Tag: school board meeting
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D-11 Board of Education updates policy on selecting instructional material
Colorado Springs School District 11’s Board of Education updated its district policy concerning the selection and adoption of instructional materials during its regular meeting Wednesday night. Policy IJ updates existing procedures and ensures that classroom materials will be selected by “the appropriate professional personnel in consultation with the administration, teachers and students.” The final decision…
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D-11 Board of Education updates policy on selecting instructional material
Colorado Springs School District 11’s board of education updated its district policy concerning the selection and adoption of instructional materials during its regular meeting Wednesday night. Policy IJ updates existing procedures and ensures that classroom materials will be selected by “the appropriate professional personnel in consultation with the administration, teachers, and students.” The final decision…
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Woodland Park school board reviews public survey for superintendent search
Reconsiderations for Woodland Park School District RE-2’s superintendent search and an 11th-hour meeting over its charter school were the topics of discussion at a special board of education meeting Tuesday afternoon. Early positive returns on interim superintendent Ginger Slocum have raised the possibility of her as a permanent option. “She meets the criteria of most…
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Woodland Park school board reviews public survey for superintendent search
Reconsiderations for Woodland Park School District RE-2’s superintendent search and an 11th-hour meeting over its charter school were the topics of discussion at a special board of education meeting Tuesday afternoon. Early positive returns on interim superintendent Ginger Slocum have raised the possibility of her as a permanent option. “She meets the criteria of most…
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Colorado Springs D-11 board member resigns to focus on new job
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With just four months left on her first term, Colorado Springs District 11 school board treasurer Lauren Nelson submitted her resignation, which was approved by the board at its regular meeting Wednesday night. In her resignation letter, Nelson cited the increased workload over the past…
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Next step after D-11’s decision to end longstanding master agreement: Revising its handbook
Intentions of creating a committee to help with revising the Colorado Springs School District 11 employee handbook were discussed Wednesday at the Board of Education meeting. Changes in the handbook are coming after the D-11 board’s 6-1 vote in December against renewing the nearly 60-year-old master agreement between it and the district’s teachers’ union, the Colorado Springs…
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Preliminary numbers show enrollment drops in 2 of Colorado Springs’ largest school districts
Preliminary figures indicate that many school districts in the Colorado Springs area lost students over the past year. Academy D-20 and School District 49 released preliminary numbers from their October student counts that both show decreases in student enrollment during their board of education meetings Dec. 12. D-20 reported a slight drop of 38 students…
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Manitou Springs School District 14 prepping bond vote for next year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Manitou Springs School District 14 is accepting applications for a new steering committee that will oversee the development of a likely bond next year. The development of the bond is still coming together as the district looks to address needs throughout the district identified in…
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Manitou Springs School District 14 prepping bond vote for next year
Manitou Springs School District 14 is accepting applications for a new steering committee that will oversee the development of a likely bond next year. The development of the bond is still coming together as the district looks to address needs throughout the district identified in an Americans with Disabilities Act and Office of Civil Rights…
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District 20 proposes library review board; ‘parent choice is an important value for us’
Academy School District 20 has unveiled a plan to implement a library review committee to read, discuss and review several books to determine if they are appropriate for middle school libraries. District Superintendent Jinger Haberer laid out a proposal for the committee at the Jan. 18 school board meeting. “I know parent choice is an…