The dissolution means the Luminary Learning Network will be the only innovation zone in Denver Public Schools.
The name change is also meant to strengthen the middle school’s connection with Manual High School.
The bill sponsor cited too much last-minute pushback from defenders of seclusion.
“We want to be a place that has a lab site that’s like, ‘We’ve figured this out. We have a cadre of schools that, in my most aspirational dream, have eliminated the achievement gap,’” one principal said.
In redrawing the maps, the board also considered the racial makeup of the proposed districts.
The board defended its “policy governance” model that limits information requests and funnels communication through the superintendent.
Whether a school is following district discipline rules “is an indicator of the climate of a school,” Superintendent Alex Marrero said.
“I work in school nutrition to feed kids, not trash cans,” a dietitian testified at a legislative hearing last week.
Chalkbeat está colaborando con medios informativos de todo Colorado en una encuesta en la que se pregunta a los votantes qué temas les importan.
Vick is set to start a three-year term as president of the organization of nearly 40,000 educators in July.