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Seeking ways to keep danger out of the building, McAuliffe International has recruited nearly 80 parents and other adults to screen all visitors with an electronic background check before letting them in the building. As of Monday (4/24), a volunteer […]
(Update: This story reflects the most recent information available about Swigert’s planned additional classrooms.) The closure of Denver Discovery School at the end of this year will allow Swigert International, which shares the building with DDS, to triple its early
At Izzi B, spirits are up. Hopes are enrollment will follow. Over the past five years, the elementary school near the southeastern border of Central Park has lost 110 students. This year Izzi B (aka Isabella Bird Community School) had
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Denver Green School-Northfield has a dilemma most schools would envy: It’s too popular. With the first round of choice enrollment that ended late last month, 103 more rising sixth graders want to be DGS-N Goats next year than the school
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(Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the most recent policies innovation schools must follow.) The Denver school board Thursday (3/9/23) sent back for revisions the renewal of the innovation plan for the Northeast Denver Innovation Zone that includes
The Denver Public Schools board voted Thursday to close Central Park’s Denver Discovery (middle) School in June. The board also agreed to close two elementary schools, Fairview and Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy. All three have fewer than 120 students.
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To keep Central Park’s Denver Discovery Middle School afloat, Denver Public Schools spends $31,517 for each of its 93 students – $21,000 more than the district average. Other area middle schools – McAuliffe International and Denver Green School-Northfield – spend
Jessica Rodriquez Bracey has been named principal of Northfield High School in Central Park beginning the fall of 2024. During the coming 2023-24 school year Rodriquez Bracey, who is currently a principal resident at Northfield, will serve as co-principal with
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero is scheduled to make recommendations Thursday (3/9) to the DPS board on the renewal of plans for many of the district’s 52 innovation schools. At this time, the board is scheduled to vote on
Northfield tied East for the highest four-year graduation rate in 2022 – 95.1% — among the city’s 10 comprehensive high schools. Northfield, however, outdid all others, with 100% of its 28 Black seniors graduating on time, while 94.1% of its
