Tag: board of education
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School District 49 Board of Education interviews applicants for board vacancy
The School District 49 board of education has narrowed its search to five candidates to fill its vacancy. Carter Bullion, Candice Lehmann, Bob Felice, Jack Ryan and Holly Bombria all gathered at the campus that’s home to D-49’s Springs Studio for Academic Excellence and Pikes Peak Early College schools on Thursday to answer questions prepared…
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Woodland Park School Board appoints new member, following delay
CORRECTION: The initial version of this story reported that Davidson worked for the Air Force Academy. Davidson worked for Air Force Space Command. What was intended to be a shorter-than-usual meeting became a multi-day affair for Woodland Park’s board of education to fill out its directors. In light of board member Mick Bates’ resignation last…
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Woodland Park School Board appoints new member, following delay
CORRECTION: The initial version of this story reported that Davidson worked for the Air Force Academy. Davidson worked for Air Force Space Command. What was intended to be a shorter-than-usual meeting became a multi-day affair for Woodland Park’s board of education to fill out its directors. In light of board member Mick Bates’ resignation last…
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Colorado Springs D-11 board member running for state House seat
A Colorado Springs District 11 board member has thrown their hat into the ring for a seat in the state House of Representatives. A candidate affidavit and committee registration form for Jill Haffley, vice president of D-11’s Board of Education, in House District 16 were filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office on Nov.…
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D-11 school board candidates share their priorities at public forum
The end goals for Colorado Springs D-11’s school board candidates, broadly speaking, are somewhat consistent: higher student achievement, greater transparency with the public and supporting teachers and staff. How to go about doing so is where their visions differ. Six of the seven candidates vying for the school district’s three open board seats discussed how…
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Colorado Springs District 11 Board of Education appoints interim member
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs District 11 Board of Education on Wednesday swore in Amanda Huber to replace board member Lauren Nelson, who resigned last month to focus on her role as El Paso County commissioner. Huber is a longtime member of D-11’s District Accountability Committee and…
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Protesters oppose changes to Academy D-20 policy procedure
CORRECTION: The initial version of this story reported that D-20’s Board of Education approved Resolution 248-25. The item was removed from the agenda at the start of the meeting and will be re-visited at a future meeting. A group of parents, students, former educators and community members gathered outside the Academy D-20 administrative building to…
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Protesters oppose changes to Academy D-20 policy procedure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A group of parents, students, former educators and community members gathered outside the Academy D-20 administrative building to protest a new resolution moments before the Board of Education passed it at a special meeting on Tuesday. Resolution 248-25 updates the board’s procedure for adopting administrative…
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Widefield D-3 board approves ballot measures for bond and mill levy override
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voters in Widefield school District 3 will be asked to pass the first new bond in nearly a decade later this year. Following years of assessment and public polling, the D-3 Board of Education unanimously approved to authorize ballot measures for a mill levy override…
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How does the future of D-11 look without collective bargaining?
Following the Colorado Springs D-11 Board of Education’s decision to end their 56-year-old collective bargaining agreement with its teachers’ union, the question on many people’s minds is: What exactly is going to change? “Unfortunately, we don’t know ultimately what that all is going to look like,” Colorado Springs Education Association President Kevin Coughlin said. The…