Denver schools foundation restarts pandemic-era food fund to help feed families during SNAP delays

The Denver Post (Education) 11/11 3:59A Melanie Asmar

To help feed students and their families during the federal government shutdown, the foundation for Denver Public Schools has restarted a fundraising effort it began during the pandemic. Back in 2020, the Food Security Fund paid for grab-and-go...

Fate of Colorado’s universal school lunch program hangs on Props LL, MM results

The Denver Post (Education) 10/25 1:00A Nick Coltrain

Three years ago, Colorado voters overwhelmingly said yes to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for free school meals for all. Every eligible school district signed up for the program and students ate 25 million more school meals than the year...

More than 244,000 Colorado students frequently missed school last year

The Denver Post (Education) 8/27 9:22A Jessica Seaman

More than 244,620 Colorado students missed a significant amount of school during the 2024-25 academic year, a sign that attendance and chronic absenteeism rates have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels five years after COVID-19 initially...

Aurora’s plan to close two library branches this fall will create a neighborhood void for loyal...

The Denver Post (Education) 8/25 1:00A John Aguilar

Aurora s Chambers Plaza Library reopened less than three years ago to great fanfare after a decade-plus closure. But now the modest branch at the edge of a strip mall on East Colfax Avenue will close...