Jeffco school board candidates look beyond COVID-19

Despite protests and vocal backlash astatine schoolhouse committee meetings, Jeffco committee candidates accidental they are focused connected what comes aft the COVID pandemic alternatively than existent COVID-related issues.

Instead, the candidates are focused connected improving world performance, expanding intelligence wellness enactment and hiring and retaining prime teachers. Some candidates, however, judge removing disguise mandates is portion of improving intelligence wellness for students.

Seven candidates are moving for 3 unfastened positions connected the five-seat Jeffco schoolhouse board. The territory is the 2nd largest successful Colorado with astir 80,000 students.

The predetermination has the imaginable to alteration the absorption of the district. The bulk of the existent committee includes members supportive of and endorsed by the teachers union. If critics of the territory and the national triumph 2 of the 3 unfastened seats, they would person the majority.

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