The elected board overseeing the Douglas County School District rejected a settlement agreement that would have acknowledged several members violated Colorado’s open meetings law when they discussed replacing the former superintendent. The board voted 4-3 Monday evening to reject the agreement that would have settled […]

Loveland High School students staged a walkout Monday morning in protest of the Thompson School District’s handling of a threat that Loveland police deemed noncredible last week, and to support their principal, Michael James, affectionately referred to as “MJ,” who was put on administrative leave […]

Amber Harford’s son was in gym class at his Grand Junction middle school when a group of students attacked him. One of his classmates struck the 13-year-old on the back of his head so hard he fell to the ground and vomited. Less than a […]

Denver’s school board voted Thursday to close three schools at the end of the academic year because of severely low enrollment, including two that members had decided against shuttering nearly four months ago. The decision to close the schools — Denver Discovery, Mathematics and Science […]

Going to school has become difficult for Ellie McGoldrick in recent weeks. The senior was in math class when she first heard about the gunshots outside of Denver’s East High School on a Monday afternoon in February. Not long after, the 18-year-old learned there had […]

Denver’s school board voted Thursday to indefinitely postpone action on a measure that would have significantly increased how much money its members can earn for performing official duties, raising the elected body’s annual salary cap to $33,000 per person from $9,000. Denver Public Schools’ Board […]

When Shelbee Eigenbrode asked an auditorium full of students at Arvada West High School whether they’d heard about ChatGPT, a surge of hands shot into the air accompanied by youthful tittering — and groans from their teachers. The teens at Jeffco Public Schools’ annual student […]

Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education on Thursday struck down a proposal to close schools after Superintendent Alex Marrero caught several directors off guard by changing the district’s school closure plan for the second time within a week. At the start of the meeting, Marrero […]

After a year of trying to start a family, Denver teacher Alison Yocum Johanson’s doctor told her that her next step in trying to get pregnant is in vitro fertilization. But when Yocum Johanson asked Denver Public Schools’ human resources department if her insurance plan […]

Two of the state’s largest school districts — Jeffco Public Schools and Denver Public Schools — are negotiating contracts with their respective teachers unions this week, just ahead of the start of the 2022-23 academic year. After reaching an impasse earlier this year, Jeffco Public […]