Monthly Archives: April 2025

Invisible Hand: The Man Behind Colorado Schools’ Efforts to Ban Trans Athletes

Of the letter’s 80 signatories, 56 of them are current or recent clients of Miller’s firm. The signatories from El Paso County’s District 49, Pueblo’s District 70, Montezuma-Cortez, Elizabeth, and Woodland Park – totaling 19 signers – currently retain Miller’s legal services. Miller also has current or recent professional relationships with the signatories from nine of the ten charter schools on the list, and with Education ReEnvisioned BOCES, accounting for another 37 people

Supreme court hears Woodland Park Public Schools arguments | Pikes Peak Courier | gazette.com

The Colorado Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday concerning Woodland Park RE-2’s board of education’s efforts to “cure” an open meetings violation in 2022 on Tuesday. A parent of district students who filed the complaint is asking the court to reject a judicially created ‘cure’ doctrine and that the district should be held liable and subject to pay the attorney’s fees since they were ultimately found to have violated a meeting.
— Read on gazette.com/pikespeakcourier/supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-for-woodland-park-public-schools-case/article_2d8b8c7b-523b-4ab1-a175-a46b24263813.html

The Push to Bypass Local Control in Colorado Public Education | by Autumn Leopold | Apr, 2025 | Medium

Bypassing local control and handing over the reins of charter school approvals solely to the governor-appointed Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI) could stir up a host of concerns — think transparency, accountability, and political or ideological biases.
— Read on medium.com/@AutumnforCOPublicEd/the-push-to-bypass-local-control-in-colorado-public-education-6662443a18b2

More legal challenges in Woodland Park

The Woodland Park School District board continues to waste taxpayer money, with a second lawsuit against the City of Woodland Park. The first lawsuit is an accusation of opens meetings law violation in regards to the meeting where we saw the sales tax revoked. This new lawsuit is attacking that decision itself and seeks to have the tax restored.

The board had a choice. They could have acknowledged and apologized for their reckless actions that led to that decision, and come to the voters with a new tax proposal to help the schools. Instead they chose to enrich the lawyers working for the district and drag out this issue in court instead.

Board meeting tonight if you want to speak your mind on this issue. We know that there’s one board member who does like to hear from the voters.

Read the filing here.