Author: Melanie Asmar Chalkbeat Colorado
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Deadline to apply to two new Denver schools extended after district lists incorrect addresses
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Denver is extending the deadline to apply to two new schools after the district incorrectly listed their addresses on its school choice application website. An incorrect address could have led to fewer families enrolling in the schools, which means the schools could get less money to cover expenses. Denver Public Schools has acknowledged the error,…
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Denver students to advise on new national Black history curriculum
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The first time Dahni Austin held a copy of a new Black history textbook for which she and other Denver high school students will serve as advisers, she cried. “There’s a page that says ‘Say Their Names,’ which I just think is so amazing,’” said Austin, a sophomore at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early…
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Denver high schools are reopening, but in-person hours vary across the city
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Denver middle and high school students are gradually returning to classrooms for the first time in more than 10 months, with in-person classes set to start by Monday at the latest. Many schools are reopening with a hybrid model that combines in-person and remote learning. But how many days and hours of in-person learning each…
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Colorado moves teacher vaccines up to early February
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Colorado teachers will be able to receive the coronavirus vaccine starting Feb. 8, Gov. Jared Polis said during a Friday news conference. Polis said teachers are foundational to the functioning of society and opening up the vaccine to teachers will help preserve the sanity of families with kids. Teachers will be notified how to get…
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‘I thrive better:’ Denver fourth and fifth graders on returning to school in person
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After nearly a year of learning mostly online, Denver fourth- and fifth-graders are back in classrooms. To better understand how students are feeling about the decision, the school board invited several students and their parents to share their perspective Thursday. While many Denver parents called for the district to reopen school buildings, not everyone is…
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These school staff are eligible for the COVID vaccine in Colorado right now
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Teachers cannot yet get the COVID-19 vaccine in Colorado, but some school staff can. School nurses, health technicians who assist them, occupational and physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, campus security guards, and educators who work with children with serious disabilities are among those whose names have been submitted by school districts in the Denver metro area…
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No school tours, no school ratings: Denver’s choice process looks a little different in 2021
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For many parents, the visceral experience of walking a school’s hallways, chatting with the principal, and peeking into classrooms shapes their opinion of whether it’s a good school for their child. In Denver, a district that encourages school choice, such tours usually happen around this time of year, as families are gearing up to rank…
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‘Reinvesting in the brilliance in our backyard’: Young Denver alumni push for change
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When TeRay Esquibel was 16, he found the power of his voice. It’s part of what inspired him a decade later to co-found Ednium: The Alumni Collective, a new group of young Denver Public Schools alumni advocating for policy changes in the district. Esquibel was a student at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School when he became…
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New Colorado state guidelines could mean fewer quarantines, more in-person learning
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New Colorado state guidance could mean fewer teachers have to quarantine at home after a positive case of COVID-19 at their school, allowing more classrooms to stay open. The guidance, released Wednesday, comes after district superintendents advocated for increased flexibility on who to send home when students or staff members test positive. The new rules allow schools…
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State education board overturns Denver’s decision on DSST Noel charter school
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In a win for the DSST charter school network, the Colorado State Board of Education Thursday overturned a Denver school board decision to delay the opening of a new DSST high school. The state board’s decision could mean the 159 eighth graders who attend DSST’s Noel middle school will be able to enroll at a…
