Posts Tagged ‘District 6’
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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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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I initially approached the question of 3A with an open mind. But when I read the measure’s description I made up my mind real quick. The repayment cost for this is outrageous! Worse, going into debt could have easily been avoided. The actual cost of the new school to taxpayers is $14.5 Million (Plus our [...]
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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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Questions on the tax increase for a new John Evans The proposed site at 65th Ave and 37th St would require a minimum of $ 4-6 million for infrastructure (taps, curb, gutter sidewalks ect.) in addition to the cost of the building. The current site already has [...]
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by Scott Rankin – Whenever I hear about a tax increase being proposed, I usually cringe. My immediate reaction is that I already pay too much in taxes, especially to the federal government. After gaining my composure, I typically ask what the tax is for, and how much it is going to cost me. In [...]
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by Jack Minor – School districts in America, including District 6 will be receiving a booklet advising them of the religious rights of students. Liberty Counsel, a group that defends the religious rights of individuals announced last Friday that they were sending 99,750 copies of the Patriot’s handbook of [...]
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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 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 – While the Justice Department says a bullying settlement involving Minnesota’s largest school district should be a model for all US schools, an analyst at the Family Research Council disagrees. The Anoka-Hennepin School Board approved the settlement 5-1 at its meeting Monday evening, agreeing to a long list of measures to help [...]
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by Jack Minor – Parents have expressed concerns over a recent notice advising them not to allow their children to bring sodas to school. In a recent newsletter, parents were told that as, per a policy passed by the school board last October, “soda is no longer allowed in the cafeterias at the elementary and [...]
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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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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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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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Staff Reports – School District 6 is seeking local businesses that can offer job shadowing and internship opportunities for high school juniors and seniors in 2012. Interested businesses are invited to send representatives to a breakfast meeting from 8—9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at the District 6 Administration Building to learn more about [...]
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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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by Jack Minor – An official with the district said they have removed a cartoon video from the Meeker Elementary school library featuring a naked boy swimming in a glass of milk. The video, titled “In the Night Kitchen” was based on the book of the same name by Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the [...]
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Proposed congressional regulations would classify food as vegetable for school menus by Jack Minor – District 6 children could soon be begging for their vegetables if Congress has its way. A spending bill has a provision re-classifying pizza as a vegetable. Congress is pushing the new classification as pushback on the Obama administration’s Agriculture bill [...]
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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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11 out of 12 Weld County Districts not fully compliant with 2010 law requiring transparency by Jack Minor – A new report by the Independence Institute reveals that Greeley/Evans School District 6 is just one step away from being fully compliant with a state law requiring online financial transparency. The Independence Institute, a non-partisan public [...]
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Staff Reports – Greeley- Food Day, October 24, 2011, is a nationwide grass roots effort to promote healthy eating and raise awareness of food issues within communities. Each Food Day event is individual to its host site and no two events will be exactly the same. Weld County School District 6 will celebrate Food [...]
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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 [...]
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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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by Jack Minor – As part of a merger with NBC approved earlier this year, the government has required Comcast to begin providing high speed internet and laptops to low income children in District 6. The program, Internet Essentials, is currently being offered to school districts throughout Colorado. The program offers 1.5 Mbps service [...]
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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 [...]
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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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by Jack Minor – The federal government has proposed a remedy for the low CSAP scores in District 6, just eliminate the testing requirements. State CSAP scores were released last Wednesday. The results showed a 4 percent drop in three of the District high schools, Greeley West, Greeley Central and Northridge. Overall, scores [...]
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Brett Reese, as an individual not as a school board member, will be holding an open town hall meeting for residents of Greeley/Evans District 6 on May 28th at 11:00 am at the Farr Library 1939 61st Avenue Greeley, CO 80634. Residents are encouraged to bring questions or concerns to the meeting. This will be [...]
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By Mike Bauman Last week people from every demographic and ethnicity waited in line for more than 24 hours to participate in what one observer described as an “Oklahoma Land Rush” –like race to ensure the best place in line. They were not running for the best spot to homestead. Nor were they racing for [...]
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By Mike Bauman On April 11, 2011, the District 6 Board of Education approved the contract for West Ridge Academy Charter School. West Ridge will be required to set aside 40% of its first year enrollment for students from Dos Rios, Centennial, and Ann Heiman Elementary Schools. According to anonymous sources in the district, the [...]
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