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Invoices obtained through a records request show the district has paid around $98,000 for legal assistance from May 2022 through March 7, 2023.

Meek called the behavior of Myers, Peterson, Williams and Winegar “indefensible.”

“I don’t know how any board member can defend spending taxpayer resources, money that should be spent in support of students, to try and prove that you had the right to act in the manor that happened,” Meek said. “We should simply agree to adhere to the Colorado Open Meetings Laws, this is what a responsible leadership would look like.” e board has been operating under en, in the blink of an eye, the Huskies (8-4, 5-2 5A League #1) ripped o back-to-back-to-back goals — courtesy of Max Kroening, Ben Hasselback and Kai Mathews — to grab a 3-2 advantage. at all happened in just 1:06. from the left side tied the score at 3 apiece right before both teams headed into the locker room for halftime. e third quarter was largely dominated by both teams’ defenses. Recording the lone goal in the period was Owen Colton, who scored from about 5 yards out after receiving a pass from Connor McAnally. at goal set up the back-and-forth fourth quarter. “ ey stuck with it,” Trietley said of his group. “It was a great win.”

After Richardson’s rst-quarter goal, Katrana scored 13 seconds into the second period to extend Ponderosa’s (9-5, 1-3 4A Southern League) lead to 2-0.

Said Richardson of playing from behind most of the fourth quarter but ultimately nding a way to win:

Holvick, who entered the game boasting a Colorado-best 77% save percentage, saved 70% (14 of 20) of the shots thrown at him by the Mustangs. Ponderosa goalie Doran Trietley had an exceptional game as well, denying 81% (22 of 27) of the Huskies’ shots. Both teams will now await their postseason fates. e 5A and 4A state playo brackets are set to be released May 7.

“We still have a lot of things we can clean up to get a rst-round win in the playo s,” Trietley said, “and so we’re just hoping to build every day and keep getting better.” the expenses. a preliminary injunction issued in March 2022 by the Douglas County judge on the case, which found the serial one-on-one conversations violated the law and ordered the board not to discuss public business or take formal action outside of public meeting.

Peterson agreed, calling out Marshall for continuing the lawsuit as a state representative.

“He’s in a unique position to drop this lawsuit, or at least (part of the settlement) and he could easily raise something in committee or gone to his legislature friends instead of litigating and trying to create new interpretation of the law in the courts,” Peterson said.

Ray argued that if the board can operate under the injunction, there should be no issues accepting the settlement, but his suggestion fell at.

Winegar said the cost to the district is on Marshall and suggested if the board wins at trial, he could pay for

In a written statement, Marshall urged the board to accept the settlement and cautioned that trust would be further eroded if the board moved forward with a trial.

“Failing to admit these mistakes and moving on has seriously damaged your standing and that of the Douglas County School District,” he said. “ With the settlement rejected, the board will go to trial in June.