pikes peak region
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UCCS Economic Forum: Pikes Peak region remains prosperous despite recent slowdown in growth
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The Pikes Peak region remains prosperous, distinguished by high median household incomes and high levels of education attained among its residents — but the area faced a slowdown in growth in 2024 and the first half of this year that stalled home sales, building permits and Colorado Springs sales tax revenues. These and other findings…
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Colorado Springs student starts petition to reinstate traditional snow days
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An unseasonal onslaught of winter weather and district policy has Academy School District 20 already short on snow days for this school year. With the winter snow yet to arrive in full force, one of its students is hoping to change that. Emily Beckman, a sixth grader at Discovery Canyon Campus, recently started an online…
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El Paso, Teller counties public school enrollment bucks Colorado trend
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Public school enrollment in the Pikes Peak region is bucking a statewide trend of fewer students. Colorado enrolled 3,253 fewer preschool through 12th grade students this academic year over 2021-22, but the Pikes Peak region’s 17 public school districts collectively gained 450 students, according to official numbers the Colorado Department of Education released Wednesday. Nine…
