Denver’s school board has scheduled a special meeting Friday to decide whether to release the video recording of its five-hour, closed-door meeting the day after the March shooting inside East High School. The announcement comes nearly a month after a judge ruled the private meeting violated Colorado law and ordered Denver Public Schools to publicly release the recording. That ruling […]

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A diploma wasn’t the only exciting piece of paper University of Denver graduates walked away with after their commencement Saturday morning. In addition to their degrees and years of acquired knowledge, the approximately 1,150 DU undergraduates who attended the ceremony each were gifted $500 in cash — a donation from commencement speaker Pat Hamill. When Hamill wrapped his speech with […]

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A student was discovered with a weapon at Denver’s East High School on Wednesday, one day after the school was closed because a 16-year-old had been shot near the campus, according to a letter sent to families by the school’s principal. When the East administration received reports of a student with a weapon on school property Wednesday, the school’s increased […]

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Denver’s East High School was closed Tuesday as a 16-year-old student remained hospitalized in critical condition after being shot near the campus a day earlier. Administrators also canceled all after-school and extracurricular activities. School was expected to return to regular operation Wednesday, according to a letter Principal Terita Walker sent families. “We will be taking this school closure day to […]

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The Boulder Valley School District will pay $1.26 million to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit brought by two former Fairview High School students, according to settlement agreements obtained by The Denver Post through an open records request. The settlement, signed Monday, bookends a three-year stretch in which students at Fairview High led a broad reckoning over the school’s culture […]

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After the state ordered Denver Public Schools to reconsider a charter school centering Black students and culture, the school board Thursday approved the school to open next fall. But the approval comes with conditions, including that 5280 Freedom School must fill all of its open seats in its first year. The school plans to open with 52 students in kindergarten and first […]

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Whether Todd Saliman knew it before now or not, his career path helped guide him to exactly where he sits today — as the president of the University of Colorado’s four-campus system. Even after he was named interim president of CU in June 2021, Saliman wasn’t always sure he wanted to apply for the permanent position. But those who have […]

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For the second time this spring, a Severance High School administrator has announced an intent to leave the school at the end of the academic year. Jen Brownhill, who is in her second year as principal at the 3-year-old school, announced her resignation in late April. In a letter to Severance High families, Brownhill said she made the decision “after […]

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By Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado Kaylee, an eighth-grader in a light blue hoodie, read a list of words, one by one, to teacher Jessica Thurby. She stumbled on a few: Debate came out “deblate,” sacred turned into “secret,” and defend became “define.” The pair went over the missed words. As Kaylee took another stab at “sacred,” she said, “It looked […]

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By Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado Denver’s superintendent is cutting dozens of positions from the central office in a reduction that will save Denver Public Schools $9 million, according to an email obtained by Chalkbeat. Superintendent Alex Marrero described the cuts in an email sent to district staff Tuesday. They total at least 76 positions and include 15 executive-level jobs. The […]

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