Mesa County Valley School District 51
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Robert Gustafson talks about the Wisemen’s Club, a Mesa County social and charitable organization to which he belonged in the 1930’s and 1940’s. He remembers the local dance halls and the big bands that played them. He describes growing up in a Swedish portion of the Globeville neighborhood in Denver, his educational background, and how he began working at the Public Service Company at the age of fourteen. He discusses his subsequent career...
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A sit-down with D51 Foundation Executive Director Angela Christensen, who updates us on progress made since the passage of the 2017 bond measure and mill levy; provides some perspective on the recent controversy over the school district reorganization implemented under former Superintendent Ken Haptonstall; and educates us on the Foundation's mission to support teacher development and student success.
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Dorothy Tindall talks about the early days of Whitewater, Colorado as a rail center for cattle and stock. She speaks about the administrative organization of schools prior to the consolidation of Mesa County School District 51, her development of Mesa County’s first school hot lunch program at the Star School, games kids played at recess, about her work educating the children of migrant laborers who lived in La Colonia, and her role in the development...
