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The Douglas County School Board is meeting Friday night to discuss the future of superintendent Corey Wise. The rare Friday night meeting comes after the conservative majority reportedly held a closed-door meeting with the superintendent, requesting he resign or risk being fired.

Over 100 protesters lined the sidewalks around the Douglas County School District building Thursday with signs, flags and banners to protest the school board majority’s alleged conspiracy to force out

Classes were canceled after a reported 1,500 teachers called in sick in protest of an alleged plot to remove the Douglas County School District's superintendent.

More than a thousand teachers, parents and students rallied outside Douglas County School District headquarters, days after the district was rocked by allegations that its school board’s new conservative majority had illegally moved to force out Superintendent Corey Wise amid tensions over COVID and equity policies.

Corey Wise could be forced out after just taking the post in August following the election of the conservative majority to the school board in November.

Douglas County School District said the absences had "impacted our ability to provide a safe and supervised learning environment for students."

The district previously planned a similar project to construct the Innovation Center and an Alternative Education School as a new campus on Pine Drive in Parker.

A scholarship fund to help students achieve their goals at Oakton Community College got a $100,000 boost from the Rivers Casino Charitable Foundation.

Following a tumultuous 20 months in Douglas County surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and decisions on how to handle protocols in schools, voters chose to elect some candidates who say they plan to bring changes.

A Colorado judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a county health department from allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates, arguing in his decision that the exemption violated the American Wi