Tag: denver public schools
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Colorado lawmakers face $170 million budget shortfall; Supreme Court upholds search without warrant for student under ‘safety plan’; Colorado’s jobless rate increases | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is March 26, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Colorado lawmakers adopt cuts, hard choices as state faces $170 million budget shortfall The news that revenues would make for a tight budget year wasn’t unexpected. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); And even with the hole, the JBC went with the more optimistic forecast from…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS teacher not terminated due to race discrimination
The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last week that Denver Public Schools did not discriminate against a Chinese-born teacher when it decided against renewing his employment, but rather had legitimate issues with his performance. Chunyi “David” Xu taught math at Noel Community Arts School in northeast Denver during the 2018-2019 school year. Due…
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Bills on occupancy limit, foster youth advance, Denver council may try to override mayor’s veto | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 12, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: The Colorado House on Friday gave final approval to two major proposals dealing with housing and youth in the foster care system with a few defections among Democrats. House Bill 1007 would block local governments from imposing residential occupancy limits except for public…
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10th Circuit agrees ex-DPS employee failed to prove retaliatory firing
The federal appeals court based in Colorado agreed last month that a former Denver Public Schools employee failed to show how her termination was connected to her act of speaking out against racial discrimination. Barbara Lindsay worked at Emily Griffith Technical College and participated in the 2019 hiring process for a new school director. She…
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Chris Anthony with McGlone Academy fifth-graders at Snobahn
Chris Anthony met up with McGlone Academy fifth-graders at the Snobahn Indoor Ski and Snowboard facility in Centennial May 23 for a skiing field trip before the end of the school year
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SCENES FROM | Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival
Over 4,000 students from 43 schools across Denver joined the 38th annual Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival parade on Friday to perform the Bard’s work in a joyful celebration. (Video: John Moore/Denver Gazette)
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Denver Public Schools will grow locally sourced vegetables for students
Denver Public Schools’ Executive Director of Food Nutrition Services Theresa Hafner and Greenhouse Operations Supervisor Hayden Robbins discuss the goals of DPS building and operating a greenhouse to grow locally sourced vegetables for students. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette)
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NEWS | Denver students walk out in protest of DPS Director Tay Anderson
Students at North High School in Denver walked out of class Monday morning in protest of Denver Public Schools Director Tay Anderson. Students are calling for Anderson’s resignation after the The DPS Board of Education voted Friday to censure Anderson after an investigation into allegations of sexual assault. (Video by Dennis Huspeni/ Skyler Ballard)
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NEWS | DPS Board Member Tay Anderson press conference
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)
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Colorado student enrollment plunged during the pandemic — especially younger grades — stoking fears for the future
Colorado’s 35,000 missing students a shock to the educational system