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    Kelsy Been leaves RFSD for new role

    Kelsy Been leaves RFSD for new role thumbnail The first things you notice when you walk into Kelsy Been's office are her vast tea collection and walls adorned with her husband's landscape photography. Photo by Jeanne Souldern

    On May 5, a press release from the Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) announced that its chief of staff and public information officer (PIO), Kelsy Been, had accepted a position as PIO with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). Been’s last day with RFSD is May 26.… read more →

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    Local schools struggle with tough pandemic-era semester

    Tina Spiccioli teaches her students remotely from her kitchen table on Dec. 14. She was one of 797 students and staff members in quarantine that day due to being exposed to COVID-19 while at school. Tina Spiccioli teaches her students remotely from her kitchen table on Dec. 14. She was one of 797 students and staff members in quarantine that day due to being exposed to COVID-19 while at school. "I am always worried about someone getting sick and the uncertainty of never knowing when you will have to switch between in-person and online is very stressful. It is difficult to switch gears and I know it is hard on students and their families too," she says. Photo by Laurel Smith

    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a level of disruption, uncertainty and hardship unprecedented in our country and the world. This has been especially true for our education system at all levels, which has faced enormous challenges in how to conduct cohesive, sustained and effective instruction at a… read more →