In their July 6th meeting, the Woodland Park City Council recognized an award Gateway Elementary recently received, an award that the district had not publicized in a timely manner. The news first broke here of Gateway Elementary’s receipt of the Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award (the district followed up later with a press release of their own). This award was based on the 2022 CMAS state assessment for excellence in student growth over the previous three years.

In the public comment period, former district employee Miles Tuttle talked about Gateway’s accomplishment.

Holly Sample talked about Gateway’s award, as well as mentioning the record high SAT scores at our high school. As she mentioned, these awards represented success across the entire system and was years in the making. She pointed out how most of the people responsible for Gateway’s success have left the district, as well as mentioning turnover at the High School and district levels.

Carol Greenstreet read a letter from Benjamin Honeycutt, a middle school teacher who left at the end of this past school year. She went on to talk about the timeline of the Gateway award and how the district kept employees uninformed of the award they had won. She talked about how teachers are being talked about by the community.

You can watch the video of this portion of the meeting below: