Kids

Game Changer: HopSkipDrive

Game Changer: HopSkipDrive

No joke! In the first week of April, a ride sharing service for kids entered the Denver market. Yes, HopSkipDrive—an “Uber for kids”—is here, founded by three moms who know that the kid transport struggle is real.

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Parents Threatened with Jail for Their “Free Range” Philosophy

Parents Threatened with Jail for Their “Free Range” Philosophy

Parents in Stapleton do it all the time. They let their kids play in the pocket parks, walk down the street to a neighbor’s house, bike to school. The community was intentionally designed with small back yards and lots of common spaces, inviting children to roam the neighborhoods on their own.

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Storm Clouds Over East High School

Storm Clouds Over East High School

Northeast Denver residents, with many East students and alumni as neighbors, were shocked to learn that four East High School administrators and a counselor had been charged with a misdemeanor and served with a summons to appear in court. Our coverage tells the disturbing story revealed in the police investigation and explains the legal process that has occurred and that lies ahead.

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Mobile Training for Pediatric Emergencies

Mobile Training for Pediatric Emergencies

Many emergency responders do not have the opportunity to get advanced pediatric training. Now, a new mobile medical training unit is bringing hands-on pediatric training to healthcare providers in rural and urban settings.

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Public Schools You May Not Know About

Public Schools You May Not Know About

A new bilingual preschool program, a charter elementary and a program for teen parents and their children offer educational programs that many people in the community may not know about.

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Kids Manage Successful Business that Gives Back to the Community

Kids Manage Successful Business that Gives Back to the Community

Well into their StapleFUN coupon book’s third year, siblings Breck and Brooke Massey talk about it with contagious enthusiasm. Breck, age 10, and Brooke, age 9, say the reasons for starting the project were to “build a successful business, offer families great deals, and raise money for schools.”

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A Special Teacher for Special Kids

A Special Teacher for Special Kids

Five days a week at 5:45am, Kelly Mitchell boards an Access-a-Ride van at her house in Superior for the ride to the Anchor Center for Blind Children. Like her fellow staff members, Mitchell is passionate about her work and devoted to helping visually impaired children. And she can relate to them uniquely, because Mitchell is blind.

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Fighting Rare Disorder, Family Gets a Win

Fighting Rare Disorder, Family Gets a Win

Scotty Sims knew there was something different about her second pregnancy. She told her OB/GYN her baby was “getting in these weird positions and locked, and I was in a lot of pain and discomfort.”

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