2021
- Some predicted conservatives would sweep Colorado school board races this year. The election results are more complicated | CPR
- “Overall, candidates backed by teachers’ associations won in many large districts — Denver, Jefferson County, Cherry Creek, Durango and the Poudre School District in the Fort Collins area — while candidates backed by conservative groups ousted incumbents in several Colorado Springs districts, Douglas County, the Greeley Evans School District 6, as well as some smaller districts.”
- Some predicted conservatives would sweep Colorado school board races this year. The election results are more complicated | CPR
2023
Sept. 2023
- Progressive Groups Protest Durango GOP Meeting Featuring Anti-Govt Extremist Group Leader | CTR
- Darcy Schoening leads the El Paso County chapter of Moms For Liberty (M4L), a national group that advocates for conservative Christian policies in public schools. They focus largely on removing books, curriculum, and district health care policies they consider inappropriate for students, nearly all of which involves LGBTQ-related issues. The Southern Poverty Law Center recently designated M4L an anti-government extremist group. Schoening is also a conspiracy theorist who believes the COVID pandemic was intentionally manufactured and the 2020 election was stolen.
Sept. 2023
- Poor turnout leads to Durango school board election cancelation | The Durango Herald
- During a Sept. 5 meeting, the 9-R Board of Education voted to cancel the election because there were no other candidates and appointed Smith and Stewart to continue with their positions.
- Durango School District 9-R Board of Education members sound off after unopposed election | DH
- Both Smith and Stewart have been on the board during the COVID-19 pandemic, voted in the decision to deny Ascent Classical Academy charter status and were involved in the decision to allow students to carry Naloxone on campus.While she didn’t name Ascent Classical Academy specifically, Smith addressed accusations that 9-R was “anti-school choice,” something that was heavily presented by Ascent supporters when the school was going through the charter application process.
- Progressive Groups Protest Durango GOP Meeting Featuring Anti-Govt Extremist Group Leader | CTR
2024
Oct. 2024
- Durango High School students protest district’s political speech policy | The Durango Herald
Nov. 2024
- Durango school board may consider action to sanction certain flags | The Durango Herald
Dec. 2024
2025
Jan. 2025
July 2025
- Why we’re saying goodbye to ‘9-R’ – and honoring where we came from | Durango Herald
Sept. 2025
- Durango schools serve free meals. A November vote could change that. | Rocky Mountain PBS
Oct. 2025
- Five students join Durango School District Board of Education | The Durango Herald
Nov. 2025 School Board Elections
- Three reelected Durango school board members sworn in | Durango Herald
Dec. 2025
- What’s on Durango school board’s 2026 legislative agenda? | The Durango Herald
2026
- Durango School District outlines steps for selecting new board member | The Durango Herald
March 2026
April 2026
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