Category Archives: October 2021

School schisms: District Re-1 sees rifts over curriculum, Lunch Bunch, COVID-19

October 17, 2021
Gail Binkly

A divide as sharp and deep as the one that resulted in a local teacher strike in the early 1980s appears to have arisen in Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1. Based on disagreements over everything from how positively to portray the … Continue reading →

Published in October 2021

Reaching out for help: School District Re-1 asks the community to fill some shortages

October 17, 2021
Gail Binkly

Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 is so short of teachers and staff that it is pleading with the community for help. “We’re asking the community to help us with our workforce concerns,” Superinten­dent Risha VanderWey told the Four Corners Free Press … Continue reading →

Published in October 2021

Zed’s Hamper (October 2021)

October 17, 2021
Duane Abel
Published in October 2021

Curriculum committee will need to be revamped

October 17, 2021
Gail Binkly

How will a review of the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 curriculum be conducted? Most of that has yet to be decid­ed, according to Jim Parr, executive director of academic student services for the district. “We haven’t really established the crite­ria,” … Continue reading →

Published in October 2021

An unsustainable situation?: Two CMS teachers voice concerns over discussions of drastic measures

October 17, 2021
Gail Binkly

  A divide as sharp and deep as the one that resulted in a local teacher strike in the early 1980s appears to have arisen in Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1. Based on disagreements over everything from how positively to portray … Continue reading →

Published in October 2021