Here are some changes and happenings at Central Park schools in the 2023-2024 school year that formally begins for most students Monday, Aug. 21. CMAS results coming Every spring Colorado schools administer tests in literacy and math in grades 3 […]
(Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post) The end of last week (Aug. 2, 3) Denver Public Schools board members Auon’tai Anderson, Scott Esserman and Xóchitl “Sochi” Gaytán accused Kurt Dennis, former principal of McAuliffe International School, of using a room […]
Please click here for a link to an Aug. 4 story from 9News about recent allegations that Kurt Dennis, former principal of McAuliffe International School, misused a room at the school as a “seclusion room’’ for disruptive students experiencing behavioral […]
August 1, 2023 Last month, Denver Public Schools accused Kurt Dennis of violating district and student confidentiality policies when he was principal of McAuliffe International School. Citing those alleged violations, the district fired Dennis on July 3 after 12 years […]
Author: Chris Vanderveen, Marshall Zelinger Published: 7:56 PM MDT July 25, 2023 DENVER — Hours after 9NEWS broke the story of the firing of a well-known Denver Public Schools (DPS) principal earlier this month, then Mayor-elect Mike Johnston took out his phone and texted […]
Micah Klaver, an assistant principal at McAuliffe International School since 2017, has been named McAuliffe’s interim principal for 2023-24. Klaver replaces Kurt Dennis who was fired as principal in early July over speaking out in March against Denver Public Schools’ […]
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in CPEN’s partner, Boardhawk, an independent website dedicated to community-based commentary and advocacy-focused coverage of public education in Colorado, with a particular focus on Denver Public Schools and its recently reconfigured Board of […]