Author: Eric Young eric.young@gazette.com
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Pikes Peak State College opens new pathway for students with disabilities
To continue providing options previously unavailable, Pikes Peak State College (PPSC) has expanded its programming for local students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through new funding. Building on its ASPIRE Scholars program, the college was awarded a grant by the Peyton-based nonprofit organization Disabling Barriers to give eligible students the option to enroll in…
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Education ReEnvisioned BOCES responds to ‘public Christian school’ concerns
Less than two weeks after a letter from the Colorado Department of Education raised concerns over funding going to a “public Christian School,” the school’s contractor is standing pat. In an email sent to the CDE on Tuesday, Education ReEnvisioned BOCES Executive Director Ken Witt said he is “alarmed at the threat to funding a…
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In Woodland Park case, Colorado Supreme Court rules that public bodies may cure public meeting violations
A public governing body can resolve violations of Colorado’s open meetings law through a subsequent meeting, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed last week. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit filed against Woodland Park RE-2’s Board of Education by a parent, who alleged that the board violated the state’s open meetings law at a 2022 meeting…
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Colorado Supreme Court finds that public bodies may cure public meeting violations, but may be subject to legal fees
A public governing body can resolve violations of Colorado’s open meetings law through a subsequent meeting, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed on Monday. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit filed against Woodland Park RE-2’s Board of Education by a parent, who alleged that the board violated the state’s open meetings law at a 2022 meeting…
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D-49’s board of education discusses new facility-use policy
School District 49’s board of education discussed a new district policy that would maintain segregation of district facilities based on biological sex during their regular meeting Thursday night. The proposed policy JBAA would establish clear guidelines to separate toilet, locker room and shower facilities between students of opposite sexes, regardless of gender identity. All previous…
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School District 49’s Creekside Success Center
School District 49’s Creekside Success Center, where the Board of Education meets.
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School to offer path to success to students who’ve had brush with the law
Wendy Loloff Cooper knows all too well the systematic hurdles that juveniles face upon returning to school from the criminal justice system. Between her son’s freshman and sophomore years of high school, he was charged with four felonies and struggled to find a school that would accept him that fall. While he ultimately found a…
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School to offer path to success to students who’ve had brush with the law
Wendy Loloff Cooper knows all too well the systematic hurdles that juveniles face upon returning to school from the criminal justice system. Between her son’s freshman and sophomore years of high school, he was charged with four felonies and struggled to find a school that would accept him that fall. While he ultimately found a…
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Former superintendent’s nonprofit gives overworked educators space to heal
On the edge of Mueller State Park lies a haven for public educators who have been beaten down by the work they love. With the new school year now in full swing, 35 teachers from across the country returned to their classrooms with a renewed sense of passion and purpose, following a three-day retreat at…
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Cathy Walden and Angel
Ohio elementary schoolteacher Cathy Walden grooms American Quarter Horse Angel at Faithful Hearts Equine Learning Center in Woodland Park Aug. 5.