March 11, 2021
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 5
School board recall on hold Group says it will focus on November elections after vote for in-person learning BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
UCHealth Pharmacy Technicians Jessica Kurtz, left, and Eva Rozanski fill syringes with the Pizer COVID-19 vaccine for a clinic held at the UCHealth Hospital in Highlands Ranch in February. PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES
Grocery workers, Coloradans 60-plus now up for vaccine Ag workers, people with two or more high-risk conditions also prioritized BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In another fragmentation of Colorado’s long priority list for receiving a coronavirus vaccine, the state officially moved Coloradans ages 60 to 64 closer to the front of the line and placed grocery and agricultural workers as the next group of “frontline” employees to receive shots. “I’m focused on ensuring that Coloradans who are at the most SEE VACCINE, P10
COLORADO’S UPDATED SCHEDULE For information on signing up for a vaccine appointment, visit the state’s page at cocovidvaccine.org or call 1-877-CO VAX CO (1-877-268-2926). The line is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and answers are available in multiple languages. For information in the Tri-County Health Department area — Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties — visit tchd.org/866/COVID-19-Vaccine. The state’s updated schedule as of Feb. 26 is as follows: Phase 1A, winter: Highest-risk health Phase 1B.3, winter: People age 60 to care workers and staff and residents at 64, frontline agricultural and grocery long-term care facilities such as nursing store workers, and people age 16 to 59 homes. with two or more high-risk conditions. Phase 1B.1, winter: Coloradans age 70-plus, and moderate-risk health care workers and first responders. Phase 1B.2, winter: Coloradans age 65 to 69, pre-K through 12 school workers, workers in licensed child-care programs and some state government officials.
BLUEBIRD BEAUTY Boy Scout stations 18 bluebird nests
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Phase 1B.4, spring: People age 50 and older, other frontline workers, people with high-risk conditions, other state government workers and some local government officials. Phase 2, likely late spring or summer: General public.
The man spearheading a recall of four Douglas County School Board members says he is suspending the effort after directors voted to send middle and high schools back to 100% in-person learning. Road2Recall committee member Nate Ormond said the group will stop circulating petitions for the time being, although he’s willing to resume the effort if district schools don’t remain in full in-person learning for the entire fourth quarter. “Just in case the board does an about face in the next two or three weeks,” he said March 3. The group began circulating petitions in February to oust board President David Ray and directors Susan Meek, Elizabeth Hanson and Christina Ciancio-Schor. Among the recall group’s allegations were frustrations directors had not returned all students to 100% in-person learning. Elementary schools began full in-person learning on Jan. 5 while middle and high schools started this semester remotely. Secondary schools then launched hybrid learning in early February and are now slated to begin 100% in-person learning on March 22. SEE RECALL, P12
CRAFTING THE PERFECT CUP Area roasters get creative, to the delight of coffee enthusiasts P16