Woodland Park City Council livid about school district report | Pikes Peak Courier | gazette.com

Instead of the detailed accounting concerning the 1% sales tax earmarked for the Woodland Park School District that had been negotiated in the intergovernmental agreement between the two entities, the district sent a one-page summary to meet the required Jan. 31 deadline.

The council was livid.
— Read on gazette.com/pikespeakcourier/city-council-livid-about-school-district-report/article_f6a06d86-e566-11ef-b2cb-0b82fce353cd.html

Woodland Park school board passes resolution to recognize “only two sexes,” mirroring Trump order language

Board member Keegan Barkley cast the only no vote. She said the district is facing myriad issues, from school roof leaks, inadequate heating, water breaks and declining enrollment.

“Why now?” she asked her board colleagues. “There are so many other more important, more pressing issues hitting our school right now. Why is this the most important thing on your mind? …Why do we keep focusing on these nonsense issues instead of focusing on things that are actually going to help our students and our school?”

She said Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws, including the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, require that students have access to restrooms that match their gender identity.

“We would be opening ourselves up to lawsuits,” she said.
— Read on www.cpr.org/2025/01/30/woodland-park-school-board-passes-resolution-to-recognize-only-two-sexes-mirroring-trump-order-language/

What Educators Should Know About the Gender Identity Executive Order and LGBTQI+ Rights | NEA

You should know that the President does not have the authority to rewrite federal civil rights laws through an executive order, Accordingly, the President’s order does not – and cannot – repeal existing laws that make it illegal to discriminate against transgender, intersex or nonbinary people.
— Read on www.nea.org/resource-library/what-educators-should-know-about-gender-identity-executive-order-and-lgbtqi-rights

Woodland Park school board votes to recognize only two sexes and reject gender ideology | KRDO

In a 4-1 vote, officials are now to recognize only male and female genders inside of Woodland Park Schools. 

While the majority of the board voted in favor, one member strongly voiced her opposition.

“Why do we keep focusing on these nonsense issues instead of focusing on things that are actually going to help our students and our school?” Keegan Barkley said.
— Read on krdo.com/news/2025/01/29/woodland-park-school-board-votes-yes-to-recognizing-only-two-sexes-rejecting-gender-ideology/

(you can read the full resolution here)

ACLU of Colorado Sues Elizabeth School District Over Book Bans | ACLU Colorado

The ACLU of Colorado, representing C.C., a student at Elizabeth High School, E.S., a student in the Elizabeth School District (ESD), the NAACP – Colorado – Montana – Wyoming State Area Conference (NAACP), and the Authors Guild, sued the Elizabeth School District for removing books
— Read on www.aclu-co.org/en/press-releases/aclu-colorado-sues-elizabeth-school-district-over-book-bans

Derrick Wilburn files lawsuit against Academy D-20 parent | Courts | gazette.com

Academy District 20 school board member Derrick Wilburn has filed a lawsuit alleging that district parent, Bernadette Guthrie, has waged a public, multi-pronged smear campaign against him for almost a year.
— Read on gazette.com/news/courts/colorado-springs-school-board-member-files-lawsuit-against-district-parent/article_36b89a80-be28-11ef-825e-2b48ed47cef0.html

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Note, a GoFundMe has been set up to help with the legal defense costs for this parent. The prosecuting attorney bringing this case against this parent is David Illingworth, the Woodland Park school board member soundly defeated by Keegan Barkley in the last election. The D20 board president is Aaron Salt, who you’ll recognize as Ken Witt’s right-hand man in WPSD.