Author: Debbie Kelley, The Gazette
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University of Colorado president pick faces tough questioning
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COLORADO SPRINGS – Mark Kennedy, sole finalist for president of the University of Colorado system, came prepared Tuesday to field questions about his conservative views as a member of Congress and as president of the University of North Dakota. They came at him fast and furiously in a forum at the University of Colorado at…
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Colorado spring still flowing as volunteers try to save historic site from closure
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An April 1 cutoff date set last year to cap a natural spring on the road to Cripple Creek has come and gone, and the free water is still flowing. For now. The deadline has been extended to May 1, said Colorado Water Division 2 Engineer Bill Tyner, to give community volunteers time to submit…
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University of Colorado names former congressman as sole finalist for next president
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Mark R. Kennedy, president of the University of North Dakota, is slated to become the next president of the University of Colorado system, the Board of Regents announced Wednesday. The regents named Kennedy, 61, as the sole finalist to replace the retiring Bruce Benson. “A proven leader with a diverse set of skills and experiences…
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Educators tout trickle-down effect of full-day kindergarten on Colorado preschoolers
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As Colorado lawmakers begin debating Gov. Jared Polis’ revisions to the 2019-20 state budget, early childhood education leaders in Colorado Springs are keeping their fingers crossed that one addition survives. Polis has been pushing to fulfill a campaign promise that’s become his top legislative priority: use taxpayer dollars to provide free, full-day kindergarten for all…
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Polis visits Colorado Springs to promote his No. 1 priority
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Seventeen days into his new job, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis stopped by two Colorado Springs elementary schools Friday to promote one of his campaign promises and now his No. 1 priority: state funding for full-day kindergarten in public schools. Polis toured Trailblazer Elementary in Colorado Springs School District 11 and Cheyenne Elementary School in Cheyenne…
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Teller County residents rally to keep free artesian well from being closed by the state
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TELLER COUNTY ? A grassroots effort to save a free artesian well off the side of the road at Gillette Flats from being closed by the state’s water division is becoming an official movement. A small group of Teller County residents met in Cripple Creek during Friday’s snowstorm and decided to form a nonprofit association,…
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Campus Christian group sues University of Colorado, claiming civil rights violation
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Four University of Colorado at Colorado Springs students have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver, claiming their civil rights have been violated because the school does not sanction their Christian apologetics group as an official organization. Brian Blevins, Joshua Stoll, Kayla Callender and Emily Danis, members of Ratio Christi, which seeks to…
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Colorado school superintendent decries name-calling in survey on failed ballot measures
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Buses for Lewis-Palmer School District 38 schools wait for students outside of Lewis-Palmer High School in a 2013 photo.Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette, file The second semester in Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in Monument, north of Colorado Springs, began Monday with an appeal from departing Superintendent Karen Brofft. “I hope we can focus on what…
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Colorado teachers promote education agenda at opening of legislative session
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Wearing red denoting education on their bodies, along with smiles on their faces, about 100 Colorado teachers gathered at the state Capitol on Friday to emphasize their priorities to lawmakers at the opening of the 2019 legislative session. The mood was upbeat and hopeful, yet concerned, said Simon Ellis, a first-grade teacher at Academy International…
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El Paso County teen suicide rate doubles, Colorado AG’s report shows
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While death by suicide among 19- to 24-year-olds in El Paso County has been declining since reaching a high in 2014, the number doubled among those 18 and under, according to a study Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman released Thursday. Suicide deaths in the 10-18 age group jumped from 24 in 2012-2014 to 48 in…
