jason glass
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In education: the power of a shared vision — and of listening
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Colorado’s recent elections have ushered in new school board members and, in some cases, new majorities. From Aurora and Douglas County this year to JeffCo before them, new boards are calling for new directions and priorities. These new leaders were, in part, elected because families felt ignored or that school boards were forging ahead in…
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A superintendent appeals for civility in advance of a potentially bruising school board race
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It’s easy enough to lay blame for our caustic political climate on last year’s presidential race and its aftermath, and that no doubt is a big factor. Yet, well before the Trump-Clinton cage fight, Jefferson County voters already had grown weary of election-time acrimony in their own backyard. The perennial grudge match over control of…
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All politics is local — and that goes for local school districts, too
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Poor Jason Glass. The Jefferson County Schools sooper, just hired a few months ago, seems to have stumbled into a sticky situation in the wake of the recent violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In a well-intentioned email to parents the other day, Glass offered assurances the district, “will work to ensure that we meet…
