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Dr. Alex Marrero, who was chosen by Denver Public Schools to be its new superintendent, speaks to South High School students after a press conference announcing his appointment on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
After a months-long search, more than 7,000 survey responses, 50 focus groups with over 680 parents, teachers and school and community leaders, and a 6-to-1 board of education vote Thursday, Denver Public Schools has a new superintendent.
Bronx native Alex Marrero will begin his job overseeing Colorado’s largest school district with more than 92,000 students in 207 schools and over 14,000 employees on July 6.
Marrero brings with him a decade of experience as a guidance counselor, assistant principal and principal in the New York City Department of Education. In January 2020, he joined the City School District of New Rochelle as the assistant superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and became the first Latinx head of the city’s school system in S
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Report Finds ‘No Pervasive Issues Of Racism, Bias’ In Denver DA’s Office
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DENVER (CBS4) – The results of a study announced Wednesday by Denver District Attorney Beth McCann found there were no pervasive issues of racism or bias found in the DA’s office but there were additional opportunities to ensure justice for all. Communities leaders who joined McCann on the virtual news conference commended the report as a step in the right direction but also cautioned it was simply one piece of a larger puzzle when it comes to reform in the criminal justice system.
>Gary Reed’s Equitable Building Staircase” focuses on the interior details of one of Denver’s oldest structures. (Provided by the Denver Architecture Foundation)
The online-only “Y/OUR Denver” exhibition is rare in that it gives viewers a chance to appreciate two art forms as they exist in the city today. It’s half photography, half design.
It’s fully, and enthusiastically, a tribute to the Mile High City and the characteristics that make it unique: those one-of-a-kind buildings that form its personality, the special way our abundant sunshine lights up the atmosphere, the current events that define who we are at the moment.