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Photo & Review by Stu Wright Hyundai, founded in 1967, is the fourth largest auto manufacturer on the planet. The company owns Kia, and its own Elantra model was chosen North American car of the year in 2012. The Elantra is the model of Hyundai I tested this past week and it was the two-door [...]
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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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Criticizes voters for not increasing taxes enoughby Peter Grady – The head of a local political organization has taken issue with a recent editorial by the Greeley Tribune placing the blame for low test scores on voters. In a recent editorial, District 6 needs everyone’s help, the Greeley Tribune said residents who want [...]
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District 6 continues to be a disgraceby Craig Masters Mired in the muck at the bottom of the learning well, Greeley students continue to suffer while a truly inept superintendent fiddles on her golden fiddle. Why do the parents of district 6 students continue to accept the situation? There has been a lot of talk [...]
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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 – District 6 Superintendent Ranelle Lang has responded to criticism that a teacher who has been teaching in district classrooms for over 25 years is making less than the new communications director by saying the amount is justified because administrators work more days than teachers. Theresa Myers, who previously worked [...]
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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 Brett Reese – I asked the editor of the Northern Colorado Gazette to reprint my letter of Feb 2011 to help us all decide whether or not to trust this administration… As easy and fun as it would be to air out the many silly antics my colleagues on the Greeley/Evans [...]
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by Peter Grady – The Florida State Board of Education is coming under fire after it passed a policy that officially declares they have lower academic expectations for black students over others. Last week, the board passed a revised strategic plan regarding their educational goals for student achievement in the state’s schools. According [...]
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by Jack Minor – The House District 50 race took an interesting turn last week when claims surfaced that Democratic Dave Young’s campaign has taken a position that members of the clergy should not be allowed to moderate political debates. During Wednesday’s debate local resident, Gunter Hess, asked a question that appeared to [...]
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WELD COUNTY — The Weld County Board of Commissioners will recognize the 75th Anniversary of Northern Water at the Wednesday, September 19, 2012, board meeting at 9:00 a.m. The Commissioners will read a resolution into the record and present representatives from Northern Water with a plaque. Northern Water representatives who will attend the Board [...]
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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 – 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 – Officials with the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) said a woman who tested positive for possible explosive residue was able to pass through security and board a flight for Cleveland. The woman was at the United Airlines checkpoint at Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport, earlier this month when [...]
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by Jack Minor – Acknowledging there is a trust issue with the Greeley/Evans District 6 school board and the community, the board approved the official language for a November ballot question asking voters for a bond issue that would help the district obtain $29 million to replace John Evans Middle school. Prior to [...]
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by Brett Reese – After reading the Greeley tribune story of July 20th about raising property taxes to tear down and rebuild John Evans Middle school, I was convinced the three lattes a year sacrifice each of us would have to make for this school was an easy decision. And, as always, The Tribune couched [...]
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by Peter Grady – A series of attacks by various groups over the years to destroy Brett Reese appear to have backfired as his holdings have actually increased over the past year. Last week, Pirate 104.7 won the Grand Marshall’s Award for its float in the Greeley Stampede’s Independence Day parade. The [...]
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by Peter Grady – While Greeley/Evans District 6 has formed an exploratory committee about a bond issue this November, the Jeffco school district has already done so, however critics say very little funding will actually go to benefit students. Earlier this month, the Jeffco school board voted 4-1 to put a bond 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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a commentary by Craig Masters Nancy Rumfelt stepped to the podium at the Wednesday meeting of the Thompson School District Board of Education and the standing room crowd of teachers was dead quiet. The main item on the agenda was the approval of the new contract with the Thompson Education Association and Rumfelt was there [...]
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Lovaland 9-12 Patriots work for open meetingsBy Craig Masters The following e-mail was distributed by the Loveland 9-12. It was titled, “Letter from Nancy Rumfelt regarding tonight’s meeting.” It is reprinted here to illustrate two very important points: 1) there are still people willing to step up and speak out against “closed door” meetings where [...]
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Denver station discovers story Gazette covered last year by Jack Minor – Former Greeley/Evans District 6 school board member Brett Reese says a recent story by a Denver television station was a perfect example of the type of fiscal mismanagement he tried to fight while serving on the board. In a May 3 article [...]
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by Jack Minor – The head of a Florida-based pro-family organization said a school board in Tampa has officially declined to adapt a policy that would prohibit officials with a Pro-Sharia group from addressing students in the public schools. Members of the Hillsborough County School Board were bombarded with e-mails from parents concerned that representatives [...]
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by Jack Minor – Students in Greeley/Evans schools will have an opportunity to advance one full year in a subject area this summer as part of a new program provided by the district this year. The program offers opportunities for High School students in three areas, accelerated learning, skill development and credit recovery. Students taking [...]
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by Matt Lacy – After years of financial struggles, the Crystal Cathedral is finally “coming home” as the congregation will be getting a new name after the facility became the property of the Roman Catholic Church last month. Under the terms of the $57.5 million sale, the ministry would be allowed to [...]
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By Craig Masters An open letter To all Thompson School District custodial staff, families and friends: In response to dozens of requests since January, two articles have been published to bring attention to the failures of school districts across the country to successfully allow custodial services within public schools to be adequately managed by private [...]
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Cites board’s unwillingess to look at new ideas in favor of status quoStaff Reports – On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Gazette received a letter from Brett Reese announcing his resignation from the District 6 school board. We have printed the letter in its entirety. I have learned much in my 2.5 years on the school [...]
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School Board fails again – Maybe students need to ‘Occupy’An opinion in support of students by Craig Masters After reviewing performances of the schools and the December District 6 school board meeting, I submitted an op-ed calling for the board to immediately fire Superintendent Lang and set the priority of the district away from its [...]
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Wilson by Jack Minor – An employee with an architectural firm that was recently given a contract by the Greeley/Evans school board to conduct a study on school renovations also sits on the state board that will approve the grant for the project. At a Dec. 12 meeting, over the objections of board member Brett [...]
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by Craig Masters The web site of the Larimer County GOP has a tab for “News and Events” where readers can find under the entry “Latest News and Events” the announcement that reads: “New Board Members Congratulations to the newly elected and appointed board members of the Larimer GOP – Mike Fassi, chairman and Barbara [...]
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By Craig Masters Flashback…Nov 12, 2007…Colorado Commissioner of Education, Dwight Jones, today announced that six school districts are being removed from the state’s list of districts on “academic watch” due to significant growth in student achievement. If a district fails to improve and get off the academic watch status it could face decertification and official [...]
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by Craig Masters It is no longer possible for second and third rate schools to hide. Greeley schools have clearly demonstrated consistent performance – in the bottom third and worse. But the news for Greeley isn’t all bad. The readily available public access to Colorado schools’ ratings in clear and easy to understand terms is [...]
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Reese expresses concerns over whether expenditures are best use of taxpayer dollars by Jack Minor – District 6 board member, Judy Kron, had some sharp words for Brett Reese after he asked questions regarding a $137,000 expenditure that could eventually lead to a bond issue. At Monday’s board meeting, the agenda was filled [...]
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School district pays over $21,000 for dues, cost of attending convention by Jack Minor – Several school board members and Superintendent Ranelle Lang will be attending a four day convention at the five star Broadmoor resort. The Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB) holds its annual convention each year at the luxurious resort. The dates for [...]
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