Tag: School Board
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Local board’s attempt to open schools outside boundaries halted by Colorado court
Colorado’s second-highest court handed a win to the state’s 178 school districts on Thursday, putting a halt to an educational alliance’s practice of opening schools outside its own boundaries without local districts’ consent. State law enables school districts to join together as boards of cooperative educational services, or BOCES, in order to collectively provide certain…
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Money for DougCo schools at 11th hour push
Last week as Douglas County School Board President Mike Peterson was doing some last-minute neighborhood stumping for the district’s mill levy override and bond issues, a voter asked him “Why should I trust a guy on that B.S. board?” It’s a question many Douglas County voters may be asking after nearly a year of tumult…
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State Supreme Court to hear cases on charter schools, for-profit college lawsuit
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases implicating the government’s ability to deny applications for charter schools and for Good Samaritans to receive compensation for injuries they suffer during a rescue. The justices also announced on Tuesday they will review a complex and long-running consumer protection lawsuit against a for-profit college, which…
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Douglas County school board members say former superintendent divided the community
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Douglas County school board members who voted to fire former Superintendent Corey Wise appeared on Fox News earlier this week to defend their positions. School board President Mike Peterson and board member Kaylee Winegar told the national TV audience that Wise divided the community…
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After 3 days of counting, Denver School Board seated
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After three days of counting ballots and a couple of tight races, the Denver School Board has four new members, and for the first time in recent history, all of them are backed by the Denver teachers union instead of by education reform organizations. Board Director…
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Tay Anderson says ‘I will not resign,’ ready to move forward
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools board member Tay Anderson, along with members of the NAACP and Denver Ministerial Alliance, addressed the media without taking questions before the Denver Public Schools board’s vote on a censure motion. (Video by Katie Klann) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS…