by Mr. Leadville | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadville News
The Widefield, Harrison, Cheyenne Mountain, Manitou and Lewis Palmer school districts will postpone students’ physical return to classrooms in January after a recommendation from county health authorities to do so.A delay “might be prudent,” allowing...
by Mr. Leadville | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadville News
Those entering the backcountry, beware! Avalanche risk is already present in Colorado despite the lack of early season snow.According to a user-submitted report on the Colorado Avalanche Information Center website, a skier was caught and briefly submerged in a...
by Mr. Leadville | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadville News
Dr. Patricia Westmoreland washes her hands 20 to 30 times each day she does rounds at the Medical Center of Aurora. That, she says, “doesn’t count sanitizing them who-knows-how-many times more” as an extra step to protect her patients. Nor does it count scrubbing...
by Mr. Leadville | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadville News
There was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Colorado presented during a day-long, legislative hearing held by Republicans Tuesday on the state’s election integrity. But there was plenty of bipartisan praise for Colorado’s voting systems and processes. “We are...
by Mr. Leadville | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadville News
First graders practice reading in Spanish in a biliteracy classroom in Adams 14 in 2017. | Yesenia Robles/Chalkbeat A group of Colorado educators and advocates are raising concerns that the state’s new directives on reading instruction might harm one group of students...
by Mr. Leadville | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadville News
Enrollment in Colorado public schools dropped by close to 30,000 students this school year — the first year-to-year decrease the state’s public school system has reported in more than 30 years. Impacts of the pandemic drove enrollment numbers down, according to the...
