After a closed-door discussion during their regular meeting Monday evening, the Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education reconvened and voted to approve a contract extension for Superintendent William Hawkins, who has led the district for more than a year now. “We have approved an extension of the contract through 2024 in recognition of our ongoing satisfaction with our current superintendent,” said board member Michelle Diaz. “It will also reflect an …
As the 2021-22 school year winds down, the Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education looked ahead at their regular meeting Monday evening to the many changes that will come to the district next school year. The district will see a new course offered in June, new principals at Silver High and La Plata, and weekly common planning time for teachers. In a Monday press release, the district announced that current …
The Silver Consolidated Schools Board of Education opened the new year with an opportunity to attack a relatively new problem the growing use of nicotine-containing “vaping” devices by underage students. Attorney William B. Shinoff, with the Frantz Law Group out of California, attended the school board meeting remotely to speak about ongoing lawsuits seeking to combat vaping in schools. “I currently represent over 650 school districts across the country …