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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, 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

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

Activism, Andrea Haitz, Democracy, Education

Andrea Haitz Recall Committee calls off signature-gathering effort

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The committee to recall District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz has stopped gathering signatures for the recall. The Committee issued

Charter schools, Children, Cindy Ficklin, Education, Elections, Liberals, Secularism, Separation of Church and State

Drinking Liberally hosts Mesa County Clerk Bobbie Gross & D-51 School Board candidate Darren Cook

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Drinking Liberally is a non-partisan social group that holds get-togethers in town at food and drink establishments while hosting guest

Activism, Andrea Haitz, Education, Elections, Ethics, Extremism

Text of the Petition to Recall District 51 School Board President Andrea Haitz

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Some people have asked where they can read the text of the petition to recall District 51 School Board President

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

Activism, Education, Firearms, Gun violence, Safety, Violence

“Understanding Colorado’s Red Flag Law” talk to be offered May 22 @ 7:00 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 536 Ouray

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The League of Women Voters and Grand Valley Interfaith network will be co-sponsoring a free talk, “Understanding Colorado’s Red Flag

Activism, Andrea Haitz, Education

Want to help circulate petitions to recall D-51 School Board President Andrea Haitz? Come to a training session!

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The committee leading the Recall Andrea Haitz effort is looking for volunteers to help in circulating petitions and collecting voter

Andrea Haitz, Education, Elections, Ethics, politics

Darren Cook gives his take on the D-51 Board majority’s recent decision to send only lawyers to represent the District in negotiations with D-51 teachers

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Note: This is a guest post by Darren Cook, a former longtime District 51 middle School teacher and former President

Education, Pop culture, Public health

Have you used psilocybin (“magic”) mushrooms in the last year? You might be eligible to participate a study by CU Denver’s Anthropology department and get a $50 gift card to City Market

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The Anthropology Department of University of Colorado-Denver is looking for Black, Indigenous people, people of color and/or low-income people in

Children, Consumer advocacy, Education, Ethics, Poverty

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

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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

Conservatives, Education, Ethics, Local scut, Scams, Secrecy, Weird Grand Junction Stuff

Anonymous letter sent to local media alleges wrongdoing by members of School District 51’s senior administration

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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