{"id":100524,"date":"2018-04-05T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/swos-appoints-matt-keefauver-as-new-director\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:51:00","slug":"swos-appoints-matt-keefauver-as-new-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/swos-appoints-matt-keefauver-as-new-director\/","title":{"rendered":"SWOS appoints Matt Keefauver as new director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Matt Keefauver<\/span>Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Matt Keefauver is the new director of Southwest Open School, according to an announcement on the school\u2019s<\/p>\n

Previous director Charlotte Wolf announced her upcoming resignation in November, according to the post.<\/p>\n

Keefauver is the previous assistant director of SWOS and served as interim director during the search.<\/p>\n

The post stated that the search committee included school district, student, faculty, administrative and board representation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled about working with so many talented individuals, staff, students and families, as we meet those challenges,\u201d Keefauver said in the post.<\/p>\n

Keefauver has worked in education for 24 years and has a master\u2019s degree in linguistically diverse education. He began at SWOS in June 2017 as the assistant director.<\/p>\n

He taught sixth- through ninth-grade math at Cortez Middle School and fourth grade at Kemper Elementary School for four years.<\/p>\n

In addition, Keefauver served two terms on the Cortez City Council and is an owner at Cliffrose Garden Center and owns his own business, Tierra Mardre Herbs.<\/p>\n

Keefauver said he plans to revisit the alternative learning approaches at SWOS.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really excited for the future,\u201d Keefauver said. \u201cPrimarily personalized pathways and experiential education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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