Parents Across America – Metro Denver chapter kickoff

Posted by on Feb 4, 2012 in Community, Events | 0 comments

Title: Parents Across America – Metro Denver chapter kickoffLocation: Kepner Middle School, 911 S. Hazel Ct.Description: Do you care...

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Athmar neighbor speaks out in support of MSLA

Posted by on Nov 12, 2011 in Community, Elementary Schools | 0 comments

The board received this letter yesterday, and with the author’s permission, I’m sharing it with you here. November 10,...

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Kepner’s kids deserve a well-rounded education

Posted by on Nov 5, 2011 in Board of Education, Community, Middle Schools | 4 comments

All parents deserve the basic respect and appreciation for their tax dollars, and low-income families have a right by federal law to fully benefit from the portion of Title I dollars earmarked toward community engagement to become active partners in their children’s education.

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Some movement on changing the school year start date

Posted by on Oct 27, 2011 in Board of Education, Community | 0 comments

As you recall, I introduced a resolution to the board last month to direct the district to begin the process of making a recommendation to change the school year start date to after Labor Day, as a way to relieve the heat in the buildings in August.

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Remembering the 91st birthday of suffrage

Posted by on Sep 19, 2011 in Community | 0 comments

Yesterday was the 91st anniversary of the Tennessee state assembly’s ratification of the following language of the then-proposed 19th...

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Keeping kids safe from too much heat

Posted by on Sep 8, 2011 in Board of Education, Community | 0 comments

My resolution points out that kids have a hard time learning when the classroom is too hot, that we don't really have money to retrofit our older buildings with cooling systems, and it takes into consideration that we do have to consider the length of our school year and when the CSAP is to be administered.

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