Jessica Seaman
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Denver school board reveals potential timeline for deciding on school closures
Four months after rejecting a plan to close schools, the Board of Education overseeing Denver Public Schools on Thursday indicated it is ready to act on three schools that the district labeled as having "critically low enrollment." → Read More
Why does DPS have too many schools? Enrollment decline was years in the making — and district saw it coming
Following three consecutive years of falling enrollment, Denver Public Schools administrators and board members are faced with a potential $9 million budget shortfall after the district failed to aggressively respond to trends its leaders had anticipated. → Read More
Colorado’s public school enrollment continues to fall, with declines hitting both elementary and middle schools
Colorado’s public schools continued to lose students last fall, according to new data from the state Department of Education that shows declines in elementary and middle schools. → Read More
How to sign up for Colorado’s new free universal preschool program
Universal Preschool Colorado, which begins in the fall, is a voluntary program that offers families with eligible children up to 15 hours of free preschool per week. → Read More
Denver teachers struggle to afford to buy homes even as pay increases: “We’ve had to look elsewhere”
For Colorado school districts, the housing crisis is causing staffing shortages, and in places like Denver, it’s one of the drivers of low enrollment in schools. → Read More
27J Schools cancels classes as Colorado expects to be hit by severe cold, snow later this week
27J Schools will close schools Thursday and Friday as a severe cold is expected to hit the state. → Read More
A “life-threatening cold” is expected to arrive as Coloradans start holiday travel
A major storm is expected to bring freezing temperatures and snow ahead of the holiday weekend, potentially creating hazardous conditions just as thousands of Coloradans are preparing to travel. → Read More
Will Denver have snow on Christmas? Maybe, if it’s lucky.
The best chance of snow on Christmas will really depend on what happens during the cold front that is expected to hit Colorado and Denver in the coming days. → Read More
Sunshine Canyon Wildfire evacuations in Boulder County remain in place as of Monday evening
The mandatory evacuation order and road closures from the Sunshine Canyon wildfire remain in place. → Read More
Test scores improved as Denver Public Schools embraced school choice, new study finds
The Denver district's reforms included simplifying the process through which students apply to other schools in DPS, as well as instituting annual evaluations of school performance, closing low-performing schools, and replacing or creating new schools, according to the study. → Read More
A Colorado teen is demanding more comprehensive sex education curriculum after Roe was overturned: “I didn’t learn a lot of things I needed”
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 17-year-old Minna Most turned her focus to something she might be able to change: improving sex education in Boulder Valley School District so that it is more comprehensive and more inclusive of people in the LGBTQ community. → Read More
Jeffco Public Schools to change start times next year, with younger students starting earlier and older kids later
Jeffco Public Schools, the state’s second-largest district, announced earlier this week that it is changing the time students will go to school next academic year. → Read More
Denver school board rejects plan to close schools after district alters proposal a second time
Denver Public Schools' Board of Education on Thursday struck down a proposal to close schools after Superintendent Alex Marrero caught several directors off guard by changing the district's school closure plan for the second time within a week. → Read More
Denver Public Schools students, parents ask school board not to close five schools
Monday’s meeting was a chance for the public to weigh in on the closure plan before the school board votes on whether to close schools later this week. → Read More
“Chaos” as Denver Public Schools cuts list of schools recommended for closure
Denver Public Schools’ decision to slash the list of schools it is recommending closing in half ignited further pushback from education groups on Friday. → Read More
Denver Public Schools no longer proposing to close five schools
Denver Public Schools on Thursday partially reversed its proposal to close 10 schools by removing five of them from its recommended list. → Read More
DPS plan to close schools draws scrutiny from board
Denver Public Schools' plan to close schools next year drew intense scrutiny from the district's Board of Education during a meeting on Thursday, with directors saying they are being asked to make a decision in two weeks but haven't been given enough information on how the district came to its decision on which schools should shut down and how they would be implemented. → Read More
West Denver neighborhood will have enough students to sustain school DPS wants to close, housing authority says
The Denver Housing Authority is projecting that redevelopment in a west Denver neighborhood will bring enough young children to keep open a school that Denver Public Schools is proposing to close due to low enrollment, according to a memo obtained by The Denver Post. → Read More
Parents, teachers scramble to learn more as Denver Public Schools proposes closing 10 schools: “It’s devastating”
Parents, teachers and advocates spent Wednesday scrambling to find out more about DPS's consolidation plan and some said the timing of the board’s upcoming vote, which will take place in three weeks, caught them off guard. → Read More
These are the 10 schools that Denver Public Schools recommends closing as enrollment drops
Denver Public Schools, Colorado’s largest school district, is proposing to close 10 elementary and middle schools across the city as it faces declining enrollment. → Read More