Tag: School
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Prosecutors plan to drop charges against man accused of trying to kidnap boy from school playground
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of trying to kidnap a child from the playground of Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora last year is expected to have charges against him dropped, according to Arapahoe County prosecutors. Prosecutors said Solomon Galligan remains, in the eyes of the…
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Man dead after police shooting in front of Denver school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man is dead and a woman is on the run after a police shooting in front of a Denver middle school Monday night. The incident, which occurred in the 900 block of South Hazel Court, began at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, when a caller…
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Denver police justified in fatal shooting of man with airsoft pistol, DA says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver district attorney cleared four Denver Police Department officers involved in the shooting of a man they believed armed with a handgun, ruling their use of deadly force justified. All of the officers fired their weapons, shooting and killing 57-year-old Jose Medina behind Annunciation Catholic…
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Federal judge rejects challenge to Colorado’s ‘chosen name’ law, District 27J’s LGBTQ policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by two parents to block a 2024 Colorado law requiring public schools to use a student’s chosen name, as well as their school district’s corresponding policy intended to support LGBTQ students. “John and Jane Doe” filed suit…
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Proposal advances for mental health screenings in Colorado middle, high schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado school districts could soon offer mental health screenings to sixth through 12th graders — if a bill passed by the state House is enacted. House Bill 1003 would create a mental health assessment program for Colorado middle and high school students, allowing schools to opt-in to…
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Aurora Public Schools, union reach agreement on pay raises for teachers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teachers in Aurora Public Schools would receive a substantial pay increase when the school year begins under a tentative agreement between the district and the union. The proposed raise would “likely end up as one of the highest in the Denver metro area,” Superintendent Rico…
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Man with military background accused of multiple sexual assaults in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 39-year-old man with a military background was arrested last week on suspicion of three counts of sexual assault in Colorado Springs. Leo Sterling has also been named as a suspect in a separate alleged…
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Woman suspected of giving Colorado Springs girls fentanyl after student dies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs woman suspected of distributing fentanyl pills to two juveniles could face life in prison, a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Wednesday. Alexis Nicole Wilkins, 26, was accused of giving two girls fentanyl pills in the…
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Douglas County student brings pellet-type gun to school, prompting lockdown
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office put Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch on a brief lockdown Thursday after a student was seen with a pellet-type gun on school grounds. Authorities received a report of a man possibly armed with a rifle in the school’s…