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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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By the students, for the students: Sierra High School represents Colorado in developing national AI framework
To many, the recent, rapid development of generative artificial intelligence and its lack of frameworks and oversight may evoke comparisons to the unrestrained Wild West in the 1800s or the economic potential of the dot-com boom in the early 2000s. Recognizing AI’s role in the future, students from all 50 states convened over the summer…
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As Colorado’s educator and school staff shortage drags on, enrollment in alternative pathways increases
By Laura Fitzgerald, Special to The Gazette As the statewide educator and school staff shortage persists, school districts are relying more often on short-term staff to fill the gaps. But many of these shortage hires are training to become teachers or specialized service providers, reflecting growing enrollments in alternative pathways to certification. School staff shortage,…
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‘We cannot do it alone’: Local experts, philanthropist, say boost youth mental health services
Skyway Elementary School recently found itself in a scenario one hopes never happens, but everyone now prepares for. In late March, the school experienced its first shelter-in-place as police responded to a report of a student brandishing a gun outside. Second-grade teacher Anne Laye-Cross recalled watching her students’ body language and emotions shift as they…
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Local schools to offer free meals to students over summer
The summer season is here, but that doesn’t mean the free meals students enjoyed during the school year are ending. Starting Wednesday, Coloradans 18 years or younger will have access to participating sites serving breakfast and/or lunch at no cost, Monday through Friday, during the summer months. The Summer Food Service Program is federally funded…
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely,…
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
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As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely, this year Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region saw…
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Harrison names ‘co-chief operating officers’ to lead district during superintendent search
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Harrison School District 2 employees will act as chief operating officers while the school board searches for a new superintendent. In a “paired leadership model,” Wendy Birhanzel, the D-2 curriculum, instruction and assessment officer, and John Rogerson, principal of Fox Meadow Middle School, will…
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Harrison names ‘co-chief operating officers’ to lead district during superintendent search
Two Harrison School District 2 employees will act as chief operating officers while the school board searches for a new superintendent. In a “paired leadership model,” Wendy Birhanzel, the D-2 curriculum, instruction and assessment officer, and John Rogerson, principal of Fox Meadow Middle School, will be “co-chief operating officers” until a superintendent is hired. Superintendent…
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Harrison High School lockout lifted, former student held after gun incident
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Harrison High School in Colorado Springs was put on a lockout Wednesday morning after reports of a juvenile near the campus with a gun. Harrison School District 2 released a statement saying the incident occurred…