Pueblo City Schools (D60) has changed the way that it has reported personnel changes for decades, and we can’t help but feel the move is an act of retribution against The Pueblo Chieftain.

What the school district doesn’t get is that in trying to restrict The Chieftain from obtaining the most routine public information, it likewise is restricting information to the public.

Our newspaper is the public’s representative at the school board meetings and in day-to-day dealings with the district, as well as all government entities. Just because all citizens don’t show up at meetings doesn’t mean they aren’t interested in what the government entity does.

Case in point: This past week, the D60 board accepted the resignations of two principals at troubled schools — Bessemer Academy and Risley International Academy of Innovation. At least one of the principals did not want to resign but was forced to do so.

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