Tag: Kendrick Castillo
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Highlands Ranch priests seek sainthood for Kendrick Castillo’s ultimate sacrifice
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many hailed 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo as a hero for trying to stop a shooter at his charter school just a few weeks before he was to graduate in May 2019. But did the STEM School…
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The new Kendrick Castillo Way in Douglas County replaces Lucent Boulevard
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No matter the day, it’s always going to be Kendrick Castillo Way between County Line Road and South Broadway in Douglas County’s northernmost municipality. On May 7, 2019, high school senior Kendrick Castillo sacrificed himself to save the lives of other students during the STEM…
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Denver parent safety group releases doves for victims of gun violence
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For Maria Castillo, her world fell apart on May 7, 2019. That’s the day her only child, Kendrick Castillo, 18, was shot and killed rushing a at a shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Douglas County. Kendrick Castillo was the sole fatality in a…
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Why won’t Colorado’s public schools answer to the public? | Vince Bzdek
In the midst of a nationwide push by parents for more say over what’s going on in their schools, Colorado school districts are going the opposite direction, doubling down on secret meetings and backdoor deals and stonewalling urgent requests for information from the very people they are supposed to serve. If it weren’t for the…
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Kendrick Castillo’s family fights to make confidential STEM School shooting information public
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are thousands of confidential documents and depositions connected to the shooting at the STEM School in Highlands Ranch in May 2019 that the public has never seen, according to Denver Gazette news partner KUSA. The family of Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old who was shot…
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Expulsion of Douglas County student who allegedly made ‘hitlist,’ allusions to shooting, upheld by court
A trial judge correctly upheld the Douglas County School District’s expulsion of a student who allegedly created a “hitlist” and made other allusions to school shootings online, Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week. At the time the student, identified as “John Doe,” made the comments over messaging platform Discord, it had been less than a…