Author: Eric Young eric.young@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Pikes Peak State College celebrates Native American scholarship graduates
In the days ahead of Pikes Peak State College’s commencement ceremony, graduating student Margo Condon would be the first person to tell you she didn’t think she’d be there two years ago. A 42-year-old, first-generation student who sustained a brain injury during her time in the military, she admitted that she only began attending because…
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Academy D-20 to part ways with superintendent
An email sent to the Academy District 20 community on Thursday night from the district’s Board of Education announced that it would be parting ways with Superintendent Jinger Haberer. In the email, D-20 Board President Amy Shandy said that the board “has unanimously determined that we do not have confidence” in Haberer’s leadership moving forward…
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Widefield superintendent wraps up over 30-year career in district
At the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year, Widefield District 3’s superintendent will call it a career. Aaron Hoffman has spent three decades as a teacher, coach, principal and top administrator in D-3, where he also was a student, graduating from Widefield High School in 1988. After helping the district pass a transformative bond last…
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Two indicted after allegedly forging signatures for 2024 school choice ballot initiative
The authorities are searching for two out-of-state residents accused of forging signatures to get an initiative on the 2024 general election ballot. An April 16 indictment includes three felony charges and one misdemeanor against both Cherell Long of Nevada and Martin Arellano of Texas, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday. The initiative was for Amendment…
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El Paso County to see more co-location schools next year
El Paso County will see multiple campuses with multiple public schools operating out of them next year. Schools, charter and non-charter alike, in both Colorado Springs Districts 11 and 49 are on the move under a variety of circumstances that leadership believes will better serve them and their communities. Earlier this year, school officials announced…
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Department of Defense awards $42.7 million for Douglass Valley Elementary rebuild
Academy District 20 will receive $42.7 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to help rebuild and expand Douglass Valley Elementary School, the military announced on Thursday. The cost of the project is expected to total $54.1 million, and once construction is finished, the school, located on the U.S. Air Force Academy base, will offer…
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Banning Lewis Academy cutting ties with management company
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to include a statement from Accel Schools. Banning Lewis Academy is moving on from its charter school management organization and toward a more in-house operation. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter on April 30 from Accel Schools to…
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Cheyenne Mountain Junior High to scale back performing arts
The scene backstage at Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School’s commons stage was electric. Seventh and eighth graders were frantically finalizing their makeup, changing into costumes, readying the lights and sound and fitting in a few more vocal warm-ups and pre-show hugs ahead of the call to places. Rehearsed over the entire school year, last Thursday…
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As education funding changes in Colorado, rural school districts face uncertainties
In the small mountain town of Cripple Creek, widely known across Colorado for its casinos, donkey herds and mining history, sits a fittingly humble school district faced with rising costs and limited resources to address them. During the district’s spring break in late March, a high school teacher could be found alone in her classroom…
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“Starting from ground zero:” Woodland Park school leaders present State of the District
The leadership of Woodland Park District RE-2 didn’t sugarcoat the realities they face during their “State of the District” address, highlighting recent progress inside and outside its schools and providing an update on ongoing work. The hour-long meeting, held in the junior and senior high school building’s auditorium on Apr. 28, provided attendees with an…