CTR takes a look at candidates in D49 and D11, discussing prevailing issues in both districts, including the recent strike in D11.
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CO Springs Teachers Strike for First Time Since 1975
Teachers in Colorado Springs School District 11 took part in a one-day strike yesterday, picketing at 34 schools in the city’s third-largest school district and ending with a rally in Acacia Park. The strike comes in response to last year’s decision by the majority-conservative board not to renew the district’s longstanding contract with the teachers union, the Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA), and in response to recent decisions by the board, including adoption of policies targeting transgender students and the decision to spend $500,000 on an outside marketing consultant.
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CO Springs School District Responds to Potential Teacher Strike
This story was originally published by the Pikes Peak Bulletin.
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Teachers Tease Strike at CO Springs Labor Day Event
Hundreds of protesters lined the sidewalk in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this Labor Day as part of the Workers over Billionaires rally organized by 50501 Colorado Springs, Indivisible Colorado Springs, and El Paso County Progressive Vets. Among the speakers were local members of labor unions, including teachers who referenced an upcoming strike in Colorado Springs School District 11.
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CO Springs School Board Approves $500k for Potential Marketing Firm to Boost Enrollment
This story was initially published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin.
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Conservative News Program Partners with CO Springs School District, Plans to ‘Take the Media Back.’
Peak News, the “citizen journalism” initiative led by conservative activists and political figures, held a webinar last week with historian and Christian conspiracist William Federer and Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11) Superintendent Michael Gaal encouraging supporters to “Take the Media Back.”
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Co Springs School District Hires Conservative Law Firm to Fight Union
With its teachers union contract up for renewal, Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11) has spent $118,000 on attaining additional legal counsel and communications support for upcoming interest-based bargaining (IBB) sessions with the Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA). This is a new move for the district, which has not utilized legal counsel during the annual IBB sessions in the past.