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Other Courses at Montezuma-Cortez High School Will Incorporate World History Topics, Officials Say

KSJD | By Austin Cope

Published May 21, 2018 at 10:16 AM MDT

In an interview on Monday morning, Cortez school officials defended their decisionto cut World History from Montezuma-Cortez High School's graduation requirements. Lori Haukeness, RE-1 School District Superintendent, and Dr. Jayson Wayman, Montezuma-Cortez High School Principal, told KSJD's Austin Cope how the decision will better serve students.

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Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.

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