Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Philip, head of Juniper School, presented midyear iReady (K–5) and STAR (6–8) results showing reading growth across grades and subgroups, notable reductions in students significantly behind, and ongoing math challenges at the middle‑school level partly attributed to a small, nontraditional incoming population.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Durango School District No. 9‑R approved new 2026–27 employee health insurance plans (adding PPO 9 and a high‑deductible 7) after a staff survey. Finance director Kara Horan said the district’s share would average a 7% increase (~$313,000) but individual employees could see savings or as much as a 12% rise depending on plan choice.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
Students from elementary and middle schools presented Youth Art Month pieces to the board; the board congratulated students and will display the works in the Administration Building for the coming year.
Colorado / School Districts / Durango School District No. 9-R
The Durango School District No. 9‑R Board voted to adopt a resolution supporting Senate Bill 26135, which would ask the legislature to place a school‑funding initiative on the ballot. Board members said the language came from CASB and directed staff to finalize and transmit it to legislative contacts.
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.