Read Part One Let’s take this statement at face value, for the sake of argument: Governments can use their taxpayer revenues to somehow subsidize affordable READ MORE
EDITORIAL: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part Four
‘But the reality of my profession is, that I come to my housing situation with an enormous student debt burden. Which means that I can’t afford to buy a home…’
EDITORIAL: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part Three
So the final 2007 Chaffee County Housing Needs Assessment went, essentially, nowhere. As Mr. Reimer explained it, Chaffee County would need to fund a new Housing Needs Assessment in order to qualify for government grants…
EDITORIAL: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part Two
In 2007, more than 8 out of 10 people thought our community — as it currently existed — was a ‘good.’ or even ‘excellent,’ place to live…
EDITORIAL: A Few Idle Thoughts About a Housing Crisis, Part One
The resulting 2008 report written by EPS noted that, in 2005, Archuleta County had a grand total of about 6,100 jobs…
School Board Looks at Next Year’s Budget, Part One
Amendment 23 isn’t the only constitutional provision that applies to the state budget. Among other things, the constitution requires a balanced state budget every year…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Five
Since the 1980s, however, the growing homeschooling movement in America has led to a situation where older, school age children — age 5 through 18 — are being educated for their entire childhood within the Family System…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Four
As we chatted with Mandi and Randi, it didn’t take long to get around to possibly the most controversial topic in education: standardized testing…
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Three
How my school district had decided that the reign of the ancient Mayans was more crucially important than the 135-million-year reign of the species Dinosauria, I am still not clear…
HUMOR: Thinner… and Lighter Weight
The first email was from Kathy Fishman, 99 Frank Road, Trailer #26, in Belgrade, Montana. Who knew there was a town in Montana named ‘Belgrade’?
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part Two
In 2011, the school district finally decided they wanted to shut down the program. The parents and staff hired an attorney and began to negotiate the right to form a semi-independent Charter School….
EDITORIAL: Precious Cargo, Part One
Then we settled ourselves at one of the outdoor tables, overlooking the playground, and got into the meat of the discussion…
EDITORIAL: In and Out of Hot Water, Part Two
‘This is Pagosa’s little version of “Too Big to Fail.” We all have too much invested in it, emotionally; we all have too much money invested in it…’
EDITORIAL: In and Out of Hot Water, Part One
So Pagosa Verde has to pay the drilling companies first, and then ask DOE and DOLA for the money. And wait (patiently?) while the government processes the paperwork and writes the checks…
Pagosa Charter School Group Celebrates Initial Planning Grant
With the funds from the Stage 1 Grant, our group plans to send each of our board members to at least one successful Colorado charter school to get a good picture of what is out there in terms of innovative public schools…
HUMOR: The Complete Opposite of Potato Chips
And Tarzan would respond with a grunt (reminiscent of a wild boar grunt) by which he intended to convey the general message, “Whatever you think, dear.” And then he’d go back to watching the game….
HUMOR: Affordable Housing
Life was hard for Becky and Chuck, but at least they had an affordable house…
ESSAY: Confessions of a PSHS Graduate
I can almost hear them thinking, ‘So young to have two children already…’
EDITORIAL: Bullies and Black Eyes
Let’s keep our “country” elementary school as far away as possible from the cultural collapse at the high school, please…