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The DPS Board of Education votes on Monday on whether two schools can keep their innovation zone that gives them more autonomy to meet students needs.

Sorry, school board members, but community members have real cause for concern. It’s not that the vote to deny the expansions of the Northeast Denver Innovation Zone and Beacon Network Schools is necessarily worrisome in and of itself. The Denver Public Schools board passed a resolution last September to “pause and reflect” about innovation zones and schools through May 2021. Based on the tone of some board member comments in recent months and immediately before the vote, innovation zones are unlikely to come out of the “pause and reflect” period with their hard-won a...

Melanie Asmar / Chalkbeat Two Denver schools will not be allowed to join innovation zones — at least not right now — after the school board denied their applications to enter agreements that would afford them more autonomy and flexibility. Board members say they’re in the midst of a monthslong process of evaluating innovation schools and zones, nicknamed the “pause and reflect” period. The board has pledged to consider new applications in August. But innovation leaders, teachers, and families said the delay puts them at a disadvantage in planning for next school year. And they fear...