Tag: Stem School Highlands Ranch
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Highlands Ranch school shooting hero Kendrick Castillo honored with memorial dedication
Six years ago, Kendrick Castillo sacrificed himself to protect his Highlands Ranch classmates. Now, his memory will live on forever with a physical presence in the community. The Douglas County Community Foundation, along with Castillo’s parents John and Maria, unveiled a memorial for the former STEM School student Friday morning at Highlands Ranch’s Civic Green…
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Appeals court rules civil trial over Kendrick Castillo’s death not required if STEM School pays max damages
Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a civil trial over the 2019 shooting death of Kendrick Castillo is not required after the defendant agreed to pay the maximum damages available to Castillo’s parents, without admitting liability. John and Maria Castillo, the parents of Kendrick, sued STEM School Highlands Ranch in 2021, two years after…
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Former STEM Highlands Ranch school student addresses mental health struggles after shooting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Back home for summer break, former STEM School Highlands Ranch student Ellie Wyse first saw the new street signs along the renamed Kendrick Castillo Way, a reminder of what she described as a tedious mental health recovery process after the tragic 2019 school shooting. The…
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Former Highlands Ranch teacher arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, contributing to delinquency of a minor
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 44-year-old STEM School Highlands Ranch teacher on suspicion of kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Tera Johnson-Swartz was arrested Thursday after investigations by the county’s Special Victims Unit, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Johnson-Swartz worked with the charter school in the…