Friday Churn: Mayoral candidates & DPS
Written by EdNews staff on Feb 11th, 2011. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org
What’s churning:
Candidates for Denver mayor are slated this morning to talk about K-12 education, in a forum hosted by KIPP Colorado Schools. Confirmed candidates include Doug Linkhart, James Mejia, Chris Romer, Ken Simpson and Thomas Wolf.
The event gets underway at 8 a.m. in the auditorium of the Rishel campus, home to three schools including KIPP Denver Collegiate High School. Nate Easley, president of the Denver school board, will give opening remarks.
So what’s the Denver mayor’s role in Denver Public Schools? John Hickenlooper was an active cheerleader, promoting ballot issues such as ProComp and helping to launch what would become the