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MCT is saved from closure after Denver district leaders change their recommendation to close the small Montbello alternative school and its automotive program.

The Denver school board is set to vote Thursday on whether to close alternative Montbello Career and Technical High so it can expand HBCU-style Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy.

The core idea behind policy governance, which the Denver Board of Education has adopted as its operating model, is to keep board members from meddling in day-to-day operations of the

This is not only embarrassing for the district; it has become tedious. And ultimately it’s a massive distraction from the challenges DPS faces. You’d have to be a great deal

“When you’re living in a glass schoolhouse,” I wrote in February, “you probably shouldn’t throw stones.” Sometimes, though, the stone-throwing temptation is simply irresistible.