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November 19, 2020

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 100 | ISSUE 39

Englewood Schools extends remote learning as virus spikes Community must slow spread to get kids back in classrooms, officials say BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Never forget. On Veterans Day, those who fought in defense of liberty and their loved ones convened at Ketring Park’s World War II Memorial in Littleton to keep memories alive. Memories of those like the members of Littleton’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4666 who passed away in the past year. Warriors like John Youtman, who served in the 91st Infantry in Italy in World War II, and earned a Bronze Star for evacuating wounded comrades. Youtman died last April at age 94. Or William Bagwell, who survived two crashes of his A-1 Skyraider attack plane over Vietnam and served 24 years in the Air Force. Bagwell passed away in October at age 87. As the microphone was passed among audience

It’s too soon to say when Englewood Schools might return to in-person learning, the district announced on Nov. 13, but it will be “at least after Thanksgiving break.” The district announced on Oct. 28 it would switch to all-online learning in the face of surging COVID-19 numbers, ahead of a wave of metro-area school districts to make the switch. Though the announcement said the shutdown would last for “at least two weeks,” district officials say the situation has only gotten worse. “More people in our community are contagious right now than at any time during the pandemic,” an announcement on the district’s website from spokesperson Julie McMorris reads in part. Unlike other nearby districts that have announced shutdowns extending at least until the spring semester, Englewood officials say they will continue to monitor local virus data weekly to decide when a return to classrooms is warranted. “We made a promise to our community that when the metrics say it’s safe to come back, we’ll come back as soon as we can,” said Joanna Polzin, the district’s acting superintendent (Wendy Rubin, the permanent superintendent, is on leave responding to a

SEE VETERANS, P18

SEE REMOTE, P7

Elizabeth Marzonie, left, her husband James Marzonie, and Shirley Baldaccini carry poppies — a traditional symbol of Veterans Day — to the flagpole at the World War II Memorial at Ketring Park. PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT

Veterans, loved ones remember the fallen BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

World War II veteran Charles Goodwin, 97, bows his head in prayer.

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17

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