With a median home price of roughly $550,000 in the state, a new program aims to help public school employees buy their first homes and stay in the communities where they teach.
The Colorado Department of Education and district officials surprised finalists in their classrooms as part of the annual Colorado Teacher of the Year program.
The new rules will be finalized by the end of December and will take effect for the 2027-28 school year.
The group offered conventional field trips to parks and museums, but also trips to skydiving centers, pickleball complexes, and water parks like Great Wolf Lodge.
The ruling represents a loss for four school districts, three charter schools, and a public education cooperative.
Families are wondering what they’ll do if programs don’t open, said the head of a bilingual outdoor education program for homeschoolers.
“Anyone can be a Monday morning quarterback, but I am proud of ERBOCES,” said one District 49 board member.
“I interpret the lack of suitors to be a collective, statewide referendum on ERBOCES, and their dissolution is therefore correct,” said one board member.
“I viewed a lot of stuff about Texas and Houston and San Antonio and migrant workers, and Texas and Texas,” said one school board member.
The ruling invalidates a school board appointment and a 2025 agreement that allowed the opening of a ‘public Christian school.’