Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District

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.

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School Board during its regular meeting Tuesday wrestled with the question of whether to allow student clubs to meet at lunchtime.

The recent transition between school superintendents in the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 district was somewhat rocky, according to an email sent by board president Josh Shumway to the entire board and read aloud at its April 21 meeting.

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

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school district is cutting ties with a highly controversial attorney who has worked for the district for the past four years.

Students with the Youth Leadership Council recommended restoring lunch clubs to schools in District Re-1 at a school-board workshop Tuesday.

In a move that signals a change in direction, the Montezuma-Cortez School District has put out a request for proposals for new legal counsel.

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a chair in the high-school cafeteria to honor a young boy who was shot and killed in December of 2024.

After a lengthy discussion during a very lengthy meeting, the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school board voted Tuesday night to engage a law firm to review contracts for the district’s new and departing superintendents. And GOCO, or Great Outdoors Colorado, has awarded $2.6 million to projects in Southwest Colorado.