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Chris Broderick

DPS board races top $1 million, including $600,000 from Denver Families

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The four Denver school board races have drawn more than $1 million in campaign money in a spending sprint to the Nov. 4 election that will determine a board majority for at least the next two years. The single biggest contribution is $600,000 from Denver Families Action to the political committee Better Leaders, Stronger Schools, to support Alex Magaña, Mariana del Hierro, Timiya Jackson and Caron Blanke.

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Denver school board candidates clash in lively debate as vote nears

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All 11 candidates for the four Denver Public Schools board seats squared off Tuesday night in a televised debate that generated some rare back-and-forth heat over everything from student achievement to the performance of Superintendent Alex Marrero. With ballots mailed Friday for the Nov. 4 election, a large crowd attended the debate at Regis University

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Parents and teachers at McAuliffe protest DPS threat to dismantle innovation status

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More than 200 parents, teachers and students staged a loud protest outside of McAuliffe International School early Tuesday amid fears that the district and outgoing school board will revoke McAuliffe’s reform-minded innovation status and fire several educators at Thursday’s board meeting.

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