Aurora Public Schools
Mayor Coffman seeing red over green Aurora school district lawns amid sustained drought
AURORA | Green lawns at some Aurora schools have provoked threats of a water shut-off from Mayor Mike Coffman. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Coffman accused Aurora Public Schools of violating drought restrictions to irrigate school properties and having to pay fines for the alleged violations. Coffman said he is considering shutting off water […]
Aurora Public Schools official gets national shout out for combating childhood hunger
AURORA | An Aurora Public Schools official in charge of ensuring students don’t go hungry while schools are out in the summer has been honored nationally for the work he and the district have done to combat hunger among students. James Lesley, assistant director for support and compliance for Aurora Public Schools’ nutrition department, has […]
State’s biggest school districts pass cellphone policies ahead of state deadline
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Nearly all of Colorado’s 20 largest school districts have adopted restrictions on cellphones before a state deadline Wednesday. A state law passed last year required districts to pass cellphone policies by July 1, although it did not mandate that districts ban phones. Five of the 20 […]
Aurora teacher of the year semi-finalist inspires students to learn, win and pass it on
AURORA | For Viviana Martinez, teaching has never been just about helping her students learn Spanish or English. It’s about helping young people understand who they are, where they come from and what responsibilities come with opportunities. Her philosophy is simple. “Passing the good on,” Viviana said in an interview last week with the Sentinel. […]
HD 41: Primary voters choose between two local experienced elected leaders for Dem nominee
Correction: This article was updated to clarify that Rep. Jamie Jackson supports repealing the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Democratic primary voters in House District 41, which covers a portion of central Aurora, will decide between incumbent Rep. Jamie Jackson and challenger Anne Keke this June. Jackson is a Denver native who moved to Aurora in […]
HD 41: Primary voters choose between two local experienced elected leaders for Dem nominee
Democratic primary voters in House District 41, which covers a portion of central Aurora, will decide between incumbent Rep. Jamie Jackson and challenger Anne Keke this June. Jackson is a Denver native who moved to Aurora in 2010. She is the founder and CEO of Premier Senior Support and she was appointed to represent House […]
OPED: A sin for fairness: Colorado charter students will now get a seat at the table
A few years ago, I found myself presenting before the Aurora Public Schools’ Long Range Facilities Advisory Committee as the district prepared a bond measure for voters. Alongside two other charter schools, I outlined Aurora Academy’s facilities needs, which centered on safety and security for the students at my school, and explained how bond funding […]
HOLD THE PHONE: Aurora schools scrolling through student phone policies
AURORA | Aurora Hills Middle School teacher Tracie Jansen, for the most part, has her students work on classroom assignments with pencils and paper. The old school technology in her sixth-and-seventh-grade language arts class, free of cell phones, has breathed new life into the classroom, she said. “My students are more engaged and enabled to […]
ANNE KEKE: Running while immigrant: Public education, purity politics and the cost of nuance
I did not come to public life through ideology. I came through classrooms. Before politics, I worked alongside students, families, and educators, many of them immigrants like me, navigating a public education system that can be both a ladder and a barrier. My work has always been grounded in two questions: What actually improves outcomes […]
ANNE KEKE: Running while immigrant: Public education, purity politics and the cost of nuance
I did not come to public life through ideology. I came through classrooms. Before politics, I worked alongside students, families, and educators, many of them immigrants like me, navigating a public education system that can be both a ladder and a barrier. My work has always been grounded in two questions: What actually improves outcomes […]