In addition to January’s planned regular board meetings on Jan. 14 and 28, the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) also held a community meeting on school safety on Jan. 27 from 7 to 8pm to discuss its current strategies and protocols with families. The gathering complemented the regular meetings’ focus on updates to the 2025-2026 […]
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Roaring Fork Schools student achievement improves, but gap remains for English language learners
While the Roaring Fork District Re-1 schools are celebrating overall academic growth among students from 2024 to 2025, serious concerns still exist over a large achievement gap for students who are in the process of learning English. As a whole, the district — which includes schools in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt — saw its […]
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RFSD motivated to close student literacy and participation gaps
The Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) has been striving to close literacy gaps between students whose first language is English and students who speak different languages at home. The district has established a variety of measures for assessing skills for new students as well as regular metrics for all students in order to track progress. […]
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RFSD Report: Budget and strategic plan updates, recognition of Black History Month
A notable section of the month’s first Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) board of education meeting on Feb. 12 was Superintendent Dr. Anna Cole’s report. Her presentation focused on the district budget, with analysis of internal factors, external challenges, the revised current-year budget and the draft budget for the next school year. Internal identified factors […]
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Health insurance mismanagement creates long-term financial headache for Roaring Fork School District
In the year following the departure of former Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Superintendent Dr. Jesús Rodriguez, shadows of the controversies that surrounded his appointment, compensation and eventual departure still linger.
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RFSD proceeds with cautious optimism and determination after autumn insurance pivot
In late September, news broke that the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) was making an unexpected shift from a self-insurance health plan back to a managed health care plan, at significant cost to the district. While a shock to the public, the decision was the result of months of review on the first year of […]
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Navigating education and community
In a recent interview with The Sopris Sun, Dr. Anna Cole, Superintendent of Roaring Fork Schools, recounted her journey from growing up in Ohio to her work in the Roaring Fork Valley.The Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) serves over 5,600 students across 14 Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs schools.Cole has served as the district’s superintendent […]
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RFSD Report: Cole named sole superintendent candidate; contract negotiations next step
On Tuesday evening, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education voted unanimously to offer Interim Superintendent Dr. Anna Cole the superintendent position. The timeline of Cole’s path to the position began in mid-August 2023 when then-Superintendent Dr. Jesús Rodríguez asked Cole to fill in as acting superintendent while […]