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Hill best choice for voters in District C

This year voters are fortunate to have highly qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the Durango School District Board of Education, and 9-R certainly needs the wide range of skills, expe...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Candidates will serve interests of students

I am writing as a former La Plata County commissioner, who worked hard to represent the best interests of all our citizens. Durango School District 9-R needs a school board that works for a...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Petersen, Brown, Parmenter best qualified for board

Elections for school board candidates often receive too little attention, but they are among the most important offices on our ballots. Homeowners know that good schools are a top factor in ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

School board elections are not reality TV

The candidates featured on the “Building Durango’s Future” website are better suited for reality TV than they are to serve on an actual school board. The candidate from District E does not ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Support Brown, Parmenter and Petersen

I am writing to voice my support for Erica Brown, Andrea Parmenter and Rick Petersen for 9-R School Board. The past two years have been the most challenging in history for our volunteer sch...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote for inclusion, achievement, public health

Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter have been endorsed by the Durango Education Association and Durango Education Support Professionals Association. They have this endorsement b...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t vote extremists onto school board

Across the country, school boards are being politicized and taken over by extreme conservatives waging culture wars. The movement is fueled by anger over mask mandates and a claim that pare...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need to hear more from 9-R candidates

As someone new to the Durango area (no, not from California or Texas) and having school-age children, I am interested in the upcoming Durango School District 9-R elections. Not knowing much,...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Railroad has made positive changes

Regarding the recent letter to The Durango Herald, I would like to offer my opinion of our local railroad. The 416 Fire was a disaster, no objective person would deny that. That said, the co...

DATE: Oct 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote for Paslay, Hill and Gulec

I’ve been going to the Durango School District 9-R school board meetings, and I’m discouraged. It’s because the community has had a limited voice in those meetings. They find all different w...

DATE: Oct 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lack of information about candidates a concern

Regarding the current Durango school board election, it appears to be extremely acrimonious and rife with disinformation, misinformation and/or lack of information regarding the three candid...

DATE: Oct 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I support these three 9-R school board candidates

One of the critical challenges in beginning this school year was the vital importance of getting our students back into the classroom safely in the midst of a pandemic. With the delta varian...

DATE: Oct 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor