The next Day of Action: May Day, May 1
The next event to protest Trump and Musk’s cruel, slash-and-burn authoritarian regime and put front and center the plight of […]
Public Education
Mesa Valley Education Association asks for community support at negotiations for teacher pay, smaller class sizes & safer schools
A rally will be held today, Friday, April 25, at 5:30 p.m. outside the main doors to R-5 High School’s
As public school districts across Colorado take steps to protect students from ICE raids, Mesa Valley School District 51 says it is “obligated to comply”
On January 20, convicted felon, sexual abuser and now President Trump rescinded the decades-old federal policy (pdf) of not pursuing
Amendment 79: Constitutional Right to Abortion and Amendment 80: Constitutional Right to School Choice
Amendment 79: Constitutional Right to Abortion (Numbered amendments, like Amendment 79 Amendment 80, are initiated by citizens.) Amendment 79 would
People concerned about D-51 Social Studies Forums Nov. 15 & 16
School District 51 is holding forums today and tomorrow (Wednesday, 11/15 and Thursday, 11/16) to discuss the state’s new social
Instructor salaries at CMU remarkably low compared to state and nation
Colorado Mesa University (CMU) has been advertising for a tenure-track assistant nursing professor for its Montrose campus. The position requires
Andrea Haitz Recall Committee calls off signature-gathering effort
The committee to recall District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz has stopped gathering signatures for the recall. The Committee issued
New website up for the effort to recall D-51 School Board President Andrea Haitz
The public can now keep track of the effort to recall School District 51’s Board President Andrea Haitz by going
Want to help circulate petitions to recall D-51 School Board President Andrea Haitz? Come to a training session!
The committee leading the Recall Andrea Haitz effort is looking for volunteers to help in circulating petitions and collecting voter
District-51 fails to opt in to new statewide program offering free meals to all students
On November 8, 2022, Colorado passed Proposition FF, a ballot measure to provide free meals to all public school students.
State Sen. Janice Rich (R) introduces bill to require CPR training in High Schools
State Senator Janice Rich (R) is doing something we haven’t seen in years from our elected state Senator: Introducing thoughtful,
District 51 hiring Tammy Eret of Hoskin, Farina and Kampf as new in-house counsel
Tammy Eret of Hoskin, Farina and Kampf has been hired as the new in-house counsel for School District 51, replacing
First Congregational Church welcomes trans kids amid furor over School Board President Andrea Haitz’s transphobic memes
After the uproar over anti-transgender memes District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz posted recently on her personal social media
D-51 School Board President Andrea Haitz belonged to anti-transgender Facebook group
A May 13, 2022 Daily Sentinel article discussed the outrage District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz’s recent anti-transgender social
Woman makes Q-Anon style threat against Telluride School Board
Taking a leaf from the QAnon playbook of turning school boards into battlegrounds for unhinged conservative politics, a woman named
Mesa County GOP, G.J. Area Chamber of Commerce and “Stand for the Constitution” all endorse candidate for School Board who works at a strip club
Note: Some graphics in this article may not be suitable for children. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel confirmed what was
Education, Janet Rowland, Tim Foster, Weird Grand Junction Stuff
CMU President Tim Foster retiring at the end of June, 2021
Colorado Mesa University President Tim Foster announced his retirement in a mass email sent to the “CMU Community” on January
The dangers of June Fellhauer’s 2018 talk by Caroline Leaf, promoted by District 51
Local self-styled Christian missionary June Fellhauer is back in 2018 and this time, her unregistered nonprofit Wake Up Ministries sponsored