Connie Garcia Blanchard

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/13/2005    Last Visited: 1/13/2005  

  Although Mancos' middle and high schools scored high, Mancos Re-6 School District Superintendent Connie Blanchard questions the idea of zealously putting schools under the microscope while letting other segments of society, like business and the medical profession, off the hook.
  
  "Why is it we're holding schools so accountable when other segments are not being held accountable," she said."Where was the accountability for Enron?"
  
  However, Blanchard said she strongly supports holding schools accountable.But instead of focusing on strict standards for all schools, exponential progress should be measured.Schools with students living in poverty or that are facing difficulties beyond their control are expected to meet out-of-reach goals, she said.
  
  "We don't all start off equally," Blanchard said.
  
  Blanchard praised her district's staff and credited improving CSAP scores, smaller class sizes, student diagnostic tools and addressing individual students' problems for Mancos' high and middle schools' high rankings.
  
  "I think small classes and hardworking, dedicated staff are a boon," she said.
  
  Reading-literacy emphasis for kindergarten through third grade students and dedication to standards-based curriculum were also factors in her district's success, Blanchard said.

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/10/2004    Last Visited: 4/10/2004  

  Mancos Superintendent Connie Blanchard is deliberating her retirement date.

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/5/2004    Last Visited: 6/6/2004  

  Mancos Superintendent Connie Blanchard said, for her, it clarified a lot of gray areas at a time when administrators have to be wary of lawsuits.
  
  "America is the most litigious society in the world," Blanchard said.

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/27/2004    Last Visited: 3/27/2004  

  The Mancos School District Board announced recently they will start planning to replace Superintendent Connie Blanchard, who retires next year.

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/18/2004    Last Visited: 3/18/2004  

  Local school officials said they were concerned the measure could trump local control of curricula and prevent schools from enforcing bullying codes against students who bash homosexuals, said Mancos Re-6 school district Superintendent Connie Blanchard.
  
  "It's really kind of ridiculous because you can't turn on television without half the programs on TV dealing with this," Blanchard said.

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/2/2003    Last Visited: 9/3/2003  

  "I think it (the petitions) shows that there is good concern for the community and children of Mancos," Connie Blanchard, Re-6 superintendent, said Friday.

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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/24/2002    Last Visited: 5/24/2002  

  Superintendent Connie Blanchard noted that administrators "serve at will," but that she and the board had wanted to give Skaggs a chance for another position for which she was qualified.
  
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  Blanchard emphasized Tuesday morning that the Literacy Lab will still be supported.
  
  She also stressed the need for a team player who thinks outside the box, is responsive to board direction and has "broad vision."
  
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  Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/24/2004    Last Visited: 6/24/2004  

  Edrynn Mestas, president of the committee, made the presentation to the Mancos School Board Trustees, Superintendent Connie Blanchard and MHS Principal Gary Hill.
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  Mestas is to draft a letter for soliciting funds (with the approval of Blanchard) in a letter of support (in concept) for the proposed baseball program.

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  Durango Herald Online - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/16/2004    Last Visited: 3/16/2004  

  But Mancos school district Superintendent Connie Blanchard isn't worried, at least not yet.
  
  "We're being optimistic," Blanchard said.
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  But Coney expects to see an increase in 9-R's students, rather than 60 fewer, and Blanchard expects to have about the same number of students in Mancos, about 445, instead of 23 fewer.
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  However, Coney and Blanchard were far more concerned with other parts of the act.
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  Local school officials said they were concerned the measure could trump local control of curricula and prevent schools from enforcing bullying codes against students who bash homosexuals, said Mancos RE 6 school district Superintendent Connie Blanchard.
  
  "It's really kind of ridiculous because you can't turn on television without half the programs on TV dealing with this," Blanchard said.
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  "It always amazes me that everybody thinks they know better what schools need to do," Blanchard said.

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  Durango Herald Online - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/18/2003    Last Visited: 6/18/2003  

  But Thompson and Connie Blanchard, superintendent of Mancos schools, have no complaints about how the grant application process worked.
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  "They were very helpful, they were very user-friendly," Blanchard said.

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