Controversial vote looms for DPS board
Denver Public Schools’ board members face one of their most contentious votes in recent years Monday as they weigh turnaround plans for six of the district’s lowest-performing schools.
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New Dem faces for Senate Ed
Brand-new Democratic senators Michael Johnston and Pat Steadman will join the Senate Education Committee for the 2010 session, and Vice Chair Chris Romer is leaving the panel.
Unions pump cash into Jeffco races
Teachers’ unions have contributed significantly in some Jefferson and Boulder County school board races, while business is heavily supporting the proposed Greeley schools tax increase.
Hickenlooper weighs in on DPS races
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper endorses Mary Seawell and Ismael Garcia for the city’s school board.
Seawell tops in dollars raised, spent [UPDATED]
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Denver Public Schools at-large candidate Mary Seawell is leading all other DPS school board candidates in dollars raised and spent. Updated with all candidates.
GOP outspends AFT in Dougco races
Nearly $50,000 has been raised by candidates in four hotly contested Douglas County school board races.
Intra-party squabble spices Dougco races
A conservative slate of school board candidates backed by the Douglas County GOP has moderate Republicans in the state’s third-largest school district worried.
One-stop DPS board election info center
Check here regularly for updates on the Denver school board races, including new videos, podcasts, and information on debate and forum times and dates. Updated Friday.
DPS candidates on stage at Bruce Randolph
Some chairs on stage were empty. But five of the eight expected candidates for Denver Public Schools’ board of education answered questions for more than an hour Wednesday night at Bruce Randolph School in northeast Denver. One candidate even sang. Metro Organizations for People, a community advocacy group, was the host of the candidate forum [...]
DPS candidate declines “special interest” forums
A Denver Public Schools board candidate is refusing to attend forums sponsored by several community and education groups because they accept money from two foundations that also support charter schools. Christopher Scott, who is seeking an at-large seat on the Denver school board, issued a press release Tuesday saying he would not attend the forums [...]
