Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
The Durango School District No. 9‑R and its Financial Advisory Committee outlined a staff housing program that would use a five‑tier lottery to allocate units, sample monthly rents from $750 to $1,950, and aim to open applications in January for move‑ins as early as 2026 if approved.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Board members discussed whether to support a CASB proposal allowing appointment of at‑large candidates to fill vacant seats when no candidates are available, and debated a proposed board policy to prohibit using nonrecurring funds for recurring expenses after recent negotiation challenges.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Pam Petrie, the designated election official for Durango School District No. 9-R, announced that Greg Peterson, Andrea Carpenter and Erica Brown were deemed elected based on the official abstract of votes certified by County Clerk Tiffany Lee.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Pam Petrie, the districts designated election official, certified that Greg Peterson, Andrea Carpenter and Erica Brown were elected to Durango School District No. 9-R based on the official abstract of votes from the Nov. 4, 2025, election certified by the county clerk.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Staff proposed moving from on-site Milestone servers to a cloud-hosted Verkada camera system with features such as browser access and video-search; board members raised questions about access control when personnel change, retention, public-facing pricing linked to bond funds, and removal of sensitive floorplans from public materials.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
A regional demographer told the Durango School District No. 9-R board the district lost roughly 200 students in preliminary counts, could lose another ~400 over eight years, and suggested phased boundary adjustments and monitoring of housing trends and online program competition.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
A sixth-grade student praised Durango School District No. 9-Rs teachers and social-emotional learning, saying the district does not "change kids," while a parent questioned how her roughly $900-a-year property tax contribution aligns with district per-pupil spending figures.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
District staff showed a new social-emotional learning dashboard reporting a fall composite of 85% against an 80% goal, described disaggregated group gains, training for case managers and social workers, and plans to consider adding parent input as a third data source.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
A sixth‑grade student told the Durango School District No. 9‑R board that teachers have not asked about students' gender and praised brief SEL sessions; a parent later questioned the value taxpayers receive after describing years of property tax payments and district spending figures.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
District staff showed a new SEL dashboard reporting an 85% SEL composite this fall (goal 80%), improvement for some student groups and a 4% gain for students with disabilities; the district uses student and advisor informants and partners with Children's Hospital on MTSS supports.