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Colorado lawmakers sharply divided over drug abuse bills, bail for first-degree murder defendants; meet Heather Graham, Pueblo’s new mayor | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 23, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday tackled two proposals that offer convergent – and divergent – approaches to combatting drug abuse during a discussion that starkly illuminated on ideological disagreements at the state Capitol. Both bills emerged out of ad hoc panel, which met over…
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Thousands sign petition to recall Douglas County school board members
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More than 18,000 people have signed an online petition to recall Douglas County School District school board members who voted to remove the district’s superintendent on Friday night. The petition on Change.org had received more than 18,000 signatures as of 10 p.m. Saturday. It was launched by a parent, Kaci Burns Nice, who is calling on…
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Enrollment declines could lead to DPS schools closing, consolidating
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Denver Public Schools is considering closing and consolidating some schools as district enrollment continues to decline. Denver students stage walkout over COVID-19 concerns Superintendent Alex Marrero said during a board of education meeting Thursday that the decline in elementary level students began in 2015 and is an indicator for the future. When students go elsewhere,…
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The Great Resignation: Record numbers of Colorado workers are quitting their jobs. So where are they going?
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It has been called the Great Resignation. The Big Quit. The Great Reshuffle. Whatever the name, it’s a stunning transformation in the American workforce as workers quit in unprecedented numbers – some retiring, some retreating until the pandemic is over, some forging a new path. In that last category is Ben Gallegos-Pardo – although his “new”…
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Colorado’s student enrollment plunged during the pandemic — especially among kindergarten and younger grades — stoking fears
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Fifteen hundred dollars a month was a small price for Candida Ring to pay to escape the virtual schooling the pandemic had her family stuck in, due to her daughter’s medical fragility. “It was not set up for children of that age,” Ring said of her school district’s online program for younger students. “They wanted them…
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Denver school board delays announcement of finalists for superintendent job
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The announcement of the finalists for the open superintendent position in the Denver school district, which was supposed to happen today, has been postponed until Friday, Nov. 30, according to a one-sentence press release from the district Monday afternoon. The seven-member school board, which is tasked with choosing the next superintendent, has been searching since…
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Former Denver schools superintendent Tom Boasberg lands a new gig
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Former Denver superintendent Tom Boasberg has been named superintendent of another organization 9,000 miles away: the Singapore American School in Southeast Asia. Boasberg will start his new position July 1. He stepped down as superintendent of Denver Public Schools last month after nearly 10 years at the helm of the 92,000-student district. The Denver school…
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Activists post demands to DPS board for next superintendent
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About 50 community activists took to the sidewalks outside of the Denver Public Schools headquarters Monday to voice their concerns about the next superintendent of the 90,000-student school system. The group, known as Our Voice-Our Schools (OVOS), published a manifesto Monday afternoon that highlighted its wish list for the next superintendent. Among the requirements: no…
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DougCo school board likely to move quickly on voucher repeal
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The clock is ticking for a decision by the Douglas County School District Board of Education on its controversial voucher program. The election earlier this month of four anti-voucher candidates reshaped the board from 4-3 in favor of vouchers to 7-0 against, means that the voucher program is all but certain to be trash-canned –…
