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New school boards must now deliver real results for Latino students
This past election, voters elected seven of the eight school board candidates endorsed by Voces Unidas Action Fund. Those leaders have now taken the oath of office and stepped into roles that carry enormous responsibility. They inherit school systems where Latino students continue to face deep, persistent achievement gaps compared to their white peers. Their mandate from our community is clear: move from rhetoric to results and transform our school districts into places where

Voces Unidas Action Fund
21h2 min read


Voces Unidas sees near-unanimous election victories of endorsed school board candidates, healthy meals ballot issues in November election
Voces Unidas Action Fund is proud to announce and congratulate the winners we endorsed for Western Slope school board seats in Tuesday’s elections. We saw major wins across multiple school districts, with seven out of our eight endorsed candidates winning their races — a clear signal that voters across the Western Slope are rejecting political extremism and demanding leadership focused on kids and families. The most profound victories were seen in the Mesa County Valley Schoo

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Nov 52 min read


Voces Unidas: RFSD earns a D- on new community report card
Among the many lessons public education offers are those that come not from textbooks, but from sharing the classroom with peers from every walk of life. One lesson, often learned slowly, is that we all live our own reality. Despite appearances, not everyone’s circumstances are the same. Sharing the same hallways, classrooms and cafeterias with the same students day after day, year after year, it’s easy to assume everyone’s experience is similar. We’re all “Rams,” or “Demons”

Alex Sánchez
Oct 193 min read


Roaring Fork School District earns D- grade for Latino student achievement
Voces Unidas today released its first School District Accountability Report Card for the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1), giving the...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Sep 243 min read


Roaring Fork RE-1 continues one of Colorado’s largest Latino–White student achievement gaps across all subjects
The recently released 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1) again...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 103 min read


When the system fails, don’t blame the families
Every so often, someone says the quiet part out loud. Recently, in response to our public actions in the Roaring Fork School District, I...

Alex Sánchez
Jun 133 min read


Voces Unidas helps pass Safe Haven policy in RFSD
At the urging of Voces Unidas, the Roaring Fork School District Board of Education unanimously approved a Safe Haven Policy protecting...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
May 8, 20242 min read


Immigrant students deserve to be safe at school
Whether from bullying, violent intruders, environmental hazards, or any other type of threat, students deserve to feel safe at school....

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 7, 20243 min read


Voces Unidas releases statement after RFSD announced sole finalist for superintendent
Voces Unidas President and CEO Alex Sánchez released the following statement after tonight’s announcement that Dr. Anna Cole will be the...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 11, 20242 min read


Community letter: Latino students deserve an experienced superintendent
Below is a community letter addressed to the Roaring Fork School District's School Board regarding their finalists for Superintendent of...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 7, 20243 min read


Our students deserve the most qualified leader
With the second half of the academic calendar now underway, we eagerly await seeing how the new Roaring Fork School District board will...

Alex Sánchez
Feb 1, 20243 min read


Voces Unidas awarded national grant to accelerate parent organizing in regional school districts
Voces Unidas de las Montañas today announced that it has been awarded an unprecedented national grant from NewSchools Venture Fund to...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Oct 5, 20233 min read


Housing controversy demonstrates need for diversity in Roaring Fork School District leadership
The lingering controversy over proposed housing assistance for Roaring Fork School District Superintendent Jesús Rodríguez shines a...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jul 19, 20232 min read


Hear Us Roar: Students, community call for action from RFSD Board of Education
If there were any lingering doubts about the insensitive decision to allow U.S. Border Patrol officers to attend a March 21 career expo...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 14, 20233 min read


Let's not get sidetracked
For community members interested in the health and well-being of the Roaring Fork School District, here’s a different perspective. On...

Alex Sánchez
Apr 10, 20234 min read


This is what our RFSD CORA requests found, part 1
There seem to be a lot of distractions these days keeping the Roaring Fork School District from focusing on what really matters, like...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 7, 20233 min read


Call to Action: Border Patrol does not belong in our schools
Join us this Wednesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at the Roaring Fork School District's school board meeting in Carbondale (400 Sopris Ave) to...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 6, 20232 min read


Voces Unidas calls for accountability from Glenwood Springs High School administrators, others
Voces Unidas President and CEO Alex Sánchez released the following statement in response to recent events in the Roaring Fork Valley that...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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