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and we just sort of like to show everybody that exercise is good — we’ll tell you why. Exercise is easy — we’ll show you how. And exercise is safe at many levels of ability.”

Snacks, education and exercise e South Denver Cardiology walks take place the rst Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Before the walk, sta members arrive to set up snacks, co ee, a sign-in table and a station for free blood pressure checks, according tion factor won’t solve school funding de cits, she noted. To remain competitive with other states, pay teachers more and curb districts’ struggles to attract and retain teachers, lawmakers must pump more money into education so per-pupil funding in Colorado is closer to the national average, Rainey said.

“ ose issues don’t go away unless there’s sustainable new revenue that can go into the system,” she said.

Legislators could decide to keep all the money they’ve allocated into K-12 schools from last year’s budget and divert it to paying down the budget stabilization factor, Rainey said. In that case, districts facing declining enrollments would receive less per-pupil funding since much of their funding total is determined by the number of kids they educate. However, some of the funding loss would be o set by the state paying down the budget e program “will save families at least $6,000 a year and give every child the best possible start in life,” Polis said during his speech. e department will likely launch a second round of applications for families and possibly a third, depending on the ow of applications.

Tuesday.

Department of Early Childhood spokesperson Hope Shuler noted that preschool applications swelled during and after Polis’ address. e department’s website encountered few technology challenges amid the urry of applications, running slowly the rst 15 minutes of the day but then resolved and managed the intake of applications, she said.

If the majority of eligible children have applied by the end of the rst or second round, Roy said, “we’ll to business development and marketing manager Randy Cupps. stabilization factor and pouring more money into the K-12 system, she said.

After the walkers mingle and have some food, the physician leading the walk gives a short informal talk about a health topic.

People can sign up for upcoming walks with South Denver Cardiology at https://southdenver.com/ walk-with-a-doc/. Other metro Denver Walk with a Doc chapters include National Jewish Health and Dr. Kyle Knuppel at Blue Heron Park in Littleton.

In another scenario, lawmakers could pull back K-12 funding in light of enrollment being down, which would have a direct impact on districts, Rainey said.

A ve-year averaging provision, which calculates funding for a district based on average enrollment over ve years, would soften the nancial cuts.

“As long as they keep that veyear averaging in place,” Rainey said, “then districts know how to plan for that.” is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media. adapt as needed.”

Meanwhile, the department is also focused on establishing academic standards, assessments and curriculum support for all types of preschool providers, she noted, while also approving curriculum that some providers already use.

“We have a lot to do before fall,” Roy said, “but we plan on having many of the important areas that were identi ed by the statute in place before the summer comes.” is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.