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May 12, 2016

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Jeffco schools budget explored Board of Education prioritizes pay, mental health in new plan By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com

“Kids Sledding” is one of the six bronze statues being considered for removal by the city’s public art commission. Photo by Christy Steadman

Golden residents: Keep statues Locals lobby against removing ‘inauthentic’ statues along Clear Creek By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com The creekside ambience is one reason the Wyatt family moved to Golden.

Looking at the city’s statues gives Alys Moubry peace and joy. Sandy May said she doesn’t know much about art, but she does know what she likes — and she likes the statues along Clear Creek in Golden. “They mean so much to what the history of Golden is all about,” Goldenite Tonie Mattox said. “What we have here is special.” About 20 Golden residents at-

tended a May 5 meeting of the Public Art Commission to discuss the future of six bronze statues along Clear Creek that are not considered to be high quality art and, as such, are being considered for removal. The statues are Bear and Two Cubs, Brother and Sister at the Rodeo, Eddie at Bat, Kids Sledding, Two Statues continues on Page 7

Students time-travel through words Writing challenge recognizes student writers in Jeffco

By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com The theme this year was time travel. Some students wrote about meeting dinosaurs or famous people. Some

wrote about where they’d like a to travel. Others wrote about building a time machine or why they would travel back in time — or to the future. About 45 K-12 students from the Jefferson County school district were recognized for stellar writing in a work of short fiction or poetry.

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To make Jefferson County school district jobs more competitive, the school board has allocated $24.5 million for compensation increases to all employees. “I believe our directive has been very consistently that we want to compensate comparably all employees across all groups,” said board President Ron Mitchell. “I hope that we have put enough money in the placeholder that will do that.” On June 2, the board is scheduled to approve the 2016-17 school year budget, including the placeholder for additional employee compensation, pending the outcome of ongoing negotiations with the teachers’ union and the classified workers’ union. This year, the district has a roughly $1 billion budget to operate from, a number that staff said is not reflective of the actual spending, but rather represents each dollar which moves through the district. For information about what is funded, refer to the draft budget at www.jeffcopublicschools.org/finance/index.html. Jeffco as a whole Jeffco is the state’s second-largest district with 86,000 students and 14,000 staff, of which 5,000 are licensed professionals. Currently, 77 percent of the district’s budget goes toward compensation, a major item in the budget and one on the minds of teachers and professional support staff across the district. General Fund The General Fund is the district’s largest individual fund and is responsible for paying administration costs, compensation, operational and maintenance costs.

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