Volume 41, Issue 19 - Feb. 6, 2019

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The Student Newspaper of MSU Denver

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VOL. 41  NO. 18

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

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Teacher-district standoff reaches boiling point

Photo by Ali C. M. Watkins | awatkin9@msudenver.edu

Denver Public School teachers and supporters march down Lincoln Street towards the Emily Griffith Campus on Jan. 28. The start of the line carried a Denver Classroom Teachers Association banner as they marched from the capitol.

By Madison Lauterbach

Cordova. “Hey Susana, we’re no

mlauter1@msudenver.edu

fools, you rob teachers, steal from schools,” the crowd chanted.

A week after the Denver Public

A handful of state legislators

imprint he left on his students. “Education is honestly the

And why have we made it so

INSIDE

that teachers need a CPA and

foundation of our society,” Tipper

a crystal ball to figure out how

NEWS

said. “When we don’t value

much they make?” Lemme

AHEC submits proposal for campus repairs

| pg. 3

School district’s request for state

also gathered on the steps of

education, then we’re doing an

asked. ”It’s clear to me that the

intervention in negotiations, close

the capitol building to show

absolute injustice to not just

district leadership is not here to

to 700 teachers, students and

their solidarity with the city’s

current generations, but future

work with you. Their agenda is

parents marched to the district’s

teachers. Rep. Kerry Tipper from

generations. It’s the bedrock of all

to work against you, to in fact

OPINION

central administration office.

Colorado District 28 said her

things democratic in this country.”

devalue you. The only recourse

Despite heavier snows drought still

The protest slogans on

you have is to stand and fight.”

persists

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connection to public schools

The assembly heard from

Jan. 30 focused on persuading

is personal, as her late father

five speakers before the march

Governor Jared Polis to prevent

taught in Jefferson County for

began, including Matt Lemme,

FEATURES

state intervention, demands for

30 years. She knows how much

just one of the many parents

Poet Yosimar Reyes discusses

fair wages and an explicit call-

he loved having an impact on the

who came out to show support.

out of Superintendent Susana

lives of young children, and the

| Continued on pg. 2

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stigma and immigration

“Why don’t we value them?

SPORTS

| pg. 8

McGhee delivers gem of a performance in softball opener


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