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Denver Public Schools officials on Wednesday announced Alex Marrero as their new superintendent, culminating a monthslong search to find a permanent leader for Colorado's largest school district.
Jenny Brundin/CPR News 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. Updated: 12:58 p.m. The Denver Public Schools Board chose Alex Marrero as its new superintendent Wednesday. Marrero will inherit a number of challenges beyond overseeing a large, diverse urban school district with more than 92,000 students in 207 schools and over 14,000 employees. “This is a dream come true,” Marrero, 38, told a group of students following a Wednes...
The three finalists to become the next Denver Public Schools superintendent presented themselves to two public panel interviews last Thursday via Zoom, a singularly unsatisfying way to assess their qualifications to run the state’s largest school district, and their impact on a crowd. Listening to them answer questions, it was hard to get any real sense of what the Denver school board is seeking in its next leader, or what it will get by hiring any of these three educators. The Congress of Hispanic Educators (CHE), dissatisfied with the three finalists after hearing from them during the for...
Screenshot by Melanie Asmar / Chalkbeat The three finalists for the job of Denver Public Schools superintendent fielded questions from students, parents, and community members Thursday in back-to-back public interviews that touched on topics ranging from charter schools to dress codes to how to empower Denver’s more than 92,000 students to help shape the district’s direction. The Denver district has been searching for a new superintendent since former superintendent Susana Cordova left in December after nearly two years at the helm. The seven-member school board whittled a pool of 38 appl...
View Comments A Brevard Public Schools administrator has been named a finalist in the search for the new superintendent of Denver Public Schools. Stephanie Soliven, assistant superintendent for secondary leading and learning, was announced as one of three finalists Friday. Denver Public School District has 93,000 students. It it Colorado's largest school district. Soliven has worked for Brevard Public Schools for 26 years, according to her LinkedIn profile, starting out as a teacher and serving as principal at Cocoa High School before assuming her current post in Jan 2017. She holds a D...