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DPS school board pushes back on school closures
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Denver Public Schools board members were highly critical last week as district administrators presented details of their proposal to close 10 schools at the end of this school year and how they might implement the plan if the board approved it. Some board members said that the decision felt like a done deal to the…
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After spirited debate, Charmaine Lindsay appointed to Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education
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Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education appointed Charmaine Lindsay to serve as the District 5 representative on Thursday night during its monthly meeting. Lindsay was appointed to the board following 4-2 vote in which President Xóchitl Gaytàn and Director Scott Baldermann were opposed, favoring candidate Julie Bañuelos. Director Carrie Olson voted against Lindsay three times…
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‘It’s time to stop turning over schools — and turn over the Denver school board’
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It’s time to vote out the Denver Public School board and vote in a new slate committed to kids and community. Since 2005, the DPS leadership has adopted a free-market business model in governing public education. Under the guise of quality control, neighborhood schools serving the most vulnerable populations have been closed, veteran educators have…
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Fundraising for school board candidates show lopsided differences in Jeffco, DPS
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JEFFERSON COUNTY In Jeffco, school board candidate fundraising appears to be a tale of the haves and have nots. Two of the three incumbents on the school district’s board of education have out-raised their opponents by margins of at least 15 to 1. The third incumbent, board chair Ron Mitchell, raised almost $33,000 through last Friday,…
