Tag: Cherry Creek School District
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Aurora Public Schools negotiating contract with sole superintendent finalist
Aurora Public Schools began conducting contract negotiations with Michael Giles after he was named the sole finalist to become the district’s next superintendent. The Aurora Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously April 27 to select Giles from among three finalists, concluding a four-month search process. Giles is slated to assume the role July 1,…
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Aurora teacher dies from suspected meningitis, risk to public is low, officials say
An Eaglecrest High School teacher died after she was believed to have been infected by bacterial meningitis. The teacher, identified by the school district as Maddie Schmidt, according to Denver Gazette’s news partner 9News, died over the weekend after showing symptoms consistent with bacterial meningitis. Jennifer Ludwig, public health director with the Arapahoe County Public…
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Cherry Creek School District mails paychecks to non-employee, then reports her collections
A speech pathologist who received paychecks from the Cherry Creek School District despite turning down a job and ripping up the checks, feared the error would saddle her with $8,300 in debt and ding her credit report. The uncorrected error also exposed Stephanie LoPresti to nearly $100 in interest fees on money she never had.…
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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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Denver Public Schools will lose bus routes during the 2023-24 school year
Nearly 50 bus routes will be eliminated at the start of the 2023-24 academic year because of Denver Public Schools’ new start times. Four schools — Denison Montessori School, Denver Language School, Polaris Elementary School and STRIVE Prep – Sunnyside — will lose full transportation service. Denver School of the Arts will lose transportation…
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Greenwood Village police investigate threat against Cherry Creek High School
The Greenwood Village Police Department on Thursday was investigating a threat against Cherry Creek High School. The threat prompted authorities to put the high school, Campus Middle School and Belleview Elementary School on “secure perimeter” on Thursday morning. Police lifted the heightened security measure after they determined it was safe to do so. Secure…
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Former Douglas County superintendent files discrimination complaint against school district
Corey Wise, the Douglas County school superintendent who was fired by the school board in February, has filed a civil rights complaint claiming he was illegally terminated for standing up for students and staff of color, the LGBTQ community and students with disabilities. “I feel that I and we as a district were doing great…
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Cherry Creek high schoolers building tiny homes for homeless residents
A group of Cherry Creek high schoolers is partnering with Colorado Village Collaborative to build tiny homes for homeless residents in the Beloved Community Village. The students are building five new tiny homes, to add to the 19 homes in the village. The students are part of the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, a college and…
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Deputies investigate shooting threats made against Arapahoe County school
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of threats made against Eaglecrest High School near Aurora over the past two days. Deputies said the first threat was made via a Snapchat post Tuesday, in which a student said he would “shoot up” the school the next day. Screenshots of the Snapchat posted to Twitter…