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A slain deputy. A political brawl. A school shooting: How Sheriff Tony Spurlock is handling years of turmoil

Spurlock, the target of a recall effort, says the past several years have been the most trying of his 40-year career in law enforcement. “I’d be OK if I forgot it,” he says of some of the trauma.

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STEM School, site of fatal shooting, secures five-year charter renewal after contentious battle

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STEM School has until June 29 to allay concerns and secure extended charter reauthorization

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Douglas County School Board may put STEM School, site of fatal shooting, on short leash

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Colorado’s kindergarten landscape will even out, with benefits flowing to state’s wealthiest, poorest families

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Opinion: Let’s find ways to protect students without placing them at additional risk

By Apryl Alexander Opinion

The school at the center of Colorado’s latest mass shooting is a refuge for gifted, tech-savvy kids who sometimes didn’t fit in elsewhere

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This is not Parkland: Douglas County, divided on guns but eager to prevent another school shooting, tries to find its voice

STEM students are searching for “one voice” on mental health, moms against gun violence are standing up 100-fold and a petition for metal detectors is now 20,000 strong

Opinion: We are ill. The STEM school shooting leaves us all with difficult work to do

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Anonymous complaint alleged issues at STEM School months before deadly shooting. Officials say it was uncorroborated.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says it has an open investigation into at least one of the allegations in the complaint, which came in a phone call to a top district official

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One student killed, eight more wounded in shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch allegedly committed by two peers

At least one person was killed and eight students were wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at STEM School Highlands Ranch allegedly committed by two of their peers, authorities say.

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Florida woman found dead after manhunt, statewide school closures over threat, “infatuation” with Columbine

The FBI's Denver office confirmed via Twitter that Sol Pais is dead after a massive manhunt and more than 1,000 school closures around the state of Colorado.

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The takeaway from Amendment 73’s defeat: Voters won’t throw money into a broken school finance system

“People are keenly aware now more than ever that our school finance model is in crisis.”