{"id":92052,"date":"2019-10-24T02:49:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T02:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-school-board-talks-state-news-construction-progress\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T02:49:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T02:49:01","slug":"mancos-school-board-talks-state-news-construction-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-school-board-talks-state-news-construction-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos school board talks state news, construction progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The campuswide renovations in Mancos have been praised by state and local officials.<\/span>Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Mancos school board talked over issues both near and far at its regular meeting Monday evening:<\/p>\n

The campus renovation now valued at $19.5 million is underway, with about $5.5 million in renovation left to go, according to owner\u2019s rep Monty Guiles.<\/p>\n

The football field, elementary school, and cafeteria have mostly been turned back to the school, with just a few \u201cpunch items\u201d left, Guiles said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the action now is at the PC,\u201d he said, adding later that Superintendent Brian Hanson emphasized heavily that it would be a Performance Center first and a back-up basketball court second.<\/p>\n

Guiles said the project has received acclaim from other districts, local referees, and state officials.<\/p>\n

The entire project is expected to be complete by the end of the school year.<\/p>\n

State news<\/div>\n

The board heard some and talked discussed education-related measures in the November election.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Hanson reported out from the West Slope Superintendents Conference he recently attended.<\/p>\n

He spoke on a uniform mill levy proposal that would require all districts to levy 27 property tax mills. Right now, Mancos is at 15 mills. If the measure passes, and the community votes no, the school district could be penalized, Hanson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep an eye on the legislative session this year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also brought up possible changes to the Read Act, which would require kindergarten through third grade teachers to receive additional training and for districts to provide additional reporting information to the Colorado Department of Education.<\/p>\n

The imposition is so significant, he said, that the district would consider declining the $30,000 Read Act money.<\/p>\n

Board Director Tim Hunter summarized the Colorado Association of School Boards conference, held in Breckenridge last week. A disconnect between the larger, more urban districts and smaller, rural ones existed, which, Hunter said, is a problem because large districts represent the majority of the state\u2019s school districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bigger school districts don\u2019t think anything about the redundancy of the reporting issues,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cWhereas we have two people that have to do redundant \u2013 time and time again \u2013 the same report to four different places.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the group had supported Proposition CC, which would allow the state to keep revenue collected above limits set by the Taxpayer\u2019s Bill of Rights, requiring the state to spend the unrefunded money equally on K-12, higher education, and transportation.<\/p>\n

But he called Proposition CC a \u201cBand-Aid\u201d solution, and the board opted not to take a stance on it.<\/p>\n

Hanson was equivocal about the proposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it passes, we stand to gain, we have nothing to lose, as a school district. \u2026 My fear is if it passes, legislators will say, \u2018Oh, we fixed school funding,\u2019 and they\u2019re going to lose the conversation that needs to continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ealvero@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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