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- Adams Library Ditches Dewey Decimal System
An Adams County library district is dumping the Dewey Decimal Classification system for organizing its books in favor of one that is considered more user-friendly.
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- Memorial Honors Life Of Pueblo Principal
Jim Manzanares was the principal of Pueblo Central High School for 11 years. He died unexpectedly in 2007.
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- Colorado Schools To Change Racial Data
Colorado is updating the way it counts Latinos in schools.
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- Driver Dies After Her Vehicle Collides With Denver School Bus
Authorities say a woman has died after the vehicle she was driving collided with a school bus at an intersection in the southwest Denver metro area.
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- Obama Wants To See 5,000 Failing Schools Close
President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years.
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- 77 Pueblo Teachers May Not Be Back Next Year
A School District 60 spokesperson says contracts for 77 teachers will not be renewed and the majority of them are not tenured, meaning they're mostly first, second and third year teachers.
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- University of Colorado Cutting Jobs To Save Money
The University of Colorado system is cutting 54 administration jobs and trimming top leaders' salaries in a reorganization that is expected to save $6.2 million, or about 15.6 percent of the system's operating budget.
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- Church Says It's Not Involved in Child Luring Cases
A Colorado Springs church is denying a connection with reports that children from nearby schools are being approached by strangers as they walk home.
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- Health Dept.: How to Protect Kids From Swine Flu
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is making several recommendations for Colorado schools and day-care centers to avoid the spread of the swine (H1N1) virus.
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- D-11 Hiring Bus Drivers
Don't know how to drive a bus? No problem, D-11 will train you!
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- First Probable Case of Swine Flu Reported in Minn.
Minnesota health officials say they hope to know by the end of the day whether a case of swine flu has turned up in central Minnesota.
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- Illinois Reporting Probable Swine Flu Cases, One School Closed
State public health officials say more than one case is being sent to federal authorities for confirmation.
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- Obama: Schools With Infections May Have to Close
President Barack Obama says school authorities with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing.
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- Lakewood High School Substitute Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexual Relationship With 17-Year-Old
A Lakewood High School substitute teacher faces up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.
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- How Schools Have Changed in 10 Years
The Columbine tragedy has had a profound impact on all of our children's schools. Security has been tightened to re-assure parents that our kids are safe.
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- Anniversary Remembers Victims of Columbine Massacre
On April 20, 1999, two gunmen walked into Columbine High School in Littleton and opened fire- methodically walking the halls, going room to room, shooting innocent victims. By the end of the nightmare, 12 students and one teacher, lay dead.
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- Principal: Images of Columbine Still Vivid 10 Years Later
It was 10 years ago Monday two teenage gunmen opened fire at Columbine High School near Denver, killing 13 and injuring 23 more before taking their own lives. While the school has moved on in many ways the memory of what happened and the lives lost will never fade for those who lived through it.
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- Pueblo School District Denies Lawsuit Allegations
Pueblo City Schools plans to fight a lawsuit charging staff members at a school with illegally restraining a special education student two years ago.
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- Snow Cancels Proms To Disappointment of Students, Businesses
The dresses have been bought, the tuxes rented, but there was no prom Friday for students at Lewis Palmer High School, Peyton High School and James Irwin Charter High School and Calhan High School has canceled prom Saturday night.
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- D-20 Music Teacher Arrested For Child Porn
Detectives say a tip led them to 42-year-old Jaime Bush Schneider of Colorado Springs. Schneider worked in District 20 at Timberview Middle School as a music teacher since 2001.
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- Bill To Keep Felons From Working At Schools Voted Down
House Bill 1324, would have prevented people convicted of certain felonies, from working in public schools. The bill was killed in the house judiciary committee Monday.
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- Students Protest Outside Doherty H.S. for Principal
Hundreds of students protested outside Doherty High School Tuesday afternoon in support of their principal. Dennis Vigil has been serving as the interim principal for the past year.
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- Morrison private school principal arrested on sexual assault suspicions
Jefferson County district attorney's spokeswoman Pam Russell says 35-year-old Daniel Charles Brock of Littleton was arrested Friday.
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- Hoehne School District Cancels School
Hoehne School District in Trinidad will not have school Thursday or Friday this week due to a sewer system malfunction.
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- Stimulus Funds Buy Child Centers For CO Military
Fort Carson will get $12.5 million for a child development center and $11.5 million to repair its Nutrition Care Division building.
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- D-70 Considering 4-Day Week
If the board approves it, D-70 schools will start the 4-day week this fall.
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- 71-Year-Old 3rd Grader Given Literacy Award
Williams returned to school at age 68 to fulfill his lifelong dream of learning how to read.
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- $98M To Be Spent On CO Crumbling Schools
The winning districts will also have to put up some money themselves. Between state and local money, the treasurer's office says $98 million will be spent to fix schools around the state without raising taxes.
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- D-11 and New Superintendent Agree to $180,000 Contract
Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education has approved a contract for their incoming superintendent, Dr. Nicholas Gledich.
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- CO Lawmakers Get Briefing on Stimulus Schools
Sen. Michael Bennet says Colorado schools will get as much as $900 million in extra education aid, enough to save the jobs of thousands of teachers.
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- D-49 Principals To Keep Their Jobs
A complete 180 from Falcon School District 49 Board Members Tuesday night. Two High School Principals told they would be out of a job at the end of the school year will be able to keep those jobs.
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- Colorado K-12 Schools to Get $900M in Economic Aid
Sen. Michael Bennet says Colorado schools will get as much as $900 million in federal economic stimulus money—enough to save the jobs of thousands of teachers.
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- Unique Anti-Kindergarten Lawsuit Endorsed in NH
Voters in a southern New Hampshire town are supporting their school board's legal fight against free public kindergarten.
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- Wasson High School To Learn Fate Tonight
D-11 is expected to recommend one year for the district to come up with a comprehensive plan to improve the school on the brink of closure.
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- Union Signals Support For Broad Obama Policy
A teachers union official is signaling overall support for President Barack Obama's education agenda, but hints that discussions may lie ahead.
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- CO Students Rally For Affordable College Tuition
Dozens of college students chanting "We're the future" have staged a rally for lower tuition at the state Capitol.
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- CO Debates Tuition Break For Illegal Immigrants
Colorado lawmakers are preparing to debate a bill that would give in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants.
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- D-11 Moving Forward with Plans to Close Schools
On Wednesday, district officials said the next step is to change school boundaries.
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- CSU Applications Surge For Fall Freshman Class
Applications from Colorado residents who want to attend Colorado State University next fall are up 10 percent from this time last year.
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- KKTV Personalities Read to Classes
Many people don't recognize the name Theodor Geisel. But when you mention the name he wrote under, Dr. Seuss, it's a case of instant recognition. Schools across Southern Colorado honored Geisel's birthday with a read-a-thon Monday.
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- Worker Arrested For Alleged Inappropriate Actions At High School
Several female students at a Douglas County school reported inappropriate actions by a Colorado Springs man, who services the vending machines in the building. - D-11 Votes to Close 8 Elementary Schools, One Middle School
The District 11 School Board has voted to close 8 elementary schools, and one middle school.
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- Colo. Budget Proposal Hits K-12, Higher Education
Public schools would face a $65 million cut and higher education would lose $30 million under a proposal to close a $625 million shortfall in this year's state budget.
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- School Helps Boy Diagnosed With Rare Blood Disorder
Simon Wright went for a routine doctor's visit about a skin rash and was given much more serious news. Simon quickly went from the emergency room to the cancer center.
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- Schools Closed in Manitou Springs Due to "Concerning" Note
Manitou High School and Middle School are closed today. The superintendent tells 11 News the high school principal got some information that was cause for concern.
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- School Closes Due To Case of Salmonella
Corpus Christi School in Colorado Springs closed early Friday after they learned of a confirmed case of salmonella in one of their students.
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- Parents Weigh In On Possible District 11 School Closures
If your child goes to a District 11 school, that school could soon be closing. The district is looking at closing at least eight schools and re-configuring several others. They say lower enrollment and budget cuts are to blame.
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- D-11 Interviewing For New Superintendent
School District 11 Superintendent Dr. Terry N. Bishop will retire on June 30, 2009.
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- Springs Teacher on Leave, Accused of Making Racial Slur
A Irving Middle School teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave, after she was accused of making a racial slur to a 13-year-old student.
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- States Get A Bad Grade On Teacher Reviews
A national study suggests quality control is seriously lacking when it comes to keeping good teachers and dumping bad ones.
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