Denver-area school district to be run by external manager
The Colorado State Board of Education has ordered a struggling Denver-area school district to turn over supervision to an external manager.
Adams County School District 14 is the first in the state to lose control after failing to meet achievement goals.
The 13-school district in Commerce City has been on the state’s watch list for eight years.
About 30 percent of its students left the district last year. About 80 percent of students cannot perform at grade level.
Superintendent Javier Abrego says the district is “pleased” that the board honored the request for external management Thursday, noting the district could have been dissolved.
Colorado Public Radio reports community groups and the state’s largest teacher’s union welcomed the move.
The board also voted to put two Pueblo schools under external management.
Primary rival sues to prevent Democrat Eileen Laubacher from going through assembly in Colorado’s 4th CD
Ernest Luning
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Updated 7 hours ago
Democratic congressional candidate Trish Calvarese on Monday asked a judge to prevent one of her primary rivals, Eileen Laubacher, from participating in the caucus and assembly process to seek the nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s...
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Jenny Deam
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Michael Karlik
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s majority ruled on Monday that a violation of a restraining order can also serve as a basis for finding a defendant guilty of burglary. Under state law, a person commits second-degree burglary by unlawfully entering or...
Big week ahead for major legislation to address housing affordability woes
Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner
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Macron goes nuclear with increases to French warhead arsenal
Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner
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Updated 12 hours ago
French President Emmanuel Macron is channeling the atomic spirit of his predecessor Charles de Gaulle with orders for the French military to “increase the number of nuclear warheads” in the nation’s arsenal. Macron announced the seismic shift in France’s defensive...
Who has been killed so far during US-Israel mission in Iran?
David Zimmermann and Keely Bastow, Washington Examiner
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Updated 12 hours ago
There have been numerous casualties on all sides since the joint U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran commenced over the weekend, with more lives expected to be lost as the campaign continues. The Islamic regime’s leadership is currently bearing the brunt of...
Colorado Senate swears in Adrienne Benavidez after district vacancy win
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 12 hours ago
Sen. Adrienne Benavidez, a Democrat from Adams County, was sworn in Monday to the Colorado Senate, just four days after winning a vacancy election in District 21. She was sworn in by Colorado Court of Appeals Justice Lino S. Lipinsky...
10th Circuit judge creates vacancy, district court gets new chief judge | COURT CRAWL
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 14 hours ago
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. A longtime member of the Denver-based federal appeals court will give the president a vacancy to fill, plus Colorado’s federal trial court will see a...
Denver mayor says his commute time tripled following ‘road diet’ change
Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette
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Updated 12 hours ago
Mayor Mike Johnston is pushing back sharply against the claim by Denver councilmembers and bike activists that the city succumbed to lobbying pressure in revising a “road diet” plan for East Alameda Avenue, while noting that his own commute time...
Rural legislators, Colorado farmers defeat pollinator bill backed by Gov. Polis
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 13 hours ago
A proposal to limit the use of neonicotinoid-coated crop seeds collapsed in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee last week, as rural lawmakers, including two Democrats, joined Republicans to reject what they called an expensive, impractical mandate on farmers....
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