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Two local students headed to Washington D.C.
Two Colorado Springs high school students were tapped to represent the state as delegates to the 51st Annual United States Senate Youth Program. Connie Hammond of Colorado Springs Christian High School and Sean Weller of Air Academy High School will attend the program March 9-16 in Washington, D.C. Hammond, 18, and 17-year-old Weller said they’re…
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Two local students headed to Washington D.C.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two Colorado Springs high school students were tapped to represent the state as delegates to the 51st Annual United States Senate Youth Program. Connie Hammond of Colorado Springs Christian High School and Sean Weller of…
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Standing-room-only crowd issues plea to save Wasson
The Colorado Springs School District 11 board received another round of pleas from parents, teachers, students and alumni Wednesday to reconsider the district’s plan to shut down Wasson High School and turn the under-used building into a campus of alternative education programs. A sedate, standing-room-only crowd gathered at the D-11 administration building and took turns…
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Standing-room-only crowd issues plea to save Wasson
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs School District 11 board received another round of pleas from parents, teachers, students and alumni Wednesday to reconsider the district’s plan to shut down Wasson High School and turn the under-used building…
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Facing closure, Wasson High steeped in history
Wasson High School is the not the oldest campus in Colorado Springs School District 11, but it has a rich history. “It’s a legacy,” said Barry Reid, co-chairman of the Wasson Alumni Association. “We’re talking 53 years of history.” The high school, targeted for closure at the end of the school year, was built in…
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Wasson community makes plea to keep school open
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wasson High School students, alumni, teachers and parents made passionate pleas and rattled off data Wednesday in an effort to convince Colorado Springs School District 11 to keep the school open. Some were almost in…
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Wasson community makes plea to keep school open
Wasson High School students, alumni, teachers and parents made passionate pleas and rattled off data Wednesday in an effort to convince Colorado Springs School District 11 to keep the school open. Some were almost in tears as they shared personal stories of finding safety and success in Wasson. The Thunderbirds are a family, they said.…
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Refurbished Irving center could be emptied under new plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Less than three years after Colorado Springs School District 11 spent $1.1 million to create a home for alternative programs at a mothballed middle school, the district is poised to move them out. A proposal…
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Refurbished Irving center could be emptied under new plan
Less than three years after Colorado Springs School District 11 spent $1.1 million to create a home for alternative programs at a mothballed middle school, the district is poised to move them out. A proposal to combine those programs and a handful of other alternative programs at the Wasson High School campus and shut down…
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Somber resignation prevalent at school closure meeting
“We want our school to stay open,” Shelby-Ann Sharpton, a junior at Wasson High School, told the Colorado Springs School District 11 board on Thursday. District administrators recommended Wednesday that Wasson and Lincoln and Bates elementary schools be closed at the end of this school year. The mood was somber at a public meeting Thursday…