Steamboat Springs board names Kristen Dury superintendent; Kevin Callahan authorized to negotiate contract

At a special meeting on Tuesday, April 14, the Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2 Board of Education voted unanimously to name Kristen Dury to fill the district’s superintendent vacancy and authorized Kevin Callahan to negotiate a contract with her.

Board member Jane moved to appoint Kristen Dury and to designate Kevin Callahan as the board’s negotiator; board member Leah seconded the motion. The presiding officer called the roll and recorded each member voting "aye" (Kevin, Laura, Leah, Kim and Jane), approving the motion.

The appointment and authorization followed an executive session the chair said ended at 7:28 p.m.; the chair stated that no decisions were made during that executive session and then reconvened the special meeting. "The executive session that we were in ended promptly at 07:28PM," the presiding officer said during the reconvening.

After the vote, the board agreed to cancel a special meeting previously scheduled for Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30 a.m., noting the meeting was no longer needed given the board’s action. The presiding officer recorded the time of adjournment as 7:43 p.m.

The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the appointee's name: the motion identifies "Kristen Dury," while a later phrase appears as "Christian Drury." The transcript does not provide an office start date, contract terms, or further details about the negotiation process; those items were not specified on the public record during the meeting.