Voter approval of Aurora Public Schools’ (APS) $300 million bond issue in November has given the APS administration a green light to resume planning for a 6th–12th-grade campus on a nine-acre parcel located on the north side of 25th Ave. between Galena and Geneva streets.
Schools/Education
Supt. Boasberg Confirms No Cap on NHS Size, Even if a Shared Middle School Would Need to Be Relocated
Board approves construction of a high school for DSST: Conservatory Green on the Sandoval Campus but also approves a very specific resolution on supporting NHS as an IB program and as a comprehensive high school.
DPS Meeting Monday, Dec. 5th at 6pm
DPS will present its plans for building a new elementary school, the temporary placement of the elementary school at Sandoval, the use of newly approved bond funds to add a DSST high school at Sandoval, and the completion of Northfield High School.
A Top-Performing Alternative
The top-performing alternative high school in the Denver Public Schools (DPS) district this year is Denver Online High School, which serves a surprisingly diverse array of students.
DPS Signals Change: SPF Ratings Highlight Equity
School Performance Framework (SPF) “stoplight” scores are out for DPS schools, for the first time in two years, and the results are surprising to many in the local community.
Letter to the Editor
I am a very satisfied parent at Denver Discovery School and am writing to encourage families to consider this excellent school during the upcoming School Choice process.
PARCC Tests: What Teachers, Principals, DPS and Parents Think
Although media coverage about standardized tests often focuses on opposition to them, local stakeholders in education express near universal approval of the rigorous Common Core standards that the exams assess.
Youth of Color Share Thoughts on Cops and Creating Change
When 16-year-old Jedidiah Johnson, who is African-American, was a freshman in high school, he and some friends were accused of taking his teacher’s Adderall pills from the classroom.
Lockheed Martin Looks to Middle Schoolers for 2030s Mars Journey
Middle school students fill the seats of what could be an ordinary school bus — but as it starts up, the darkened windows become a continuous video screen with images of the Mars landscape passing by.
NE High Schools Offer Many College Prep Options
College-bound high school students have a lot of options to learn about and choose from—and NE Denver students have five good public high schools to choose from.
APS Goal: Middle/High School Campus Next to Stapleton
Aurora Public Schools (APS) wants to establish a middle school/high school campus next to Stapleton on properties fronting 25th Ave. in Aurora.
Find the Immunization Rate at Your School
Starting this fall, parents who opt their children out of shots for personal or religious reasons will have to work a little harder than they have in years past.