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It's Graduation Week: Here's the List of Times and Places for Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland

D Dennison — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:46 +0000

Graduation week is finally here for area high school students. A time to reflect, to celebrate and to eat cake.

Rocky Mountain High School Dedicates Bench [PICTURES]

D Dennison — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:23:24 +0000

The faces of fellow football players and friends of my Ashley and Colton told a story without words; A story of loss and longing and love. A small group of us gathered as the bench was brought out and placed by the athletic doors of RMHS.

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No School For PSD Wednesday April 17, 2013

D Dennison — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:45:27 +0000

I have been a parent in the Poudre School District for many years and can only softly remember once before hearing of a school closure the day before. (I did the math and it made me sound really really old, so I decided to stick with 'MANY' years)

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Baggy Pants Get Outlawed!

D Dennison — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:28:19 +0000

I never thought that there would come a day where I could say, baggy pants get banned and fines will be given to offenders.

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Mississippi Breaks Ground And Allows Prayer Back In Their Public Schools [POLL]

Charley Barnes — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:54:55 +0000

As a young child I remember very vividly reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and also morning prayer. When you talk about the "good old days" those are visions that come to my mind. Of course those are things that have been taken away but Mississippi has decided otherwise.

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School Says No To Birthday Cupcakes Adorned With Green Plastic Army Guys

Charley Barnes — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:52:45 +0000

You remember those little green army guys we all played with as kids? The ones we all looked up to and wanted to be someday. Has our 'political correctness' really come this far? You won't believe this story...

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School District Spokesman Says Loveland 2nd Grader NOT Suspended For Imaginary Grenade

Beano — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:26:47 +0000

Earlier this week, you heard about a 2nd grade student in Loveland that was suspended after he threw an imaginary grenade. Sound ridiculous, right?

Well, as a surprise to no one, it appears there is more to the story...

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Australia Outlaws School Birthday Parties – Or Something Like That [POLL]

Charley Barnes — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:34:55 +0000

Who hasn't thunk it? One thing we are raised knowing is how to not spread germs so what better way than to blow out birthday candles and share the joy. Australia today announced they now have a solution for this rampant problem.

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Mrs. Jennifer Muller is This Week's Teacher Tuesday Winner

Susan Moore — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:51:00 +0000

Mrs. Muller is a 6th Grade Teacher at Ridgeview Classical Schools in Ft Collins. She was nominated by her student Cade Jacobs.

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Shooting Rampage in Houston Makes Me Look at the Colorado Bill with New Eyes

D Dennison — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:23:06 +0000

As a mother the thought of guns in our schools scares me, period. Whether the gun totter is a trained teacher or a deranged psychopath. But with today's news of another rampage, my mind may be getting a bit more open to the idea.

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Sandy Hook Hero Now Being Portrayed As An Evil Villain In Giant Government Scandal [POLL]

Charley Barnes — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:34:27 +0000

What has gone wrong in America? How did we get to where we are? As much as I love a good conspiracy, what has been going around about the Sandy Hook shooting is just going to far. Now one man, a hero to many that day, is now being portrayed as a villain. It's just makes me sick.

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First Legal Action Filed In Wake Of Connecticut's Sandy Hook School Shooting [POLL]

Charley Barnes — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 06:41:43 +0000

Today marked the first legal action taken in the midst of the tragedy that took the lives of 26 children and adults two weeks ago at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut. You may however be surprised at who is being sued and the reason why may shock you as well.

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Bath Michigan Proves It's Time To Start Playing More "Defense" and Less "Offense" To Protect Schools [PICTURES]

Charley Barnes — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:19:34 +0000

It's hard for most of us to conceive the evil notions that go through someone's mind while planning and carrying out a plan like the one last Friday in Connecticut or the tragedy in West Virginia, the two deadliest school "shootings" but neither was worse than the actual "massacre" that took place at the Bath Consolidated School in 1927.

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With Guns Finding Their Way into Our Schools, Who Should Carry? [POLL]

D Dennison — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:44:58 +0000

I continue to struggle with the idea of school districts passing laws to allow guns in our schools, in the name of protecting our kids. Realistically, who do you think should be able to carry weapons in our schools?

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How Would you Feel if your Child's Teacher Had a Gun at School?

D Dennison — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:49:43 +0000

A tiny school district in Texas will pass a law that will allow teachers and school staff to carry weapons on school property later this month.

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Windsor Middle School Principal Arrested

Todd Harding — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:49:00 +0000

Windsor Middle School Principal Doug Englert has been arrested on assault charges and is now on paid administrative leave. The charges against Englert were unrelated to his position as principal of Windsor Middle School or any of its students.

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Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Rejects Apology From Tormentors

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:21:19 +0000

Karen Klein, the 68-year-old Rochester, New York area bus monitor who was viciously bullied by a group of middle school students in what became a shocking viral video, is making the media rounds.

During her appearance on ‘Anderson Cooper 360′ Thursday night, the grandmother of eight rejected a written apology Josh, one of her tormentors, had made through the police.

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Fort Collins 8th Grader Finishes 3rd in National Essay Contest

Todd Harding — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:43:50 +0000

A junior high student from Fort Collins has finished 3rd in a national essay contest. Catherine Choi placed 3rd in the 8th grade division of the National Daughters of the American Revolution Essay Contest. Catherine is at student at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Fort Collins. Her topic: "Young America Takes a Stand: The War of 1812.

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Final Teacher Tuesday of the Year Honors Fort Collins Teacher

Todd Harding — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:13:53 +0000

Yesterday was our final Teacher Tuesday of the year. Brian and I traveled to Fort Collins to a school we have never visited before. Mr. Hugh Swanke was this week’s Teacher Tuesday Winner. Mr. Swanke is a Math/PE Teacher at Poudre Community Academy in Ft. Collins.

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University Schools Teacher Wins Teacher Tuesday Award

Todd Harding — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:05:29 +0000

Sometime when we walk into a classroom to make a Teacher Tuesday Presentation, we know immediately that we have made the right choice. That was the case yesterday when Brian and I presented the award to Mrs. Debbie Bangs, a 1st/2nd Grade Teacher at University Schools in Greeley.

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