Tag: igor raykin
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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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Across the nation and in Colorado, partisan cultural battles create blizzard of school-related lawsuits
Not that long ago, public school boards in Colorado struggled to attract any candidates to run for office or be appointed to fill vacated seats. Today, some contenders spend tens of thousands of dollars to win votes, as the nation’s culture wars have sunk to one of the lowest rungs of elected officialdom, turning the…
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Across the nation and in Colorado, partisan cultural battles create blizzard of school-related lawsuits
Not that long ago, public school boards in Colorado struggled to attract any candidates to run for office or be appointed to fill vacated seats. Today, some contenders spend tens of thousands of dollars to win votes, as the nation’s culture wars have sunk to one of the lowest rungs of elected officialdom, turning the…