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Good morning. This is Melanie Asmar with Chalkbeat Colorado.
“You need to convince that retired person on a fixed income that if their home is worth $620,000, they gotta give up eating at McDonald’s once a month to save that $22 so that we can make sure these kids have a future.”
That was a Jeffco Public Schools parent, advocating that the district ask voters in November for a $135 million tax increase to help fund its schools. Read more in today’s top story.
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$135 million tax increase pitched as a solution for Jeffco Public Schools’ budget gap
The Jeffco school board is expected to vote on whether to put a mill levy override on the November ballot.
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Chicago cut funding for assistant principals in small schools. Most chose to keep them anyway.
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What We’re Reading
Aurora Public Schools official gets national shout out for combating childhood hunger, Aurora Sentinel
Parent sues District 51 over student's learning plan removal, Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
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