Abigail Beckman, KRCC
Every staff member at Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs is being made to reapply for their job for the coming school year. The change follows several years of failing marks from the state. The district says the move is all about helping students.
Next year will mean big changes for Colorado Springs District 11 s Mitchell High School. Every staff member from custodians to teachers, paraeducators to administrators has to reapply for their job.
Mitchell was placed on the state s accountability clock four years ago. The clock is a countdown to improve, or face intervention by the state Department of Education. The deadline to get scores up is five years, though, so staff thought they still had time to tweak things.
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Alison Kiselich is a teacher at Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs. She has fully embraced the school s efforts to create community with families through the Parent Teacher Home Visit project.
Before the pandemic hit, staff at Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs wanted to form deeper connections with their students and families many of whom are in low income households. So, while sticking with traditional parent teacher conferences, they also began meeting with kids and parents in the students homes.
Alison Kiselich is a special education teacher at Mitchell. On top of switching back and forth from in-person to virtual learning due to COVID-19, Kiselich has continued to reach out to her students outside of the classroom.
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Edward Raye, a family therapist, was heavily involved the El Paso County democratic party for many years and helped pave the way for democrats from the El Paso County to win statewide offices. (Photo courtesy of Christina Charles)
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Apr. 29—The Mitchell Republic is the exclusive home for livestreaming Mitchell High School baseball games, including a doubleheader at Brookings, beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday. Mitchell Republic Assistant Editor Marcus Traxler will have the call and livestream links can be found at mitchellrepublic.com prior to the game. Moving forward, each game will feature in-game play-by-play and statistics .
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