Tag: academy district 20
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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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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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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…
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Colorado Springs high schoolers harness AI to simplify recycling
Aryan Tuteja has long advocated for environmental awareness throughout his years at Discovery Canyon Campus High School. Last year, this advocacy became action. Tuteja, 18, and a group of students designed and presented a new sorting system for recycling everyday waste at their school during the 2025-26 school year. Utilizing artificial intelligence, their invention named…
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Discovery Canyon students harness AI to simplify recycling
Aryan Tuteja has long advocated for environmental awareness throughout his years at Discovery Canyon Campus High School. Last year, this advocacy became action. Tuteja, 18, and a group of students designed and presented a new sorting system for recycling everyday waste at their school during the 2025-26 school year. Utilizing artificial intelligence, their invention named…
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Academy D-20 board president to resign
Amy Shandy, the president of Academy District 20’s Board of Education, announced Thursday that she will step down because she and her husband Ty will move out of state for a job he recently accepted. Fighting back tears, she called serving on the board “an honor.” The board’s Sept. 3 meeting will be her last.…
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Academy D-20 breaks ground on school rebuild, expansion
Academy District 20’s oldest elementary school is set to begin a new era. District leaders broke ground Monday on the site of a new Douglass Valley Elementary School that will update, expand and replace the existing building. Students, families, community and military leaders gathered on the school’s artificial field to witness the ceremonial dig and…