After three years of steady growth, the Quad Cities Yoga Foundation, founded by alumni from Western Illinois University’s School of Education, is seeking to grow their professional development and yoga in classrooms services in the Quad Cities for those who would benefit from yoga, and have the need for the services such as those exiting jails, drug rehabilitation centers, and those who cannot afford to pay for yoga classes.
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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