Author: Eric Young eric.young@gazette.com
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Academy D-20 board selects Classical Academy board member to fill vacancy
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to indicate Kelli Hawkins’ resignation from the Classical Academy’s board of directors. Academy District 20’s Board of Education unanimously selected Kelli Hawkins to succeed outgoing member Amy Shandy, who announced her resignation last month, during its regular meeting Thursday night. Other board finalists were Jason Knese and Douglas…
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Transgender athlete lawsuit filed by El Paso County districts, schools dismissed
As public debate rages on over transgender athletes participating in women’s sports, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by multiple El Paso County school districts and charter schools against the Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and the Colorado Civil Rights Division over their policies affecting student athletes. Senior U.S. District Judge John L.…
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Transgender athlete lawsuit filed by El Paso County districts, schools dismissed
As public debate rages on over transgender athletes participating in women’s sports, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by multiple El Paso County school districts and charter schools, including Monument Academy, against the Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and the Colorado Civil Rights Division over their policies affecting student athletes. Senior U.S. District…
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Preliminary results show Colorado Springs’ watchlist schools, districts improving
New data shows Colorado schools are performing at a rate consistent with the previous year statewide, with some promising signs in Colorado Springs. Preliminary school and district performance frameworks for the 2025-26 school year show all Harrison District 2 schools and all Colorado Springs District 11 high schools receiving the highest-performing ranks. The frameworks, released…
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As hot temperatures linger, some Colorado Springs schools operate without air conditioning
When the students and teachers at Pinello Elementary School in Security-Widefield returned to their classrooms on Aug. 10, you could say it felt like a breath of fresh air. Fresh, cool, controlled air. This year is the first that the school, built in 1964, has a centralized air conditioning system. The upgrades, installed over the…
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Teller County schools record lower CMAS scores
Teller County’s public school students predominantly decreased in reading, writing and math proficiency, according to spring test results. The Colorado Department of Education on Aug. 19 released student growth results and achievement data from the spring Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), PSAT and SAT assessments. Colorado’s overall percentage of students meeting or exceeding math…
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D-38 reports gains, remains near top in CMAS scores
Colorado continues to see solid improvements with its standardized math testing, but the same can’t be said for reading and writing. The Colorado Department of Education on Aug. 19 released student growth results and achievement data from the spring Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), PSAT and SAT assessments. Colorado’s overall percentage of students meeting…
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‘We still have significant work ahead of us:’ Colorado reports minimal gains in improving attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism
Colorado schools made minimal progress improving their student attendance rates and reducing their absenteeism last year, new state data shows. After trending in the wrong direction last year, statewide attendance rates improved during the 2025-26 school year while chronic absenteeism declined, both by rates below 1%, according to data released by Colorado Department of Education…
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Discrimination cases against School District 49 dismissed
State and federal judges have dismissed cases brought against School District 49 and its charter school, Mountain View Academy, alleging discrimination against an 8-year-old student with disabilities. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court on June 5, alleged that the defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and the Equal Protection…
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Academy D-20 board selects finalists for vacancy
The Academy District 20 Board of Education has selected three candidates to replace its outgoing member. Kelli Hawkins, Jason Knese and Douglas Huttenlocker were named as the majority-preferred candidates by board members during a special meeting Monday. The three were selected out of nine candidates to finish out Amy Shandy’s term, who announced her resignation…