Tag: Jefferson County School District
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Columbine High School fire forces evacuation, 2 firefighters injured
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A fire within Columbine High School’s woodshop classroom closed the school for the remainder of Wednesday, injuring two firefighters and leading to a school evacuation. There were no reported injuries of students or staff. The fire was first reported on a scanner at 10:47 a.m., according to a series of South Metro Fire District postings…
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DeAngelis center continues school safety effort 25 years after Columbine
The center has trained over 170,000 officers, security personnel and teachers since 2017
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JeffCo Board of Education to lease, sell closed schools | CLASSNOTES
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Faced with declining enrollment and school closures, the JeffCo Board of Education last week approved a move to offload two campuses with either a long-term lease or sale. The two campuses — Allendale and Zerger Elementary schools — were listed last week as available for…
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Some parents angry over decision to eliminate Jefferson County neighborhood schools
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No amount of planning could have prepared Zak Merten for the hall of mirrors which has become his son Everett’s kindergarten year. Eight years ago, Merten and his wife, Millie, bought a home with a forethought for family. It is just a couple of block walk from Lakewood’s Molholm Elementary. Perfect? Not quite. Once the…
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Adams 12 Five Star deputy superintendent named new superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tracy Dorland has been named the new superintendent of the Jefferson County School District, which oversees over 84,000 students. The district’s board of education held a meeting in late March and unanimously selected Dorland, who served as the deputy superintendent of the Adams 12 Five…