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The day before the Nov. 7 election, spending in the Denver school board races has climbed to nearly $1.9 million, much of it by one outside group supportive of charter schools.
John Youngquist, Kwame Spearman are running and either will be a great improvement over current conditions if they stick to their pledges to be apolitical and make board business the priority.
Denver school board candidate Kwame Spearman and the city's teachers union, which endorsed the former Tattered Cover CEO in his bid for an at-large seat, denounced as racist an election mailer attacking him as a bully.
While the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Families Action, a deep-pocketed political group with charter school ties, each endorsed their own slate of candidates, the emergence of another persistently vocal group — parents — is driving conversations around the race for three seats on the DPS Board of Education.
While the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Families Action, a deep-pocketed political group with charter school ties, each endorsed their own slate of candidates, the emergence of another persistently vocal group — parents — is driving conversations around the race for three seats on the DPS Board of Education.