By Pat Crowley, Parent of 2 former DCSD students & Community member Published online April 5, 2016 in Denver Post Your Hub As recently demonstrated by the protest of the students of Ponderosa High School, today’s students care deeply about their teachers and understand the important role that the teacher/student relationship plays in their education. […]
Fagen: “Move the teacher to the side…”
Please read this statement by Superintendent Liz Fagen to Jess Stainbrook, Chief Community Relations Officer, in reference to a graphic in a promotional presentation: The one thing that bothers me is that we have a teacher in front of the class with a book…that’s the anthesis [sic] of us and what we aspire to offer […]
Student Perspective: The Effect of Board Policies
By Andrew Bunker October 2013 The Douglas County School Board’s policy changes have affected me directly in a way that I did not find appropriate and in a way that I did not appreciate. Many overly-qualified teachers have been devalued by the Pay Per Performance initiative, and educators still present may not be able to […]
Student Perspective: Limited Opportunities
By Sydny Boyd October 2013 The current state of the school board can be simply described as a joke. As an IB student, an active member of my community and a student looking for the best possible opportunities I was constantly limited. The school board claims to ‘care about the students’, but my question is […]
Student Perspective: Teacher Quality?
By Anna Smiley Kallas, winner of the IB Open Minded Award October 2013 Throughout my four years of high school I had to sadly stand by and watch some of the best teachers I know leave because of various reasons. School districts should be going out of their way to provide students with the best […]