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South Adams County fire officials are looking into the cause of a fire at the former Adams City High School building near East 69th Avenue and U.S. Highway 85. It started around 8 a.m. July 15, Crews from the South Adams and Adams County fire departments were on the scene. A tweet from the South Adams County Fire Department said the fire it out and that crews were able to keep the fire confined to the theater. No one was in the building. It had been empty since 2009 after the school moved to its present location at East 72nd Avenue and Quebec Street. No injuries were reported. As of 4 p.m.., there was no cause. Investigators remained on the scene.
Justin Driver traveled from Kentucky and won first place in the 2020 chainsaw competition carving a giant Sasquatch called, “Keepin It Squatch.” An electrical engineer by trade, he has been carving for seven years. This year, Driver carved a moose. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD
Meet Karla Loria, Adams 14’s new superintendent Here’s why she believes the district’s future is bright
suburban Denver district on a state-
mandated improvement A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing siteplan. at Adams 14 is the first Colorado disRiverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent trict where the state has ordered an weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s positivity outside14-day group test to help managerate changdistrict isHealth entering the third BY YESENIA was 15.9 percent, asROBLES of Nov. 17, accordinges.toThe Tri-County Department. year ofrates a four-year, state-ordered plan. CHALKBEAT Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity were both higher than The goal: better student outcomes af13Two percent. Forty-five people in Brighton 29 inyears Commerce City have terand several of low performance. weeks into her new role, Addied14 from COVID-19 related To limit spread of in COVID-19, for the the fi rst time a couple ams Superintendent Karlahealth Loriaissues.Now, of years, the hasindoor its ownand met with Wednesday, at least 15principals counties moved to tighter restrictions thatdistrict prohibits superintendent. The management marking end of their summer personal the gatherings. breaks and the beginning of fall prep. Loria, a new grandmother, spent the better part of her 32 years in education on turnaround work. She said she’s ready to step into the superintendent role in the small
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company, MGT Consulting, will start stepping back. Exactly what the shared management roles will look like in the final yearsWard of Photo bytwo Belen the improvement plan remains unclear. But mapping out those roles is among the work Loria is jumping
into, alongBy with hiring lots of new Ellis Arnold staff. Loria, who until recently was Community Media the chiefColorado academic officer for Clark County School District in Nevada, As Denver metro counties continue to spoke with Chalkbeat about how she inch closer to localher stay-at-home is approaching new role.orders ThisColorado’s interview has been lightly under system of coronavirusedited for length and clarity. related restrictions, the state announced
a new was levelitofabout rules that prohibits indoor What leading Adams 14 dining and personal gatherings — a that appealed to you? change applies the majority of the Firstthat of all, on atopersonal level, an interest in returning to Colorado. Denver metro area and many counties in Our are here. Having a new othergirls regions. grandchild, it was very appealing to COVID-19 dial, whichAfter has meThe state’s just to return to Colorado. been in effect since September, is the the pandemic and going throughset of different levels of restrictions that each some serious health issues my husband had … you think about
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what littlebased differcountyisisimportant required to afollow on the ently. professional level, when severityOn of aacounty’s local virus spread. I started looking at what were the The dial grew out of the safer-atoptions and where to state’s start lookhomeseveral order —colleagues the policy that cametoafter ing, talked me about Adams 14. I did research the statewide stay-at-home order thisand what appealed to metypes was of the springreally and allowed numerous great challenge and opportunity to businesses to reopen. do turnaround work. That’s where TheI state recently switched to color I feel actually thrive, where I feel identifiers — levels blue, yellow I can service communities. Iand know Iorange have rather been through experiences than numbered levels — to in different districts with different avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red leaders and mentors leading meant a stay-at-home order. Now,change level for improvement, so it just appealed red — “severe risk” — is the secondto me. I am a believer. I prayed a lot about it, and I decided to apply.
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