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One candidate officially announced her candidacy for the board in the upcoming November election. Andrea Haitz, 51, a native of Grand Junction announced that she will run for the school board in District C. The seat in District C is currently occupied by Trish Mahre. In her press release, Haitz said she’s a mother of three, and former chairperson for District 51’s Public Charter Juniper Ridge Community School. “As a mother of three, I am personally invested in a strong education system for my kids and yours,” Haitz said in the release. Haitz said her goal is to put the foc...

If voters approve, Grand Junction High School will be all new as the School District 51 Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to not pursue a plan that would have

The north wing at Central High School, 550 Warrior Way, may look better than Grand Junction High School on the outside. But on the inside, it’s in just as dire shape, officials say. The wing has poor air quality, is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is only a year younger than the Grand Junction High building. When School District 51 assessed its most pressing infrastructure needs, replacing the wing was identified as the second-most important one, just behind Grand Junction High. The Board of Education spent much of its May 4 meeting discussing whether to ...

School District 51 is moving forward with an inspection of the Grand Junction High School gym, having received proposals for the inspection work on the facility. That inspection is an important hurdle for district officials to clear before the Board of Education makes a final pitch for a new school bond. At the last school board meeting, the board was ready to make a decision on a building design before it decided to have an engineer analyze the gym walls to decide if they’re salvageable or not. The gym is nearly 70 years old and appears to be deteriorating, but retaining the gym buildin...

The District 51 Board of Education on Tuesday held off deciding on details for a bond measure that would fund a new Grand Junction High School. The delay allows time for an engineer to analyze the gym walls at GJHS and decide if the building is salvageable or not, which could take three or four weeks. The results from that analysis are necessary to finalizing bond language and a cost estimate. “If we want to make an informed decision as a board and to help save money for the community, then we need to do this,” said Tom Parrish, board president.