{"id":11418,"date":"2026-05-20T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koto.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11418"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:29:22","slug":"newscast-5-20-26","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/koto.org\/es\/news\/newscast-5-20-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Newscast 5-20-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Telluride School District to Ask Voters for More Funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Cat Movie Fisher <\/em>with Risho Unda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>InVINCEble Comes to Mountainfilm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Telluride School District to Ask Voters for More Funding<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Telluride School District says changes in Colorado\u2019s school finance system are putting pressure on its budget and could lead to millions in future cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district\u2019s mission is to ensure each student can achieve personal success through quality education, but leaders say decisions at the state level are making that mission more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn the big picture view, what\u2019s happened is Colorado is moving to a new, modern school financing formula that is more student formula,\u201d said Telluride School District Board of Education President Cheryl Carstens Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhich has disadvantaged districts such as ourselves, where our biggest cost drivers are regional \u2014 the size of our district, the remoteness \u2014 things like that, that are deemphasized in the new formula,\u201d Carstens Miller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new funding formula was designed to create a more sustainable system and provide additional support for rural districts. The bill passed the Colorado State House with 59 of 65 representatives voting in support and passed the Colorado State Senate with 27 of 34 voting in support before being signed by Gov. Jared Polis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the measure had broad support in Denver, district leaders say it has negative impacts locally, largely because it caps the cost-of-living factor used in school funding and changes how student enrollment is calculated from a multi-year average to a one-year count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telluride is currently in a \u201chold harmless\u201d status, allowing it to remain under the old funding formula while the state transitions to the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superintendent John Pandolfo said even the current system is not providing \u201cadequate\u201d funding based on a recent state study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re actually getting, in a three-year flat dollar hold harmless amount, almost $3,000 less than that $16,650,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we were under the new formula right now, we\u2019d be getting about $13,590. Almost $6,000 per pupil less than what the adequacy study says we should get,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandolfo said the district is allowed to remain in hold harmless status because of the significant impact the new formula would have. Fully implemented, the district could lose about $3 million, or roughly 15% of its budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that financial pressure looming, the district plans to ask voters this fall to approve a mill levy override. The proposal would increase the district\u2019s mill levy from 30% to 50% of total program funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe recognize, not just in Telluride but everywhere, it\u2019s not an easy time right now. To be going out and asking the voters for more taxes right now, but we do feel like our backs are against a wall,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If passed, Pandolfo said the mill levy increase would collect roughly $2.6 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTurns out to be, for residential property owners, less than $10 a month on a million dollars of residential property value,\u201d Pandolfo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the tax amount would not rise as property values increase because it is tied to state-determined district funding rather than property value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the new model is expected to significantly impact Telluride, Pandolfo said most Colorado districts will see benefits. Colorado has 179 school districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you were look at all of the calculations for this current year, if you compare what districts would get under the old formula and under the new formula if it were fully phased in, there are 11 districts that are doing worse under the new formula,\u201d Pandolfo said. \u201cNine of those districts are only doing worse by a couple of percent. The other two districts are us and Aspen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Telluride School Board of Education plans to make a final decision on next steps in June in order to place a measure on the November ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Cat Movie Fisher <\/em>with Risho Unda<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s time for another installment of Cat Movie Fisher \u2013 a segment where Telluride High School\u2019s Risho Unda chats with members of the community about their favorite movie. This week he\u2019s talking with fellow student, Ava Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story beings at 5:15.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">InVINCEble Comes to Mountainfilm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Vince Iwuchukwu was a freshman at the University of Southern California. At 7-foot-1, he was in his first basketball practice when he suffered a cardiac event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVince was dead. The doctors say for three minutes he had no pulse, he had no heartbeat, nothing, and he wasn\u2019t alive,\u201d said Beth Gage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beth Gage and her husband, George Gage, are the documentary filmmakers behind the film \u201cInVINCEble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gage said 90% of people who experience similar cardiac events do not survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for the fact that the school had the emergency utilities to bring him back and the knowledge of how quickly to get to him, he wouldn\u2019t be here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Telluride residents themselves, Beth and George Gage will show the film at this year\u2019s Mountainfilm festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe film is basically a comeback story about indomitable spirit and what people can do and how we can help one another,\u201d Beth Gage said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gages acknowledged a medical documentary is not their traditional subject matter, but at the heart of \u201cInVINCEble\u201d is a story about community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what always draws us in. It\u2019s the people,\u201d Beth Gage said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe main reason he wants to get to the NBA is he wants to make the money that he can make in the NBA to send to children back in Nigeria to help them have what he calls the blessed life that he had,\u201d George Gage added. \u201cHe\u2019s the real deal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the film is a story about family and basketball, George and Beth Gage hope it also inspires people to take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also hope that people who see the film will think, \u2018Oh, I ought to learn CPR. I ought to brush up on the CPR I learned 10 years ago,\u2019\u201d George Gage said. \u201cYou can save a life, and that\u2019s pretty amazing to be able to do. Hopefully people will respond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInVINCEble\u201d will play at Mountainfilm on Friday, May 22, at 8:45 p.m. as one of the free films in Town Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also will play at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at the Palm Theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Iron Horse Ride Brings Highway 550 Closure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Drivers in the region may see increased traffic this weekend due to the annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride is a 50-mile route from Durango to Silverton. To protect bicyclists and drivers, the Colorado Department of Transportation will close a portion of U.S. Highway 550 from Purgatory Ski Area to Silverton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the closure, CDOT is reminding drivers heading north from Durango to take alternate routes, including through Rico, Telluride and Placerville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road closure will run from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polis Shortens Tina Peters Sentence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and ordered her release on June 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, Bente Birkeland reports Peters was convicted of tampering with election equipment in an effort to prove President Donald Trump\u2019s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. She had been sentenced to nine years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not a pardon,\u201d Polis said. \u201cIt\u2019s really making sure that her free speech was not a criteria for her overly harsh sentencing. So I really think that in the scheme of things, this will take the wind out of the sails of those who argued that there was something awry here. Because I think there\u2019s a point that those have, and the reason we got thousands of calls saying she was over sentenced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polis said he agreed with an appeals court decision that Peters was sentenced harshly because of her beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has mounted a major pressure campaign to free Peters following her conviction two years ago. The decision also puts Polis at odds with members of his own party and election clerks across Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a group of Colorado Democrats is seeking to formally censure Polis for granting clemency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group filed a complaint Monday asking the state Democratic Party to condemn the governor for \u201cconduct detrimental to the interests of the Colorado Democratic Party.\u201d The complaint also seeks to temporarily suspend Polis from attending and speaking at party events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move marks an unprecedented rebuke of the governor from fellow Democrats. Nearly 200 people have signed onto the complaint, including Democratic state officials, lawmakers and party organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groups Seek $2 Billion for Colorado River Drought<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dozens of communities and environmental groups in the Colorado River Basin are seeking $2 billion from Congress to respond to historic drought conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For KUNC, Scott Franz reports the money could help fund a variety of drought-response efforts across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Colorado, crews could use the funding to remove dead trees ahead of what is expected to be a severe wildfire season. States also could pay farmers and other water users to conserve water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are among the proposals being floated by The Nature Conservancy, one of 70 organizations backing the emergency funding request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not yet clear how the money would be distributed among the seven states in the Colorado River Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, federal water experts warned that Lake Powell, the Upper Basin\u2019s largest reservoir, is on track to receive the lowest amount of water this summer in its 63-year history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado Promotes Beavers as Fire Mitigators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Beavers are increasingly being recognized as natural wildfire mitigators because they create fire-resistant landscapes and lush riparian areas that can act as natural firebreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colorado Parks and Wildlife has launched a new strategy aimed at boosting and sustaining beaver populations to protect ecosystems and improve climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Rocky Mountain Community Radio, KGNU reporter Abby O&#8217;Brien joined researchers studying beaver habitat near Boulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story beings at 14:30.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Telluride School District to Ask Voters for More Funding<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Cat Movie Fisher with Risho Unda<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; InVINCEble Comes to Mountainfilm<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-category":[515],"news-tag":[],"class_list":["post-11418","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","news-category-newscasts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newscast 5-20-26 - KOTO FM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In today&#039;s headlines: Telluride School District to Ask Voters for More Funding. 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