Archive for the ‘District 6’ Category
GREELEY – Parents of children who reside in the Greeley/ Ft. Collins area will have an opportunity to hear about the multiple educational opportunities and schooling options available to their children during an expo in June. Local radio station, Pirate Radio 104.7 is sponsoring Education Options For Children on June 15. The event, which [...]
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Laments siphoning to charter schoolsRecent revelations that District 6 will be letting nearly 20 percent of their new teachers has caused the Greeley Tribune to blame part of the problem on charter schools by categorizing students as “resources” that the district is losing. At Monday’s board of education meeting, District 6 Superintendent Ranelle Lang [...]
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by Jack Minor – Many parents who went to drop their children off at school today were surprised to learn that District 6 had cancelled classes on Tuesday. At around 5 AM District officials made the decision to cancel classes because of the extreme cold, winds and blowing snow. District policy requires a [...]
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by Peter Grady – District 6 announced a shocking bit of news Monday evening when it was revealed that the educational program under Superintendent Ranelle Lang has resulted in the Greeley-Evans school district being dropped to one step from the bottom of the state accreditation list. At Monday’s board meeting it was revealed [...]
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by Jack Minor – While voters are being asked to approve a tax increase to build a replacement school for John Evans, a closer look at the numbers being given to voters for the cost of the project apparently do not add up, with actual costs to the taxpayer being greater than what is [...]
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Cost of asbestos removal for John Evans $900,000 if bond issue passes by Jack Minor – Officials with School District 6 say the district had received funds for asbestos abatement for schools such as John Evans some years ago from a lawsuit, but now there is no record of the settlement or how the [...]
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by Jack Minor – The Greeley/Evans District 6 Board of Education appears to be going into a full blown campaign mode in an attempt to get voters to approve a bond issue this November. At September’s Parent Teacher Organization at Scott Elementary, board member Judy Kron made a pitch for a bond issue [...]
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by Jack Minor – While the Greeley/Evans School District’s policy on banning certain numbers being displayed, including 18, which is the number of Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, officials said the reasoning is actually based on experience. The dress code for district schools prohibits team jerseys or belt buckles with the numbers 13, [...]
Tags: ban, change, code, district, experience, gang, Greeley, issue, Jersey, John Gates, member, mother, paper, Peyton Manning, policy, problem, safety, School, student, Tribune
WELD COUNTY, CO – Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment offers health tips to students who will be heading back to school after summer vacation to keep them healthy. School supplies: check. New backpack: check. Haircut: check. But what about healthy habits? While students think about back-to-school shopping, new teachers, and homework, [...]
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by Jack Minor – A local leader of a conservative group says while he agrees that John Evans Middle School needs to be torn down, if voters do not pass a bond issue this November school board officials will have no one to blame but themselves. The District 6 board of Education will [...]
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by Matt Lacy – As more and more attention is being given to NFL players and the long-term effects of concussions suffered from playing the game, local entities have teamed up to provide concussion training for local coaches. The City of Greeley, Weld County School District 6, the University of Northern Colorado and [...]
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by Jack Minor – In what some have said is an attempt to assert more local control over local schools, the Obama administration has said individual school districts can now apply for Race to the Top funds if they are willing to subject the school board to government evaluations. Greeley/Evans District 6 board [...]
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Reese encouraged by independent thinking “newbies” by Jack Minor -– At the first meeting of the new District 6 school board, members wasted no time in setting a new tone and direction. After all board members except Judy Kron and Julia Richard indicated they would not support her leadership, Linda Trimberger was forced to step [...]
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By Craig Masters To illustrate how much people in America want to avoid revealing more than necessary to their government, the 2010 census report for Greely’s population shows a population of ‘Others’ nearly twice as large as the combined total of all other non-white ethnic groups. This includes those persons identified as being a combination [...]
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Staff Reports – Evans Fire Protection District – unnecessary. Evans still has efficiencies to find and fat to cut before asking for tax hikes in these times. Proposition 103 – This one is simple. No. For many reasons, but you can stop at the fact that the new tax money will not be [...]
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B E R P – Acronym – Courage to provide change Greeley Gazette Editorial Board Greeley schools are not exemplary by any stretch of the imagination. The current SB doesn’t admit even this. City leaders and local Realtors often hear from businesses and individuals that refuse to move to Greeley because our schools perform so poorly. [...]
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Candidates offer new visions or status-quo By James Courant The current and future direction of our public schools has sparked much interest and not a little passion within our community in recent months. Now with the election of school board members fast approaching, voters have their choice of fourteen candidates vying for the four available [...]
Tags: authority, ballot, change, district, District 6, Ed, Education, income, initiative, Mark, Mark Hinze, money, position, Richard, Richardson, Scott, state, Tannis Bator, time, Valerie
by Jack Minor The District 6 school board candidates will be available for questioning at the Greeley 9/12 group this coming Wednesday. The meeting will be moderated by Brian Britton, head of the group. Britton will ask the candidates several rounds of questions. Later in the evening, individuals will have an opportunity to present questions [...]
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Reese clarifies candidates’ positionsBy Brett Reese – This commentary is mine as an individual and does not reflect the perspective of any business or organization I am associated with, including the D6 board of education. While it’s clear to me that the city council candidates will pose no threat to the incumbents, the school board has [...]
Tags: authority, board, Board Member, Bob Stack, Brett Reese, candidate, Casey, Ed Spindler, Evans, Greeley, Greeley Evans, Greeley Evans District, organization, perspective, Real Estate Investor, Reese, Samuel, Samuel Casey Carter, Valerie, Valerie Leal Whitehead
By James Courant The field for the upcoming Greeley/Evans school board elections is a crowded one. With fifteen candidates vying for the four open seats, the Gazette will be doing a series of articles on meeting the candidates. In this article we will be providing some basic information on each candidate [...]
Tags: board, David Delgado, Debbie, Debbie Pilch, district, District 6, election, Greeley, greeley tribune, Manager, Mary, meeting, Petition, Project, Richard, School, tax, teacher, Tribune, UNC
Election authorities nonchalant by Jack Minor – The Gazette has learned that a candidate running for a position on the school board may have violated election laws by having another individual collect petition signatures without signing a circulator’s affidavit. Jean Daviet is one of four candidates running for a two year seat on the [...]
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Union Colony given permission to open charter school east of 23rd Ave. by Jack Minor – The District 6 board of education gave permission for Union Colony Preparatory School to open an elementary school on the east side of town. Union Colony had submitted an application last year that was rejected by board for [...]
Tags: accountability, board, decision, district, help, Judy Kron, Julie Richards, language, list, location, member, Pat Gilliam, program, September, side, UC, Union Colony, Union Colony Director, vote, year
Only right leaning school board in Colorado hits wall with vouchers by Jack Minor – In a ruling that critics say will harm needy children, a Denver District Court judge has blocked Douglas County’s implementation of a scholarship program that would allow parents to send their children to the school of their choice. In the [...]
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Drunk cops, Superintendent Lang, Congressman “tar baby”By Mike Bauman – Two Aurora police officers went afoul of the law in Wyoming last week. Goshen County (Torrington) Wyoming Sheriff’s office was notified of a marked Aurora Police vehicle that was speeding, using its emergency equipment to pass other vehicles and throwing trash out of the windows. [...]
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by Craig Masters I was doing background research for a completely different article when I happened to open the web site of the National Education Association. I was caught up reading one article after another. Suddenly I found myself writing this open letter about an email from Senator Bennet. The web site of the National Education [...]
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Tribune fails to mention that group branding Reese for “hate speech” is funded by Soros by Jack Minor District Six Board of Education Director Brett Reese and others were branded for supposed hate speech by a George Soros funded group that identifies itself as being dedicated to “keeping an eye on the radical right.” [...]
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Budget is not “innovative” In spite of numerous meetings with the public, my colleagues are continuing their fantastic proclivity to image and politics instead of education. They have held meetings, collected input and then ignored it all for their own whims. There does not exist on this board a single business owner who is making their [...]
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The following article was reprinted from the Seymour Tribune in Seymour, Indiana Reed resigns for sake of school Move could save Medora $123,000 June 14, 2011 1:06 AM By AUBREY WOODS MEDORA — This community’s school corporation may likely survive state funding cutbacks, but it will have to do so without Superintendent John Reed. “You [...]
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by Jack Minor While School District 6 focuses on budget cuts, another statistic has come out that may cause alarm. A government report says the vast majority of all public schools are failing. U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, told the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in March that, under existing criteria, 82 [...]
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Prohibition applies to any district activity, anywhere regardless of location by Jack Minor Members of the District 6 school board passed a rule forbidding citizens legally allowed to carry a firearm from being in any location the school holds an activity, including museums, parks and other locations. Under the new policy, anyone who would [...]
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Modified tax returns after facing scrutiny from watchdog organization by Jack Minor A complaint to the IRS claims the Colorado Education Association and other state affiliates of the National Education Association have used their tax exempt status to assist Democrat political campaigns. In March, the Landmark Legal Foundation filed a formal complaint with the [...]
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by Jack Minor At a time when the government says 82 percent of all public schools are failing, a California elementary school has found time to teach students that there are more than two genders of people. The Redwood Heights Elementary school taught students that humans have multiple genders besides male and female, [...]
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Teachers, other employees fear retaliation for talking to board members at Reese town hall meeting Story and photo By Jack Minor Former and current School District 6 employees spoke out during a town hall meeting held by Brett Reese saying they were afraid to discuss the problems in the district, fearing it might cost them [...]
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Many see constant attacks on Reese cracking newspaper’s credibilityBy Brett Reese – (The Tribune has refused to print this editorial, or any editorial by Brett Reese, elected official) General Douglas MacArthur once stated, “I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of [...]
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Homosexual pedophilia a primary tool by Jack Minor A “gay” activist has confirmed what supporters of traditional marriage have said for years, admitting that the gay movement does in fact want to recruit and indoctrinate children into the “gay” lifestyle. Daniel Villarreal, writing for queerty.com, expressed frustration over leaders in the “gay” movement that [...]
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