Archive for: Denver Public Schools
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School issues on local ballots this fall could add up to $1 billion-plus
Todd Engdahl / EdNews Colorado
At least two dozen Colorado school districts are seeking voter approval this year for a combined total of about $1 billion in bond issues and property tax increases for operating expenses.
About half the amount is accounted for…
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Tax hike for Denver schools raises questions
Julie Poppen / EdNews Colorado
New schools vs. old schools.
Stapleton vs. southwest Denver.
A community meeting in southwest Denver Thursday evening centered around how a successful $457 million bond issue and $49 million operating increase would be spent.
Several in the crowd of 40 – including school board members Andrea Merida and Jeannie Kaplan – said the current proposal pumps money into…
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Denver school system mulls new round of charter programs
Rebecca Jones / EdNews Colorado
DPS school board members on Monday night heard nearly six hours worth of presentations from representatives of 11 proposed new schools – including a new West Denver Prep high school – plus a presentation on innovation plans at Trevista ECE-8 at Horace Mann in northwest Denver.
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Denver schools chief proposes two high schools in one at inner-city campus
Rebecca Jones / EdNews Colorado
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg says he will recommend to the Board of Education that it adopt a plan to co-locate a new West Denver Prep High School, inside North High School despite some intense community opposition.
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Cheating allegations prompt probe of two Denver public schools
NancyMitchell / EdNews Colorado
State officials today opened investigations into possible cheating at two Denver elementary schools, interviewing the principals and staff at Beach Court Elementary and Hallett Fundamental Academy. Principals of the two schools were placed on administrative leave.
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Tests show Colorado kids rise to meet learning curve
Nancy Mitchell / EdNews Colorado
Nearly three-fourths of Colorado third-graders are reading at grade level, a slight increase that matches the highest proficiency mark achieved in the past ten years, according to results released Wednesday.
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Major metro school districts angling for fall tax hikes
Nancy Mitchell / EdNews Colorado
Jefferson County school board members directed Superintendent Cindy Stevenson on Thursday to craft language for a $99 million school bond issue and a $39 million increase in operating dollars for possible placement on the November ballot.
Stevenson is to present the language to the board at its June 7 meeting…
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New report: Charters are top performers among Denver school reforms
Nancy Mitchell / EdNews Colorado
Denver Public Schools has opened 36 new schools in the past five years in the quest to improve student achievement, but a new report says not all types of new schools are performing equally well.
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Campaign limits sought for school board races
Todd Engdahl / EdNews Colorado
UPDATE 1/26/12: The House State Affairs Committee killed House Bill 12-1067 on a party-line vote Thursday, with Republicans in the majority. The measure would have set limits on campaign contributions in school board races across the state.
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Denver school board member faces off with district over expenses
Charlie Brennan / EdNews Colorado
Denver Public Schools board member Arturo Jimenez has notified district officials that he has no intention—contrary to prior comments he has made—to repay the $1,153 by which they say he overspent his personal account last year.
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Going a-courting for the guv’s veto
“How much is one vote worth? If it’s the governor’s, it’s either 46 cents or tens…of thousands of dollars.”
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