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District wants more affluent schools to join program BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT.ORG
and CEO of the National Western Stock Show, said in the news release. “To host over 700,000 guests in 16 days is tremendous, not to mention historic.”
The Denver school district has asked additional affluent schools to join a pilot program to give preference to poor students who want to “choice in” to them. Denver Public Schools is not requiring affluent schools to join. Rather, officials have invited nine more schools where fewer than 40 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch to consider it. Districtwide, about two-thirds of students qualify. The district first asked schools to participate two years ago. Six elementary schools and one high school agreed, and the impact on student diversity was modest at most of them. Despite that limitation, a committee of community leaders recently recommended expanding the pilot as one piece of the district’s larger response to the segregating effects of gentrification.
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SEE SCHOOLS, P11
Bareback bronc riding drew large crowds Jan. 15 for the MLK African-American Heritage Rodeo during the National Western Stock Show. PHOTO COURTESY BRETT STAKELIN/BRETTSTAKELIN.COM
Stock show touts near-record attendance STAFF REPORT
The recently concluded 112th National Western Stock Show boasted the second highest attendance in the show’s history, with 705,574 visitors, according to a stock show
news release. The largest stock show attendance was in 2006 for the 100th anniversary, with 726,972 people. “We appreciate every person, young and old, from near and far that came out to make memories with us,” Paul Andrews, president
THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL
“As people pass away, the reasons or causes aren’t nearly as important as how the person spent their time here on earth. Who were they? What did they do?” Michael Norton | columnist, Page 6 INSIDE
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