Summit County Newsmakers

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Millie Hamner took over Summit Schools in the midst of controversy and has been a calming influence.

<p>It is fairly widely accepted that the Summit County school system is one of the better in the State.  It offers opportunities to kids that they just can't get in many places.  How many schools, for example, can provide the opportunity for even the youngest to get out regularly on ski slopes - at a nominal fee for the year?  How many have ski teams that produce world class competitors?  The ski resorts of Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone and Arapahoe Basin all participate.</p><p>Yet, as with any small town, we have our share of controversy and discontent.  Our former superintendant was "let go" less than six months after she started, the initiative lead by a growing voice of discontent from teachers and principals, many of whom quit or threatened to do so.  Millie Hamner, who had been assistant superintendant for something like three years, was thrust into the position, first as the acting superintendant, then (smart decision by the school board), the permanent fixture in that job.  She was just named one of two <a title="Summit County Newsmakers" href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20041231/NEWS/112310014/-1/ARCHIVES02" target="_blank">Newsmakers of the Year</a></p> 9 application/xml false Arapahoe Basin Breckenridge Copper Mountain Keystone Millie Hamner Summit County schools Summit County Newsmakers A small town ski resort finds strength in two of its leading citizens. http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20041231/NEWS/112310014/-1/ARCHIVES02 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 66.198.200.154 66.198.200.154 kdeshaies false true false false true 205866 false false true false false false true 78724 blog blogsite/SnowHome/web