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Children, Education, Elections, Local concerns, School District 51

Mesa County Ballot Issues 4A & 4B: School District 51 Bond issue and Mill Levy Override

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Ballot issue 4A asks if School District 51 can take out a bond (loan) for $190 million with a maximum […]

Children, City of Grand Junction, Local concerns, Safety

Photos indicate community support for 29 Rd. interchange vs. saving the Orchard Mesa Pool

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Activism, Children, Education, Firearms, Grassroots advocacy, Gun violence, Local concerns, Safety, Security

D-51 employee raises a red flag about the way D-51 conducts lockdown drills compared to other school districts

21 Comments / Activism, Children, Education, Firearms, Grassroots advocacy, Gun violence, Local concerns, Safety, Security / Anne Landman

A highly experienced School District 51 employee who came here from the front range with over 20 years experience in

Charter schools, Children, Education, School District 51

D-51 employees share views on the proposed closure of Fruita 8/9 public school

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This message was sent to AnneLandmanBlog by a School District-51 employee who asked that I paraphrase their message rather than

Charter schools, Children, Education, Environment, Public health, Safety

CU Anschutz environmental toxicologist: Ascent Classical Academy’s lead remediation will have to meet tighter EPA standard of 3 micrograms/sq. ft. for floors, instead of the current standard of 10 mcg/sq. ft.

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Michael Kosnett, M.D., M.P.H., at CU Anschutz School of Public Health in Aurora, CO, an expert in medical toxicology, occupational

Charter schools, Children, Education, Health, Public health, Safety

CDPHE now says Vertex used an approved test for lead at the Ascent Classical Academy building; lead levels still in question

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AnneLandmanBlog received the following email from Bradley Turpin, Milk and Institutions Program Manager in CDPHE’s Division of Environmental Health and

Children, Education, Firearms, Health, Local concerns, Mesa County, Public health, Safety

Ascent Classical Academy used the wrong kind of post-remediation lead testing in the Rocky Mountain Gun Club building, according to CDPHE

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The Vertex Company LLC of Denver, which Ascent Classical Academy hired to test the old Rocky Mountain Gun Club building

Charter schools, Children, Education, Ethics, Health, Local concerns, Public health, Safety, Weird Grand Junction Stuff

Ascent Classical Academy’s lead remediation report shows 30 of 66 areas tested in their new school do not meet HUD requirements

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Notice: Since this article was written, AnneLandmanBlog has found out from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)’s Hazardous

Charter schools, Children, Ethics, Health, Public health, Safety, Secrecy

Ascent Classical Academy still has not provided proof to the public that their new school building is lead-free

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UPDATE as of 8/11/2023, 4:00 p.m. – Ascent Classical Academy updated it’s blog today with a link to a report

Children, Dangerous Republicans, Ethics, Janet Rowland, Public health

Commissioner Janet Rowland takes credit for the contributions of fired Public Health Director Jeff Kuhr

8 Comments / Children, Dangerous Republicans, Ethics, Janet Rowland, Public health / Anne Landman

Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland wasted no time in taking credit for the contributions towards improving childcare in Mesa County

Children, Cringeworthy, Domestic terrorism, Education, Embarrassing Republicans, Fake patriotism, Firearms, Gun violence, Lauren Boebert, Safety

Colorado House Rep. Lauren Boebert trashes pin representing child massacred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

11 Comments / Children, Cringeworthy, Domestic terrorism, Education, Embarrassing Republicans, Fake patriotism, Firearms, Gun violence, Lauren Boebert, Safety / Anne Landman

Advocates for Moms Demand Action, a gun violence prevention group, handed Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) a pin on July 18

Children, Crime, Safety

Grand Mesa Little League president’s background raising concern

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Some people are expressing concern about the president of Grand Mesa Little League after finding out about an arrest in

Children, Conspiracy theories, Ethics, Human rights, Janet Rowland, Public health, Weird western slope stuff

Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland has used county agencies to advance her personal ideology and interfere in personnel decisions before

9 Comments / Children, Conspiracy theories, Ethics, Human rights, Janet Rowland, Public health, Weird western slope stuff / Anne Landman

District Attorney Dan Rubinstein announced he’s closed the investigation into the Mesa County Commissioners’ allegations of financial wrongdoing by Mesa

Charter schools, Children, Health, Public health, Safety

Ascent Classical Academy auctioning off fixtures from Rocky Mountain Gun Club

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A classified ad in today’s Daily Sentinel gives notice that an auction is being held online to benefit the new

Andrea Haitz, Children, Education, Elections, Ethics, Extremism, Grassroots advocacy, politics

New website up for the effort to recall D-51 School Board President Andrea Haitz

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The public can now keep track of the effort to recall School District 51’s Board President Andrea Haitz by going

Children, Consumer advocacy, Education, Ethics, Poverty

District-51 fails to opt in to new statewide program offering free meals to all students

18 Comments / Children, Consumer advocacy, Education, Ethics, Poverty / Anne Landman

On November 8, 2022, Colorado passed Proposition FF, a ballot measure to provide free meals to all public school students.

Charter schools, Children, Consumer advocacy, Education, Environment, Firearms, Pollution, Public health, Safety

Lead contamination a concern for new Ascent Classical Academy charter school, which plans to open in August at the former Rocky Mountain Gun Club building

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The former Rocky Mountain Gun Club building at 545 31 Road, where Ascent Classical Academy plans to open a

Andrea Haitz, Charter schools, Children, Conservatives, Education, Separation of Church and State

As D-51 School Board’s conservative majority rushes to close East Middle School, it fast-tracks the opening of a religiously-affiliated charter school

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As the conservative District 51 School Board majority headed by Board President Andrea Haitz hurries to shut down East Middle