Tag: Cherry Creek Schools
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Trump administration investigates Cherry Creek School District for alleged racial discrimination
The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Cherry Creek School District on Monday over allegations of racial discrimination. The department said its Office for Civil Rights is reviewing claims that the district violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by sponsoring “a wide range of racially-discriminatory programming.” The complaints alleged the district…
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Cherry Creek interim superintendent pushes for restructuring during board session
The newly-appointed interim superintendent of the Cherry Creek School District is pushing for an organizational restructuring to limit conflicts of interest, including some that previously took place under her watch as deputy superintendent. Jennifer Perry, who was formally introduced as the interim superintendent of the district at a Board of Education study session on Friday…
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Cherry Creek school board was warned four years ago that superintendent’s marriage could be a problem
The former president of the Cherry Creek School Board warned the panel nearly four years ago – prompted by Denver Gazette stories detailing allegations of a toxic and misogynistic work environment within the district – that employee grievances might not be impartially or fairly addressed because of the marriage between its superintendent and human resources…
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A reckoning in Cherry Creek Schools? | Jimmy Sengenberger
On Wednesday, Superintendent Christopher Smith announced he’s retiring after five years at Cherry Creek Schools. The news should spark a wider district clean-up — but there’s no indication it will. Smith’s announcement took no accountability and gave no clear explanation, but it followed a Denver7 investigation that uncovered what current and former employees call a…
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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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Accusations of racial profiling at Hyatt Regency Denver prompt public apology from hotel
An accusation of racial profiling against the Hyatt Regency Convention Center in downtown Denver prompted the hotel management Tuesday to apologize to the president of the National Association of School Psychologists. Hotel officials also promised to retrain its staff, compensate individuals and donate to organizations important to the psychologists’ trade group. “Hyatt Regency Denver sincerely apologizes…
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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…