douglas county board of education
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DougCo schools leaders launch 11th hour funding push
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Last week as Douglas County School Board President Mike Peterson was doing some last-minute neighborhood stumping for the district’s mill levy override and bond issues, a voter asked him “Why should I trust a guy on that B.S. board?” It’s a question many Douglas County voters may be asking after nearly a year of tumult…
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Faced with residency questions, Board of Education candidate says she ‘couch surfed’
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In the wake of questions about where Colorado State Board of Education candidate Debora Scheffel currently lives, the candidate and a Republican Party official tell of many moves over the last few years and point to recently updated voter registration records. Scheffel was appointed in January to fill a vacancy on the state board for…
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Residency questions hit candidate for Colo. education board
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Debora Scheffel, who has been trying for three years to get elected to a board of education, is now facing questions about whether she lives in the Parker home that is listed on her voter registration records. That home, at 12067 Summit Ridge Road in Parker, appears to be vacant. Douglas County assessor’s records show…
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Tim Krug announces bid for State Board of Education from 4th Congressional District
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Tim Krug, who went from outraged over the treatment of a Douglas County high school student to working to elect a new school board, announced he is running for the State Board of Education from the 4th Congressional District. The seat is currently held by Debora Scheffel, who was appointed last week to fill the…
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Douglas County voucher case now officially over
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Opponents of Douglas County’s voucher program are cheering the final step in ending the program: a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to drop the matter. The state’s highest court Thursday granted a motion from both sides to dismiss the lawsuit. The ruling also vacated all previous orders and judgments from the two other courts involved,…
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Reaction to DougCo board’s voucher decision falls along ideological lines
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Conservatives overnight Monday and into Tuesday made it clear: The decision by the Douglas County board of education to end its Choice Scholarship program was a setback for those who support educational choice. But those who supported the decision were also out in force Monday night and into Tuesday on social media. The board voted…
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Douglas County school board ends controversial voucher program
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The Douglas County school board Monday put to bed the district’s controversial Choice Scholarship program, ending a six-year battle to set up the nation’s only district-approved voucher program. The vote to end the voucher program, and the legal battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, was unanimous: six to nothing. One…
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Americans for Prosperity Colorado to try one last time to save voucher program in DougCo
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Is there any way to save the Douglas County voucher program from its all-but-certain demise on Monday? Americans for Prosperity Colorado (AFP), which spent “six figures” during the election season trying to persuade voters to support the then-board majority’s reform efforts, announced Friday it would try. David Ray, president of the Douglas County board of…
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DougCo board publishes resolution to end voucher program
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The Douglas County School District published a resolution Saturday that begins the process to rescind the Choice Scholarship program and put to an end the legal fight over the controversial voucher program. The district’s board of education will vote on the resolution at a special meeting on Monday at 5:30 p.m. Four new board members…
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DougCo board wastes no time, will deal with voucher program Monday
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The Douglas County school board plans to discuss and potentially end the district’s controversial voucher program in a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 4. Board President David Ray announced that the board would take up the voucher program on Monday at the end of the board’s Tuesday night meeting, which included the swearing-in of four…
