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CMC plan could open more doors for local grads
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Two local high school counselors agree that more students might further their education beyond high school — and certainly beyond two-year college degrees — if Colorado Mountain College is able to offer a variety of... more...
11/12/2009 4:25am
CMC wants to offer bachelor's degrees
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Mountain College's board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to seek state legislative approval to offer a limited number of four-year, baccalaureate degrees.
  11/10/2009 4:35am
Basalt honors students of month
BASALT — Six students from Basalt public schools were honored by the Town Council in a public ceremony Tuesday night for “trustworthiness,” one of the six pillars of character.
  10/29/2009 4:13am
CMC's distance learning enrollment virtually explodes
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Mountain College has seen a 14 percent increase in enrollment districtwide this fall, but many of those students can't be found in the classroom.
  10/22/2009 12:22pm
Students take flight to study pine beetle impacts
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — More than three dozen high school students will take to the air Monday morning as part of a day-long study of the mountain pine beetle infestation that has ravaged pine forests in the Rocky Mountains.
  10/12/2009 4:51am
Aspen School District to Snowmass: No deal
SNOWMASS VILLAGE — The Aspen School Board said Wednesday it would not agree to a permanent deed restriction on its proposed 15-unit housing project, as requested by the Snowmass Village Town Council, and instead would utilize its rights through a...
  10/08/2009 5:00am
CMC enrollment up amid down economy
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Mountain College is seeing an upward trend in enrollment similar to other community colleges across the country this fall, a spike that can probably be chalked up to the recession.
  10/08/2009 4:55am
College Fair returns to Aspen
ASPEN — Up to 180 colleges, universities and technical institutions from around the country will be represented during the fifth annual Western Slope College Fair, scheduled 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Aspen High School.
  10/02/2009 2:45pm
Re-1 crafting new speech policy
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A proposed new Roaring Fork School District Re-1 policy related to speeches directed at students by elected officials, such as the president or governor, could involve the school board more directly.
  09/24/2009 6:58am
Despite economy, private school enrollment healthy
CARBONDALE — When the private Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork near Carbondale had 30 of its families indicate at the end of last school year, during the height of the recession, that they would be leaving the school, things looked pretty bleak.
  09/11/2009 4:49am
Preschools are feeling the pinch
EL JEBEL - The recession has hit hard in some Roaring Fork Valley preschools as parents scramble to find ways to cut their household budgets after losing hours or even jobs.
  09/10/2009 9:18am
Downvalley school enrollment remains steady
BASALT - Enrollment in the sprawling school district that includes Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs is expected to be about the same in 2009-10 as the prior academic year.
  09/10/2009 6:01am
Re-1 school board gets earful over Obama speech decision
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - What could have been a learning opportunity for students ended up being a lesson for Roaring Fork School District Re-1 officials over how to handle future speeches in schools by any elected official, whether it’s a...
  09/10/2009 6:13am
Re-1 schools don't air Obama speech
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Students in Roaring Fork District Re-1 schools were not allowed to join their counterparts at Garfield District Re-2 and Aspen schools in hearing President Barack Obama's live address to America's schoolchildren on Tuesday.
  09/09/2009 5:01am
Re-1 District board member calls for increased openness
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — At least one member of the Re-1 school board thinks the board should do more than a new state law requires in regards to keeping records of its public discussions.
  08/28/2009 4:47am
Carbondale after-school program eyes expansion
CARBONDALE — Armed with growing evidence that a busy kid is less likely to get into trouble, an after-school program for middle-school-aged students that began in Carbondale this year is shopping around for local government support to expand its...
  07/06/2009 4:30am
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