Tag: Superintendent
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Denver school board weighs hiring its own attorney
After the Denver school board filtered the contract language to the district’s general counsel, who answers to Superintendent Alex Marrero, the board of education is now considering a policy that would allow them to retain independent legal services. The Denver Public Schools Board of Education is expected to vote on a first reading of the…
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From a hunch to a headline: How the DPS open meetings story came together
Breaking news can look effortless. What readers don’t see is the chase — the hunches, the false starts and the dots that don’t quite connect until they do. I spoke on the Boardhawk podcast recently about what it took to break one of those stories. Here’s how it unfolded. In May, when the Denver Public…
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Former Jeffco chief of schools bought child pornography
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office found evidence that the former Jeffco Public Schools chief of schools purchased child pornography but he did not have any contact with minors. The sheriff’s office announced completing its investigation into David Weiss on Wednesday, noting that investigators found he “had no direct criminal contact with any juveniles either in…
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Colorado lawmakers sharply divided over drug abuse bills, bail for first-degree murder defendants; meet Heather Graham, Pueblo’s new mayor | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 23, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Debate over proposals tackling drug use, treatment illustrates ideological divide in Colorado Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday tackled two proposals that offer convergent — and divergent — approaches to combatting drug abuse during a discussion that starkly illuminated on ideological disagreements at the state…
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Longtime Denver educator dies following battle with cancer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bernadette Seick, a longtime employee of Denver Public Schools who started as a teacher and later served as the district’s interim superintendent, died Feb. 17 following a two-decade battle with pancreatic cancer, said her husband Roger Seick. She was 77. Education “was very important to her…
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Thousands sign petition to recall Douglas County school board members
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 18,000 people have signed an online petition to recall Douglas County School District school board members who voted to remove the district’s superintendent on Friday night. The petition on Change.org had received more than 18,000 signatures as of 10 p.m. Saturday. It was launched…
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Douglas County School District superintendent told to quit or be fired, board members say
Four members of the Douglas County School District Board of Education have given district Superintendent Corey Wise the ultimatum to retire or be fired, according to board members David Ray, Elizabeth Hanson and Susan Meek. “We really felt like we needed to process this together, and to make it public so that others could hear…
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Enrollment declines could lead to DPS schools closing, consolidating
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools is considering closing and consolidating some schools as district enrollment continues to decline. Superintendent Alex Marrero said during a board of education meeting Thursday that the decline in elementary level students began in 2015 and is an indicator for the future. When…