Tag: d-11
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Early results report one D-49 school board incumbent re-elected, Academy D-20 and Colorado Springs D-11 to welcome three new members
The conservative trend among locally elected school board members in some school districts has stalled in some cases and continued in others, according to early election results. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, ideologically driven campaigns and candidates have persisted in local school board elections, with recent top-of-mind topics including the rights of students based on their…
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ENDORSEMENTS: Cole, Johnson, Ruehl in D-11; Payne, Waldrep, Tripp in D-20; Thompson, D’Avola in D-49
For all the challenges facing public education in our state, the encouraging news for parents and taxpayers in the Pikes Peak Region is some of the area’s signature school districts have made great strides. It is critical as this fall’s election approaches to elect school board members who will help reinforce the most pressing priorities…
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ENDORSEMENTS: Cole, Johnson, Ruehl in D-11; Payne, Waldrep, Tripp in D-20; Thompson, D’Avola in D-49
For all the challenges facing public education in our state, the encouraging news for parents and taxpayers in the Pikes Peak region is some of the area’s signature school districts have made great strides. It is critical as this fall’s election approaches to elect school board members who will help reinforce the most pressing priorities…
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D-11 teachers union stage district-wide strike Wednesday, school day continues
The Colorado Springs Education Association carried through with its plan for a one-day strike throughout Colorado Springs School District 11 for what it believes to be unfair labor practices, as classes carried on. Union members, students and volunteers gathered outside their local school in the early morning before canvassing their neighborhoods and gathering in Acadia Park…
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New course in Colorado Springs D-11 focuses on ethics in journalism paired with hands-on media training
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With longstanding principles of objectivity, truth and fairness in news reporting up for debate in recent years, a homegrown Career and Technical Education course launching in Colorado Springs School District 11 for the fall semester will explore such topics under an overarching theme of “ethics…
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City Council candidate could serve in city government, school board at same time
Parth Melpakam was elected to a second term on the board for Colorado Springs School District 11 in 2023. In two months, the school board president may simultaneously be serving on the Colorado Springs City Council. Melpakam is one of three candidates running for the District 6 council seat. The seat is currently held by…
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Superintendent says D-11 failed ‘people of Jenkins’ amid mounting criticism over middle school closure
Bus pick-ups and drop-offs, a new start time and new channels of communication were among the updates Colorado Springs District 11 provided to Jenkins Middle School families Thursday night as they prepare to exit the school next week. For the second in a series of community meetings, D-11 superintendent Michael Gaal took to the stage…
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Superintendent says D-11 failed ‘people of Jenkins’ amid mounting criticism over middle school closure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Bus pick-ups and drop-offs, a new start time and new channels of communication were among the updates Colorado Springs District 11 provided to Jenkins Middle School families Thursday night as they prepare to exit the school next week. For the second in a series of…
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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…
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D-11 board votes to end master agreement with teachers’ union
A collective bargaining agreement nearly 60 years old in Colorado Springs is coming to an end. The school District 11 Board of Education voted not to renew the master agreement that has been in place since 1968 between them and the district’s teachers’ union, the Colorado Springs Education Association, during a heavily attended special meeting…