Author: Sue Mcmillin
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D-11 gives GLOBE Charter 1 year to get in good shape
Despite pleas from GLOBE Charter School staff and parents for a five-year contract renewal, the Colorado Springs School District 11 board approved only a one-year contract extension to ensure the school gets its management and finances in order. The board’s unanimously approved resolution included 11 conditions that GLOBE must comply with, including making monthly financial…
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Former astronaut inspires, intrigues Swigert students
Former astronaut Wendy Lawrence elicited giggles when she told the middle school girls how you go to the bathroom in space. And she got “eewws” when she told them that urine is treated and recycled as drinking water aboard the International Space Station. But she got their rock-solid attention — and nodding approval from teachers…
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D-11 wants charter school on probation for a year
A 15-year-old charter school that had financial troubles last year and has had inconsistent student achievement and no teacher evaluations might get a one-year shot to prove its viability. The Colorado Springs School District 11 administration has recommended a one-year extension to its contract with the GLOBE Charter School that would require the school to…
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Military growth boosts enrollment in area schools
Public school enrollment in Colorado continued to grow this year, and most districts in the Pikes Peak region exceeded the state’s growth rate of 1.7 percent, according to figures released this week by the Colorado Department of Education. Administrators at several area districts have said the growth will help them in a tough budget year…
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Teachers play aimed at getting tots interested in science
About 25 educators spent a couple of days this week engaged in such activities as building robotic arms out of tongue depressors and simple circuits that set off flashing UFO balls. They watched clouds and saw videos about how toys created on Earth behave in the microgravity of space. They had a lot of fun.…
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How a teacher’s response to diversity affects students
In a country as culturally diverse as the United States, you can’t expect that every family eats pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Yet in many elementary classrooms, a child who has never tasted pumpkin pie might get a startled reaction from a teacher who thinks the youngster is culturally deprived. That response, in turn, can make…
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Family donates $1 million toward UCCS events center
The Gallogly family beat a path from their central Colorado Springs home to the classrooms at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs during the 1970s and 1980s. In all, the late Tom Gallogly and his children spent about 36 years at UCCS, said Tony Gallogly, a 1983 graduate who teaches in Widefield. That connection…
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D-11 keeps camp-outs to get in line for choice schools
Camp-outs to be first in line to “choice” into the most crowded schools in Colorado Springs School District 11 won’t go away under a set of revised policies being considered by the board of education. But administrators and principals say they believe they will help ensure buildings have an optimum number of students and will…
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Rifle-toting county woman accused of threatening deputy
Three sisters were arrested Friday in rural El Paso County after one of them allegedly grabbed a rifle and threatened to shoot a sheriff’s deputy who was investigating an animal mistreatment complaint, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday. Norma Scott, 71, was arrested on suspicion of obstruction and first-degree assault on a peace…
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Minority students knock down stereotypes at summit
Christopher Prince and Porschae Chitmon-Turner have a message for minority students: Expect more of yourself than the world does, and you can be successful. The two Harrison High School seniors spoke to about 400 people Saturday at the Educating Children of Color Summit at Colorado College. “I figured it was harder to follow the stereotypes…