While the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and Denver Families Action, a deep-pocketed political group with charter school ties, each endorsed their own slate of candidates, the emergence of another persistently vocal group parents is driving conversations around the race for three seats on the DPS Board of Education.
The election for an at-large seat on the Denver school board is largely a contest between longtime educator John Youngquist and bookstore owner Kwame Spearman.
Denver teachers union backs Charmaine Lindsay, Scott Baldermann, Kwame Spearman for school board. A pro-reform group endorsed Marlene De La Rosa, Kimberlee Sia, John Youngquist.
The Denver teachers union endorsed Kwame Spearman for an at-large seat on the school board. The pro-charter group Denver Families Action is backing candidate John Youngquist.