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Denver school board approves agreement with outside law firm that could cost up to $1,000 an hour (opens the original)
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Hiring an external attorney to help negotiate the superintendent’s contract could cost the Denver school board as much as $1,000 an hour. The board voted 5-1 Thursday to approve an agreement with a law firm called Holland & Knight, which has locations nationwide, including in Denver. Board member Marlene De La Rosa was the sole no vote because she said the agreement was too expensive. An attorney the board has sometimes used in the past, whose firm also contracts with Denver Public Schools for o
4 Denver schools boosted their state ratings and are now safe from closure under new district policy (opens the original)
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Denver Public Schools will not close any schools this year under a new policy that calls for shuttering persistently low-performing campuses. Four schools that were at risk under the policy boosted their state ratings, saving them from a closure recommendation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the Colorado Department of Education. The ratings are largely based on state test scores. The higher ratings are a boon for those schools. They may also be a positive sign for Superintenden
Fewer Colorado schools are on state’s watchlist for low performance, according to new ratings (opens the original)
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Fewer schools are on Colorado’s watchlist for low performance this year, according to preliminary data released Monday by the Colorado Department of Education. More than 50 schools exited what Colorado calls the accountability clock, so named because it ticks toward state intervention. They include Abraham Lincoln High in Denver, Highland Park Elementary in Pueblo, and the Aurora Central Campus. Nearly two-thirds of Colorado’s more than 1,700 schools earned a green rating — the highest — this ye
Chronic absenteeism fell in Colorado schools last year, but remains well above pre-pandemic level (opens the original)
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The share of Colorado students who were chronically absent last school year declined from the year before, although the percentage remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to data released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education. A student is chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of their school days. The more school days students miss, the more likely they are to fall behind academically. Chronic absenteeism has been an acute concern nationwide since the pandemic. More than
Conservative law firm alleges Denver Public Schools’ voting map was drawn with ‘racial intent’ (opens the original)
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A conservative law firm is alleging that Denver Public Schools’ voting map was “drawn with illegal racial intent,” according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. At issue is a map adopted by the Denver school board in 2024. The seven-member board had to redraw its districts to ensure its members represented roughly the same number of residents. According to the 2020 Census, District 4 in northeast Denver had too many residents, while District 2 in southwest Denver had too few. In its lawsuit, the Virgin
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