A student was discovered with a weapon at Denver’s East High School on Wednesday, one day after the school was closed because a 16-year-old had been shot near the campus, according to a letter sent to families by the school’s…
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Colorado School of Mines wants to enroll more Pell students
Sabastian Ortega’s mom cried when he told her he was accepted to the Colorado School of Mines. He thought, as he talked to her on the phone, that she was crying tears of joy. She wasn’t. Instead, his mom worried…
Denver Online Elementary to close at end of school year
Denver Public Schools announced this week it will close the district’s only online elementary school at the end of the academic year, as officials say it’s time to end a temporary program created in response to the pandemic. About 200…
Colorado teen is demands more comprehensive sex education post Roe v. Wade
Minna Most woke up one morning in June and scrolled through TikTok on her phone. As she searched, the 17-year-old discovered that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, ending protections for abortion that had been in place for…
Jeffco Public Schools will close 16 schools due to declining enrollment
The Board of Education overseeing Jeffco Public Schools, the second-largest district in the state, voted unanimously Thursday to close 16 elementary schools as a way to tackle plunging enrollment. The closures, most of which will take place at schools across…
Colorado school staffing shortages persist as 2022-23 academic year starts
Just weeks into the new 2022-23 academic year, schools are facing what is becoming a familiar hurdle: staffing shortages. School districts in the Denver metro area are struggling to find paraprofessionals to assist teachers in classrooms and enough people to…
Denver school board appoints Charmaine Lindsay to vacant seat after heated debate
After a heated debate, Denver’s Board of Education voted Thursday to appoint Charmaine Lindsay, a family law attorney, to a vacant seat on the board. The vote followed multiple rounds of voting as board members struggled to agree on who…
Latest draft of Colorado social studies standards largely leaves out mentions of LGBTQ, people of color
Proposed changes to statewide guidelines used by Colorado teachers to develop curriculum for history and civics classes include fewer mentions of people of color and those in the LGBTQ community, the latest draft of the revisions showed. A committee tasked…
Denver schools increase security after Uvalde, Texas mass shooting
School districts on Wednesday said they are increasing the security on their campuses during the final weeks of the academic year following a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school a day earlier. At least 19 young children and two…
Five finalists seek vacant Denver school board seat
Five people have applied to fill a seat on the Denver school board, which becomes vacant when director Brad Laurvick leaves next month. Laurvick, a pastor, resigned after he was appointed to First United Methodist Church in Fort Collins. His…