Author: By Melanie Asmar
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VOTER GUIDE 2020 | Denver’s 4A and 4B would fund school nurses, air conditioning, and more
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Denver voters will decide whether to earmark tax dollars for schools this November. They face two questions on the ballot. Measure 4A asks voters to approve a $32 million mill levy override, a type of tax increase. 4B asks voters to approve a $795 million bond. What would the bond and mill levy override pay…
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Why hotspots and internet deals still leave thousands of Colorado students disconnected from school
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When COVID-19 hit, the internet became an essential school supply. Districts in the Denver metro area scrambled to meet the need, collectively spending more than $1 million in the past five months to buy mobile hotspots and pay families’ internet bills so children could learn. Philanthropies and foundations have spent even more. But the effort…
