Jeffco Public Schools
Jeffco’s policy says that in most cases, transgender students should room with other students that share their gender identity. The district says its policy is grounded in state anti-discrimination law.
Currently, about a dozen Colorado districts conduct universal dyslexia screenings in some grades.
This year, charter schools are serving about 15% of public school students in Colorado.
Officials say the initiative will give Jeffco students a fast track into the School of Mines.
Padres, estudiantes y maestros exigen respuestas mientras el distrito escolar de Jeffco propone cerrar Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.
Parents, students, and teachers demand answers as Jeffco Public Schools proposes shutting down Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School.
El distrito está organizando sesiones de diseño con la comunidad para obtener ideas de los asistentes.
The board had received lots of communications asking them to affirm their support and clarify their guidance to schools.
Jeffco would close the school for a year while it works to set up a new high school that focuses on career education. What that looks like is still to be determined.
Tobye Ertelt says more students are checking out books since the pandemic.
About 6,000 students in Jeffco lost Medicaid, which had automatically qualified them as at-risk students.
In the Thompson School District, a former school will become the first shelter for homeless youth in northern Colorado.
Budget cuts are likely as the district expects to run out of reserves as soon as 2026.
The Jeffco district is tracking costs this year to determine if the meals may be able to go to more schools.
A lo largo de este año escolar, tres escuelas de Edgewater en Jeffco llevarán a cabo una prueba a través de la implementación de nuevas opciones en el menú.
Three of Colorado’s five largest districts — Denver, Jeffco, and Aurora — have no districtwide cell phone policy.
Jeffco officials estimate the district has enrolled more than 600 new immigrant students, many from Venezuela and Colombia.
The analysis of the state’s 10 largest school districts focused on how many sources hadn’t been fixed about a year after they were identified as having high lead levels.
The decision to maintain the program comes about three weeks after parents received a letter saying it would be dissolved.
Some families travel hours each day so their children can attend the Bright MINDS program in Lakewood.