Healthy Seniors: Senior school welcomes back students this spring
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Another school is moving back to the classroom after online learning during the pandemic. However, we’re not talking about…
Continue ReadingEducation
Space Symposium returns in full to Colorado Springs after impact of COVID-19 pandemic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After being cancelled in 2021 and held on a reduced basis last summer, the Space Symposium is back to normal for…
Continue ReadingBiden administration to extend student loan repayment pause until the end of August
By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is planning to extend a pause on federal student loan repayments through August…
Continue Reading
Data on guns found in Southern Colorado school districts in the 2021/2022 school year so far
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Nearly every school district in Southern Colorado has reportedly confiscated at least one firearm from a school so…
Continue Reading
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mailing free books to Pueblo County children 5 and under
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo City-County Library District is partnering with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to help children in the…
Continue Reading
Lewis-Palmer Middle School teacher fighting Epstein-Barr virus seeks help to cover extensive treatment
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., (KRDO) – Lewis-Palmer Middle School Physical Education teacher Katelynn Gillen is fighting for her life after being…
Continue Reading
Healthy Kids: D11 food nutrition program sets high standard
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (KRDO) — For the first time in almost a decade, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced nutrition changes for…
Continue Reading
Gun found at Roncalli STEM Academy in Pueblo
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo School District 60 confirmed with KRDO a gun was found at Roncalli STEM Academy Monday morning. According to the…
Continue Reading
New proposed bill could help foster teens afford college
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A bill making it’s way through the State House could provide free college tuition for teens in foster care.…
Continue Reading
Local school responds to new universal preschool proposal coming fall 2023
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A long-awaited bill to provide universal preschool in Colorado is now making its way through the state legislature.…
Continue Reading
Parents address Chavez Huerta School Board over alleged political endorsement
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Chavez Huerta School Board held its monthly board meeting Wednesday at noon. A group of frustrated parents and teachers…
Continue Reading
The School Buzz: Belmont Elementary’s ‘Kindness Ambassadors’ raise money for Marshall Fire, receive invites to capitol
Spreading kindness from Pueblo to Boulder to the state capitol! The Belmont Elementary School Rattlers are getting statewide recognition after their…
Continue Reading
Nonprofit teaches District 2 elementary students basics of money management
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The nonprofit Junior Achievement of Southern Colorado visited second through fifth graders at Wildflower Elementary…
Continue Reading
Colorado medical students collecting supplies for Ukraine
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Medical students in Colorado Springs are collecting supplies to donate to those in need in Ukraine. “We have…
Continue Reading
District 11 shares timeline for superintendent search
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs School District 11 is laying out its timeline in finding its next superintendent. Earlier this…
Continue Reading
National watchdog group accuses D49 board of promoting personal religious views
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A national nonprofit organization is accusing a second El Paso County school board of promoting their own personal…
Continue Reading
D20 teacher survey: more than 30% of surveyed high school educators plan to leave field over new policy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A new survey organized by Academy School District 20 teachers shows educators plan on leaving the district over a…
Continue Reading
D11 speaks out after a third district student dies of fentanyl overdose
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — District 11 officials spoke out Thursday not as officials — but as parents — as they try to prevent more deaths…
Continue Reading
The School Buzz: Pueblo middle school shows off drone technology course
Students at Roncalli STEM Academy are flying into the future with a new course on drones. The course is made possible through a Technology of Drones…
Continue Reading
Woodland Park School Board President says district broke no laws, but could’ve been more ‘transparent’
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — In the face of allegations that they violated Colorado state law, Woodland Park’s school board president tells 13…
Continue Reading