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Updated below to add statement from Douglas County School District.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday handed the Douglas County School District its second legal...
The deeply divided Douglas County Board of Education last week actually voted unanimously on a controversial issue: vouchers.
The board, on a 7-0 vote, killed...
Updated: Below, Board President Meghann Silverthorn responds to the questions about who she might, or might not, pick.
The more things change, the more they...
Douglas Benevento, one of the four conservative reformers on the controversial Douglas County Board of Education, announced this morning he’s stepping down, effective immediately.
Benevento...
After months of public outcry against Douglas County school board members Judith Reynolds and Meghann Silverthorn, conservatives are marshaling a cheerleading effort for the...
Long-simmering community anger in Douglas County school district hit a boiling point Tuesday night during a meeting about a recent school board investigation.
On Monday,...
Parents groups and community members are indignant over a report that has cleared two Douglas County Board of Education members of harassment and bullying...