A strange mix of politics and policy is playing out in the Roaring Fork School District, as the district’s governing board negotiates new employment contracts with its top administrators.
Category: Education
Reporting on schools in the Aspen and Roaring Fork School districts.
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Non-profit coalition gives grades to Colorado schools
To many school officials, the coalition grades oversimplify the complex social, economic and ethnic equations at each individual school.
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Roaring Fork School District carefully reviewing new superintendent contracts
Contracts for top two officials are due to be reviewed by the district board on Jan. 28.
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Local students march into robotic Lego competition
Robotics in the Roaring Fork Valley has taken off in much the same way that lacrosse did several years ago.
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Aspen, Roaring Fork school officials prepare for legislative battle
Superintendents from school districts across the state have signaled that they intend to lobby hard for restoration of school funding taken away during the Great Recession.
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Debate over superintendent comes at critical time for school district
The question of who leads the Roaring Fork School District for the next 3-5 years has inadvertently pitted two members of the district’s executive team against each other.
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Compromise calms nerves in Roaring Fork district
After about two weeks of public debate over who would lead the district beginning in mid-2015, board members announced a creative compromise during a public meeting at Roaring Fork High School.
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Teen substance-abuse expert: Parents are key to prevention
The “Just Say No” campaigns of the past don’t really speak to teens. Experts said the key to reducing drug and alcohol abuse among Aspen-area students lies in the family.
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Aspen schools receive state honors
It isn’t surprising to see kids from affluent, well-educated Aspen scoring highly on standardized tests. But one wouldn’t necessarily expect a posh resort town to be a hotbed of English Language Learners.
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RFSD board to review Sirko’s superintendent contract
The school board announced Wednesday that it will consider a three-year contract extension for Superintendent Diana Sirko at a meeting at Bridges High School in Carbondale on Dec. 10.