50 YEARS AGO

October 28, 1971 – The 10 percent drop in school enrollment this term is costing the Ouray School District R-1 about $12,000 in state aid under the 1969 School Foundation Act. In addition it has raised the per pupil costs so much that the expenditures in the restricted part of the budget can not be held below the 6 percent statutory limitation set by the Legislature. The approval of the voters will be required in order for Ouray Schools to remain open all of 1972 and a special ...