Tag: school board
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Election Day 2025: Important dates, drop-off locations and candidate info for El Paso County
Election Day is coming up fast in El Paso County – here’s the rundown on casting your ballot, including important dates, drop-off locations and the candidates and issues that might appear. While not as high-profile as last year’s November election, 2025 will see consequential local races and issues decided. The last non-presidential election in 2023…
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Colorado Springs D-11 passes policy impacting transgender student athletes
During a special meeting on Wednesday, Colorado Springs’ District 11 became the second El Paso County school district to approve a new policy requiring students to participate in school sports based on their biological sex. The D-11 Board of Education voted 6-1 to approve policy JBA-Preserving Fairness and Safety in Sports, which will classify sports…
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Woodland Park school district passes resolution to recognize two sexes
One week after President Trump’s executive order for the federal government to recognize two sexes, Woodland Park’s school district is following suit. During their regular meeting Wednesday night, Woodland Park RE-2’s Board of Education voted on a resolution “recognizing only two sexes and rejecting gender ideology.” The decision comes just over a week after Trump…
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Woodland Park school district draws ire of city council
A budget presentation by the Woodland Park School District made to the Woodland Park City Council on Thursday turned contentious at best and hostile at worst. The altercation included assertions of non-transparency, fraud and “shenanigans.” The school board had agreed to do a budget report to the council as part of the new intergovernmental agreement…
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Discussion about armed staff, teachers in D-20 draws hundreds of attendees
Parents, teachers and advocates came out in droves Thursday evening in support and opposition as Academy District 20’s Board of Education held preliminary talks to update security policies by allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed firearms at schools. D-20 board members, Superintendent Jinger Haberer, Deputy Superintendent Becky Allan and about 100 community members were…
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NEWS | DPS Board Member Tay Anderson press conference
Denver Public Schools board member Tay Anderson, along with members of the NAACP and Denver Ministerial Alliance, addressed the media without taking questions before the Denver Public Schools board’s vote on a censure motion. (Video by Katie Klann)