Karen Cheser
Position: From the Superintendent

What skills will Durango School District graduates need to succeed?

What should our students know, do and be like by the time they graduate? What skills and dispositions will they need for the future? These questions will be the focus of a communitywide cam...

Our Why: Developing Students’ Ikigai

What do you want to be when you grow up? This is a question we often ask children, and we may not be surprised when we hear “I don’t know.” In Durango School District 9-R, we are working to...

We’re working to reach every student every day

“Every Student Every Day.” That’s the motto written above the entryway at Miller Middle School. And Durango School District 9-R exemplifies this mission. On my visit to every school on Tues...