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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings

January 18 designated as Dr. Cardos day

Dr. Cardos retired after 46 years of service BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dr. Stephen Cardos after more than 46 years in since July 1975 serving generations of families children has retired and was honored by Brighton’s City Council with January 18th as Dr. Stephen Cardos day. “I feel thankful that my life’s work was meaningful and was appreciated,” said Dr. Cardos. Cardos was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from New York University Medical School and did his residency at Bellevue Hospital, New York. After leaving New York City in 1973 he spent two years in Omaha, Nebraska hospital, and then joined Air Force. “I was the chief of Pediatrics in the Air Force, at a very busy clinic,” said Dr. Cardos. Dr. Cardos wanted to be a doctor since was very young and also had asthma so he had lots of exposure being around doctors. It was one role model that inspired him and he knew going forward it was what he wanted to do.

“It’s was tough especially when my friends were having parties- I was studying,” said Dr. Cardos. When training at Bellevue hospital Dr. Cardos was seeing primarily homeless people who were living on the streets or where ever. “It was very frustrating to have them as patients because you could get them all cleaned up to get rid of their body lice or all their diseasesthen two weeks later- they were back in the hospital with the same thing all over again,” Cardos said. It was so frustrating for Dr. Cardos and it gave a distorted view of what real medicine was like and also for the rest of the country. It was when he decided he wanted to go into pediatrics. “Kids are innocent and had no say over their social situation. It’s has been very enjoyable to work with children. Cardos moved to Brighton in April 1975, purchased a home, and started working in July at his practice. Also, he was the only pediatrician in all of Adams County for over 20-years. Before COVID, Dr. Cardos was slowing down was only seeing patients three days a week. Then COVID hit it was he stopped seeing patients. “The practice had a big decrease SEE CARDOS, P4

Dr. Cardos receiving a certificate of recognition from Mayor Greg Mills proclaiming COURTESY OF CITY OF BRIGHTON January 18th as Dr. Stephen Cardos Day.

State denies Adams 14 contract bid School District seeking to end management contract

lead partner would lead to improve-

its contract with MGT Consulting on Jan. 28. The vote was 7-0. “Given the district’s recent failure to cooperate with its manager, we can’t be sure that appointing a new

“Despite .. transparent communication with CDE, the Colorado State Board of Education inexplicably made disparaging remarks about Photo by Belen Ward the district’s leadership, failed to refer to the board’s proffered

ments forrapid the students,” CDE A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s testing site at said in a statement. “The state board must Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent consider all statutory options for the weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate district, including district reorganiclosing or chartering one or was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, accordingzation, to Tri-County Health Department. more schools or directing continued STEVE SMITH City’s test positivity Brighton andBYCommerce rates were both higher than external management.” SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton The and district 29 in Commerce City have voted to end its condied from COVID-19 relatedState health issues. Toearlier limit the spread of COVID-19, tract this month. DENVER -- The Colorado The district’s responseindoor was one of Board denied to Adams at leastof15Education counties moved tighter restrictions that prohibits and displeasure. 14 School gatherings. District’s attempt to end personal

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information voted against the Byand Ellis Arnold district’s motion,” said a district Colorado Community Media press release. Low test scores have plagued As Denver metro for counties continue Adams 14 schools years. In Sep-to inch closer to district local stay-at-home orders tember, the commissioned an audit to analyze MGT’s contract. under Colorado’s system of coronavirusThe state department of education related restrictions, the state announced said it hasn’t been shared with it or athe new level of rules that prohibits state board of education. indoor dining and personal gatherings —a In October, the Adams 14 school changesaid that applies to the to majority of the board it returned full compliance with the state-mandated Denver metro area and many counties in takeover, but disagreed about payother regions. ments. In December, CDE said it Thea state’s dial,the which held work COVID-19 session with Ad-has been in effect since September, is the set ams 14 board. A day later, it asked of different levels offorensic restrictions thataeach for the district’s audit,

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request the board denied the county isthat required to follow based on on the grounds ready forvirus a criminal severity ofita was county’s local spread. investigation. The dialdays grewbefore out of the state’s safer-atTwo a scheduled exhome order — thewith policyMGT that came after ecutive session to investhe statewide stay-at-home order this tigate a human-resources complaint about interference in the district’s spring and allowed numerous types of forensic audit, CDE businesses to reopen. said the district’s human resources director recentlydistrict switchedstaff to color toldThe “astate high-level memidentifiers — levels blue, yellow and ber” that the investigation backed orange rather than numbered levels — to up allegations of unethical behavior. The district’s investigation recavoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red ommended terminations of two, meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level high-level employees. The Adams red — “severe risk” — is the second14 board received a copy of the SEE CONTRACT, P4

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