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Good afternoon, Montrose! It's Anna Lynn here. It's been a beautiful week here in town but I'm excited for some cooler weather to kick in.
While the county only recently approved the ground lease agreement on a new hotel at the airport, construction on another new hotel in Montrose is already underway…in South Dakota.
When I was reading the story about how the Marriott hotel is being assembled in parts, I couldn't help but think of sitting at my dining room table growing up, building LEGO houses for hours on end. I remember finishing buildings sections at a time, then throwing everything together at the end when it was all ready.
So, I did a little digging into modular construction, and found out that's /kind of/ how it works, just at a much larger scale. Although some form of modular construction has been around for centuries, I read that it's been growing in popularity in recent years. Developers can often reduce construction times be more certain about the costs.
I can't wait to see the life-sized LEGO projects assembled here in Montrose!
More on the Marriott hotel: My colleague Josue spoke with the CEO of the developer yesterday and found out that while some of the base construction will be built brick-by-brick at the site, some parts of the building are being assembled near the company's headquarters hundreds of miles away.
When the modular sections are further along, the company will break ground on-site in approximately 6 to 9 months to prepare for the partially assembled building. As long as everything goes according to plan, the project could be finished by late 2022 or early 2023.
Mixed results from SAT scores: I've dug into the SAT score results from the local high schools and found some interesting patterns. Average SAT scores in Montrose dropped, but not at all schools — scores at Peak Virtual Academy increased from 2019 and mostly exceeded state averages.
I spoke with principals at each of the schools to hear their thoughts about the scores. Peak principal Sherrie Drost-Chacon told me that students were already used to learning partially online, so they did not experience as many instructional disruptions.
MHS principal Jim Barnhill is looking at the scores in context of the learning disruptions over the past year and a half — HS students were in-person half the time from August to February, but mandatory quarantines disrupted many classrooms. He said that he was "pretty happy" with the scores from MHS students, which did not change much from spring 2019, when testing was last administered.
Where in the world is Tina Peters? Since the CO Secretary of State announced an investigation into a security breach of voting information in Mesa County, the county clerk, Tina Peters, has not appeared in public.
Peters recently commented publicly on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's show, but the timing of the filming is unknown.
At a meeting earlier this week, county commissioners asked Peters' supporters to relay a simple message: "come home."
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