Denver Public Schools staff fight for living wage
Denver Public Schools paraprofessionals, maintenance staff, nutrition workers, and others who keep schools functioning want a $5 raise.
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Denver Public Schools paraprofessionals, maintenance staff, nutrition workers, and others who keep schools functioning want a $5 raise.
The Denver DA has charged four juveniles in last month's "splatter ball gun" incident at Northfield High School.
Despite students and parents pushing for the approval of three new charter schools in Denver Public Schools, the board voted to deny the proposals of all three charters.
School data paired with changes in population trends in the City of Denver show a drastic drop in student enrollment, especially in elementary schools as well as overall enrollment in schools in southwest Denver.
Denver Public Schools say summer meals will be offered to students at many locations starting June 6. The free summer meals program is federally funded.
After recent mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo, fears ran high at Northfield High School in Denver after students were placed on lockdown on Thursday. Others ran as word spread of a possible gun inside the school.
Police in Denver rushed to the Northfield High School campus in northeast Denver on Thursday morning to investigate reports of a student with a weapon on campus.
They teach Denver's children and even clean up after them, but many Denver Public Schools employees say they can hardly afford to live in the same city. Now, they are demanding a raise, and the district says it's working to help them out.
More than 100 of Denver Public School administrators lost their jobs this week.
Two days after CBS4 began asking questions on why renovations at the unsafe Kennedy baseball were never finished, Denver Public Schools still doesn't have many answers.
A pitch to renovate the baseball field at a high school in southwest Denver is turning into an out.
Thousands of Denver Public Schools students are not meeting reading standards.
The elimination was meant to help reduce the "school to prison pipeline," but some students say they still feel unsafe at school.
The Denver School Board voted to approve a proposal impacting the district's innovation schools.
Some teachers and parents are angry and disappointed at the Denver Board of Education, saying proposed changes up for a vote Thursday, March 24, would strip teachers of many of the freedoms they enjoy at innovation schools.
Denver Public Schools has begun construction on a greenhouse to grow produce.
For the last five years, the Jefferson County School District has had a task force assigned to weigh the pros and cons of a later start to the day.
Denver Public Schools is encouraging families to complete the "Healthy Start Times" survey.
Staffing shortages and unmanageable workloads are among many issues raised in an anonymous survey of teachers and staff within Denver Public Schools.
A teacher at Denver North High School is asking his classrooms to make the decision on wearing masks together.
The City and County of Denver is lifting its public health order requiring face coverings in schools and child care facilities later this month.
Denver Public Schools will continue with its face mask mandate for everyone while in an indoor school setting.
Denver Public Schools is taking further precautions with their building entry policies this week after a man gained access to Centennial Elementary School to protest the school's curriculum on the history of inclusion and diversity.
Denver Public Schools placed a principal on administrative leave on Monday after reports of discrimination.
It's the time of year when families make one of the most important decisions in their children's lives: what school they'll attend in the fall?
At Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, the next generation of female trailblazers are passionate about careers in the trades.
Unseasonably warm temperatures continue to take a toll on Colorado's snowpack, raising concerns about dangerous avalanche conditions across the high country.
Police in Boulder put out a plea for help with an urgent sex assault investigation in which young women were believed to have been drugged at a restaurant and late-night party spot on The Hill.
The average TSA wait time over the past few weeks at Denver International Airport has been just 12 minutes. Passengers have come and gone as usual. However, for TSA workers the story is much different.
The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump's signature to new U.S. paper currency, a first for a sitting president.
At Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, the next generation of female trailblazers are passionate about careers in the trades.
Unseasonably warm temperatures continue to take a toll on Colorado's snowpack, raising concerns about dangerous avalanche conditions across the high country.
Police in Boulder put out a plea for help with an urgent sex assault investigation in which young women were believed to have been drugged at a restaurant and late-night party spot on The Hill.
The average TSA wait time over the past few weeks at Denver International Airport has been just 12 minutes. Passengers have come and gone as usual. However, for TSA workers the story is much different.
Some people who live in the Denver metro area on Thursday afternoon were making calls to 911 after skies became noticeably hazy.
At Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, the next generation of female trailblazers are passionate about careers in the trades.
Unseasonably warm temperatures continue to take a toll on Colorado's snowpack, raising concerns about dangerous avalanche conditions across the high country.
The average TSA wait time over the past few weeks at Denver International Airport has been just 12 minutes. Passengers have come and gone as usual. However, for TSA workers the story is much different.
Summit Fire & EMS hopes to educate property owners on how to prepare their homes and families in the event of a wildfire emergency.
The structure was built in the 1920s. Firefighters are investigating how the fire started.
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday.
For Denver Summit FC's Janine Sonis, returning home is a dream come true.
The Colorado Rockies will offer an eating and drinking challenge for fans at Coors Field this season.
The 31-year-old American matched Austrian downhill great Annemarie Moser-Pröll, who won her six titles in the 1970s.
The Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey team is preparing for a familiar quest.
The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump's signature to new U.S. paper currency, a first for a sitting president.
President Trump announced the extension of the pause "per Iranian government request."
Marine biologists found detectable levels of caffeine, cocaine and the over-the-counter painkillers in the blood of 28 sharks.
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president's allies, announced Bill Maher will receive the prize in June.
The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump's signature to new U.S. paper currency, a first for a sitting president.
The Colorado State Senate recognized Purple Day, marking efforts to raise awareness about epilepsy and support people living with the neurological disorder. For one state senator, the recognition carried deep personal meaning.
President Trump announced the extension of the pause "per Iranian government request."
A measure would allow local governments to set the hours of operation for bars located in areas designated as Entertainment Districts.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president's allies, announced Bill Maher will receive the prize in June.
The Colorado State Senate recognized Purple Day, marking efforts to raise awareness about epilepsy and support people living with the neurological disorder. For one state senator, the recognition carried deep personal meaning.
Here's what to know about peptides, what they can and can't do, and what's driving viral claims about possible health benefits online.
There's a new dedicated space for teens and young adults to find a sense of normalcy while receiving medical treatment, and it's inspired by a former patient.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health and interim leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told staff a permanent CDC director could be nominated soon. "I know that it has been such a difficult year," he said.
Federal health officials posted a warning about misleading statements by biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong about his company's bladder cancer drug Anktiva.
"A Shaving Grace Hairport," a barbershop kiosk located on Concourse B, is a first-of-its-kind concept designed specifically for an airport setting, offering grooming services in a fast, convenient format.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's bill would raise taxes on households worth more than $50 million and on billionaires.
Skiers have filed a class action lawsuit against the two largest winter sports and resort companies, saying their price structures violate state and federal antitrust laws, like those used to prevent monopolies in other industries.
The U.S. Postal Service is raising some postage prices to help offset the federal agency's rising transportation costs as fuel prices surge.
With Social Security's trust fund sliding toward insolvency, one group wants to cap benefits for the wealthiest U.S. couples.
A state investigation has found that a Denver assisted living facility took 13 minutes to locate a resident who collapsed and begin CPR -- failures regulators say placed all 125 residents in "immediate jeopardy."
Colorado's youth detention facilities are at the center of a civil rights lawsuit alleging that children are being kept beyond their court-ordered release dates. Advocates and families say the impact is irreversible.
One day after DIA's general counsel filed a federal lawsuit against the city and three of Mayor Mike Johnston's appointees -- alleging unethical and potentially illegal behavior, and claiming they were plotting to oust airport CEO Phil Washington -- one of the appointees, City Attorney Miko Brown, responded by saying of the claims in the lawsuit, "I know they're upsetting."
A woman whose aging mother was charged thousands of dollars to change a lock reached out to CBS Colorado in hopes that the station would help them get the money back.
A senior lawyer at Denver International Airport filed a federal lawsuit against the city and three top officials, claiming he was pushed out of his job after warning about possible alleged violations of law and more.