Author: Sue Mcmillin
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D-11 board slashes $6.7 million in first round of budget cuts
The Colorado Springs School District 11 board on Wednesday approved about $6.7 million in budget cuts that included eliminating summer programs for elementary and middle school students. The unanimous vote came after the board worked through and adjusted a list of 139 items the administration had considered for reductions. Not all the items were recommended…
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D-11 recommendation: Cut some supplies, save some assistant principals
Fewer assistant principals would be cut under a new recommendation presented to the Colorado Springs School District 11 board at a work session Tuesday. The suggested dollar amount of cuts actually increased by about $10,000, to $874,765. The new recommendation would take more money out of non-instructional supplies and less from personnel. The district had…
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PPCC degree goes where the wild things are
A new two-year-degree program at Pikes Peak Community College has a classroom as big as Colorado — and then some. It stretches from Rocky Mountain National Park to the deserts of the southwest, and it includes just about any spot where you can climb, hike, fish, paddle or learn about wilderness survival. PPCC was accredited…
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Springs teen is state spelling champion
A Colorado Springs eighth-grader became the state spelling champion on Saturday, earning himself a free trip to compete in May at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. Brian King, a student with the Colorado Connections Academy, an online school affiliated with Denver Public Schools, won with the word “traumatropism” — a word that…
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Manitou to launch search for new superintendent
The Manitou School District 14 board decided last week to conduct a full search for a new superintendent after learning that the leader it hired a year ago would leave at the end of the school year. Edward Longfield told the board he was moving back to Delta County for personal reasons. He will become…
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Committee recommends tuition flexibility to deal with budget shortfall
A state higher education committee has recommended that colleges and universities be given more flexibility in setting tuition and in operations to weather the loss of federal funds in fiscal year 2011-12, according to a news release Friday from the Colorado Department of Higher Education. The department’s Strategic Planning Committee said the increased flexibility could…
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Leadership, science events for youth set for Saturday
There’s a couple of big activities for youth Saturday in Colorado Springs: the Science Olympiad at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the African American Leadership Conference at Colorado College. Hundreds of students are expected at each event. Students in fifth through 12th grade will compete from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in…
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D-11 board sets Tuesday work session to discuss budget cuts
In an effort to head off another marathon meeting to slash its budget, the Colorado Springs School District 11 board will have a work session on Tuesday to go through 85 line items in the budget. The board on Wednesday agreed to about $850,000 in cuts, although it appears it intended to also cut $500,000…
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D-11 board slogs through budget cuts, delays most trims
In a meeting that lasted more than six hours, the Colorado Springs School District 11 board agreed Wednesday to 50 of 139 recommended cuts and booted much of the night’s agenda — and some of the biggest cuts — to next week’s meeting. The board spent much of the evening haggling over process and seeking details of…
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D-11 board to vote on $7 million in cuts in first round of reductions
A recommendation to cut nearly $7 million from the Colorado Springs School District 11 budget will go to the board for a vote Wednesday. The board also will tackle a second list of 64 items — $24 million in programs— to identify another $9 million in potential cuts. The district expects to slash up to…