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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings ADAMS CITY EAGLES CELEBRATE HOMECOMING COVID not top voter concern
Adams City’s cheerleading squad walks down the homecoming parade route Sept. 17. See more photos on Page 5. PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH
Adams 14 accreditation restored by Board of Education
State board cites confusion and other challenges for district
A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at STAFF REPORT Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. The state board of education had some good news for the Adams 14 School District Sept. 14. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than It restored the district’s ac13 percent. Forty- ve people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have creditation during the board’s died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, meeting in Colorado Springs. at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and The vote was 6-1, according to a personal gatherings. district press release. The board made its decision after hearing the district was facing increasing challenges because of confusion over what the Photo by Belen Wardloss of accreditation met, according to a statement. Education commissioner Kathy Anthes recommended restoration. District offi cials told the board they were having trouble hiring international bilingual teachers because of confusion over what the loss of accreditation means. “Many people don’t know what accreditation means, and likewise they don’t know what the loss of accreditation means,” Anthes said in a statement. “The district and the local board have a long road ahead to successfully implement their improvement plan. As they work with their partial manager and their community to consider reorganization or other creative solutions, I do not want any unintended consequences from the loss of accreditation to make that road any bumpier than it needs to be.”
Education Commissioner Katy Anthes recommended the board restore the district’s accreditation after hearing about the challenges the loss of accreditation appeared to be creating for the district. The district reported diffi culty hiring international bilingual teachers because of confusion over what loss of accreditation means.
Board chairwoman Angelika Schroeder said that removing accreditation was intended to highlight the board’s serious concerns about the district’s capacity to build sustainable improvements in student outcomes.
“It was never the board’s intention to make the district’s
By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media
As Denver metro counties continue to inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. e state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in e ect since September, is the set of di erent levels of restrictions that each county is required to follow based on the severity of a county’s local virus spread. e dial grew out of the state’s safer-athome order — the policy that came a er the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen. e state recently switched to color identi ers — levels blue, yellow and orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second-
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Housing a ordability, economy, homelessness rank high in poll
BY AMANDA HORVATH ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
In the last two years, COVID-19 has dropped from a top concern for Colorado voters to low on the list. Now at the top of that list ahead of the November election are issues like affordable housing and civil rights issues.
The ACLU of Colorado commissioned a poll of 1,223 likely voters in Colorado last month through the African American Research Collaborative (AARC). Ninety-fi ve percent of the poll’s respondents were already registered voters in the state.
The poll found 80% of Coloradans consider housing affordability as either a major issue or a crisis. Also among top concerns were the economy and homelessness.
“There is a fl avor of concern of the infl ation and economy that is directly tied to civil rights,” said Isaiah Bailey, a research fellow with the AARC. He said it was encouraging that voters are understanding the connection of those ideas.
Top issues found as concerns for voters. Provided by African American Research Collaborative.
Also, refl ected in the poll was the agency voters feel they have in the democratic process when it comes to ballot issues. On a scale from 1 to 10 — 10 meaning
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