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Feb 17 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
UPDATE: DougCo board members immediately went into executive sessions to get legal advice on releasing the names of teachers. Yesterday, a letter to teachers suggested it was a done deal, so this move could suggest the district may see a way out.
Courts have ruled that teacher absence information is an open record under the law, so the district's refusal to fulfill the request could result in legal action. Other possible scenarios: delaying release or convincing the open records requester to drop or narrow the request.
A note from an attorney who knows open records law better than I do - about the stickiness of the precedent that teacher absence records are public...
NEW: DougCo School Board President Mike Peterson says the district will not be releasing the names of teachers absent on Feb 3. He did not explain why - whether the open records request was withdrawn or if the district plans to deny it and potentially draw legal action.
This is a 180 degree change in course from last night, when the district notified teachers that their names would be released. The board did not explain why the district changed direction.
Both Peterson and acting superintendent Andy Abner have decried fliers that teachers reported receiving on their windshields this morning. 9NEWS has not been able to independently confirm the source of the fliers, which told pro-union teachers, "You are Bad! Get Out and Leave!"
Update from @SteveStaeger that the open records request for the teachers names was withdrawn. Another request for the same records could be filed at any time.
During virtual public comment, a citizen noted that the audience could see in the reflection of a school board member's glasses that she was online shopping and playing Candy Crush.
As expected, school board President Peterson acknowledges that he’s already reached out to former interim superintendent and charter school leader Erin Kane about the job.
Per my colleague @LuisdeLeon15, the admission about Kane came during questioning by a member of the progressive board minority.

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Feb 19
NEW: Fired DougCo Schools superintendent Corey Wise has hired an attorney and may sue the district. One potential claim stems from Board President Mike Peterson telling @710KNUS talk host @GeorgeBrauchler that the board could have terminated Wise for a fireable offense. (THREAD)
Wise was unilaterally terminated, or fired without cause, by the newly-elected conservative majority school board on Feb 4. That decision prompted a nearly quarter million dollar payout of one year's salary. Mega-thread on that meeting here:
If the school board had fired Wise for cause, no payout would have occurred. During the board meeting, Wise indicated he would fight any effort to fire him for cause, saying, "Bring it on."
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Feb 18
Sometimes kids are in pain and there's nothing we can do to help. But when the pain comes from a lack of dental care, we CAN change that. #HeyNext viewers have raised $20,000 and counting this week for @KINDsmiles' work for children across Colorado: classy.org/campaign/kind-… Image
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Feb 18
THREAD: There's confusion about what DougCo Schools did regarding a potential release of the names of teachers who were absent on the day of a major protest against the conservative majority school board. This is why the teachers names may still be made public...
Background: Colorado courts have held that teacher absences are public records (in a similar case in Jefferson County where teachers called out sick to protest the actions of a conservative school board). coloradofoic.org/court-of-appea…
Open records are open to all. Douglas County Schools provides a simple web form that can be completed in minutes. Records custodians then determine whether to fulfill or deny the request, in part or in full, based on their interpretation of CORA, Colorado Open Records Law.
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Feb 18
NEW: Democratic congressional candidate @Joshuajered of Arvada arrested on felony charges after he launched his campaign with an active warrant for his arrest. #copolitics Image
Rodriguez faces felony charges of identity theft and attempt to influence a public servant. He is running for the Democratic nomination in Colorado's newly formed 8th Congressional District. (First by @ArvadaPress) 9news.com/article/news/l…
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Feb 16
THREAD: Releasing the names of DougCo Schools teachers absent from school during a protest continues a trend of conservative leaders in Douglas County seeking the names, and sometimes addresses, of perceived opponents: teachers, public health workers, and journalists. #copolitics
DougCo Schools is required to comply with an open records request to release names of teachers absent on the protest day (expected to include teachers absent for other reasons). Fmr DA @GeorgeBrauchler said parents should be able to "confront" them.
In 2020, the head of Parker Republicans, Mark Hall, posted the names and addresses of public health workers in retaliation for COVID-19 restrictions.
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Feb 16
UPDATE: The names of DougCo Schools employees who requested an absence on the day of a Feb 3 protest against the school board will be made public tomorrow, according to a letter the district sent to teachers and staff.
A letter from the district tonight notified teachers and staff who requested absences. The letter, provided to 9NEWS by several district employees, does not say who requested the information under the Colorado's Open Records Act.
DougCo Schools notified teachers and staff it plans to release information "which includes your name" but did not specify if that also includes where employees work and why they requested time off on Feb 3 (sick child, bereavement, sick day, personal time, etc).
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