Caliche Elementary News Today

RE-1 Valley School District will not have to go into reserves to balance its budget for next year and in fact, is estimating it will carry over $631,591.Deb County, interim chief financial officer, presented the preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2025 at a regular school board meeting Monday. It is based on an adjusted funded […]

For over two decades, students in RE-1 Valley School District with special needs have had Kathy Owen, who is currently a special education teacher at Caliche Elementary, supporting them and helping them grow. This is Owen’s 25th year in RE-1. She didn’t always want to be a teacher, in fact, she’s done many things besides […]

RE-1 Valley School District may need to take more out of its reserves than originally anticipated to balance its budget this year. At a regular meeting Monday, the school board accepted a review/change budget for 2023-24 that shows a reduction in revenue of $114,000 and the district potentially needing to take $481,765 out of reserves, […]

Student and staff safety is the district’s top priority. That was the message RE-1 Valley Interim Superintendent Dr. Martin Foster delivered at a school board meeting Monday when he addressed an incident with an upset parent that occurred Thursday afternoon, Jan. 18, at Ayres Elementary while school was dismissing for the day. “We had a […]

RE-1 Valley School District’s Gifted and Talented Program is making great strides. During a regular meeting on Monday, the school board heard an update on the program from coordinator Aubrey Ross. Ross told the board that when she took over the position at the beginning of the school year there were challenges and at times […]

Student learning environments should soon be more comfortable. The RE-1 Valley School Board approved a proposal from Universal Controls Solution for the upgrade of district HVAC/automation systems during a regular meeting on Monday. The total cost for the project is $618,064 and will be paid for using ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) III […]

Students in RE-1 Valley School District don’t go back to school until next Wednesday, but class was in session Thursday for staff members as the district held its annual welcome back staff meeting at Sterling High School. The morning started out with remarks from school board president Steve Shinn, who thanked businesses who sponsored the […]