Education reporter for @csgazette • Formerly @billingsgazette • I like tennis and still listen to CDs. News tips: [email protected]

Colorado Springs, CO
Joined May 2017
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, claims that Colorado law violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution by prohibiting any public funding toward religious schools.
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"The settlement alters nothing about our policies, our practices, or our authority, and the fact that it results in no changes only underscores how unnecessary this lawsuit was," CHSAA said in a statement.
Colorado High School Activities Association reaches settlement with D-49, other school districts in trans athletics lawsuit trib.al/nhd2Ztq
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After years of mounting maintenance needs, district-wide upgrades are on the way for two of El Paso County’s oldest school districts.
New bond approvals will improve aging schools across El Paso County trib.al/iLe31Qo
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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.
Neck-and-neck school board races could yield ideological shifts in El Paso County trib.al/2DVUWqW
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In Harrison D-2, El Paso County's most racially and economically diverse school district, the road to school improvement is unique to the region, given higher rates of crime and poverty in the area.
How do local schools ‘turn around’ after years of poor performance? trib.al/CiMfZhD
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The Community Opportunity Education Campus is a new public school in Colorado Springs and Aurora. It is designed to help justice-engaged youth earn their high school diplomas. gazette.com/news/school-to-o… via @csgazette
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On the edge of Mueller State Park in Teller County lies a haven for public educators who have been beaten down by the work they love. gazette.com/news/retired-sup… via @csgazette
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The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Pueblo county officials are about to provide an update on the Davis Mortuary investigation. @csgazette
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Should Coroner Cotter not resign, there's not a system in place for his removal currently, per Pueblo County Sheriff Lucero.
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Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and his brother are not currently considered flight risks.
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The complaint alleged that the city council had violated its intergovernmental agreement with Woodland Park RE-2 when it repealed the sales tax contributing to local school funding during an emergency meeting. #WoodlandPark #publiced gazette.com/news/education/j… via @csgazette
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While Colorado collectively improved in meeting grade-level expectations, the 17 districts across El Paso and Teller County saw a drop in English scores and a bump in math scores.#publiced #ColoradoSprings
State scores show improvement, Pikes Peak districts show mixed progress in spring testing trib.al/XrNvWVq
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