The complaint alleges numerous students and staff at the schools targeted four Black or biracial students with harassment, racial slurs and threats
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Judge who found Douglas County school board broke open meetings law to fire Corey Wise will rule again in the same case
Board members decided to appeal a ruling from 2022 but their lawyer missed a filing deadline, so judge who ruled against them has heard the case a second time.
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Littwin: DougCo school board saved students from CRT. But somehow racism survived.
A Castle Rock Middle School student has had to leave school over racist threats. His family now says they don’t feel safe in Castle Rock.
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Castle Rock mom says student chat group threatened her son, used racist slurs
The victim, an 8th grader, was pulled from Castle Rock Middle School by his mother. Another student has been suspended.
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Douglas County School District settles discrimination claims with former superintendent for more than $800K
$800,000 deal with Corey Wise includes pay owed him as part of his superintendent contract.
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Many Colorado teachers dig into their own pockets to buy classroom supplies. The state may soon pay them back.
A bipartisan bill would give 50,000 public school teachers an income tax credit of up to $1,000 to reimburse personally incurred expenses
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Public money can be used for religious-school tuition in Maine. What does that mean for voucher programs in Colorado?
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for public dollars in a Maine tuition assistance program to flow to private religious schools could embolden conservative Colorado lawmakers to more aggressively pursue a statewide program that would feed taxpayer money to private schools, including religious ones. Previous legislative attempts in Colorado to create a […]
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Former Douglas County Superintendent Corey Wise sues school district, alleging retaliation and discrimination
Corey Wise has broken his silence — and the ousted superintendent is suing his former employers alleging retaliation, discrimination and that his infamous firing was illegal. The former Douglas County School District superintendent filed a lawsuit April 13 with the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He claims the Douglas County […]
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Douglas County Superintendent Erin Kane steps into new role under spotlight
Erin Kane sat down at her desk on her last day of work at American Academy and looked around the room. Dozens of photos from her career, framed diplomas on the wall, a stack of books about state education law, all sat untouched. The packing hadn’t begun yet. It was March 30 and Kane was […]
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Opinion: The blatant dishonesty of the Douglas County school board
Public officials inevitably serve as role models. When in the public eye, “the whole world is watching.” That includes children. Today’s youth can learn to respect adults with authority and follow their example, or they can become disenchanted due to dishonesty and corruption. So it is incredibly disappointing how blatantly dishonest the Douglas County School […]