Tag: Jeffco
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Jeffco encourages residents to apply for volunteer boards and commissions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners is calling for residents to apply to vacant positions across volunteer boards and commissions later this year. Various vacancies across 23 of the county’s 31 boards and committees will be available for applications this year, with application deadlines coming…
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Jeffco Public Schools to be investigated by U.S. Department of Education
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it is investigating the Jeffco Public Schools district regarding potential Title IX violations. The Department of Education announced the investigation to mark the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, looking into two separate schools for allegedly violating federal…
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Taste of the West highlights JeffCo restaurants, breweries
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The halls of the Foothills Fieldhouse will be filled with delicious food, local drinks and hungry attendees on June 5, when the West Metro Chamber of Commerce holds its annual Taste of the West event. Organizers expect the event to pack out the sports complex…
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Former Jeffco chief of schools found dead amid criminal investigation
A Jefferson County school official was found dead in Maryland weeks after he was terminated following a criminal investigation. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland notified the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday that it is conducting an investigation related to the death of David Weiss, according to a statement from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s…
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Criminal investigation ongoing into former Jeffco chief of schools
There’s little information as to why Jefferson County Public Schools abruptly fired its Chief of Schools last Thursday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office said that David Weiss has not been arrested but that “a criminal investigation is ongoing” and “reports are not complete,” according to spokesperson Jacki Kelley. A Jefferson County Schools spokesperson would only…
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Jeffco Public Schools employee fired amid active criminal investigation
A Jeffco Public Schools employee was fired amid a criminal investigation. The school district confirmed that Director of Schools David Weiss was terminated from his position on Thursday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said it is conducting an investigation into Weiss. The school district and sheriff’s office both said they could not provide any additional…
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Evergreen flasher pleads guilty to exposing himself to women on several Colorado trails
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Evergreen man who was accused of hiking naked and exposing himself to women on multiple Jefferson County trails pleaded guilty to three charges on Thursday. Glenn Braden, 21, pleaded guilty to attempt to commit sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact and indecent exposure after a…
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Jeffco is recommending closing two K-8 schools this year in second round of closures
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jeffco, Colorado’s second largest school district, is recommending the closure of two K-8 schools as the district continues to address the decline in student enrollment. Sixteen elementary schools were closed last year in the first round of the district’s closure plan. The two schools, Coal…
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DPS considers closing 10 schools; JeffCo considers closing 16
A slew of metro area elementary and middle schools are facing closure as districts grapple what leaders say is crippling low enrollment at some facilities, although the proposals have seen pushback from community members who say there are better solutions and districts need to provide more transparency. The school boards for Denver Public Schools and…