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Next school year in Denver a middle school will begin shutting down, eight new programs will start and four school campuses will share facilities. Denver's school board Thursday approved a host of changes for next year, including five new programs ... read more

Denver Public Schools board members approved a contentious school-sharing and -closure proposal on Thursday, marking a clear change in how the district plans to use its buildings. Board members now have approved seven new schools for fall 2009. ... read more

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=104334&catid=339 DENVER - The Denver School Board voted Thursday night to become the first district in Colorado to have more than one school share the same campus. Denver Public School District ... read more

Manny Martinez, one of the founders of Brothers Redevelopment, which helps renovate houses for the elderly and disabled, died unexpectedly on Nov. 14. He was 70.Martinez, a longtime community activist, had an abdominal aortic aneurysm, and doctors ... read more

A Denver charter school on Wednesday was named the year's top nonprofit and awarded $50,000 by the Colorado Springs-based El Pomar Foundation.KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy, located in southwest Denver, was awarded the Spencer and Julie Penrose Award for ... read more

A pastor withdrew his proposal Tuesday to establish a church-run vocational school in classrooms at Manual High School. "The organization that proposed it pulled it from the process," said Alex Sanchez, spokesman for Denver Public Schools."If the ... read more

How would you feel if an entirely separate program moved into your kid's school building, taking up the second floor or an unused wing? That's what some Denver parents are facing as the Denver Public Schools administration struggles with empty ... read more

The Daniels Fund announced $8.5 million in fourth-quarter charitable grants Thursday, including $3.3 million to Denver-area nonprofits and agencies. The Denver-based fund, endowed by the late cable magnate Bill Daniels, is giving its largest single ... read more

Denver Public Schools will hold its second public hearing on a proposed school-sharing and closure plan at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, not 7 p.m. as spokesman Alex Sanchez said Monday. The hearing will be held before the school board is expected to vote on ... read more

Some people who opposed Denver Public Schools’ recent $454 million bond issue — which the city’s always-generous voters passed by a better than 2-1 margin — disparaged the district for wanting to spend $29.1 million of that ... read more