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Marlene De La Rosa, Kimberlee Sia, and John Youngquist bring track records of competent and compassionate support for Denver’s diverse youth.

Former teacher Carrie Olson was elected Friday to a second stint as president of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education, which had a reputation for dysfunction and infighting.

The Denver school board voted Thursday to significantly increase incoming board members' pay, approving a new annual salary cap of $33,000 a year per elected official, up from $9,000.

The Denver City Council on Monday finalized its reactivation of a joint Denver Public Schools and city advisory committee with the blessing of DPS leaders, who earlier had protested the move.

Political consultant says no overriding narrative, but agrees that voters said they want politics out of the classroom.

A tumultuous year of Board of Education infighting, rising teen gun violence and two high-profile shootings at Denver Public Schools’ largest high school culminated in voters sending a resounding message to their local school board this week: they want change.

Voters across Colorado delivered decisive results Tuesday night on key ballot questions and in hard-fought municipal and school board races -- at least most of the time.

Outgoing embattled Denver School Board member Auon’tai “Tay” Anderson didn’t run for reelection, having seen the proverbial writing on the wall there was no chance voters would reelect another rabble-rouser to the dysfunctional board. And yet the self-absorbed manchild could not help but insert him

Election results 2023: Three of the seven seats on the Denver school board are up for grabs.

John Youngquist, a former East High School principal, trounced ex-Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman in the race for the open at-large seat on the Denver school board Tuesday night in an election that cost two incumbents their seats.