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D-2 building a pile of rubble, but that’s OK
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Harrison School District 2’s administration building is a pile of rubble, and no one seems sad to see the 62-year-old squat, ugly brick building go. “I had a bird’s eye view,” said Mary McKinley, the…
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Board wonders why Gossage didn’t help schools sooner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Famed baseball pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage blasted the Colorado Springs School District 11 board Wednesday before it approved a plan that includes the closure of Wasson High School at the end of this school year.…
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D-2 building a pile of rubble, but that’s OK
Harrison School District 2’s administration building is a pile of rubble, and no one seems sad to see the 62-year-old squat, ugly brick building go. “I had a bird’s eye view,” said Mary McKinley, the superintendent’s executive assistant. “They brought in the two big bulldozers and it was gone like a tinder box.” Dump trucks…
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Mealworms found in batch of soup at Harrison High lunch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The menu said turkey noodle soup, but students at Harrison High School found a little extra protein in their lunch Wednesday. After a student discovered a mealworm or weevil in his soup, cafeteria workers found…
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Mealworms found in batch of soup at Harrison High lunch
The menu said turkey noodle soup, but students at Harrison High School found a little extra protein in their lunch Wednesday. After a student discovered a mealworm or weevil in his soup, cafeteria workers found more insects in the batch of soup. “The lunch ladies immediately pulled the soup off the line,” Harrison School District…
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Teen’s journey from terror leads to state award
When 19-year-old Christian Ndushabandi receives a Mile High Youth Corps award and gives a speech at the state Capitol Monday before a crowd of legislators, federal officials and others, his mother won’t be there. Instead, Elise Lukambo is in the hospital having an appendectomy. “I feel sad that she won’t be there,” Ndushabandi says. But…
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Charter school rally highlights choices for students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 400 students, teachers and others rallied Friday afternoon for National School Choice Week at Pikes Peak Prep. Third-graders at the charter school performed a rap about choosing their school. Second-graders wrote letters that will…
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Teen’s journey from terror leads to state award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When 19-year-old Christian Ndushabandi receives a Mile High Youth Corps award and gives a speech at the state Capitol Monday before a crowd of legislators, federal officials and others, his mother won’t be there. Instead,…
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Charter school rally highlights choices for students
Nearly 400 students, teachers and others rallied Friday afternoon for National School Choice Week at Pikes Peak Prep. Third-graders at the charter school performed a rap about choosing their school. Second-graders wrote letters that will be sent to community leaders. The right for a student to choose which public school he or she wants to…
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30-minute documentary highlights plight of Baha’is
For the past 30 years, members of the Baha’i faith, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, have been denied access to higher education by the Iranian government. The Baha’i Community of Colorado Springs will host an open discussion and showing of the documentary “Education Under Fire” — which highlights the plight of these persecuted…