The infection rate in the US, meanwhile, was also climbing, but not nearly so fast. It increased by only about 50 percent this past week, compared to 14 days ago…
Category: Education/Health
Chaco Culture National Park Included in Virtual ‘Summer Road Trip’ on August 1
The Chaco Culture National Historical Park will be one of the stops on “America’s Summer Roadtrip,” a live 12-hour virtual tour of prominent historic sites READ MORE
OPINION: My Dream of True Pagosa Leadership During a Pandemic, Part One
In my dream, I would have expected to see Pagosa’s Town Council join in afterwards to inform the general public about the dire need to issue a mandate to wear masks in public places…
Public Health Procedures for Businesses with Potential COVID-19 Exposure
Employees are encouraged to inform their employer of a COVID-19 diagnosis, but this information should remain confidential. Please do not share this information with other staff…
ESSAY: Leaving My Job as a Early Childhood Educator
Early childhood educators, many of whom have worked through the pandemic, shouldn’t have to live paycheck to paycheck…
State Health Department Refreshes COVID-19 Website
Millions of Coloradans have visited this website in order to get critical information to protect themselves and prepare for outbreaks of COVID-19, get support when they are sick, and follow public health orders…
Gov. Polis Extends Disaster Order to August 4
In total, it appears that about $226 million from Colorado’s Disaster Emergency Fund has been “encumbered for response activities related to COVID-19″…
College Aid Applications Dip During Pandemic
“Normally, our staff would support students to complete their FAFSA by working with them in person,” said Natasha Garfield…
A Safe and Healthy Fourth?
Is it safe for friends and family to gather during a pandemic? The answer is personal: you must weigh the risk versus the reward and have a plan to minimize exposure…
Colorado Governor Issues Latest COVID-19 Orders
“We are making some much-needed investments in our local public health agencies, so they can contain and quell an outbreak before it gets out of control….”
Non-Resident COVID Cases Now Being Reported on SJBPH Data Dashboard
As tourism destinations, both Archuleta and La Plata counties are seeing an influx of visitors from potential hot spots, including Texas, Arizona and Utah…
EDITORIAL: The Fragile Health of a Rural Hospital District, During COVID…Part Three
“We have it mapped out; we know what we would do, the issues we would have with supply; what our staff would do; what if our staff gets sick and we have to quarantine…”
EDITORIAL: More School Testing Needed? Better Ways to Spend Limited Funds?
“There’s no need to spend our precious, very limited resources to go to private corporations for testing. We need to trust our educators to do what they do best…”
EDITORIAL: The Fragile Health of a Rural Hospital District, During COVID…Part Two
“We provide excellent care, but we’re not used to keeping critical patients here, past the Emergency Room visit. We send the critically ill patients somewhere else…”
EDITORIAL: The Fragile Health of a Rural Hospital District, During COVID…Part One
According to the audit report, the district’s ‘Net position’ increased from $9.7 million in 2018 to $10.9 million in 2019. Net patient service revenue increased by almost $1.4 million year over year “due primarily to expansion of services and charge capture…”
OPINION: Where Education Goes From Here
Our state has often led the country in some of the most challenging moments, in part because very few of our lives line up neatly along any set of oversimplified ideological lines…
PHOTO ESSAY: GOAL Academy Celebrates
Many of the graduates have graduated with college credit, earning a Work Keys certificate and have plans to go into higher education or the workforce this fall…
Colorado Legislators Approve Education Cuts, Tax Code Bill
“It is pared-down, but it will still provide much-needed relief for our K-12 education system,” Moreno said…
Will the Next Stimulus Package Define Education’s Future?
This article by Matt Barnum first appeared on Chalkbeat.org on June 10, 2020 America’s schools are in a dire financial situation. Tax revenue has plummeted, READ MORE