Aurora Central High School principal Gerardo da la Garza, right, talks with student Carmen Cadrera in the commons area between classes at Aurora Central August 20. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
The many news in Colorado’s education world this week included another scholarship program in a local community, a local college expanding it’s campus, and profiles of two high schools reinventing themselves. Catch up on Vol. 31 of Take Note…
High school profiles: Carlos Illescas Denver Post and the school’s efforts to improve achievement through innovation status, though the plan hasn’t yet been approved. District officials say the school faces many challenges because many of the students are new immigrants who don’t speak English, and who come from low-income households.
On Thursday, Jenny Brundin, posted a story on Colorado Public Radio about . The district is changing the way the pre-IB program works at the school this year to make the program open to more students. The CPR story talks about the divisions within the school between the IB program and traditional students and about how they often coincide with racial divides. But efforts this year are trying to unify the school.
#Jeffco: The protest period for the recall of the three Jeffco school board members ended Wednesday and the county clerk on Thursday announced the recall will be on November’s general election ballot. Today’s Denver Post has a story about the recall, which some say is just the latest in an uptick of recalls, and fact checks about the three main issues.
Weld County scholarships: The Greeley Tribune covered an announcement this week from Weld County that they will be . School officials said the news should help motivate students to get more to graduate from high school, but Tyler Silvy also reported that the program , and estimates show that could be a large group of the area’s students.
More news for higher ed: On Wednesday, to take ownership and develop portions of Colorado Heights University’s Loretto Heights campus in southwest Denver. The university may be able to have classes on the campus by fall of 2016.
CU-Boulder is that were a way for people throughout campus to quickly report an emergency. The Daily Camera reported this week the university is moving to switch to a mobile safety app instead, saying the towers were often not working, and very often used for false alarms.
Healthy Kids: Ann Schimke has an that caused an . Although most school districts didn’t back out from giving the survey, some did decide to provide more information to parents.
In the courts: The to the U.S. supreme court for the voucher program ruling, as expected.
Finally, Trevista at Horace Mann started school this week, and hosted a barbecue to welcome families back. Here’s a clip of the fun they had to kick off the school year…
