Trail Ridge Road opens for the season, just in time for Memorial Day weekend
Because of melting snow, conditions could be icy.
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Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park has closed for the 2017 season
Trail Ridge Road is not designed to be an all-season road. Eleven miles of the road are above 11,500 feet, and it's cold and snowy and windy up there.
Effort to include community in Denver’s school closure process proves to be a balancing act
In a school district known nationally for aggressive reform efforts, DPS officials also hope review boards address a lingering criticism — that the district’s decisions are preordained.
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After a short delay, Trail Ridge Road is now open
The highest continuous paved road in the nation was supposed to open on the Friday before Memorial Day, but a major snowstorm and 75-mph winds pushed that back.
Denver Public Schools urging overhaul of school closure policy, promising to better engage families
At a work session this week, Denver Public Schools staff recommended changes that include drawing a brighter line for determining which schools would be initially considered for closure, and eliminating use of a subjective “school quality review” as the final step in recommending a school’s fate.
The state tried to save one Colorado school before and failed. Now it is about to try again — with 12
What happened at Cole offers a cautionary tale as Colorado begins an even grander experiment — trying to turn around 12 struggling schools and five school districts.
Denver Public Schools is already looking to overhaul how it closes schools — and these schools could meet that fate
District leadership is considering steps that include drawing a brighter line for determining which schools would be initially considered for closure.
Inside the rocky rollout of Denver Public Schools’ new school closure policy
The bright-line school closure policy was supposed to make the emotional and mysterious process of shuttering low-performing schools more fact-based and transparent.
Denver school board votes to close three low-performing schools under new policy
The Denver school board voted unanimously Thursday night to close three persistently low-performing Denver elementary schools after hours of passionate public comment.
Trail Ridge Road is still open. How often does that happen?
I can't be the only one wondering if this is a sign of the coming climate change apocalypse or just some weather.
