LA Junta Tribune
The East Otero School District R-1 hosted its monthly Board of Education meeting last Thursday at La Junta Intermediate School.
Superintendent Rick Lovato said that graduation is still scheduled to take place outdoors on Sunday. The ceremony is currently open to all spectators and is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
He also said that there is a contingency plan should the weather turn bad. If that happens, there will be limited attendance with each student receiving tickets for guests. Lovato also said that the graduation will be live-streamed.
Bus barn update
Lovato spoke about the bus barn project and he said that the garage doors have been installed and plumbing is almost complete. He said that he hopes to have quotes for the interior equipment next month.
Chastity Laskey, USA TODAY NETWORK
Some 13% of people living in Otero County are fully vaccinated as of April 20, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).
Some 6% of people living in Crowley County are fully vaccinated as of April 20, while Bent County has some 5% of people fully vaccinated.
Colorado reported 493,029 total cases of coronavirus, an increase of 2% from the week before.
The five counties with the highest percentage of their population fully vaccinated in Colorado as of April 20 are San Miguel County (35%), Ouray County (29%), La Plata County (28%), Routt County (28%) and Eagle County (26%).
The Pueblo Chieftain
Republican Ken Buck has announced his bid for reelection in Colorado s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, having served in the seat since 2015.
Buck, of Windsor, has been elected to the house seat four times, and is seeking his fifth term for the district which covers all of 18 counties and portions of two more in the Eastern Plains portion of Colorado, including Bent, Otero and Crowley. The district is considered largely conservative, and has been held by Republican representatives since 2010.
“Since 2015, I have been protecting conservative values in Congress, fighting for rural Colorado, draining the swamp, and defending your God-given rights, Buck said in a statement. The American experiment runs on freedom, and I plan on keeping it that way.
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LA Junta Tribune
The East Otero School District R-1 hosted its monthly board of education meeting on Monday at the La Junta Intermediate School.
The Junior/Senior High School is looking at realigning graduation requirements to allow more flexibility. Superintendent Rick Lovato said a regular graduation is being planned and the local health agency will determine what needs to be enforced.
Lovato said there will be a prom this year, on April 24.
He also informed the board that CMAS testing has begun and that there were many who opted out and few who opted in to more testing. He said parents who opted their students out of testing will be asked to keep their students at home that day. If those students do arrive that day, they will probably have a study hall.