Education

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A $4.8 million mill levy override approved by Roaring Fork District Re-1 voters last fall provides a cushion as another $700,000 cut in state funding for Re-1 schools is now expected heading into next year.

ASPEN — Several times, Tenille Folk expressed regrets that my recent visit to the Aspen school campus came on a Friday. Friday at the Aspen Elementary and Middle Schools, where Folk is the chef and food service manager, is pizza day, and though her...

ASPEN — The Aspen School District budget outlook for the 2012-13 school year is not as grim as anticipated, but staff cuts and increased class sizes remain a distinct possibility.

ASPEN — The Aspen School District will likely have to slash $700,000 from the 2012-13 budget, and chances are those cuts will impact teachers and programs.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The Colorado Mountain College board of trustees on Monday postponed until March a decision regarding possible increases in student tuition and fees for the 2012-13 school year.

BASALT — Full-time teachers and staff in the Roaring Fork School District Re-1 will each receive a one-time stipend this year of $1,500, using funds from the $4.8 million mill levy override approved by district voters in November.

ASPEN — A new television campaign that opens with the line “Colorado has a problem … some of our schools aren't making the grade” might have parents wondering how our local schools stack up.

ASPEN — There are about 62 Lego bricks for each one of the world's 6 billion people.