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Education researcher Ulcca Joshi Hansen is running for Denver school board
An education researcher and author who works in education philanthropy and has two children in Denver Public Schools is running for an at-large seat on the Denver school board.Ulcca Joshi Hansen will face several opponents for the seat, which represents the entire city. The seat is currently held by board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson, who is not running for re-election.Hansen, 47, said she was partly inspired to run by one of...
Innovation zone’s lawsuit against Denver Public Schools dismissed
A judge dismissed a lawsuit this month against Denver Public Schools that alleged the school board wrongly dissolved one of the district’s three innovation zones.Denver District Court Judge Mark Bailey ruled that Beacon Network Schools, an innovation zone comprising two Denver middle schools, was “subordinate” to DPS, meaning that the district has authority over the zone. Therefore, Bailey concluded that the court has no jurisdiction, which means the school board’s decision...
Denver school board votes to release recording of closed-door meeting
The Denver school board voted unanimously Friday to release a recording of a March closed-door meeting at which board members discussed returning police officers to schools. “In the interest of transparency of the board, it’s best that we release it now and be done with it,” board member Charmaine Lindsay said. “I don’t think anybody has anything to hide.”However, the board voted to withhold any parts of the recording in which members...
Ridgewood Resident Achieves Spring 2023 Dean’s List Honors at SUNY Delhi
DELHI, NY - SUNY Delhi is proud to recognize one Ridgewood student with Dean’s List honors for the Spring 2023 semester. Justin Ace is a Golf & Sports Turf Management major, and has received this academic honor. At SUNY Delhi, students must achieve a grade-point average of 3.50 or higher to earn a place on the Dean’s List. SUNY Delhi is a member of the State University of New York with a hands-on approach to education that boasts over 60 academic programs in areas such as applied technologies, nursing, hospitality, veterinary sciences, applied sciences, business and liberal arts and sciences. The public university enrolls over 3,000 students with a mixture of degree and certificate programs. Read More Ridgewood Education News: Board Selects New School Business Administrator for 2023-24 Ridgewood Residents Recognized with Spring 2023 Dean's and President's List Honors at the University of Alabama Ridgewood Residents Recognized with Spring 2023 Dean's List Honors at Rochester Institute of Technology
Denver school board to vote on releasing recording of closed-door meeting
The Denver school board will hold a special meeting Friday to vote on whether to release the recording of a closed-door meeting it held in March. Several news outlets, including Chalkbeat, are suing Denver Public Schools for the recording of the meeting.DPS spokesperson Bill Good said Thursday that he didn’t know when the recording would be released if the board votes to do so.The board held the closed-door meeting on March...
Denver expanded summer school with COVID relief dollars. Is it working?
There are three pies and four monsters. How much pie will each monster eat?That was the math question before five soon-to-be fifth graders earlier this week at Summer Connections, Denver Public Schools’ full-day summer program for elementary students.With dry erase markers and personal white boards, the students sat in a loose semicircle on the floor of a classroom at Joe Shoemaker elementary school, puzzling out the answer. A student named Gael...
Georgetown High School assistant football coach killed in Roxbury shooting
GEORGETOWN – The Georgetown community is mourning an assistant high school football coach was shot and killed over the weekend in Roxbury.Georgetown public schools said coach Nelson Curet, 30, was killed Saturday in a shooting on McGreevey way."Nelson was an integral member of the Georgetown football family. The impact that he had on the students is immeasurable. His commitment to the support and development of the young men in the Georgetown community was bar none," Georgetown High School head coach Mike Hill said in a statement.Curet was one of two people shot just after midnight on Saturday. The second man was taken to an area hospital but is expected to survive.Police have not announced any arrests at this point.Grief counselors are being made available to teachers and students in Georgetown."The district is extremely saddened to hear of this tragic loss. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Coach Curet," Superintendent Margaret Ferrick said in a statement. "We ask that our community members keep Coach Curet's loved ones in their thoughts during this time."
SROs to stay at 13 Denver secondary schools under final safety plan
Police officers will stay at large secondary schools this fall, armed school district safety officers will help with weapons searches, and Denver Public Schools leadership will “comprehensively examine current student discipline practices.”Those are among the details in the final draft of a long-term safety plan that Superintendent Alex Marrero released Friday in line with a deadline set by the school board. In an interview, Marrero called the plan “an index of what...
Denver Public Schools appeals release of recording of closed-door meeting
Denver Public Schools is resisting releasing a recording of a March closed-door meeting of the school board as a Denver District Court judge had ordered the district to do.DPS appealed the district court ruling Monday to the Colorado Court of Appeals. The school district’s lawyers had indicated at a court hearing earlier this month that they would continue to oppose the release of the recording of the five-hour meeting.The meeting, called...
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