District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Roaring Fork School District Re-1 serves Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, Basalt and nearby areas with a five-member elected Board of Education, one director per district area. State funding follows a formula rewritten in 2024; speakers said it sends the district a smaller share than before, so the board asked voters for a mill levy override.
Lindsay DeFrates is president and Kathryn Kuhlenberg is vice president. Jonathan Delk was appointed to the vacant District B seat in June 2026.
The board voted 5-0 on Aug. 26 to send an override of up to about $5.6 million to the Nov. 3 ballot; news says it passed.
Speakers said average teacher pay is about $2,000 below the state average.
The board met in closed session on Feb. 11 about contracts with Carbondale Community School and Two Rivers Community School.
Agendas show what was planned; captions are auto-generated. Approved minutes, budget figures and policy texts were not collected.
The board unanimously placed a mill levy override on the Nov. 3 ballot to fund teacher pay and retention after an exploratory committee studied it from February to June.
Local property tax override (voter approved per news reports)
A design-build amendment for the upgrade was listed for approval on April 15.
District capital funds
A new districtwide cell phone policy went through three readings in spring 2026; a regulation will set how it is carried out.
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Roaring Fork School District Re-1
Colorado school board elections are coordinated elections held in odd-year Novembers; the next is Nov. 2, 2027. Which Roaring Fork seats are up was not stated in the collected records.
Official source · verified Nov 9, 2026
Roaring Fork School District Re-1 · $5,600,000
Voters decided whether to raise local property taxes by up to about $5.6 million a year, mainly for teacher compensation and retention. News coverage reports it passed.
Official source · verified Nov 9, 2026
Practical guides to school phone policies, district budgets, and administrator hiring.
Explore resources →Built from 26 meetings of the Board of Education and its committees (agendas from the district's Diligent Community portal, auto-captioned recordings from the district YouTube channel), Nov. 2025 to Nov. 2026.
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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