Tag: d-20
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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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Colorado Springs student starts petition to reinstate traditional snow days
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An unseasonal onslaught of winter weather and district policy has Academy School District 20 already short on snow days for this school year. With the winter snow yet to arrive in full force, one of its students is hoping to change that. Emily Beckman, a…
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Colorado Springs student starts petition to reinstate traditional snow days
An unseasonal onslaught of winter weather and district policy has Academy School District 20 already short on snow days for this school year. With the winter snow yet to arrive in full force, one of its students is hoping to change that. Emily Beckman, a sixth grader at Discovery Canyon Campus, recently started an online…
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Colorado Springs student starts petition to reinstate traditional snow days
An unseasonal onslaught of winter weather and district policy has Academy School District 20 already short on snow days for this school year. With the winter snow yet to arrive in full force, one of its students is hoping to change that. Emily Beckman, a sixth grader at Discovery Canyon Campus, recently started an online…
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Colorado Springs-area school board leaders campaign against local marijuana measures
Elected officials from across the Colorado Springs region are lending their voices to a campaign opposing recreational marijuana sales in the city. On Sunday, an unknown number of El Paso County voters received a mass text message from Colorado Springs School District 11 Board President Parth Melpakam calling for their vote on a pair of…
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Colorado Springs adding 10 new school safety zones for middle schools, high schools
With classes back in session across Colorado Springs, parents may notice something different at local school this year when dropping off the kids. During a press briefing last month, Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced that five new school zones have already been implemented at middle schools and high schools throughout Colorado Springs this year with five…