2020
- Dan Snowberger resigns as Durango School District 9-R superintendent | The Durango Herald
- Durango School District 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger on Wednesday announced his resignation effective in June, the end of the school year.
- In 2018, Snowberger drew public criticism for a number of issues that occurred in quick succession, including:
- His handling of a sexual assault complaint involving a student at Riverview Elementary School.A 46-page “white paper” released by a group of residents, employees and former employees, who accused him of reporting inaccuracies on résumés and applications for past jobs, including his position with 9-R.Publicly denying an incident took place at Needham Elementary School in which 911 was called against the school district’s spokeswoman.Using his school district email account to air his “personal agenda,” for which he was reprimanded by the school board.Snowberger refuted the details behind many of the allegations and said the factual premise behind many of them was faulty.
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.”
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.
- Poor turnout leads to Durango school board election cancelation | The Durango Herald
- 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.
2024
- Durango High School students protest district’s political speech policy | The Durango Herald
- Durango school board may consider action to sanction certain flags | The Durango Herald
- Colorado GOP threatens to sue school district over Black Lives Matter and Pride flags | 9 News
2025
- ‘Vote Us Out of Office,’ Says Board Member To People Who Don’t Support LGBTQ and BLM Flags in Durango Schools
- Board adopts inclusive-symbols resolutions to support students and staff
- Why we’re saying goodbye to ‘9-R’ – and honoring where we came from | Durango Herald
- Durango schools serve free meals. A November vote could change that. | Rocky Mountain PBS
- Five students join Durango School District Board of Education | The Durango Herald
Nov. 2025 School Board Elections
- La Plata County election results
- 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
- Durango School District paints bleak local, statewide budget outlook
- Sunnyside parent, teachers oppose proposed school merger
- Durango school board members push back against proposed Sunnyside elementary consolidation
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