aurora public schools
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Colorado graduation and dropout rates improve as student enrollment continues to slide
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Colorado’s graduation and dropout rates continue to go up while its overall enrollment continues to go down, according to new data released Tuesday morning. The Colorado Department of Education released student graduation data from the 2024-25 school year, with the state’s four-year graduation rate increasing by 1.4 percentage points to 85.6% – the highest in…
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Danielle Jurinsky is behind in council race, as progressives take lead in Aurora
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Aurora voters so far favored progressive candidates to fill five City Council seats, with Rob Andrews, Alli Jackson, Gianina Horton, Amy Wiles and incumbent Ruben Medina leading over their conservative counterparts, according to unofficial results. At-large candidates Andrews and Jackson led conservative incumbents Danielle Jurinsky and Amsalu Kassaw, with the former at 26% and 25%,…
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Candidates for Aurora Public Schools board raise thousands
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Incumbent Anne Keke is leading the fundraising race for the Aurora Public Schools board, reporting $25,435 as of Oct. 27. Major contributors to Keke’s campaign included the Aurora Council for Teachers and Students, which gave more than $10,000, and Communications Workers of America Union PAF with $500. Incumbent Tramaine Duncan reported $5,169 in contributions, with…
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Aurora classified workers continue to demand union as district ‘works on a solution’
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About a dozen people attended Tuesday night’s Aurora Public Schools Board of Education meeting to talk about needs for classified workers, with some repeating demands for a union and others seemingly satisfied with work the district is doing for them. Classified workers include special needs paraeducators, bus drivers, nutrition workers, custodians and other school district…
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Aurora school board agrees to discuss classified workers union
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Aurora Public Schools’ Board of Education plans to talk about creating a classified workers union in an executive session later this month after hearing demands from such staff members in two board meetings. Classified staff members — non-teaching employees — include custodians, bus drivers, paraprofessionals and cafeteria workers. In August, about a dozen APS staff members…
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Aurora Public School Board seeking public feedback to guide next 5 years
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Aurora Public Schools is seeking public input on its goals and guidelines over the next five years, putting out a survey for community members to take as the district decides how to use a $1 billion bond. Ballot measures 5A and 5B passed unanimously in 2024, approving both a bond and capital mill levy. The $1 billion…
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Colorado Supreme Court strikes down law benefitting child sex abuse survivors
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The Colorado Supreme Court slammed the door on Tuesday to victims who endured child sex abuse years or decades in the past, striking down a recent law that empowered survivors to sue their perpetrators and the institutions that harbored them. The decision was a victory for organizations, such as the Catholic Church, public schools and…
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Colorado Supreme Court faces ‘difficult’ question of whether to shut window on child sex abuse survivors
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday stared down two possibilities: If it deems a 2021 law designed to help survivors of childhood sex abuse unconstitutional, many victims will have no avenue to hold their abusers or the institutions that harbored them legally liable. On the other hand, if the court upholds the law, then schools,…
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Where are the kids? Colorado school enrollment trends shed light on closure discussions
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As three large metro area school districts grapple with school closures due to declining enrollment, a common question looms: Where did all the children go? To help answer that question, Chalkbeat looked at school enrollment data, county birth rate data and U.S. census data showing the number of children under 18 living in each school…
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Aurora teacher named Colorado Teacher of the Year
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Aurora Public Schools music teacher Jimmy Lee Day II was named Colorado’s 2023 Teacher of the Year in a surprise ceremony Friday. Day, the band director and instrumental teacher at East Middle School, has over 13 years of experience as an educator and has taught at East Middle School since 2017, according to the Colorado…
