Melanie Asmar

Melanie Asmar covers Denver Public Schools. Asmar previously worked as a reporter for Westword newspaper in Denver and for a daily newspaper in her native New Hampshire. She joined Chalkbeat Colorado in 2015.

Concerns about reading scores and school ratings prompt Denver schools to send letters to families

December 26, 2017 at 12:21 p.m.

Early elementary school families in Denver will get individual reading progress reports from the school district next month.

Denver Language School makes new home at former Gilpin Montessori building

December 22, 2017 at 8:15 a.m.

Denver Language School, which teaches students in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, will move to the now-shuttered Gilpin Montessori building.

Marcus Landry, 5, fills up on nutritous foods at SOAR Charter School in Green Valley Ranch. The two SOAR schools recently won a Golden Carrot award for their nutritious lunch programs from the Physicians Committee for Responsibile Medicine.

Three new elementary enrollment zones created in north Denver

December 22, 2017 at 10:33 a.m.

Northeast Denver elementary students will be part of enrollment zones next year, which means no guarantee they can attend closest school.

Students line up, Monday August 27, 2012, during kindergarten class at Whittier K-8 School. It was the first day of school for Denver Public Schools. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Gentrification is changing Denver schools. Committee offers suggestions to fix that.

December 13, 2017 at 11:33 a.m.

To address declining enrollment and combat segregation, Denver schools should consider committee recommendations.

Carrie Olson is sworn in to the Denver school board on Nov. 27, 2017.

Denver teacher elected to school board resigns job to comply with conflict-of-interest policy

November 28, 2017 at 10:49 a.m.

A Denver teacher recently elected to the school board will resign her job to comply with policy.

7 Denver schools compete to use building vacated by shuttered elementary

November 14, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

Seven Denver schools apply to locate programs in former Gilpin Montessori elementary school.

A Denver Public Schools emblem and sign on the Evie Garrett Dennis Campus that houses five separate schools with 1,600 students in Pre-K through 12th grade in Northeast Denver on March 16, 2016.

Split decision: In two Denver school board races, challengers leading incumbents

November 8, 2017 at 7:14 a.m.

Two school board candidates who agree with the direction of Denver Public Schools and two who want the district to change its trajectory were leading Tuesday in a聽hard-fought election聽for control...

A Lincoln Elementary student practices her writing skills in this 2008 file photo.

Denver Public Schools making changes to choice process meant to benefit low-income parents

September 20, 2017 at 6:50 a.m.

Denver Public Schools is making changes to its nationally recognized school choice system, in part to make it easier for low-income parents to navigate and to assuage fears of undocumented...

Students at The Boys School of Denver play a game with a teacher on the first day of school in August 2017.

A look inside Denver鈥檚 newest single-gender, athletic-focused charter school

August 23, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

One of the first things the new sixth-graders at Denver鈥檚 new all-boys public school learned last week was the school cheer.

Teacher Jay Clark works with students ...

Fewer teachers lose tenure in Denver and other large Colorado districts

July 13, 2017 at 9:02 a.m.

Fewer teachers in Colorado鈥檚 six largest school districts are at risk of losing their job protections after back-to-back ineffective ratings, according to numbers provided by the districts.

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