Last Week:
- Former high school teacher David Graf testified in a Colorado House committee in support of SB23-111.
- Nate Owen and Logan Ruths testified in a Colorado Senate committee in support of HB23-1065.
- We published an analysis of the financial impact of the board’s cost sharing agreement (obtained via CORA) with Merit Academy for transportation services.
- We published financial details (via CORA) of the playground the district bought for Merit Academy.
- We published the district’s plan for implementing the American Birthright Standards (obtained via CORA).
- WPSD staff received their contracts to sign for next year, and in those, learned they are being signed up for the Professional Association of Colorado Educators (PACE) – we dove into the details of what PACE is in this post.
- The Denver Gazette published a story about school board secrecy.
- There was some great public comment at the City Council meeting…working to get video to post online!
Here’s what’s coming up this week:
- There’s a school board meeting Wednesday, 5/10/2023, 6:00PM, in the district conference room.
- Here’s a link to the agenda
- The board will present and discuss the preliminary budget for the ’23-24 school year.
- The board will vote to renew Interim Superintendent Ken Witt’s contract for another year, and drop the ‘interim’ from his job title.
- The board will go into executive session to discuss security arrangements.