Tag: Auon’tai M. Anderson
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Lylaus Keyes who brought Denver schools segregation lawsuit 50 years ago, has died
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Lylaus Keyes — whose name is forever attached to a pivotal 1973 Supreme Court decision involving segregation in Denver — has died. Keyes died on Oct. 1. She was 97. Keyes and her late husband, Wilfred Keyes, a chiropractor turned insurance salesman, were the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit five decades ago in which the…
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Denver school board draw’s public ire over public comment time limits
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver school board last week began limiting public comment — temporarily — to two hours, and the public isn’t happy about it. Twelve-year-old Roman Ortiz stepped up to the mic and read prepared comments from his cell phone. “I am here today because I…
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Denver school board recognizes Black community leaders | CLASSNOTES
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Public Schools Board of Education Thursday recognized the work a historian, an entrepreneur and philanthropist and Denver City Councilwoman Shontel Lewis — the first openly Black queer woman to sit on dais. In addition to Lewis, the school board also recognized Arzelle Lewis and…
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Kwame Spearman announces candidacy for Denver school board
Kwame Spearman made it official Monday. He’s running — after a failed Denver mayoral bid —for the at-large seat on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. Early last month, Spearman stepped down as CEO of the Tattered Cover to explore a run for school board in November. The board has two at-large seats. The…
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DPS board president reprimands Auon’tai Anderson, backs up his claim Denver mayor poised to step in
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After three days of denials, Denver Public School Board President Xóchitl Gaytán backed up Auon’tai M. Anderson’s claim that the Denver mayor was poised to step in with an executive order if the Board of Education failed to act. She did so with a five-page…
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SRO critic Auon’tai Anderson asked Denver police chief to deploy scores of officers to schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite his public opposition to school resource officers, Denver Public Schools Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson asked the Denver Police Department to deploy scores of SROs to schools following the shooting at East High School that injured two administrators, the mayor’s office said. The mayor’s…
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Denver Public Schools can’t say how many justice-involved students attend public school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools does not have a mechanism to track students involved with the juvenile justice system, The Denver Gazette has learned. And that’s a problem, community members and parents said. The revelation takes on new meaning in the aftermath of an East High School…
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Auon’tai Anderson, Michael Hancock in feud over return of SROs to Denver schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson and Mayor Michael Hancock’s office offered two competing versions of why DPS decided to bring back school resource officers to Denver schools. The way Anderson put it, the DPS board was forced to reverse its 2020 decision…