Gabby Apodaca is a middle school teacher at Fox Meadow who goes “above and beyond” for her students. According to a school district spokesperson, Apodaca “welcomes her students into class with her heart on a daily basis.” Apodaca works in the CLD department, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse students. She helps her students succeed by creating
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has filed a lawsuit against the Douglas County School District and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office over the 2019 arrest of a middle schooler with autism. According to 9News, the suit names the Douglas County School District, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — To take a state standardized test or not? This has been a continuous battle between parents, educators, and government officials. Colorado Lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to scale back on CMAS testing. This comes after House Bill 1161 cleared the House Education Committee with a bipartisan 8-1 vote.
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Many of us have been showing “thanks” to our local healthcare workers over the past year. But we’re not out of the woods yet regarding the pandemic. Thankfully there are some really great local kids doing their part to show our frontline workers they care. Isabel Sandoval is a second grader at Foothills Elementary in
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NASA’s “Perseverance” Mars rover landed on the red planet recently. Historic, no question. And one local teacher went above and beyond to teach her students what kind of work goes into such a monumental project. Sixth-grade science teacher Valerie DeLello teaches at Bear Creek Elementary in Monument. She signed her classes up with NASA’s Jet
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Colorado Springs, Colo (KRDO) – Congressman Doug Lamborn announced Saturday that fifty students from Colorado’s Fifth Congressional District would receive his nomination for entry into one of the four service academies; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. This year’s fifty nominees were selected based on
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – More than 75% of the school staff, teachers, and child care professionals in Colorado have now been vaccinated for COVID-19, according to the state health department. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment told KRDO Tuesday the state reached its 75% goal for the group over the weekend. We
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is virtually hosting the Girls and Science event for two weeks this month. The event is an adventure into science, where girls ages 8 through 18 can explore STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) fields in an all-new virtual format. This is the event’s
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A bill aimed at maintaining Colorado school funding passed unanimously in the state Senate on Friday. SB21-053 passed the senate with 35 votes and now heads to the house for approval. With a democratic majority, it is expected to pass. The bill aims to bring more than $85 million to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — On February 9th, music teachers all across Pueblo School District 60 received an email with news they had been waiting on for months: if you would like to plan for an in-person performance for the Spring (concerts, musicals, etc) you are allowed to do so. The email laid out a number
Continue Reading A group of Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill that would suspend state standardized testing for the 2020-2021 school year.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — February 22nd is the first day of the spring semester that the University of Colorado Colorado Springs is expanding in-person learning capacities. However, with spring 2021 enrollment down like it was in fall, the campus still does not look like what it did pre-pandemic. University officials say faculty still have
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Academy District 20 has officially announced that middle school and high school students will be getting more in-person learning as early as March 15th. For the past 11 months, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, District 20’s middle and high school students have only engaged in in-person learning two days per
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs’ oldest school district announced plans to improve most of its 50 buildings, including rebuilding or renovating 15 and repurposing five campuses. The five campuses slated for repurposing include Buena Vista, Edison, Henry, Queen Palmer, and Taylor elementary schools. District 11 leaders also plan to renovate all five high
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Most college applicants work to achieve the highest ACT or SAT test score they possibly can, but pandemic applicants are just hoping to secure a test date without it getting canceled. According to local tutoring company Test Geek ACT and SAT Prep, things are looking better in 2021. “This year’s
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs school districts aren’t wasting any time helping educators sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine. As of Monday, District 11 officials said 25% of its staff have already registered to receive doses of the vaccine. “We had over 1,000 scheduled with UC Health and we have more coming, more
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Despite early challenges associated with transitioning to at-home learning amid the pandemic, District 11 is making changes based on an increased demand. “When we look at our data over the past ten years or so, we’ve seen an increase in demand for online learning,” Julie Johnson said. The district is
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FALCON, Colo. (KRDO) — Families in Falcon School District 49 raised concerns over the context of a lesson plan about Martin Luther King, Jr. after a teacher used an image showing Black Lives Matter. District 49 officials said during the lesson about civil rights, the teacher used an image of a banner that read “Black
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Colo. (KRDO) — Monday, Governor Jared Polis traveled throughout the state delivering COVID-19 tests to teachers. In one week, educators will have the opportunity to get vaccinated. Colorado is one of three states that was picked to partner with Abbot BinaxNOW to supply rapid COVID-19 tests to educators to ensure schools can open. Polis visited
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When she was growing up, Sophie Corroon struggled to get through a ballet class or soccer tryout without having an anxiety attack. The idea of going to sleepovers or being home alone left her feeling panicked. Corroon’s anxiety grew even more during high school in Salt Lake City, when the
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