Last week:

• The big news last week was the WPEA’s victory over the school district, getting staff’s freedom of speech restored in a new, revised policy KDDA. Read more at:
  • Colorado Public Radio
  • KOAA (this story included a short video segment with a creepy response by superintendent Ken Witt at about 1:10 in the video)
  • Denver Post
  • Colorado Springs Gazette
• Rocky Mountain PBS published a story about Woodland Park.
• Many more letters to the editor, here and here.

Here’s what’s coming up this week:

• VOTE! Ballots must be received by 7PM on November 7th. Do NOT mail them, it’s too late for that (except that military or overseas civilian mail ballots must be postmarked by November 7th, and received by November 15th).
  • Vote in-person at the Woodland Park Public Library. Open Monday 9AM-5PM, and Tuesday 7AM-7PM.
  • 24-hour drop boxes are located at:
    • Teller County Clerk and Recorder’s Branch Office, 800 Research Dr., Suite 200, Woodland Park, CO 80863
    • Teller County Courthouse (near sidewalk by parking lot), 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813
    • Divide Marketplace (near right side of the entrance), 11115 Hwy 24, Divide, CO 80814
  • You can check on the status of your ballot by signing up on Ballottrax.
  • Teller County is publishing a list of names of people who have returned the first, incorrectly printed ballot, but have NOT yet returned a correctly printed ballot. If your name is on that list and you have questions about this, you can go to the in-person voting location at the library and the people there can help.
  • So far, 5,772 out of 19,763 ballots have been received so far. Not all of these are in the Woodland Park school district (I think roughly 3/4 are).
• There is a regularly scheduled board meeting Wednesday, 6:00PM, in the district office conference room (the usual place). The new board, whatever that ends up being, will NOT be sworn in at this time as the vote needs to be certified.