The Legend Titan band members play and welcome incoming freshmen students outside Legend High School in Parker, August 10.
Kids are returning to school, and so are school boards — including the state Board of Education. Catch up on what they’re doing here on this week’s Take Note…
State board: When the Colorado Board of Education officially returned from their summer break on Wednesday, a to fill the vacancy former chairwoman Marcia Neal left , elected a new board chair, and resurrected the idea of . The discussion about graduation guidelines was dominated by the board’s conservative voices and their attempts to find how to do as little as is required by statute in order to maintain flexibility for school districts.
In other work, the board was supposed to vote on from No Child Left Behind. Instead, because staff still had another issue to work through, and to wait for more guidance on allowing Colorado not to punish districts with low test participation, the board postponed their vote until the waiver request is finalized, they hope, by next month.
Speaking of the U.S. Department of Education, to help the state pay for more low-income students to take Advanced Placement tests. Data showed states that had the money last year were able to increase the number of low-income students taking AP tests.
Teacher contracts: finally reached an agreement they can present to a vote. In Greeley, to finalizing an agreement, but will continue.
New face: The Cañon City Daily Record , George Welsh, who was previously a superintendent in Center, where he won 2014 Superintendent of the Year by the Colorado Association of School Executives.
More national news: The New York Times who are doing research finding that a lack of exercise, not bad diets, are to blame for obesity problems in the country. The president of the organization of scientists, created by the beverage company
Also, don’t miss reading up on . It’s a big plan that would cost $350 billion.
