On the morning of Aug. 1, the founders of John Adams Academy (JAA) cut a gold ribbon outside their new school in Sterling Ranch and raised a flag on a 50-foot pole. One speaker after another called the building finished. Board vice chair Kim Gilmartin thanked the crowd for “standing here inside this completed school,” and Kurt Connolly, the developer’s representative, said the school had gone up “in under 12 months.”
A couple dozen volunteers in matching “Ask me about 5” shirts stood outside the Douglas County clerk’s office Friday morning, just after they turned in the boxes they’d spent months filling. Inside were 578 petitions and 22,974 signatures asking voters to add two seats to the county commission.
Fundraising frontrunner Victor Marx skipped the forum to stream a live event from his Black Forest training compound. This reporting incorporates his discussion of forum question topics throughout.
The Douglas County Republican Party held its annual assembly Saturday, drawing 282 delegates to nominate candidates and select party leadership. The day would include election fraud claims, a mailer calling a fellow Republican a traitor, and a credentials meltdown that nearly led to a revote.
One candidate explained with a straight face how Elon Musk sent a strike team to Serbia to save American democracy.
Commissioners voted 3-0 to reduce DCSD’s role over near-unanimous community opposition and a warning from the state’s own charter school authority
Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila led his annual Eucharistic procession around a Denver Planned Parenthood Saturday morning, continuing a decade-long tradition that remains his only documented public prayer vigil despite the church’s stated commitment to protecting all vulnerable life.
Party-recruited candidates seek seats currently held by members who defied GOP demands, despite lack of voter signal for changes
At a recent Chainsaw Caucus meeting in Douglas County, Republican legislative aide Schumé Navarro laid out her game plan for when Colorado’s Democratic-controlled legislature doesn’t go her way.
John Adams Academy board assures reviewers that its for-profit management company will address the finance gaps. The Colorado Charter School Institute on Tuesday approved John Adams Academy–Douglas County, clearing the way for a publicly funded charter school deeply rooted in Christian-influenced classical education and supported by Trump-aligned political figures and organizations.
