Amy Bounds

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Amy Bounds

Amy Bounds covers K-12 education for the Daily Camera and Times-Call, plus some early childhood and local government stories. She first joined the Times-Call in 1997 after graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. She's lived in Colorado since she was 12, growing up in Littleton. When not writing, she's a marching band mom, rescue dog mom and unpaid Uber driver for her teen sons.

Racers, friends remember Longmont stabbing victim Makayla Grote at Colorado National Speedway

November 27, 2017 at 8:21 a.m.

More than 70 race cars took five slow laps around the track Sunday at the Colorado National Speedway in Dacono as the tight-knit racing community paid tribute to one of...

Author argues it’s schools, not dyslexic kids, that need to be fixed

November 6, 2017 at 6:02 p.m.

Activist Jonathan Mooney wants schools and society to move beyond the narrow view of a good kid as one who's compliant and sits still and of a smart kid as...

Claire Hankla, left, looks at a drawing on Tuesday by Lauryn Legeer, as Katie Krueger looks on. Peak to Peak Charter School students meet through the Allies Social Justice Club to talk about LGBTQ issues.

Boulder County students, teachers pushing schools to tackle gender and sexuality issues

October 29, 2017 at 11:55 a.m.

Six local high school students spent a year working on a research project on the experiences of sexual and gender diverse students in the Boulder聽Valley and St. Vrain Valley school...

A scammer stole about $850,000 of bond construction money from the Boulder Valley School District. After recovering much of the money, the total loss is about $172,000.

Boulder Valley school officials say legal issues kept them from revealing $850K fraud case

September 13, 2017 at 11:04 a.m.

Boulder Valley School District officials are defending originally not releasing information about last year's $850,000 fraud case, citing ongoing legal concerns.

Scammers steal $850K in construction money from Boulder Valley School District

August 29, 2017 at 9:38 a.m.

The Boulder Valley School District has added safeguards after a scammer stole about $850,000 of bond construction money using knowledge of public contracts and a forged signature.

Boulder County sheriff's officials say a climber died after a fall from the First Flatiron on Sunday evening.

17-year-old dies from fall while climbing Boulder’s First Flatiron after posting photo on social media

August 8, 2017 at 3:35 p.m.

An 18-year-old man died after falling from the First Flatiron on Sunday evening while climbing the rock formation by himself, Boulder County sheriff's officials said.

Heatherwood Elementary teacher Chris Newby, right, and Creekside Elementary teacher Paul Lealman hold signs showing support for Superintendent Bruce Messinger during a Boulder Valley School District board meeting on May 9. The school board fired Messinger that night following a complained filed by Assistant Superintendent Leslie Arnold, who this week reached a settlement with the district to leave her job.

Boulder Valley schools to pay $260K settlement to administrator who got superintendent fired

July 27, 2017 at 2:11 p.m.

Leslie Arnold, an assistant superintendent with Boulder Valley schools, negotiated a settlement of $100,000 plus a year's pay from the district and will leave her job after filing the complaint...

Henry Westfall, right, and Atharv Jamdagny practice their violin skills during a fifth-grade instrumental music class at the Bear Creek Elementary School in Boulder in 2015.

Boulder Valley to equalize elementary art, music, PE time in the fall

June 22, 2017 at 3:19 p.m.

Boulder Valley elementary school students will spend an equal amount of time in art, music and physical education next school year as the district continues to work toward a more...

Altona Middle School student Poornima Ramesh runs the slide show from a computer as Julianne Johnston and McKenzie Campbell (not pictured) make a presentation from their group's research with a wild life camera, or "camera trap" at the Boulder County Parks and Open Space offices on Wednesday.

Two Longmont middle schools help Boulder County monitor wildlife cameras

May 13, 2017 at 7:01 p.m.

Students at Longmont's Altona and Longs Peak middle schools are monitoring two of the Boulder County Parks and Open Space wildlife cameras, tracking data, identifying animals and making observations.

Boulder Valley Superintendent Bruce Messinger speaks during the topping off ceremony at Meadowlark School in Erie on Jan. 12.

Boulder Valley schools superintendent Bruce Messinger fired

June 22, 2017 at 3:21 p.m.

Boulder Valley schools superintendent Bruce Messinger was fired Tuesday night after being on paid leave for more than a month while a still secret personnel issue was investigated.

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Racers, friends remember Longmont stabbing victim Makayla Grote at Colorado National Speedway

Author argues it’s schools, not dyslexic kids, that need to be fixed

Boulder County students, teachers pushing schools to tackle gender and sexuality issues

Boulder Valley school officials say legal issues kept them from revealing $850K fraud case

Scammers steal $850K in construction money from Boulder Valley School District

17-year-old dies from fall while climbing Boulder’s First Flatiron after posting photo on social media

Boulder Valley schools to pay $260K settlement to administrator who got superintendent fired

Boulder Valley to equalize elementary art, music, PE time in the fall

Two Longmont middle schools help Boulder County monitor wildlife cameras

Boulder Valley schools superintendent Bruce Messinger fired