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Education

  • School board doesn’t appoint interim superintendent

    Jeffco Public Schools’ core leadership team will continue to act as superintendent for the rest of the school year as the Board of Education moves forward with its search for a successor to Cindy Stevenson.

    After discussion at the board’s meeting last Thursday, no change was made to the previous week’s decision not to appoint an individual to serve as interim superintendent. 

    On Feb. 18, the board voted 3-2 not to make a temporary appointment, with the agreement that the board would discuss the topic again Feb. 27.

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  • Spelling it out: Evergreen students show off their knowledge during area bee

    It’s difficult enough to spell some English words correctly, let alone French words that are part of the English language.

    Ask the two finalists in the Evergreen Area Spelling Bee. In the final round of the bee last Thursday, they drew the words “fait accompli” and “bourgeois.”

    Katherine Ashby, a fifth-grader at Wilmot, spelled “fait accompli” correctly. The second-place finisher, Keaton Gressman, a Bergen Valley fifth-grader, had trouble with “bourgeois.”

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  • Iowa-based firm will search for new school superintendent

    The Jeffco school board has selected a search firm to help find the successor to former superintendent Cindy Stevenson.

    The board heard presentations from two search firms at its Feb. 18 study session, and Ray and Associates was selected to find potential candidates to lead Colorado’s largest school district.

    Iowa-based Ray and Associates will charge $44,580 for its search, which will include conducting community meetings, recruiting, screening, interviewing and selecting a final pool of candidates.

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  • Students wax knowledgeable about presidents

    President Calvin Coolidge had a pet raccoon.

    President John F. Kennedy was the first president who had been a Boy Scout.

    President James Madison was only 5-foot-4 and weighed 100 pounds.

    President Barack Obama has read all of the “Harry Potter” books.

    President Andrew Johnson grew up learning to be a tailor, so he made all of his own clothes while president.

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  • Schools’ leadership team acting as interim superintendent

    Jeffco schools’ leadership team will act as the district’s superintendent for at least one week, the Board of Education decided on Feb. 18.

    The leadership team is made up of Marcia Anker, chief school effectiveness officer; Heather Beck, chief academic officer; Lorrie Gillis, chief financial officer; and Steve Bell, the district’s chief operating officer.

    The arrangement will most likely be short-lived, however, as the board will discuss and vote on an interim superintendent at its Feb. 27 meeting.

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  • Evergreen High color guard committed to excellence in both seasons

    In Evergreen High School’s winter color guard program, the motto is: “Don’t practice until you get it right; practice so you don’t get it wrong.”

    The 10 girls and one guy in the program practice what their motto preaches as they throw flags, sabers and guns high into the air — in unison, no less — catching them with apparent ease.

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  • Local authors will speak to Bergens students

    The Bergens are planning two authors fairs to acquaint students and parents with children’s books written locally.

    The fairs, which are open to the public, are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at Bergen Valley, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, March 3, at Bergen Meadow. HearthFire Books and Treats is co-sponsoring the events.

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  • Middle-schoolers hear a message about getting along

    It sounds so simple: Be nice to each other. For middle-schoolers, the concept is easy to say and tough to do.

    To help Evergreen Middle School students embrace the concept of kindness, teacher David LeNoble spoke at a school-wide assembly on Friday, using humor and relatable stories to get students thinking about why it’s important to be kind.

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  • Board members at odds on assessment tool for preschoolers

    The Jeffco school board reversed a decision made in December and approved use of the Teaching Strategies Gold program for Colorado Preschool Program students, but an accompanying request for a waiver on student evaluation could imperil several million dollars in state funding.

    The board had voted to end the district’s use of TS Gold at its Dec. 13 meeting because of the behavioral data that are collected. Board President Ken Witt said he was uncomfortable that students were videotaped as part of evaluations.

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  • Search for new superintendent to continue as planned

    Even though Jeffco Schools Superintendent Cindy Stevenson will be leaving her position four months earlier than expected, it won’t change the process for finding a new leader for the district.

    “We are still on course and will continue to search for a new superintendent,” Witt said Saturday.

    The Jeffco Board of Education was tasked with finding a new superintendent after Stevenson announced her retirement Nov. 7. Her last day was slated for June 30, but she announced Saturday her last day will be Feb. 21.

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