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Teller County commissioner slams GOP chair Dave Williams; DPS to create 'guardrails' when recommending school closures; history shows parallels, differences in protests | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is June 12, 2024, and here's what you need to know:. Teller County official slams posts by Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams, asks for resignation. Teller County Commissioner Dan Williams, a Republican, publicly asked for the removal of Dave Williams from his state post in a letter that was endorsed by several other elected officials in the county.
After an injury, DU student uses social media to inspire others facing similar challenges
DENVER — A freshman at the University of Denver is more than just a student — he's an inspiration to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. After being partially paralyzed following an injury more than three years ago, Mason Branstrator, a Minnesota native, started posting videos about his experience learning how to adapt to life as a wheelchair user.
Denver Board of Education to create ‘guardrails’ when recommending school closures
A year after using low enrollment to justify school closures, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education is expected to consider a policy that would prohibit district officials from using enrollment numbers for future recommendations. The proposed policy suggests — as DPS officials have warned for years — more closures...
Students continue to protest for CU system-wide divestment from Israel
As the latest war between Israel and Hamas enters its eighth month, pro-Palestine student groups across the University of Colorado system have continued to engage in demonstrations to protest the CU system’s ties to corporations operating in Israel. On Memorial Day, organizers from CU Boulder’s chapter of Students for...
The tents on college campuses are gone. They'll likely return if history repeats itself
As pro-Palestinian encampments cropped up this spring on college campuses in Denver and across the nation, U.S. historians were quick to draw comparisons to the student movement that organized against the Vietnam War. At some level of analysis, the parallels are eerily similar, with today’s students calling for an end...
Colorado offers high school students many college opportunities — in Aurora, too
DENVER | The routes to two- and four-year colleges didn’t fit Maryssa McCray’s ambitions. McCray, 19, wants to be an officer in the Air Force. But her SAT score wasn’t high enough to enroll in the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Life events also got in the way. Her Kia Sportage got stolen. She also experienced the shock of her family needing to put down two of their dogs.
Spring Things: A look back at Smoky Hill’s 2024 spring sports season
SMOKY HILL (SPRING 2024) BOYS SWIMMING: With a large senior class as the driving force, Smoky Hill racked up 198 points over two days at the Veterans’ Memorial Aquatic Center to place sixth at the Class 5A state meet as senior Daniel Yi (100 yard breaststroke) and junior Ian Noffsinger (500 yard freestyle) earned second place individual finishes. At the end of the meet, Yi — a University of Utah signee who had won the prestigious Hoyt Brawner Award as the state’s top swimmer/scholar/athlete earlier in the season — was chosen as the 5A Swimmer of the Year and Scott Cohen was voted 5A Swim Coach of the Year. A week earlier, Smoky Hill played host to the Centennial “A” League Championship meet and won its first league title since 1999. Yi (100 yard breaststroke with a league-record performance), Noffsinger (500 yard freestyle), senior Landon Brewer (50 yard freestyle) and the all-senior 200 yard medley relay of Benjamin Brewer, Yi, Patrick Adams and Landon Brewer all won league championships.
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