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“She is such a puzzle”: Colorado teen’s months-long ordeal spotlights mysteries of long COVID
Ever since Lilly Downs contracted COVID-19 in November, she has lived with persisting symptoms -- quick heart rate, fatigue, mouth ulcers, brain fog and more — from the infection. She,...
Crisis Point: Teens increasingly turn to Safe2Tell for suicide, mental health emergencies. But Colorado doesn’t track what happens next.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for young Coloradans. The state's Safe2Tell tip line, created to stop school violence, uses police to intervene in mental health crises. Does it...
Inside a Colorado hospital’s COVID-19 unit, a quiet fight to keep coronavirus patients breathing
On a COVID unit at The Medical Center of Aurora the gravity of the disease is ever present as patients require ventilators to breathe, a sign that even as Colorado’s...
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A young Coloradan learning to live with long COVID turns to TikTok to educate about chronic illness
Now, Lilly Downs is living life outside the hospital’s walls, on her own for the first time, traveling with friends to Utah, and volunteering at a camp for chronically ill...
DPS to close 7 schools in Denver, cut number of grades at 3 others as K-12 enrollment falls
"We are tasked with making sure that the district stays financially viable," board President Carrie Olson said before the vote, adding that the closures "will allow us to allocate our...
These Denver kids’ schools could close. Here’s what they have to say about that.
“The school board says it cares about student voices, so prove it and listen to ours,” said 17-year-old Kennah Phoenix Davis, a senior at DCIS Baker 6-12.
Students, parents urge DPS to keep schools open ahead of board’s vote on closure plan
During the board meeting, parents and students expressed concerns about children of color primarily being affected by the closures.
Can DPS make school closures more equitable? Alex Marrero has a plan.
Seventy-five percent of the 88,235 children enrolled in DPS schools during the 2023-24 academic year were students of color, according to state data.
How DPS decided which 10 schools should be closed or restructured
The superintendent packaged the consolidation as a larger part of DPS’s efforts to respond to falling enrollment and prevent what he has called “a full-blown crisis.”
Denver Public Schools sets public meetings at each of 10 schools up for closure or restructuring
Public comments will also be limited to the school’s students, staff and families, according to the district¶¶Ňőap website.
Superintendent recommends DPS close or restructure 10 schools as enrollment continues to fall
If approved by the school board in two weeks, the closures and restructuring will affect 1,844 students and 267 employees.
The 10 schools Denver Public Schools wants to close or restructure to combat declining enrollment
Denver Public Schools has recommended closing 10 schools in response to declining enrollment.
Colorado voters rejecting move to enshrine school choice in state constitution
Here are the latest election results on the effort to enshrine the right to school choice in the Colorado Constitution.