Taken from SUN files of
February 29, 1924
As announced weekly in these columns, the school bond election will take place at the court house tomorrow afternoon between the hours of 2:00 and 5:00 o’clock. The qualified electors of District No. 1 will vote FOR or AGAINST the proposition whether the district shall issue $75,000 in bonds for the purpose of constructing a school building in Pagosa Springs.
Pagosa is without a school building, it is a needed institution and there should be no vital opposition to the proposition, yet it is hoped that the voters will be out in force and overwhelmingly register their approval of the future welfare of the children of this district.
The town board has traded an old engine to C.W. Houser for sufficient planking to re-floor the San Juan street bridge, which work will commence shortly under the supervision of Street Commissioner Fred Arnold.
Edw. Teyssier, the contractor in charge of the Putnam hill road work, returned last week from a business visit to Santa Fe and is making preparations to resume the work west of town.
Taken from SUN files of
February 25, 1949
As stated in the legal notice published in The SUN last week and this week a special meeting of the electors of District 1 will be held at the Pagosa Springs school Saturday afternoon at two o’clock for the purpose of voting on the questions of the uniting of this district with districts 4,14, 16 and 9. An election will also be held in each of these districts mentioned for the same purpose. The question must pass in each of those districts and in this district also.
The plan of the local school board is to build a new gymnasium as soon as the weather permits in the spring. The old gym would then be made into classrooms to handle additional students. It is expected that the students from the other districts would be transported to town.
The movement to join the districts was brought about by a number of factors. The main consideration was the fact that the larger school could be operated much more economically than a number of small schools. It would also give all of the students a much better education program and could offer them much more in the way of activities. Many of the smaller schools are unable to obtain qualified teachers and this would also eliminate that hardship.
Taken from SUN files of
February 28, 1974
The school board met Monday night of this week to discuss future planning. Several studies and reports indicate that the school population is sure to show substantial growth within the very near future.
These same studies also show that the present facilities are just about adequate with the present enrollment. School board members said that it is evident that some plans must be made to handle increased enrollment when and if the growth occurs.
The approach to the problem by the board has been to study the various alternatives and to make plans to implement the most desirable of these as needed. This, according to Superintendent Hahn, allows any enlargement of facilities to be well planned and anticipated, rather than waiting until something must be done, and then taking care of the problem without any definite plans of the how the solution fits into a long range plan.
Taken from SUN files of
February 25, 1999
The Pagosa Pirates raised the bar with their performances at the state wrestling tournament last week, establishing a new standard for the program with two individual state champions, a two-time state champion, and a second-place team finish.
Pagosa wrestlers accomplished a similar feat in both 1977 and 1978 when the Pirates managed second-place finishes in the Class 2A division and in 1978 when two Pirates finished as state champions at a tournament. This year’s accomplishments were firsts for the Pirates since Pagosa moved up into the Class 3A classification.
Jason Silva and Cody Backus won state championships in their weight classes, at 130 and 135 pounds respectively. Silva became the first Pirate athlete to win two individual state champions in a sport.
Josh Schmidt brought home a second-place finish at 145 pounds.
Two other Pirate veterans, juniors George Kyriacou and Shane Prunty, also finished the state championships as medalists. Kyriacou finished fifth at 215 pounds and Prunty took sixth at 275 pounds.
