Tag: woodland park school district re-2
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Woodland Park School District reports decline in enrollment
The Woodland Park School District RE-2 school board received an update on its student enrollment Wednesday night during its regular meeting. An October count of 1,884 students saw enrollment drop from the previous year’s total of 2,015 reported by the Colorado Department of Education. These totals reflect full-time and part-time students in the district. The…
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Early results report new funding for D-20, D-2; Woodland Park School District to keep funding mechanism
Initial unofficial results indicate that voters in El Paso County are in favor of new investments for Academy School District 20 and Harrison School District 2 while Woodland Park voters are opting to keep a current funding mechanism for their school district in place. For voters residing in Academy School District 20, early results show…
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Woodland Park City Council approves ballot vote on school sales tax
Catherine Nakai glanced down and grimaced, almost as if she couldn’t believe what she was about to say. “Yes,” Woodland Park’s mayor pro tem said. And with that word, the 1.09% sales tax earmarked for the Woodland Park School District was placed on the November ballot. The uncivil war that has divided the city will…
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Fireworks erupt after Woodland Park City Council approves ballot vote on school sales tax
Following months of public deliberation and heated argument, the fate of a local funding source for Woodland Park education will fall on local voters this November. The Woodland Park City Council voted 4-3 Thursday night to put the continuation of a sales tax specifically for its public schools on the November ballot. Ahead of the…
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Ute Pass BOCES to dissolve following 2024-25 school year
Changes are coming to special education across three school districts. The Ute Pass Board of Cooperated Education Services (BOCES) voted Aug. 15 to officially dissolve following decisions by Manitou Springs, Cripple Creek-Victor and Woodland Park’s school districts to end their respective agreements. The board voted unanimously to dissolve services effective at the start of the…
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Ute Pass BOCES to dissolve following 2024-25 school year
Changes are coming to special education across three school districts. The Ute Pass Board of Cooperated Education Services (BOCES) voted Thursday night to officially dissolve following decisions by Manitou Springs, Cripple Creek-Victor and Woodland Park’s school districts to end their respective agreements. The board voted unanimously to dissolve services effective at the start of the…
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Ute Pass BOCES to dissolve following 2024-25 school year
Changes are coming to special education across three school districts. The Ute Pass Board of Cooperated Education Services (BOCES) voted Thursday night to officially dissolve following decisions by Manitou Springs, Cripple Creek-Victor and Woodland Park’s school districts to end their respective agreements. The board voted unanimously to dissolve services effective at the start of the…
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Woodland Park school board approves 2024-25 budget
The Woodland Park School District’s Board of Education voted to pass its budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year during its regular meeting Wednesday evening. Among the major differences in the budget included decreased expenses in instructional staff, support staff, school administration, operations and maintenance because of the merging of the district’s middle school and high…
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Woodland Park school board approves 2024-25 budget
The Woodland Park School District’s Board of Education voted to pass their budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year during its regular meeting Wednesday evening. Among the major differences in the budget included decreased expenses in instructional staff, support staff, school administration, operations and maintenance because of the merging of the district’s middle school and…
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City council, school board discuss sales tax continuation
Many expected fireworks to come from the joint work session between the Woodland Park City Council and the Woodland Park School District RE-2 on April 29. That’s not what they got. The special meeting to discuss the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the two was cordial and productive. The disagreements between the two sides were minor…