By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette
Collette Simkins — a theater and visual arts teacher at West High School — works two extra part-time jobs just to live in the Cap Hill neighborhood near the campus she has taught at for three years.
“I think it’s important to live in the community in which my students live,” said Simkins, 29.
She — and the nearly 4,000 educators that the Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) represents — was counting on a full cost-of-living increase this school year.