Tag: education
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2025 Voter Guide: proposed tax hikes could upgrade four area school districts
Along with new representatives on their boards of education, voters in the Pikes Peak region will decide on potential tax increases for four of its school districts. Widefield D-3, Manitou Springs D-14, Cripple Creek-Victor RE-1 and Peyton 23-JT will all ask voters to approve new bonds to renovate or replace aging infrastructure or mill levy…
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School board honors Katie Rexford and Summit Elementary School
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The good news just keeps on coming for Summit Elementary School in Divide. One of five schools nominated for the National Blue-Ribbon School Award, Summit was recognized last week by the Woodland Park District School Board of Education. Summit principal Katie Rexford and many of her teachers and staff celebrated the honor with the board,…
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School board honors Katie Rexford and Summit Elementary School
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The good news just keeps on coming for Summit Elementary School in Divide. One of five schools nominated for the National Blue-Ribbon School Award, Summit was recognized last week by the Woodland Park District School Board of Education. Summit principal Katie Rexford and many of her teachers and staff celebrated the honor with the board,…
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GUEST COLUMN: Serving Colorado’s kids, one charter at a time
Kim Daly One recent Tuesday night, after carpool pickups, dinner preparations, and walking the dogs, I finally settled into bed with my earpods and phone. No, I wasn’t binge-watching the latest season of Ginny & Georgia — though I still intend to. Instead, I was delving deep into my role as a charter school board…
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MIT president says she ‘cannot support’ proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits
WASHINGTON — The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. MIT is among the first to express forceful views either in favor of or against an…
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LETTERS: What’s best for the students; Veterans Honor Flight
What is best for the students Dear readers, Thank you for taking the time to read an alternate opinion. I am a teacher in the Colorado Springs School District 11. I have a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. In response to the recent walkouts on October 8th, I thought it important to share with…
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LETTERS: What’s best for the students; Veterans Honor Flight
What is best for the students Dear readers, Thank you for taking the time to read an alternate opinion. I am a teacher in the Colorado Springs School District 11. I have a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. In response to the recent walkouts on October 8th, I thought it important to share with…
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D-11 and teachers union prepping for one-day strike
Years of building tension between Colorado Springs School District 11’s leadership and its teachers’ union may reach its climax this week through a one-day strike set to take place throughout the district and its schools. On Oct. 8, teachers, families and community supporters will gather outside of D-11 schools in the morning before speaking with…
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LETTERS: NFL missed 250th mark; no choice, just a default
NFL missed 250th mark The halftime show at Super Bowl X in 1976 was performed by Up with People, a musical ensemble, in a performance titled “200 Years and Just a Baby” to celebrate America’s Bicentennial. I have memories of a halftime show which inspired in 11-year-old me a sense of pride in being American.…
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PPSC, UCCS students could lose money from government shutdown
As a possible government shutdown looms, Colorado Springs-area colleges are left wondering if parts of their military student populations will lose money. If Congress can’t pass a short-term funding measure by 10 p.m. Tuesday, the government will shut down. Military members will not receive pay until the shutdown ends. For schools like Pikes Peak State…