Browse past news stories for Alternative School in Denver, CO.

• Decision on school 4-day week Tuesday (Arizona Range News)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 01:24:58 am
  Nearly 60 people - at least half of them school district employees - attended the final public forum last Tuesday to discuss the possibility of a four-day school week at Willcox Schools.
• DPS board member doesn't like plans for Lake Middle School (Denver Post)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 08:17:43 am
  Denver school board member Arturo Jimenez wants the district to rethink plans to transform struggling Lake Middle School into a shared campus.
• THEATRICAL ROLLOUT FOR 'PRECIOUS' CONTINUES: Film opens this weekend in more cities (Eurweb)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 07:27:30 pm
  *As noted in another article , the film 'Precious' is drawing scrutiny for it's unvarnished look at child abuse, sexual and otherwise. But it's also the film that's got the buzz of a smash hit, with demand to see it building up all around the country.
• Reformed school says 'turnaround' works (9 News Denver)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:44:05 am
  DENVER - This week, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg introduced his "turnaround strategies" on how to fix some of the city's worst schools. Some parents are concerned about the change, asking for their schools to be left alone.
• Superintendent wants charters to serve as neighborhood schools (9 News Denver)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 02:29:21 am
  DENVER - When it comes to charter schools versus public schools, Tom Boasberg says it's about time people stop drawing distinctions between them.
• New DPS plan: Make some charters behave like neighborhood schools (Denver Post)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:21:31 am
  Denver Public Schools officials today recommended sweeping changes to some of the district's lowest-performing schools — and a change in how charter schools operate.
• BLUE CARPET RELEASE OF PRECIOUS IN DENVER SPOTLIGHTS PARENT PATHWAYS' SERVICES TO TEEN MOMS (PitchEngine)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:30:56 pm
  Denver, ColoradoThe release next week of the highly-anticipated "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," a powerful new film about an abused teen mother, is turning the spotlight on the challenges and potential of abused young mothers across the country, including those in the Denver community.Precious is the story of an obese 16-year-old girl named Claireece Precious Jones who...
• Print Edition (Montrose Daily Press)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 10:23:16 am
  MONTROSE — Though still higher than the state’s average, Montrose County’s unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest percentage seen all year.
• After Challenging Year, Denver Film Festival Sets 2009 Event (indieWIRE)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 02:06:30 pm
  Continuing its run of high profile festival runs, Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” will open the 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival, launching a program that will screen over 200 films from 40 countries. Organizers have dubbed this year’s event with the theme “Destination: Anywhere,” and spotlights include “The Last Station,” which will screen as DFF’s “Big Night” on ...
• BRIEFCASE: Boulder, Broomfield businesspeople in the news (Boulder Daily Camera)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 07:01:45 am
  Boulder Digital Arts celebrates its fifth anniversary this year by inviting the community to attend its "People as Pixels" party on Friday at 7 p.
• Thomas W. Carroll: Mayor Bloomberg's Record on Schools Key Issue in Campaign: "Portfolio" Approach is Central Feature (The Huffington Post)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 03:41:55 pm
  Under Bloomberg and mayoral control (vs. how it was run under Bill Thompson under the old board of education), the public school system is viewed as a "portfolio" rather than as a centrally run monolith.
• Parents praise essay by mom of shooter (The Morning Sun)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:00:49 am
  DENVER (AP) — Parents and survivors of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School are saying good things about an essay released Tuesday by the mother of shooter Dylan Klebold.
• “Precious” Takes Manhattan (indieWIRE)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 09:06:26 pm
  Saturday night on the Upper West Side, “Precious” came home. After an audience boo-inducing thirty minute delay to accommodate tardy Mariah Carey and an uncharacteristically jammed red carpet (besides the films entire cast - sans, as per usual, Mo’Nique - Robert DeNiro, Jane Fonda, and Harvey Keitel were among the many who came to show their support), it didn’t take much to win over the ...
• Alternative school artists win mural award (Englewood Herald)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 03:04:14 pm
  The team of Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School artists joined forces, creating the mural that won the people’s choice award at June’s Denver People’s Fair.
• Denver Public Schools not planning to close more buildings (Denver Post)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 07:14:22 am
  No school buildings are expected to be closed this year in Denver, but changes are coming for the district, which has 20 low-performing schools on probation and at least 15,000 unused seats in half-empty buildings.
• Tristate Regional News, Thursday 10/1 (FOX 7 WTVW Evansville)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 02:20:04 pm
  The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Chicago's 27-year-old ban on handguns. And the Indiana Supreme Court has reaffirmed an earlier decision that a New Jersey man who adopted to Indianapolis-born twin girls from an out-of-state surrogate mother must go through the adoption process again.
• Gender Blender (Colorado Springs Independent)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 07:46:10 am
  There are clear signs of greater understanding that gender identity doesn't always parallel outward biology. But the transgender community still faces harsh treatment and incomprehension from those who prefer the rigid familiarity of society's gender boxes. by Anthony Lane Despite three metal studs protruding from his lower lip, Nico Valenzuela casts an unimposing figure. Standing 4-foot-10, the ...
• DPS sees slight progress in school report cards (9 News Denver)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 06:44:15 pm
  DENVER (ENC) - Denver Public Schools on Thursday released its second annual school report cards, highlighting success stories that could mean thousands of dollars more for teachers and principals and honing in on campuses that may be headed for new programs and new staffs.
• Toronto FC's Dichio set to retire (CBC Toronto)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 12:54:42 am
  Beloved Toronto FC striker Danny Dichio will officially retire as an active player on Wednesday, a source told CBCSports.ca.
• New faces lead LCSD1 schools (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)
  posted on July 27, 2009 at 12:24:22 pm
  From massive Central High to tiny Clawson Elementary, students will find new leadership in place this fall. CHEYENNE -- This fall, 12 schools in Laramie County School District 1 will have new principals, assistants or associate principals.
• School budget adopted but worst is yet to come (The Morning Sun)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 12:53:52 pm
  The Mt. Pleasant school board Monday adopted a budget for the coming school year that saves Oasis Alternative High School for now – but the alternative program appears to be next in line for cutbacks or elimination.
• SHS alternative school graduates 15 diverse students (Summit Daily News)
  posted on May 23, 2009 at 06:17:16 am
  ALTAS provides opportunity for SHS diploma
• Teens vandalize Centennial alternative school (Denver Post)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 05:54:04 pm
  Two teen-agers were arrested early this morning at a Centennial alternative school after they allegedly smashed computers and painted graffiti at the school.
• Grand Rapids Superintendent Bernard Taylor's testimony before the state House Education Committee (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 03:44:35 pm
  Grand Rapids Superintendent Bernard Taylor testified this morning before the state House Education Commitee, which is considering a series of bills that would allow the state Education Department to take over failing schools. Here is a transcript of his remarks,...
• Where would you take a $100,000 check that is also a suicide note - to the cops or to the bank? (Denver Westword)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 07:25:56 pm
  John Francis Beech had a date with destiny last summer. He counted down the days on a calendar in his garage, crossing out each day leading to the final Sunday in July, on which he'd scrawled the word "OUT." But first he had one last bit of business, one final appointment to keep. On July...
• School program teaches kids to fight - by the rules (The Arizona Republic)
  posted on April 18, 2009 at 03:52:17 pm
  Gloves Not Guns takes kids from fighting in the streets and promotes fighting only in the ring.
• Teenagers appear in court in threat case (The World)
  posted on April 8, 2009 at 06:06:24 am
  SALEM (AP) - Four youths aged 13 and 14 accused of plotting to kill students and school administrators made their first court appearance on Monday.
• Salem-area teenagers appear in court in threat case (The Oregonian)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 04:12:31 pm
  SALEM -- Four youths aged 13 and 14 accused of plotting to kill students and school administrators made their first court appearance on Monday. The two boys and two girls face two charges each of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder,...
• Accused Turner teens will stay in custody for plot (Salem Statesman Journal)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 10:24:04 am
  Four teens — two boys and two girls — accused of plotting to kill students and administrators at their Turner school made their first court appearance on Monday.
• Performer satisfies thirst for Trop Rock (The News-Press)
  posted on March 12, 2009 at 03:50:15 pm
  What do you get when you mix island sounds, country, rock and roll, reggae, folk, a healthy dose of steel pan and pour it over ice served in a...