These Two Colorado Counties Are Ground Zero For School Choice Across The Country Two of Colorado’s largest school districts are engaging in very public fights over the future of K-12 education. Their outcomes will affect families across the country.By Helen Raleigh
October 9, 2017 School choice has become a hot-button issue in Colorado over the past decade. Currently two of Colorado’s largest school districts are engaging in very public fights over the future of K-12 education.
Jefferson County is Colorado’s second largest school district and serves about 86,000 students. In recent years, JeffCo has been a hot battleground between teachers unions and supporters of school choice. In 2013, three pro-reform members were elected to its school board and became the majority. Their attempts to reform curriculum and teacher’s compensation met vicious resistance from the teachers union, which organized classroom walkouts and protests.
A raucous recall campaign in 2015, largely funded by out-of-state funds, successfully replaced the three pro-reform school board members with members largely backed by teachers’ unions. In May 2017, this new school board replaced the superintendent, whom the previous majority had hired, with their own guy, Jason Glass. The board awarded Glass a base salary of $265,000, the highest of any superintendent in Colorado.
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