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Denver Public Schools' Board of Education is considering a different approach to school resource officers, or SROs, in response to the recent shooting inside East High School

Denver Public Schools board votes 4-3 to raise superintendent salary to $305,000, plus a performance bonus of up to 12.5%.

A divided Denver Public Schools board voted Thursday morning to give Superintendent Alex Marrero a 10% raise, increasing his base salary to $305,000.

Denver Public Schools has paid President Xóchitl “Sochi” Gaytán more than $10,000 for her work on the elected Board of Education since last year, making the district one of the first in Colorado to pay directors after a new state law allowed such compensation.

Denver’s school board has spent more than $43,000 on consultants over the last year to mediate disagreements between directors, who often have clashed on how to govern Colorado’s largest district, according to expense reports reviewed by The Denver Post.

From illegally holding meetings behind closed doors to deflecting from their culpability in school safety failures, Denver’s school board keeps hiding from the public. Unfortunately for the dysfunctional seven-member board,

Right now, the state House is fast-tracking a bill to establish statewide campaign finance limits in municipal elections for the first time. Supporters claim House Bill 1245, which is heading

While Denver Public Schools is struggling to present a coherent response to the fatal shooting of an East High School student a block from the school’s front door last month,

Pay for Denver school board members could quadruple. Some board members say it could diversify the board.

The Latino Education Coalition (LEC) said it wants an investigation after two Denver Public Schools Board of Education redistricting map scenarios were introduced.