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Snow doesn’t stop D-11 criticism
The threat of snow Wednesday night didn’t keep people from heading to a meeting to voice criticisms and concerns to Colorado Springs School District 11 board members and administrators. Most of the discussion focused on the closure of Wasson High School; a few people addressed proposed school boundary changes. Parents and others blasted board members…
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Tebow’s speech slated at controversial church drawing criticism
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Either Tim Tebow is on a money-hungry power trip that is blinding his logic, or he has carefully and knowingly planned to speak on the behalf of a preacher who has denounced Jews and gays.…
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Denver schools administrator on leave during corruption investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A mid-management administrator for Denver Public Schools is on paid administrative leave while the district investigates allegations of him steering contracts in exchange for personal kickbacks. “These are serious allegations, and we are in the…
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Denver schools administrator on leave during corruption investigation
A mid-management administrator for Denver Public Schools is on paid administrative leave while the district investigates allegations of him steering contracts in exchange for personal kickbacks. “These are serious allegations, and we are in the process of conducting a thorough investigation,” a statement from the district says. The investigation was first reported by KCNC Channel…
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Tebow’s speech slated at controversial church drawing criticism
Either Tim Tebow is on a money-hungry power trip that is blinding his logic, or he has carefully and knowingly planned to speak on the behalf of a preacher who has denounced Jews and gays. There’s no question that the community service Tebow does is more than most athletes do. And the former Broncos quarterback…
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Life Skills offers students tools to move forward
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Life Skills Center is a hive of activity. On Thursday, volunteer Korri Oxford taught elective art classes. Color theory was the main lesson, but students also pored over art books, came up with ideas for…
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Planning getaway without kids can be a challenge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS • In 12 years, my husband and I have had two vacations without our daughter. Once, we drove 200 miles to drop her at her godparents’; the other time, her grandfather flew 850…
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Planning getaway without kids can be a challenge
FORT COLLINS • In 12 years, my husband and I have had two vacations without our daughter. Once, we drove 200 miles to drop her at her godparents’; the other time, her grandfather flew 850 miles on an $800 plane ticket to spell us. Oh, how we envy parents who casually plan romantic getaways sans…
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Life Skills offers students tools to move forward
Life Skills Center is a hive of activity. On Thursday, volunteer Korri Oxford taught elective art classes. Color theory was the main lesson, but students also pored over art books, came up with ideas for a possible gallery showing, and shared drawings they had finished on their own time. In other classrooms, computers hummed as…
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D-11 gives displaced students top priority for choice of new school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs School District 11 offered up plans Wednesday to create some order out of the enrollment musical chairs that students and parents are worried about in light of several school closures. The D-11 board…