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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 […]

Andrea Haitz, Angela Lema, Children, Conservatives, Education, Health care, Homelessness, Liberals

Teachers union president resigns via email amid flap over school closures & conservative school board members’ rejection of health clinic at GJHS

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Timothy Couch, President of the Mesa Valley Education Association (MVEA), resigned via email March 8, on the same day the

Children, Education, Secrecy

Letter from a District 51 teacher about proposed school closures

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AnneLandmanBlog received the following letter from a District 51 teacher regarding the D-51 School Board’s proposed school closures.

Children, Education

District 51 teachers express anger and dismay at School Board’s rush towards closing schools

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Some District 51 teachers are saying they feel blindsided, abandoned and upset by the School Board’s odd headlong rush towards

Activism, Children, Firearms, Gun violence, Human rights, politics, Safety, Violence

March for Our Lives to hold local rally Sat., 6/11 at the Old Mesa County Courthouse, 6th & Rood, 10:00-11:30 a.m.

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The national student-led group March For Our Lives will hold a local rally Saturday, June 11, from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Andrea Haitz, Children, Embarrassing Republicans, Equal rights, Ethics, Extremism, Good things about Mesa County, Intolerance, LGBT issues, Transphobia

First Congregational Church welcomes trans kids amid furor over School Board President Andrea Haitz’s transphobic memes

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After the uproar over anti-transgender memes District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz posted recently on her personal social media

Andrea Haitz, Children, Embarrassing Republicans, Ethics, Extremism, Homophobia, Human rights, Intolerance, Mental health, Public health, Transphobia, Trump Insanity

D-51 School Board President’s transphobic social media posts draw condemnation

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Recent social media posts by District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz, and one in particular that she posted on

Activism, Children, Coronavirus pandemic, Education, Public health

Group petitions District 51 to use stronger Covid-19 protocols this fall

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Supporters for Open and Safe Schools (SOS), a group of Mesa County residents who are alarmed by the lax Covid-19

Activism, Children, Consumer advocacy, Democrats, Pandemic, politics

Got kids? If so, you’re about to get serious financial help from the Biden-Harris Administration and the Democrats.

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American families with children will start getting substantial monthly payments from the government starting July 15 to help with the

Children, Conservatives, Coronavirus pandemic, Crazy Republicans, Dangerous Republicans, Economics, Embarrassing Republicans, Ethics, Fake patriotism, Health care, Janet Rowland, Public health, Republican incompetence, Safety

Mesa County’s pervasive right wing culture is damaging our public health and economy

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Everybody is dancing around it, but no one wants to come right out and say it. It’s the single biggest

Activism, Children, Education, Equal rights, Ethics, Ethnic/Minority, Grassroots advocacy, Harassment, Homophobia, Intolerance, LGBT issues, Racism, Safety, Security, Weird western slope stuff, Xenophobia

Former Delta County School District students pressure district to end racism in schools

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Two alumni of the Delta County School District (DCSD) began an all-out effort last year to pressure the Delta County

Activism, Advertising, Children, Conservatives, Crazy Republicans, Dangerous Republicans, Democracy, Embarrassing Republicans, Ethics, Extremism, Fake patriotism, Intolerance, Mesa County Republican Party, Trump Insanity, Violence, Weird western slope stuff

Obscene Republican flags across the street from Orchard Mesa Middle School and a day care center draw outrage

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Orchard Mesa residents are recoiling at the obscene Republican flags on display at 2737 Unaweep Ave., a house directly across

Children, Education, Health, Liberals, politics, Public health, Separation of Church and State

State to give free money to CO public schools to teach medically-accurate sex ed

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Delta County School District 50J, are you listening? For the first time, the State of Colorado is offering free

Aesthetics, Children, Economics, Education, Elections, politics, Safety, Security, Weird Grand Junction Stuff

Grand Junction High School photos

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In case you haven’t had a chance to tour Grand Junction High School prior to the November 5 election, the

Activism, Children, Education, Ethics, Ethnic/Minority, Human rights, Intolerance, Propaganda, Violence

Free digital literacy resources available from Southern Poverty Law Center

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Are you a teacher looking for ways to teach kids how to tell the difference between real and “fake” news,

Children, Education, Ethics, Health care, Human rights, politics, Religion, Secularism, Separation of Church and State

Colorado bill would prohibit teaching religious doctrine in public school sex ed curriculum

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Delta County School District, are you listening? Colorado State Senator Don Coram, a Republican who represents Montrose and Ouray counties,

Activism, Children, Democracy, Environment, Grassroots advocacy, politics, Public health

Ridgway passes single-use plastic bag ban

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On December 12 the Ridgway Town Council passed an ordinance (pdf) banning single-use plastic bags and urging residents to curtail their use

Atheism, Children, Education, Secularism, Separation of Church and State

Local atheist group puts on student essay contest! Top high school student gets $500, top middle school gets $250

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Western Colorado Atheists and Freethinkers (WCAF) is holding it’s first-ever student essay contest this fall. The contest is open to