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Boardhawk Podcast episode 8: Why Robin Pulliam, a highly respected senior DPS staffer, left the district (Hint: a toxic, sexist culture played a big role)

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As the Denver school board seems poised to prematurely extend Superintendent Alex Marrero’s contract, Robin Pulliam has decided, after years of silence, that the time is right to tell her story — on this podcast. She paints a troubling picture of a senior leadership team that operates like a boy’s club, where sexist comments are laughed off and women’s input is brushed aside.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 7: A spicy conversation with Nicholas Hernández about Marrero contract extension

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You won’t want to miss this pointed conversation, with its references to Superintendent Alex Marrero’s “Trumpian authoritarianism,” and its strong critiques of the school board members who have the temerity to think a premature contract extension is a good idea.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 6: Why has the DPS board curtailed access to public comment?

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In this episode, Alan Gottlieb and Alexis Menocal Harrigan debate the recent decision by the Denver school board to place stringent limits on monthly public comment sessions. Until public comment has been the most direct and effect means by which members of the public could address the school board. Until the fall of 2023, public comments had no time limits, other than a three-minute limit on individual speakers. Now, not only are speakers limited to two minutes, but other limits have been placed on topics that can be addressed and the amount of time devoted to each topic.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 5: What happens if the DPS board changes enrollment boundaries?

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In this episode, Alan Gottlieb and Alexis Menocal Harrigan discuss the Denver Public Schools board’s early moves toward redrawing the district school enrollment boundaries. This is long overdue, and has potentially profound implications for the district and its families and students.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 4: Immigration lawyer Jorge Castañeda on raids, DPS defiance, and the future

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Today we are talking about recent immigration activities in our community and the effect it is having on DPS families. We are also welcoming another guest onto the podcast, Jorge Castañeda, a Denver-based immigration attorney.

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Boardhawk Podcast Episode 3: Kurt Dennis, lawyer David Lane on Dennis firing, lawsuit, deescalation room, and DPS safety (or lack thereof)

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Kurt Dennis:  ”What DPS does with school administrators that they’re not pleased with is go back through their history and they will find inevitably something that they’re going to use against that individual to justify getting rid of them for whatever reason.”

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Boardhawk Podcast Episode 2: School choice window, Youngquist flap, DPS migrant protections

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In this episode, Alan Gottlieb and Alexis Menocal Harrigan discuss what they’ll be watching as the Denver Public Schools choice window opens. They also touch briefly on DPS’ vow to protect migrant students, as well as the latest developments in the flap over DPS board member John Youngquist’s objections to possibly illegal executive sessions.

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Boardhawk Podcast episode 1: The John Youngquist flap and revamped superintendent evaluation criteria

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In this episode, Alan Gottlieb and Alexis Menocal-Harrigan discuss the controversy over board member John Youngquist’s accusations of an illegal executive session and the upcoming attempt to reprimand or even censure him by three board members. We also discuss the revamped evaluation criteria for Superintendent Alex Marrero.

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