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instead of the other words puts a more positive spin about empowering our students,” Williams said.

Another change Williams suggested adds a metric regarding helping all students develop the Colorado Essential Skills, which include things like personal, civic and professional skills.

In a list of things the district condemns, Williams included bullying, harassment and promoting speci c aspects of identity as superior or inferior to others.

As the board closed out the con-

However, the code does not mention a procedure to redo an election.

“ ere is no “do-over” mechanism in the Local Government Election Code,” said McConnell.

“ e district’s Canvass Board will certify the election results regardless of whether the fourth candidate concedes.” versation, Ray and Meek asked the board to not rush the process and again encouraged them to get feedback on the proposed revisions from its original authors and the community before any action is taken.

However, there is a process for the fourth candidate to contest the election in district court, said McConnell, which is laid out in part 14 of the Local Government Election Code.

Given the water district hired a third party consultant, Colorado Community Resources, to handle the election, Nelson’s veri ed petition asks the court to nd and declare that the designated election o cial failed to “substantially comply” with the requirement to mail a ballot to all registered voters.

Due to the short notice to vote, the petition also asks the court to nd and declare that a signi cant number of eligible electors were denied the right to vote; invalidate the district’s May 2 special district election and order a new election. ere is not date set for the court to rule on Nelson’s challenge.

“Unless I hear from those experts that they’re in agreement that the modi cations that were recommended and made t and don’t dilute or change the policy, then I can’t support a majority of the revisions,” Ray said.

Peterson said he would work to release the redlined version of the policy before the May 23 meeting to allow people to review it and offer thoughts, but made it clear that he still intends to take a vote this month.

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