Tag: Cherry Creek Schools
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Conflict-of-interest safeguards at Cherry Creek Schools lacked clear oversight, memo shows
To avoid a conflict of interest, the wife of Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Chris Smith — who resigned this week amid allegations of a toxic work environment — was supposed to report to Deputy Superintendent Jennifer Perry. In the wake of Smith’s resignation Wednesday, Perry was named interim superintendent. According to a Denver7 investigation, insiders…
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Cherry Creek Schools superintendent resigns after allegations of toxic workplace
Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Chris Smith resigned abruptly during an executive session Tuesday, school officials confirmed, after allegations of a toxic work environment surfaced earlier this month. “We’ve had some tremendous achievements under Chris’ leadership including Traverse, the first of its kind mental health facility for students; passing school construction bonds that will allow the…
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Grandview grad’s ‘Harry Potter’ success story is pure Broadway magic
The dream of a life on Broadway can seem a million miles away to a theater kid in Colorado. In Erik C. Peterson’s case, it turned out to be a 5,000-mile gap that he closed in 24 hours flat. Peterson, a 2018 graduate of Grandview High School in Aurora, was one day away from opening…
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Denver Public Schools to bring police officers back to schools in light of East High shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In light of yet another shooting at East High School, the topic of school resource officers from Denver police in schools again moved front and center. In June 2020, the Denver School Board unanimously voted to cut ties with Denver Police, following the murder of…
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Former Cherry Creek principal files federal lawsuit claiming culture of misogyny, racism
The former elementary school principal who accused in a federal discrimination complaint that the Cherry Creek School District for years has harbored a culture of misogyny and racism has sued in federal court. In a lawsuit filed late Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver, Linda Maccagnan said the district — consistently ranked among the…
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1,700 Cherry Creek High School students in remote learning after coronavirus outbreak
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 1,700 students at Cherry Creek High School will revert to remote learning after an outbreak of coronavirus was detected, the school district said. In a letter sent to parents Tuesday, the school district…