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It’s the question that hovered over a school year defined by COVID-19: Just how much would the academic success of students be impacted by the pandemic? With the introduction of virtual learning, social distancing and other pandemic-related mandates, nothing about this past academic year was predictable.
Now, Eagle County Schools is beginning to get back data from last year indicating that while there were some fluctuations based on subject, grade level and demographics, overall the district was able to maintain growth and learning across every group.
“To see some of this academic growth under that duress that students and staff operated under last year is very encouraging. We weren’t sure we were going to be able to be in person at all, we were able to do four days a week for most of our kids, two days a week for our high school kids,” Superintendent Philip Qualman said. “This makes me happy to be able to provide what we did; this is
New Aspen School District human resources director Amy Littlejohn stops for a photo on Friday, July 2, 2021, inside Aspen High School. Photo by Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times.
Fresh faces abound on the Aspen School District administrative roster for the coming 2021-22 school year, including a new human resources director, a new principal and assistant principal at Aspen Middle School and a new principal at Aspen Elementary School.
The new guard is the latest batch of hires in a year-plus of more than a few changes at the administrative level, including the hiring of superintendent David Baugh as well as the promotion of Tharyn Mulberry to assistant superintendent and Sarah Strassburger to Aspen High School principal last spring. (The district also brought on a new communications director, Kiki Lavine, this spring.)
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After nearly three years with the Eagle County School District, Dan Dougherty will be leaving his role as chief communications officer. His wife, Tiffany, will also be leaving her role as principal of Eagle Valley…