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Jeffco board to consider $2.84 million sale of Wilmore-Davis site to Wheat Ridge

The proposed deal would put proceeds in Jeffco’s capital reserve fund, but the board has not yet voted and the agreement has not been finalized.

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Denver advances proposed CCD partnership for Loretto Heights theater; year-two funding unknown

A City Council committee advanced a proposed three-year operating agreement with Community College of Denver, identifying $2.5 million in city support for year one but no public amounts for years two and three.

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Denver committee advances CCD plan to operate Loretto Heights theater

The committee’s 7-0 action sends a proposed three-year operating agreement to the full City Council; funding after the first year would be negotiated annually.

Education

Aurora school plan advances in advisory review; traffic, fire access unresolved

Aurora officials said the proposed Green Valley Ranch East pre-K-8 school can continue through advisory planning review, but a revised traffic study has not received final review and fire-lane and neighborhood-notification issues remain open.

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Wheat Ridge advances Wilmore Davis negotiations; Jeffco sale approval pending

The City Council directed staff to keep negotiating a proposed purchase of the former school site, but neither Wheat Ridge nor Jeffco Public Schools has approved the sale.

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Denver Public Schools adopts districtwide ban on student personal devices

The ECE-13 policy covers phones, watches, earbuds, tablets and laptops; schools must announce storage procedures before enforcement, but DPS has not publicly specified a start date.

Education

No public appeal documented after Westminster rejects Adams 12 nutrition center plan

Adams 12 has until the July 24 deadline stated by Westminster planning staff to seek City Council review of the commission’s 5-2 denial; the district says redesign could affect its bond-funded construction schedule.

Education

Colorado says AI sped Universal Preschool income checks and cut costs

State early-childhood officials told lawmakers an in-house Snowflake Cortex workflow helped staff process Universal Preschool income-verification documents faster and more cheaply while keeping final eligibility decisions with humans.

Education

Denver council approves $14.6 million Head Start grant through June 2027

A federal grant approved on Denver City Council’s consent agenda will fund Denver Great Kids Head Start through June 30, 2027. Public records do not show major program changes tied to the award.