After years and years of being told to cut spending, the Mancos School Board of Education got a bit of good news at Monday night\u2019s school board meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first time in a long time, we have positive thing to talk about when it comes to the budget. Normally, its been doom and gloom,\u201d said Mancos School District Superintendent Brain Hanson.<\/p>\n
After the Oct. 1 count of full-time students, Mancos schools showed about 31 more than expected in the budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means we get to have a conversation on how to spend $261,049,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cThat\u2019s great news.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanson then began reading a list of things the schools need.<\/p>\n
Hanson said there were a few things needed immediately such as a boiler, at a cost of $7,311, and an additional fourth-grade teacher. Hanson also suggested the board support some of the educational trips students are going on, such as a trip to Chaco Canyon, and the garden club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first year in many we have talked about money and what to do with it,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n
But one of the most lengthy discussions Monday was the discussion regarding safety at the schools. Hanson told the board that they could look at costs of a barrier at the entrances of the schools that would make visitors have to buzz in.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt saddens me that is the world we are in, I have been part of this district for 17 years and the openness makes us unique. But in reality that is where we are at,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Also on the security front, Hanson discussed purchasing a system that would allow communication with all the staff at once.<\/p>\n
\u201cNext month, we will come back to you with some numbers,\u201d Hanson said.<\/p>\n
The next school board meeting is Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in Mancos High School Room 223.<\/p>\n
School Board member Blake Mitchell said he didn\u2019t believe locking people out was the answer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not the outside that\u2019s a threat. It\u2019s the kids inside the school,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the internal problem. Whether it be a school resource officer, and I hate to talk about metal detectors, but the kid brought a .40-caliber gun to school,\u201d Mitchell said, referring to a recent incident in Washington.<\/p>\n
Beverly Humiston-Scott agreed, saying, I think we need to look at metal detectors.\u201d<\/p>\n
She asked for the district staff to look into the cost of detectors and barriers at the front doors.<\/p>\n
Others disagreed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI left a place where kids were walking through metal detectors, so I could raise my kids where they don\u2019t have to walk through them,\u201d said School Board President Monty Guiles. \u201cLet\u2019s proceed cautiously with regards to fortifying our school that we have all grown to love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also Monday, the school board recognized the Mancos High School for earning second in state. The Little Jay Leaders were awarded \u201coutstanding leadership\u201d certificates, and Emily Pearson and Polly Sikora gave a presentation on the EARRS program, a grant-funded program that brings counseling treatment into the schools for students suffering from trauma.<\/p>\n
At the end of the meeting, Margie Russell read a \u201cStatement of Sufficiency\u201d from the Montezuma County Clerk and Recorder Carol Tullis, stating that enough signatures had been gathered to proceed with the recall election of Humiston-Scott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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