john youngquist
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Hold DPS accountable — and they’ll come for you | Jimmy Sengenberger
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Last Thursday, the board of Denver Public Schools voted 5-1 to censure Director John Youngquist, who abstained from the vote. The verdict capped an inquisition Superintendent Alex Marrero had requested, accusing Youngquist of mistreating staff and showing racial bias. The district’s investigation was flimsy. In a context-light report stacking anonymous and often vague grievances, investigators…
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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…
