Photo: The entrance to the 7-8 grade building at Pagosa Springs Middle School, showing new entrance security devices on the far right. According to RTA, the “Urgent Needs” and “Important Needs” and “Necessary improvements” at Pagosa Springs Middle School add up to $30.2 million. In 1994, when I bought my house in downtown Pagosa Springs, three blocks north of Highway 160, my town street was a gravel road. Here’s a graphic from a 2024 report by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), indicating the quality of education CDE believes is being delivered at Pagosa Springs Middle School. Ignacio Middle School and Durango Middle School are both rated 63.0%.