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Tuesday is a bit of a "take two" for most Pikes Peak-area school districts, who are sending the majority of students back to in-person learning.

Today Rain showers this evening with mostly clear conditions overnight. Low 28F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.. Tonight Rain showers this evening with mostly clear conditions overnight. Low 28F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Updated: March 26, 2021 @ 3:39 pm

Kaiser Permanente gives local districts $25k to improve mental health services COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Kaiser Permanente announced an almost $200,000 grant for eight school districts in Colorado to help improve their mental health services. Three of the districts receiving the grant are Colorado Springs District 11, Harrison District 2, and Fort Carson District 8. Officials with Kaiser Permanente said the districts awarded grants have students and staff bearing the hardest impacts of...

Colorado schools should offer on-site rapid COVID-19 testing to staff and students who are symptomatic, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday — the same day state education officials announced the first year-over-year decrease in public school enrollment in more than 30 years. "Little Johnny has a runny nose, instant test. The teacher has a symptom, instant test. We have plenty of supplies to do that," Polis said at a news conference previewing the release of a "roadmap" to in-person learning, compi...

Close Kindergartner Azaria (school didn’t want last names) picks her pumpkin from The Venetucci Farm’s pumpkin patch Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in the school yard at Centennial Elementary School. Students from the Colorado Springs area have picked pumpkins at the farm for more than 50 years, but this year with COVID-19, Pikes Peak Community Foundation and Catamount Institute are bringing 1,200 pumpkins to kindergarteners throughout the Pikes Peak region. The pumpkins are purchas...