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General NewsMay 22, 202626 source records
The D20 superintendent search should include clear answers about CLAS, Dan Snowberger, Elizabeth book-ban litigation, Brad Miller-linked legal context, candidate disclosure, and overlapping leadership timelines.
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AccountabilityAugust 13, 20269 source records
A CORA screenshot places Eddie Waldrep with Mike Miles at CLAS. Records connect Miles to merit pay, high-stakes testing, and a Colorado curriculum controversy.
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AccountabilityAugust 10, 20261 source record
Academy District 20 stopped adding books to middle- and high-school library shelves while Board members discussed “yucky books,” legal constraints, and getting “upstream” of reconsideration. Their own words raise serious questions about student access…
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AccountabilityAugust 1, 2026
District 20's review committee recommended retaining Almost Perfect. Three board members later voted to remove it from every D20 school library. Here is what the record shows, what Colorado law requires, and why the…
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AccountabilityJuly 26, 2026
Brian Katcher reads messages from readers about the impact of Almost Perfect and urges officials to leave decisions about the book with individual students and their parents.
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AccountabilityJuly 25, 2026
Academy District 20 board meetings are public business under Colorado law. That includes regular and special meetings, study sessions, retreats, and qualifying electronic deliberations.
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AccountabilityJuly 8, 20261 source record
At the June 11 Academy District 20 board meeting, Susan Payne proposed changes to the District Accountability Committee that could make independent oversight depend on board approval, mission alignment, and subjective conduct standards.
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AccountabilityJuly 4, 2026
Community members asked us to look into D20's concurrent enrollment changes. The public record points to a new local guideline and real cost pressure, not a clear state mandate. The bigger issue may be…
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AccountabilityJune 14, 2026
At the June 11 Academy District 20 meeting, Susan Payne used Almost Perfect's author's note to warn about hormones, fentanyl, and online drug access. The record shows a different story: the same author's note…
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AccountabilityJune 13, 2026
Derrick Wilburn cited H.R. 2616 as inevitable federal pressure on Academy District 20. The public record says something narrower.
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