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The proposal would also clarify when and how the school board should hire outside lawyers.
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for election on Nov. 4.
Harris is running to represent northeast Denver’s District 4 on the school board.
El consejo escolar modificó su norma para agregar una pausa de 4 años en el cierre de escuelas con pocos estudiantes inscritos.
The policy is meant to help balance student enrollment among schools at a time when the district is predicting steep declines.
Barring emergencies, no more Denver schools will be closed for low enrollment until at least 2030.
Four seats on the seven-member board are up for election in November.
“If we do that, then what's going to be next?” a district resident asked.
Magaña is the executive principal of Grant Beacon and Kepner Beacon middle schools. If elected, he’d resign from that position due to conflict of interest rules.
“I feel like this isn’t coming from a crime and punishment lens,” school board President Carrie Olson said.
Youngquist said he is supportive of the decision to launch an investigation and is “confident that my name will be cleared.”
Ten schools are set to close or partially close next month due to declining enrollment. The proposal would have halted any further school closures until 2029.
The State Board of Education’s vote means about 800 students will have to find a new school next year.
District 49 filed the lawsuit a day after passing a policy barring transgender youth from school sports teams that match their gender identity.
The new policy passed in a 3-2 vote.
“We've now created a situation where an adult is having a conversation with a minor concerning that minor's genitalia,” said one father who opposes the policy on transgender athletes.
Superintendent Alex Marrero accused Youngquist in a letter of ‘policy violations, racial insensitivity, and unethical conduct,’ among other allegations.
Eighteen titles, including ‘The Bluest Eye’ and ‘The Kite Runner,’ were returned to library shelves this week.
Board members also changed Marrero’s contract to eliminate performance bonuses, which the teachers union has criticized.
Four seats on the seven-member Denver school board are up for election in November.