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McKenna: Of our race-obsessed schools and special populations

The Cherry Creek School Board meeting in April featured a strategic plan update on special populations by Dr. Tony Poole. Those not steeped in the priorities of the school board and Superintendent Chris Smith might think it wise to fixate on “disproportionality” as Dr. Poole does; but that fixation does not seem to be improving proficiency in reading or math, where half the district’s students do not test at grade level. Or much else.

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Following backlash, Douglas Co. school board delays discussion, action on trans student policy

Following backlash from a group of parents, elected officials and others opposed to updating discrimination policies to include transgender students, the board for the Douglas County School District has indefinitely delayed a vote on the matter. 

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In Colorado, only one town lets nonresidents vote. Now it’s considering adding LLCs to voter rolls.

When the town of Mountain Village above Telluride incorporated in 1995, emerging from a special district, the town charter allowed nonresident property owners to vote. Mountain Village is still the only town in Colorado that allows nonresidents to vote in local elections for council members, mayors and new regulations. 

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Future of Colorado charter schools could be determined by Democratic primary for a State Board of Ed seat

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being spent to affect the primary for a seat on the state Board of Education, a race that could determine the future of Colorado charter schools for years to come. 

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1st Amendment case of Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop in front of Colorado Supreme Court

America’s favorite baker, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop, is back in front of the Colorado supreme court today for yet another round of state-sponsored persecution. The question before the court: Does the First Amendment apply in Colorado, or can the state continue to harass, target, and bully speakers who don’t ascend to the state’s view of cultural issues, in direct contradiction of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings?

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Colorado Dems applaud Biden’s latest immigration order, while Republicans call it ‘madness’

Colorado Democrats on Tuesday applauded President Joe Biden’s executive order to shield from deportation hundreds of thousands of individuals who are living in the country illegally and are married to American citizens.  

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