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Joe Colgan will try to fend off challenger Bill Bowlby for the District E seat in this year’s only contested school board race. Colgan was appointed to the Durango School District 9-R seat in...
DATE: Oct. 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
School board candidates Joe Colgan and Bill Bowlby revealed differing styles at a public forum Thursday.Colgan, who was appointed to fill a vacancy in August, pointed to his experiences as a board...
DATE: Oct. 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
Here is a summary of candidates running unopposed in the upcoming Durango School District 9-R mail-in election.Ballots already have been mailed to voters. Returned ballots must arrive at the La...
DATE: Oct. 15, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
Durango High School students learned first hand Wednesday what it means to support the local-foods movement. Two classes studying the culinary arts visited Linnaea Farm in the Animas Valley to see...
DATE: Oct. 14, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
Editor’s note: This story, by three Durango High School students who are on the staff of El Diablo, is the winning work in Wednesday’s 13th annual Four Corners Press Day. About 45 student...
DATE: Oct. 14, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
Durango School District 9-R has moved away from using Planned Parenthood to help teach sexual education. The district, with the help of grants, now has enough health teachers to teach sex education...
DATE: Oct. 7, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, although that is great. The truly great tragedy is the destruction of our human resources by our failure to utilize...
DATE: Sept. 19, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
LYNNWOOD, Wash. - Andrew Adams used to ride a yellow bus to school.This year, if he wants to join his classmates at Hilltop Elementary, the 7-year-old must walk a half-mile up and down hills, by a...
DATE: Sept. 16, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
HIGHFIELD, Zimbabwe - Stinking waste flows into the yard from the classroom toilets of B Block. Teachers hold lessons in the shade of trees outside: Much of the schoolroom furniture is piled into...
DATE: Sept. 16, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
The Southwest Colorado Community College campus in Mancos started the fall semester with a list of upgrades valued at $1 million. Improvements include information-technology infrastructure,...
DATE: Sept. 2, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
Mountain lion exhibit opens Saturday The Center of Southwest Studies and the Colorado Division of Wildlife, in partnership with the San Juan Mountains Association, the Southern Ute Tribe, Sorrell...
DATE: Aug. 19, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
Durango school board meeting rescheduled The Durango School Board of Education meeting scheduled for Aug. 25 has been cancelled. The next meeting will be held Sept. 8. District families updated on...
DATE: Aug. 19, 2009 | CATEGORY: Education
