The US Department of Education announced major changes Wednesday to a federal student loan forgiveness program for borrowers working in government and nonprofit sectors.
A list of child care centers and schools that El Paso County Public Health and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have identified with having outbreaks of coronavirus.
Ask around about Lindsay Baker, and the word you’ll hear most often is “focused.”
“She is really focused and hardworking,” said Rita Baker, Lindsay’s mother. “She gives everything her all. It’s just amazing.”
“She is a very impressive, talented and focused young lady,” said Candace Gordon, president of the Colorado Springs chapter of the Philanthropic Educational Organization. “She knows where she wants to go and what she needs to do to get there.”
Baker’s sense of focus is one of the qualities that impressed the P.E.O. Sisterhood, an organization dedicated to expanding women’s opportunities through education. The nonprofit recently awarded the Pine Creek High School senior with a $2,500 college scholarship, according to a recent news release.
It s a good thing the school year is almost over: The latest report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment lists 58 new COVID-19 outbreaks at K-12 schools, the most in a single week since the department began releasing weekly outbreak lists over a year ago.
Of the 859 outbreaks currently under active investigation by the CDPHE, K-12 schools account for 251, or just over 29 percent of the total. That appears to be a record, too.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
Chinook Trail Middle School Colorado College Campus Wide Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Colorado Springs Charter Academy Resolved investigation status Columbia Elementary School Coronado High School
CPCD Modular Falcon 1 Resolved investigation status Discovery Canyon Campus (Elementary, Middle and High School) Eagleview Middle School Early Connections Learning Centers at Antlers Child Care Center
Early Connections Learning Centers at the Day Nursery Child Care Center Resolved investigation status
Eastlake High School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Elementary School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Middle School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Senior High School Resolved investigation status
Evangelical Christian Academy Resolved investigation status