Mesa Elementary News and Newsletters 

Learn more about our RE-1 Board Candidates who are up for election this November. Tammy Hooten - District E; Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk - District D; Lance McDaniel - District A; Sherri Wright - District C; No declared candidate - District G

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This week, the Colorado Department of Education released preliminary accreditation ratings for schools across the state, and four Cortez campuses have achieved the highest accreditation rating plan. This is the highest number of district schools to attain the top rating. These schools include Battlerock Charter School, Lewis-Arriola, Manaugh, and Pleasant View. Mesa and MCMS both improved their ratings to Improvement, the second highest category.

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Results for the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, administered in April, were released Thursday by the CDE. The tests, administered to grades three through eight, evaluate students’ proficiency in English and math. “State tests provide valuable information to our principals and teachers on where we can improve and how we can better support each student and class,” Lori Haukeness, superintendent of Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1, said in an email to The Journal. “We are excited to see the continued improvements in achievement in math and reading in our elementary and middle schools and improved levels of growth across our district, especially for our students who qualify for free and reduced lunch and our Native American students.” She also highlighted the district’s improved graduation rate, which has increased by more than 20% in the past six years, with over 86% of Re-1 students graduating in four years.

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RE-1 received a safety grant to allow the district to upgrade safety features at schools. One of the changes is the Raptor Visitor Management school security system that will be put in place at all campuses. Through the Raptor system, visitors will have to submit their driver’s license at the front desk, which will then perform a sort of background check, screening for sex offenders and notifying staff of child custody violations.

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At this election, five directors will be elected representing District A, District D and District E for a term of office of two years and two directors will be elected representing District C and District G for a term of office of four years. To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector of the school district for at least 12 consecutive months before the election and a resident of the director district which will be represented. A person is ineligible to run for school director if he or she has been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child. A person who desires to be a candidate for school director shall file a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition signed by at least 50 eligible electors who are registered to vote in the regular biennial school election. Nomination petitions may be obtained at Superintendent’s Office at the District Administration Building, 400 North Elm Street, Cortez, CO. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Completed petitions shall be submitted to Phyllis J. Lockhart, District Election Official, no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 2, 2019.

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In a U.S. News & World Report ranking of Colorado’s best public high schools, Durango High School came in 66th and Bayfield High School was 79th, based on factors such as test scores and graduation rates. MCHS was listed in the state’s top 100 schools at No. 100. The report ranked 272 of the 513 public high schools in the state, using data from the 2017-18 school year.

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