Huerfano RE-1 School Board Watch

• 2022

  March 2022

  • RE-1 staff pickets school board meeting | World Journal
    • No spokesperson emerged from the group, but with signs, chants and offhand conversation the picketers made clear they were calling for the ouster of controversial board member Jenna Fox and newly hired attorney Brad Miller of the Colorado Springs-based firm Miller Farmer Law.

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  April 2022

  • A tumultuous meeting at Huerfano RE-1 | World Journal
    • Attorney Brad Miller drops district as client On April 19, Brad Miller of Miller Farmer Law e-mailed an invoice for $405 to the school district. “This is our final invoice,” the e-mail read. “We view our representation of the district to be terminated. 
• 2024

  Nov. 2024

  • RE-1 board fires embattled Peakview principal Byron | World Journal

• 2025

  Dec. 2025

  • RE-1 board appoints Steinaker to vacancy | World Journal
    • Of the four names on the Nov. 4, 2025, RE-1 school board ballot, the top three vote-getters got the nod. They were incumbents Sporleder and Freeburg and newcomer Sandoval. That left one board vacancy to be filled. Sadie Wardell, appointed to the board in 2023, resigned her post in October, citing the demands of her private business and the recent birth of her child.

2026

June

• RE-1 bedlam: Leadership crisis | World Journal News

July

• Otherwise routine RE-1 meeting punctuated with talk of recall | World Journal News
  • Some unplanned mid-July fireworks flew during the “public comments” portion of the meeting, when Jennifer Vialpando addressed the board regarding a petition drive to recall board members Debi Sporleder, Amy Archuleta, Kayla Andreatta, and Denise Steinacker. In late May, the four voted to not renew Vialpando’s contract as assistant principal, despite a clean review and the recommendation of then-Superintendent Bobby Howard. The board reconsidered its decision during a June 8 meeting which was moved to the high school to accommodate an overflow crowd of more than 70 people. But the vote remained the same. The recall process began within days of that vote. Jennifer Vialpando urged the four board members to resign rather than force the district to pay for a recall election.