Local TV station KOAA covers the Middle School decision in this story, including video of some parents in the district…read/watch it at this link.
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Protests, staff ‘sick-out’ over Woodland Park Middle School decision – Sixty35Media
Staff members and families in Woodland Park School District are protesting after the district announced on Feb. 28 it would move sixth graders from its middle school and expand three elementary schools to preschool through sixth grade by the 2023-2024 school year.
— Read on sixty35media.org/news/protests-staff-sick-out-over-woodland-park-middle-school-decision/
Parents and students protest outside Woodland Park Middle School over move of sixth-grade | KRDO
Thursday morning, parents and students in Woodland Park protested a decision to move sixth-graders to the elementary schools. This outcry comes one day after nearly 30 teachers called out sick in protest.
— Read on krdo.com/news/2023/03/02/parents-and-students-protest-outside-woodland-park-middle-school-over-move-of-sixth-grade/
Podcast – Voices of Reason: What’s Going on in Woodland Park SchoolsPodcast – Episode 1
In 2021 a group of school board members were elected in Woodland Park, Colorado claiming to be conservatives. These folks don’t act like conservatives or people who care about our students and parents. They are actually following a national agenda and working rapidly to undermine our schools. Each week on this podcast we’ll look at the issues, examine the facts and give you the information you need as Woodland Park community members to make up your own minds about what is going on.
Episode 1
This episode examines the issues facing Woodland Park Schools which has been taken over by an extremist school board. Today’s episode examines claims about student achievement in Woodland Park and the role of teachers in improving student learning.
Listen to it on Anchor, Amazon Music
More than two dozen Woodland Park teachers and staff call out sick protesting school changes | Colorado Public Radio
Twenty-five middle school teachers and staff in the Woodland Park school district northwest of Colorado Springs called out sick Wednesday to protest sudden changes in district schools. It’s the latest turmoil in the small district since a controversial new interim superintendent was selected in December.
— Read on www.cpr.org/2023/03/01/woodland-park-teachers-sick-out-protest/
Woodland Park School District makes big change for 6th graders, more than 2 dozen teachers call out sick
Some of the parents reaching out explained teachers called out sick on Wednesday to protest the decision. Lindsey Prahl, the Communications and Marketing Director for the district, is reporting Woodland Park Middle School had 25 unexpected absences on Wednesday. It isn’t clear if all 25 people who called out were tied to the protest.
— Read on www.kktv.com/app/2023/03/01/woodland-park-school-district-makes-big-change-6th-graders-more-than-2-dozen-teachers-call-out-sick/
Woodland Park parents gather for discussion on banned books at public library | KRDO
Tuesday afternoon, community members gathered at the Woodland Park Public Library to discuss banned books, after a Woodland Park High School course was recently removed from school course offerings following a complaint about a class book.
— Read on krdo.com/news/2023/02/28/woodland-park-parents-gather-for-discussion-on-banned-books-at-public-library/
Who Will Stand Up for Public Education?
Check out this really good piece on extremist takeovers of public education.
Report: Colorado’s education system is in crisis, and teachers are feeling it | Colorado Public Radio
Colorado’s education system is in a state of crisis, leaving many teachers feeling overworked, underpaid, not respected and worried that large, systemic issues connected to underfunding are hurting their students.
That’s according to the annual State of Education report from the largest teacher’s union in the state, the Colorado Education Association.
— Read on www.cpr.org/2023/01/31/colorado-teachers-report/
It’s not a battlefield, it’s a school district | From the Editor
This article was originally published in March of 2022 but is worth bringing up again as it’s a reminder of what this district has been going through for the past year or so. Things have only gotten worse since this was published.