Cartoon by Dalton Trombone GJPD Settles Civil Rights Claim The city of Grand Junction agreed to pay Abraham Ybarra $250,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed in response to a 2023 incident and arrest. After Ybarra was tased and on the ground, GJPD officer Cody Lopez can be heard telling Ybarra’s wife “He’s gonna get … Continue reading Decembers News Briefs
Haitz’ Hate: On CHSSA, Curriculum, and Local Control
Haitz says she stands for local control, while taking marching orders from a shadowy cabal of far-right front-range education activists led by Brad Miller, and pushing D51 to adhere to federal edicts, the very opposite of local control. She is mirroring Trump’s playbook of destroying the Department of Education under the guise of returning education to the states while at the same time trying to dictate how schools should operate and what they should and should not teach. Haitz and the cabal of the far-right school board members Colorado are a threat to education and marginalized students across the state. They will continue to use their position and networks to undermine Colorado’s laws and protections for students while eroding our educational standards.
Colorado Teachers Unions Under Threat
While CSEA is the first major union to fall in recent history, other districts are testing the waters. The Woodland Park School District recently settled with the teachers union after they had violated teachers First Amendment rights. It is illegal to require approval of bosses before being allowed to discuss working conditions with the press or on social media. Without the union, it would have been harder to pursue holding the district accountable for breaking labor law. While this was a win, the union, and teachers are still under threat.
AG Weiser Speaks, while Parents Left in Dark Amid Threat and Scores of Students Searched
But hours earlier the cell-phone policy was not working for student and families as R-5 High School as the school went into lockdown over a gun threat, and scores of students were searched including pat downs and requests to pull up shirts and pants as GJPD and D51 security searched for a weapon.
MVEA Strikes out
By Richard ‘Snowball’ Evans As a sports enthusiast, I've endured my fair share of blowout losses, especially as a Rockies fan. Yet, nothing prepared me for the crushing defeat witnessed in the recent union negotiations between the Mesa Valley Education Association and District 51. MVEA supporters in red packed the negotiations with District 51. To … Continue reading MVEA Strikes out
Solidarity for D51 Teachers
Mesa County, teachers need your help. Please wear red and be a body in the room this Friday night or Saturday afternoon, 5/17 or 5/18. You don't have to understand what's going on, you don't even have to pay attention. Bring knitting, bring a book, eat the snacks provided at the back of the room! … Continue reading Solidarity for D51 Teachers
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