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Walk and Roll to School Day celebrates Denver crossing guards
Schools across the Denver metro area celebrated Walk and Roll to School Day on Wednesday. The goal is to raise awareness of the need for crossing guards and highlight the benefits of walking and rolling to class. For a day, more than 40 local celebrities shadowed crossing guards at Denver Public Schools, including CBS News Colorado's Mekialaya White at Swansea Elementary School and Justin Adams at Morey Middle School. Every single day, Swansea's Dean of Culture Ryan Bailey makes a difference in kids' lives while serving his community. "Buenos días, good morning!" Bailey greets each family warmly with a smile...
Classes resume at Aurora community college after secure status
AURORA, Colo. — The secure status for the Community College of Aurora CentreTech Campus was lifted Wednesday morning after police searched for a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint. Classes at the school returned to normal about 11 a.m., according to the college. About 7:30 a.m., the Community...
EDITORIAL: Successful adults thank their teachers
Teachers easily rank high among the world’s more important professionals. That makes Colorado’s “Teacher of the Year” a big deal. Consider a world without teachers: • World-changing Microsoft founder Bill Gates credits his math and drama teachers for his success, saying “There’s no way there would have been a Microsoft without what they did.” •...
Enrollment in Denver Public Schools is up for the second year, but school closures still planned
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Enrollment in Denver Public Schools is up for the second year in a row, reversing a years-long trend of declining student counts in Colorado’s largest school district. But Superintendent Alex Marrero said the boost isn’t enough to stop plans to close some schools with low enrollment.A preliminary count showed 85,313 students were enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade on Sept. 30, up 2% from 83,410 students in 2023 and up nearly 3% over 82,997 students...
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