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Good morning. This is Melanie Asmar with Chalkbeat Colorado.
A controversial Colorado education group appeared to be on the brink of extinction — so much so that the state education commissioner sent a letter Friday suggesting the group should start dissolving. But as Senior Reporter Ann Schimke reports in today’s top story, a clause in a 13-year-old contract has bought the group more time.
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A controversial Colorado education group was in danger of dissolving. A 2013 agreement just saved it.
State education officials warned the group it would have to dissolve because it would have too few members. The co-op delayed one member’s exit.
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Colorado drill test finds clean energy pay dirt — 1,000 feet under high school football field, Colorado Sun
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