Tag: Kwame Spearman
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2023 Denver school board election cost $2.2 million
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The cost of the 2023 Denver school board election? $2.2 million Candidates and outside groups spent $2.2 million in November’s Denver school board election, according to final campaign finance reports. That total surpasses spending in the last board election in 2021 and nearly ties the…
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Three new directors poised to join Denver public schools board of education
Three new board members supported by a pro-charter school group that hopes to alter the direction of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education, which has been marred by personality conflicts, will be sworn in on Tuesday. The local teachers’ union — credited with flipping the board in 2019 that shifted the balance of power…
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Denver school board candidates raise more than $500,000 in final days of race
Significant money poured into the Denver Public Schools Board of Education races, where just three candidates hauled in roughly $2 out of every $3 raised in the final reporting period before voters decide next week who will be city’s next set of policymakers. In all, the eight candidates vying for three open seats cumulatively raised roughly…
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How Tattered Cover plans to survive
The new webpage gets straight to the point. “Tattered Cover is NOT going out of business!” Yes, some locations are closing, but the ones remaining open are business as usual. Events are being rescheduled, locations at the Denver International Airport are humming along, and new inventory is flowing in again. When news broke that the…
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Lisa Calderón endorses Denver school board candidate
Denver Public Schools Board of Education candidate Kwame Spearman has secured the endorsement of one of Denver’s most well-known progressives. Former mayoral candidate Lisa Calderón, who came in third in the April 4 Denver mayoral election, offered her support to Spearman’s campaign for the at-large seat. Calderón appreciated Kwame’s dedication to replacing police in schools,…
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Denver school board race attracts crowded field
Nine candidates — including two directors seeking re-election — are vying for a seat on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education this November. The candidate field includes at least three former teachers and a principal, a security expert, a business owner and a long-time district volunteer. With three of seven seats on the ballot…
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Kwame Spearman promises higher teacher wages, housing in campaign for Denver Public Schools board
Former Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman Wednesday unveiled a plan he said would help the Denver Public Schools retain teachers — which the school board candidate calls the biggest threat to the city’s educational future. Dubbing his plan the “5280 Plan,” Spearman — who is among the candidates running for the district’s at-large seat —…
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Open DPS at-large seat held by Anderson attracts three candidates
A former East High School principal is the latest to jump into the Denver Public Schools Board of Education race. John Youngquist has joined an increasingly crowded field to replace the at-large seat held by Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson. Last month, Anderson announced he was dropping out of the race to run for Colorado…
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Kwame Spearman announces candidacy for Denver school board
Kwame Spearman made it official Monday. He’s running — after a failed Denver mayoral bid —for the at-large seat on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. Early last month, Spearman stepped down as CEO of the Tattered Cover to explore a run for school board in November. The board has two at-large seats. The…
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Kwame Spearman leaves CEO Tattered Cover position; explores Denver school board run
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kwame Spearman announced Wednesday that participating in the Denver mayoral election this year gave him “the bug” – a calling to public service and participating in community discourse. So he stepping down as CEO of the Tattered Cover and will be exploring a candidacy in the…