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Grove Elementary aims to become BVSD’s first new charter school in decades

A proposed new charter school emphasizing inclusivity for neurodiverse and special education students is under review by the Boulder Valley Board of Education. Grove Elementary would be an offshoot of Bal Swan, a private preschool in Broomfield, with its educational philosophy extending to the new publicly funded charter school. 

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Superintendent says D-11 failed ‘people of Jenkins’ amid mounting criticism over middle school closure

Bus pick-ups and drop-offs, a new start time and new channels of communication were among the updates Colorado Springs District 11 provided to Jenkins Middle School families Thursday night as they prepare to exit the school next week.

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Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado leading on plan for Colorado energy transition

As local governments on the Western Slope face the reality of the Craig Power Station closure and in preparation of Gov. Jared Polis’ mandated clean energy plan, Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado are announcing that Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative (NCEI), a program under AGNC and managed by Matt Solomon, have received a $75,000 Energy Communities Alliance Grant.

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What’s the future of the Crested Butte post office? Mayor is ‘blowing the whistle’

The Crested Butte town council is publicly expressing concern that the town might be without a U.S. Post Office a year from now. The council has tried to work with post office officials for close to three years now and offered to form a partnership where the town would provide a piece of land it owns across from Gothic Field on Sixth Street for a new building. But after what seemed like sometimes positive progress on the issue, the USPS bureaucrats would go silent.

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Douglas Co. passes resolution supporting Trump’s use of ICE and ‘safe and lawful deportation’ of illegals

Douglas County is backing President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plan, arguing it supports public safety, which contrasts with Denver, whose mayor has vowed to resist federal immigration agents deporting illegal immigrants in his city.

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