Tag: School
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Snow Day in May: Denver-area schools announce Wednesday closures
Several Denver-area schools have announced closings and delayed starts on Wednesday after a potent spring storm dropped snow on Colorado’s Front Range from Colorado Springs to Wyoming. Denver Public Schools announced that all schools and administrative offices will be closed Wednesday due to severe weather. Parents and students will receive the alert from the district…
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Douglas County school board rejects county offer to share cost of metal detectors
The Douglas County School District board rejected a cost sharing program proposed by the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners that would have installed metal detectors at up to 10 district schools. Board members cited high and recurring costs, staffing concerns and a lack of conclusive research showing the systems reduce school violence at their…
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Westminster student in custody after bringing gun onto school grounds
A teen is in custody after bringing a gun onto school grounds in Westminster on Friday, said the Westminster Police Department. Police received a tip that a student at Mountain Range High School may have brought a gun onto campus. After investigating, officers learned the student didn’t attend classes that day, but arrived on campus…
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Evergreen High School students return to school uplifted by community
Evergreen High School students returned to campus on Thursday morning, two weeks after a shooting shocked the small town. Parents stood on the sideline, holding signs of support. More than 100 posters from Colorado cities, spanning from Telluride to Steamboat Springs, lined the school’s halls, sharing condolences and words of encouragement. “It was difficult, for…
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Prosecutors plan to drop charges against man accused of trying to kidnap boy from school playground
The man accused of trying to kidnap a child from the playground of Black Forest Hills Elementary School in Aurora last year is expected to have charges against him dropped, according to Arapahoe County prosecutors. Prosecutors said Solomon Galligan remains, in the eyes of the courts, mentally incompetent to proceed to trial. He will not…
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Man dead after police shooting in front of Denver school
A man is dead and a woman is on the run after a police shooting in front of a Denver middle school Monday night. The incident, which occurred in the 900 block of South Hazel Court, began at about 10:30 p.m. Monday, when a caller notified police of two individuals near the front of a…
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Denver police justified in fatal shooting of man with airsoft pistol, DA says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver district attorney cleared four Denver Police Department officers involved in the shooting of a man they believed armed with a handgun, ruling their use of deadly force justified. All of the officers fired their weapons, shooting and killing 57-year-old Jose Medina behind Annunciation Catholic…
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Bus carrying Denver students catches fire in Utah
No injuries were reported; the bus experienced a mechanical issue south of Moab
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Federal judge rejects challenge to Colorado’s ‘chosen name’ law, District 27J’s LGBTQ policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt by two parents to block a 2024 Colorado law requiring public schools to use a student’s chosen name, as well as their school district’s corresponding policy intended to support LGBTQ students. “John and Jane Doe” filed suit…
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Reports of violence and self-harm in Colorado schools reach peak numbers
Safet2Tell Colorado report shows spike in spring semester calls from students.