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Dr. Alex Marrero, who was chosen by Denver Public Schools to be its new superintendent, speaks to South High School students after a press conference announcing his appointment on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
After a months-long search, more than 7,000 survey responses, 50 focus groups with over 680 parents, teachers and school and community leaders, and a 6-to-1 board of education vote Thursday, Denver Public Schools has a new superintendent.
Bronx native Alex Marrero will begin his job overseeing Colorado’s largest school district with more than 92,000 students in 207 schools and over 14,000 employees on July 6.
Marrero brings with him a decade of experience as a guidance counselor, assistant principal and principal in the New York City Department of Education. In January 2020, he joined the City School District of New Rochelle as the assistant superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and became the first Latinx head of the city’s school system in S
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Paul Acuna had never seen anything like 2020. As general manager of the Romero Family Funeral Home, which serves many Latinx families in Denver, he had an intimate perspective on the tragedy wrought by COVID-19.
His workload more than doubled as he and his staff rushed to adapt to new and dangerous conditions. Each day that passed brought new clarity to the crisis unfolding in his community.
During a May 6 press conference updating residents about the ongoing fight against COVID-19, Mayor Michael Hancock announced that Denver will adopt the state s updated face-covering order, which allows individuals to go mask-free indoors in groups of ten or more if at least 80 percent of those present have been vaccinated.
But that 80 percent threshold and an 85 percent standard for restaurant employees who want to avoid masking on the job must be proven by documentation such as a vaccination card. While displaying the card or its equivalent is technically voluntary, the 80 and 85 percent requirements can only be met if enough people comply to make up for anti-vaxxers or members of the freedom crowd that derides such measures as show-me-your-papers rules.
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