education

The Cortez Public Library will close its summer reading program July 31 with a paleontology talk, prize deadline and reminder that overdue items can be returned without fines.

Students may use their phones during lunch, but devices must otherwise be turned off and secured in locked classroom caddies.

Students may be out of school, but the Mancos School Garden keeps growing. Volunteers help maintain crops that support education and local food banks.

A Montezuma-Cortez School District staff survey showed gains in some areas, but concerns remain around social-emotional learning, gifted student support, behavior and family engagement.

The principal of Montezuma-Cortez High School, Dr. Jennifer Boniface, has been named the 2026 Colorado Secondary School Principal Rookie of the Year.

More than 350 kids took the stage at the Montrose Pavilion this Mother's Day weekend for Weehawken Dance's spring production of Cinderella. KVNF's Brody Wilson went backstage to find out what keeps families coming back — and what this dance program is doing for our community's kids.

Library events this month include children’s programs, teen gaming, adult clubs, a documentary screening, and a nesting goose outside the front doors.

The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school board voted to end ties with ERBOCES and CLAS, continuing governance changes under its new majority.

The Montezuma County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday not to have the county sponsor and seek a grant for a summer lunch program for local children.

Cortez Public Library’s new director Leroy Harris highlights summer programs, technology upgrades, and free digital resources for the community.