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10th Circuit upholds injunction removing access restrictions on DPS critic
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The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed on Tuesday that Denver Public Schools could not restrict a man’s access to district property or bar him from his volunteer football coaching position, despite the district’s concern about harassment and bullying directed toward employees. DPS sent a letter to Brandon Pryor in October 2022 outlining his…
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Anderson proposes to have police near, but not in Denver schools
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Denver Public Schools Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson – who led the push to remove police officers from campuses in 2020 – now supports a long-term policy for their return near schools. Anderson’s proposal is a hybrid approach with Denver police officers acting as community resource officers that are not stationed in a school, but…
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Denver Public Schools can’t say how many justice-involved students attend public school
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Denver Public Schools does not have a mechanism to track students involved with the juvenile justice system, The Denver Gazette has learned. And that’s a problem, community members and parents said. The revelation takes on new meaning in the aftermath of an East High School shooting last week that left two administrators wounded and the…
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Denver Public Schools recommends three schools for closure
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Superintendent Alex Marrero will recommend shuttering three Denver Public Schools at the end of the academic year because of declining enrollment when the Board of Education meets Thursday. The three proposed schools – Denver Discovery, Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy and Fairview Elementary – were singled out at the last board meeting. District officials had…
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Gun violence is rising. Two leaders say Denver schools and police need a new relationship.
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Nearly a year ago, two former Denver Public Schools administrators pitched an idea for how police and students could form healthy relationships instead of punitive ones. The proposal hasn’t been put into place. Nor have any others that address how Denver schools and city police should work together after a 2020 decision to remove police…
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Denver Public Schools improves graduation rate in 2022 while dropout rate bumps up
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Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver Public Schools made small but symbolically significant gains with the school district increasing its four-year graduation rate by 2.5% last year. But that news was tempered with the dropout rate eking up 1.2%. The dropout rate last year in Denver was still better than 2019, which saw 4.5% of…
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DPS school board pushes back on school closures
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Denver Public Schools board members were highly critical last week as district administrators presented details of their proposal to close 10 schools at the end of this school year and how they might implement the plan if the board approved it. Some board members said that the decision felt like a done deal to the…
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DPS considers closing 10 schools; JeffCo considers closing 16
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A slew of metro area elementary and middle schools are facing closure as districts grapple what leaders say is crippling low enrollment at some facilities, although the proposals have seen pushback from community members who say there are better solutions and districts need to provide more transparency. The school boards for Denver Public Schools and…
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DPS: Marrero gives update on school closures, consolidations
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Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero provided an update regarding school closures and consolidations within the district on Thursday during a monthly board of education meeting. Marrero announced the advisory committee members had been chosen and will be named at a later date. The committee is made of 33 members of all different backgrounds, demographics…
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Enrollment declines could lead to DPS schools closing, consolidating
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Denver Public Schools is considering closing and consolidating some schools as district enrollment continues to decline. Denver students stage walkout over COVID-19 concerns Superintendent Alex Marrero said during a board of education meeting Thursday that the decline in elementary level students began in 2015 and is an indicator for the future. When students go elsewhere,…
