Another warm, sunny day with temps climbing to around 80 degrees for the southeastern Colorado region. Tonight, we’ll drop down to about 50 degrees.
For Tuesday, sunny again with highs again around 80 degrees.
Now, here’s the news.
Thanks to help from the state along with cannabis tax revenues from the City of Trinidad, Trinidad School District No. 1 has received nearly one million dollars combined to help ensure they can continue to adequately educate district students and provide equal access to online education. TSD1 started back to school this past Tuesday, September 8. TSD1 Superintendent Dr. Bonnie Aaron said overall things have been positive.
Most recently, the district received $25,000 as part of a competitive grant from Help Colorado Now.
The grant award will help support the District’s mission to provide all students with a comprehensive system of support, a safe learning environment, and the opportunity to reach their academic and leadership potential, Aaron explained.
Additionally, several weeks ago, the City of Trinidad gifted TSD1 with $25,000 and Aaron stated those funds were earmarked for enhancements to distance learning capabilities, which require IT infrastructure upgrades and student learning devices.
The district has also received a total of $686,911.38 in COVID Relief Funds along with $298,250 from Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds.
Even with the help from local and state governments, some of the issues TSD1 and other schools across the state are facing have to do with competing for technology resources currently in high demand in addition to ongoing financial shortfalls, Aaron explained. Difficulties with shipments as well as waiting for items to be in stock to ship have caused some delays that the district has had to work around.
Additionally, the district conducted a needs assessment to determine what students would require internet access.
For more information about TSD1, you can visit their website at tsd1.org.
In the state, on Friday, CBS Denver reported cannabis and hemp companies in Colorado said early cold temperatures and snow last week might have destroyed millions of dollars worth of outdoor plants. Marijuana Business Daily reports the drastic temperature drop occurred too early in the growing season for farmers to harvest the plants.
Last Monday night, an unprecedented cold front sweep into Colorado causing a 62 degree drop from the high of 93 degrees on Monday to the low of 31 degrees on Tuesday. It was the biggest 2-day temperature swing ever recorded in Denver in September.
Tuesday’s low of 31 degrees was cold enough to tie the record low for September 8 as well as tie the record for the earliest freeze on record — going back nearly 150 years.
Many locations along the Front Range dropped into the upper 20s early Wednesday and the mountains dropped into the teens.
Jon Vaught of cannabis biotech firm Front Range Biosciences says the temperatures below freezing Tuesday and Wednesday combined with snow were catastrophic for growers.
Nick Drury of Denver marijuana company Lightshade says the decreased supply from the outdoor crops is likely to result in less lower-grade competition for indoor growers.
Happening in the world, Egypt has uncovered a mysterious collection of coffins thought to contain human mummies that have been sealed inside for more than 2,500 years CNN reported last Friday.
The 13 unopened coffins, which were found piled on top of each other in a well nearly 40 feet (12 meters) deep are so well preserved that the original detailed designs and colors are clearly visible, according to Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
Archeologists who made the discovery at Saqqara, an ancient site that lies about 20 miles south of Egypt's capital and is also home to landmarks including the Step Pyramid, believed to be the world's oldest, are expected to make more discoveries at the site in coming days.
The discovery comes just a week after the country reopened its archaeological sites and museums to visitors following closures in March due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Tourism is vital to the economy in Egypt, which welcomed more than 13.6 million visitors in 2019. More than one million people work in the sector.
The latest ancient find follows the unearthing of other coffins at Saqqara earlier this year. In April, archaeologists unearthed four caskets containing mummies, along with five limestone sarcophagi in a burial shaft.
Not too much happening this week but Mount Carmel is still offering their online virtual classes. To see their schedule and register for the link to join, visit their website MountCarmelCenter.org.
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