A list of child care centers and schools that El Paso County Public Health and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment have identified with having outbreaks of coronavirus.
Top 10: Denver’s most in-demand elementary, middle and high schools
Courtesy of Denver Public Schools)
Parents of Denver’s roughly 93,000 public school students have choices to make.
Kids in the city are automatically eligible to attend their local public school. Some live in “enrollment zones,” which means students choose one of a handful of schools in an area.
But not all students, and their parents, stop there. Thousands apply to enroll their children in a school despite not living in the boundaries of that school.
So which schools are the most sought after?
In the first quarter of the year, parents of about 22,000 students submitted ranked preferences for the school they wanted for their children. Of those, the majority 13,884, to be exact were submitting to enroll their student in one of three grades: kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade.
Chinook Trail Middle School Colorado College Campus Wide Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Colorado Springs Charter Academy Resolved investigation status Columbia Elementary School Coronado High School
CPCD Modular Falcon 1 Resolved investigation status Discovery Canyon Campus (Elementary, Middle and High School) Eagleview Middle School Early Connections Learning Centers at Antlers Child Care Center
Early Connections Learning Centers at the Day Nursery Child Care Center Resolved investigation status
Eastlake High School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Elementary School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Middle School Resolved investigation status
Ellicott Senior High School Resolved investigation status
Evangelical Christian Academy Resolved investigation status
The total new COVID-19 outbreaks announced by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is less than half the size of last week s list. But this upbeat development is tempered by the number of outbreaks involving children and younger teens, a demographic for which no vaccine is available at this time. The entries also include the state s first bus outbreak in this case, an outbreak on a school bus.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
The vigil is scheduled to happen at the Denver Public Schools administration building at 4 p.m. Thursday. Author: Richard Cote Updated: 10:17 PM MST January 7, 2021
DENVER A group of Denver teachers and community members held a vigil at the Denver Public Schools (DPS) administration building to ask the district for a better plan for returning to in-person learning.
Organizer Chris Christoff said they use the word vigil because they believe there is a human toll to returning to in-person learning with DPS youngest students on Monday. We have not stuck to any data, we’re not listening to any data, said Christoff, an elementary school teacher. We’re just acting at whims right now and that’s not okay for my students, for our students, for our community, for our educators. It’s not what’s going to keep us safe.