Tag: Aurora Public Schools
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Colorado Supreme Court faces ‘difficult’ question of whether to shut window on child sex abuse survivors
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday stared down two possibilities: If it deems a 2021 law designed to help survivors of childhood sex abuse unconstitutional, many victims will have no avenue to hold their abusers or the institutions that harbored them legally liable. On the other hand, if the court upholds the law, then schools,…
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Where are the kids? Colorado school enrollment trends shed light on closure discussions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As three large metro area school districts grapple with school closures due to declining enrollment, a common question looms: Where did all the children go? To help answer that question, Chalkbeat looked at school enrollment data, county birth rate data and U.S. census data showing…
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Aurora Public Schools, union reach agreement on pay raises for teachers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teachers in Aurora Public Schools would receive a substantial pay increase when the school year begins under a tentative agreement between the district and the union. The proposed raise would “likely end up as one of the highest in the Denver metro area,” Superintendent Rico…
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Aurora high school students spur change to schedule, dress code
Several changes are coming to Aurora Central High School next year and it wouldn’t have been possible without input from two students. Next fall, Mehran Ahmed will take over as principal at Central. But before the next school year begins, he wanted to give teachers and students an opportunity to say what they’d like to…
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Aurora Public Schools students will not be allowed to leave for lunch starting Monday
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Aurora Public Schools students will no longer be allowed to leave for lunch Superintendent Rico Munn announced on Saturday. The new policy will begin on Monday and will run through Christmas break when district officials will reevaluate the policy, according to a 9News report. Munn made the announcement during a public prayer vigil hosted by the…
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Aurora police say Hinkley High School shooting had gang ties
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Aurora police believe a shooting in the Hinkley High School parking lot on Friday had ties to a local gang. “There was a gang nexus to the Hinkley shooting,” Matt Longshore, a spokesman for the Aurora Police Department, said in an email Tuesday. Police declined to identify the gang connected to the shooting that left…
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Denver nonprofit donates $10 million to Aurora Public Schools for sports complex
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver nonprofit Children’s Opportunity Foundation has donated $10 million to Aurora Public Schools and the Aurora Public Schools Foundation for the construction of a state-of-the-art sports complex. The funds were specifically donated under the…
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No Kid Hungry gives $358,000 in grants to Colorado schools, organizations
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Defying Odds: Aurora’s Fourteener Fund hosts fundraising, inspirational speaking event
The Fourteener Fund is hosting the “Defying Odds” speaking event on Dec. 15, a Ted Talk-style fundraiser intended to teach Aurora students about the value of education while raising money for scholarships. The Fourteener Funds is a non-profit scholarship and mentorship program started by six graduates of Aurora’s Rangeview High School. The fund was created…
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Aurora Public Schools to give 8,000 free Thanksgiving meal kits Wednesday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Aurora Public Schools Nutrition Services team is hosting a grab-and-go Thanksgiving meal drive Wednesday at Hinkley High School from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The team plans to serve 8,000 free Thanksgiving meals, each…