entertainment
Cortez high school revives classic radio shows
Drama Department performs despite COVID-19
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Durango teachers may gain two planning days
Kindergarten through sixth grade students would be offered activities at schools
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Durango School District 9-R finds policy violations in climate change rally that turned nasty
Use of school property, distribution of flyers deemed improper
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Indigenous Peoples Day rally, march calls for the ‘Chief’ sign to come down
Event recognizing Native Americans also takes place at Fort Lewis College
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Fort Lewis College breaks ground on Health Sciences Center
$33 million facility will make school a regional leader
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Fort Lewis College’s provost trades Boston for Durango
Cheryl Nixon finds school’s commitment to teaching in a rural environment ‘looking better every day’
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Powerhouse to help kids deal with remote learning
Science center will combine academics with some fun
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Bayfield Early Education Program celebrates 25th anniversary
Decades of change, but the community focus stays the same
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Fort Lewis College enrollment rises 4%
Native American students comprise 45% of student body