Author: Yesinia Robles, Chalkbeat Colorado
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Colo. Board of Education seeks to take control away from Denver-area school district
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In Colorado’s first-ever attempt to give away management of a school district, state officials Thursday provided a preview of what the final order requiring Adams 14 to give up district management could include. The State Board of Education is expected to approve its final directives to the district later this month. Thursday, after expressing a…
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Will a Colo. school district lose autonomy to outside overseer? Here are the state’s options.
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For the first time in Colorado, the State Board of Education will weigh how to step in when schools or districts are underperforming even after they have tried state-approved plans to improve. The State Board first directed action for schools and districts that had been underperforming for more than five years – as measured by…
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Voters approve Aurora school district tax measure with significant support
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Aurora’s $35 million tax request for schools was approved with considerable support Tuesday night. Results posted at 9 p.m. showed support for Measure 5A holding steady with almost 57 percent of voters in favor and 43 percent against it. Colorado Votes 2018 John Britz, a consultant working on the campaign, said he was cautiously optimistic.…
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Colo. school districts seek voter support for school safety and mental health resources
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Colorado leads the nation in many ways that it responds to threats at schools. Now school districts are asking voters to help fund a more neglected need: mental-health resources to help prevent threats in schools. Of the 29 school districts asking voters to increase local taxes for education, at least 19 have made school safety…
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Aurora schools proposes swapping building for college tuition discounts
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Aurora school district officials this week took a big step toward finalizing a multi-million-dollar deal in which the district will be trading new office space for tuition discounts for its staff and students. The deal, which the school district has worked on for more than two years, required legislators to change Colorado law, voters to…
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Taxes to fund higher teacher pay, more school safety are on Nov. ballot
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Seeing confidence in the economy, growing needs in schools, and strong public support for education, leaders of some large school districts will seek new taxes on November’s ballot. At least seven districts, including those in Aurora, Jeffco, Douglas, Thompson and Westminster, have approved proposals asking voters to increase local revenues to pay for new safety…
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Adams 14 votes to appoint Sen. Dominick Moreno to fill board vacancy
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A state senator will be the newest member of the Adams 14 school board. Sen. Dominick Moreno, a graduate of the district, was appointed Monday night on a 3-to-1 vote to fill a vacancy on the district’s school board. “He has always, since I have known him, cared about this community,” said board member David…
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Colo. state Sen. Moreno among candidates for Adams 14 board vacancy
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A state senator is one of five candidates seeking to fill a vacancy on the school board for the troubled Adams 14 school district. Dominick Moreno, a Democratic state senator whose district includes most of Adams 14, will be among the candidates the board will interview for the position on July 9. Moreno said he…
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Westminster’s model part of dispute with federal investigators in education of students learning English
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Westminster schools may have failed to identify scores of students needing help learning English, and also neglected to effectively teach many of those students, according to a federal investigation. Those are among the findings in newly released documents behind the school district’s agreement to boost services for English learners. The 9,400-student district signed a settlement…
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Slow progress, many challenges: How Colorado schools on improvement plans are doing
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A new report on Colorado schools operating under state-approved improvement plans shows mixed academic results and slow progress getting all the necessary pieces in place. State education department officials on Wednesday briefed the State Board of Education on schools and districts halfway through their first year on the plans. State staff praised Aurora Central High…
