4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STEVE ZIMMER? OUR DISTRICT TURNS IT'S LONELY EYES TO YOU

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STEVE ZIMMER? OUR DISTRICT TURNS IT'S LONELY EYES TO YOU:

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, STEVE ZIMMER? OUR DISTRICT TURNS IT'S LONELY EYES TO YOU

JULIE TRAN WRITES IN A COMMENT TO THE DIANE RAVITCH BLOG | “L.A. TEACHER ASKS: WILL DEASY’S IPAD DEAL BANKRUPT LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS?” | HTTP://BIT.LY/17EX0Y3

October 31, 2013 at 9:45 am  ::  I have a better question regarding Steve Zimmer, who had the power to vote to fire the I-pad promoter Deasy two days ago, but chose not to.
I stayed up all night transcribing a transcript of Zimmer’s speech to UTLA members last August… an excerpt actually… that will blow you—or anyone else—away as you read it.
Here’s the question: “What The-Hell Has Happened to THIS Steve Zimmer?”
Here’s the You Tube video of the speech:

Here’s he exact minute where the following transcript excerpt starts: 07:35 – 18:40   But watch the whole thing to the end of the speech.

Witness the total contrast between what Steve Zimmer says here, and what he did with his vote to retain John Deasy, and in his most 

Bloomberg, Jeb Bush among donors to Denver, Douglas school races - The Denver Post

Bloomberg, Jeb Bush among donors to Denver, Douglas school races - The Denver Post:

Bloomberg, Jeb Bush among donors to Denver, Douglas school races

By Zahira Torres and Karen Crummy
The Denver Post

POSTED:   11/02/2013 09:52:00 AM MDT | UPDATED:   ABOUT 7 HOURS AGO21 COMMENTS

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (Jacquelyn Martin, AP)

• Nov 2:
• Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27
• Oct 22:
• Douglas County School Board races expose deep divisions in community
• Oct 21:
• Snapshots of Douglas County school board candidates
• Oct 16:
• School board election donors: Denver, Dougco, Aurora, Adams 12, Jeffco
• Denver, Douglas County school board races draw big bucks

National donors, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, are contributing to the state's high-dollar school board races in Denver and Douglas County.

Bloomberg, an independent, gave $75,000 to Great Schools Denver, an expenditure committee that helps the campaigns of Denver Public Schools board candidates who have aligned themselves with Superintendent Tom Boasberg's reform efforts.

Bush, a Republican and potential 2016 presidential candidate, gave $1,000 each to four conservative candidates for the Douglas County school board. He also publicly backed the district's voucher efforts and market-based pay system in a piece for National Review Online on Friday.

Campaign-finance reports, which were due by midnight Friday, offer voters a final look at such donations before Tuesday's election.

Nine candidates vying for a place on the DPS board raised more than $150,000 in monetary and nonmonetary donations during the latest reporting period, Oct. 11-27. That brings total contributions to about $880,000.

Candidates Barbara O'Brien, Mike Johnson, Rosemary Rodriguez and Landri Taylor raised more than $113,000 during the filing period, for a total of about $600,000.

Their campaigns will also get some help from Great Schools Denver, an expenditure committee

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An Open Letter to My Students | United Opt Out National

An Open Letter to My Students | United Opt Out National:

AN OPEN LETTER TO MY STUDENTS

 Join us in reading the following letter from educator, Meg Norris. Meg Norris is a doctoral candidate in education and a certified teacher in Georgia. After 18 months with Common Core in her classroom her observations compelled her to walk away from her dream job of teaching to fight against the implementation of Common Core and high stakes testing. She was banned from her former school because of her stance against Common Core.

Thank you for sharing Meg.

To My Students,

I did not return to the classroom this year and I want to apologize.  I am truly sorry for having left you.  It was the hardest decisions I have ever made. I want you to understand why I left.  It had nothing to do with you.  I still love you and believe in you.  You are still amazing and you can do anything you want to do.  I did not give up on you.  I left to fight for you.

I saw you struggling with Common Core skills.  Even with the new curriculum from the district, no matter how I broke it down for you I could see you didn’t understand.  I saw the frustration on your faces.  And when time ran out and we had to take the county’s test (on the county’s schedule), I saw the tears roll from your eyes.  You failed.  I saw you missing school more days than normal.  I saw you with long sleeves covering up the cutting scars on your arms.  I saw how the sparkle in your eyes dimmed. I saw the small bald spot on your head where you had pulled out your hair.  And it wasn’t just in my class.  You hated going to math.  You came early everyday for homework help, but it didn’t make any difference.  You still could not understand.

I want you to know none of this is your fault.  It is not you.  I know the school, the county and the state call it “rigor.”  That is a horrible word.  Look it up in the dictionary for me.  Rigor is for dead people.  You are not failing because it is too hard.  You are not failing because you are not working hard enough.  You are not failing because of your teachers.  You are failing because Common Core was not written by teachers. Common Core was not written to help you.  Let me explain why this hurts you so much.

Your brain, as it develops, can only learn certain things at certain times.  Common Core is trying to force you to learn things your brain is not ready to learn.  Researchers for decades have found that the things Common Core requires you to do are impossible until you reach high school, at the earliest.  No matter what your teachers do to get you to learn it, you aren’t going to be able to.  There is nothing wrong with you.  Your brain was designed perfectly.  Common Core standards were not.

Common Core was written by businessmen trying to make money off of you.  You and your learning are a grand experiment in corporate profits.  If you fail at school, if your teachers fail to teach you, these corporations can sell more books, workbooks, tests, software and technology to schools and even to your parents to try at home.  None of it will work.  These same businessmen want to convince states to let them and their companies take over your schools.  Your parent’s tax dollars would then go to these companies.  Over $600 billion is spent on education every year in this country.  This money should go to your education, not to private companies. It is very similar to what was done to prisons several years ago.

Common Core is the first time in the history of this country that a privately written and copyrighted plan has become public policy.  There is no research to back it and it has never been tested.  Politicians are pushing it because these corporations are giving them money to push it.

When I left I met with members of your Board of Education and told them what was happening.  They ignored me.  I went to the local newspaper and they ignored me too.  When I spoke to the state Senate education committee they dismissed me as a political nut job.  When I came back to chaperone your fall dance I was told I was “no longer one of you” and I could not come in because of my position on Common Core.  Ghandi once said, “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”  We will win.  We will win for you and every student after you.  This is not political.  This is for the future leaders of our country.  These corporations don’t want to teach you how to think.

It is time for you to talk to your parents. Help them understand that opting you out of state testing will protect your personal information as well as stop the data that is being used to unfairly judge you and your teachers. Schools where more than 80% of kids have been opted out are cancelling these stressful tests that measure nothing.  There is a new test coming to replace the CRCT, which is why politicians like Governor Deal and Superintendent Barge want to keep Common Core.  Have your parents demand a portfolio of your work be kept and that your hard work be used to decide if you should go on to the next grade, not a random test.  Any test not written by and graded by your teachers should never be allowed in the classroom.

Please do not worry about me.  I am strong and people have called me worse names and banned me from much better places. Standing up for what is right is not always the easy thing.  I knew that when I left my classroom.  I have 32,000 other teachers from all over the country who are standing with me. I have education experts and child psychologists standing with me.  I have politicians standing with me.  I have famous authors standing with me.  And the group is growing.

Just this week I got an email from Judy Blume, author of famous children’s classics like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Blubber, Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, Forever, and Tiger Eyes. She shared with me that she was a horrible test-taker.  She is very grateful that she is not in school taking the kinds of tests you are taking.  Can you imagine how horrible it would be if our favorite authors gave up because they could not do well on standardized tests that meant nothing?  I don’t want to find out.

Talk to your parents and let them know what is happening in your classrooms.  Every time you take a test or a survey, tell your parents.  Be brave and keep making me proud.  You can be anything you want to be. I am always here for you.

Mrs. Meg Norris, Ed.S.

7th Grade (former) teacher

Georgia

Grades Do More Harm Than Good | toteachornototeach

Grades Do More Harm Than Good | toteachornototeach:

Grades Do More Harm Than Good

by Chris Crouch

Before you click onto the next article in disgust or disbelief, please give me a chance to explain. For decades, grades have been the primary form of communicating and reflecting student mastery. A myth that has taken hold, but ironically no one thinks grades are able to communicate learning with any sort of accuracy or consistency. Teachers feel compelled to “grade,” (the verb form) any and all student work, believing that a letter or percentage will indicate to students and parents a measure of skill. Students feel conditioned to only pursue summative values and to get “As and Bs” to make mom and dad happy. Parents feel reliant upon teachers to instruct, assess, and communicate learning outcomes 

Sharon Peaslee supports Sue Peters for School Board | Seattle Education

Sharon Peaslee supports Sue Peters for School Board | Seattle Education:

Sharon Peaslee supports Sue Peters for School Board

A personal note from Sharon Peaslee:

Dear Seattle Parents & Concerned Citizens,

Seattle School Board Director Sharon Peaslee

If you haven’t voted yet you may be wondering why you should. This school board race is urgently important. Seattle Public Schools is emerging from scandal, crisis and head-spinning turnover. Voting is your way of helping to support the ongoing progress of our schools and district.

We need School Board Directors with unquestionable integrity so that we will continue moving forward. We need School Board Directors who are committed to honest, transparent dealings so that we as a Board can work collaboratively with each other and with the Superintendent and staff.

You can count on Sue Peters in all respects.

Sue has the integrity, intelligence and compassion to be a really great School Board Director. She has proven her commitment to Seattle Public Schools across ten years as a volunteer and parent– recently serving on the Strategic Plan Task Force and Superintendent Selection Committee. As a Stanford-educated journalist she relentlessly pursues the truth of any issue. I’ve worked with Sue as a writer and have witnessed how she tracks down information to the last detail before drawing conclusions. And she isn’t afraid to change her mind if more information is found. Sue’s ability to think clearly and critically is really important for the continuous improvement of our schools.

Seattle School Board candidate Sue Peters.

Sue is not controlled by any special interests. This is highly significant. She has no multimillionaires forming a PAC so they can funnel over $130,000 into her campaign. Sue’s campaign has not been bought and she won’t be controlled by an entitled elite who want a School Board that will do their bidding.

In stark contrast, Suzanne Dale-Estey is supported by the most entitled elite of our region. They include Microsoft CEO Steve (and Connie) Ballmer, CEO of the Gates Foundation – Jeff Raikes, businessmen Matt Griffin, Christopher Larson, Nick Hanauer. None of these people have children in Seattle Public Schools. But they and other Estey supporters do have special interests– including charter schools, Teach for America, and “accountability” measures that tie standardized test scores to teacher evaluation. Inevitably they will expect their chosen candidates to further their agenda, whether or not it’s what the parents of Seattle want for our children

Some of Dale-Estey’s supporters have formed a PAC.

Great Seattle Schools, with a war chest of over $130,000. The PAC recently sent out an attack mailer accusing Sue Peters of being a conspiracy theorist because she connected the dots between Gates Foundation & Eli Broad money to organizations involved in public education. These same connections have been reported in The New York Times, and other national newspapers. The funders of Dale-Estey’s PAC are apparently the only few who regard this as a conspiracy theory. Most know it’s just the facts.

Possibly even more disturbing is Dale-Estey’s own campaign of misinformation. She has repeatedly stated that the School Board rated itself as “utterly dysfunctional” on its recent self-evaluation. The fact is, not a single Board member did this.

Most of us raised concerns over issues of trust, and in my opinion this is the only dysfunction of the current School Board. It has arisen because some Board members have repeatedly used media contacts and influential people to disparage fellow Board Directors. This public and private backstabbing has most certainly undermined our ability to trust each other and work in a collegial manner. Truly we do not need a new Board member who is doing this before they’re even elected.

Dale-Estey has frequently ranted that Seattle Public Schools has a dropout rate of 30%, “and this is completely unacceptable.” It’s also completely untrue.

Dale-Estey could find accurate numbers by simply doing a Google search. The class of 2012 had an on-time graduation rate of 73.6%. The dropout rate was 15.6%. This information is available in the SPS report from December 2012:

Dale-Estey has been less than truthful about herself, too. On her website she claims she was a Federal Legislative Analyst for Washington State Governor Gary Locke. In forums (see video) she claims she ran Locke’s DC office. The truth is, she was a summer intern in his DC office for three months. You can read more about Dale- Estey’s Embellishments on Seattle Schools Community Forum

We do not need a School Board Director who intentionally distorts the facts to serve her own purposes. We do not need a School Board Director who is beholden to an entitled elite who are clearly foisting her into office to further their interests over the interests of our students.

We need a School Board Director who will seek and speak the truth so that we can make the courageous and continuous improvements needed to support all our students. We need Sue Peters, and I urge you to vote for her. Please pass this on to anyone you know who may still be on the fence, or who has not yet voted.

Sincerely,

Sharon Peaslee

Endorsements

 Seattle Education Association

Seattle Councilmember Nick Licata

Diane Ravitch

The Stranger and The Seattle Medium

King County Democrats

Senator Maralyn Chase

Senator Bob Hasegawa,

Representatives Gerry Pollet & Cindy Ryu

Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos

King County Councilmember Larry Gossett

National Women’s Political Caucus

M. L. King County Labor Council, Local 609, Teamsters 28 and American Postal Workers- Seattle local

Metropolitan Democrats

11th, 32nd, 34th, 36th, 37th and 43rd Legislative District Democrats

Seattle School Board Directors Marty McLaren, Betty Patu, Sharon Peaslee, Kay Smith-Blum

Former School Board Director Mary Bass

Estela Ortega, Kay Bullitt, Frank Irigon, Cliff Mass and Sarah Sense-Wilson

The Green Party

RATINGS

Highest rating in the race from SEAMEC (Exceeds Expectations)

Municipal League: Very Good

NEWS & BLOGS

Sue Peters:

SuePeters4schoolboard.org

Melissa Westbrook:

Suzanne Dale Estey – Embellishment is her Specialty but What about Credibility?

Cliff Mass:

Will the Ultra Wealthy and Disinformation Triumph in Seattle’s School Board Race?

The Stranger:

Vote Sue Peters and Stephan Blanford for School Board!

How low can you go In a school board race?

One Funny Thing about that old Suzanne Dale- Estey Story

KUOW-FM 94.9:

Could a Wealthy Few Decide Seattle’s School Board Races?

Seattle Education:

Lisa Macfarlane of WA DFER, and now Suzanne Estey, with their conspiracy theories

A vote for Sue Peters is a vote for the rest of us

The Road Map Project, Race to the Top, Bill Gates and your student’s privacy

Posted by Dora Taylor

The Truth About Suzanne Estey | Seattle Education

The Truth About Suzanne Estey | Seattle Education:

The Truth About Suzanne Estey

Melissa Westbrook, one of the editors of Seattle Schools Community Forum, posted the following information that she uncovered about Suzanne Estey who is running againstSue Peters for Seattle School Board.

Suzanne Dale Estey – Embellishment is her Specialty but What about Credibility?

I have consistently stated that Suzanne Dale Estey appears to have a great resume. She seems to have broad policy experience at different levels of government.

But, based on attendance at and viewing of some videotapes of various campaign events, I realized that she has this tendency to embellish what her resume says she did. So I decided to check some of what is on her resume AND what she has been saying at campaign stops.

Here’s what I found:

Working for Governor Locke

Here’s what her campaign website says:

Federal Legislative Analyst for Washington State Governor Gary Locke

Coop Goes to High School Part 8 – Starting Senior Year | Lefty Parent

Coop Goes to High School Part 8 – Starting Senior Year | Lefty Parent:

Coop Goes to High School Part 8 – Starting Senior Year

November 2nd, 2013 at 16:08

JLO’s 1972 production of Oliver! on the set I designed

For the past eleven years, as my summer vacation waned each August, I would avoid for as long as possible thinking about having to go back to school. When that moment finally came and I had to focus on getting ready, I would prepare my tender psyche as best I could for all the new situations I would be thrown into and all the new people I would encounter who I did not know, and did not know me. The latter had always been particularly problematic for me, because I was shy and I hated being judged by other people, particularly people who I had not had the long time I typically needed to establish “diplomatic relations” with them. Those “diplomatic relations” involved the other person accepting and respecting me for all the aspects of myself that I had revealed and my doing the same for them. The more I could reveal over time the stronger the relationship became and the more I could relax and be myself. Any person I could not establish this sort of pact with I would avoid as best I could. School seemed always to be a problematic venue for my sort of 

Issue committee attracts national money to Denver board race | EdNewsColorado

Issue committee attracts national money to Denver board race | EdNewsColorado:

Issue committee attracts national money to Denver board race

Written by Maura Walz on Nov 2nd, 2013. | Copyright © EdNewsColorado.org

The four candidates for Denver school board who broadly support the district administration’s accountability-based school reform efforts have been out-fundraising their opponents at a rate of three to one — but they’re also getting a boost from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Denver businessman and billionaire Philip Anschutz in the form of donations to the expenditure committee Great Schools Denver.

Nine donors gave the group, which registered as an independent expenditure committee in June, a total of $205,000, according to filings submitted to the Secretary of State’s office on Friday. Bloomberg donated $75,000 and Anschutz gave $9,000.

The largest single donor to Great Schools Denver was the advocacy committee of the group Education Reform Now, which is affiliated with Democrats for Education reform and which also has a local committee. The organization contributed $90,000 of Great School Denver’s reported contributions.

Oakwood Homes, which is led by Pat Hamill, and Kent Thiry, chief executive officer of DaVita, each 

Will States Fail the Common Core? | Randi Weingarten

Will States Fail the Common Core? | Randi Weingarten:

Will States Fail the Common Core?

 The Common Core State Standards are taking so many hits these days that some might wonder why so many people think they should play an important role in American education. In our competitive, fast-changing global economy, if students don't have higher-order capabilities like critical thinking and problem solving, mastery of essential knowledge, and the skill and will to persist, they will be left behind. That's what the Common Core is about.

Instruction in many wealthier public and private schools is routinely aligned to such skills, often through project-based and hands-on learning. But between budget cuts and top-down accountability laws like No Child Left Behind--whose testing fixation promotes test-prep and rote memorization--poor kids have gotten less access to the well-rounded, rigorous education they deserve. Without standards aligned to what kids need to succeed in college, career and life, and ample supports to help them get there, that chasm will grow even wider.

That is why the AFT supports the Common Core standards. They're not a silver bullet, and they're not the only thing kids need for a great public education. But they have the potential 

A Common MisCOREception? | Ward 8 DC Teacher

A Common MisCOREception? | Ward 8 DC Teacher:

A Common MisCOREception?

by ACINTRONJR • NOVEMBER 2, 2013

I’m having a difficult time understanding the argument against the actual CCSS. I’m not referring to HOW they were developed, or ARE financed, but the case against using the anchor standards as a guide for lesson planning. Basically, there are four anchor standards, each provided in length below. As a social studies teacher, I cannot understand why we wouldn’t want every citizen to possess these fundamental – dare I say core – skills:

#1 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading

To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students must read widely and deeply from among a broad range of high-quality, increasingly challenging literary and informational texts. Through extensive reading of stories, dramas, poems, and myths from diverse cultures and different time periods, students gain literary and cultural knowledge as well as familiarity with various text structures and elements. By reading texts in history/social studies, science, and other disciplines, students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all content areas. Students can only gain this foundation 

Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27 - The Denver Post

Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27 - The Denver Post:

Denver, Douglas County school campaign finance reports for Oct. 11-27

By Zahira Torres
The Denver Post

POSTED:   11/02/2013 02:04:20 PM MDT | UPDATED:   ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

Campaign contributions for school board races in the Douglas County School District and Denver Public Schools for the filing period of Oct. 11-27.

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

At-Large

Barbara O'Brien

Raised: $17,975 this period for a total of $191,299 (cash); $3,468 (non-monetary)

Spent: $60,333 this period for a total of $185,381.

Cash on-hand: $5,918.

Key donations: $5,000 from Laura Arnold of the Arnold Foundation.

Michael Kiley

Raised: $4,009 for a total of $36,469 (cash); $59,046 (non-monetary)

Spent: $4,078 for a total of $27,901.

Cash on-hand: $8,568.

Key donations: $1,250 from Eric Abarca, a consultant.

Joan Poston

Raised: 0

Spent: $99 for a total of $312

Cash on-hand: 0

Key donations: None

District 2

Rosemary Rodriguez

Raised: $30,050 for a total of $117,760.

Spent: $31,395 for a total of $90,466.

Cash on-hand: $27,294.

Key donations: $6,000 from Laura and John Arnold, Centaurus Energy Management.

Rosario C. de Baca

Raised: $5,170 for a total of $23,335 (cash); $580 for a total of $19,184 (non-monetary).

Spent: $6,530 for a total of $13,110.

Cash on-hand: $10,225.

Key donations: $4,500 from the Denver Classroom Teachers Association Fund. DCTA has contributed a total of about $18,500.

District 3

Mike Johnson

Raised: $27,619 for a total of $173,754 (cash), $6,567 (non-monetary)

Spent: $52,874 for a total of $162,043.

Cash on-hand: $16,712.

Key donations: $7,500 from Patrick Hamill, Oakwood Homes. Hamill has donated a total of $11,207.

Meg Schomp

Raised: $14,220 for a total of $46,170 (cash), $579 for a total of $25,172 (non-monetary)

Spent: $14,057 for a total of $42,386.

Cash on-hand: $3,783.

Key donations: $12,500 from the Denver Clasroom Teachers Association Fund. The DCTA has donated a total of $27,579.

District 4

Landri Taylor

Raised: $37,946 for a total of $110,051 (cash), $498 (non-monetary)

Spent: $37,622 for a total of $95,048.

Cash on-hand: $15,003.

Key donations: $7,500 from Patrick Hamill, Oakwood Homes. Hamill has donated a total of $10,500.

Roger Kilgore

Raised: $12,010 for a total of $45,279 (cash), $1,079 for a total of $21,406 (non-monetary).

Spent: $18,337 for a total of $42,038.

Cash on-hand: $3,241.

Key donations: $8,500 Denver Classroom Teachers Association Fund. DCTA has contributed a total of $19,830.

DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS

Doug Benevento

Raised: $3,433 for a total of $43,443 (cash), $205 (non-monetary).

Spent: $34,730 for a total of $35,824.

Cash on-hand: $8,411.

Key donors: $1,000 each from Jeb Bush, former Florida governor with Foundation for Excellence in Education, and Marvin McDaniel of Xcel Energy.

Barbra Chase

Raised: $2,090 for a total of $10,325 (cash), $63 (non-monetary).

Spent: $7,155 for a total of $9,784.

Cash on-hand: $541.

Key donors: $500 from Ed and Kathy Yeats of REMAX.

James Geddes

Raised: $1,720 for a total of $40,518.

Spent: $17,696 for a total of $28,836.

Cash on-hand: $11,681.

Key donors: $1,000 from Jeb Bush.

Bill Hodges

Raised: $3,775 for a total of $15,220 (cash), $1,000 (non-monetary).

Spent: $7,126 for a total of $13,040.

Cash on-hand: $2,180.

Key donors: $1,000 from Kerry Harris.

Julie Keim

Raised: $4,040 for a total of $11,162.

Spent: $6,840 for a total of $10,632.

Cash on-hand: $530.

Key donors: $100 each from Brian White, teacher at Littleton Public Schools; Christine Walden, with Kaiser Permanente; Lisa Leitmayr, with Lowell Bush and Collon Kennedy, attorney.

Judith Reynolds

Raised: $1,565 for a total of $40,297 (cash), $25 (non-monetary).

Spent: $11,264 for a total of $19,667.

Cash on-hand: $20,630.

Key donors: $1,000 from Jeb Bush.

Ronda Scholting

Raised: $4,200 for a total of $19,727 (cash), $427 for a total of $2,592 (non-monetary)

Spent: $13,016 for a total of $19,074.

Cash on-hand: $653.

Key donors: $2,500 from the South Metro Professional Firefighters Association PAC.

Meghann Silverthorn

Raised: $1,710 for a total of $40,873 (cash), $32 for a total of $161 (non-monetary)

Spent: $20,564 for a total of $30,229.

Cash on-hand: $10,896.

Key donors: $1,000 from Jeb Bush.

Zahira Torres: 303-954-1244, ztorres@denverpost.com or twitter.com/zahiratorresdp

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