Author: Eric Young eric.young@gazette.com

A former police officer, a current metro district board member and a local business owner are among the candidates vying for the Colorado Springs District 5 City Council seat. Christopher Burns, Cass Melin and Jim Miller are all running against incumbent Council Member Nancy Henjum. She is one of only two incumbents running for re-election,…

Few, if any, technological innovations have generated the amount of debate and deliberation that artificial intelligence, or AI, has in recent years.  Some view it as a revolutionary step in streamlining workflow and productivity while others fear it will threaten entire jobs and industries obsolete. Public education is no exception. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); In response…

One week after President Trump’s executive order for the federal government to recognize two sexes, Woodland Park’s school district is following suit. During their regular meeting Wednesday night, Woodland Park RE-2’s Board of Education voted on a resolution “recognizing only two sexes and rejecting gender ideology.” The decision comes just over a week after Trump…

By Eric Young eric.young@gazette.com Colorado families are able to attend any public school in the state for free, regardless of where they live through open enrollment. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The application process for school choice is now underway for the 2025-2026 school year in El Paso County and here are four things families should know…

After less than a year on the job, Lewis-Palmer D-38’s leader is stepping down. The school district’s board of education unanimously accepted Dr. Stacie Datteri’s resignation letter Tuesday night during its regular meeting. In an official statement sent out to families and staff, board president Tiffiney Upchurch stated that they mutually agreed to part ways…

School District 49 has reached a milestone. The district, which encompasses the parts of northeast Colorado Springs and areas of unincorporated El Paso County around Falcon, is now the largest school district in the county, according to student population data released by the state Wednesday. Colorado Springs middle school to close after cracking, separation of…

Following the Colorado Springs D-11 Board of Education’s decision to end their 56-year-old collective bargaining agreement with its teachers’ union, the question on many people’s minds is: What exactly is going to change? “Unfortunately, we don’t know ultimately what that all is going to look like,” Colorado Springs Education Association President Kevin Coughlin said. The…

A collective bargaining agreement nearly 60 years old in Colorado Springs is coming to an end.  The school District 11 Board of Education voted not to renew the master agreement that has been in place since 1968 between them and the district’s teachers’ union, the Colorado Springs Education Association, during a heavily attended special meeting…

Manitou Springs School District 14 is accepting applications for a new steering committee that will oversee the development of a likely bond next year. The development of the bond  is still coming together as the district looks to address needs throughout the district identified in an Americans with Disabilities Act and Office of Civil Rights…