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The Aspen School District is considering buying the 45-acre Woody Creek racetrack property to redevelop into affordable housing. The idea is still in its infancy and the school district plans to connect with community partners to determine the interest and feasibility of a housing development on the site.
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The Garfield 16 school-based Family Resource Center offers food, clothing and other critical resources for area students and families.
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The school district’s teachers union declared an impasse in negotiations on April 10 after the AEA and district leaders could not agree on proposed salary increases in the upcoming academic year.
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The Aspen Education Association requested a 12% base salary increase for teachers. The Aspen School District offered an 8.5% increase.
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School officials and law enforcement launched an investigation after receiving multiple tips through Colorado’s anonymous school-based reporting system. After an investigation, police arrested a student.
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The decline reflects a broader statewide trend that will result in smaller public school budgets, but Roaring Fork School District staff still overestimated the number of students it expected would enroll this fall.
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The Aspen School District Board of Education signaled it would likely support a potential ballot measure that would allow the state to retain additional tax dollars to bolster education spending.
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The school board signed off on an increased mill levy, which will bring in an additional $5 million in property tax revenue.
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A new child care center at Burlingame Ranch could harm the viability of existing child care providers in Pitkin County, according to a Kids First child care needs assessment released on Monday.
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Math teachers at Cienega High School in southern Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of the organization's co-founder, Charlie Kirk.
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As school board races in Colorado and across the country become more politicized, clear partisan divides have emerged between the four candidates vying for two seats on the Roaring Fork School District board in the November election.
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Jodi Barr, Tamara Nimmo, Elizabeth Taylor and Kathryn Kuhlenberg are facing off for two seats on the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education. They have different priorities and solutions for issues facing the Roaring Fork School District.