Adams 14 reorganization ordered

COMMITTEE CREATED TO REDISTRIBUTE SCHOOLS | The reorganization could lead to the dissolution of the school district. (Photo/ El Comercio de Colorado)

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOST ITS ACCREDITATION AGAIN

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The Colorado Board of Education decided, in a 4-3 vote, to proceed with the reorganization of the Adams 14 school district, northeast of Denver. Under state law, the reorganization process begins with the creation of a committee that must set the timeline for dissolving the current school district. That committee will determine which districts the current Adams 14 schools will transfer to.

That committee is going to be made up of people from Adams 14 and neighboring school districts. The committee will include representatives from Mapleton, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, and 27J districts. The plan to be prepared must be approved by a majority of the committee and by the state education commissioner. The reorganization of Adams 14 was proposed by an independent committee created by the Colorado Board of Education in early 2022.

Reorganization and debunking

The majority of the school board took up the reorganization proposal as a reaction to the report presented by the directors of Adams 14 on the afternoon of May 10. The board expected district officials to present a detailed action plan for improving student academic performance. According to state authorities, the Adams 14 also failed to introduce a new outside consultant.

The state board also unanimously decided to require that Adams 14 continue under the intervention regime established in 2018. The New Teacher Project (TNTP) will be the new external administrator to be in charge of the executive and operational management of the district. However, the Adams 14 board will have financial responsibilities as its sole function. The district lost its accreditation for educational management.

Appeal

Joe Salazar, legal consultant for Adams 14, indicated that he will challenge the decision of the state body that removed the authority of the district directors. When the members of the state board were about to adjourn, Salazar argued with them to allow him to express his objections to the decision made. Salazar said that the district has followed all requests from the state and that he considered it “capricious and arbitrary” to have punished the Adams 14 “for not having brought representatives of the external consultant.

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