Tag: School Closures
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Evergreen High School remains closed week after shooting
Evergreen High School will remain closed for the next week as the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the school shooting that injured two students last week. The high school — located at 29300 Buffalo Park Road — will be closed from Sept. 15 to 19, with plans to return to school set to…
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Extreme heat forces DPS closures Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As temperatures push classrooms to sweltering levels, Denver Public Schools is closing or releasing students early Thursday at more than a dozen campuses still waiting for promised air conditioning upgrades. Among them is Skinner Middle School, where seventh-grader Aubriella Barrios said the heat is unbearable.…
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‘We missed this one’ | DPS admits they should have delayed school following overnight snow storm
Many Denver Public Schools students had no choice but to brave treacherous road conditions Friday morning, as the district decided against issuing a delay or cancellation despite heavy snowfall in many parts of the city. The decision left many parents frustrated, with some opting to keep their children home while others risked the hazardous commute.…
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Aurora Quest K-8 School to reopen Friday after flooding forced closure
Aurora Quest K-8 School in eastern Aurora, which closed early Thursday because of flooding, will reopen Friday, according to Aurora Public Schools. The district announced the closure around 7:30 a.m. Thursday after a fire sprinkler system fitting failed in one of the classrooms, causing flooding in several rooms. Officials confirmed the issue was unrelated to…
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School delays, closures announced in Colorado Thursday morning
Several Colorado school districts have announced closures and delays for Thursday. Light snow will fall along Colorado’s Front Range Thursday morning. The 9NEWS Weather Impact Team has issued a Weather Impact Day for Thursday morning because of the likelihood for snow impacts to the morning commute. Limon Public Schools, Elizabeth School District, Kiowa C-2, and…
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‘It’s definitely painful’: One of Colorado’s oldest charter schools is closing
GLOBE Charter School, one of Colorado’s oldest charter schools, will close its doors upon the conclusion of the 2023-24 schoolyear. The school’s board president Doug Hering sent out a letter to parents and guardians March 20 informing them that the board had voted to close the school. “The news has been, I don’t want to…
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Jeffco is recommending closing two K-8 schools this year in second round of closures
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jeffco, Colorado’s second largest school district, is recommending the closure of two K-8 schools as the district continues to address the decline in student enrollment. Sixteen elementary schools were closed last year in the first round of the district’s closure plan. The two schools, Coal…
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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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Denver Public Schools recommends three schools for closure
Superintendent Alex Marrero will recommend shuttering three Denver Public Schools at the end of the academic year because of declining enrollment when the Board of Education meets Thursday. The three proposed schools — Denver Discovery, Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy and Fairview Elementary — were singled out at the last board meeting. District officials had…
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Arctic air causes closures across metro Denver, rest of Colorado
City and county governments, schools and other metro Denver area facilities will close on Thursday, as the arctic air brings dangerously low temperatures to the state. A good rule of thumb would be to check any business, or government, for its status Thursday before heading out. Several districts will close Thursday, including 27J Schools in…