Tag: Holly Withers
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District 49 suspends restroom, locker room policy based on ‘biological sex’ months after approval
School District 49 voted 3-2 to suspend its policy not to allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms aligning with their gender identity during its board meeting on Friday. The policy was approved by a 3-2 vote in September, and the issue returned to the board after Holly Withers unseated incumbent Jamilynn D’Avola,…
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Tight El Paso County school board race triggers recount in District 11
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story reported that two school board seats qualified for a mandatory recount when only a seat in Colorado Springs District 11 is up for a recount. With the 2025 coordinated elections now certified, one open seat in El Paso County school districts is heading to a recount. Colorado…
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Neck-and-neck school board races could yield ideological shifts in El Paso County
As coordinated elections across Colorado and the country saw decidedly blue waves, school board elections in the Pikes Peak region could see their own splashes. While the totals from the 2025 elections have yet to be finalized, they could potentially mark a shift in technically nonpartisan elections that have favored conservative-leaning candidates in recent years.…