Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District

Despite concerns from one member, the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School Board is moving forward with an aggressively speedy process for hiring a new district superintendent.

Montezuma-Cortez School Superintendent Tom Burris announced his resignation at Tuesday night’s meeting of the District Re-1 board.

Voters in Montezuma County will have several local questions to answer in November’s election, depending on where they live.

A man who is being sued for defamation by Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Harry (Tom) Burris has filed a motion to have that lawsuit dismissed.

After a school-board meeting at which more than a half-dozen anonymous letters were read aloud, Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 Superintendent Tom Burris says the board may need to consider adopting a policy about such letters.

Nine people, including seven students, voiced concerns about teacher turnover and curriculum issues at Tuesday’s meeting of the Montezuma-Cortez School Board.

On Tuesday, the Montezuma-Cortez District Re-1 School Board is set to take up the issue of how to handle allegations made against its personnel.

A decision on a plea in a misdemeanor charge against Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Tom Burris was postponed Tuesday despite the judge’s comments that the case had been “languishing for quite some time.” And the United States has filed a lawsuit against two men and other “unknown individuals” who they say illegally fenced Forest Service land in the Chicken Creek area near Mancos.

Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Tom Burris is thrilled by recent news about Lewis-Arriola Elementary School, and says there’s a lot more to be happy about in the Re-1 district.

A vacancy on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board may continue indefinitely.