by tech | Nov 5, 2011 | Board of Education, Community, Middle Schools
“Education’s role in our society cannot be minimized…It is quite probably the most critical investment a people can make.” — Richard T. Castro Kepner Middle School, the cornerstone of the Westwood community, in Rich Castro’s district, is under attack. I...
by tech | Nov 3, 2011 | Board of Education
I love it when my ideas pay off. I’m very excited about the fact that we’re now live streaming our video feeds on the Internet for all board meetings. Now you don’t have to be chained to Comcast to watch! For those of you that do have Comcast,...
by tech | Nov 2, 2011 | Board of Education
As you may have heard by now, we’ve had a changing of the guard to represent certain areas of town, as well as what appears to be the retention of the incumbent. Congratulations goes to Director-elect Anne Rowe in southeast Denver, Director-elect Happy Haynes...
by tech | Oct 27, 2011 | Board of Education, Community
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. I’m happy to...
by tech | Oct 24, 2011 | Board of Education, Curriculum, High Schools
Some of you might recall that I participated in an institute of the Common Core Standards which are being pushed by the U.S. Department of Education. These are a long list of things that students should know and be able to do by the time they graduate from high...
by tech | Oct 20, 2011 | Board of Education
We passed a board spending policy tonight, unanimously, which largely codifies what the practice has already been. Here’s the statement that I issued to the media, in full: I am glad that the confusion caused by the absence of a spending policy is now...
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