The policy comes as Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest district, projects 6,338 fewer children will attend its schools within the next five years.
Adrienne Endres, front left, Denver Public Schools Executive Director of Multilingual Education and DPS Deputy Superintendent Dr. Anthony Smith, front right, address the Denver Public Schools Board of Education regarding the recent and continuing influx of migrant students during meeting at DPS headquarters in Denver on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
Movimiento Poder, an organization most known for its advocacy to end the over-policing of DPS students, sent a letter to the school board urging members to vote against the school closure policy and to commit to not close any schools.State report faults Denver school system for beating death of 8-year-old boy
“School closures should be the last resort because of how harmful they are to students, families, and their communities,” Movimiento Poder wrote in the letter. Denver and other jails are ditching programs allowing inmates to go to work — once a mainstay. Here’s why.
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