Lone Tree Voice 0917

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September 17, 2020

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

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INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | SPORTS: PAGE 15

VOLUME 19 | ISSUE 32

Tucker on leave amid probe Outgoing DCSD superintendent says no wrongdoing occurred BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The new Conference Center at RidgeGate is the newest building for Charles Schwab, the financial firm with a campus in Lone Tree. The center has space for extra parking as well, and has mixed-use commercial office space. PHOTO BY NICK PUCKETT

RidgeGate makes progress on east side 3,000-plus residents to move in by 2023 BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Development in Lone Tree’s RidgeGate community presses on despite setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus’s economic impact. Here is a look at some of what is happening: Coventry Development, the master developer of the RidgeGate neighborhood, has kept up with $40 million in public infrastructure work during the pandemic, according to a Sept. 10 news release. Coventry is now shopping for a provider for its “state-ofthe-art” fiber-optic and 5G network, the release states. SEE RIDGEGATE, P6

TOUCHING HISTORY

Effort aims to collect archives for Center for the Blind P12

A rendering of the 67-unit affordable housing complex planned for RidgeGate Station. COURTESY OF KOELBEL AND CO.

A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE Athletes adjust to guidelines for practicing amid pandemic P15

Outgoing Douglas County School District Superintendent Thomas Tucker was placed on paid administrative leave in the week leading up to his resignation as the district investigates him for allegations of “workplace discrimination,” according to a stateTucker ment from the school district. Tucker remains on paid administrative leave, according to a public records request. His leave began Sept. 2. The school district initially declined to comment when Colorado Community Media first reported the investigation on Sept. 11, but provided a statement on Sept. 15 confirming the district received the complaint from a district employee on Sept. 1. “Per DCSD policy and consisent with best practice, the board of education immediately placed Dr. Tucker on paid administrative leave and retained a third-party investigator to conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the allegations,” the statement said. “Because this is a SEE PROBE, P6


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