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BVSD cutting substitute teacher pay for upcoming school year
The Boulder Valley School District this week announced it would cut daily substitute teacher pay by $25 for the upcoming school year, after previously saying subs would earn less as part of an overall $5 million budget reduction. The substitute pay rate for a full-day will drop to $125 from...
Fence installed on high school grounds for safety reasons
LYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL SAFETY PROCEDURES, spring 2024. Re: Fence Installed at Lyons Middle/Senior High School the beginning of July. Thank you for your dedication and continued support as we strive for excellence in serving our students, parents, and community. I am writing to inform you of an update regarding our school grounds. Lyons Middle Senior is partnering with our district Operations team and the Town of Lyons on a project aimed at improving the safety of our school grounds.
Study reveals 'unsettling' trends in books banned across the US
BOULDER, Colo. — The books Katie Spoon wanted to find should have been on the shelves at the Boulder County Library's main branch. They're banned in some school districts across the country but not there. "It's kind of hard to find books," the University of Colorado Ph.D. student said...
MileHigh Prep Report Preseason Football Class 2A Rankings
MileHigh Prep Report Preseason Football Class 2A Rankings. We are getting closer and closer to the start of the football season. This is my top 16 preseason rankings. Class 2A looks to be wide open this season with many top teams losing key pieces. I think we could be in for a very exciting season in Class 2A. We are going to be doing a Media/Coaches Poll again this season. If you are interested in voting shoot me a message. This is just my preseason rankings and as I do more research and talk to more coaches, I may make changes come closer to the season. I move to Class 1A next week.
BVSD summer bond projects include 12 school upgrades
Even as New Vista High School’s long awaited new building continues to take shape near Broadway in Boulder, smaller construction projects are happening at 12 other Boulder Valley schools this summer. Those schools are Alicia Sanchez Elementary, Angevine Middle School, Boulder Prep Charter School, Broomfield Heights Middle School, Broomfield...
Northrop Grumman, CU Boulder Colorado Bring STEM Camp to Students
(TNS) — Incoming Lyons Middle School seventh grader Avery Gibson is spending the week meeting "really cool" socially assistive robots and learning to code one. Working with a classmate, her mission was to give a small robot a fun personality and code it it to lead people through games that include charades and truth or dare.
Orientation Is the First Step to Finding Belonging in College. It Is Changing Post-Pandemic.
Colleges are adjusting to a lingering impact of COVID-19 shutdowns that kept kids out of physical schools at key points in their social development: It’s harder than it used to be to teach students to adjust to college life when so many are coming to campuses nervous about making social connections.
I Went to College in Westminster, CO, and Stayed
Learn from a local what makes Adams County a special place to live, work and play. Megan Grass moved from Colorado to Louisiana in the middle of high school, where she attended a school focused on college prep. After graduation, she couldn’t wait to get back to Colorado again, but she didn’t feel ready to enroll in a traditional college program.
Meet Justin Schwartz, the New Chancellor at the University of Colorado Boulder
Justin Schwartz has been around higher education his entire life. Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, home to Northwestern University, he was a faculty kid. “I grew up asking my friends not what your parents do,” he says, “but what do they teach?”. He attended the University of...
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