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The Coloradoan
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In split vote, Denver school board approves closure of Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy
Did you know search engines like Google are changing the way you see news? Keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to our name. Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy will close at the end of the school year after the Denver school board voted 4-2 Thursday to shutter it. The high school, which was modeled on historically Black colleges and universities, has just 24 students this year . Board Vice President Monica Hunter and member John Youngquist voted no. Hunter, a former Denver teacher who works for the statewide teachers union, asked about pausing the vote until an agreement granting concessions to teachers at the school could be finalized. Superintendent Alex Marrero said the school district was done negotiating. He said the two sides verbally agreed on a $1,000 payment to the teachers, plus protections for international teachers with work visas. Marrero said the district rejected other requests. Hunter said those included giving non-tenured teachers two paid days off to interview for other jobs. “The rationale is this is precedent setting,” Marrero said, “and potentially we have some more (school) consolidations coming, and it would not behoove us
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Football: Eaglecrest holds off ThunderRidge 23-20 to clear path to 5A quarterfinals
AURORA | Save for a few plays, the Eaglecrest football team played phenomenally against ThunderRidge Friday night at Legacy Stadium. Coach Jesse German’s seventh-seeded Raptors survived a few miscues that resulted in big plays for the 10th-seeded Grizzlies with cold execution, desire and resiliency, which resulted in a 23-20 Class 5A second round playoff victory and a spot in the final eight.
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The Denver Gazette
New DPS program will let students earn college credit in middle school
Denver Public Schools students can now begin earning college credit as early as eighth grade through a new AP Spanish program at Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School. Bryant Webster’s new program will be the first time that DPS students as young as eighth grade can earn college credit. It is made possible through a […]
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Football: Grandview tops Regis Jesuit 19-13 to get back to 5A state quarterfinals
AURORA | On the same field where it suffered a close loss three weeks earlier against the same opponent, the Grandview football team turned the tables Thursday night. The fifth-seeded Wolves lost to 12th-seeded Regis Jesuit by three points at Legacy Stadium in Week 9 of the regular season and the two local programs found themselves head-to-head again with a trip to the Class 5A state quarterfinals on the line.
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Signing Day: Eaglecrest track star Zenobia Witt reveals commitment at ceremony
AURORA | Zenobia Witt wanted a little mystery about where she would continue her track & field career at the next level, but the choice was pretty clear. The Eaglecrest High School senior star — a six-time Class 5A state champion with big plans for her final prep chapter in the spring — used Wednesday morning’s Signing/Commitment Day celebration to reveal her future destination.